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collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with ''Magic: The G ...
s. Unless otherwise noted, all dates listed are the North American release date. This contains games backed by physical cards; computer game equivalents are generally called
digital collectible card game A digital collectible card game (DCCG) or online collectible card game (OCCG) is a computer or video game that emulates collectible card games (CCG) and is typically played online or occasionally as a standalone video game. Many DCCGs are types of ...
s and are catalogued at List of digital collectible card games.


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Collectible common-deck card games

These card games are very similar to regular CCGs; however, they do not meet the strict definition, because all players use a shared deck, also known as a common deck, similar to Uno. There is little to no interest in collecting the cards. * Citadel Combat Cards (1992) * Dino Hunt (
Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...
) (1996) * Dragon Storm Game ( Black Dragon Press) (1995) *
Nuclear War Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a War, military conflict or prepared Policy, political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are Weapon of mass destruction, weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conven ...
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Flying Buffalo Flying Buffalo Inc. (FBI) is a game company with a line of role playing games, card games, and other gaming materials. The company's founder, Rick Loomis, began game publishing with '' Nuclear Destruction'', a play-by-mail game which started th ...
) (1965)


Non-collectible customizable card games

Sometimes referred to as Living Card Games, these games are very similar to CCGs but lack randomness to the purchase and distribution of the cards. Most are sold as complete sets and are therefore not ''collectible''. Some of these games were meant to be traditional CCGs with booster packs, but the booster packs were never released. * AdventureQuest Worlds The Anything-Goes BattleOn Battle Card Game (
Artix Entertainment Artix Entertainment, LLC is an independent video game developer and publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free ...
) *
Anachronism An anachronism (from the Greek , 'against' and , 'time') is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time periods. The most common type ...
(TriKing Games/
The History Channel History (formerly and commonly known as the History Channel) is an American pay television network and the flagship channel of A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the General Entertainment Content division of The Wa ...
) * Android: Netrunner (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2012) * Anime Madness ( Matthew Johnston Games) (1996) * Arcmage: Rebirth ( Arcmage Creative Commons Games) (2018) * Arkham Horror: The Card Game (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2016) * Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn (
Plaid Hat Games Plaid Hat Games is a United States–based board game studio. Plaid Hat Games was founded in 2009. Board game designer Colby Dauch formed the board game publishing company in order to release the company's first game, '' Summoner Wars''. In 201 ...
) (2015) * Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2008) * Calorie Kids ( Ocean of Wisdom) (2000) *
Catan Card Game The ''Catan Card Game'', originally named ''The Settlers of Catan: The Card Game'', is a card-game adaptation of ''The Settlers of Catan'' board game. It is a member of the ''Catan'' series of games developed by Klaus Teuber and published by K ...
(''1996'') and its successor
The Rivals for Catan ''The Rivals for Catan'' () is an updated revision of the ''Catan Card Game'', a card game adaptation of ''The Settlers of Catan''. The game was released in 2010. It is a member of the ''Catan'' series of games, and is published by Kosmos in Ge ...
(2010) can be played as a customizable card game with the “tournament rules” * ChessHeads ( WizerGames) (2004) * Codex: Card-Time Strategy ( Sirlin Games) (2016) * Doomtown: Reloaded (
Alderac Entertainment Group Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) is a publisher of family board game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993. Blackburn left the company in 1995 and the majority of the company is now owned by President & CEO John Zinser. The comp ...
/ Pine Box Entertainment) *
Elemental Clash An elemental is a mythic supernatural being that is described in occult and alchemical works from around the time of the European Renaissance, and particularly elaborated in the 16th century works of Paracelsus. According to Paracelsus and his ...
( The Game Crafter/ T.O.G. Entertainment) (2009) * A Game of Thrones: The Card Game (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2008) * A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Second Edition (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2015) * Heavy Gear Fighter (
Dream Pod 9 Dream Pod 9 (DP9), formerly Ianus Games, is a Montreal-based Canadian game publisher. Its most notable products are ''Heavy Gear'', ''Jovian Chronicles'', ''Tribe 8 (role-playing game), Tribe 8'', and ''Gear Krieg'', as well as the Silhouette role ...
) (1995) * Horsepower: 5000 (self-published) (1995) * Killer Bunnies and the Ultimate Odyssey *
Knightmare Chess ''Knightmare Chess'' is a fantasy chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games (SJG) in 1996. It is a translation of a French game ''Tempête sur l'échiquier'' (''Storm on the Chessboard''), designed by Pierre Cléquin and Bruno Faidutti. ...
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Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...
) (1996) * The Last Great War ( The Outsiders Group) (1997) * Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2017) * The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2011) * Ophidian 2350 ( Ophidian Games/
Fleer The Fleer Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer in 1885, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubble gum; it remained a family-owned enterprise until 1989. Fleer originally developed a bubble gum formulation called ''Blibber-Blubb ...
) (2016) *
Shadowfist ''Shadowfist'' is a card game created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia. It was released in June 1995 as a collectible card game (CCG), but was shifted to a fixed distribution of cards as of 2013. It shares the same background as ''Feng Shui'', a ...
(2012) (re-styled in 2012 as a "Dynamic Card Game", with pre-constructed starter decks and non-randomized
booster pack In collectible card games, digital collectible card games and collectible miniature wargames, a booster pack is a sealed package of cards or figurines, designed to add to a player's collection. A box of multiple booster packs is referred to as a ...
s) * Star Wars: The Card Game (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2012) * Star Wars Episode 1 CCG Boxed Set (
Decipher, Inc. Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, US. The company began with three puzzles marketed as "Decipher," subsequently marketing party games and ''Pente'' sets. After 1994, Decipher produced collectible ...
) (1999) * Tribbles (
Decipher, Inc. Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, US. The company began with three puzzles marketed as "Decipher," subsequently marketing party games and ''Pente'' sets. After 1994, Decipher produced collectible ...
) (2000) * Warhammer 40,000: Conquest (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2014) * Warhammer: Invasion (
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...
) (2009) * Xi Cards ( Xi Cards Ltd.) (2014) * You Got Schooled Card Game (2023)


Notable non-collectible games

This is a catch-all category for those games that appear similar to CCGs but don't meet the strict definition in one way or another. * Age of Heroes(Renegade Mage Games) (''1997'') * The Base Ball Card Game (Allegheny) (''1904'') * BattleCards (
Merlin Publishing Merlin Publishing Limited, commonly known as Merlin and sometimes branded as Merlin Collections was a British publishing firm who released a variety of sticker collections during the late 1980s and 1990s, they also designed trading cards, card ...
) (''1993'') * Boy Crazy (
Decipher, Inc. Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, US. The company began with three puzzles marketed as "Decipher," subsequently marketing party games and ''Pente'' sets. After 1994, Decipher produced collectible ...
) (''2000'') * Brawl (
Cheapass Games Cheapass Games is a game company founded and run by game designer James Ernest, based in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. Cheapass Games operates on the philosophy that most game owners have plenty of dice, counters, play money, and othe ...
) (''1999'') * Chez Geek (
Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...
) (''1999'') * Dark Mages (
Bleem Divertissements Inc. Bleem! (styled as bleem!) is a commercial PlayStation emulator released by the Bleem! Company in 1999 for IBM-compatible PCs using Microsoft Windows and the Dreamcast. It is notable for being one of the few commercial software emulators to be a ...
) (''2015'') * DragonElves (
Fast Forward Entertainment Fast or FAST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Fast" (Juice Wrld song), 2019 * "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 * "Fast" (Sueco song), 2019 * "Fast" (GloToven song), 2019 * ''Fast'', an album by Custom, 2002 * ''Fast'', a 2010 short fil ...
) (''2000'') * Emmerlaus: Duels of Mages ( Creations Chaos) (''1996'') * Express Chess ( Black Box Entertainment) (''1995'') *
Fluxx ''Fluxx'' is a card game published by Looney Labs. It is different from most other card games, in that the rules and the conditions for winning are altered throughout the game, via cards played by the players. History ''Fluxx'' was created by And ...
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Looney Labs Looney Labs, Inc. is a small game company based in College Park, Maryland, United States. It is named after its founders, Andrew Looney and Kristin Looney, and is best known for creating the Fluxx line of card games. The company has three U.S. ...
) (''1996'') * Havic: The Bothering (PGI Limited) (''1998'') *
Illuminati The Illuminati (; plural of Latin ''illuminatus'', 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 ...
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Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...
) (''1982'') * KeyForge (Fantasy Flight Games) (''2018'') * Lost Worlds Fantasy Cards (''1980'') * Mystick ( Anoch Games Systems) (''2000'') * Quest for the Faysylwood ( Faysylwood Press) (''1993'') * Rumble Robots ( Trendmasters) (''2000'') * Shadow Raven ( Destiny Horizons, Inc.) *
Strat-O-Matic Strat-O-Matic is a game company based in Glen Head, New York, that develops and publishes sports simulation games. It produces tabletop baseball, American football, basketball, and ice hockey simulations, as well as personal computer adaptation ...
Baseball (''1961'') * Zoon (
West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars'', ''Paranoia' ...
)


See also

*
Collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with ''Magic: The G ...
*
Digital collectible card game A digital collectible card game (DCCG) or online collectible card game (OCCG) is a computer or video game that emulates collectible card games (CCG) and is typically played online or occasionally as a standalone video game. Many DCCGs are types of ...
* List of digital collectible card games *
List of collectible miniatures games {{short description, None This is a list of collectible miniature games. * Axis & Allies Miniatures * Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City * Creepy Freaks * Crimson Skies * Doctor Who Microverse * Dreamblade * Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures ...


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