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  • Comment: Fails WP:GNG, requires significant coverage in multiple independent secondary sources. The sourcery.tcg website is a primary source, as is interviews with the game's creator. Reddit is not an acceptable source either. Dan arndt (talk) 04:43, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Sorcery: Contested Realm (colloquially known as Sorcery) is a tabletop collectible card game created by Eric Olofson of Eric's Curiosa Ltd.[1] and released during May of 2023 after a successful Kickstarter campaign which ended on 4th of April 2022 with a total of NZ$ 5,784,804 pledged by 6,456 backers.

The game's first release was the Alpha Set consisting of 403[2][3] different playable cards followed by the Beta Set consisting of 402 different playable cards. Cards are obtained from booster packs with special extremely rare Curio Cards, which relate to the historical development of the game.[4]

The Alpha Set had a print run of 29000 boxes.[5]

Overview

Sorcery is played by two players depicted by their 'Avatar' cards on a 5x4 playing field called 'The Realm' with each player having their own deck of cards split into two parts: 'The Atlas' and 'The Spellbook'. The game's goal is reducing their opponents life total to zero.[6]

Set Releases

  • Alpha Set (May, 2023)
  • Beta Set (November, 2023)[7]
  • Arthurian Legends (planned for 2024)

References

  1. ^ ICv2, Dohm-Sanchez, Jeffrey. "'SORCERY: CONTESTED REALM HEADS TO RETAIL'".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Frank, The Realistic Collector. "Alpha Breakdown".
  3. ^ Servati, Mike. "Alpha Release".
  4. ^ Servati, Mike. "Curio Cards".
  5. ^ Brian Cooper, Magic Card Investor. "Sorcery: Contested Realm - The Alpha Set!".
  6. ^ Nirast, Out of Games. "A Look at Sorcery: Contested Realm, a Card Game Made by Path Of Exile Creative Director Erik Olofsson".
  7. ^ Jason Grabher-Meyer, Infinite TCG Player. "Sorcery: Contested Realm Delivers Real Narrative In TCG Form".