Connect Collect

Connect Collect is a turn-based card game set in the real world of 2012. A boy and a girl’s story begins in rural Japan as a doomed planet approaches Earth from the edge of the universe. You search the world for a way to save Earth, meeting companions and learning their names, backgrounds and abilities as you help one another. Between battles, the story unfolds like a picture-story show.

The lamps

People discover special entities called lamps, which float and change shape under the guidance of their wielders. Each lamp has a different magical ability, such as destruction, healing wounds, lighting the dark or taking away people’s warmth to kill them.

Turn-based battles

You fight opponents with cards, and defeated opponents become your friends. Their abilities are initially unclear, so you work them out in battle, using predicted damage displays as a guide. After you have fought alongside companions for a while, their abilities appear as clear text.

No deck editing is required, and battles do not use mana management, sacrifices or removal. Instead, you strengthen your forces by learning how your companions work. Each card can serve one of three roles:

• Summon it as a Battle Character to fight one-on-one against an opponent.
• Activate its support ability when a Battle Character is already on the battlefield.
• Use it to select an attack option when a Battle Character is already on the field.

You choose which card to summon as a Battle Character, which remaining card to use for a support ability, and which attack options to take from the other cards in your hand. Combining cards effectively lets you deal heavy damage and win battles.