Tuff Stuff's Gamer Spring 1997 - 7 - X-Files CCG: Mention
base game when it premieres in late
April. It boasts updated text, clarified
cards, and new packaging.
HORROR
• Mark vour calendars, horror fans.
Chaosium Inc.'s next expansion to its
"Mythos" CCG will be coming your way
in late summer. A booster-only release.
"Mythos Now" will add new locations,
investigators, spells, and artifacts to the
already creepy world of H.P Lovecraft.
"'Mythos Now' will include artifacts
and people that you can only meet in the
1990s, as opposed to the 1920s where
the previous 'Mythos' is set," explains
Chaosium's Dustin Wright. "You'll be
able to go back and forth between the
two times and into the 'Dreamlands.'"
The 200-card set will feature many of
the same artists who have worked on
previous "Mythos" sets.
"We're also going to have a 'Mythos'
Strategy guide coming out at about the
same time," Wright adds. "It'll be a book
about 'Mythos' from the 'Limited Edi-
tion' all the way to 'Mythos Now.'"
April. It boasts updated text, clarified
cards, and new packaging.
HORROR
• Mark vour calendars, horror fans.
Chaosium Inc.'s next expansion to its
"Mythos" CCG will be coming your way
in late summer. A booster-only release.
"Mythos Now" will add new locations,
investigators, spells, and artifacts to the
already creepy world of H.P Lovecraft.
"'Mythos Now' will include artifacts
and people that you can only meet in the
1990s, as opposed to the 1920s where
the previous 'Mythos' is set," explains
Chaosium's Dustin Wright. "You'll be
able to go back and forth between the
two times and into the 'Dreamlands.'"
The 200-card set will feature many of
the same artists who have worked on
previous "Mythos" sets.
"We're also going to have a 'Mythos'
Strategy guide coming out at about the
same time," Wright adds. "It'll be a book
about 'Mythos' from the 'Limited Edi-
tion' all the way to 'Mythos Now.'"
Also on the horizon from Chaosium is
"Elric: The Eternal Champion." Based on
the works of British science fiction writer
Michael Moorcock, the CCG is scheduled
to be released in late 1997.
SCIENCE FICTION
• From the "Hot And Very Dry" Dept.:
Last Unicorn Games is designing a new
CCG based on Dune, Frank Herbert's sci-
ence fiction masterpiece. The company is
responsible for the highly imaginative
and attractive "Heresy" card game that
appeared last year.
Five Rings Publishing, which will
publish and distribute the "Dune" CCG,
has yet to set a release date. According
to Five Rings' Dan Landers, "It will most
likely be out in June or July."
"We'll be showing preview cards at
the GAMA show in March," Landers adds.
"It will probably be more than 300
cards - a full-sized release. There will be
one expansion before the end of the year."
"Elric: The Eternal Champion." Based on
the works of British science fiction writer
Michael Moorcock, the CCG is scheduled
to be released in late 1997.
SCIENCE FICTION
• From the "Hot And Very Dry" Dept.:
Last Unicorn Games is designing a new
CCG based on Dune, Frank Herbert's sci-
ence fiction masterpiece. The company is
responsible for the highly imaginative
and attractive "Heresy" card game that
appeared last year.
Five Rings Publishing, which will
publish and distribute the "Dune" CCG,
has yet to set a release date. According
to Five Rings' Dan Landers, "It will most
likely be out in June or July."
"We'll be showing preview cards at
the GAMA show in March," Landers adds.
"It will probably be more than 300
cards - a full-sized release. There will be
one expansion before the end of the year."
• "BattleTech" Alert! Wizards of the
Coast's CCG of big, battling robots gets a
little bigger in April with the premiere of
the "Counterstrike" expansion. Expect
new 'Mechs and legendary warriors from
the BattleTech strategy game created by
FASA. Fifteen-card booster packs will be
available for $2.95 apiece.
MOVIES/TV
• A year ago, it looked like Decipher Inc.'s
"Star Trek: The Next Generation Custom-
izable Card Game" was on its last legs.
Decipher and Trek owner Paramount had
split, and no more cards were scheduled to
appear after 1996.
But card gamers got a wonderful sur-
prise at the end of 1996 when Decipher
president Warren L. Holland announced
that his company and Paramount had
reached a new agreement. Now Star Trek
fans can anticipate cards from Deep
Space Nine, Voyager, and First Contact,
as well as new elements from The Next
Generation.
Coast's CCG of big, battling robots gets a
little bigger in April with the premiere of
the "Counterstrike" expansion. Expect
new 'Mechs and legendary warriors from
the BattleTech strategy game created by
FASA. Fifteen-card booster packs will be
available for $2.95 apiece.
MOVIES/TV
• A year ago, it looked like Decipher Inc.'s
"Star Trek: The Next Generation Custom-
izable Card Game" was on its last legs.
Decipher and Trek owner Paramount had
split, and no more cards were scheduled to
appear after 1996.
But card gamers got a wonderful sur-
prise at the end of 1996 when Decipher
president Warren L. Holland announced
that his company and Paramount had
reached a new agreement. Now Star Trek
fans can anticipate cards from Deep
Space Nine, Voyager, and First Contact,
as well as new elements from The Next
Generation.
"The first thing you'll see is an ex-
pansion called 'First Contact," says Matt
Mariani, Decipher's media representa-
tive. According to Mariani, this 121-card
set will "feature plenty of Borg" and will
retail for $3 per 15-card pack.
In the meantime, Trek fans and col-
lectors should check out the "Star Trek
Boxed Set" that's currently available for
$25. This two-player game contains two
presorted decks and includes the long-
awaited Spock card. The set also offers
Admiral McCoy and Laughing Data
cards. The latter card was originally
available only as a mail-in promo for
those who purchased the Star Trek
Players' Guide.
The game comes in two editions: one
with exclusive black-bordered Federation
cards featuring Admiral Picard, Com-
mander Data, and Commander Troi from
the final Next Generation episode "All
Good Things," the second with three
black-bordered Klingon cards-including
a surprise that Holland promises "will
blow your mind."
pansion called 'First Contact," says Matt
Mariani, Decipher's media representa-
tive. According to Mariani, this 121-card
set will "feature plenty of Borg" and will
retail for $3 per 15-card pack.
In the meantime, Trek fans and col-
lectors should check out the "Star Trek
Boxed Set" that's currently available for
$25. This two-player game contains two
presorted decks and includes the long-
awaited Spock card. The set also offers
Admiral McCoy and Laughing Data
cards. The latter card was originally
available only as a mail-in promo for
those who purchased the Star Trek
Players' Guide.
The game comes in two editions: one
with exclusive black-bordered Federation
cards featuring Admiral Picard, Com-
mander Data, and Commander Troi from
the final Next Generation episode "All
Good Things," the second with three
black-bordered Klingon cards-including
a surprise that Holland promises "will
blow your mind."
"With Paramount's blessing," he says,
"Decipher artists, using state-of-the-art
morphing techniques and talent found
nowhere else in the universe, have creat-
ed Worf's father."
Decipher is also enjoying stellar suc-
cess with its "Star Wars" game. "Kids are
really enjoying how it plays," Mariani
says. "I think what happened is that peo-
ple thought that we were just doing a
Star Wars license, and they didn't have a
lot of confidence in the game-play. Now
kids are saying, "Whoa, this is really a
good game.'"
"Dagobah," the second of the Empire
Strikes Back expansions, was scheduled
to appear in March. "It features a very
important stage in Luke Skywalker's life
where he becomes an apprentice," ex-
plains Mariani. "Yoda is featured pre-
dominantly in the series, as well as the
Executor, which is the giant Imperial
ship." He adds that "Dagobah" will con-
tain some bounty hunters, but won't say
whether Boba Fett is among them.
Decipher also plans to release a "Star
Wars Special Edition" set sometime this
summer. "There's all kinds of new effects
and scenes, as well as some other cool
stuff that may not have been seen in the
original movies," Mariani says.
"Decipher artists, using state-of-the-art
morphing techniques and talent found
nowhere else in the universe, have creat-
ed Worf's father."
Decipher is also enjoying stellar suc-
cess with its "Star Wars" game. "Kids are
really enjoying how it plays," Mariani
says. "I think what happened is that peo-
ple thought that we were just doing a
Star Wars license, and they didn't have a
lot of confidence in the game-play. Now
kids are saying, "Whoa, this is really a
good game.'"
"Dagobah," the second of the Empire
Strikes Back expansions, was scheduled
to appear in March. "It features a very
important stage in Luke Skywalker's life
where he becomes an apprentice," ex-
plains Mariani. "Yoda is featured pre-
dominantly in the series, as well as the
Executor, which is the giant Imperial
ship." He adds that "Dagobah" will con-
tain some bounty hunters, but won't say
whether Boba Fett is among them.
Decipher also plans to release a "Star
Wars Special Edition" set sometime this
summer. "There's all kinds of new effects
and scenes, as well as some other cool
stuff that may not have been seen in the
original movies," Mariani says.
• In March, United States Playing
Cards delivered a heavy dose of weird
for fans with the second edition of its "X-
Files" CCG: "The Truth Is Out There."
About the new edition, Ronnie Noize
of U.S.P.C. says, "Thirty cards have been
deleted from the set and those cards are
gone forever. We now have 30 new cards.
