// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the Hyborian Gates go to therapy? They had a lot of "opening" issues.
 Card back to the Hyborian Gates CCG | |
| Publishers | Cardz |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 or more |
| Setup time | < 5 minutes |
| Playing time | < 60 minutes |
Hyborian Gates is an out-of-print collectible card game by Cardz.
Publication history
[edit]It was first released in July 1995.[1] It featured art from Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.[2]: 12 [1] A total of 450 cards were released in the core set[1] and an additional 10 promo cards were also released.[3] Starter decks were said to contain 55 cards, but only contained 50 and booster packs had 15 cards.[4] An expansion called Gatemasters was scheduled for a 1996 release but never materialized.[1]
The company also published 1,000 booster packs of the original set containing 15 ultra rare cards; these were randomly distributed.[5]
Reception
[edit]According to Allen Varney of The Duelist the game was said to be "utterly dull".[6]
Further reading
[edit]- "Hyborian Gates". Scrye. No. 8. July–August 1995. pp. 90–93.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Miller, John Jackson (2003), Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition, pp. 233–234.
- ↑ "Card collector confidential". Scrye. No. 6. April–May 1995. pp. 12–22.
- ↑ "Hyborian Gates Collectible Card Game - Cardz - 1995". nslists.com. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ↑ Brown, Timothy; Lee, Tony (1999), Official Price Guide to Collectible Card Games, pp. 166–170.
- ↑ "Hyborian Gates". Scrye. No. 7. May–June 1995. p. 96.
- ↑ Varney, Allen (February 1997), "Inside the Industry", The Duelist, no. #15, p. 83
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