Thunderstone (card game)
Japan Boardgame Prize 2010: 5th place
Thunderstone is a card game by Mike Elliott, published at Alderac Entertainment Group, 2009. Since 2010, a German version will be appearing at Pegasus Games, now exist for the multiple extensions. The game won several awards.
Game equipment
Thunderstone is a card game with fantasy motifs, in which players select their deck during the game itself. The game mechanism is similar to the card game Dominion, which was 2009 game of the year. The basic game contains 580 cards with illustrations by Jason Engle on which heroes, monsters, weapons, or other objects are mapped. More maps are available for experience points, disease and the eponymous thunder stone. Furthermore, there are overview maps to keep track of the current game, and 50 cards separator, with the help of the remaining cards can be placed in the game box.
Game History
Preparation
The players select Pre Game three monster classes that are mixed with the thunder stone and form a draw pile ( Dungeon ), are of the uncovered the top three cards and the side up next to the dungeon pile. In addition, there is a village where enlisted four different hero classes and twelve different items and weapons ( flares, food, daggers, etc.) can be purchased. Disease maps and experience points are further stack. At the start, each player receives a draw deck ( command deck ) of 12 cards that are shuffled together.
Lap history
In each round, each player reveals the top 6 cards from his Zugstapels and has to decide to buy in the village to fight against a monster from the dungeon or to recover (ie, to destroy a card from his hand ). In the village the command deck new cards can be added or heroes are improved. At the end of his turn, a player draws in any case again 6 new cards into your hand. If the command deck is exhausted, the player's discarded cards are re- shuffled, ie, each player always plays by the same set of cards, he can transform through acquisitions or discarding cards during the game.
Gambling
Thunderstone products
In German the following sets of cards appeared, each extension is combined with any base game: - Thunderstone, Base Game (580 cards, October 2010) - Wrath of the Elements ( 305 cards, February 2011) - The Guardians of Doomgate (345 cards, May 2011) - Battle Tower, a new base game ( 688 cards, August 2011) - Siege of Thornwood (311 cards, December 2011) - The Heart of Doom (345 cards, March 2012)
Thunderstone Advance
2012 appeared with Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Perdition another independent Thunderstone variant, which is compatible with the original game and the previously released expansions. A new feature Thunderstone Advance contains new heroes, monsters and village maps a double-sided, large format Schedule and experience point tokens made of plastic. Additionally, the game is extended by a further Dungeon, also experience the players called Familiar to the side, which may participate in the battle. - Thunderstone Advanced, Basic Game ( 577 cards, August 2012) - Avatars, mini extension ( 25 cards, August 2012) - Cursed Cave (295 cards, October 2012 ) - The origin of all evil (318 cards, November 2012 ) - Dungeons, monsters, rich booty, Starter Set (259 cards, October 2013 ) - Numenera, Base Game ( 597 cards, October 2013 )