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''Unhinged'' is a humor and parody themed expansion set to the collectible card game ''Magic: The Gathering''. ''Unhinged'' was released on November 19, 2004. Its tone is less serious than traditional ''Magic'' expansions. It is a follow-on to ''Unglued'', an earlier humor themed expansion set. ''Unhinged'' is an English language only expansion; lead designer for ''Magic: The Gathering'' Mark Rosewater has said that due to the nature of humor and the many plays-on-words used in both Unhinged and ''Unglued'', sets such as these will always be English language only. The only other English language only sets were released before Magic gained enough popularity to support foreign markets. ==Background and release== Wizards released a humor-themed Magic expansion set, ''Unglued'', on 7 August 1998. Much of the set's humor came from meta-humor references at the game itself and its mechanics. Many cards featured mechanics deemed too strange or impractical for a "serious," tournament-legal expansion. Because of the success of the set, designers began work on an ''Unglued'' sequel, named ''Unglued 2: The Obligatory Sequel''. However, Wizards of the Coast felt that releasing another comedy set along with the standard serious sets, would go beyond market saturation. ''Unglued 2'' was scrapped. On April 1, 2004, Magic designer Mark Rosewater posted an article, announcing the sequel to Unglued, ''Unhinged''. The next day, amid speculation that the announcement was an April Fool's Day joke, Rosewater posted a poll asking readers if they believed an ''Unglued'' sequel was actually in the works and if they would enjoy such a sequel. Three days later, Rosewater confirmed that ''Unhinged'' was a reality. Rosewater would comment many years later that "While there are a lot of individual cards in ''Unhinged'' I am proud of, I feel the set as a whole was a bit of a letdown."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unhinged (Magic: The Gathering)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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