Lorcana

After Magic the Gathering, my friends from all walk in life tried to find the next Trading Card Game (TCG) for the group. We’ve gone through various ones like Legend of the Five Rings, the first Middle Earth card game, the World of Warcraft trading card game, and finally I’ve found Disney’s Lorcana. This time, it was different. We were gearing up to get the TCG before it was even introduced to the world. There was a buzz and excitement that we haven’t seen in a while. We knew the franchise had enough lore and characters to keep it going. It may have to compete with Magic the Gathering or Pokemon for player and space, but it may grow to something of its own in time. I’m happy to say that we were there for the first Chapter (they call it that instead of expansions) and witnessed the pains of supply shortages, misprints, and people scrambling to get their hands on the product.

My local group was able to complete the first year’s set from Chapter 1 through 4 and some of the others. We’ll catch up soon, but at least the frenzy have died down a bit and it’s more of a comfortable pace. There’s even promotional cards (e.g., cruise ship cards, special collector sets at Disneyland, etc.) that keeps it interesting. My favorite Disney movie is The Goofy Movie and I’m glad to see that the 9th Chapter devoted some space to Max, Goofy, Powerline, and the rest of the crew.

The best way to start is with Lorcana Gateway, you can get it here: https://amzn.to/4gBT0oM

Just be sure NOT to open all the cards right away and shuffle because it is in a predestined order to help you understand the flow and rules of the game.