Banemaster: The Adventure

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Banemaster: The Adventure
DesignersAlexander Duncan
PublishersChessex/
Players2 or more
Setup time< 5 minutes
Playing time< 60 minutes

Banemaster: The Adventure is an out-of-print collectible card game by and Chessex. The goal was to tell a story with your cards.[1]

Publication[]

It was released in August 1995.[1] The original set had at least 305 cards, though the exact number is not officially known.[1][2]

Reception[]

Steve Faragher reviewed Banemaster for Arcane magazine, rating it a 3 out of 10 overall.[3] Faragher comments that "it's an introduction to RPGs written by somebody who's never played one, that could only be found interesting by someone not yet into puberty."[3]

According to John Jackson Miller of Scrye, the game is considered a failure, therefore the only remaining game element is determining the exact card list for the set.[1] The company announced the set had 234 cards, but to date 305 have been documented.[1] The goal was to tell a story with your cards.[1]

Designed by Alexander Duncan, the game attempted to bring more role-playing game elements to the gameplay, but suffered from poor art choices, some of which were too gruesome for kids.[1][4] Allen Varney of The Duelist reviewed the game as for "people with wood-burning stoves" suggesting the game was terrible.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Miller, John Jackson (2003), Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition, pp. 82–83.
  2. ^ "Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide". Farawaypress.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  3. ^ a b Faragher, Steve (December 1995). "Games Reviews". Arcane. Future Publishing (1): 66–67.
  4. ^ "Banemaster: The Adventure". Wopc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  5. ^ Varney, Allen (February 1997), "Inside the Industry", The Duelist (#15), p. 83
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