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The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 (1998)
Every episode explained, plus what the show's creator said about it.
- Cost
- 6 RAM
- Power
- 12
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Creators
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
Ongoing: If this is your only card here, +4 Power to this card.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 12 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Creators cards are strongest on their own, and some only get going late.
The site, in 1998
A fan-run guide to the science fiction series Babylon 5, with synopses, story-arc background, open questions and the creator's own comments.
Steven Grimm started it as a Usenet FAQ around 1993. J. Michael Straczynski used it himself, named the EAS Hyperion after its old hyperion.com home, and thanked it on the Season 5 DVD.
In 1998: The Booklist singled it out as a model fan site this year, a year after TV Guide featured it in a Babylon 5 cover story.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1998 page.
Put it on your site
Run The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1998. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1998, then plays a short scene. Want The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
