Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Magic: The Gathering successfully settled down in digital universe, this is a screenshot from Magic
2014 developed by Wizards of the Coast. As you can check it for yourself the basic principles re-
main the same: game table and a collection of cards
As would be expected, the beauty of such game elements soon gave birth to a pas-
sion for collecting these items. But it is boring to collect some items and not to use
them sometimes in the action, so a new genre of games was born based on the
specific cards players have to collect to play the game. The genre became known
as
collectible card game
(
CCG
) or trading card game. It encourages the desire to
search for new cards not only from the aesthetic point of view, but for gaming pur-
poses as well because the player can organize his own playing decks, developing
his original balance of powers and abilities. The first game of this type was the now
illustrious game Magic: The Gathering, published in 1993.
