# Card Hunter, an online fusion of card game, board game and RPG, is now taking Beta applications

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 24, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-hunter-an-online-fusion-of-card-game-board-game-and-rpg-is-now-taking-beta-applications/641958 "2012-11-24T03:09:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-hunter-an-online-fusion-of-card-game-board-game-and-rpg-is-now-taking-beta-applications/641958/1 "2012-11-24T03:09:22Z")

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(Remembering this time to say: posted with permission from the mods, most specifically **RickJay**.)

Greetings!

I’m on a team of indie developers working on the video game _Card Hunter_. The brainchild of Looking Glass veteran and Irrational Games co-founder Jonathan Chey, _Card Hunter_ is (or will be) a free-to-play fusion of a fantasy board game, a card game, and an RPG. At the most recent Pax Prime, the Penny Arcade guys declared _Card Hunter_ their favorite game of the show, so we must be doing something right! 🙂

In addition to Jon Chey, the development team includes _Magic: the Gathering_ luminaries Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias, indie game award-winner Jared “Farbs” Woods, _Freedom Force_ artist Ben Lee, and though I consider myself a lesser light compared those others, I did work at Looking Glass and Irrational for many years, on the _System Shock_ games, _Thief,_ and _BioShock_.

Were still in development, but we’re currently taking sign-ups for our upcoming Beta. (By “upcoming,” I’m guessing in the next month or two.) If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, you can sign up here: [Card Hunter Beta](http://www.cardhunter.com/2012/10/sign-up-for-beta/).

I’m also happy to answer any questions you might have about the game.

Thanks!

-P

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-hunter-an-online-fusion-of-card-game-board-game-and-rpg-is-now-taking-beta-applications/641958/2 "2012-11-24T03:28:00Z")

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Signed up - looking forward to trying it!

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**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-hunter-an-online-fusion-of-card-game-board-game-and-rpg-is-now-taking-beta-applications/641958/3 "2012-11-24T04:09:07Z")

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I saw just a bit on this, and I have to say, it looks really intriguing. I signed up for the beta, and am looking forward to checking it out.

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-hunter-an-online-fusion-of-card-game-board-game-and-rpg-is-now-taking-beta-applications/641958/4 "2012-11-24T04:52:50Z")

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Looks interesting - signed up!