A while ago, I discovered the blog Illiteracy Has Downsides via a link tweeted by pro Magic player Matt Sperling. Despite being about a type of game I never play and possess only passing familiarity with (real-time strategy games, primarily Starcraft II), I found a lot of their work to…
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Welcome back to my 2-part article series about various methods to disguise the variance in your game to give your players an illusion of control. You can read part 1 here. There’s a very understandable revulsion to “being manipulated” that makes this subject a little strange to write about. After…