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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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104 Game Magic
an abstract representation of an inuential division of schools of magic.
Figure4.3 is a color-coded representation of the schools of magic in this
chapter.
e metaphysical taxonomy of reality in magic systems occurs to vary-
ing degrees of depth, ranging from avor text in small or large amounts
(the backs ofMagic: e Gatheringcards exemplify short avor text, while
the codexes/codices inDragon Agecontain more elaborate philosophical
ruminations) to deep integration with gameplay. As such, these metaphys-
ical mappings of reality tend to resemble both tarot and kabbalistic map-
pings of the universe in the tree of li ...
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ISBN: 9781466567870