Tomb Raider Collectible Card Game is an out-of-print
collectible card game
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by
Precedence based on the ''
Tomb Raider
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'' franchise. It was unveiled at the 1999
Gen Con Game Fair in
Milwaukee
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and was released in August 1999.
The ''Premier'' set contained 210 cards. Two expansions were released for the game: ''Slippery When Wet'' in December 1999 (209 cards) and ''Big Guns'' in April 2000 (159 cards).
A third expansion called ''Uncovered'' was planned for summer of 2000 but never materialized.
The game incorporated
gameplay
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elements more commonly found in (and according to one reviewer better suited for)
board game
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s such as dice and room tiles.
Tomb Raider CCG was nominated for an
Origins Award
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in 1999.
References
Collectible card games based on video games
Card games introduced in 1999
Works based on Tomb Raider
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