Excerpt from Original Description:
An original game system that combines the thought and strategy of chess with fast-paced card play. While the basic rules can be quickly mastered, the infinite strategies provide challenges for even the most experienced game enthusiasts. 

GUARDIANS was brought to life by an incredible group of fantasy artists, including Den Beauvais, Brom, Don Maitz, Keith Parkinson, Mike Ploog, and James Warhola. Prepare yourself for a visual roller coaster as you journey into the real past to meet all manner of creatures from the jolly gnomes, swashbuckling pirates and foul undead, to the ferocious dragons and terrible slag beasts.

Release Date: 1995 (out of print)
Editions: Limited Edition, Revised Edition, Dagger Isle: Western Expansion, Drifter's Nexus: An Even More Western Expansion, Necropolis Park: The So Far Western It's Eastern Expansion
Languages: English, Dutch, French, and German

Limited Edition and Revised Edition
Number of Cards in Series: 310
Starter Deck Format: 60 cards and 1 rule book per starter deck box, 10 starter deck boxes per display box
Booster Pack Format: 14 cards per pack, 36 packs per display box

Dagger Isle: Western Expansion
Number of Cards in Series: 119
Expansion Format: 14 cards per pack, 36 packs per display box

Drifter's Nexus: An Even More Western GUARDIANS™ Expansion
Number of Cards in Series: 119
Expansion Format: 8 cards per pack, 60 packs per display box

Necropolis Park: The So Far Western It's Eastern Expansion
Number of Cards in Series: 102
Expansion Format: 8 cards per pack, 60 packs per display box