Quantus Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 https://io9.gizmodo.com/brandon-sanderson-wrote-a-magic-the-gathering-novella-183101102 Quote Brandon Sanderson is known for his fantastical, intricate magic systems across the whole interconnected worlds of his Cosmere novels. But now, he’s turning to another of his passions to weave a new story of magic: literally, because he’s gotten his hands on the worlds of the legendary card game Magic: The Gathering. io9 is proud to exclusively reveal the first look at Brandon Sanderson’s latest novella, Magic: Children of the Nameless. Written in collaboration with the Magic’s story team at Wizards of the Coast, Children of the Nameless invites readers to meet a young girl named Tacenda who is capable of great magic, until tragedy strikes at the worst possible time. But during that tragedy, Tacenda crosses paths with a mysterious new Planeswalker named Davriel, designed by Sanderson himself. Brandon Sanderson has written a Magic: The Gathering Novella The link has a brief write-up, interview with Brandon, and the First Chapter as a sample. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 I suppose this is the Secret Project that is on second draft right now on the website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed peace Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Brandon confirmed it on Twitter. https://mobile.twitter.com/BrandSanderson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Always wanted to read books in the MGT series, but they are so expensive now, and sold by sellers at amazon of questionable feedback. I hope he releases this on paper at some point and in the future writes an entire novel or 3 in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wookiee Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 The Download is now available - https://magic.wizards.com/en/story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 I have to admit that I'm a bit underwhelmed at this as his secret project. I'm glad for him that he gets to engage his passion hobby on a professional level. I'm sure that was cool as heck to get to work directly with the WotC MTG team on this project. But... I just don't care about MTG universe or novels now that I don't play the game. Don't get me wrong, I still own the first ever MTG novel, Arena and the rest of the Greensleeves Trilogy and I re-visit it now and again to be reminded of when I actually played back in HS. Anyway, I'll still probably buy it... and probably enjoy it, this announcement as the secret project is just underwhelming to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wookiee Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, Green Hoodie Mistborn said: I have to admit that I'm a bit underwhelmed at this as his secret project. I'm glad for him that he gets to engage his passion hobby on a professional level. I'm sure that was cool as heck to get to work directly with the WotC MTG team on this project. But... I just don't care about MTG universe or novels now that I don't play the game. Don't get me wrong, I still own the first ever MTG novel, Arena and the rest of the Greensleeves Trilogy and I re-visit it now and again to be reminded of when I actually played back in HS. Anyway, I'll still probably buy it... and probably enjoy it, this announcement as the secret project is just underwhelming to me. Well good thing is that it is free of charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 I thought just the first chapter would be free... Huh... looks like Brandon broke the MTG site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wookiee Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 27 minutes ago, Green Hoodie Mistborn said: I thought just the first chapter would be free... Huh... looks like Brandon broke the MTG site! It is fixed now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) Ok, well since it was free... I read it! Just in case spoiler for my thoughts on it: Spoiler I thought it was... ok. Since it's a MTG story I think Brandon wasn't able to do the think which makes him Brandon, which is a more "hard" magic system. It seemed like he was trying to do that, within the limits of the MTG storytelling framework. I... dislike the soft, basically ruleless magic in it. Characters and story were interesting. I didn't call some of the things that happened which is always nice, and some of the moral/ethical discussions being set in Innistrad are interesting. But overall I'd give it a 3/5 if I were rating it. Better than not, but not thrilling for me. I DID enjoy the Davriel as a character, to me he was the shining star in the thing, though there was definitely some Lightsong shining through him Edited December 13, 2018 by Green Hoodie Mistborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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