Trading Card Games
Players tap "lands" to cast creatures, planeswalkers artifacts, enchantments and sorceries in this game that can be played in a variety of formats.
What is Magic the Gathering?
Hayao Miyazaki runs this animation studio known for its animated masterpieces such as "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away."
What is Studio Ghibli?
What is the Red Line?
The term "stan" means, according to Google, "an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity." It originates from a song about an obsessive fan by this rapper.
Who is Eminem?
Blue Demons
Who is DePaul?
In this card game, players can summon monsters by Fusion or Synchro Summoning. In the anime it's based off, the loser might go to the Shadow Realm.
What is Yu-Gi-Oh!
Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist in this nautical-themed anime.
What is One Piece?
This line travels through Lakeview, North Center and Lincoln Square before terminating in Albany Park. The fact that it also goes through Ravenswood may explain its color.
What is the Brown Line?
This animated character lives with a cross-dressing alien and a talking goldfish. He also shares his name with a real-life brand of Adidas sneakers.
Who is Stan Smith?
Flames
Who is UIC?
Most fans of this card game simply like to collect its cards, but the gameplay is similar to its wildly popular Nintendo games.
What is Pokemon TCG?
This anime character is named after an ingredient found in ramen.
Who is Naruto?
This line gets its name because it opened on October 31, 1993.
What is the Orange Line?
In this children's novel, the main character's life is changed when he is crushed by a bulletin board.
Who is Flat Stanley?
Ramblers
Who is Loyola?
Popular in the early 2010s, this card game incorporated spherical figures that can open into creatures when they land on certain magnetic cards.
What is Bakugan?
From the Japanese word meaning "short," this term refers to anime characters that are caricatured as small and plump versions of themselves.
What is chibi?
Running parallel to the Red and Brown Lines in Chicago, this line travels to two northern suburbs, not too far from Northwestern.
What is the Purple Line?
Spider Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange and Black Panther are just a few of the characters co-created by this man who died in 2018.
Who is Stan Lee?
Maroons
Who is the University of Chicago?
This prehistoric-themed series had its own card game that players could buy in stores. It also had an arcade game based on rock-paper-scissors, which also had its own series of cards.
What is Dinosaur King?
Before "Ghost in the Shell" and "Psycho-Pass," this 1988 film pioneered this genre of anime. Totally unrelated to the 2020 video game that bears the same name.
What is cyberpunk?
Opened in 2006, this line used to be an alternate route of the Blue Line. It got its color from a contest among Chicago Public Schools students.
What is the Pink Line?
This man directed "2001: A Space Odyssey," often considered to be one of the greatest films of all time.
Who is Stanley Kubrick?
Lakers