{{Short description|Card game}}{{Infobox Game| subject_name= Fantasy Adventures| image_link= File:Fantasy Adventures CCG.jpg | image_caption= Card back to the Fantasy Adventures CCG | designer= Bill Fawcett, Tom Smith| publisher= Mayfair Games | players= 2 or more | setup_time= < 5 minutes | playing_time= < 60 minutes | footnotes = | }}
'''Fantasy Adventures''' is an out-of-print collectible card game by Mayfair Games. It was first released in June 1996.<ref name="MILLER2">{{Citation |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |title=Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition | year=2003 |pages=179–181 |postscript=.}}</ref>
==Publication== It was adapted from Mayfair's Encounters card game.<ref name="MILLER2"/> The base set included 450 cards.<ref name="MILLER2"/> It was sold in 100-card fixed starter decks and 15-card booster packs.<ref name="Schneiderman">{{cite magazine|magazine=Inquest|title=On deck: Fantasy Adventures|last=Schneiderman|first=Jason|publisher=Wizard Entertainment|issue=14|page=40-41|date=June 1996}}</ref> The ''Wheel of Time'' expansion was pushed back to a late summer release to coincide with release of a Robert Jordan novel, but neither it nor the ''World of Aden'' expansion ever materialized.<ref name="MILLER2"/><ref>{{cite magazine | last = Varney | first = Allen | title = Reports on Trading Card Games | page = 8 | magazine = The Duelist | date = May 1996 | issue =#10}}</ref> The game featured exceptional art for the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.therobotsvoice.com/2008/11/the_10_most_forgotten_collectible_card_games.php|title=The 10 Most Forgotten Collectible Card Games|website=therobotsvoice.com|accessdate=2017-12-28}}</ref>
==Reception== Andy Butcher reviewed ''Fantasy Adventures'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall.<ref name="Arcane6">{{cite journal|last=Butcher|first=Andy|date=May 1996|title=Games Reviews|journal=Arcane|publisher=Future Publishing|issue=6|pages=71}}</ref> Butcher comments that "Not outstanding, then, but simple to play and fun nonetheless. If you've got a younger sibling who's expressed an interest in these 'strange games' that you play, you could do worse than sit down and play this with them for a while..."<ref name="Arcane6"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Card games introduced in 1996 Category:Collectible card games Category:Mayfair Games games
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