71 Points19:41 on 03 December 2024

'Magic: the Gathering': 20 Years, 20 Lessons Learned

By GDC 2025

Magic the Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater shares twenty lessons learned over twenty years of designing one of the world's most popular collectible card games.

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4JadenLothes
03:16 on 04 December 2024

Don't know if an 8 year old video with over 1,000,000 views featuring the lead designer of the biggest trading card game in the world should be posted on an indie website...

10Administrator
05:53 on 04 December 2024

It has some good guidelines for Indie creators.

25BrassGear
09:47 on 05 December 2024

I don't like this game, but the info is legit.

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