Eve: The Second Genesis

Eve: The Second Genesis
Designer(s) Pétur Örn Þórarinsson
Publisher(s) CCP hf / White Wolf, Inc.
Players 2 or more
Setup time < 3 minutes[note 1]
Playing time ~ 30 minutes[note 2]
Random chance Some (order of cards drawn)
Skill(s) required Card playing
Arithmetic
Reading
Logic
Strategy

Eve: The Second Genesis is a collectible card game set in the universe created for the online game Eve Online. Each player represents the CEO of a corporation, aligned with a particular race, and through exploration, mining, and military strength, their goal is to defeat their opponent CEOs.

Play summary

Each player begins play with a starbase, located in their home region. Initially, this home region is the only source of ISK, which is the currency in the Eve universe. By playing cards from their hand, each card usually costing a certain amount of ISK, the player can do the following:

The player can also deploy their ships to defend outer regions, thus gaining ISK or other benefits from the region. Of course, a player can also deploy their ships into their opponent's home region, in an attempt to destroy their starbase. Victory is normally decided when only one starbase remains, or if a player runs out of cards in their draw deck.

Core Set

The Core Set consists of 240 different cards and four Starter Kits. The Starter Kits are split into two different packs each containing two starter decks. The Day of Darkness Starter Kit consists of the Minmatar and Amarr. The Great War Starter Kit consists of the Caldari and Gallente. Each Starter Kit contains a total of 110 cards.

Expansions

The Exiled

In 2007, CCP announced the first expansion, called The Exiled. In addition to expanding the current card types, The Exiled adds characters which can act as agents at a starbase, or as pilots for ships. Originally scheduled for a July 2007 release, The Exiled was delayed due to a printing error and launched August 29, 2007.

Current Status

The Official Site was not online from late May to 19 August 2009 (and became defunct again shortly thenceforth), but there have been no updates for at least 2 years, and CCP Games no longer lists it in its product line, nor does the White Wolf online store list it in inventory.

There has been no official word from the producer or distributor, although low inventories for distributors and a lack of future release information, combined with the new board game EVE Conquests, support that EVE CCG will not be further developed in the near future.

Notes

  1. ↑ Excluding deck construction
  2. ↑ Games may take much longer or shorter depending on a deck's play style and the number of players

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