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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 1588461" data-attributes="member: 53">Some kid's card game?&nbsp; I think a good case could be made for MtG being as influential in gaming as D&amp;D has been.&nbsp; It spawned many imitators and easily has been the most successful and longest lasting game in that genre.&nbsp; Indeed, you can trace the current trend of collectible miniature games to MtG's success.However, Gary was the face of D&amp;D for a long time during the infancy &amp; early childhood of the game.&nbsp; You could open just about any issue of The Dragon and see at least one article with his comments on the game or the gaming community. On the other hand, Richard Garfield never really had this connection with the MtG community.&nbsp; While I haven't played it since around Ice Age, I had very little connection with him.&nbsp; I read the story of how he designed the game and I believe I saw a deck he designed as a special promotional item.&nbsp; That's about all I saw of his connection of the game.&nbsp; I'm sure he did other things (especially on the convention circuit).&nbsp; However, he just wasn't the driving force behind the game that Gary was.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 1588461, member: 53"] Some kid's card game? I think a good case could be made for MtG being as influential in gaming as D&D has been. It spawned many imitators and easily has been the most successful and longest lasting game in that genre. Indeed, you can trace the current trend of collectible miniature games to MtG's success. However, Gary was the face of D&D for a long time during the infancy & early childhood of the game. You could open just about any issue of The Dragon and see at least one article with his comments on the game or the gaming community. On the other hand, Richard Garfield never really had this connection with the MtG community. While I haven't played it since around Ice Age, I had very little connection with him. I read the story of how he designed the game and I believe I saw a deck he designed as a special promotional item. That's about all I saw of his connection of the game. I'm sure he did other things (especially on the convention circuit). However, he just wasn't the driving force behind the game that Gary was. [/QUOTE]

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