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Jonathan has an interesting piece of gaming history! He's auctioning it off for a good cause.

On Spotify, I have a "human predicament" playlist and a "society" playlist (with some overlap), and now I'm thinking that I need to add a "war" playlist.

Thanks for sharing. I was not on the design team and did not remember this aspect of mapping and world-building.

A screenshot of an article that says: The Domains map was especially unusual because it not only had to define the positions of several nations and races at the core of Limited Edition (Alpha) Magic, it also had to meet the needs of the team that was developing the Magic role playing game. Yes, there was an RPG in development, but it fell victim to the widespread cuts the company made to its RPG lines as 1995 came to a close. But in those short six months we laid out the places that would become a likely part of a player character's life as they leveled. To use purely Dungeons & Dragons terms, the Domains was the starter area for levels 1–10. Jamuraa and Shiv, home to harsh environments and tons of dragons, were for levels 11–20. But epic adventures of levels 20–30 were located in Terisiare and Sarpadia. Terisiare, the home of the Brothers' War, is filled with powerful artifacts, but they're buried and often submerged—that's also another reason so much of Terisiare was sunk beneath the waves for modern day. Whereas, Sarpadia . . . well, I've always felt the thrulls would win and now rule that continent absolutely. Any player characters unfortunate enough to land there were going to find themselves on the sharp end of a fantasy/horror story crossbreed.

Interesting, a 1995ish RPG has been apocryphal for Magic fans for a while now. Peter Venters has talked about its existence in regards to designing the initial worldbuilding around it.

Anyway this is a cool bit of history!

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30 years ago, I and my friends Tim Beach, Teeuwynn Woodruff, and Wolfgang Baur designed a Magic: The Gathering RPG called Manastorm. It was never released. But now, our boss Jonathan has put the manuscript up for auction to benefit Planned Parenthood. If you want it, contact Jonathan today.

... "18 thousand armor". Since it was the same armor that the king's guards wore, the guards thought they were other guards and let them pass. They killed the king, and now the friend's character is the king. Glad to hear that this kid is doing it right. 2/2

A 6-year old down the street has gotten into D&D. I said he could rummage through my collection of plastic minis and take some. He knew enough about D&D to dig and dig until he found the huge gold dragon. He recounted an adventure in which his character and his friend's both got... 1/2

isn't the full title, "The Highest Level of All Fantasy Wargaming"?

I'll stop accepting offers when it looks like no new, larger offers are coming in any more. You can message me now because I've followed your account.

Last editing pass on this gem.

I am awed by the way @jonathantweet.bsky.social
can encapsulate a scenario and campaign in such dense and elegant way. It looks so simple …

Looking forward publishing this new KRAKEN Chapbook.

Thanks to Wizards owning all this intellectual property, you can rest assured that this game isn't going to see publication.

Also, have you heard of Dragon Storm from Black Dragon Press (1993–1995)?

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seems highly unlikely, but I'll be asking prospective new owners about their willingness to share the contents with the world

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And here's my amazing array of old games that I've already given away, raising $1872 for Planned Parenthood. Many happy gamers got great deals! In 2022, I moved into a new, smaller house and did not take most of my collection with me. Great stuff here! ##ttrpg

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Here's my album of my old game stuff that has not yet found homes, mostly miniatures at this point. Also French RPGs, a lot of Different Worlds, and of course the draft copy of the unpublished Magic RPG from 1996. Accepting offers by DM. Please share. #ttrpg #dnd

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not even Everway!

Yes, I would sure love to see that!

Wild, right? It was its own thing, not derived from any other RPG system.

Thank you! It's a secret silent auction so I'm not going to say what the bidding is at, but I'll say that it hasn't really started yet. This project of mine might get a little too big for me. Maybe someone else will dig up another copy and take the pressure off me.

Lots of spells! Character sheets. Monster sheets w notes from a battle. Lots to love: 68 pp in the first section, 165 pp in the Appendix, and maybe 20 loose sheets of monsters, character sheets, and handouts. By @wolfgangbaur.bsky.social, @mikeselinker.bsky.social & the late Teeuwynn Woodruff. 2/2

The 1996 draft of the unpublished, unannounced Magic RPG is substantial. I made a few marginal notes when I reviewed it. I'm giving it away for a donation to Planned Parenthood, offered by secret silent auction. DM me with offers. I'm likely to get a few big offers.

"What if?" #mtg #ttrpg 1/2

It's a silent, secret auction as I've been doing for my game giveaway for two years now. Submit offers by DM. This one will be open for a while & I have no idea what it might go for. I also can't say how many of these there are in existence. Apparently none have surfaced in the last 30 years.

I know that I looked at the final version, and this is the only version that I have a copy of, so my guess is that this is the final version

it has not

It's a silent, secret auction, and people make offers directly to me through DM

@wolfgangbaur.bsky.social and @mikeselinker.bsky.social might want to chime in

I'm not sure I have an answer for you... Remember that this was fun art for an internal document, not anything like a proposed cover.

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.

Probably I'll post some interior pics so people can get a look at it.