Warhammer: Invasion is a Living Card Game (LCG) (variant of collectible card game) designed by Eric M. Lang and produced by Fantasy Flight Games from 2009 to 2013, 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.
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, and the Hidden Kingdoms expansion introduced four new factions, with their own capitals: Lizardmen, Wood Elves, Skaven, and Undead. Fantasy Flight has announced that Hidden Kingdoms will be the last expansion for the game.
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 Name Release 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 Name Release 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 Name Release 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 Name Release 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 Name Release 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 Name Release 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 Name Release date Assault on UlthuanMarch 2010 March of the DamnedOctober 2010 LegendsJune 2011 CataclysmJuly 2013 Hidden KingdomsNovember 2013 The release of Hidden Kingdoms was the end of FFGs development of the game.
References
External links
Warhammer: Invasion at FantasyFlightGames.com