The hot new game genre of the decade, collectible card games combine the interest of collecting and trading cards with card play in just about any style you can imagine, from science fictional universes (Star Wars, Battletech, Star Trek) through Fantasy (Middle Earth, Magic, Arcadia), and Horror (Mythos, Rage, Vampire) right out into the real world (Sim City, Illuminati... well, maybe...) and everything in between (X-Files, Animayhem, Legend of the Five Rings and more). The following links will bring you to cool websites from the publishers of these games.

To see what single cards we carry, visit our CCG Index.

Chaosium

Mythos, the card game based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, and a very cool game if you like to drive people c.r.a.z.y!

I.C.E.

Iron Crown Enterprises has an excellent card game based on J.R.R. Tolkein's classics, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The basic set is called, "Middle Earth: The Wizards."

InterActive Imagination

Brings us the MagiNation collectible card game, an well-designed, beautifully illustrated game that's the perfect "step up" from Pokemon. It is played and enjoyed by all members of my family (ages 7 to 47).

Steve Jackson Games

Home of the marvelously wry Illuminati: New World Order (INWO) and its expansions, including the SubGenius set. Not a lot of people are playing this game in our neck of the woods, but it is one very funny game. Collect the cards just for the hip humor. These people rank on everyone and take no hostages.

Wizards of the Coast

Home of Magic, The Gathering, which is the original collectible card game. These are the inventors of the whole field, and their site covers many other games they publish.

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