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Not -as- successful as Magic, but Vampire: The Eternal Struggle was popular in the 90s and still has a cult following (pun intended). In 2018 the license was of
by indigochill 5y ago
Not -as- successful as Magic, but Vampire: The Eternal Struggle was popular in the 90s and still has a cult following (pun intended). In 2018 the license was officially transferred to a fan group that's resumed producing the game. Overall, it's spanned from '94 to '20 with only a handful of missing years, which is a pretty dang good run.
His Star Wars TCG also officially ran for three years and spawned 15 years of fan development.
And then there's Netrunner (the CCG, not the better-known later Fantasy Flight LCG, Android: Netrunner, that used its mechanics). It was well-reviewed but seems to have only survived for three years as well. I expect we'll be seeing some comeback of Netrunner since Android: Netrunner recently had its license pulled for as-yet-unknown reasons.
- splittingTimes 5y agoAndroid Netrunner's mechanics and game design are really unique, flavorful and full of great world-building. I so wish it could have exerted the same pull like MTG, but somehow it could not create the same long term engagement that MTG does. Maybe the core set was already so strong that the expansions could not really add that much to it.