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Where card hosts compare teach notes
Discussion norms and pointers—not an exhaustive directory of every Discord on earth.
Good card nights come from shared teach habits and readable boards, not hoarding every sealed product.
Prefer format encyclopedias, designer notes, and named tournament reports over anonymous “meta” listicles.
Norms worth copying
- Label spoilers for freshly released adventures.
- Separate rules questions from horror/bleed talk when tone is heavy.
- Credit freelancers when you share layouts or tools.
- Assume good faith; escalate to mods instead of pile-ons.
House rulings and proxy ethics on one page. If a call repeats, ink it so the table trusts the process.
Guides for teaching; Glossary for format terms; Resources for outbound reading. Then stop scrolling and shuffle.
Even veteran hosts botch basics: teach order, mulligan clarity, and sleeve/box hygiene. Revisit them on purpose.
Date teach scripts, mulligan policies, and proxy notes. A guest host should inherit paper, not vibes.
If a phase adds twenty minutes and nobody likes it, house-rule or shelve it. Fairness beats sacred exceptions.
Track teach time, game time, and reset like hit points—those clocks decide whether the night breathes.
Related desks in this neighborhood
Board and wargame crates help when your event mixes formats; cubitcrate covers dice accessories.
Keep notes short enough to reread before a session. Long wikis that nobody opens are not preparation; they are archaeology.
When in doubt, run the smaller scenario, teach one procedure well, and leave room for player ideas that were not in your outline.