Meet the Top 8: Ryan Siegel-Stechler

Continuing our interviews with the GDS Top 8, we spoke with long-time Artisan Ryan Siegel-Stechler. Click through and see what he has to say about Magic design.

Weekend Art Challenge 040618 — David Alvarez

Click through to see the requirements for your design test, due by Monday morning. Every submission warrants feedback, which you may use to revise your submission any number of times. I encourage you all to revise your designs at least once in response to feedback. I will review the most recent submission from each designer.

Jay Treat's Essay Submission

1) Introduce yourself and explain why you are a good fit for this internship.

Hey everyone! My name's Jay Treat and I'm a professional game designer.

Scott Wilson's Essay Submission

(Wizards has alerted GDS3 Top 8 contestants that their essays would not be published on the mothership, and gave them clearance to self-publish. We reached out to all contestants and offered to host their essays.)

Comparing the Limited play of Unstable, Ixalan & M25

Ixalan is the least dynamic Limited format we've had in perhaps a decade. The problem is that the only supported archetypes are tribal and there are only four tribes. We get a bit of flexibility in pirates and dinosaurs since they're both three-color tribes, but there is zero cross-tribal support and apart from the difficult-to-draft explore deck and flying deck, there are no alternatives.

Unstable is huge fun even when you ignore the silver-bordered silliness because the various mechanics you're invited to play are less strictly distributed between colors and there are a ton of bridges: Cards that reward players for mixing two different mechanics together.

Ari Nieh's Essay Submission

(Hey all, Ari here! These are my essays for Trial 1, now with special Goblin Artisans exclusive formatting. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.)

Jeremy Geist's Essay Submission

Wizards has alerted GDS3 Top 8 contestants that their essays would not be published on the mothership, and gave them clearance to self-publish. We reached out to all contestants and offered to host their essays. Jeremy Geist has already posted his on his own website, and has asked that we link directly to that. Swing on by, check it out, and see some of game designs. You can offer your reactions to his essays in the comments below.