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Magic turns twenty years old in 2013! We shared a story by Peter Adkison about the creation of Magic, and now it's time to hear from Richard Garfield! This was originally published in the Magic Pocket Players' Guide, which was published in 1994. The Cr...

Credit Where Due (originally printed in Duelist #24, April 1998) Let me ask you a few questions. Who designed Monopoly? Who designed Trivial Pursuit? Now, ask yourself who wrote The Shining? Who directed Star Wars? Who wrote Moby Dick? Some readers of...

You've probably heard the name Richard Garfield.He's most famous, of course, as the creator of Magic: The Gathering (and thus modern trading card games in general, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records). And you may have heard his name mor...

Before Daily MTG, before MagicTheGathering.com, before the Internet, there was The Duelist, a print magazine dedicated to Magic and other games.

You Really Can't Win Them All (originally printed in Duelist #19, October 1997)Determining if a game is more luck than skill is an exercise game critics and players often engage in. This is even more important in law: there are many places where you can...