InQuest Gamer is a prominent monthly gaming magazine. Originally, the magazine was named InQuest and focused solely on collectible card games; InQuest, along with its competitor Scrye, were the two major CCG magazines. Later, the magazine changed its focus to cover a wider range of games, including role-playing games, computer and video games, collectible miniature games, board games, and others. The magazine is published by Wizard Entertainment (not to be confused with Wizards of the Coast, which produced its own collectible card gaming magazine, The Duelist).

InQuest #0, the first issue, was published in April 1995. For issue #46 (February 1999), InQuest changed its name to InQuest Gamer (with Gamer in big text on the cover), clearly announcing that it was a magazine about games. Issue #53 made the InQuest title more prominent on the cover again and it has not been changed since then, though the cover's format has been revamped on issue #122.

InQuest uses a casual and sometimes humorous style that has been attributed as a reason for its early popularity. Typical content includes news, strategy articles, a price guide for collectible games, and reference lists.

The magazine has also been famous for being staffed by famous people of pop culture and gaming, most notably: Mike Searle, Tom Slizewski, Jeff Hannes, Brent Fishbaugh, Alex Shvartsman Jeremy Smith and Rick Swan (a contributing editor who answered magazine letters up until issue #48).

Since it was made about two years after the release of The Gathering, the trading card game was one of Inquest's main coverages. The magazine's pages were home to a collection of 'fictional' or 'fake' cards (some made by the staff, others from reader submissions). Among this collection were the infamous "Purple" Cards featured in issue #22, which many believed were real.

External links

• Official site of InQuest Gamer
• MagicLibrary.net: InQuest Magic cards, includes general info about the magazine

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