Warhammer: Invasion

Warhammer: Invasion is a Living Card Game (LCG) (variant of collectible card game) designed by Eric M. Lang and produced by Fantasy Flight Games in 2009, set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. Like Fantasy Flight's other LCGs, Invasion is sold as a core set, which can be played on its own, or built upon with expansion packs. Each pack has a fixed set of 3 copies each of 20 cards. There are six factions in Invasion: Dwarves, Empire, Orcs, Chaos, High Elves, and Dark Elves. The first four have decks in the core set, while the elves' decks are available in the Assault on Ulthuan expansion.

Warhammer: Invasion
Designer(s)Eric M. Lang
Publisher(s)Fantasy Flight Games
Publication date2009
Players2
Setup time< 2 minutes
Playing time~ 1 hour
Random chanceSome
Age range13 and up
Skill(s) requiredCard playing, Logic, Strategy

Each player has a board called a "capital", which is divided into 3 zones: Battlefield, Quest, and Kingdom. The Battlefield is the area where attacks are launched, Quest determines how many cards are drawn each turn, and Kingdom determines how many resources are gathered each turn. Resources are spent to play cards. Each unit has a power rating that adds to the zone they are played into. For example, a unit with a power of 2 would add 2 damage to attacks when played into the Battlefield, 2 additional resources per turn if played into the Kingdom, or 2 additional cards drawn if played into the Quest zone.

Each zone has a base defense of 8, which may be modified with cards. A zone's defense may be lowered by damaging it, usually by attacking from the Battlefield. Once a zone's defense is at or below zero, that zone is destroyed. (The player can still use it as normal, but it is marked with a "burning" token.) The player who succeeds at destroying at least two of their opponent's zones wins the game.

The Cataclysm expansion added a multiplayer mode to the game,[1] and the Hidden Kingdoms expansion introduced four new factions, with their own capitals: Lizardmen, Wood Elves, Skaven, and Undead.[2] Fantasy Flight has announced that Hidden Kingdoms will be the last expansion for the game.[3]

List of Expansions

Battle Packs

Battle packs are released in "cycles" of six. Each pack contains three copies of 20 cards. (The Corruption Cycle, however, was printed under a different format, so each pack has three copies of 10 cards and one copy of 10 other cards.)

The Corruption Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
The Skavenblight ThreatNovember 2009
Path of the ZealotDecember 2009
Tooth and ClawFebruary 2010
The Deathmaster's DanceMarch 2010
The Warpstone ChroniclesApril 2010
Arcane FireMay 2010

The Enemy Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
The Burning of DerricksburgJune 2010
The Fall of Karak GrimazJuly 2010
The Silent ForgeSeptember 2010
Redemption of a MageOctober 2010
The Fourth WaystoneNovember 2010
Bleeding SunDecember 2010

The Morrslieb Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
Omens of RuinMarch 2011
The Chaos MoonMarch 2011
The Twin Tailed CometApril 2011
Signs in the StarsJune 2011
The Eclipse of HopeJuly 2011
Fiery DawnAugust 2011

The Capital Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
The Inevitable CitySeptember 2011
Realm of the Phoenix KingNovember 2011
The Iron RockNovember 2011
Karaz-a-KarakDecember 2011
City of WinterJanuary 2012
The Imperial ThroneFebruary 2012

The Bloodquest Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
Rising DawnApril 2012
Fragments of PowerJune 2012
The Accursed DeadJune 2012
Vessel of the WindsAugust 2012
Portent of DoomSeptember 2012
Shield of the GodsOctober 2012

The Eternal War Cycle
Expansion NameRelease Date
Days of BloodNovember 2012
Oaths of VengeanceDecember 2012
Battle for the Old WorldJanuary 2013
Glory of Days PastFebruary 2013
The Ruinous HordesMarch 2013
Faith and SteelApril 2013

Deluxe Expansions

Deluxe expansions add new elements to the game, including new card types, rules, etc. All deluxe expansion provide three copies of each unique card, except for Assault on Ulthuan, which contains 1, 2, or 3 copies of each card, similar to the core set.

Expansion NameRelease Date
Assault on UlthuanMarch 2010
March of the DamnedOctober 2010
LegendsJune 2011
CataclysmJuly 2013
Hidden KingdomsNovember 2013
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References
  1. Fantasy Flight Games. "Nowhere Is Safe". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  2. Fantasy Flight Games. "Hidden Kingdoms". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  3. Fantasy Flight Games. "Hidden Kingdoms Is Now Available". Fantasy Flight Games. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
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