Join me as we dissect each TCG design 101 tip and expand on how to make a TCG, as we dive into the mind of Eric Lang and his TCG Design 101 tips that he kindly shared with the world. Starting to design a TCG is the start of a long grind with a lot of work that goes into making your homemade TCG. Homemade TCG design is something that should be studied before even putting pen to paper on your own TCG ideas. TCG design 101 tips by Eric Lang can be a massive boost to your TCG making journey. So lets start making our trading cards the right way and study what Eric Lang had to say about designing your own indie trading card game.

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Minimize Complexity
1:29 Boring Cards
2:42 Designing Cards not the Game
3:57 Factions
5:50 Clean Board
7:50 Negative Space
10:10 Rarity
12:24 Cards over Ego
13:17 Separate Victory and Resource
15:20 Cost to Deploy
16:25 Complicate with Cards, not Rules
18:18 Collecting Cards
21:39 Card Balance
23:44 Design Cards to be Loved rather than accepted