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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

Would love to try it out in free play then!

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

Will this be in the main event???

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

Tiny Axe Bar Cube by the Gorillas Crew's very own Brian
Last drafted this in a Whole Foods after Vertex Philly this year, but it has evolved a lot since then!

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Cube Cobra Overview: Tiny Axe Bar Cube

>>># TINY AXE BAR CUBE<<< --- >>><<[[!c3dab325-8f4f-4288-9f3f-960e52b4335b]][[!dc1660fd-ef35-4b95-b901-af3dda687f08]]>><<< Welcome to the Tiny Axe Bar Cube, a micro cube with one brutal twist—**you s...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

Sandman by Trae Kryzer
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Cube Cobra Overview: Sandman

**Welcome to the Sandman Cube**, where lands are the real champions! In this near-creatureless cube, victory hinges on your mastery of land creatures. Command the battlefield with lands like [[Celesti...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

El Classico by @triske.bsky.social
(which I appreciate also uses a quotation to foreground the cube description)
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Cube Cobra Overview: El Classico

>>> *"History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time."* — Terry Pratchett <<< Cast some blasts from the past! ### **The Rundown** * Drafted normally, played norma...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

Alpha Reimagined by @machineschooling.bsky.social
Wanted to draft this one last year but never got placed in it!
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Cube Cobra Overview: Alpha Reimagined

# Overview Alpha Reimagined is an attempt to capture Alpha's "Magic as Richard Garfield intended" feel while making improvements by incorporating design lessons learned over the course of Magic's his...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

The Aeneid Cube by Agarikhan
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Cube Cobra Overview: The Aeneid Cube

The Aeneid Cube is an homage to the Odyssey block and, much like the Aeneid was to the Odyssey, is an attempt to make the original relevant to today. The goal is to include as many fun and interestin...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

The Ball Pit by @janemckinney.bsky.social
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Cube Cobra Overview: The Ball Pit

### What if you had to draft all of your lands? ### What if you had to run every card that you picked? ### What if *every single card* could be cast face-down as a copy of [[Chromatic Sphere|f31a6dfd-...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 1d

Penrose Cube list is locked for @cubecon.org 2025! cubecobra.com/cube/list/pe...

Cubes I'm hoping to get to draft at CubeCon in the replies, in no particular order:

Cube Cobra List: The Penrose Cube

>>> # The Penrose Cube *The land knows no difference between the graves of commoners and nobles.* <<<     ### Table of Contents: 1. [Quick-Start Guide](https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 2d

Drop the turnip recipe!

How do they compare to pickled radishes?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 15d

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 23d

That living death deck was a thing of beauty

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Uber Cube @ubercubemtgpodcast.bsky.social · 24d

Welcome to Uber Cube featuring special guest @dvdsn.bsky.social the founder of Capitol Cube Championship @capitolcube.org!

Tune in as we layout the formula for hosting your very own home grown cube event! Happy cubing! ubercube.buzzsprout.com/1989337/epis...

Planning a Cube Event - Uber Cube

During this episode Team Uber Cube is honored to be joined by Lincoln aka Kapernaumov the founder of The Capitol Cube Championship. Tune in as we discuss the intricacies of cube event planning to...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

Some great examples. Chinese history, myths, legends, religions, etc. are a gold mine for content for TTRPGs.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

Yeah, what I've seen of it is a lot better than this... That said, I'm currently running a campaign in a world inspired by the late Ming, and have had to homebrew basically everything because there's so little existing TTRPG material that is any good for these kinds of settings.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

You joke but there's literally a thing in here about how you can use chopsticks as a weapon. Extremely cringe.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

Totally forgot to mention how great the music in this staging was. So many great West African bops. Where has Yemi Alade been my whole life? youtu.be/u8HlKw24208?...

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

This is probably true, but it makes the "uh there just isn't enough written on those other countries" ring even more hollow lol

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

The art in here is fine, I guess? It would have been great to see some East Asian artists represented. If WotC was able to get solely Chinese artists for Portal: Three Kingdoms in 1999, surely TSR could have gotten even a single Japanese artist in '85?

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

The best thing in here is probably the campaign events and encounters random tables (which is what inspired me to buy this book in the first place). This is extremely helpful for GMs. Why is nothing like this in the 5E DMG???

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

There's also a totally crazy martial arts mechanic in here that simulates martial arts fighting down to the level of specific types of kicks, punches, grapples, etc... Why are we trying to shoehorn this into a TTRPG, let alone AD&D??

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

Compare to Modify Memory from 5E, which is **5th level**, and only lets you alter an existing memory, not introduce a totally new one... and doesn't grant advantage for anything... and gives advantage on the WIS save to the target if you're fighting them lol

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

Why are AD&D spells so batshit though?? This *3rd level* spell lets you to implant a totally false memory in a target's mind... the memory can be 10 mins long per caster level (so min. of 30 mins). The target gets to make the AD&D equivalent of a WIS save, w/ disadvan if they're unconscious. What??

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

This bit from the designer is extremely funny. Brother, there is no pre-modern civilization that has produced as much written material about itself as imperial China, you just are oblivious because so little of it was translated in the 80s.

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Lincoln Davidson @dvdsn.bsky.social · 25d

Just acquired a copy of the AD&D expansion book "Oriental Adventures"... Which honestly is not anywhere near as problematic as I expected it to be, considering it was published in 1985.

The cover of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons expansion "Oriental Adventures." It displays a samurai on a horse? Kirin? Falkor the White Luck Dragon type creature? attacking a ninja.

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