C-23 (card game)

{{Short description|Collectible card game by Wizards of the Coast}}

{{notability|product|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox Game|

subject_name= C-23|

image_link= File:C-23 cardback.png|

image_caption= Card back to C-23 CCG|

designer= Charlie Catinus, Mike Davis, Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Joe Grace, Jim Lin, and Joel Mick|

publisher= Wizards of the Coast |

players= 2 or more |

setup_time= < 5 minutes |

playing_time= < 60 minutes |

footnotes = |

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C-23, also known as Jim Lee's C-23, is an out-of-print collectible card game by Wizards of the Coast based on the comic book by Jim Lee, that was new at the time. The game was first released in April 1998.{{Citation |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |title=Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition | year=2003 |pages=110–111 |postscript=.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/lib_gov/tcg/picture/c23.html|title=C-23|website=TCG Library|accessdate=2018-01-06}} The original set had 162 cards. It was the first game released using the ARC System. The game is a simplified Deckmaster system with four different card types: Resource, Character, Combat, and Action. The ARC System allowed C-23 to be played with Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtF14vCica8|title=Card Critic 8: ARC System Review Part 1 Xena, Hercules, and C-23|website=youtube.com|accessdate=2018-01-06}}

The premise of the game is to play as HyperShock troopers trying to reclaim the Earth's surface back from humanoid insects called the Angelans.{{cite web|url=http://www.inmint.com/c-23.html|title=Jim Lee's C-23 Trading Card Game|website=InMint.com|accessdate=2018-01-06}}

The game failed and Jim Lee soon left the self-publishing business. The planned expansion set called the Uprising never materialized.