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Magic: The Gathering: Armageddon

griphus — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:21:16 -0800

Magic: The Gathering: Armageddon was a 1997 prototype arcade game by Acclaim, of which there are between 4 and 5 known extant copies (Ctrl/⌘+F "arcade"). It is not currently emulated, and no footage of the gameplay existed until Halalah on the ASSEMblergames forums obtained a copy of the board and posted a video.

Magic the Gathering is Turing complete

jedicus — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:25:30 -0800

The collectible card game Magic: The Gathering is Turing complete. This means that one could, in theory, use a very particular arrangement of Magic: The Gathering cards to compute anything that any computer is capable of computing, albeit very slowly. This result seems to have been inspired by this post at Draw 3 Cards, a M:tG theory site (and cross-posted at StackExchange). A few other games are Turing complete, including Minecraft, via its redstone circuits (more or less, since the Minecraft engine can't handle a truly infinite amount of memory). Quite a few other games, including Tetris and Minesweeper, are NP-Complete, which is similar sounding but unrelated. (via Slashdot)

Sahannah Lions, Seht's Tigers, Grizzly Bears

kid ichorous — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:29:54 -0800

Online booster drafts at Le Bestiaire Here you can draft (the) Magic the Gathering game by selecting the editions of the virtual boosters you want to open. This Magic Draft website simulates other players of the draft which allows you to play against 'bots'. From rarities like Arabian Nights to Worldwake, The Bestiary's monsters are not merely beautiful paper tigers but gamepieces guided by gestalt player logic into a compelling simulation of the Magic booster draft game. With over 15 years of cards to admire and miser over, in French, English, Chinese, German, and more. Have fun drafting Ali from Cairo.

He's not the Messiah... +1 Damage

seanyboy — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 04:45:59 -0800

Monty Python meets Magic the Gathering.

Gone, but not forgotten!

absalom — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:42:20 -0800

In 1995, Microprose released Master of Magic, a game best described as Magic: the Gathering meets Civilization. Despite a daunting list of bugs, the game developed a strong following. It's one of the top 150 games of all time (nevermind the date!), and easily one of the best turn based strategy games ever. Lots of people would love to see this franchise revived, and the good people at Stardock [makers of Galactic Civilizations] are trying to do just that. Godspeed!