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TLR 2025 Recap

  Hello everyone, It’s been quite a year in Tiny Town. 2025 brought a lot of meaningful changes, some big, some small, that reshaped how we operate, how we connect, and how Tiny Leaders: Reborn continues to grow. Committee Evolution & Structure One of the earliest changes this year happened within the Committee itself. Fishe stepped back from her role as a Core Member, and I transitioned into that seat. Around the same time, the Committee expanded with the addition of new Consultants: Esper, Adri/Urza, and Cosmerian . Not long after, Lyon also joined the Core Members, bringing that group to three, our favorite mystical number. These additions kicked off a broader effort to better define how the Committee functions. Alongside this, we formally introduced the Advisor role, which had existed informally for a while. Fishe, Olivier, and Plaguerat stepped into those seats, continuing to provide valuable experience and some long-term perspective. Another big step was the creation o...

As Steps and Phases End (part 2)

  Upkeep Steps     Each time I draft one of my cubes, I look for what went right, what could be better, and what did not work according to expectation. While the data I get is limited, through iteration after iteration I can steadily bracket the performance of my cubes toward the ideal (even if that ideal is ultimately unachievable). To this end, I try to take feedback with an open mind and critical eye.     I chose the categories intentionally and deliberately: I want to know what went right, the things that I'm doing right that I should repeat or continue to achieve a desired effect. I want to know what could be better, as opposed to what isn't good enough; a focus on improvement and momentum over failure and inertia. And I want to know what isn't meeting expectations; there are too many reasons why something isn't [doing the thing], and because it didn't work how I wanted and planned for it to doesn't mean it didn't do anything, and indeed it may have had...