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Lunch Money (game)
''Lunch Money'' is an elimination-style card game designed by C.E. Wiedman and released in May 1996 by Atlas Games. The game consisted of 110 cards and was sold as a complete box set.''. Gameplay The art on the cards consists of dark, somewhat Gothic photographic images of a small girl (photos by Andrew Yates), usually accompanied by humorous quotes pertaining to the card's name. In the game, players control a character with fifteen "health" points, and draw a hand of five cards. The players take turns playing cards to "attack" other players, who try to block, dodge, and counterattack the attacker. When the defender is done responding, he or she takes any applicable damage, and both players then redraw their hands to five cards, passing the turn to the next player. When a player loses all her health points she passes out. The last one "conscious" wins the game. The game's name derives from its theme, that of children involved in a schoolyard fight. There is also a small expansion s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Card Game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules with international tournaments being held, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person. Traditional card games are played with a ''deck'' or ''pack'' of playing cards which are identical in size and shape. Each card has two sides, the ''face'' and the ''back''. Normally the backs of the cards are indistinguishable. The faces of the cards may all be unique, or there can be duplicates. The composition of a deck is known to each player. In some cases several decks are shuffled together to form a single ''pack'' or ''shoe''. Modern card games usually have bespoke decks, often with a vast amount of cards, and can include number or action cards. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas Games (company)
Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew. History When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with Jerry Corrick and Bob Brynildson and formed a new corporation called Trident, Inc. to publish the game. Eventually Atlas subsumed into Trident; Brynildson, Corrick, and their store - The Source Comics & Games - continued to support Atlas with their business experience and perspective. The company published the periodical '' EdgeWork'' for four issues. Games published Role-playing games * ''Ars Magica'' (The 5th edition won the 2004 Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Game.) * '' Feng Shui'' (The 2nd edition won the Gold ENnie Awards in 2016 for ''Best Rules'' and ''Best Setting''.) * '' Furry Pirates (Swashbuckling Adventure in the Furry Age of Piracy)'' * ''Magical Kitties Save the Day'' * ''Northern Crown'' * '' Over the Edge'' * '' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InQuest Gamer
''InQuest Gamer'' was a monthly magazine for game reviews and news that was published from 1995 to 2007. Originally, the magazine was named ''InQuest'' and focused solely on collectible card games (CCGs); ''InQuest'', along with its competitor ''Scrye'', were the two major CCG magazines. Later, the magazine changed its focus to cover a wider range of games, including role-playing games, computer and video games, collectible miniature games, board games, and others. The magazine was published by Wizard Entertainment (not to be confused with Wizards of the Coast, which produced its own CCG magazine, '' The Duelist''). History and profile ''InQuest'' #0, the first issue, was published in April 1995. For issue #46 (February 1999), ''InQuest'' changed its name to ''InQuest Gamer'' (with ''Gamer'' in large text on the cover), clearly announcing that it was a magazine about games. Issue #53 made the ''InQuest'' title more prominent on the cover again and it had not been changed since then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizard Entertainment
Wizard Entertainment Inc., formerly known as GoEnergy and Wizard World, is a producer of multi-genre fan conventions across North America. The company started as the holding company for Strato Malmas' interests in the energy business. Gareb Shamus started the previous bearer of the Wizard Entertainment name in 1991 as Wizard Press the publisher of one monthly magazine ('' Wizard''). That company evolved into a multi-title publishing company with diversified interests in branded products and related convention operations. By 2011, the company had discontinued its print division to focus exclusively on its convention business. Since then, they have expanded to producing thirteen annual conventions around the U.S. History Gareb Shamus founded '' Wizard'' magazine in January 1991 shortly after he graduated from college.Babka, Allison"Wizard World Inc.: A roving comic con looks to corner the geek market,"''The Riverfront Times'' (Apr. 3, 2014). The company was originally based in Conge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Plc
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge. Zillah Byng-Thorne has been CEO since 2014. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine ''Amstrad Action''. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers; they were the first company to do so. It acquired GP Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. From 1995 to 1997, the company published ''Arcane'', a magazine which largely focused on tabletop games. Anderson sold Future to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg Ingham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so (for example) the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins. The Origins Award is commonly referred to as a Calliope, as the statuette is in the likeness of the muse of the same name. Academy members frequently shorten this name to "Callie". History Originally, the ''Charles S. Roberts Awards'' and the Origins Awards were one and the same. Starting with the 1987 awards, the Charles S. Roberts were given separately, and they moved away from Origins entirely in 2000, leaving the Origins Awards as a completely separate system. In 1978, the awards also hosted the 1977 ''H. G. Wells awards'' for role-playing games and miniature wargaming. Categories The Origins Awards were originally presented at the Origins Game Fair in five categories: ''Best Professional Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Five Rings Collectible Card Game
''Legend of the Five Rings'' (''L5R'') is an out-of-print collectible card game created by a joint venture featuring Alderac Entertainment Group and ISOMEDIA in 1995 and published until 2015, when it was announced that the game would be discontinued for a rules-incompatible successor that will be part of Fantasy Flight Games' Living Card Game line. ''L5R'' takes place in the fictional empire of Rokugan from the ''Legend of the Five Rings'' setting, where several clans and factions vie for domination over the empire. The card game shares some similarities with ''Magic: The Gathering'' but has its own game mechanics and flavor, providing "passive" win conditions like the Enlightenment Victory, as well as a version of ''Magics goal of destroying the opponent. Games can be very long, with some matches lasting hours. A major distinctive feature of the game is the importance of the storyline: new fiction pieces advancing the story of Rokugan are published on a weekly basis, in additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mythos (card Game)
''Mythos'' is an out-of-print collectible card game published by Chaosium. It is based on the Cthulhu Mythos stories of the horror author H. P. Lovecraft, as well as on Chaosium's own '' Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game. Overview In 1996, Chaosium decided to join the ongoing collectible card game boom and published ''Mythos'', designed by Charlie Krank. It received critical acclaim, winning the 1996 ''Best Card Game'' Origins Award, and initially sold well. Later expansions however, most notably the non-collectible ''Standard Game Set'', did much more poorly and forced Chaosium to discontinue ''Mythos''. The production was stopped after the release of ''New Aeon'' in 1997, only a year after the game's initial release. In 1999, ''Pyramid'' magazine named ''Mythos'' as one of ''The Millennium's Best Card Games''. Editor Scott Haring said "''Mythos'' was a very deserving game, with great art and gameplay that involved more than just monsters fighting each other." Game pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (magazine)
''Pyramid'' was a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the first online version published new articles each week; the second online version is monthly. ''Pyramid'' is headquartered in Austin, Texas. It replaced Steve Jackson Games' previous magazine '' Roleplayer''. ''Pyramid'' features general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tend to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as ''GURPS'', it has published articles on other games such as '' d20 System'', ''Talisman'', ''Nobilis'', ''Hero System'', and has featured various comic strips and single-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Haring
Scott D. Haring is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Scott Haring began working in the adventure gaming industry in 1982. Haring had a long career with Steve Jackson Games, having worked at the company five different times over a period of 15 years. Haring has worked as the ''Car Wars'' line editor, and became editor on the new magazine '' Autoduel Quarterly'' when it debuted in 1983. He also wrote and edited for ''Ghostbusters'' and ''GURPS'' and served as the editor for ''Pyramid'' magazine. He has been a columnist for '' Comics & Games Retailer'' since 1987. TSR's newly hired Scott Haring added four pages of purely game material to a series of "comic modules" published by TSR West, since TSR had an exclusive license for comic books with DC. Haring identifies ''Empires of the Sands'' (1988) as his first big project at TSR. He has also written and edited for the '' Top Secret/S.I.'' and '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing games. His other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPGnet
RPGnet is a role-playing game website. It includes sections on wargaming, wargames, tabletop games and video games, as well as columns on gaming topics. RPGnet was founded in 1996 by Emma and Sandy Antunes, Shawn Althouse ( etrigan) and Brian David Phillips, as a way to unify a number of transient game sites. In 2001 it was purchased by Skotos Tech, but maintains creative and editorial autonomy. Currently it is being run by Shannon Appelcline of Skotos, while a number of volunteer Forum moderator, moderators and administrators help maintain the forums. RPGnet services Forums Originally based on Matt's WWWBoard script, the 1997 RPGnet forums were formatted in earlier message boards' threaded style, being mostly dedicated to game design and industry news. With the change to vBulletin on 2002, new sections catering to the growing player and enthusiast user bases were added. The boards used vBulletin for the next sixteen years, until November, 2018, when they were migrated to the XenFo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Card Games Introduced In 1996
Card or The Card may refer to: * Various types of plastic cards: **By type ***Magnetic stripe card ***Chip card *** Digital card **By function ***Payment card ****Credit card ****Debit card ****EC-card ****Identity card ****European Health Insurance Card ****Driver's license * Playing card, a card used in games * Printed circuit board * Punched card, a piece of stiff paper that holds digital data represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. *In communications ** Postcard ** Greeting card, an illustrated piece of card stock featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment * \operatorname, in mathematical notation, a function that returns the cardinality of a set * Card, a tool for carding, the cleaning and aligning of fibers * Sports terms ** Card (sports), the lineup of the matches in an event ** Penalty card As a proper name People with the name * Card (surname) Companies * Cards Corp, a South Korean internet company Arts and entertainment * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
