Books like The Gathering Dark

#MTG as Storytelling #RPG and Lesser Bad Smells If WotC owns D&D and MTG, why not create a hybrid game?  While not a new subject, Magic as a storytelling RPG might be.Ever watch televised poker, where little cameras show the cards and two emcees call the game?  The role playing version goes something like that.Card players speak if necessary for play, but two role players describe the duel, each voicing each wizard and their spell effects.I've done this as a player/caller.  It's popular in some groups, putting the emphasis on fun and less on player ego.  You can come up with some rippers, like when the wizards came upon an unfortunate smell that escalates into a duel. Witch: "He who declared it blared it!"  Caller describes Fireball as it sizzles towards the Warlock.Warlock: "She who observed it served it."  Describes fizzle caused by Counterspell."He who detected it ejected it.""She who rejected it respected it."       Keymaster's Scrawl:  I enjoyed The Gathering Dark but it gave me a floaty feeling, like I didn't understand the inside baseball. Middle gets soggy at the three-quarters mark. If you slog past that, it's good. It might be the best WotC (non- TSR) tie in novel I've read.  Rating: three spells.  Excerpt from a random search result.  EBay who dealt it, can't smel't it.A: B:A:  Excelsior!