What are collectible card games?
Frequently, some will confuse roleplaying games with collectible card games (CCGs), but the two are quite different. Collectible card games are played with decks of cards that have been customized by the players. The cards are usually purchased in “starter decks” (usually around 60 cards per deck) and “booster packs” (usually around 15 cards per pack), though there are some games that forego the starter deck and allow you to play with just a few booster packs. Each card has it’s own characteristics, and players consider this when constructing a deck of them. Popular CCGs of today include Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh. There are several themes and styles of CCGs, and the collectible format has even inspired other types of games, such as collectible dice games (Dragon Dice) and collectible miniatures games (Mage Knight, Heroclix, and many, many more). CCGs used to receive more coverage on this site early in their development, as they met with bans, lawsuits, and unwarranted
