Magic: The Gathering - The Strong National Museum of Play

nbsp; Inducted Year: 2019 Magic: The Gathering was unlike any previous card game when it was introduced in 1993. Inventor Richard Garfield loved games. A PhD candidate in mathematics, he brought games into his courses for undergraduates and even demonstrated “condiment games” when dining with colleagues. When a game publisher refused a board game he’d submitted, Garfield challenged the man to “describe a game concept—any concept—and I’ll design a game around it for you.” So Kent Adkison, president of fledgling game company []

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Magic: The Gathering - The Strong National Museum of Play

Visitors become part of the video game at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York

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