THE GOBLIN NEWSLETTER 96
Added 2024-09-29 17:08:00 +0000 UTCI just played my second game of Magic the Gathering with my family the other night. I’ve always just had a gut “no” response to the game. In actually playing it, & enjoying playing it, I was able to pinpoint what rubs me wrong about the game. The art & the mechanics aren’t aligned. Each deck can be aesthetically & conceptually distinct from everyone else’s at the table. You can have Dr. Who playing against Lord of the Rings. I kept joking that you could make a Taco Bell deck or a 7-11 deck really easily. I am aware that they’ve only done licensed decks recently. Even though Magic is art heavy, the art is just window dressing for the mechanics which are constant & non-thematic. There is little flavor & just a constant bombardment of rules. I had a hard time with rules before the stroke & after the stroke I have an even harder time. I just glaze over & the rules pass by me like water. My middle son has a lawyer/accountant brain & I can see how this methodology for a game just tickles him. I am primarily concerned with some unity in the larger picture & MTG gives me none of that. I have become acutely aware that the rules are important & necessary to allow others experience the worlds I want to present but I also know I’m not the guy.
