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Cryptozoic Entertainment Heads to the 2016 Origins Game Fair

Cryptozoic Entertainment is heading to the Origins Game Fair which takes place June 15-19 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH. They’ll be located in the Gaming Hall at booth D901.

Stop by booth D901 to demo games and purchase amazing products, new and old!
Debuting at Origins are three new titles for sale in very limited quantities:

Rick and Morty: Total Rickall – Rid the Smith House of alien parasites in this wild and wacky card game!

Rick and Morty Total Rickall

Internal Affairs – Whose side are you on? Crack your opponents’ codes and be on the “right” side when the dust settles.

Internal Affairs

Mad Science Foundation – Who said drafting has to be fair? Collect resources, build inventions, press the big red button.

Mad Science Foundation

Attend the Saturday Evening Preview Event featuring a first look at DC Comics Deck-Building Game Crossover Pack 5: Rogues.

Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis Deck-Building Game is Out Now

Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis Deck-Building Game 1Cryptozoic Entertainment and Cartoon Network have announced the release of the Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis Deck-Building Game. With many successful launches in the Cerberus Engine line, including standalone versions as well as expansion packs, this new release is highly anticipated and features fan favorite characters from many current and classic Cartoon Network animated series. This newest standalone game is fully compatible with all previous Cerberus Engine releases.

What kind of craziness ensues when cartoon worlds collide? Cartoon Network’s mischievous nemeses are loose and it’s up to the players to stop them. Play as beloved heroes from Cartoon Network’s past and present original shows including Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Clarence, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Regular Show, Samurai Jack and Steven Universe to take them down. Every main deck card is unique and brimming with Cartoon Network characters.

In this wacky take on the world-renown Cerberus Engine, players will find everything they have come to expect in a Cryptozoic game including high drama and hijinks. Weakness cards are all unique and dangerous. Fortunately, Pratfall cards (which replace Vulnerabilities) are a great way to exit any scene (and get rid of Weaknesses).

Never before seen Event cards change things up in crazy ways when they appear out of the main deck. Players never know who will be the next victim, but everyone is in on the hilarity. In the end, only one player will be left laughing in this competitive game.

Included with the first print run is a promo oversized Dee Dee Character Card (from Dexter’s Laboratory). Stores who order in time for the first printing will receive boxes marked as First Printing Promo Inside. This card will become a collectible that customers will search for.

  • Number of Players: 2
  • For Ages: 15+
  • Playing Time: 30-45 minutes
  • Retail Price: $40
  • 206 Game Cards
  • 9 Oversized Character Cards + 1 Promo Oversized Character card
  • 1 Rulebook

Ghostbusters: The Board Game II Out Now on Kickstarter

Ghostbusters the Board Game IICryptozoic Entertainment has launched the Kickstarter campaign for Ghostbusters: The Board Game II.

This new campaign, on Kickstarter today, is crafted with fans in mind and includes the following contents in the base game: 54 Miniatures including 4 Courtroom Ghostbusters, 4 Slime Blower Ghostbusters, The Scoleri Brothers, and Vigo the Carpathian plus 12 double-sided map tiles, custom dice and tokens; some of which can be used for advanced gameplay variants. Two expansions starring Louis Tully and Slimer as playable characters are also available for backers starting today.

Ghostbusters: The Board Game II features an original story by IDW Comics’ Ghostbusters writer Erik Burnham in which Vigo and his minions return to the city, causing rioting and earthquakes to break out all over The Big Apple! Comic book artist Dan Schoening also returns with his signature Ghostbusters style. Ghostbusters: The Board Game II’s cooperative gameplay and modular design allow for highly customizable scenarios and nearly endless re-playability. This stand-alone expansion lets players hop in the Ecto-1a for a quick half hour session, or strap on their Proton Packs for a full-fledged ghostbusting campaign, making it the perfect game for board game veterans and beginners alike.

Numerous stretch goals have already been unlocked just in the first day, and you can expect much more to come.

Adventure TIme Card Wars – Fionna vs. Cake, Out Now

Adventure Time™ Card Wars Collector’s Pack #6 Fionna vs. CakeFionna and Cake are the loveable, cute, and alternate-reality female versions of the Adventure Time heroes, Finn and Jake. Their decks take us back to where it all started: The classic “Cornfields vs Blue Plains.”

The game includes a code card that unlocks special surprises in the Adventure Time Card Wars digital iOS game. The four lanes focus the action for maximum fun featuring all-new, original artwork and containing two oversized Hero cards, Fionna or Cake.

Number of Players: 2
For Ages: 15+
Playing Time: 15-30 minutes
Retail Price: $20
2 – 40 Card Decks
8 Oversized Landscape Tiles
2 Oversized Hero Cards
Hit Point Tokens

The Adventure Time Card Wars Collector’s Pack #6 Fionna vs. Cake will be on sale at retail stores starting March 30.

Cryptozoic Releases Adventure Time Card Wars Collector’s Pack #6 Fionna vs. Cake

Adventure Time Card Wars Collector’s Pack #6 Fionna vs. CakeCryptozoic Entertainment, under license from Cartoon Network, announces the release of the sixth collector’s Pack of Adventure Time Card Wars: Fionna vs. Cake. The newest standalone release within the Adventure Time Card Wars line will release on March 30 and is fully compatible with all previous releases of the product.
Fionna and Cake are the loveable, cute, and alternate-reality female versions of the Adventure Time heroes, Finn and Jake. Straight from the “Fionna and Cake” episodes from Cartoon Network’s animated comedy, these characters have not only swapped genders, but Cake is a cat. Their decks take us back to where it all started: The classic “Cornfields vs Blue Plains.” But these decks are all new and full of surprises. Fionna’s Blue Plains deck is actually part Rainbow allowing for maximum customization. Several of her Blue Plains cards work well when paired up with Rainbow cards. And the Blue Plains “mastery of card drawing effects” gets a new twist.
The game includes a code card that unlocks special surprises in the Adventure Time Card Wars digital iOS game. With easy to learn rules, the four lanes focus the action for maximum interaction and fun featuring all-new, original artwork and containing two oversized Hero cards, Fionna or Cake. Players will typically see about half of their deck during a game; new characters and new combinations will be found in game after game.
  • Number of Players: 2
  • For Ages: 15+
  • Playing Time: 15-30 minutes
  • Retail Price: $20
  • 2 – 40 Card Decks
  • 8 Oversized Landscape Tiles
  • 2 Oversized Hero Cards
  • Tokens Hit Point
The Adventure Time Card Wars Collector’s Pack #6 Fionna vs. Cake will be available for purchase at retail stores starting March 30.

Ghostbusters: The Board Game Gets a Sequel

Ghostbusters the Board Game IICyrptozoic Entertainment and Sony have announced that Ghostbusters: The Board Game will be getting a sequel appropriately titled, Ghostbusters: The Board Game II. This new game will launch via a Kickstarter campaign in April.

The second game in the series ups the ante with lots of new game elements, including Slime Blower Pack Ghostbusters, Ooze entities that can split apart and join back together, allies, new equipment like Ecto Goggles and Portal Destabilizers, and much more!

The game features an original story by Ghostbusters comics writer Erik Burnham that has the Ghostbusters investigating mood slime that has flooded the city, creating earthquakes and riots in another attempt to bring Vigo and his minions back. In line with the story, the map tiles in the game depict buildings destroyed by earthquakes and fires, as well as collapsed streets that expose sewers infested with slime, tunnels with derailed subway cars, and ghost trains. The impressive new figures are based on designs by Ghostbusters comic book artist Dan Schoening.

The first Ghostbusters: The Board Game Kickstarter launched February 2015 and went on to raise over $1.5 million from 8,396 backers.

Cryptozoic Entertainment Releases DC Comics Deck Building Game: Crisis Expansion Pack 3 this Week

DC Comics Deck Building Game Crisis Expansion Pack 3Cryptozoic Entertainment this week releases the DC Comics Deck Building Game: Crisis Expansion Pack 3. After successful releases in this product line, including standalone versions as well as expansion and crossover packs, increased consumer demand for new game content continues.

The newest add-on release within the DC Comics Deck-Building game line, the Crisis Expansion Pack 3 will release on March 2 and is fully compatible with all previous standalone releases of the product line. The expansion pack adds further customization to the game.

In the DC Comics Deck-building Game Crisis Expansion Pack 3, players will face some of the most epic challenges, events, and destructive forces in the history of the DC Comics universe. Players will find 14 “Impossible Mode” Crime Syndicate Super-Villains to battle against and Crisis versions of eight oversized characters such as Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Bane and many more. Also included are six new playable oversized characters and new main deck cards for competitive players.

This Crisis Pack features two unique modes of cooperative play, one is a completely cooperative mode, where players all work together to overcome challenges and foes. The other is a “Hidden Objective” mode, which has never before been seen in a deck-building game. The Suicide Squad makes its debut in this game as playable oversized characters. With this team, it seems someone always has their own agenda when they take on a mission. In this mode, players are still working together, but everyone has their own definition of what a win means. One player may be secretly working against the rest of the team.

This is not a standalone product. DC Comics Deck-building Game, Heroes Unite, Forever Evil, or Teen Titans is required to play.

  • Number of Players: 2-5
  • For Ages: 15+
  • Playing Time: 30-45 minutes
  • Retail Price: $20
  • Fully compatible with the original set, Heroes Unite, Forever Evil, and Teen Titans
  • Two unique modes of co-operative play
  • Eight oversized crisis versions of Super-Villain characters originally found in “Forever Evil”
  • Six all-new playable oversized Super-Villain characters
  • Impossible Mode” Super-Villains

Cryptozoic Entertainment Announces Some of Their 2016 Game Releases

Cryptozoic Entertainment has shown off some of the games announced at Toy Fair 2016.The award-winning company has released a large variety of card and board game products to critical acclaim.

Some of this year’s product launches include:

DC Comics™ Deck Building Game: Crisis Pack 3

DC Comics Deck Building Game Crisis Pack 3The DC Universe is in peril… again! In the DC Comics Deck-building Game Crisis Expansion Pack 3, players will face some of the most epic challenges, events, and destructive forces in the history of comic-dom. In this Crisis Expansion find 14 “Impossible Mode” Crime Syndicate Super-Villains to battle against and Crisis versions of eight oversized characters such as Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Bane and many more. Also included are six new playable oversized characters and new main deck cards for competitive players. This Crisis Pack features two unique modes of cooperative play. Play in a completely cooperative mode, where players all work together to overcome challenges and foes. Or play in “Hidden Objective” mode, never before seen in a deck-building game. The Suicide Squad makes its debut as playable oversized characters, and as ne’er-do-wells, working together isn’t exactly their strong suit. It seems someone always has their own agenda when this “team” gets together for a mission. In this mode, players are still working together, but everyone has their own definition of what a “win” really is. One player may even be secretly working against the rest of the team.Adventure Time Card Wars Fiona Vs Cake

Adventure Time Card Wars: Fiona Vs Cake
Based on the Card Wars game found in the Adventure Time episodes of the same name.  Includes a code card that unlock special surprises the Card Wars digital android and iOS game. Easy to learn rules and all-new, original artwork. Play as the Fionna or Cake characters.

Rick and Morty Total RickallRick and Morty Total Rickall
The Total Rickall Cooperative Card Game is based on the Rick and Morty episode of the same name. Players can still play this wild and wacky game and have plenty of fun even if they have never watched the program. Easy to learn, cooperative and mimics the action and hilarity of the Rick and Morty Episode “Total Rickall”. This is a cooperative game for 2-5 players, with a playing time of 30 minutes.

Internal Affairs GameInternal Affairs Game
In Hong Kong, the Police and ruthless Triad crime syndicate have both learned they have traitors embedded in their midst and are determined to ferret out these dangerous moles. It’s up to the player to crack the codes of their foes and learn who is ultimately loyal to whom.  The game is won by the team that manages to first reveal all 3 identity cards of 2 infiltrators belonging to the opposing team. Fun, new take on hidden identity games with constantly evolving gameplay and create a secret code for opponents to try to crack.

Cartoon Network™ Crossover Crisis Deck-building Game
Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis Deck-building GameCartoon Network’s baddest adversaries are loose and it’s up to the players to stop them.  Play as favorite heroes from Cartoon Network’s past and present hit shows: Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Clarence, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Regular Show, Samurai Jack and Steven Universe to take them down. Every main deck card is unique and brimming with Cartoon Network characters. In this wacky take on world-renown Cerberus Engine, find WEAKNESS cards which are all unique, dangerous, and PRATFALL cards (which replace Vulnerabilities). Never before seen EVENT cards change things up in crazy ways when they appear out of the main deck. They may literally cause a stomping of feet. Or outlandish zoo animal noises, and more. In the end, only one player will be left laughing in this competitive game.

Cryptozoic Entertainment Hires Dekan Wheeler as Marketing Manager

Dekan WheelerCryptozoic Entertainment, leading developer, designer and manufacturer of games, trading cards and collectible merchandise has announced the hire of Dekan Wheeler as Marketing Manager. Wheeler will be responsible for managing product marketing and continuing to drive the company’s marketing and promotional plans forward.

Wheeler previously held the position of Client Services Supervisor at Prime Focus Technologies. Wheeler is an experienced entertainment, video, editing and graphics professional. His vast knowledge in the games, entertainment and video industries has made him a perfect fit for the Cryptozoic Marketing Department.

Unboxing: DC Comics Deck-Building: Crossover Expansion Pack 4: Watchmen

Cryptozoic‘s DC Comics Deck-Building game is one of our favorite deck-building games out there. With each release they slowly add new mechanics, as well as new characters, that always change up the game just enough to make it feel fresh, but never over the top to make it feel like something completely different.

The company’s latest Crossover Expansion features cards based on the classic graphic novel Watchmen.

We open up the pack and go over the cards, talking about the new mechanics, and what they might bring to the game.

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