Battlelords is an out-of-print collectible card game based on the Optimus Design Systems (ODS) licensed paper and pencil role-playing game titled Battlelords of the 23rd Century.

Two planned expansion sets called Genesis and Arachnids never materialized.

[2] The card game was introduced by New Millennium Entertainment (now defunct).

[3] Varney also stated that the game had a "steep learning curve, plays badly from a single starter, and the rulebook's print is ludicrously small.

"[3] The Battlelords of the 23rd Century license was later sold by ODS to SSDC, Inc. in September 1999.