Ravensburger has announced a brand new trading card game in partnership with Disney called Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game.
Announced earlier today, Disney Lorcana puts players in the roles of powerful sorcerers called Illumineers. They will put together teams of Disney characters from a treasury of all Disney songs and stories called “The Great Illuminary”.
Not much is known at the moment, beyond that the game will feature an overarching storyline and “unique gameplay mechanics”. They have said that a handful of characters from the game will be released at the announce D23 event next month, so hopefully we’ll get some more information then.
Here is their full press release on the game’s announcement:
“Disney Lorcana is the result of the powerful alchemy of Disney magic, Ravensburger game excellence, and several years of dedicated work and investment,” said Filip Francke, Ravensburger North America CEO and Global Head of Games. “This potent combination has poised Disney Lorcana to be a game-changer in the billion-dollar-plus trading card game market.”
“The breadth and scope of Disney characters represented in this game will be unprecedented, and it will contain more original Disney artwork than any other single product ever created,” said John Balen, Vice President of Product Design at Disney. “Our dedicated Disney product design team has enjoyed collaborating with Ravensburger and our Walt Disney Animation Studios partners to create a unique Disney experience for fans of all ages to take home.”
Rooted in the magic of Disney characters and storytelling, Disney Lorcana is easy to learn for TCG newcomers while still offering strategic depth for experienced players to help create opportunity for more people to enjoy the excitement and fun of TCGs. Disney fans will enjoy the beautiful illustrations, overarching storyline, and playing with their favorite characters in new and novel ways, while veteran TCG players will also appreciate the thoughtful and unique gameplay mechanics that Ravensburger is known to deliver.
The game is set in the rich and fantastical world of Lorcana, a combination of the words Lore and Arcana. Players will take on the mantle of Illumineer, a powerful sorcerer, and band together Disney characters from Lorcana’s “The Great Illuminary,” a treasury of all Disney songs and stories ever made.
“The Disney Lorcana team is an incredible and passionate group with over a century of combined experience creating trading card games,” said Ryan Miller, Disney Lorcana Co-Designer and Brand Manager at Ravensburger. “Great care has gone into delivering an unforgettable world and gameplay experience that will be equally fun for Disney superfans, trading card game beginners, and the most enthusiastic and advanced players.”
Seven characters from Disney Lorcana will be revealed at D23. Disney Lorcanawill be released globally in Fall 2023 and will be supported by four new card set releases each year as well as a robust organized play program.
What do you all think? Is this something that sounds like you’ll be sleeving up and bringing to the table? Or is the market already oversaturated with trading card games (licensed or otherwise)? Let us know in the comments below what you think.
Until next time, keep your dice warm and happy gaming.
Ravensburger is set to bring the classic Disney cartoon Gargoyles to the tabletop this August!
Look at that beautiful box art!
Honestly, we’re ashamed to say we missed this story when it broke back in February. Ravensburger, publisher of the massive popular Disney Villianous boardgame, will be releasing a new boardgame based on the infamous Gargoyles cartoon.
Per the official announcement:
“In the game, players take on the role of one of six heroes: Goliath, Brooklyn, Lexington, Broadway, Hudson, or Detective Elisa Maza. Working together, they’ll take on Xanatos and Demona in four different scenarios. Players do battle on three-dimensional cityscape board showing Manhattan as it was presented in the cartoon, complete with Xanatos’ castle—topped skyscraper, the police clock tower, and more.”
The scenarios for game sound like they are straight from the show, which makes it all the better!
Reawakening: “Players face off against Xanatos and Demona, and must save Coldstone’s mind.”
Temptation and Magic: “Demona has stolen the Grimorum Arcanorum and used the magic to enslave innocents.”
Information Warfare: “Players must collect three stolen data disks.”
Battle with the Steel Clan: “One player takes the role of Xanatos and the Steel Clan and tries to either defeat a hero or destroy the police tower while the other players (as the Gargoyles) try to defeat Xanatos.”
The art on the box looks like the designers are going with the original aesthetics and not trying to modernize it. That is a fantastic thing as a game like this will appeal to those of us olde enough to remember watching the cartoon as it originally air, as well as the whole new generation being introduced to the show thinks to Disney+. Furthermore, the hero characters look to be plastic miniatures, capturing them in perfect detail.
We truly hope we’ll see Xanatos and Demona as miniatures as well. We have a feeling, either way, we’re going to have to get two copies of the game at release so that we can paint up a set of the miniatures.
Gargoyles: Awakening is a family game for 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, and looks like it’ll retail for $34.99 when it launches exclusively in Target stores nationwide on August 1.
So, what do you all think? Ready to “live again” or has your heart turned to stone on this Saturday morning staple from the 90’s? Sound off in the comments below and let us know.
As always, until next time, keep your dice warm and happy gaming.
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