From the home page:
Note that the release post on the forum says that it does support "Online Multiplayer" --> https://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/vie ... 26&t=29077Forge is an implementation of Magic the Gathering that lets you play against a computer AI opponent using most of the rules of a real game. You can construct decks for you and the computer to play with, currently 18475 (and counting) cards are available. We now include over 100 schemes, vanguards and planes. You can also play in a draft, sealed deck format or in a gauntlet against the computer. There is a new variant game mode that lets you play against multiple computer opponents. Currently, this program only lets you play against the computer, you cannot play against another human player over the Internet.
Home page (Wiki): https://www.slightlymagic.net/wiki/Forge --> Note: Links to the homepage and changelog get 404 errorsFor local network play you should only need two systems running Forge. One to host and one to join and play. For remote (over the Internet) play you will need to ensure that the port used (36743 by default) is forwarded to the hosting machine.
License: GNU GPL v3.0 per the included LICENSE.txt
Extraction: Just extract the tar.bz2 file (113MB) using 7zip or similar and start the .exe if you have Java installed.
If you don't have Java installed but use jPortable just create a .bat file with the following --- Works for me when extracted into PortableApps directory.
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@echo off
@start ..\CommonFiles\Java64\bin\java.exe -Xmx1024m -Duser.home=. -jar forge-gui-desktop-1.6.30-jar-with-dependencies.jarPortability thread from forum --> https://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/vie ... le#p208980
--> Make a copy and/or rename forge.profile.properties.example to forge.profile.properties and edit 2 lines
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userDir=profile
cacheDir=cacheSome Windows related hits in the registry
A "Content downloaders" section is available in the "Game Settings" area which allows you to download the card images. I downloaded the LQ images of 19k-20k cards and the folder was right around 1GB so I'm not going to download the HQ images (yet).