With such a focus on in-person, competitive play, it’s curious to see a different trend just on the horizon. TCGs are starting to embrace solo or cooperative play more and more, and I’m intrigued to see where it goes through 2025.
With such a focus on in-person, competitive play, it’s curious to see a different trend just on the horizon. TCGs are starting to embrace solo or cooperative play more and more, and I’m intrigued to see where it goes through 2025.
The games I mean are physical too.
LCG=living card game. The most popular ones are Marvel Champions, LOTR: The Card Game and Arkham Horror: The Card Game. They are similar to TCGs in many ways but they tend to be coop/solo and their business model is different: instead of random packs you get fixed sets (so you know exactly what you are getting) and often in a larger boxes that may also include new opponents or challenges. These expansions are usually highly thematic and designed to work together.