Thunderstone (2009)

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Board Game Rank: 187

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Designer	Mike Elliott
Artist	Jason Engle
Publisher	Alderac Entertainment Group Edge Entertainment
Year Published	2009
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players (22 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (11 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Fantasy
Mechanic	Card Drafting Hand Management
Expansion	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements
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Primary Name	Thunderstone
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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.

Will you claim the Thunderstone?

• Build up your character as you play
• Over 500 Cards for replay value
• Game design by Michael Elliott
• Illustrated by fantasy artist Jason Engle

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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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0	Variants Dungeon Progress Cards: A quick and dirty idea to deal with pacing	2010-03-15	Lawyer_Bird	0
2	Variants 5-player games with more monsters	2010-03-12	mcook144	1
12	Reviews Playing Thunderstone with children	2010-03-10	chucker101	3
1	Rules Solo rules - after killing a monster!	2010-03-10	Chris_ely	11
5	General Arctic Scavengers and Thunderstone: Somewhat of a comparison	2010-03-09	Scratches	1
1	General Win Thunderstone in the Games for Gold Raffle	2010-03-08	historyguy71	0
0	Rules Selurin Warlock/Theurge Magic Attack Multiplier	2010-03-07	poulos_tim	4
0	Rules Destroy a militia with 2 trainers	2010-03-06	xhydralisk	4
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2	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General New Thunderstones?	2010-03-14	degamer	4
5	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements News Any news ?	2010-02-21	mistyk	1
5	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General Better Than Dominion	2010-02-03	willcoxg	4
5	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General expansion teasers	2010-01-25	Deefer	11
5	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General How many cards?...	2010-01-20	Titeman	2
4	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General More info?...	2010-01-17	Titeman	4
3	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General Smaller box, included dividers?	2010-01-16	happycamper	13
6	Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements General Release Date ?	2009-12-05	tech7	12

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THUNDERSTONE QUEST v 0.5

Want to add a bit more flavor to your Thunderstone sessions? This is an unofficial variant of the Thunderstone card game designed to add a more pen-and-paper roleplaying feel. It is a work in progress and I'm eager to improve this variant in any way possible. Thanks, Hopalong, for the pdf conversion.

Aurendrosl

2010-03-02

ThunderStoneRandomizer Program

A program to generate Heros/Village/Monsters for a game of thunderstone. I wrote this because I liked the game but randomizing the cards was a pain. Perfect if you have a laptop/computer nearby your play area. Can also be used to pick cards for any arbitrary deck.

xhydralisk

2010-02-28

Thunderstone Rules v1.4 Printer Friendly

Rules v1.4 marked up as a printer friendly .doc without any background colors or patterns.

bar10jim

2010-02-18

Hero, Village and Monster Card breakdown

I made my own card breakdowns which in my opinion are easier to read then the ones in the rules. I print them on 10x15cm photo paper.

Robert Olesen

2010-02-12

Thunderstone TCG box dividers revised

I have updated the dividers made by Matt Carlson, found here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/51491/thunderstone-tcg-box-dividers to the v1.4 rules. I copied much of the text at the end of the rulebook onto the divider cards and reformatted some stuff. Most of the credit still goes to Matt.

Robert Olesen

2010-02-11

Thunderstone Monster Statistics

Added a summation column for Victory Points and fixed Undead Doom's VP values

Butterfly0038

2010-02-09

Thunderstone Dungeon Aid

similar to player aids made by others except has a dungeon theme and contains spaces for XP and disease cards. v1.0 Created by a colleague of mine (name withheld by request).

Deefer

2010-02-09

Thunderstone Player Aid v1.4

There are 3 slides. The first is a one page turn summary. The next two contain 6 copies of a short player aid.

Butterfly0038

2010-02-08

Hoja de Ayuda

Hoja de Ayuda en Castellano para Thunderstone. Spanish player aid to Thunderstone.

Wiskeim

2010-02-07

Thunderstone Order of Battle PDF

Describes in detail Order of Battle for ver. 1.4 Thunderstone. Added errata from Jim Pinto from the forums.

Jamos

2010-02-05

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Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements

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Year Published	2010

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English Review on Drake's Flames	http://drakesflames.blogspot.com/2010/03/card-game...	2010-03-11
Romanian review at forum.boardgames.ro	http://forum.boardgames.ro/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=226	2010-03-07
Página de Recursos y Tutoriales sobre el juego en español	http://www.timexplorers.com/fritoxjugar	2010-03-05
Myriad Games: Session Impressions: Thunderstone	http://www.pulpgamer.com/myriadgames/134869/myriad...	2010-03-01
french review at Jedisjeux.net	http://www.jedisjeux.net/thunderstone-t-2828.html	2010-02-22
Video review at Board to Death TV	http://www.boardtodeath.tv/review/1662	2010-02-04
English Review on Critical Gamers	http://www.criticalgamers.com/archives/card-games/...	2010-02-04
English Initial Thoughts from Tao of Gaming	http://taogaming.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/thunders...	2010-01-23
Solo Game Reviewed on BGN	http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamene...	2010-01-23
Tom Vasel's Video Review of Thunderstone	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYZIVzssnjw&feature...	2010-01-19