There Was a Magic: The Gathering RPG Being Developed at WotC And You Can Bid On The Draft For Charity

Johnathan Tweet--who you will know from Ars Magica, D&D 3E, and 13th Age--worked on a Magic: The Gathering roleplaying game while at Wizards of the Coast back in 1996. Now he’s giving away the draft as a fundraiser.

Here's a draft manuscript of the Magic: The Gathering roleplaying game from 1996, and I've giving it away as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, with permission from the authors. Not sure how much to ask for. Vanishingly rare. $1,872 raised so far.

It seems that in order to bid you need to contact Tweet directly via the BlueSky platform.

It is its own game, not like anything else, and eventually I'll ship it off to the fan who offers the most for it as a donation to Planned Parenthood. I'm going to let word spread for a while. You can DM me.

 

[Scribe]

Yoooooo, already out of range, but very cool.

 

[Planescape]

Extremely cool! Hope whoever ends up with it releases some scans or somethin!

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

I've always loved the world of Dominaria, but I didn't like the article they put out for it.

I've often kicked around the idea of running a D&D game set there, where the PCs and most of the threats consist of all the low-mana cost original cards.

 

[Koloth]

Version 4.1? Guess it went through several revisions. Wonder how long it was under development?

 

[sevenbastard]

If I buy it can I freely share it, or am I prohibited from posting copies online because its copyrighted?

 

[Dragonhelm]

I remember when WotC bought out TSR, a lot of fans were against the idea of making a Magic RPG for D&D. I was shocked that it wasn't developed. Seemed like a natural mash-up to me. Then to realize it would be somewhere around two decades later before we got the Plane Shift PDFs and Ravnica. I am so glad we have them now. New campaign settings are awesome.

What's interesting here is that ManaStorm (LOVE that name!) predates WotC buying out TSR.

I would love it if we could see a PDF someday. I'm not holding my breath there.

Whatever the case, awesome find and I hope more comes from this!

 

[Dragonhelm]

Version 4.1? Guess it went through several revisions. Wonder how long it was under development?

On the Bluesky thread, Wolfgang Baur said he remembered something like a version 4.7.

If I buy it can I freely share it, or am I prohibited from posting copies online because its copyrighted?

The image shows that it's copyright Wizards of the Coast, so it couldn't legally be shared. Unfortunately.

 

[TheAlkaizer]

I wonder if people from ENWorld could buy it as a group, and then just get it scanned and released! Or any other community.

 

[Umbran]

I wonder if people from ENWorld could buy it as a group, and then just get it scanned and released! Or any other community.

Legally? No.
Copyright still applies.