Re: PBM conference in Birmingham (N. Palmer

From: phy6drhj@ast.leeds.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)

Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 13:22:49 +0000

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'll be there! (WOW).  We will be having a mini Troll King meet up.
> >NIC1 UK.
>
> I'll be along too, (even more WOW).
>
> >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?  Is it beginning to die out in the states
> yet?  I have a feeling it'll go the way of Top Trumps in a year or two and you
> won't be able to give the cards away, let alone sell them for vast quantities
> of loot.
>

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.

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.

Dean

References

Re: PBM conference in Birmingham (N. Palmer
pmf@astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers)
Wed, 08 Mar 1995 12:09:24 +0000

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Re: PBM conference in Birmingham (N. Palmer
pmf@astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers)
Wed, 08 Mar 1995 12:09:24 +0000