Summary

Parallel TCG is a sci-fi trading card game under Echelon (ETH-based gaming ecosystem). Beta access begins in late July 2023 and the opening of the game should happen end of August or the beginning of September 2023 (video).
Highlight: This game should come in AR mode, giving the game a whole new dimension (trailer). Looks like Parallel can come with Vision Pro (not confirmed).
Players can earn PRIME by winning games of Parallel with NFT cards in their deck.
Using ERC-6551 for their Avatars that will work across the Echelon ecosystem, like Colony, an AI-driven game already in closed Alpha.
Interesting social following and hype around the game; good portion thanks to big airdrop incentives (21,2% of the PRIME supply + NFTs); lower engagement
No roadmap in the whitepaper, the project was postponed vs. the original plan on the website.
Gameplay looks like a classic TCG, nothing extra special except the AR mode.
Trading low to zero-value cards on ETH makes it pretty difficult and inefficient, the team plans to leverage some L2s, currently BASE (Coinbase) is the option.
Team with past experience from top-tier studios (EA, Riot, Ubisoft), but mainly art & design positions
Raised $50m in a round led by Paradigm.

<aside> 🔑 My Strategy

—> I signed up for Beta access and will test the game properly, plus will try to win Avatar (play to mint)

—> I don’t buy tokens, too inflationary atm with hard-to-estimate demand in the near future

—> Rest of the assets are either expensive or not interesting to me right now (June’23)

While it’s not a game I want to invest in today, it’s for sure a game I want to try as a player and test properly. Then I might re-think my position.

Gameplay (7/10)