Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga

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Star Chamber
Developer(s)Nayantara Studios
Publisher(s)Matrix Games
Designer(s)Paul Dennen
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
ReleaseInitial Release 2003, expansions released 2004-2007
Genre(s)Online collectible card game, turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Star Chamber was an online collectible card game (CCG) first released as just "Star Chamber" in 2003 by Nayantara Studios, later owned by Matrix Games and , and now owned by Sony Online Entertainment. The game ran on both the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms. It was free to download and play, with additional cards available for purchase. There was one base set and five expansion sets released for Star Chamber. The game was shut down on March 29, 2012. As compensation, Sony Online Entertainment offered players 3 months of Gold Membership in the online fantasy role-playing games EverQuest and EverQuest II. These memberships became available on March 16, 2012.[1]

Reception[]

The editors of Computer Games Magazine presented Star Chamber with their 2005 "Best Independent Game" award, and named it the year's ninth-best computer game. They wrote, "The original was released two years ago, and its overhaul only reinforces what its fans already know: This is one of the best-designed computer games of the past five years."[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "SC:THS closing down". Sony. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03.
  2. ^ Staff (March 2006). "The Best (and Worst) of 2005; The 15th Annual Computer Games Awards". Computer Games Magazine (184): 42–47.
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