Sorry for being naive but what’s the difference between the two designations. I’ve always wondered what it was or is it two sides of the same coin? Depending on that answer which is Fight Klub closer to?

It’s more of a designation than anything else.

In reality, they are both TCCGs (or CTCGs). Because in order for them to be worth trading, they have to be collectible. And if they are collectible, then they are trade-able by default. (unless, like, someone is going to stand by and call the cops if you try to trade them or something)

It’s kinda like the difference in calling something a “playing card game” or a “game with playing cards”. Somewhere, someone decided to use a different name, and now we have two terms for the same thing.

TOEMAETOE
TOEMATOE

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See I learned something anyways because I always thought the CCG stood for Customizable Card Game as opposed to Collectable so that’s why I thought there was a distinction.

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edit: i always thought the distinction was a traditional sort of thing, back when they had card games that had deck-building restrictions or something, or maybe it was to distinguish them from BICYCLE playing cards???

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it is customizable… since star wars ccg is the lord of all ccg’s

Customizable/Collectible. MOST use Collectible, but still.

No matter what the name, all tend to have the “Trade/Collectible/Customizable” aspects.

It’s really more of the “toemaetoe/toematoe” thing. The name’s now are moot, outside of distinguishing between one game and another. (for example, the Star Wars CCG and TCG)

As far as I know, all card games used to be designed CCGs until Wizards copyrighted the term. Then they all became TCGs.

They must have done that AFTER Pokemon, then, as it was theirs, but also a TCG.

But that doesn’t account for some, like the City of Heroes CCG, which came out only a few years ago. (2, I think)

Eh, probably just Wizards raising hell over the name for a few years only. Sounds like something they’d do.

Well, CCG isn’t copyrighted. Fantasy Flight are still using it for their games for one.

The only difference between collectible, customisable and trading card games is one of emphasis. It all depends how the company in question wants to market the game.

Personally I just call them all CCGs regardless.

Bandai uses CCG

Star Wars CCG was my first and so I always default to CCG when talking about card games. On a side note, I always thought it was Customizable Card Game. Although, Collectable Card Game makes a lot of sense too.

I want to say that the Star Wars CCG was one of the only ones to use Customizable. I think the Star Trek CCG was Customizable as well. Now that I think about it, I can’t think of ANY card game that is a Customizable CCG that isn’t a Decipher game.

I think you’re right. Most of the other games I’ve played were either TCGs or (for M:TG) Collectible Card Games.

Only Decipher’s games allow you to customize your card gaming experience. Other games only allow you to collect or trade the cards, which is impersonal by comparison.

I’d heard of CCG’s but never knew what they eamnt. I’ve always referrred to games like this as TCG’s.

Traditionally, TCG’s have been intended to be played and traded. Pokemon, for example, emphasized trading cards in order to “catch ‘em all” (shames self for referencing pokemon). CCG’s, on the other hand, emphasize switching up your deck every time you play. Trading is important, but the main element is having lots of cards to change your playing style from one game to the next.

Personally, I think that CCG’s were invented as a way to get players to buy more cards.

BTW, there is an alternate definition of CCG. The first “C” in “CCG” means either “Collectable” or “Customizable”. This definition was based on “Customizable” (which is Decipher’s definition, I believe).

This is almost going to be more like the game of thrones LCG (Living Card Game) where everything is fixed. Not quite…but close.

imho TCG attract more ppl than CCG
people like to trade ( get card/money ) rather than collect something ( spend money )

That’s a good point. I don’t know if it actually pans out, but it sounds awesome in theory.

It´s both the same, only that Wizards of the Coast holds the license for the tcg term, so you have to pay them bucks in order to label your game as a tcg.
If you want to look into something really new, try the LCGs from Fantasy Flight Games. They mainly leave out the collectible stuff and you get all the cards in fixed sets.

There ain’t very much differency indeed.
Some cards are just ment to be collected.
Wether it is CCG or TCG comes out after a while.
Per example: Pokemon TCG, there are players who still play it,
but the biggest group of fans only collect the cards. So actually CCG.
Magicthegathering is really about creating decks. So you have to get your cards together and so you can see it as an true TCG.

This was an example how players look upon that,
but the producers from cards, just put in another letter in the beginning to look different from other cards ;) understand?

“Per example: Pokemon TCG, there are players who still play it,
but the biggest group of fans only collect the cards.”

My local high school just had a huge Poke revival. About %50 of the kids from freshmen through senior started playing pokemon again, the cards and the video gmes. SO I’m hoping on the wake of that I can sell FK to my friends.

The two terms are pretty much interchangeable, though a company will pick one or the other to market its product.

I think the terms suggest something slightly different, though, the distinction between collecting, customizing, and trading. Collecting conjures images for me of buying the whole set, trying to Catch ‘Em All (to borrow an expression) by any means necessary. Trading is a bit more social, you buy some, you trade the ones you got, and the game is there. Customizable, as the manufacturers mean it, is in the deck makeup, and the fun is supposedly there, though to me it always conjured images of making up house rules and such.

Whether these terms mean the same things to somebody else, I can’t really speak to. It does seem like the publisher’s guiding you towards how they want you to play it with the name. “It’s a trading card game. Go trade.” “It’s a customizable game. Sit down and customize.” “It’s a collectible game. Collect and prosper.” At the end of the day, it’s the same game.

@ Catabre
That could be over there with you, but not here in the Netherlands it is.
But then again, it’s an revival, maybe they were bored.
That’s the thing about playing cards. They always will find a way to survive.

But I must say it again. Forget all those rubbish about TCG or CCG or CTG or whotever.
Make it your own to say if it’s CCG or TCG ;)