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Game Magic
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Game Magic

by Jeff Howard
April 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
376 pages
10h 41m
English
A K Peters/CRC Press
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Chapter 2
Magic Systems in
Theory and Practice
A
    set of rules and symbols designed to rigorously
simulate the alteration of reality through the will by way of meta-
physical forces and entities. In order to simulate magic in a game, magic
must be dened in part by rules. For example, a rule might specify that a
player (or a computer) should roll two six-sided dice in order to calculate
the amount of damage from a re projectile. Another rule might demand
that a player is unable to cast a spell if he has fewer than ve mana points.
A set of consistent, complete, internally consistent rules governing magic
is part of a mag
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ISBN: 9781466567870