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Over 1300 people have signed up to the Crimson Cup so far Our biggest tournament yet is starting in one week together with Steam Next Fest and you can still register while we have leftover spots Go here: discord.gg/originstcg

Origins is a digital trading card game, but its community should go far beyond that. Local game stores play a huge role in building communities for traditional TCGs. They teach new players, organize regular and give collectors a place to meet people who care about the same game. And local tournaments are often the place to win the coolest loot. That's why we're building a program that supports local game shops for Origins: Participating stores will be able to accept preorders for Origins collectible products and receive a share of the revenue. Because the cards, packs, boxes, and cases will exist as Steam inventory items, stores will not need to purchase stock, hold physical inventory, allocate shelf space, or handle fulfillment. This means it costs literally $0 to be a part of the program, but you share the up-side just as much, if not more, than you would with a physical TCG. In return, participating stores will host organized-play events. Origins will direct players toward those locations and support stores as local hubs for the game. Some collectible rewards will only enter the ecosystem through these events. Unique promo cards, along with special packs, will be earned by attending and competing at participating stores. Origins will not sell those tournament cards or place them in standard packs. This program allows us to grow together with our community: • Stores get to benefit from Origins set releases • Players gain a recurring place to meet, learn, compete & win unique promos • Origins develops an organized-play network that can grow from quarterly local events toward more frequent competition, regional events, and eventually a world championship structure Origins is digital by design. Its community still deserves real places to gather.

Origins will be the first card game to introduce digital game shops We're giving our community, creators and local game stores a new way to grow alongside the game

Announcing the official prizepool breakdown for the Origins TCG Crimson Cup The pool consists of a split between prize money, collectibles and exclusive promo cards The tournament starts with Steam Next Fest in two weeks!

How do Origins TCG sets work? As you know we're taking a lot of inspiration from other games for our economy. For set releases it's first and foremost physical TCGs. - Sealed product - Limited print runs - Defined release periods - LGS Here's the details: 1. The Alpha Edition The first Origins set is Myths and Legends, containing 218 characters. Its first-edition collectible release is Alpha Edition. Alpha Edition will only be available through the Kickstarter. Every Alpha card will carry an Alpha tag on the card face so the edition remains identifiable forever. A character may appear again in a later set, but the Alpha Edition version and its Alpha tag will not. Once the Alpha window closes, Origins will not issue additional Alpha cards, packs, booster boxes, or cases. 2. The collectible set cycle Origins plans to release a new set every 3 to 4 months. Standard sets will have a 3-month sale window during which collectible cards and sealed products will be distributed through Origins, participating local game stores, and approved online partners. Afterward, the only available copies will be the cards, packs, booster boxes, and cases already owned by collectors. Those items can be traded through the Steam Community Market. 3. Sealed supply Packs, booster boxes, and cases will exist as individual Steam inventory items. Collectors can open them, trade them, or leave them sealed. Booster boxes and cases will only be available through preorder. This allows sealed product to remain part of the collection instead of becoming a temporary purchase screen that disappears after opening. 4. What limited supply does and does not mean Limited supply creates verifiable scarcity. It does not guarantee demand, market value, or price appreciation. All of these will be determined by collectors on the secondary market. The limited supply also applies only to collectible versions. Every base gameplay card will remain free to every player, so an edition closing will never remove a card from the game. 5. How rarity is created A collectible card can differ across several layers: - Edition - Rarity - Grade - Digital condition - Promo status These layers give our cards a lot of depth and allows us to make a particular collectible more specific without changing what the card does in a match. 6. How grading works The contents of a sealed pack are determined before the pack is opened. When a collectible card is revealed, the system rolls its grade. Grading is automatic, instant, and free. The card is evaluated across centering, corners, edges, and surface, with visible digital defects explaining the result. Grades range from 1 to 10, including half grades. Because grade and card rarity are separate, two copies of the same card and art treatment can still be meaningfully different collectibles. This is our approach to set releases. If you want to learn more join our community and make sure to try our demo on Steam!

To pass the time until Steam Next Fest arrives we're hosting a "Building Origins" event this Friday (9pm UTC) The topic: The design philosophy behind our game Learn first hand how we came up with Origins, what makes it different, how we approach balancing & more!

The ultimate grand prize: A 1/1 Dracula tournament promo only awarded to the winner of the Crimson Cup One of the rarest Origins cards to ever exist Who's ready to win it?

And another change that's worth a special mention: You can now play the Origins demo in different languages, like German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Japanese, simplified Chinese and Korean. Please share your feedback on the new languages!

Demo Season 2 is coming next week! New decks, new rewards, a first taste of collecting and much more Are you ready?