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In 2014, Alderac Entertainment will be releasing the card game Sail to India. This is one that if you collect the trading card games you can add to you collection and/or just to play with your friends or have it in your library for patrons or International Gaming Day. The game is a 3 to 4 player game, lasts approximately 60 minutes, and will have a suggested price of $19.95.
Pokemon’s newest sets for trading card collectible gamers to get ready for is the Pokemon XY–Kalos starter sets. The release date for the sets is November 8. Their will be three different sets each featuring a different character: Chespin; Fennekin; and Froakie. These three characters are part of the new “Fairy” type Pokemon that are new to the Pokemon Universe. There will also be new “Basic Fairy Energy” cards to power up the Fairy Type Pokemon. Booster packs will be available in February of 2014. So gamers will want to prepare for the new cards to add to your collections.
Here is another card game for the CCG collectors, but this one will also appeal to the Steampunk fans. Welcome to Koryo, which takes place in a steampunk alternate history universe were you are thrust into the political arena. The game is for 2 -4 players and will contain: 45 character cards; 10 event cards; 8 season cards; 8 victory tokens; 1 first player token; and a rule book. The artwork for the cards is provided by Stephane Gantiez and Ian Parovel. Koryo is coming to you from Asmodee and Moonster Games and it is slated for an October release.
Here’s one that might have some cross over appeal. Bushiroad is adding to it’s Weiss Schwarz trading card game with the set entitled Hatsune Miku Project Diva f. This will appeal to your CCG collectors, Hatsune Miku fans, and J-Pop fans. The set will have 100 cards and has a planned release date of November 1. The set will include gold foil chase cards and autographed cards by Saki Fujita, who voiced the vocaloid. The set will be sold in Trail Decks and Booster Packs. However, for the collectors that want the whole set seven of the cards are exclusive only in the Trail Decks, so you will need to get a Trail Deck no matter what for you gaming collection.
Upper Deck has announced that in 2014 they will be releasing an Alien Legendary Deck Building Game. There is no set artwork for the game or hard release date, but CCG collectors will probably want to sneak some extra money to the side to be ready for the games release to add to their collections.
Magic: the Gathering fans and CCG collectors alike will be interested in this bit of news. The next phase of the Magic game will be released in three parts. The first part will be entitled Magic: The Gathering–Theros and it will be released September 27. The set will be a 249 cards set that focuses on Greek mythology and will be available to purchase in Booster Packs, Intro Packs, Event Decks, and Fat Packs. The two other parts will be released in 2014. The second part is scheduled for a February release entitled Born of the Gods and the third part is scheduled for a May release entitled Journey Into Nyx. So everyone start making plans on how to work you budgets to obtain these new releases.
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For all you CCG fans keep an eye out for the Kaijudo: Shattered Alliances booster packs. They will be hitting stores around September 13. The set will contain 90 new cards to include two new Super Rare cards: “Heaven of the Light Civilization” and “Queen Kalima of the Darkness Civilization”. The packs will have a suggested retail price of $3.99.
This will be one you will want to consider for your gaming collection. Toy Vault, Inc. will be releasing Firefly: Out to the Black card game this coming October, with a suggested price of $24.99. Even though Firefly has not been in production for several years, it has become a cult favorite of science fiction fans.
Here’s one for all you Collectible Card Gamers. Bushiroad has announced that in the August 13, Blu-ray release of Sword Art Online there will be a promotional card included. The card will have the image of Kirito and Asuna and will be usable in the Weiss Schwarz game. Sword Art Online anime will also start airing on Cartoon Network in August as well. So this release will be of interest to anime fans as well as gamers. Libraries that purchase this Blu-ray could us it as a give-a-way to draw interest in their anime collection and/or gamers club.
If you didn’t know Walking Dead has invaded the TCG realm. It is not the first horror TCG, and if you like the show it might be interesting to play. If you are a collector of TCG’s you will want to add this game to your collection. The suggested retail price is $15.00.