Published card games
Highlander: The Card Game
La Montagnard Inc., 1996
Highlander: The Card Game is a card game published by La Montagnard Inc. in 1996. It is played with 2 players, from age 12 and in about 20 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 20
- years
- 12+
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The box
- Publishers
- La Montagnard Inc., SAEC Games, Thunder Castle Games
- Designer
- Mike Sager
- Year of release
- 1996
About the game
Highlander: The Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Highlander franchise of films and television series. It was released in March 1995. The original set had 165 cards sold in 16-card booster packs.
Players build decks from a 400+ card set, taking on the persona of one of the Immortals depicted in the franchise. The core of the game takes the form of a sword duel with players alternately attacking and defending. Other cards are played to affect the basic rules of the game. A player wins when the opponent is reduced to 0 ability or cannot avoid a "headshot" attack (i.e. beheading, the only way to permanently kill an Immortal within the franchise canon).
The Movie Edition was released in mid March 1996. The 450-card set was sold in 55-card starter decks and 15-card booster packs.
An expansion set for this edition was originally planned for release in November 1996, but the company had to delay it in order to secure licensing rights for images of Sean Connery, who was cast as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez in the 1986 film Highlander. He ultimately rejected the request, and the company planned The Ramirez Edition expansion set with alternate means of depicting the character.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.