Game Designer - TCG

The role

You will contribute to the design of core game systems, rules, and card mechanics for trading card game franchises. You will work on systems, mechanics, and set development within the game design group.

What you will do

• Contribute to the design of core game systems, rules, and card mechanics across one or more trading card game franchises
• Take ownership of individual mechanics or card cycles within a set
• Drive mechanics from initial concept through playtesting, iteration, and final documentation
• Participate actively in structured playtesting
• Run tests, record observations, and contribute to feedback synthesis and design discussions
• Write clear, precise rules text and internal design documentation
• Collaborate with narrative design, creative, and product teams
• Engage with the broader TCG landscape regarding design trends and competitive ecosystems

Required qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional game design experience
• Meaningful time spent on trading card games or collectible card games
• Demonstrated contribution to at least one shipped TCG product or set
• Solid working knowledge of TCG design fundamentals: card economy, tempo, card advantage, format archetypes, and basic balance principles
• Strong written communication skills
• Ability to produce clear rules text and design documentation
• Deep passion for trading card games as both a designer and a player

About the company

Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Fanatics TCG is a new Seattle-based trading card game studio within the Fanatics Collectibles family.