Trading Base is a German everything TCG.
Since 2016 the website is available in English, too. It also has a responsive layout, which allows you to play comfortably on mobile devices. The current Version is 2.1.
Cards
There is only one type of deck. Each deck consists of 12 cards. In May 2023 there were more than 3500 decks available to collect.
The card design is quite unusual, because of it's thick border and dark elements.
Leveling
Levels are simply bound to the cards a player owns.
The first couple of Level are color themed
- Level 1: Black Night
- Level 2: Red Ruby
- Level 3: Pink Love
- Level 4: Purple Glow
- Level 5: Blue Sky
- Level 6: Turquoise Ocean
- Level 7: Green Hope
- Level 8: Yellow Flower
- Level 9: White Pearl
- Level 10: Silver Star
- Level 11: Golden Sun
The second group of Level are named after zodiac stones
- Level 12: Capricorn Ruby
- Level 13: Aquarius Turquoise
- Level 14: Pisces Moonstone
- Level 15: Taurus Aquamarine
- Level 16: Gemini Amber
- Level 17: Cancer Emerald
- Level 18: Aries Amethyst
- Level 19: Leo Citrine
- Level 20: Virgo Carnelian
- Level 21: Libra Peridot
- Level 22: Scorpio Jasper
- Level 23: Sagittarius Lapis
The third group is not complete yet. They are named after greek gods.
- Level 24: Aphrodite Rose
- Level 25: Apollon Palm
- Level 26: Hera Lily
- Level 27: Hestia Orange
Currency
The Currency is called Coins and sometimes an icon of stacked coins is used to refer to it.
It is used for some games, where it also can be earned, but it's primary function is to buy cards and booster packs in the card shop, or from the marketplace.
History
Trading Base was created by Cari in 2008. Before that Cari worked on Gentle Delight where she took over from Demyx as programmer. At that time Gentle Delight had no code/script left. So she made up her own. That code would later be used for Trading Base, when Gentle Delight suddenly closed, since Cari didn't want all the work that went into it to be in vain.
At some point, the server that TB was hosted on, wasn't able to handle it anymore. Luckily, Mireille generously offered to host TB. Without her, TB might have long been gone.
Mireille also put in a lot of effort, time and even money. She kept TB alive for the longest time, when Cari was busy with life and not around. Later, Kaine took over that role, of keeping TB alive.
A lot of staff came and went, but because people still cared about this TCG, Cari decided in 2019 to start programming it from scratch again, but as of May 2023 the new Version (3.0) is not even close to being done.
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