Lycèe Trading Card Game

Infobox Game | subject_name= "Lycèe Trading Card Game"
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image_caption = The "Lycèe Trading Card Game" logo.
designer= Silver Blitz
publisher= Broccoli
players= 2
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random_chance= Some
skills= Card playingThe "Lycèe Trading Card Game" is a Japanese collectible card game developed by Silver Blitz and published by Broccoli that uses characters from a variety of (mostly) visual novel computer games. "Lycée" is a French word roughly meaning 'high school'. Most of the cards are given unique, fanmade artwork. [The exception is only for most promotional and lucky cards.] The object of the game is to get one's opponent's sixty card deck down to zero, which is mostly done by attacking with character cards.

There are five rarities of cards: common, uncommon, rare, promotional, and lucky. The 'lucky' cards are the most valuable, and may sold for as much as 9,800 yen (~$82.20) on Japanese secondary markets. [Example price obtained from highest prices for single "Lycèe" cards at [http://project-core.ocnk.net/product-list/184 Card Hobby Project Core] . Retrieved on January 10, 2007.] By contrast, 'rare' cards sell for between 50 to 1200 yen (~$.42 to $10.06). [ [http://project-core.ocnk.net/product/2659 Bottom range.] [http://project-core.ocnk.net/product/3980 Upper range.] Few 'rare' cards are worth more than 500 yen (~$4.20).]

Gameplay

There are four different card 'types': character, event, item, and area.

In addition, each card is one of five 'elements': Nihongo|snow|雪|yuki, Nihongo|moon|月|tsuki, Nihongo|flower|花|hana, Nihongo|void [More accurately, 宙 means '(outer) space'. 'Void' has been chosen for being a similar, less ambiguous word. Also, due to the symbol for 宙 looking like a lightning bolt, it is also called the 'lightning' element by English players to simplify things.] |宙|sora, and Nihongo|sun|日|hi. There are also Nihongo|elementless|無|mu cards that are symbolized by a star . Elementless cards can only pay for other elementless cards, but any element can pay for an elementless' cost.

Cards are played by discarding other cards from one's own hand to pay for a card's cost. For example: the Yumemi card pictured is worth if she is discarded ( is her type as shown in the upper-left corner and her worth, 2, is directly below her type) and costs to be played (the cost is shown over the field limitation icon, the six red dots on the left hand side).

List of games with characters appearing in "Lycèe"

*"Aido-san Spirits!" (by Sirius) *"Air" (by Key) *"Akumu" (by StudioMebius) *"Alma" (by Bonbee) *"Atlach-Nacha" (by AliceSoft) *"Banyōn" (by AliceSoft) *"Binary Pot" (by August) *"Clannad" (by Key) *"Comic Party" (by Leaf) *"Daiakuji" (by AliceSoft) *"December When There Is No Angel" (by Leaf) *"DR2 Night Janki" (by Leaf) *"Fate/hollow ataraxia" (by Type-Moon) *"Fate/stay night" (by Type-Moon) *"Fushigi no Kuni no Kanojo" (by Saga Planets) *"Galzoo" (by AliceSoft) *"Hajimete no Orusuban" (by Zero) *"Kanojo-tachi no Ryūgi" (by 130cm) *"Kanon" (by Key) *"Kizuato" (by Leaf) *"Koigokoro" (by Ram) *"" (by Saga Planets) *"Kusari" (by Leaf) *"Mamahaha Chōkyō" (by Giant Panda) *"Mamatoto" (by AliceSoft) *"Magical Love Lesson" (by Giant Panda) *"Mahō wa Ameiro?" (by Sirius) *"Maō to Odore!" (by Catwalk) *"Melty Blood" (by Type-Moon) *"Negai" (by Ram) *"Ōbanchō" (by AliceSoft)

*"" (by AliceSoft) *"Osananajimi na Kanojo" (by Ego) *"Pastel Chime Continue" (by AliceSoft) *"" (by Key) *"Princess Brave!" (by 130cm) *"Princess Holiday" (by August) *"Really? Really!" (by Navel) *"" (by AliceSoft) *"Ribbon2" (by Bonbee) *"Ribbon95" (by Bonbee) *"Shizuku" (by Leaf) *"Shoya Kenjō" (by Giant Panda) *"Shuffle!" (by Navel) *"Snow" (by StudioMebius) *"Soul Link" (by Navel) *"Tasogare" (by Leaf) *"Tears to Tiara" (by Leaf) *"Tenerezza" (by Aquaplus) *"Tick! Tack!" (by Navel) *"Tōshin Toshi" (by AliceSoft) *"ToHeart" (by Leaf) *"ToHeart 2" (by Leaf) *"" (by Key) *"Tsukihime" (by Type-Moon) *"" (by August) *"Uchi no Imōto no Baai" (by Ego) *"Ultra Mahō Shōjo Manana" (by AliceSoft) *"Usotsuki wa Tenshi no Hajimari" (by Saga Planets) *"Utawarerumono" (by Leaf) *"White Album" (by Leaf) *"Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na" (by August) *"Yoru ga Kuru!" (by AliceSoft)

ee also

*"Ani-Mayhem"

Notes and references

*All currency conversions are based on the January 10 2006 exchange rate using [http://finance.yahoo.com/currency Yahoo Finance's currency converter] . All $s refer to United States dollars.

External links

* [http://www.lycee-tcg.com/ Official website] ja icon
* [http://www.animegamersusa.com/lycee.htm Page at Anime Gamers USA]