Magic The Gathering--Time to Gather the Grrls


NrrdGrrl! Discussion Forum: Just Plain Talk: Magic The Gathering--Time to Gather the Grrls
By Lya on Sunday, February 22, 1998 - 10:08 pm:

Has anyone ever played Magic the Gathering? If you have, you know that it is a predominantly male game. I go to a small school, and I play--but I am the ONLY grrl to play it! There are about twenty players including me. When I first introduced myself as a MTG player, the guys were like "you know about this??" Since then, they have come up to me with ideas for tournaments, asking about card prices, and even asking me to duel with them. I've even done business with some of them--selling them top-notch cards. We need some more femme players! Let's get up in the ranks! I think it would be great to hear from some other grrl players, so e-mail me please.

~Lya


By Titania on Monday, February 23, 1998 - 04:27 pm:

I love magic...I started playing and building decks recently and have really started enjoying the game. At my school also there are few girls playing, but this is not a big deal to the guys. They are just as willing to kill me as anyone else.


By Lya on Monday, February 23, 1998 - 07:30 pm:

The guys don't really mind killing me--but they hate it when I kill them! (BIG GRIN).
Glad to meet you, oh Queen of the Faeries!

~Lya


By Shampoo on Monday, February 23, 1998 - 11:59 pm:

Huh? Whatcha guys talkin about?


By Titania on Wednesday, February 25, 1998 - 06:23 pm:

Magic the Gathering is a power card game. It is rather expensive to play, but is very fun. In your deck of cards (40 to 60 cards) you will have manna (what you have to have to lay creatures down), creatures (what you use to kill your opponents), artifacts (things that give creatures odd twists), and spells (also to be used to damage opponents or to give you help). with your deck you play agains one to several players witht he idea of the game being that you will kill all the creatures and take away all of the life of your opposing player/s. I think that is a pretty good summery...feel free to ad to it if there is something i missed.


By Keely on Wednesday, February 25, 1998 - 07:21 pm:

That sounds so cool.


By Shampoo on Thursday, February 26, 1998 - 12:04 am:

So you guys have, like, a Magic the Gathering club or something?? Cool.


By Seraph on Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - 04:35 pm:

I met my current boyfriend through Magic. I love this game. :)


By Que_ on Wednesday, March 18, 1998 - 05:48 pm:

At my school, the guys who are classified as nerdy tend to be the only ones who play this...is it the same at everyone else's school?

By the way...absolutely NO GRRLS play magic at my school. The guys take it as their monopoly.


By Lya on Saturday, March 21, 1998 - 12:05 am:

Que, then I suggest you start. The ones who play here are actually very popular guys. They are the D&D clique, if you will. The type who read Anne McCaffrey and play Dungeons and Dragons. I get along with most of them, in fact one of them is my best guy friend!

And Seraph, congratulations! Wish I could find a guy I shared interests with! :)


By Titania on Sunday, March 22, 1998 - 04:42 pm:

I started playing magic because my boyfrined played. its great when you find lots of things in your relationship to enjoy together. Neil taught me to play and has encouraged the very addictive habbit!
I love D and D too! It is so much fun for the creative mind...you just have to keep it all int he right perspective.


By Amy on Wednesday, March 25, 1998 - 07:36 pm:

Hey!

More girl gamers?!!? Neato! I'm a D&D player m'self, but I've noticed a sincere lack of female players in my area. I used to play MTG, but it got a bit pricey. Has anyone notriced the distinct lack of respect for female characters in a adventuring party?

If there are any gals out there in the Sacramento Area in CA, I'd love to get a female gaming group together!

Amy
amy@psyber.com


By Sarah on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 12:36 pm:

I'd love to play Magic, but I really don't want to have to ask a boy how to play. A lot of boys play Magic, and I think it looks very groovy. Is there anyone out there who could tell me how to play, where to get cards, and anything else I need to know?
Thanx!
Sarah
peacehippy@gurlmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Cottage/8068/


By Shannon on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 10:21 pm:

Wow, I love AD&D, too! I'd thought about starting an board about it, but was just too lazy to do it. :) I haven't gotten to play many role playing games since high school, I've noticed that it's hard to meet gamers! Do you guys play any other games? I play Shadowrun, too. My friends play live action Vampire: The Masquerade, but I don't. I think I would feel way too silly! Has anyone else had experience with live action gaming?


By DRoss88593 on Saturday, July 4, 1998 - 03:34 pm:

I'm just learning how to play Magic but I've already beaten one of the best guys at my school! Grrl Powa or wot!


By Sazzy on Saturday, October 3, 1998 - 07:00 pm:

I have never heard of Magic the Gathering before. It sounds really interesting. Can you get the stuff in Britain?


By Sazzy on Monday, October 5, 1998 - 01:27 pm:

This is so weired, but the day after I wrote the message abpve, I went out and saw it in the shops. It sounds really cool, but It would be great if someone could put up a really detailed description before I invest.
Also, is there a website?`


By Tinkle on Thursday, November 5, 1998 - 02:43 pm:

Hello Saz,
I am a new MTG player and have just started playing Portal (the beginner set) it's difficult to explain all the rules but basically your creatures have to fight your opponents creatures and bring down their life total. I mentioned at school that I played and I found loads of guys (though not many girls) were interested.Most of them were easy to beat though!
There are loads of finer points to magic like spells which make your creatures gain power etc
I advise you to get portal card set first of all as it is the simplest and then build up your decks.
After that their are loads of decks to get and they get more and more complex.


By Sazzy on Thursday, November 5, 1998 - 03:52 pm:

Thanks Tinkle!
Since writing my last message I have bought the Portal set and persuaded a friend to do the same thing. We both really love the game now, and have bought cases and counter thingies and everything. Loads of people at school are really curious about it, and a couple of people who we'd hardly spoken to before have come up to us and said "You play Magic don't you?"
It is pretty complicated though!
Sazzy
POIGE


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