Editing InQuest Gamer (section)

==History==
''InQuest'' #0, the first issue, was published in April 1995.  Because it was first published about two years after the release of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', the trading card game was one of ''InQuest's'' main topics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spider Solitaire Tips and Tricks - Understand the Layout and Objectives |url=https://littlesolitaire.com/tips-and-tricks |access-date=2024-01-03}}</ref> ''InQuest'' was frequently home to fictional cards, including "purple" cards featured in issue #22 (February 1997).<ref name="IQ Purple Cards">{{cite web |url = http://www.magiclibrary.net/rarities-inquest-the-sixth-color.html |title = Magic Rarities: The Sixth Color Cards |access-date = 2007-09-23 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070910235430/http://www.magiclibrary.net/rarities-inquest-the-sixth-color.html |archive-date = 2007-09-10}}</ref> These hypothetical cards, which used a new "Portal" land to create purple mana, led some to think that the then-upcoming [[Portal (Magic: The Gathering)|Portal]] set would introduce a sixth color.<ref name="IQ Purple Confusion">{{cite mailing list |url = http://oracle.wizards.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9701c&L=mtg-l&D=1&P=15433 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072356/http://oracle.wizards.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9701c&L=mtg-l&D=1&P=15433 |url-status = dead |archive-date = July 18, 2011 |title=Re: MTG-L Digest - 16 Jan 1997 to 17 Jan 1997 |date=1997-01-18 |access-date=2007-09-23 |mailing-list=MTG-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM |last=Johnson |first=Christopher}}</ref>

For issue #46 (February 1999), ''InQuest'' changed its name to ''InQuest Gamer'' (with ''[[Gamer]]'' in large 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 was not changed after that, although the cover's format was revamped with issue #122.

Typical content included news, strategy articles, a price guide for collectible card and miniature games, reference lists, and game-related entertainment and humor. Issues with special cards were mailed in plastic bags, issues without special cards were typically sold at retail stores and game shows without any special covering.