Falling for a Failure | A Retrospective of Fallen Empires

Fallen Empires was an abject failure that should’ve killed Magic dead. It was overprinted, underpowered, mechanically complex, and visually incongruent. Every TCG new to the market was rabid for an audience and ready to eat Wizards' lunch. The threat of bankruptcy was looming.

31 years have passed. We're all still here.

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📘 Chapters:
0:00 Card Kingdom
0:15 BASILISK
0:35 Anatomy of a Failure
4:08 The Doomed Fate of Sarpadia
13:54 Painting a World (Without a World Guide)
24:34 Early Prototypes, Later References
33:42 Wyvern et. al.
36:58 Foil Armor
37:44 40 Bucks & A Brick of Commons

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