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Hellbreak TCG has added Smile, Sleepy Hollow and A Quiet Place to the horror properties featured in its inaugural card set. The set is scheduled to launch in January 2027 with more than 200 cards; the publisher has not announced a precise release date or detailed rules.
Hellbreak TCG, a forthcoming horror trading card game developed with Ghost Galaxy, will feature properties from Smile, Sleepy Hollow and A Quiet Place in its first set, scheduled for January 2027. The additions bring characters from three distinct horror franchises into a single game, with the set planned to include more than 200 cards.
The announced cards will feature the entity from Smile, the Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow and the Death Angels from A Quiet Place. The game is described as a setting for head-to-head battles between monsters from different horror properties. The announcement does not provide specific card abilities, deck-building rules or examples of how the newly named characters will play against one another.
The inaugural set is scheduled to be sold starting in January 2027 through game and hobby shops and Amazon. The source report says the set will draw on seven properties, with monsters and settings associated with Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Horror Inc. It does not list all seven properties in detail in the supplied material.
Hellbreak is being developed in collaboration with Ghost Galaxy. Its plans for later expansions include properties from AMC Global Media, Blumhouse and Lionsgate, as well as Universal Pictures, according to the announcement. No release schedule or character list for those expansions was provided.
The announcement positions Hellbreak as a licensed cross-franchise horror game, giving players a way to bring characters from properties controlled by different rights holders into the same tabletop format. Such combinations can be difficult to arrange in film or television, where rights and studio arrangements shape which characters can appear together. Here, the announced crossover is within a trading card game, rather than a new movie or shared screen universe.
For fans, the practical appeal will depend on the game itself: how cards work, how players build decks and whether the franchises have distinct roles. Those details have not yet been disclosed. The named properties do, however, show the range of horror the launch aims to draw on, from the Death Angels’ science-fiction setting to the Headless Horseman and Smile’s supernatural threat.
The scale of the debut set also gives the announcement weight for collectors and prospective players. A set with more than 200 cards and seven properties could offer a broad initial roster, although the source material does not specify how many cards will represent each franchise or whether all will be available at launch.
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A Licensed Horror Crossover
Horror franchises have crossed over on screen before. The source report points to Freddy vs. Jason (2003), which brought together characters from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th, and Alien vs. Predator (2004). It notes that those films were possible because the relevant rights were held by the same company at the time. Rights arrangements across studios can make similar collaborations more complicated.
Hellbreak takes a different route: it brings licensed characters together in a trading card game. The report describes the project as a monster-battle experience and says future expansions are intended to add characters from further studios and rights holders. The addition of Smile, Sleepy Hollow and A Quiet Place expands the announced launch lineup; it is not evidence of a new film or television crossover among those franchises.
The announcement names Spin Master in connection with the project, while the game is being developed with Ghost Galaxy. The supplied report does not detail the licensing arrangements for each property, the division of responsibilities between the companies or the terms of the partnerships.
““We’ve set out to create an unprecedented lineup of horror IP for Hellbreak to deliver a trading card game experience like no other.””
— Doug Wadleigh, Spin Master’s president of toys
Release and Gameplay Details Pending
The source material confirms a January 2027 launch window, but gives no exact date, price or details about preorders. It also does not explain the rules, play format, card rarity, booster or starter products, or whether the cards shown in promotional material will all be included in the initial retail release.
The announcement identifies three newly named properties and says the first set will feature seven properties, but does not enumerate the full lineup in the supplied report. The number of cards assigned to each franchise, any other character reveals and the timing of later expansions remain unconfirmed. The report also does not clarify which retailers beyond game and hobby shops and Amazon will carry the set in each market.
Further Cards and Launch Information
Hellbreak TCG is scheduled to reach game and hobby shops and Amazon in January 2027. Before launch, further announcements will be needed to fill in the release date, product formats, pricing and rules that players will need to evaluate the game.
The project’s website, hellbreakgame.com, is identified as a source for further information. The announcement also points to future expansions featuring additional studio properties, but gives no dates for those releases. Readers should treat the named launch characters and the stated release window as the confirmed details currently available from the supplied report.
Key Questions
Which properties have been added to Hellbreak TCG?
The announced additions are Smile, Sleepy Hollow and A Quiet Place. Their named characters are Smile’s entity, the Headless Horseman and the Death Angels.
When will the Hellbreak TCG set be released?
The inaugural set is scheduled for January 2027. An exact day has not been announced in the supplied report.
How many cards will the first set contain?
The launch set is described as having more than 200 cards across seven properties. The report does not give a card count for each franchise.
Where will the game be sold?
The announcement says the first set will be available at game and hobby shops and on Amazon. Further retailer or regional availability details have not been provided.
What other franchises may appear in later sets?
Future expansions are expected to include properties associated with AMC Global Media, Blumhouse, Lionsgate and Universal Pictures. No character lists or expansion release dates were announced in the supplied material.
Source: bloody-disgusting.com
