Hyborian Gates

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Hyborian Gates
Card back to the Hyborian Gates CCG
PublishersCardz
Players2 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 but suffered from bad cropping.[2]: 12 [1][clarification needed] 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]

Reception[edit]

According to Allen Varney of The Duelist the game was said to be "utterly dull".[5]

Further reading[edit]

  • "Hyborian Gates". Scrye. No. 7. May–June 1995. p. 96.
  • "Hyborian Gates". Scrye. No. 8. July–August 1995. pp. 90–93.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Miller, John Jackson (2003), Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition, pp. 233–234.
  2. ^ "Card collector confidential". Scrye. No. 6. April–May 1995. pp. 12–22.
  3. ^ "Hyborian Gates Collectible Card Game - Cardz - 1995". nslists.com. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  4. ^ Brown, Timothy; Lee, Tony (1999), Official Price Guide to Collectible Card Games, pp. 166–170.
  5. ^ Varney, Allen (February 1997), "Inside the Industry", The Duelist, no. #15, p. 83