Alpha rule book & short story
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Alpha rule book & short story
Anyone know if there are scans of the alpha rule book online. Not only of the cover, but of the actual rules, and the story at the beginning. If not could someone scan the wizard story, in a readable dpi, and email me it? chad@equestrian-insight.com
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Re: alpha rule book
I think Ralph scanned one a long time ago when we were trying to differentiate Alpha from Beta from Unlimited rulebooks.
I *could* do scans for you if you don't find anyone who already did but I'm a very lazy guy ;D
Please let me know if your researches are unfruitful.
Regards,
Eric.
I *could* do scans for you if you don't find anyone who already did but I'm a very lazy guy ;D
Please let me know if your researches are unfruitful.
Regards,
Eric.
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Re: alpha rule book
So is there a difference? I have a stray rule book sitting around and I was trying to figure out which it was.I think Ralph scanned one a long time ago when we were trying to differentiate Alpha from Beta from Unlimited rulebooks.
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Both Alpha and Beta rulebooks have a picture of Bog Wraith on the cover.So is there a difference? I have a stray rule book sitting around and I was trying to figure out which it was.
Alpha is 35 (numbered) pages. On pages 4-5, there is a short story about a character named Worzel, written incidently by Richard Garfield.
Beta is 39 (numbered) pages and does not have the story.
Re: alpha rule book
Well, Eric, it doesnt look like anyone else has a scan, so if you could scan, that'd be great.I think Ralph scanned one a long time ago when we were trying to differentiate Alpha from Beta from Unlimited rulebooks.
I *could* do scans for you if you don't find anyone who already did but I'm a very lazy guy ;D
Please let me know if your researches are unfruitful.
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Re: alpha rule book
Both Alpha and Beta rulebooks have a picture of Bog Wraith on the cover.
Alpha is 35 (numbered) pages. On pages 4-5, there is a short story about a character named Worzel, written incidently by Richard Garfield.
Beta is 39 (numbered) pages and does not have the story.
Thanks! My book is indeed an Alpha.
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Yeah, Eric, don't be lazy ! >:(
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Re: alpha rule book
Thanks! My book is indeed an Alpha.
Got a scanner? ;D
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Re: alpha rule book
Chad2012: I do not have the scans anymore, sorry. I could do new ones, though. Which section of the Alpha rule book do you need scanned?
motorcitymagic already did a good job to explain the differences between an Alpha and a Beta rule book. The one info I can add is that there are no Unlimited rule books. WotC reused the Beta ones.
motorcitymagic already did a good job to explain the differences between an Alpha and a Beta rule book. The one info I can add is that there are no Unlimited rule books. WotC reused the Beta ones.
Re: alpha rule book
The whole thing scanned would be great, but since that would take too long, just the garfield story is fine.Chad2012: I do not have the scans anymore, sorry. I could do new ones, though. Which section of the Alpha rule book do you need scanned?
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if it could be scanned in at 300dpi, OCR could be performed, and we could have the story in a text format! :)
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Mmm I wanna read the story :) Is there any place to get an alpha rulebook online? I dont feel like buying a starter deck for $500-$700 just for the rulebook ;D
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Re: alpha rule book
Introduction
Worzel felt the telltale prickling at the back of her neck; her domain was being challenged! It's someone old. She though. Someone I know...Thomil! It had been a long time since he had challenged her. Quickly, she called her vassals into action. She would need much mana for this duel, much indeed.
The last time Worzel fought with Thomil, he had focused on the destructive magic of the mountains. It had been a close fight; she still saw in her nightmares the brigade of firebreathers that had pushed her to the brink of submission. Since then, Worzel had learned from a specialist in white magic that there were ways to protect herself from the raw forces Thomil loved. Unfortunately, the white magician had been unwilling to part with the knowledge in exchange for her offered artifact; she had been forced to coerce it out of him in other, more violent ways. It took a while, but she was a far more experienced duelist that he, and in time he was forced to yield what she sought.
Worzel soon found that gathering the proper mana for her protective spells was going to be difficult. She needed the mana of the countryside, and disturbances in the ether were preventing her from making the necessary psychic bonds to any of those lands. She had precious little to draw on in the first place, so it could take a while before she managed to get a link to the plains. Just having the knowledge to protect yourself isn't enough. She thought. Well, let's see if I can stall him with my friends of the forest in the meantime.
Worzel resisted the temptation to invest herself in blue magic, in case the rumor that Thomil had taken to raising serpents had any truth. Now she began to regret the loss of the Glasses of Urza, which might have given her some clue where the focus of his attack would be.
Thomil countered her creatures with a legion of undead. Black magic, she though. Thomil! I wouldn't have expected that from you. Thomil had always enjoyed displays of pure power, but she had regarded him as a relatively clean fighter. At least cleaner than most.
A sudden sense of horror came over Worzel as she felt a large drain on the mana plane – an enourmous drain, accompanied by a stink of sulfur and the grave. Something big was coming.
Learned some new tricks since we last met, eh? Muttered Worzel, under her breath. Well, so have I, dear Thomil, so have I.
It was going to be a tough fight.
Worzel felt the telltale prickling at the back of her neck; her domain was being challenged! It's someone old. She though. Someone I know...Thomil! It had been a long time since he had challenged her. Quickly, she called her vassals into action. She would need much mana for this duel, much indeed.
The last time Worzel fought with Thomil, he had focused on the destructive magic of the mountains. It had been a close fight; she still saw in her nightmares the brigade of firebreathers that had pushed her to the brink of submission. Since then, Worzel had learned from a specialist in white magic that there were ways to protect herself from the raw forces Thomil loved. Unfortunately, the white magician had been unwilling to part with the knowledge in exchange for her offered artifact; she had been forced to coerce it out of him in other, more violent ways. It took a while, but she was a far more experienced duelist that he, and in time he was forced to yield what she sought.
Worzel soon found that gathering the proper mana for her protective spells was going to be difficult. She needed the mana of the countryside, and disturbances in the ether were preventing her from making the necessary psychic bonds to any of those lands. She had precious little to draw on in the first place, so it could take a while before she managed to get a link to the plains. Just having the knowledge to protect yourself isn't enough. She thought. Well, let's see if I can stall him with my friends of the forest in the meantime.
Worzel resisted the temptation to invest herself in blue magic, in case the rumor that Thomil had taken to raising serpents had any truth. Now she began to regret the loss of the Glasses of Urza, which might have given her some clue where the focus of his attack would be.
Thomil countered her creatures with a legion of undead. Black magic, she though. Thomil! I wouldn't have expected that from you. Thomil had always enjoyed displays of pure power, but she had regarded him as a relatively clean fighter. At least cleaner than most.
A sudden sense of horror came over Worzel as she felt a large drain on the mana plane – an enourmous drain, accompanied by a stink of sulfur and the grave. Something big was coming.
Learned some new tricks since we last met, eh? Muttered Worzel, under her breath. Well, so have I, dear Thomil, so have I.
It was going to be a tough fight.
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Re: alpha rule book
Mmm I love the story! Thanks for doing the trouble of typing it all down, l0qii :D
I cant understand why they only printed such a story in the alpha rulebooks... If I was just starting with magic and read such a story, I'd get much more tempted into playing it and it would also have sparked my imagination towards what magic really is meant to be...
Now I have to get one of these rulebooks ;D
I cant understand why they only printed such a story in the alpha rulebooks... If I was just starting with magic and read such a story, I'd get much more tempted into playing it and it would also have sparked my imagination towards what magic really is meant to be...
Now I have to get one of these rulebooks ;D
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that is a neat story! do the mtg books read like that, as well?
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