Richard Garfield Archives

An exceedingly rare Black Lotus card from Magic: The Gathering, bearing signatures from both the artist of the card Christopher Rush and the game's creator Richard Garfield, was stolen from a local game store in Southern California this past Friday, January 7th The store's owners are now looking to get the card back and have provided[...]

Richard Garfield, Ph.D. This particular article is not necessarily about a marriage proposal, the birth of a first child, or even the birth of a second child No, this piece covers a second marriage, namely Dr Garfield's marriage to Koni Kim This topic seems at first to be a weird subject, but thinking deeply enough[...]

Richard Garfield, has, on many an occasion, commissioned Wizards of the Coast to create special Magic cards to commemorate specific events in his life that were forthcoming The first was his "Proposal" to his first wife, Lily Wu The second was the "Splendid Genesis", or the birth, of his first child, his daughter Terry Garfield[...]

Richard Garfield, Ph.D to commemorate important events in his life and the lives of those around him This one, in particular, looks at the birth of his first child, a daughter named Terry Garfield. The full art for Splendid Genesis, a special card from Magic: The Gathering that was created to celebrate the birth of creator Richard[...]

In the cases we will be discussing in this and the next few Magic: The Gathering Rarity Showcases, we will be focusing on the life event commemoration cards created by the person who created the game, Richard Garfield, Ph.D. Today, we will be talking about the card that focuses on his proposal to Lily Wu. The[...]

Renegade Game Studios, the tabletop gaming company credited with bringing Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid and Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals to the public, has announced a new game. The Hunger, a new board game by Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, is now available for preorder on Renegade's online store. An angled shot of the box for The Hunger,[...]

NACON and Abrakam Entertainment will be letting players try out Richard Garfield's Roguebook during the February Steam Game Festival From the mind of the creator of Magic: The Gathering comes this new indie RPG strategy game where you will build a team of two heroes to go into battle with and use them to the[...]

Indie developer Abrakam, alongside publisher NACON, have teamed up with legendary game designer Richard Garfield to bring Roguebook, a roguelike deckbuilder game, to the PC via Steam. Roguebook is set to release some time in May of 2021. A screenshot from the roguelike deckbuilding indie game Roguebook, by Abrakam and Nacon This screenshot depicts an overworld map of[...]

We recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview both Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield and Jeopardy Champion Ken Jennings about their part in the creation of game company Studio71's upcoming trivia game Half Truth To our delight, Studio71 also sent us an advance copy of the game We will provide a gameplay review in due time – perhaps[...]

Well, we also got the chance to interview another one of the designers of Half Truth – the creator of the card game Magic: The Gathering, Richard Garfield! The box art for Studio71 and Nighthawk Gaming's upcoming game Half Truth, designed by Ken Jennings and Richard Garfield. BC: Tell us how this idea came together[...]

Hello, trivia fans and gamers alike! Bleeding Cool got the chance to interview Jeopardy Champion Ken Jennings and Magic: The Gathering creator (as well as the creator of a whole slew of other games) Richard Garfield about their upcoming trivia game, Half Truth Due to the amount of awesome that has been grouped into one joint interview, you'll have to[...]

Richard Garfield's hit game King of Tokyo has gotten a huge, special-edition makeover – and, thanks to IELLO, is being released ahead of schedule among retailers that have the game in-hand already! Source: IELLO Based on the best-selling game from the same publisher, King of Tokyo: Dark Edition is a grittier, more realistic version of King of Tokyo[...]