Digital collectible card game
A digital collectible card game (DCCG) or online collectible card game (OCCG) is a computer or video game that emulates collectible card games (CCG) and is typically played online or occasionally as a standalone video game. Many DCCGs are types of digital tabletop games and follow traditional card game-style rules, while some DCCGs use alternatives for cards and gameboards, such as icons, dice and avatars. Originally, DCCGs started out as replications of a CCG's physical counterpart, but many DCCGs have foregone a physical version and exclusively release as a video game, such as with Hearthstone.
Screenshot of players livestreaming Hearthstone, one of the leading games of the genre
A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. It was introduced with Magic: The Gathering in 1993.
Assorted CCG cards
Players engaged in a game of Magic: The Gathering with sleeved cards
A cardboard booster pack for the Moekana educational card game, containing nine additional cards
Allegheny's prototype of The Baseball Card Game from 1904, a precursor to the CCG that was never released
