Thunderstone (card game)

Thunderstone
Designers	Mike Elliott
Publishers	Alderac Entertainment Group
Players	1 to 5 players
Setup time	~30 minutes
Playing time	~60 minutes
Chance	Medium
Age range	12 & up
Skills	Resource Management ; Turn Decision

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Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building card game designed by Mike Elliott and published by Alderac Entertainment Group in 2009, with artwork by Jason Engle. Each card has dimensions of 6.3cm x 8.8cm. Each set comes with a stone artifact. It has been translated in several languages.

Gameplay involves building a deck of adventurers and equipment to defeat monsters. Each turn players must decide whether to visit the "village" to purchase cards, upgrade heroes and other actions, or if they will face a monster in the current dungeon using the heroes and equipment in their hand. Defeated monsters are added to a players deck as well, where they may contribute money and/or other bonuses when in hand.

Releases

Thunderstone (2009), original game.
Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements (2010).
Thunderstone: Doomgate Legion (2010).
Thunderstone: Dragonspire (2011).
Thunderstone: Thornwood Siege (2011).
Thunderstone: Heart of Doom (2011).
Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin (2012)

Reception

BoardGameGeek recently rated Thunderstone a 7.34 out of 10, garnering it a thematic rank of 33 out of over 500 "thematic" board games.^[1]

Awards

2010 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee
2011 Fairplay À la carte Winner

References

^ Various authors (2011-06-13), BoardGameGeek http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53953/thunderstone, retrieved 2011-06-13 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

[1] Various authors (2011-06-13), BoardGameGeek http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53953/thunderstone, retrieved 2011-06-13 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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