Hyborian Gates

Hyborian Gates

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

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]

Reception

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

Further reading

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

References

1. 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