The X-Files Collectible Card Game The X-Files Collectible Card Game The X-Files Collectible Card Game (XF:CCG or X-Files CCG) is an out-of-print collectible card game based on the "X-Files" fictional universe. It was created by the US Playing Card Company (USPCC). The "Premier Set" was first released in 1996 and debuted at Gen Con. Initially, 80 million cards were shipped on November 1st, 1996. Over the next year, USPCC would create the first expansion, "101361", a 2nd edition set known as "The Truth Is Out There", and a number of promotional cards. The second expansion, "22364" was apparently finished, and ready to be produced, when
Smear (card game) Smear (card game) Smear (also known as Schmier) is a North-American trick-taking card game of the All Fours group, and a variant of Pitch (Setback). Several slightly different versions are played in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, Northern and Central Iowa, Wisconsin and also in Ontario, Canada. It is highly likely that the name is related to the German word "schmieren", which is used in point-trick games such as Skat for the technique of discarding a high-value card on a trick which your partner is winning. The name might perhaps be connected to the fact that a high-scoring card