Alternate Worlds
Brian Schneider, Pany, Devin Low, Andrew Wolf, Tom of Oakland, Mark Schneider, Teresa, Albert Birckhead, David Bartholow, JEREMY, Chris Galvin, Wright BagwellBehind-the-scenes stories from Magic the Gathering’s history and conversations with legendary creators.
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Time Spiral was a love letter to longtime players—and a maze for newcomers. Lorwyn gave Magic enduring characters and a punishing draft environment. Urza’s Saga was wildly powerful, deeply flawed, and life-changing.
Brian David-Marshall, D...
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At 23, I did not know that.
Charlie Catino was my boss, and he gave me a mostly positive review, with one caveat:
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Robert Gutschera was a visiting math professor at the University of Washington, and connected with his friend William Jockusch & began playing more and more Magic.
Robert joined R&D in the mid-90’s, and worked on most of the games Wizards...
Before Magic Cards Were Worth a Fortune #mtg #mtghistory
An Alpha-card paycheck. A $500 box of Beta. A Black Lotus covered in signatures.
Cathy Nicoloff, Frank Kusumoto, Gary Wise, Brian Weissman, Henry Stern, Sol Malka, and Brian Schneider share the stories behind the cards they bought, traded,...
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Game designer, builder, data scientist, girl dad. Author of Alternate Worlds (the book), home of the Alternate Worlds (the podcast), about life’s journey through Magic.
I'm a Magic historian.
I am a human.
Games and product design leader. Ex-EA, Zynga, Outpost Games, Google. Currently building a radically different take on games at Luda.
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