Jacob: Portal Three Kingdoms was designed to be an introductory set, but compared to some other sets, even non-introductory sets, it has a fair amount of cards that still see play in Vintage, Modern, and Commander formats-cards like Imperial Seal, Imperial Recruiter, and Sun Quan, Lord of Wu-which was recently played by Post Malone on an episode of Game Knights to take the game! Are there any cards for that set that you’re particularly proud or fond of? I was nervous that people would feel I had despoiled the IP in some way, but all the folks I spoke with in Asia (and elsewhere) seemed to really like the interpretation, and appreciated the work done to adapt 3K to Magic. But then again, I don’t think that “Portal” in general ever really worked as we had hoped. But financially, it didn’t quite achieve what we had hoped. Jacob: I wonder if you remember how P3K was received at the time-did people respond favorably? He reminds me of the villains in modern TV shows or movies where you really understand their motivations, and in some ways are not really villains at all. Henry: Of course! I think my favorite character was Kongming (so clever!), but I also admire Cao Cao (so ruthless!). Did you develop any favorites? And if so, why are those characters your favorites? Jacob: A lighter question, but one the translator (Moss Roberts) says he’s asked a lot, so I’ll ask you: The cast of characters is simply massive-the edition of the novel I have lists over 100 principle characters. While it has always been immensely important in Asia, it feels like it has grown in popularity in the west over the past 20 years, driven primarily through gaming. And finally, I checked out a few games that existed at the time. Henry: I read the full novel, and the graphic novels (which were great), I also watched a mini series (sorry, I don’t remember exactly which network it was from). For example, the 10-volume graphic novel series by Asiapac, the 1000-page Ming Dynasty novelization by Luo Guanzhong-how deep did you go in your research? Jacob: In your interview on Drive to Work, you mentioned the immense amount of material based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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