Global InformationStar Wars PocketModel Trading Card Game information
 | This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (November 2021) |
| Trading Card Game | |
|---|---|
| Designers | Mike Elliott Ethan Pasternack |
| Publishers | WizKids |
| Players | 2 |
| Setup time | 10 minutes |
| Playing time | 30–180 minutes |
| Chance | dice rolling |
| Age range | 12+ |
| Skills | Strategy, collecting |
Star Wars PocketModel Trading Card Game is an out-of-print tabletop game manufactured by WizKids, Inc. that debuted in 2007, based on the Star Wars universe. The game was designed by Mike Elliott and Ethan Pasternack.
The game has aspects of both miniatures and collectible card game genres. It is similar to WizKid's Pirates Constructible Strategy Game in some aspects, most notably the styrene constructible game pieces, which makes them both PocketModel games. The core gameplay however differs in many fundamental ways, most notably in how movement is handled, and the addition of cards, which adds the strategic element of deck construction which is most often found in CCGs. It derives its content from the first six Star Wars movies and the franchise's Expanded Universe.
The Star Wars PocketModel TCG was announced by WizKids on February 7, 2007, and released in June 2007,[1] after consumers were introduced to the game at Star Wars Celebration IV that May. An expansion to the game, entitled Ground Assault, was released on November 14, 2007.[2] The third 'release', entitled Order 66, was released on March 5, 2008.[3] Several more expansions were slated for release the same year, including Scum and Villainy, Clone Wars, Secret Weapons, and Galaxy at War, as well as a promotional release for the multimedia The Force Unleashed coinciding with the release of the video game; however, only Scum and Villainy and Clone Wars were released before the game was discontinued.
The game was produced until November 10, 2008, when Topps terminated the game company's operations.
In July 2009, National Entertainment Collectors Association, Inc. (NECA) won the bid to purchase the licenses of former WizKids Games products. The rights that NECA bought from Topps to produce PocketModel brand games, however, did not include the rights to the Star Wars franchise. Therefore, WizKids/NECA has no current plans to produce further Star Wars-themed games.
- ^ "WIZKIDS ANNOUNCES STAR WARS POCKETMODEL TRADING CARD GAME". WizKids. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
- ^ "GROUND ASSAULT AVAILABLE IN STORES NOW!". WizKids. Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ "STAR WARS: ORDER 66 AVAILABLE IN STORES TODAY!". WizKids. Retrieved 2008-04-30. [dead link]