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Seriously wondering, has Richard Garfield designed successful games after Magic: The Gathering? It’s probably hard to follow up that insane kind of success, esp

Seriously wondering, has Richard Garfield designed successful games after Magic: The Gathering? It’s probably hard to follow up that insane kind of success, especially if you hit it early.

indigochill 5y ago
Not -as- successful as Magic, but Vampire: The Eternal Struggle was popular in the 90s and still has a cult following (pun intended). In 2018 the license was officially transferred to a fan group that's resumed producing the game. Overall, it's spanned from '94 to '20 with only a handful of missing years, which is a pretty dang good run. His Star Wars TCG also officially ran for three years and spawned 15 years of fan development. And then there's Netrunner (the CCG, not the better-known later Fantasy Flight LCG, Android: Netrunner, that used its mechanics). It was well-reviewed but seems to have only survived for three years as well. I expect we'll be seeing some comeback of Netrunner since Android: Netrunner recently had its license pulled for as-yet-unknown reasons.
- splittingTimes 5y ago
  Android Netrunner's mechanics and game design are really unique, flavorful and full of great world-building. I so wish it could have exerted the same pull like MTG, but somehow it could not create the same long term engagement that MTG does. Maybe the core set was already so strong that the expansions could not really add that much to it.
kelnage 5y ago
King of Tokyo (and it’s sequel, King of New York) were rather popular gateway/filler games (i.e., getting people into board gaming or as a quick game before/between/after a big game) for a while. Nothing comparable to the success of Magic though.
- mbg721 5y ago
  I'm also fond of RoboRally, which was also successful enough to be printed multiple times, though not Magic-successful.
andrepd 5y ago
I've had fun playing Attack on Tokio
daniel-cussen 5y ago
What do you expect!? MTG is on a par with chess, in many ways a stronger and deeper game.
- codeflo 5y ago
  It’s not so much expectation, but being curious. When a band releases a hit album, you want to know if there’s another one that’s similarly good.

Seriously wondering, has Richard Garfield designed successful games after Magic: The Gathering? It’s probably hard to follow up that insane kind of success, especially if you hit it early.

indigochill 5y ago

Not -as- successful as Magic, but Vampire: The Eternal Struggle was popular in the 90s and still has a cult following (pun intended). In 2018 the license was officially transferred to a fan group that's resumed producing the game. Overall, it's spanned from '94 to '20 with only a handful of missing years, which is a pretty dang good run. His Star Wars TCG also officially ran for three years and spawned 15 years of fan development. And then there's Netrunner (the CCG, not the better-known later Fantasy Flight LCG, Android: Netrunner, that used its mechanics). It was well-reviewed but seems to have only survived for three years as well. I expect we'll be seeing some comeback of Netrunner since Android: Netrunner recently had its license pulled for as-yet-unknown reasons.

splittingTimes 5y ago
Android Netrunner's mechanics and game design are really unique, flavorful and full of great world-building. I so wish it could have exerted the same pull like MTG, but somehow it could not create the same long term engagement that MTG does. Maybe the core set was already so strong that the expansions could not really add that much to it.

kelnage 5y ago

King of Tokyo (and it’s sequel, King of New York) were rather popular gateway/filler games (i.e., getting people into board gaming or as a quick game before/between/after a big game) for a while. Nothing comparable to the success of Magic though.

mbg721 5y ago
I'm also fond of RoboRally, which was also successful enough to be printed multiple times, though not Magic-successful.

andrepd 5y ago

I've had fun playing Attack on Tokio

daniel-cussen 5y ago

What do you expect!? MTG is on a par with chess, in many ways a stronger and deeper game.

codeflo 5y ago
It’s not so much expectation, but being curious. When a band releases a hit album, you want to know if there’s another one that’s similarly good.