Portal
1997
BGG Geek Rating
5.6
based on 270 ratings
BGG Average Rating
6.1
community average
BGG Ranking
#12549
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Players
2-2
Weight
2.00/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
13+
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🎨 Artists
Jeff Miracola
Mark Tedin
David Horne
Mike Raabe
Susan Van Camp
Andrew Robinson
Wang Chuxiong
Cai Tingting
Pete Venters
Ted Naifeh
Ron Spencer
Tom Wänerstrand
Kaja Foglio
Quinton Hoover
Terese Nielsen
Liu Shangying
Scott Fischer
David Cherry
Tang Xiaogu
Li Xiaohua
Michael Weaver
Adrian Smith
Doug Chaffee
Gerald Brom
Jiaming
Anson Maddocks
Gerry Grace
Keith Parkinson
Fred Fields
Brian Durfee
John Matson
Daniel Gelon
Mark Poole
Lie Tiu
Miao Aili
John Avon
Steve Luke
Heather Hudson
Hannibal King
David Ho
Qi Baocheng
Jeffrey R. Busch
Tony DiTerlizzi
Rob Alexander
Wang Feng
Una Fricker
Randy Gallegos
Charles Gillespie
D. Alexander Gregory
Yang Guangmai
Yang Hong
Shang Huitong
Dermot Power
Colin MacNeil
Sun Nan
Huang Qishi
Cristina McAllister
Adam Rex
Kuang Sheng
Song Shikai
William Simpson
Ding Songjian
Junko Taguchi
Xu Tan
Zhao Tan
Li Tie
Henry van der Linde
Kevin Walker
Li Wang
Jack Wei
Chen Weidong
Brad Williams
Li Youliang
Li Yousong
Mike Dringenberg
Gao Jianzhang
Matthew Stawicki
Phil Foglio
Dan Frazier
R. K. Post
Christopher Rush
Romas
Mitsuaki Sagiri
Zina Saunders
Donato Giancola
Roger Raupp
Doug Shuler
John Coulthart
Qiao Dafu
Ai Desheng
Rebecca Guay-Mitchell
Melissa Benson
Robert Eggleton
Junichi Inoue
He Jiancheng
Liu Jianjian
Zhang Jiazhen
Janine Johnston
Qin Jun
KOJI
Yang Jun Kwon
LHQ
Eric Peterson
Lubov
Alan Rabinowitz
Xu Xiaoming
Qu Xin
Quan Xuejun
Ku Xueming
Gao Yan
Lin Yan
Hong Yan
Solomon Au Yeung
Ji Yong
Kang Yu
Fang Yue
Wang Yuqun
Jiang Zhuqing
Sam Wood
Matt Wilson (I)
Paolo Parente
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📖 About This Game
Portal is a 'stripped-down' version of Magic: the Gathering designed to appeal to new players. While the game retained some of the features of the original game, it also removed a number of abilities and interactions deemed too confusing for the novice player. Though a number of the cards in portal were direct counterparts to cards in the regular-run of Magic: the Gathering, gone were named abilities like Trample, Banding, -walk (though Three Kingdoms did add the ability "Horsemanship", which is almost but not quite flying). Additionally, the game cut back on cards that could be played on another player's turn (i.e. instants and interrupts), leading to a greater focus on creatures and not spell interactions to achieve victory.
Portal cards are recognizable from core and expansion sets of Magic: the Gathering by the expansion symbol, as well as a bolder and larger font in the text box, and symbols next to the attack and defense numbers of creatures.
Portal was printed in three editions:
Portal
Portal Second Age
Portal Three Kingdoms (with an Eastern/Chinese theme)