Red Zone (card game)

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Red Zone
Published by Donruss/NXT Games
Players2 or more
Setup time< 5 minutes
Playing time< 60 minutes

Red Zone is an out-of-print collectible card game by Donruss and NXT Games. It was first released in October 1995. [1] The game's base set consists of 336 cards sold in 80-card starter decks and 12-card booster packs. [1] An expansion called 1995 Expansion Teams was released in December 1995 and contained 98 cards and focused on the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. [1] In early 1996, Donruss sold its sports card and card-game properties to Pinnacle. [2] [3] NXT Games also had to renegotiate their licenses for Red Zone and Top of the Order with the NFL and MLB, but new iterations of the game never materialized. [3]

Gameplay involved a player draft (not to be confused with the drafting format of CCGs) and chose one of eight offensive or defensive plays. [1] Each player would then draw a card and the color denoted on that card would determine the final result of the play. [1] The game was criticized for being "tedious and repetitive, and the actual players you used only rarely made a difference." [1] Once you had players with high ratings there was no reason to use players with lower ratings, except in your play deck. [1]

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