Cryptozoic Entertainment


Cryptozoic Entertainment is an American publisher of board and card games, trading cards and collectibles based on both licensed and original intellectual properties. The company is well known for its "Cerberus Engine Game", the catch name for its series of deck-building games. Cryptozoic's first game was based on DC Comics characters, having been released in 2012. The Cerberus engine is utilized in various games; all Cerberus games are compatible with each other, allowing gamers to intermix different decks and characters from different universes.
Cryptozoic Entertainment has also produced products based on The Lord of the Rings, Attack on Titan, Ghostbusters, AMC's The Walking Dead, Portal, Rick and Morty, various Cartoon Network series such as Adventure Time, DC Comics characters and other IPs.
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History

Founded in March 2010, Cryptozoic's first product was the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game expansion Wrathgate, released in May 2010. Cryptozoic produced 12 sets for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. The last set, Timewalkers: Reign of Fire, was released in July 2013.
Cryptozoic Entertainment expanded its product line-up with numerous tabletop games beginning in 2011. The DC Comics Deck-Building Game franchise represents its best-selling series of products to date, with 12 standalone base games and 14 expansions, as well as numerous promo cards. Other popular titles include Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre, Ghostbusters: The Board Game, Spyfall, and Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game.
Trading cards were also added to Cryptozoic Entertainment's catalog in 2011 with the launch of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Liberty Trading Card Set. Since then, Cryptozoic has released over 50 different trading card sets featuring properties such as DC Comics, The Flash, Gotham, The Hobbit, The Big Bang Theory, Ghostbusters, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey and Outlander. These trading card sets have signatures from well-known actors, including Harrison Ford, Norman Reedus, Evangeline Lilly, Dan Aykroyd, Leonard Nimoy, and Tatiana Maslany.
In 2016, a third product category was added to Cryptozoic Entertainment's slate of offerings: collectibles. Products featuring Ghostbusters, DC Comics, and Cartoon Books characters were first made available at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The company's collectibles include DC Comics Lil’ Bombshells, Ghostbusters Micro Figures, the Fone Bone Vinyl Figure, Mighty Meeples, and many others.

Licensed products

The list includes licensed games and collectibles by Cryptozoic:

Board games

The Arrival Attack on Titan: The Last Stand Batman: Arkham City Escape Batman Fluxx Batman: Love Letter Cult: Choose Your God Wisely Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II Internal Affairs Master of Orion Pantone: The Game Poker Assault Rick and Morty: The Ricks Must Be Crazy Rick and Morty: Anatomy Park Train Heist The Walking Dead The Walking Dead: No Sanctuary The Walking Dead: The Best Defense The Walking Dead: Don't Look BackThe Walking Dead: No Sanctuary
  • ''Wallet''

Card games

Adventure Time: Card Wars Adventure Time: Love Letter Challenge of the Superfriends Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards Million Dollars, But... Rick and Morty: Total Rickall Rick and Morty: Look Who's Purging Now Spyfall: Time Travel Spyfall 2 Steven Universe: Beach-a-Palooza

Deck-building games

Attack on Titan Batman: The Animated Series Capcom Street Fighter Deck-building Game Cartoon Network Crossover Crisis Crisis Expansion Packs 1–3 DC Comics DC Comics: Confrontations DC Comics: Dark Nights - Metal DC Rebirth DC Spyfall DC Heroes Unite Forever Evil The Hobbit Deck-building game The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug Expansion Justice Society of America The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King Naruto Shippuden Deck-building Game Multiverse Rick and Morty: Close Rick Rick and Morty: The Rickshank Rickdemption Rivals – Batman vs The Joker Rivals – Green Lantern vs Sinestro Teen Titans

Trading cards

Alphas Archer, Seasons 1-4 Arrow Batman: The Legend Big Bang Theory, Seasons 1-7 Breaking Bad, Seasons 1-5 Castle, Seasons 1-4 DC Comics Epic Battles DC Bombshells Series 1-3 DC's The Women of Legend Downton Abbey, Seasons 1-2 Ender's Game Flash Fringe, Seasons 1-5 Ghostbusters Gotham, Seasons 1-2 Guild, Seasons 1-3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Justice League Legends of Tomorrow Seasons 1–2 New 52 Once Upon a Time Orphan Black, Seasons 1-3 Outlander, Seasons 1-2 Pacific Rim Psych, Seasons 1-8 Revenge Rick and Morty, Seasons 1–3 Sleepy Hollow Smallville, Seasons 7-10 Sons of Anarchy, Seasons 1-7 Supergirl Superman: The Legend Supernatural, Seasons 1-6 Tarzan 100th. Anniversary Vampire Diaries Seasons 1–4 Walking Dead Seasons 1–4

Other collectibles

Statues

Other sculptures

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