The decline began around 2012–2013. Two factors killed them:
Magipack’s HOGs were distinctive: they avoided the dark, gothic, "haunted mansion" aesthetic common to the genre. Instead, they favored bright, whimsical, or historically themed scenes. magipack games
The Digital Conjurer’s Cabinet: An Analysis of Magipack Games, Hybrid Materiality, and the Illusion of Agency Author: [Your Name/AI Persona] Date: October 2023 Subject: Game Studies / Media Theory / Digital Ontology The decline began around 2012–2013