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Dune is an out-of-print collectible card game produced by Last Unicorn Games and Five Rings Publishing Group, and later Wizards of the Coast.Set in the Dune universe based on the books written by Frank Herbert, [1] the game pits two or more players against each other, each in control of a minor house vying for entry in the Landsraad.
Dune (1997): Collectible card game produced by Five Rings Publishing Group/Last Unicorn Games and later Wizards of the Coast. [1] Each player leads a planetary house, "battling, conniving, and bribing its way to greatness ... players bid for powerful characters, search for the life-prolonging spice melange, avoid sandworms, engage in interstellar commerce, and, naturally, try to kill each other".
A community-controlled game (CCG) is any video game featuring a single avatar that is controlled by more than one person. As the definition of a CCG refers to the way a game is played, rather than aspects of the game itself, a CCG can be played in any genre. A CCG will intake commands from multiple players and will issue them to the avatar.
The House Harkonnen superweapon is a long-range powerful but inaccurate finger of missiles called the Death Hand, whereas House Atreides may call upon the local Fremen infantry warriors, over which the player has no control, to engage enemy targets. House Ordos may unleash a fast-moving Saboteur whose main purpose is the destruction of buildings.
The story is mostly based on the plot of the Dune novel: the player is Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto Atreides and Lady Jessica. House Atreides was given an irresistible offer by the Emperor Shaddam IV – mine the spice from the desert planet Arrakis, formerly controlled by their ancient enemy: House Harkonnen.
The fact that the Atreides-Harkonnen feud has persisted from the time of Dune: Prophecy to Dune suggests that the rivalry is essential to Herbert's universe. Yet the origins of the rift go largely ...
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Houses Harkonnen and Atreides share the Trike, while House Ordos has an upgraded version, the Raider. Like many games of the Westwood franchise, a player can gain access to other Houses' special units by capturing their factories. House Ordos can obtain the Missile Tank by ordering it from the Starport when it would otherwise be inaccessible.