Adventures in the Forgotten Realms: How Magic the Gathering Made a D&D Crossover | Game Design
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is Magic the Gathering's most recent booster set, and the first of its kind: a crossover between Dungeons & Dragons and the core mechanics of Magic. In my eyes, this was an incredibly successful experiment. But what made this Magic and D&D crossover so effective? We're going to venture into the dungeon to discuss the game design philosophies and goals of the design teams that created this behemoth of a set, today, on Draw 5 Move 5!
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00:00 Video and Topic Intros
02:06 What Makes an Effective Crossover?
04:00 Flavor and Feel
08:14 Adapting D&D Mechanics
13: 08 Retaining Its Core Identity
15:40 Improvements and Missed Opportunities
20:33 Conclusion and Outro