Dune (card game)

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Dune was a collectible card game (CCG) set in the Dune universe, based on the first 3 novels written by Frank Herbert. It was originally produced by Last Unicorn Games and Five Rings Publishing Group, later by Wizards of the Coast. Artists who contributed to the artwork for this CCG included Mark Zug, Randy Asplund-Faith, and many more.

Expansions

Thunder at Twilight card

• Dune: Eye of the Storm (1997)
• Dune: Judge of the Change (1998)
• Dune: Thunder at Twilight (1998)
• Dune: Second Moon Rising (cancelled)
• Dune: Fall of the Padishah (cancelled)

Development

During the first expansion, Eye of the Storm, artists were told to use David Lynch's 1984 Dune film as a visual reference. As such, cards like Guild Entourage and Chani - Daughter of Liet. are directly based on their film counterparts. The game preview in The Duelist noted ' the mutated forms of the Guild Steersmen and the baroque appearance of buildings and equipment, have been incorporated into the visual style of the game.' Later, however, Last Unicorn lost the rights to the film and they encouraged artists to be more original. Some Lynch-based cards are present in later expansions, for example: Siridar Governorship and Guild Bank Arbiter.

After Eye of the Storm was completed, Five Rings were acquired by Wizards of the Coast. In the following expansion, Judge of the Change, Wizards of the Coast introduced a release strategy called 'Rolling Thunder'. Rather than one large release like Eye of the Storm, Judge of the Change was released in 3 'Episodes' or 'Chapters'. Each Episode of Judge of the Change focused on one working group on Arrakis. Episode 1 focused on the Smugglers, 2 the Miner's Guild and 3 the Water Seller's Union. 'Rolling Thunder' soon proved to be an ineffective strategy. Starter decks were released which contained fixed cards which could not be obtained from boosters. Duplicates were common and the set flopped. The third episode of Judge of the Change was difficult to find.

The next set, Thunder at Twilight, focused on the central Houses of Dune. Episode 1 focused on House Atreides, Episode 2 focused on House Harkonnen and Episode 3 focused on House Corrino. Like Judge of the Change, Thunder at Twilight failed to meet sales expectations. Due to the low sales of the second and third expansions, plans for 2 more expansions, entitled Second Moon Rising and Fall of the Padishah respectively, were cancelled.

Gallery

Brown card back (commons, uncommons, regular rares)

Blue card back (fixeds, imperial rares)

Playing field

See also

• Unique Characters from the Dune Collectible Card Game
• Images from the Dune Collectible Card Game
• Prelude to Dune (CCG) - A fan-made expansion pack.

External links

• Dune CCG at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
• Dune Notes.com - Dune Collectible Card Game overview
• Dune Info.com - Dune Collectible Card Game overview
• Capsule review (text-only) of Dune: Eye of the Storm Collectible Card Game at RPG.net, by Tad Kelson (November 1997, errata August 2017)