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erm "Though similar to role-playing fantasy games such as Dungeons and Dragons" No MTG is not at all similar to role playing games.
by C1sc0cat 8y ago
erm "Though similar to role-playing fantasy games such as Dungeons and Dragons"
No MTG is not at all similar to role playing games.
- gberger 8y agoIt is similar in lore/setting.
- EamonnMR 8y agoThat was an accurate statement in, say, 1994 but boy did it diverge. Though now they've published a D&D book based on an MTG specific setting so I suppose they could converge again.
- toyg 8y agoIt should also be mentioned that Magic effectively "ate up" D&D, when Wizards Of The Coast (owners of MTG) bought TSR (owners of D&D).
- C1sc0cat 8y agoNot sure that's true MTG is not based on any of the DnD settings nor does it have Character Races and Classes.
- aloisdg 8y agoYou have creature type (a list of tags basically). A Human Soldier or a Goblin Wizard is common in MTG.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoYou Have a thief in Catan
- maxsilver 8y agoYep. In fact, the opposite is now true. Some of DnD is now (in part) based on MTG, including an MTG setting, MTG Character Races, and such. http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/guildmasters-guide-ravnica http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/...
- eequah9L 8y agoThe whole sentence makes even less sense: "Though similar to role-playing fantasy games such as Dungeons and Dragons, it has significantly more cards and more complex rules than other card games." As if similarity to D&D said anything at all about number of cards relative to other card games.
- feenix566 8y agoD&D has infinite cards.
- jbattle 8y agoif my nerd history is correct - MTG almost killed dungeons and dragons in the 90's!
- Loughla 8y agoDid it? I sort of thought the 90's death of D&D was more of the hangover of the 'devil worshipping' accusations of the 80's finally hitting. That and D&D being associated with all things nerd, which was very out of vogue through the 90's.
- mipmap04 8y agoIt definitely took a lot of attention at my local game shop away from traditional table top role playing.
- C1sc0cat 8y agocough 4th Edition cough but Pathfinder took over