CROSSGEN COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME CROSSGEN CAMPAIGN SYSTEM HC

Topic: CG's CCG: CROSSGEN'S MOVING FAST FORWARD
posted 05-23-2003 12:19 PM written by JENNIFER "Anyone Remember Dragon Fire?" CONTINO

CrossGen Entertainment is conquering new grounds with its company by venturing into the world of collectible card games. The company is already supposed to be one of the ones involved in the upcoming HeroClix Indy Clix line, but that won't be the only way to play with the characters in the CGU. Soon interested parties can have the worlds of CrossGen at their fingertips in a new collectible card game from Fast Forward. THE PULSE caught up with Fast Forward President Jim Ward to find out some information about the recently announced game.

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THE PULSE: Why should people check this game out?

WARD: Fans of the CrossGen comics will definitely want to see card versions of their favorite characters and scenes. Card players who have enjoyed James M. Ward card designs in the past (and there are a few of those) should want to play the game because they've liked what I've done before. Also card game players like new games because of the challenge of learning a new game and collecting a new set of cards.

FFE Explores the CrossGen Worlds! August Release – CrossGen Campaign System Stock Number: FAF50000 ISBN: 1-932201-49-1 Retail Price: $34.99 Format: OGL, 288 pages, full color throughout, hardbound book Using the OGL system, the product presents all of the fantastic ideas of the CrossGen titles in a role-playing format that will allow fans of the CrossGen titles to play their favorite characters in their favorite comic worlds. Complete details will be provided to allow the user to roll up CrossGen characters and create campaign worlds using the comics they love to read as a background for their campaign game. September Release – CrossGen Collectible Decks & CrossGen Collectible Boosters Stock Numbers: Deck Point of Purchase Display FAF10000 Booster Point of Purchase Display FAF10003 ISBN: Deck Display 1-932201-59-9 Booster Display 1-932201-70-X Deck Retail Price: $10.99 Booster Pack Retail Price: $3.49 Format: It’s a collectible card game with common, uncommon, rare, ultra-rare, and promotional cards. Each deck has a pair of CrossGen dice; 50 cards including rare, uncommon, and common cards; and a special set of three foil high-technology cards with the characters and sigil direct from the pages of the comics. Using the award winning art of the CrossGen comics, Fast Forward is producing an exciting collectible card game. Fans of the comics will want to create decks using their favorite characters. Players of collectible card games will recognize the best features of the games they love to play in the rules and cards created for this game. Online support, hobby store tournaments, and convention tournaments are all a part of this fast-paced new card game from Fast Forward. October Release – CrossGen Screen & 32-page booklet Stock Number: FAF50001 ISBN: 1-932201-58-0 Retail Price: $14.99 Format: OGL The CrossGen referee’s screens are filled with useful information for players and referees alike. The 32-page booklet is filled with devices taken from the pages of the CrossGen comics. This will become a must-have product not only for the role-players, but for the fans of the CrossGen titles. December Release – CrossGen Fantasy Sourcebook Stock Number: FAF50002 ISBN: 1-932201-73-4 Retail Price: $24.99 Format: OGL, 128-page full color perfect bound book This fantasy sourcebook features the characters and concepts from the three CrossGen fantasy titles--Mystic, Sojourn, and Meridian. The spells, creatures, and major characters of those titles are detailed and ready for referees and players to enjoy in their role-playing games.

(Vu: I am including these articles because I am assuming some of them will include reprints of George Pérez's artwork, notably from the SOLUS series.)

CrossGen RPG Rulebook Out In August
April 18, 2003

Illustrated by CrossGen Artists

Fast Forward Entertainment will release the first volume in its CrossGen role-playing game this August. The CrossGen Campaign System is a 288-page hardcover with a color cover and interior illustrations by some of CrossGen's top artists. The deluxe 8.5" x 11" volume will retail for $34.95. Written by industry veterans Jim Ward and Sean Everette, this compendium contains all the rules necessary for playing the characters in the CrossGen Universe. The CrossGen Campaign System makes use of the Open Gaming License (OGL), which means that the powers and abilities of the CrossGen characters have been detailed for use with the Third Edition of the world's most popular role-playing game. With its plethora of fantasy, science fiction, and adventure titles CrossGen is an ideal publisher for this sort of role-playing exploitation since the CrossGen Universe really does provide a diversity of themes and settings. Two more volumes will flesh out the CrossGen RPG later this year. The CrossGen Gamemaster Screen and Adventure is due out in October, while the CrossGen Mystic World Sourcebook arrives in November.

Fast Forward is also creating a collectible card game based on the universe of CrossGen comics, which will also make use of art created by CrossGen's stable of comic artists.

Fast Forward Gets CrossGen Game License
March 20, 2003

For CCG and RPG Products

Fast Forward Entertainment of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, has acquired a license to produce collectible card and roleplaying games based on CrossGen's comic properties, with the first releases scheduled for August. The first CCG releases will be 61-card Starter Decks at an $11.99 MSRP and 11-card booster packs at a $3.29 MSRP. The booster packs will contain cards from a 120-card set, including chase and ultra-rare cards. The art for the cards will all be produced by CrossGen artists; some will be from comics that have already appeared, other art will be from comics that will appear in the future. All of the characters in the CrossGen universe can be used (which does not include characters from Code 6 titles). The CrossGen CCG will be designed by Fast Forward president Jim Ward, who designed the Dragon Ball Z game for Score.

The CrossGen CCG will be supported by an organized play program; Fast Forward plans to hire a staffer to run the program within the next few months. The Fast Forward Website will also be updated to allow the posting of player rankings.

Ten promo cards will be produced for each new CCG release. Five of the promo cards will be distributed to hobby retailers to use as free with purchase items. The other five will be used for magazine inserts and other promotional purposes. Support for the games will also include an aggressive convention program, including San Diego and the Wizard shows.

Three d20 RPG releases are planned for 2003. The CrossGen Campaign System Sourcebook, a 192-page full color hardcover, is scheduled for August, at $34.99. The CrossGen Gamemaster Screen and Adventure, which consists of the screen and a 30-page booklet, is scheduled for October at $14.99. And the CrossGen Mystic World Sourcebook, a 128-page book at $24.99, will be released in November.