This article is about the series of books. For the Canadian-American drama series, see Wild Cards (Canadian TV series). For other uses, see Wild card.
Wild Cards
Wild Cards (1987) (first)
Sleeper Straddle (2024) (most recent)
Edited by
George R. R. Martin
Melinda M. Snodgrass
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Superhero, Science fiction
Publisher
Bantam Books (1987–1993, 2023–present)
Baen Books (1993–1995)
ibooks Inc. (2002–2006)
Tor Books (2008–2022)
Published
January 1987 – present
Media type
Print (paperback and hardcover)
Graphic novels
E-book
Audiobook
No. of books
32 (as of 2024)
Wild Cards is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Set largely during an alternate history of post-World War II United States, the series follows humans who contracted the Wild Card virus, an alien virus that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors. Those who acquire crippling and/or repulsive physical conditions are known as Jokers, while those who acquire superhuman abilities are known as Aces, and those few who acquire minor, insignificant powers not worthy of being called aces are known as Deuces.
The series originated from a long-running campaign of the Superworld role-playing game, gamemastered by Martin and involving many of the original authors. The framework of the series was developed by Martin and Snodgrass, including the origin of the characters' superhuman abilities and the card-based terminology.
The first installment, Wild Cards, was released in January 1987 by Bantam Books and, as of February 2024, thirty-two books have been released through four publishers. The series has been adapted to comic books, graphic novels, and role-playing games.
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of languages such as Spanish and Japanese (essentially equivalent to the wild-card usage of the letter); and ⟨R⟩ in cases where a phonemic distinction...
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comprises both natural and wildcards. Once a canasta is assembled, the cards are squared up, and one of the natural cards forming it is placed on top...
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of the cards in their hand into sets. A set may be either: Three or more cards of the same rank, such as 7♥ 7♠ 7♣ or a pair or more with a wild card. A...
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along with two wildcards in each conference, for a total of eight teams from each conference. In the first round, the lower seeded wild card in each conference...
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are known as "WildCards." Wildcards get to roll a distinctive six-sided die known as a "wild die" alongside their trait die. The wild die may ace as...
are wildcards. Also, if the chosen tile is not in the suited tiles, the wildcards are decided in rules: The bonus tiles are not available for wild cards...
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