Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga

Star Chamber was an online collectible card game (CCG) first released as just "Star Chamber" in 2003 by Nayantara Studios, later owned by Matrix Games and Worlds Apart Productions, and now owned by Sony Online Entertainment. The game ran on both the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms. It was free to download and play, with additional cards available for purchase. There was one base set and five expansion sets released for Star Chamber. The game was shut down on March 29, 2012. As compensation, Sony Online Entertainment offered players 3 months of Gold Membership in the online fantasy role-playing games EverQuest and EverQuest II, becoming available four days later.^[1]

Star Chamber
Developer(s)	Nayantara Studios
Publisher(s)	Matrix Games
Designer(s)	Paul Dennen
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Release	Original November 13, 2003 Expansions released in 2004-2007
Genre(s)	Online collectible card game, turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	85/100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Computer Games Magazine	[3]
Computer Gaming World	[4]
GameSpot	8.8/10[5]
GameZone	9/10[6]

Reception

The original Star Chamber received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2]

The staff of Computer Games Magazine presented the game with their 2005 "Best Independent Game" award, and named it the year's ninth-best computer game.^[7]