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Small Update 14 Sep 2012 | 08:43 pm
You can get the latest version of Forge from the forum. Here is a list of programs that are similar to Forge and let you play Magic: The Gathering against the computer or other players. Keep on tapp...
That’s All Folks 29 Apr 2012 | 06:52 am
A king was nervous about the future and asked a wise man, “Tell me something that is always true” and the wise man replied, “Change”. This will be the last entry for this blog. It has been a great fi...
Deck Editor and Schlemiel’s Algorithm 18 Apr 2012 | 06:04 am
Years ago I wrote Forge’s first deck editor. It didn’t do anything fancy and you couldn’t search for anything. You really didn’t need to “search” much because Forge only had a couple hundred cards. I ...
New Version 11 Apr 2012 | 05:31 am
Forge has 500 new cards for a total grand total of 10,524 cards. Over 10,000 cards is just insanely crazy but it is more fun than a 100 pound ice cream. Some of the new cards include: Mirror Strike ...
Playtesting and Forge 2 Apr 2012 | 07:01 pm
A while ago a reader mentioned that he used Forge to playtest new decks. I thought it was an interesting comment because I never considered that idea. Forge has around 75% of all of the cards in stand...
Should the AI Bluff When Attacking? 26 Mar 2012 | 07:01 pm
Bluffing is not a major part of Magic but it is still exists. By “bluffing” I mean attacking as if you held a card like Giant Growth. You can even bluff with cards like Shock by attacking your opponen...
Nothing New 18 Mar 2012 | 06:31 am
I usually have a fabulous article to post every Monday but sometimes the well runs dry, aka. I have no idea in the whole universe about what to write. Usually ideas just randomly float into my head, w...
Cooperation and Why Forge Doesn’t Have Flame Wars 12 Mar 2012 | 07:01 pm
Forge is one big collaboration with people from different countries and languages. All of these people are united in their love for Magic: The Gathering. I am guessing that Forge has had at least 100 ...
New Version – Dark Ascension and 10,000+ cards 5 Mar 2012 | 10:02 pm
Forge is awesome. It has 154 Dark Ascension cards and a total of 10,382 cards, which is crazy. The new user interface looks great and when you start Forge, it has a nice, modern menu (which is shown b...
Dark Ascension is Coming 27 Feb 2012 | 10:01 pm
I thought about posting a new version of Forge today but the most recently released version on the forums does not download the new Dark Ascension card pictures, and I know that everybody loves to use...
