Published card games
Anachronism
The History Channel, 2005
Anachronism is a card game published by The History Channel in 2005. It is played with 2 to 4 players, from age 12 and in about 5 minutes.
- players
- 2–4
- minutes
- 5
- years
- 12+
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The box
- Publishers
- The History Channel, Nexus Editrice, TriKing
- Designers
- Michael A. Brown, Stephen McLaughlin
- Artwork
- Szucs Gregory, Chris Seaman, Justin Walsh
- Year of release
- 2005
- Official website
- trikinggames.com
About the game
Anachronism is a tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. The basis of the game is war between various historical characters. The creators of the game, TriKing Games and The History Channel, have dubbed it "The Greatest Game in History". Anachronism won the 2005 Origins Award for Gamer’s Choice Best Collectible Card Game of the Year. The game depicts artistic work by Rob Alexander, Douglas Chaffee, Ed Cox, Kaja Foglio, Randy Richard Gallegos, Ralph Horsley, April Lee, and Alan Pollack.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.