Disney’s new interactive game is NOT releasing as planned

Here’s a heads up if you were hoping to play Disney’s new interactive game. We have all the details here for you.

New Game

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom retired early in 2021, and we miss having the interactive card game in the park. Now Disney is joining Ravensburger to create a family-friendly collectible trading card game Disney Lorcana.

While Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom was solely played inside Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park, Disney plans to compete now with Magic: The Gathering and the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

You may recognize Ravensburger for its popular line of Disney-themed strategy board games and Disney puzzles. Now, Ravensburger says that it wants to take things to the next level with Disney Lorcana.

What’s Lorcana all about?

“The basic idea is there’s this place called The Great Illuminary,” said brand manager Ryan Miller, a veteran of Wizards of the Coast who also helped design the gameplay of Disney Lorcana. “It is a treasury of all the Disney songs and stories ever made — all the characters — and it’s where they’re kind of recorded.

The players take on this role of an Illumineer — this powerful sorcerer that has the ability to bring these characters to life off the page. [Players will be] bringing a band of their favorite Disney characters together to adventure in this world.”

Sounds pretty cool, right? Well, we will have to wait a bit longer to see it in the parks.

Delayed

The first set of cards is set to be released in the fall of 2023: Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter. Each of the seven debut cards include the name of the character, its cost to bring into play, and its statistics for both offense and defense. In addition, each card also includes a special power.

Disney originally stated the trading cards would debut at Disney World and Disneyland TODAY, August 18. However, there has no been further details or promotion of the cards. This could be because of a lawsuit filed against Ravensburger.

Now, we learn that the cards are available at local gaming store and the Disney Store in Times Square, but will not be available in the parks at this time.

What do you think about this new game? Do you think it will compete with other popular trading card games? Or, do you prefer the free Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game? Let us know in the comments below and share this post with someone who is looking forward to the game.