Kingdom Hearts Trading Card Game Now In Stores

Fantasy Flight Games has just announced that the Kingdom Hearts TCG is being sold in game shops all over the world! (Well, probably not all over the world, knowing how these things work, but surely in North America!)

Now then, I've never played any of the video games on which this TCG was based, but I do know a few things—that there's a character named Sora for example. Sure enough, there's a card of him! (Or her? I don't know, I've only ever owned Nintendo systems.) And there are Disney characters... like Bambi. Bambi has a card! (I'll trade you my Serra Angel for your... Bambi!)

In any case, down to the meat of the game: you begin with one key player card that affects the rest of your game, kind of like one of those promotional Vanguard cards in Magic or like your Ringbearer in the Lord of the Rings TCG. Two distinct victory conditions means, of course, several kinds of decks, tailored to win in those ways or combinations of them—the most common are Race Decks (beat your opponent to playing 13 levels' worth of World Cards first), Battle Decks (bring your opponents' Heart Points down to zero), and Balance Decks (which allow for both possibilities). Again, this reminds me of the Lord of the Rings TCG, which had two win conditions rather similar to the Kingdom Hearts TCG's and correspondingly very rich gameplay.

So, Kingdom Hearts fans who have friends of similar tastes, be sure to check this one out!

The Jack Skellington picture better kick ass. Or heads will roll. (Is Alice In Wonderland in the game too? That would be awesome. Maybe I should get a Playstation.)