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<blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5310817" data-attributes="member: 56189"><p>That's because I'm not saying they are the same.</p><p></p><p>As Ceres pointed out, Power Cards have been around for awhile. I also pointed this out, earlier.</p><p></p><p>I play D&D Encounters at a gaming store that is set-up around the business model of having space for people to play various games. They run tournaments for MtG all the time. So I guess part of my reaction is from being around this environment of late.</p><p></p><p>The point I was trying to make was that it was FAMILIAR. Not carbon-copies or one system ripping off another, but rather upon seeing what was inside, the closes ups of the power-cards and tokens and tiles and maps, my first thought was, "Wow, that reminds me of MtG!"</p><p></p><p>So sure, power cards have been around, but you look at them and don't immediately put D&D and MtG together in the same thought, unless you're a conspiracy theorist. I feel that they have deliberately gone for the FEEL of MtG with the style of the new Red Box contents. There was, to me at least, an immediate connection between the two.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I should've posted this with a link to the unboxing video in an MtG forum and gotten their reaction. I'd be curious to see if they made the same connection, as really, that's what I'm saying will happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kzach, post: 5310817, member: 56189"] That's because I'm not saying they are the same. As Ceres pointed out, Power Cards have been around for awhile. I also pointed this out, earlier. I play D&D Encounters at a gaming store that is set-up around the business model of having space for people to play various games. They run tournaments for MtG all the time. So I guess part of my reaction is from being around this environment of late. The point I was trying to make was that it was FAMILIAR. Not carbon-copies or one system ripping off another, but rather upon seeing what was inside, the closes ups of the power-cards and tokens and tiles and maps, my first thought was, "Wow, that reminds me of MtG!" So sure, power cards have been around, but you look at them and don't immediately put D&D and MtG together in the same thought, unless you're a conspiracy theorist. I feel that they have deliberately gone for the FEEL of MtG with the style of the new Red Box contents. There was, to me at least, an immediate connection between the two. Maybe I should've posted this with a link to the unboxing video in an MtG forum and gotten their reaction. I'd be curious to see if they made the same connection, as really, that's what I'm saying will happen. [/QUOTE]
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