Thunderstone (2009)

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Designer	Mike Elliott
Artist	Jason Engle
Publisher	Alderac Entertainment Group Arclight Edge Entertainment Pegasus Spiele REBEL.pl Wargames Club Publishing Show More »
Year Published	2009
# of Players	1 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players (119 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (32 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (41 voters) [poll]
Honors	2010 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2011 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Subdomain	Strategy Games Thematic Games (77 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Fantasy
Mechanic	Card Drafting Deck / Pool Building Hand Management
Expansion	Thunderstone: Blade Trap Promo Thunderstone: Death Sentinel Promo Thunderstone: Doomgate Legion Thunderstone: For the Dwarf Promo Thunderstone: German Promo Pack Harrulier (Harruli) Thunderstone: Heart of Doom Thunderstone: Promo Pack Thunderstone: Promo Pack #2 Thunderstone: Promo Pack #3 Thunderstone: Thornwood Siege Thunderstone: Vision Promo Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements Show More »
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Primary Name	Thunderstone
Alternate Names	Kamień Gromu サンダーストーン雷霆之石
Website	http://www.alderac.com/thunderstone

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For ages the vile Doom Knights have sought to gather the remaining Thunderstones to fulfill a prophecy of corruption over the lands. Now the first Thunderstone has been discovered in the Dungeons of Grimhold and the Doom Knights have sent their minions to claim the relic. The Villagers of Barrowsdale gather brave souls to face the dungeon and keep the Thunderstone out of the hands of the Doom Knights.

Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building game. Fight the evils of the dungeon to prove your worth. Gain powerful weaponry and level into new and mighty hero classes. Claim the best cards and survive to take the Thunderstone.

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OCTGN (real-time; see the OCTGN Game & Set Directory for the game and set files)
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2010 JoTa - Best Card Game (Critic/Audience)

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NOTE BEFORE PLAYING: New rules are available for download which make certain game concepts much clearer to players. The latest rules can be downloaded from the Files Section or from the Alderac website (see Web Links below).
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Chinese version

Publisher: Wargames Club Publishing

Artist: Jason Engle

Year: 2011

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group, Edge Entertainment

Artist: Jason Engle

Year: 2010

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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German edition

Publisher: Pegasus Spiele

Artist: Jason Engle

Year: 2010

Product Code: 51030G

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サンダーストーン

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Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group, Arclight

Artist: Jason Engle

Year: 2010

Product Code: LBG1044-4200

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Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group, REBEL.pl

Artist: Jason Engle

Year: 2010

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1	Sessions Our second game, a bit different	2012-02-02	tarheel	0
0	General What are these cards?	2012-02-01	Holmes108	6
0	General If we do not like Dominon would we like Thunderstone/Epic Thunderstone?	2012-01-31	Magus And...	20
1	General Missing the 3 GenCon cards from Promo 3? Follow the link!	2012-01-31	Luds	3
0	General Which expansion is the best?	2012-01-30	Mathguy04	17
11	Sessions Our first game session, my 9 yo opponent will tell the story...	2012-01-30	tarheel	1
0	Rules Question on battle effects	2012-01-30	tarheel	5
1	General FaceBook App Bugs in Interpreting Thunderstone Rules	2012-01-26	Shadowslight	13
0	Rules Can you attack and lose to rank 1 with Thunderstone in rank 2?	2012-01-20	ryanradio...	6
0	Variants A dungeon per player - race!	2012-01-18	AmigoMarlz	2

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0	Thunderstone: Doomgate Legion General Blank Dividers?	2012-01-19	opey2dope	1
0	Thunderstone: Heart of Doom Rules Guardians and Creeping Death	2012-01-19	charlesting	4
1	Thunderstone: Heart of Doom General A scenario idea=Monastery at the edge of the netherworld!	2012-01-18	jimboswisdom	1
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0	Thunderstone: Heart of Doom Rules Isri Thrower + Spear	2012-01-14	charlesting	5
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Marcus Lindbergs Thunderstone variant rules V1.0

Here is a list of variants for AEGs game Thunderstone. Use or modify the ones you like.

mosep

2011-12-07

Thunderstone Comprehensive Traits & Card Glossary, version 6.0

Compiled list of all traits and card glossary entries, in alphabetical order. This is version 6.0 (includes Heart of Doom). Please geekmail me if you spot any mistakes!

weishaupt

2011-11-07

Boom04's consolidated rule set for Thunderstone and its expansions

Updated version to include expansions up to and including Heart of Doom. [Thanks to AEG for permission to use their material].

Boom04

2011-10-18

Dungeon mat from Monkeygame

For those people who couldn't download from confusing ifolder. Obs: i just uploaded it Credits goes to creator: monkeygame.

topera

2011-10-13

Epic Thunderstone Variants

Document Version 1.1 I added a note in the New Actions section to specifically note that both Tom Vasel and I use Richard Launius's Discard Top Offer (Village Action), and that I also use Tom Vasel's Market Variety (Village Action).

Yokiboy

2011-09-19

Thunderstone Draft: Rules and labels for playing Thunderstone with drafting

This file contains rules and card labels for playing Thunderstone using a drafting mechanic to enable players to select which cards form the village stacks, as well as to create private stacks that can only be purchased by them (as in AEG's Nightfall). There are also optional rules to enable players to draft monster types and a few other things. The card labels are designed to be glued or stickered onto the existing Randomizer cards to enable them to be drafted easily. Currently there are labels for the Thunderstone base game, Thornwood Siege and Wrath of the Elements. This project was done for two reasons: 1) I've found there are limitations to the randomized nature of Thunderstone which inhibit gameplay. In particular there are mechanics and combos that sometimes are...

Kerronz

2011-09-02

Thunderstone Comprehensive Traits & Card Glossary, version 5.0

Compiled list of all traits and card glossary entries, in alphabetical order. This is version 5.0 (includes Thornwood Siege). Please geekmail me if you spot any mistakes!

weishaupt

2011-07-27

Randomstone - Thunderstone randomizer for Pocket PC

Randomstone v1.0 Generates completely random setups for the base set of Thunderstone using the Pocket PC (or any version of WinCE). The cardset is user-definable, allowing users to add promos and remove OP cards. (Useful for people who haven't upgraded to an iPhone/android/etc. like myself.) See install.txt for instructions.

Kayvon

2011-05-27

Thunderstone - tutti i glossari delle carte

Pdf contenente la traduzione e l'unione di tutti i glossari presenti in appendice alle regole del set base, di Wrath of the Elements, di Doomgate Legion, di Dragonspire e di Thornwood Siege.

Fuliggine

2011-05-14

Thundermaster Unplugged Randomizer Labels

Change log: - Added the 'Not Suitable For Solo Play' to Banish - Fixed icons on Lantern card - Removed Blunt weapon from Dwarf - Added divider bar to Terakian to separate requirements and provides.

cphpitts

2011-04-08

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	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	142
Thematic Rank:	35
Strategy Game Rank:	106
Num Ratings:	5041
Average Rating:	7.34
Standard Deviation:	1.43
Num Views:	500923
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.5
Fans:	452

Personal Comments:	1376
Users Owning:	5629
Users Wanting:	296
Users Trading:	181 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	1
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Total Plays:	21473
Plays This Month:	63

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Thunderstone: Blade Trap Promo

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	139
Average Rating	7.30
Average Weight	3.00

Num Owned	569
Prev. Owned	12
For Trade	19
Want in Trade	31

Wishlist	66
Comments	24
Year Published	2010

Thunderstone: Death Sentinel Promo

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	156
Average Rating	7.52
Average Weight	2.38

Num Owned	630
Prev. Owned	19
For Trade	24
Want in Trade	31

Wishlist	78
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Year Published	2010

Thunderstone: Doomgate Legion

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Num Ratings	811
Average Rating	8.05
Average Weight	2.81

Num Owned	2124
Prev. Owned	46
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Wishlist	294
Comments	134
Year Published	2010

Thunderstone: For the Dwarf Promo

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Num Ratings	349
Average Rating	7.52
Average Weight	2.39

Num Owned	1340
Prev. Owned	60
For Trade	35
Want in Trade	24

Wishlist	46
Comments	85
Year Published	2010

Thunderstone: German Promo Pack Harrulier (Harruli)

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Average Rating	7.55
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	68
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Wishlist	11
Comments	6
Year Published	2011

Thunderstone: Heart of Doom

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Num Ratings	131
Average Rating	8.24
Average Weight	2.62

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Comments	31
Year Published	2011

Thunderstone: Promo Pack

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Num Ratings	259
Average Rating	7.67
Average Weight	2.31

Num Owned	1098
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For Trade	71
Want in Trade	18

Wishlist	44
Comments	68
Year Published	2011

Thunderstone: Promo Pack #2

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Num Ratings	95
Average Rating	7.77
Average Weight	2.80

Num Owned	384
Prev. Owned	9
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Want in Trade	48

Wishlist	85
Comments	18
Year Published	2011

Thunderstone: Promo Pack #3

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Num Ratings	36
Average Rating	7.58
Average Weight	2.60

Num Owned	166
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	55

Wishlist	118
Comments	28
Year Published	2011

Thunderstone: Thornwood Siege

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	304
Average Rating	7.99
Average Weight	2.71

Num Owned	1013
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Wishlist	280
Comments	59
Year Published	2011

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Thunderstone series review on Rpg.Org	http://rpg.org/review-thunderstone-series/	2012-01-26
Chinese rules from TaGaGe.	http://tagage.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Foru...	2012-01-11
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/thunderstone	2012-01-05
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/rezensionen/2010/thunde...	2011-12-08
German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/ludo.pl?action=sh...	2011-12-08
German review - Cliquenabend	http://www.cliquenabend.de/spiele/582100-Thunderst...	2011-12-08
German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/thunderstone.php	2011-12-08
German review - Spielkult	http://www.spielkult.de/thunderstone.htm	2011-12-08
German review - Spiele-Akademie	http://www.spiele-akademie.de/thunderstone/	2011-12-08
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-12-08