Re: PBM conference in Birmingham (N. Palmer

From: pmf@astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers)

Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 13:37:23 +0000

In article <1995Mar8.132250.21997@leeds.ac.uk>, phy6drhj@ast.leeds.ac.uk (Dean Johnson) writes:
>In article 27216@cm.cf.ac.uk, pmf@astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers) writes:
>> In article <1995Mar6.153743.20538@leeds.ac.uk>, phy6drhj@ast.leeds.ac.uk (Dean Johnson) writes:
>> >I will also lay you a bet of lots of money that there will also be
>> >lots of Magic Card trading going on.
>>
>> And no body with any sense would take you up on it.  Unless it was the organisers
>> and they were planning to search all attendees to remove the cards.  Any ideas as
>> to how long the Magic craze will last?
>Ah Phil,
>
>You are just being cynical.  Ok, magic cards cost money but so does PBM.  The
>game(s) has a lot of the qualities of collecting and complex game playing, plus
>it evolves (new cards) which top trumps never did.  You can design your own
>decks which is the best bit in my opinion.  Once you have a theme for a deck
>you then have all the fun of trading for those cards that you need.
>
>I was very wary of Magic at first.  I considered it nothing more than a money
>sink.  Then I played six player Magic and enjoyed it more than most board
>games.

But I'm sure you know the score with games.  You play one for a while, usually
at every oportuninty, then you find a new one and the old one gets dropped.

Only a few of the many games hang around for a long time and are played
occasionaly by just about everyone.  I remain unconvinced that Magic will
turn out this way.   Has the craze started to die down in the States now?

>I think that you are wrong and Magic will be around for quite a while.
>
>I serious hope that the CON organizes put some table space aside for Magic
>card trading and playing.  At the wargamers CON in Cardiff we arranged one
>table beforehand and eventually there were 4-5 tables worth of activity.
>I predict an even larger turn out in Brimingham.

Me cynical?   You know me too well.

I suppose you could organise loads of tables for Magic trading
and playing but I thought this was supposed to be a Play By Mail meet.  If
you want Magic trading why not organise a Magic Con?  Charge a few pounds
entry, hire the biggest hall the NEC have got and you'll make a small
fortune.  Too much magic trading could put the PBM companies off coming to
any future cons on the basis that they don't get any extra trade because
every one is too busy trading cards and isn't interested in the PBM.

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References

Re: PBM conference in Birmingham (N. Palmer
phy6drhj@ast.leeds.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)
Wed, 08 Mar 1995 13:22:49 +0000

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Re: PBM conference in Birmingham (N. Palmer
phy6drhj@ast.leeds.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)
Wed, 08 Mar 1995 13:22:49 +0000