This is my recap of the tournament weekend in Darmstadt 27–29 June. Featured artwork: Summer Bloom by Nicola Leonard. It was a weekend packed with old school Magic, both Premodern and 93/94. The main tournaments on Saturday were the Hessian Premodern Championship and the European 93/94 Oldschool Championship (Swedish rule…
The purpose of the Premodern Magic Community Award is to acknowledge someone who has done something extra for the Premodern format and its community in the past year. The 2018 award went to Matteo Caravatti from Italy, and the 2019 award to Francisco José Cumplido Rica from Spain, and the…
For a long time, you ‘d have to search the very corners of the web for Premodern content, and if you were lucky, you’d find the occasional introductory article to the format. But, boy, did this change over the past couple of years or so, and today we even have…
The Premodern Magic Community Award is to acknowledge someone who has done something extra for the Premodern format and its community in the past year. The 2018 award went to Matteo Caravatti from Italy, and the 2019 award to Francisco José Cumplido Rica from Spain. I hereby announce that the…
In 2018 I introduced the Premodern Magic Community Award, acknowledging a person who has done something extra for the Premodern community and the format during the year. The first award went to Matteo “Mr Magic” Caravatti. Although we’re almost a month into 2020 already, I hereby announce that the 2019 award…
I hope you’re enjoying your holidays—here’s a short public service announcement by Ron Taylor. Cheers! / Martin Hello again to my fellow old cardboard lovers! If you’re anything like me, you’re always hoping to find more people to play Premodern. Where I live in Florida, the playgroup is quite small…
April. I had just booked a venue for Swedish Nationals, capped at 36 people. That should probably suffice, in light of the attendance of 18 players at last year’s Nationals, right? Shortly thereafter, Erkka “Prote” Jouste hits me up on the Premodern Discord and asks if the event is open…
Gordon Andersson, courtesy of Wak-Wak and the Old School podcast Flippin’ Orbs, has made a short movie about the story of and idea behind Premodern. I’m not sure about the acting, but the production is top-notch in my opinion. See for yourself! Until next time, and see you in the Premodern…
Today’s guest post is written by Ron Taylor, who organized the latest online tournament. Cheers! / Martin Hello! My name is Ron Taylor, and I was the organizer for the second edition of the Premodern Online Open. These tournaments have hosted players from around the world playing primarily over Skype or…
Premodern is a community format, its success being the sum of your interest and engagement in playing it, promoting it and organizing events. I hereby introduce the Premodern Magic Community Award, acknowledging a person who has done something extra for the format during the year. The award for 2018 is…