Star Wars: The Trading Card Game is a two-player collectible card game published by Wizards of the Coast and designed by Richard Garfield, who also created Magic: The Gathering. It was first released in April 2002 and put on indefinite hold by the publisher in late 2005, after which a fan group, the Star Wars Trading Card Game Independent Development Committee, carried on designing new cards and offering them as free downloads. Play centres on gaining control of three arenas, Space, Ground and Character, using units drawn from the Star Wars films such as starfighters, Star Destroyers, armies and well-known characters, fighting for either the Light side or the Dark side of the Force. A player normally wins by controlling two of the three arenas, although some cards add other win conditions. Each side builds a sixty-card deck, and the card types include units, battle cards, missions, locations and equipment.
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1. Star Wars Trading Card Game (Wikipedia)
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After its initial release in April 2002
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is an out-of-print collectible card game produced by Wizards of the Coast
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6 and up
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- Playing Time: 45
- Designer: Richard Garfield
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
- Game Category: Card Game
- Game Category: Collectible Components
- Game Category: Fighting
- Game Category: Movies / TV / Radio theme
- Game Category: Science Fiction
- Game Mechanic: Action Points
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
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