A Yahoo Finance story yesterday tells of a “relatively low” fine ($1.94 million) imposed on Topps by the European Commission. According to the story, “The Commission fined the company for an elaborate strategy to prevent imports of the children’s items [Pokémon collectibles] from low-price to high-price countries in 2000 in
Category: Card Games
Shop ’til you drop, then get run over
The latest Atlas Games Dispatches post describes and shows a picture of another vehicle from Cthulhu 500, the Satanic Pushcart. The two-deck card game of Elder God-influenced racing still appears to be on track for release at Gen Con Indy in August, and will likely carry a price of $19.95.
FFG lifts veil of reality on Cthulhu CCG
Wanna try out the beta version of the new Call of Cthulhu collectible card game? ‘Course ya do, you mugs. Here’s your rules PDF and here’s your card mockups. This is shaping up well, I think: like Duel Masters, every card is playable upside-down as a resource. I think we
Another step down a slippery moon slope
If you have been to your local game store lately, as I have, then you have likely noticed that Fantasy Flight has scored another victory in their ongoing quest to make Reiner Knizia design a CCG without knowing it. Blue Moon is a two-player card game with no real collectibility
Atlas announces intimate new Dungeoneer sets for couples
Well… a coupla gamers, anyway. The new two-player sets Dungeoneer: Haunted Woods of Malthorin and Dungeoneer: Den of the Wererats ship in July and each have just enough room for you and someone you love to beat on: three new character types apiece, plus wilderness Map cards and city Map
People like them apples pretty well, it turns out
Out of the Box announced that their flagship family/party card game Apples to Apples has sold over a million copies, and once you count expansions, over half a billion individual A2A cards. That one drawing has done pretty well for John K, one supposes.
GTS Day 3 press mock- uh, I mean wrapup
I only link to to point out that I was right. Also, I didn’t mention it before but I had vague wishes/suspicions that the name Chop Shop might be some kind of obscure shoutout to RoboRally, and now that I’ve heard it involves robots, well dammit, ¡viva la Twonky! We
GTS Day 2 press wrapup
would be intriguing if it weren’t for the fact that every catalog-like thing that I’ve ever seen Wizards release has contained something that was either misnamed or actually cancelled some time after said catalog went to press. As it is, it’s just funny. Maybe Chop Shop is the boys’ equivalent
Live from GTS 2004: WotC wins crowd with GI Joe
I just staggered back from Peter Adkison’s party (thanks, Peter!), and find Mike has one-upped me. Curses! I’ll get you, evil brother of mine. Anyway… To kick off the banquet presentations here at the GAMA Trade Show, Wizards of the Coast gave a recap of a successful 2003, and previewed
GTS Day 1 press wrap-up
Looks like Duel Masters will be giving MtG’s Darksteel some competition in the new Origins Awards category, “Stupidest Name for a CCG Expansion.” Elsewhere in the WotC press dinner for non-D&D properties, a release date is announced for the GI JOE TCG (should be ready for Gen Con), and you
Beer Money images on tap
Atlas Games just now (like, half an hour ago) posted some sample card art from the upcoming Lunch Money sequel, Beer Money. Some of my buddies from the days back at Gamers.com will be thrilled. In fact, the only way they’d be more thrilled is if Beer Money were also
OgreCave review: Big Top
Matthew gives us his take on a new card game today: Big Top by APE Games. Did this circus-themed revision of a classic card game perform well under Matthew’s watchful gaze? Find out in his review.
Duel Masters Playtest Report
It’s high time I wrote about the that WotC was kind enough to send us; it’s a good game. I’d be very heartened about its advent if I didn’t know that 80% of the kids who buy it are going to make up their own rules or fail to play
Great Old Ones bring new meaning to "death race"
According to Yog-Sothoth, Fantasy Flight isn’t the only company planning a Cthulhu card game this summer. Atlas Games has announced plans to release Cthulhu 500, which is just what it sounds like: a Cthulhu racing game. The game will be released as a two-deck package for $19.95, and should be
Microsoft licenses Catan for MSN Zone, Messenger
Today’s other big news is that Microsoft has picked up the license to every Catan game there is, I think (naturally including The Settlers of Catan, far and away the most successful German game in the US), for inclusion in their online gaming stable. Because it’ll be part of the