# Preview: Cataclysm Arcade Is a Weird, Clever TCG That's Already Won Us Over — Inside the $1.3M Kickstarter Shaking up the TCG Formula

> It has been some 40 years since the world ended, and now, in the ruins of New York City, survivors are facing off against one another in a subway ride of death in the hopes of escaping their fate and becoming the boss…

- **Source:** [Ign](https://www.ign.com/articles/cataclysm-arcade-tcg-preview-card-reveal?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a3ad00d28abce6d4ad326d2)
- **Published:** 2026-06-23
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #arcade #cataclysm #formula #kickstarter #already #clever #game #inside
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a3ad00d28abce6d4ad326d2

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