1997 BattleTech: Mechwarrior Trading Card Game Booster Pack
I’ve mentioned the BattleTech trading card game (Amazon.com search*) from Wizards of the Coast before, and earlier this year I encountered some old packs for sale. Back in 1996 and 1997 this was the trading card game I played most, and opening one of these packs almost twenty years later was a bit of a fun diversion today.
There was a time when I would have known exactly which card in the pack was rare, but it has been so long since I’ve played the game I cannot remember if it’s the first or last card in the stack. I suspect it’s the cards at the bottom of the 15 in the booster, but until I find a card list online I won’t know for sure.
I need to find someone in the Austin area who still plays the game, or just find some people who want to play . . . and then schedule time to game. Things are busy enough these days that nothing happens if it isn’t on the calendar.
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Man, this was one of my favourite CCGs back in the day, in fact, im pretty sure all the dice rolling involved help pave the way to my 40k addiction hehe.
@Court – I’ve got a big box of the cards and several rulebooks. I think I may have enough BattleTech TCG cards to run a tournament for 20 players.
Damn Phil, I wish I still had mine. The only cards I kept a hold of was my Wildstorm CCG, and same thing, I have multipls copies of every card.
@Court – I never tried the Wildstorm CCG. I remember seeing it, just didn’t take the chance to look into it closely.