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<blockquote data-quote="TGryph" data-source="post: 3299082" data-attributes="member: 19651">Actually, he is not far off. Back in the day, I was a playtester for &quot;Manastorm&quot;, the RPG based on M:TG from WOTC. While it had some interesting ideas (a &quot;manadeck&quot; used to power spells, etc), it had many large problems. As this was before the WOTC takeover of TSR, we put a lot of time and effort into the game, and reported both the warts and good parts of the game. We were then told the project was put on hold. The WOTC bought out TSR and the projest disappeared.I was cleaning out some boxes of old gaming stuff one day, and found the rules and all of my old notes. SOme folks on RPG.Net expressed an interest in seeing it, so I wrote WOTC and asked about the NDA I had signed those...what, 15 years ago? I was IMMEDIATELY sent a letter stating in no uncertain terms that the NDA was still in effect, and not to show anyone anything.So, apparantly it is a no-no to discuss anything about even the deadest of games. Too bad..one of my Gurps players is HUGE into M:TG. Judges statewide competitions too. Oh well...TGryph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TGryph, post: 3299082, member: 19651"] Actually, he is not far off. Back in the day, I was a playtester for "Manastorm", the RPG based on M:TG from WOTC. While it had some interesting ideas (a "manadeck" used to power spells, etc), it had many large problems. As this was before the WOTC takeover of TSR, we put a lot of time and effort into the game, and reported both the warts and good parts of the game. We were then told the project was put on hold. The WOTC bought out TSR and the projest disappeared. I was cleaning out some boxes of old gaming stuff one day, and found the rules and all of my old notes. SOme folks on RPG.Net expressed an interest in seeing it, so I wrote WOTC and asked about the NDA I had signed those...what, 15 years ago? I was IMMEDIATELY sent a letter stating in no uncertain terms that the NDA was still in effect, and not to show anyone anything. So, apparantly it is a no-no to discuss anything about even the deadest of games. Too bad..one of my Gurps players is HUGE into M:TG. Judges statewide competitions too. Oh well... TGryph [/QUOTE]

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