i enjoy magic the gathering , it is a card game.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Magic: The Gathering is a trading card game and a digital collectible card game. It was created by Richard Garfield. First published in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, \"Magic\" was the first trading card game created and it continues to thrive, with approximately twenty million players . \"Magic\" can be played by two or more players in various formats, which fall into two categories: constructed and limited. Limited formats involve players building a deck spontaneously out of a pool of random cards with a minimum deck size of 40 cards. The other major category of formats is constructed. In constructed, players created decks from cards they own, usually 60 cards with no more than 4 of any given card. \"Magic\" is played in person with printed cards, or using a deck of virtual cards through the Internet-based \"\", or on a smartphone or tablet, or through . Each game represents a battle between wizards known as \"planeswalkers\", who employ spells, artifacts, and creatures depicted on individual \"Magic\" cards to defeat their opponents. Although the original concept of the game drew heavily from the motifs of traditional fantasy role-playing games such as \"Dungeons & Dragons\", the gameplay of \"Magic\" bears little similarity to pencil-and-paper adventure games, while having substantially more cards and more complex rules than many other card games.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever played magic the gathering? It is a trading card game and a digital collectable card game."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes i have played it only a couple of times i know there is a dice involved but could you tell me more"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well a little history first it was published in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. \"Magic\" was the first trading card game created and it has continued to be popular with roughly 20 MILLION players!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow it has come a long way in the trading card scene i bet it gets really competitive"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I bet so too! Each game represents a battle between wizards (planeswalkers) who employ spells artifacts, and creatures to defeat their opponents. That is a big gist of the game."}, {"role": "user", "content": "that sounds very complex i bet it is really hard to learn the game and play it on a competitive level"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You're definitely right. The original concept of the game drew heavily from motifs of traditional role plalying games but \"Magic\" as similarity to pencil and paper adventure games while having more cards and more complex rules than many other card games so youre right!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is really complex considering it is only a card game, do you play it often?"}]