Hyborian Gates
{{Short description|Collectible card game}}
{{Infobox Game|
subject_name= Hyborian Gates |
image_link= File:Hyborian Gates.jpg |
image_caption= Card back to the Hyborian Gates CCG |
designer= |
publisher= Cardz |
players= 2 or more |
setup_time= < 5 minutes |
playing_time= < 60 minutes |
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}}
Hyborian Gates is an out-of-print collectible card game by Cardz.
Publication history
It was first released in July 1995.{{Citation |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |title=Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition | year=2003 |pages=233–234 |postscript=.}} It featured art from Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.{{cite magazine|title=Card collector confidential|issue=6|magazine=Scrye|pages=12–22|date=April–May 1995}}{{rp|12}} A total of 450 cards were released in the core set and an additional 10 promo cards were also released.{{cite web|url=http://www.nslists.com/hyborian.htm|title=Hyborian Gates Collectible Card Game - Cardz - 1995|website=nslists.com|accessdate=2017-12-24}} Starter decks were said to contain 55 cards, but only contained 50 and booster packs had 15 cards.{{citation |last1=Brown |first1=Timothy |last2=Lee |first2=Tony |title=Official Price Guide to Collectible Card Games |year=1999 |pages=166–170 |postscript=.}} An expansion called Gatemasters was scheduled for a 1996 release but never materialized.
Reception
According to Allen Varney of The Duelist the game was said to be "utterly dull".{{Citation | last = Varney | first = Allen | title = Inside the Industry| pages = 83 | newspaper = The Duelist | date = February 1997 | issue =#15}}
Further reading
- {{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/ScryeMagazineIssue7-May_June_1995/page/n97/mode/2up|title=Hyborian Gates|issue=7|magazine=Scrye|page=96|date=May–June 1995}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/ScryeMagazineIssue8-July_August_1995/page/n91/mode/2up|title=Hyborian Gates|issue=8|magazine=Scrye|pages=90–93|date=July–August 1995}}
References
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Category:Card games introduced in 1995
Category:Collectible card games
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