Highlander: The Card Game
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| Highlander: The Card Game | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Mike Sager |
| Publisher | Thunder Castle Games |
| Players | 2 |
| Age range | 12+ |
| Playing time | Approx 20 min |
| Random chance | Some |
| Skills required | Card playing Arithmetic Basic Reading Ability |
Highlander: The Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Highlander franchise of films and television series. Players build decks from a 400+ card set, taking on the persona of one of the Immortals depicted in the franchise. The core of the game takes the form of a sword duel with players alternately playing attacks and defenses. Other cards are played to affect the basic rules of the game. You win when your opponent is reduced to 0 ability or cannot avoid a "headshot" attack.
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[edit] Card types
[edit] Basic attacks
Nine attacks, one to each space on the attack grid.
[edit] Basic blocks
Six blocks, four each covering four areas of the attack grid, two covering just the upper and lower rows.
[edit] Guards
Defense cards which can stay in play multiple turns.
[edit] Special cards
- Events: happen once and are discarded.
- Edges: modify other cards they are played with; unlike other special cards, multiple Edges may be played in a single turn.
- Situations: stay in play and change the basic rules of the game.
- Locations: like situations, but only one location can be in play at once.
- Allies: introduced in later expansions, earlier they were treated as situations.
[edit] Pregame cards
- Persona cards: rare cards featuring established characters from the films and television series, allowing players to use persona-specific cards, or enhancing the abilities of standard persona cards. Most personas also grant a special ability to the player, such as dealing extra damage per attack or granting extra attacks per turn.
- Quickenings: rewards for winning tournaments and sponsored events, granting abilities to the user similar to those of certain personas.
- Weapon of choice: allow players to use special weapon-specific cards.
- Watcher: affects the basic rules of the game.
