Re: Magic the Gathering by pbem

From: Gary Williams <Tazdev@prodigy.net>

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Claude wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried to play mtg by pbem.  I know there would be problems
> with interrupts and that it would slow the game down a hell of a lot
> but you could play at your own speed, against multiple opponents and
> not have to find players in a dead town -like the one I live in [They
> don't even have a proper bookstore.
>
> Are there any Magic resources out there for net play?  I have the pc
> game but all the muck i have heard about mana-link just confuses me.

I just started lurking in this NG tonight, so I don't know if there's
a way to pbem Magic...but there is a way to play online for free.
The Planeswalker League is an online magic community that plays via a
free (at least the last time I looked) program called Apprentice32.
It has all of the cards from Alpha to Tempest. You can make any deck
you want, and so can everybody else...so the playing field is pretty
even as far as card base goes.  Deck building and play strategy are
the real deciding factors.  The program doesn't show the card graphics,
but does show the complete card text, color, casting cost, power and
toughness, etc.  It has a deck builder and a random pack generator (you
can pick a starter of Ice Age and 2 boosters of Mirage and it will
randomly pick the cards for you to build with). You can find other
people to play on the IRC channel #mtgleague.  Check out the program and
the league at www.planeswalker.com  .  They even have online
tournaments and an ongoing rating system.
Good luck!

--
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 the bad news is...they're dead."

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Magic the Gathering by pbem
claude@pixie.co.za (Claude)
Sun, 08 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000