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Fort Garry, a Common card
Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks in what is now central Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Fort Garry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fort Garry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The trading post was rebuilt in 1836 and served as the ______ centre for the Red River Colony.
Answer
administrative. The trading post was rebuilt in 1836 and served as the administrative centre for the Red River Colony. From the Fort Garry article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Education in Austria. Education in Austria 69 · Fort Garry 65 · Kristian Welch 62 · Jack Broughton 57 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Fort Garry was established in 1822, although its first iteration was destroyed in 1826 by severe flooding.
- The trading post was rebuilt in 1836 and served as the administrative centre for the Red River Colony.
- From 1869 to 1870, the fort was briefly occupied by Louis Riel and his Métis followers during the Red River Rebellion.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fort Garry article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Fort Garry
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fort Garry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mortimer & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
