FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about what this site is—and is not.
Is Cardgame Crate a subscription box storefront?
No. It is an orientation desk about TCG, LCG, and tabletop card game nights. We do not list fake prices or inventory.
Where should a brand-new player begin?
Read Getting Started, skim the glossary, then teach one mid-complexity card game cleanly. Public primers like Card game Wikipedia help with lineage.
Do you host actual-play video?
Not on this domain. We point to community and publisher channels from the Resources and Community pages.
Can I reuse these articles?
Quote briefly with attribution and a link back. For wholesale reuse, email [email protected].
How do you pick outbound links?
We favor encyclopedias, official publisher pages, and established hobby blogs such as Living card games.
Is this affiliated with the trademark holders of every game mentioned?
Mentions are descriptive for orientation. Check each publisher's licensing pages before publishing your own commercial work.
Steal a timer or seating habit from neighboring hobbies if it helps—leave logos behind. This desk stays on cards.
Track teach time, game time, and reset like hit points—those clocks decide whether the night breathes.
If a phase adds twenty minutes and nobody likes it, house-rule or shelve it. Fairness beats sacred exceptions.
If a prop or motif fights the fiction, reassign it. Coherent play beats unboxing pressure.
For one night: one teach order, one written mulligan rule, one backup lighter game if the main overruns.
Even veteran hosts botch basics: teach order, mulligan clarity, and sleeve/box hygiene. Revisit them on purpose.
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