On of my first hobbies are the
card board games. Since I was child, I’ve played card board games of every
type: from Pokemon cards to Lucha libre cards, from local card games and póker.
But, among all the card board games, one of them is the most important in the
recent history: Magic, The Gathering.
I play Magic with my very best Friends,
as a ritual: every week we reunite for talk about strategies and test our decks,
in a festive and fraternal context. We are Magic players since we were
children, and we’ve follow the game for almost 20 years! So, a central question
is: why this card board game is so attractive for us?
Magic:The Gathering was released
in 1993, created by a PhD in maths student, Richard Garfield. The game
represent a battle between wizards. Each of them had a library with sorceries
and spells, that allows invoque creatures. Each three months, Magic realeases
an expansion of the game that represents the journey of the wizards for the
magic planes, printing almost one thousand new cards in one year!
The principal chatarteristic that
I love of Magic is the art. Magic is characterised for it illustration, with profesional
artists and designers whom create visual masterpieces that make game a very
attractive objetc. Indeed, colecctionism is an important activity for Magic
players.
This game has most of 20 million
of players around the World, with championships that rewards more of 20.000 US,
and with profesional players that live playing Magic. Magic cards are
translated to 20 languages, and all the important cities in the world have a
big store for play Magic. For example, Tokyo has Hareruya, a Magic store for
500 players! In Chile, stores are not
too big, but are very active.
In Chile, there is an active
community of Magic players. One can find tournaments every day, national and
regional championships every month, and, since two years ago, Santiago receives
players from all the world to play the Grand Prix of Santiago every year. Magic
circuit is very competitive in Santiago, but I’ve clasified for the 2018 Grand Prix, and I hope to reach a good position in it. Meanwhile, I’m
practicing with my friends and some bottles of wine, for testing my phisycal
resistance as a wizard.
So it's a role game, right? How many cards do you have and what's your favorite one?
ResponderEliminarNo, isn't a role game. Technically, is a "trading card game", because in role games one performs an especific role for tell a story. In Card games story isn't a principal goal, but win the match.
EliminarI don't have too much cards, like six decks, almost 200 cards (nothing compared with real collectors, who have thousands and thousands of cards). My favourite card is a card that give me my best friend for a birthday. Ironically the card is called, "Armaggedon".