# Jonathan Tweet auctioning unreleased manuscript for M:tG RPG

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**Created:** [March 11, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/t/jonathan-tweet-auctioning-unreleased-manuscript-for-m-tg-rpg/208 "2026-03-11T17:47:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamiltron](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/user_avatar/discourse.tabletopadventure.games/jamiltron/32/4_2.png) [@jamiltron](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/u/jamiltron)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/t/jonathan-tweet-auctioning-unreleased-manuscript-for-m-tg-rpg/208/1 "2026-03-11T17:47:06Z")

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> **[There Was a Magic: The Gathering RPG Being Developed at WotC And You Can Bid...](https://www.enworld.org/threads/there-was-a-magic-the-gathering-rpg-being-developed-at-wotc-and-you-can-bid-on-the-draft-for-charity.718304/)**
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> Johnathan Tweet--who you will know from Ars Magica, D&D 3E, and 13th Age--worked on a Magic: The Gathering roleplaying game while at Wizards of the Coast back in 1996. Now he’s giving away the draft as a fundraiser.
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> Here's a draft manuscript of...

He posted about it on Bluesky but I’m not going to be bothered to log into Bluesky. I have heard over the years from people who were playtesters on this that it was BROKEN in some non-descript way. It was also being designed _right_ before WotC acquired TSR, which I suspect if there was problems getting this game into pre-production, the cash cow of resurrecting D&D would be a suitable reason to ice-box this.

Anyone heard about this over the years, or anyone have thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Protovalitross](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/user_avatar/discourse.tabletopadventure.games/protovalitross/32/205_2.png) [@Protovalitross](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/u/Protovalitross)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/t/jonathan-tweet-auctioning-unreleased-manuscript-for-m-tg-rpg/208/2 "2026-03-11T19:06:43Z")

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I mean, looking at this guys’ other work, I d9n’t have too much expectation of this to be much good. If this is one of the guys responsoble for 3e I already know he has questionable taste and direction. Also even if it is sold off, I’m not sure it coild be sold as a product anyways due to it still being a MtG game.

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**Author:** ![jamiltron](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/user_avatar/discourse.tabletopadventure.games/jamiltron/32/4_2.png) [@jamiltron](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/u/jamiltron)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.tabletopadventure.games/t/jonathan-tweet-auctioning-unreleased-manuscript-for-m-tg-rpg/208/3 "2026-03-12T03:05:57Z")

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He also did Ars Magica, Everway, Over the Edge, contributed numerous times to Alarums & Excursions, RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, among many, many other things.

Tweet’s been in the industry longer than most living folks and I’m fairly certain if he’s auctioning this for Planned Parenthood now, he’s looked into the legal ramifications of such and gotten the go-ahead.