3D Battle-Card Game
The Transformers: 3D Battle Card Game is a "constructible card game" from Wizards of the Coast (who are, of course, owned by Hasbro). The game involves punching out pieces from little plastic trading cards and assembling them as either a Transformer or its vehicle mode and then battling another player with a similar punch out figure. Release Date: June 2, 2007
Game play
Game play is largely based on Rock Paper Scissors. Players choose one of 3 colored attacks secretly, then both players reveal their choices at the same time. If the opposing player's color matches the target color of the attack, damage is recorded and any special effects occur. Special effects include extra damage, transformation, and changing distance from an opponent. If both players pull the same colors twice, the player with a lower health scores a "critical" attack, which does extra damage and sometimes includes a powerful special effect.
Cards
WoC has announced that there will be 26 Characters in the premier set featuring characters from the upcoming live-action film and favorites from other Transformers series past.
Each pack will retail for $3.99 and include everything needed to play: two punch-out Tansformers figures (each made up of two "trading cards" worth of pieces), a character stat card for each of those figures, a token card, and rules.
Autobots
- Bumblebee
- Cliffjumper
- Evac
- Ironhide
- Jazz
- Jetfire
- Longarm
- Mirage
- Optimus Prime
- Protoform Bumblebee
- Ratchet
- Smokscreen
- Swerve
Decepticons
- Barricade
- Blackout
- Brawl
- Dreadwing
- Dropkick
- Megatron
- Payload
- Protoform Starscream
- Skorponok (sic)
- Starscream
- Thundercracker
- Wreckage
Expansion
The first expansion to this game has been solicited in the Diamond Previews catalogue as shipping in Nov. This expansion will apparently focus on Generation 1 and Beast Wars characters. Two new battle mechanics will also be introduced.
Known Characters
Trivia
- In many cases, even allowing for punch-card construction, the robot and vehicle designs differ significantly from all past versions of the characters. For example, Cliffjumper bears the head of Alternators Swerve.
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