Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - October 2014 | Page 39

DECK Deck-based role-playing is very different than all of the others because technically it's not really role-playing. Granted games like Magic the Gathering want people to get into the role that they are Planeswalkers “people with the ability to travel to different dimensions” and you use the deck of cards that you build to do battle with other Planeswalkers, or players, to see who is the best. Yes, there is a story about warring Planeswalkers but it takes a back seat to the deck building and game play. This is how most deck based RPG's are set up and you'll find that they can be highly competitive. However there are other games that have tried to incorporate actual role-playing with card decks. Pathfinder has a deck-based RPG where the