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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by gberger on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @06:27AM (#19848064)
It is similar in lore/setting.
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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by EamonnMR on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @06:51AM (#19848215)
That was an accurate statement in, say, 1994 but boy did it diverge. Though now they've published a D&D book based on an MTG specific setting so I suppose they could converge again.
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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by toyg on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @10:09AM (#19849468)
It should also be mentioned that Magic effectively "ate up" D&D, when Wizards Of The Coast (owners of MTG) bought TSR (owners of D&D).
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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by C1sc0cat on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @07:09AM (#19848314)
Not sure that's true MTG is not based on any of the DnD settings nor does it have Character Races and Classes.
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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by maxsilver on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:01PM (#19850727)
Yep. In fact, the opposite is now true. Some of DnD is now (in part) based on MTG, including an MTG setting, MTG Character Races, and such.

http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/...

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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by aloisdg on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @08:57AM (#19848919)
You have creature type (a list of tags basically). A Human Soldier or a Goblin Wizard is common in MTG.
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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by C1sc0cat on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @11:35AM (#19850479)
You Have a thief in Catan
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