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RIFTBOUND
Designer: Nikolaus Davidson | Publisher: Riot Games
There’s a risky kind of swagger when a video-game giant decides to cross the Rubicon into physical tabletop territory. Riot Games’ Riftbound, a trading card game built from the bones of League of Legends, lands squarely somewhere between fan service and genuinely clever design: ambitious, a little rough at the edges, but undeniably interesting.
Riftbound launches with a 300-card first set, Origins, and a launch product range that includes 14-card booster packs, preconstructed champion decks, and the fairly lavish “Proving Grounds” box aimed at new players and the casual multiplayer. Having described all of the options, good luck finding most of them, as early prints sold out in many markets and second-hand prices are exactly as you might expect for such a hyped launch.