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I'll just repeat that I'm talking about a categorical difference here. We don't know what percentage of players were affected by these changes, and the answer would vary depending on the extent to which something counts as affecting. But none of that matters as far as the qualitative difference...

Eh, all I really have to go on are anecdotes from that time. I didn't experience it for myself. I don't know, for instance, what portion of the playerbase was participating in tournaments at that time. Also, I don't really see the point to that. If we did know to what extent the establishment of...

Invisible Touch - Genesis (1986)

Maybe it got lost somehow? You did send me a message last Thursday with a hand and I responded that I wanted to re-draw.

To be clear, I'm not really contending that interpreting the early changes as "killing" the game is somehow superior to interpreting them as saving the game from being a chaotic mess that would be doomed to dwindle in popularity. What I am saying is that something like the introduction of a...

Broken image, it seems.

The rules are in the first post of this thread. It looks like we're also banning goblins, elves, and zombies. We apparently decided not to ban them, or at least didn't decide to ban them, and some jerk played goblins in the first new game and killed everyone. No more of that. Oh, I have a deck...

Kelgar is a priest of Sigmar. He uses hammers, no swords allowed. It's kind of like that thing with the cleric in D&D. And yes, Dorgath already has a Lifestone of Ashraz. Throg has a Dawnstone.

You just explained my point, albeit in a different way. No one knew what the game would shape up to be back then, and no one knew what to expect. In retrospect, for most of Rosewater's audience, those first three changes gave us the game as we know it. For the people who were actually into the...

I really like this. There are some real classics here.

I've Seen it All - Björk (2000)

Yeah, from an editorial standpoint the "were going to kill the game" is definitely more engaging than "some players didn't like these changes." I tend toward nostalgia on some things myself, but I try to appreciate when there are improvements to the game too. It's all very much in retrospect...

The Fall of the House of Usher - The Alan Parsons Project (1976)

Dorgath is successful. He collects two firebombs. There is enough gold for all four warriors to collect 375 apiece. There is also treasure... To move things along, I'll assume that everyone contributes to identifying the treasure... -Dawnstone: Can be used to resurrect someone once. Worth...

It does seem that there has always been some vocal contingent of players that scream doom and gloom over seemingly innocuous changes. I was expecting to see more "this mechanic was unpopular and players believed it was the beginning of the end for the game" type of stuff. Some of these strike me...

That was the alternative name for Type 1 before it became "Vintage." Of course, it wouldn't be too much of a cause for confusion because everyone has forgotten about that by now. It's easy to assume that the cards banned in Legacy would probably also be banned in a hypothetical anti-Modern...

He Goes to Church on Sunday - Billy Murray (1907)

Dorgath finds the same trap again. He thinks he sees a way to disarm the traps. If he's right, he could collect two free firebombs and open the chests safely. If he is wrong, well...

Dorgath finds that this chest is rigged to explode when opened!

Yeah, I don't really have a booster preference anyway. It's been a long time since I've tried any format that was even remotely similar to this, so I don't know what to expect.