Does every player play with his own deck, using cards of his choice?
by admin on Apr.25, 2009, under A-Q
Here’s the burst of design genius in Magic. The game gave players the freedom to personalize, to pick a strategy that suited them. To develop that strategy, then to abandon it when it got boring. Compared with other games
As presented by the manufacturer, is it impossible to be sure of getting every card by making a small number of purchases of the base product?
by admin on Apr.25, 2009, under A-Q
Before retailers began building sets of their own, getting a complete set of Magic in the beginning required buying a huge number of starter decks and booster packs
Are the game cards sold in booster packs, starter decks, or both?
by admin on Apr.25, 2009, under A-Q
Magic was initially sold in starter decks and booster packs, and that remains the way that most CCGs are marketed. There have been a few CCG products that have been sold in boxed sets
What’s a collectible card game?
by admin on Apr.25, 2009, under A-Q
A collectible card game is a card game in which each player uses his own deck using cards that are mostly sold in random assortments.
Magic: The Gathering was the first. The novelty of the game is both in its mechanics and its method of availability: Each player builds his own deck of wizard’s spells from a wide selection of cards. Then, in “duels” with opponents, the player learns the weaknesses of his deck and chooses different cards to work with before entering another game.
Those cards can be acquired by trading with other players, or buying them from retailers in starter decks (usually containing 60 cards and rules) and booster packs (usually containing from 8 to 15 cards). The assortment of cards is mostly random, with cards vital to play being the most common (or fixed), and more powerful cards being uncommon or rare. Later, special foil cards came along to look pretty.
That’s it! Now you’ve got all the definitions you need to recognize a “CCG” when you see one. Just about all of the many, many others that followed conformed to the above description.
