Netrunner

NetRunner
Card back to the NetRunner CCG
DesignersRichard Garfield
PublishersWizards of the Coast
Years activeApril 1996 to 1999
Players2
Setup time15 minutes
Playing time≈45 minutes
ChanceSome
Age range9+
SkillsCard playing
Arithmetic
Asymmetrical gameplay
Bluffing
Deduction

Netrunner is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) designed by Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering. It was published by Wizards of the Coast and introduced in April 1996.[1] It was produced until 1999.[2] The game took place in the setting for the Cyberpunk 2020 role-playing game (RPG), but it also drew from the broader cyberpunk genre.

In 2012, Fantasy Flight Games released Android: Netrunner, a new card game based on Netrunner, under license from Wizards of the Coast. The new game uses Fantasy Flight Games' Living Card Game release format (as used in their Warhammer: Invasion, A Game of Thrones, Call of Cthulhu, and Lord of the Rings games), and shares the cyberpunk setting of their Android board game. Since 2019, the game has been run by the nonprofit games publisher Null Signal Games.

  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (2003), Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition, pp. 411–414.
  2. ^ Carter, Chase (2021-08-27). "Netrunner trademark filing spurs speculating on TCG's future". Dicebreaker. Retrieved 2024-09-24.