Product Showcase: Trading cards and games

By Staff -- Gifts and Dec, November 1, 2006

Tee time Play golfto a tee in Card Golf. The card game matches the real game of golf and can be played alone or with up to four players. Each player is randomly dealt 14 club cards and must combine the club card yardage in their hand to match or exceed the yardage of each hole on the scorecard. The game features 51 cards, scorecards and instructions and retails for $8.95. www.cardgolf.com Card Golf,San Diego

	Inked Inkworks will release trading card sets based on Dark Horse Comics' Hellboy animated series in January. The 72-card Hellboy set features Hellboy and his cast of agents. The card sets come in six-card packs ($2.49) and are available in a box of 36 packs and a case of 10 boxes of 36 packs. Each 36-count box will include one individually, hand-drawn sketch card by Hellboy artist Mike Mignola, Hellboy animated artist Sean Galloway and other artists, to be announced, added to random six-packs. Trading cards for Supernatural, Smallville, Veronica Mars this holiday season and Shrek the Third in April ’07 will also be available. www.inkworks.comInkworks,Morrisville,N.C.

Cast call Go Fish just went to a whole new level. In Twisted Fish from McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds, players collect fish cards by choosing specific types by color and type of fish from 13 fish characters in five different colors with an additional eight Zingers cards that allow players to break the rules. The game is recommended for three to six players ages 8 and up and lasts 30-40 minutes on average. SRP $8.95. www.mcneillbrighterminds.com McNeill Designs,Wilmington,Del.

	Good riddance Be the first to get rid of all your cards with the characters of ToddWorld with the ToddWorld card game. The 96-card matching game from Talicor is recommended for two to four players ages 4 and older. www.aristoplay.com Talicor/Aristoplay, Plainwell , Mich.

Upper Deck Command the Black Pearl in the Pirates of the Caribbean trading card game from Upper Deck. In the game, Captain Jack Sparrow must repay a debt to Davey Jones, captain of the Flying Dutchman before it’s too late. Starter packs ($19.95) for two players include two 30-card decks, two chamber cards, one rulebook and two game mats. Smaller, nine-card booster packs are also available ($3.99). www.uppderdeck.com Upper Deck, Carlsbad , Calif.

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