I wanted to see if anyone had any opinions to share on one of the many TCG/CCGs being put out right now, Life TCG. It had a successful kickstarter campaign last year to get things rolling.
I don’t know a lot, but the general concept is that there are cards printed with animals on them, where real life population of the animal correlates with how many 1st edition holos are printed. They have also created a 1/1 Earth card as a chase.
I don’t have any information on the game aspect itself, but my understanding is that it’s very basic.
My opinion is that this likely isn’t going anywhere without much of game to play, and photos used for the animals are pretty mundane, but may still buy a few cards. I enjoy animals and think it’s a fun idea.
Anyone else have any thoughts, or maybe you participated in the Kickstarter?
I can’t imagine this having much success unfortunately: the art and the concept seem really average. The layout is a bit uninspired and ‘boring’ too.
If this product is aimed to adults, It would be nice if they rework the art to something more painterly or classy, like those vintage naturalist illustrations, or those cigarette bird cards.
If it’s for children and schools, I would choose a more appealing colorful “pokemon” style, so at least some kids would try to play while learning about the animals (otherwise they’re going to instant tossing them in the trash lol)
I actually preordered the 1st ed gold box. I don’t think this has any stonking potential nor do I care for that but of course if I get some rare holo I’ll grade and likely sell. I have an infant and I think it’ll be cool to show him the animals and facts when he’s a little older as an alternative to books.
This feels super meta. At first I thought the title of this thread was a of joke (“has anyone played this game called Life? Haha it’s really hard” or something)
It looks extremely low-effort. For example, that gorilla fact/dex entry is pointless. Don’t we share a similar percentage of DNA with lettuce?
The layout also is the same as Top Trumps cards, so I have to wonder if this is a game with actual strategy
hate to be overly negative on something new but there’s a lot lacking. sure they’re donating 20% to conservation charities (haven’t personally looked at how efficient said charities are), but i’d honestly expect more sustainability efforts from a product in this vein. website needs an editor, cards are visually unexciting, gameplay is just flat bad. really feels like a half-baked product intended to capitalize off the recent tcg boom, but with an ecological gimmick slapped on top to pander to a new audience.
I thought it was another pump N dump but looking at the website the creator is definitely very passionate. You wouldn’t really know about those kind of animals unless you researched wildlife for years.
I like the concept tbh, if it’s successful it would bring awareness to really obscure & almost extinct animals. If they could set something up & maybe have some profits going towards official wildlife preservation campaigns or sanctuaries. This could be monumental with the right backing.
