On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very sorry. That reminds me of the time Richard Garfield stole my idea > for trading card games (no joke - back in the late eighties I had made > collectible gaming cards out of 3x5 notecards and had sold them in > packs to cronies at school).
I've heard similar stories that make me think the idea was occurring to a lot of people. Richard Garfield was just the one in the position to publish a game widely (although I'm sure the fact that the game was relatively well-designed didn't hurt). -root
