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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1681643" data-attributes="member: 3586">Not like Magic, though.&quot;Tapping&quot; involves changing the orientation of a card to indicate that it has been used, and then restoring it when it become available again. Tarot cards don't change in orientation. Once they're placed, that's how they stay.It is obvious in hindsight, but it is incredible how many card games over the years have never used that technique.What is also important is how &quot;the time is right&quot; for an invention. A good example might be that of calculus - it was invented at the same time by two different people. (Newton and Leibniz). {Although there is some debate about the matter, I find}The fact that you independently came up with elements of Magic just shows that &quot;the time was right&quot; for that portion of the game to be invented.However, you didn't have the will to perservere and get your game into a useful form. Wizards (and Richard Garfield) did. And thus they get the spoils.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 1681643, member: 3586"] Not like Magic, though. "Tapping" involves [i]changing[/i] the orientation of a card to indicate that it has been used, and then restoring it when it become available again. Tarot cards don't change in orientation. Once they're placed, that's how they stay. It is obvious [i]in hindsight[/i], but it is incredible how many card games over the years have never used that technique. What is also important is how "the time is right" for an invention. A good example might be that of calculus - it was invented at the same time by two different people. (Newton and Leibniz). {Although there is some debate about the matter, I find} The fact that you independently came up with elements of Magic just shows that "the time was right" for that portion of the game to be invented. However, you didn't have the will to perservere and get your game into a useful form. Wizards (and Richard Garfield) [i]did[/i]. And thus they get the spoils. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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