Summoner Wars

[Gerald]

Summoner Wars is a fast-playing, action-packed 2-4 player card game. Players take on the role of Summoners: powerful beings who harness the power of mysterious Summoning Stones to lead their race to conquest on the war-torn planet of Itharia. These Summoners wield terrible magic on the battlefield, freezing their foes in place, draining their enemies of power, and even bringing rains of fire down from the heavens. But most notoriously, they summon their great race’s hordes of warriors to the battlefield, to clash in the never-ending struggle for supremacy. A Summoner is both mage and general, and must combine their wizardly might with clever tactics to defeat the enemy Summoner on the opposite side of the battle.

Each Starter Set of Summoner Wars contains 2 complete, battle-ready Factions, ready to jump you and an opponent into the thick of the War for Itharia. Each Faction is a unique race or civilization with its own secret goals, be it wild-eyed Elves bent on revenge, or blood-crazed Goblins who merely want to set the world ablaze. Starter Sets also include everything you will need to play, including a Battle Mat, Wound counters, dice, and a rulebook.

But the war doesn’t end there! Summoner Wars is fully expandable with entirely new faction decks such as the hideous Undead of the Fallen Kingdom, or the righteous and knightly Human Vanguards. In addition, each Faction will have its own expansions, adding new warriors, summoners, and abilities to allow for a never-ending mix of combat options and surprises. Expansions will also include Mercenary units - warriors who care nothing for politics and will fight for any side that can afford them!

Summoner Wars uses a simple but deep rules set to capture both the strategy of deck construction and card playing, with the tactics of miniature war games. By purchasing expansions or multiple Starter Sets, players can customize their Faction Decks to suit any style of play and to keep their opponents guessing. During the game, players summon and move their various warriors about the battlefield using their unique powers and abilities to wreak havoc on the enemy lines. In the course of a game each side will inflict terrible casualties upon the other in their brutal quest for victory.

[Gaebril]

I'll be getting this, and expect it to be a sort of Heroscape in card form (with a bit of Dreamblade thrown in maybe?). The designer is a driving force for Heroscape, so that's something.

Wish they didn't make it yet another customizable-deck game, though.

[Gerald]

Be sure to let us know how it goes tol.  Hehehehe... 

[thony]

Is this available locally? I'm interested in acquiring both starters given the glowing reviews that I've read.

[thony]

Heard from Sir Mangsky yesterday that Fortress will be stocking Summoner Wars for all those waiting for it to arrive locally.

[jase]

That's cool, anybody know if it fits regular MtG sleeves?

[mangsky]

I got these games in na last month pa but the thread with the people who ordered got lost so I dont know who wanted em

[Talismanic (Mark)]

I'd like to try this game out, however, when I went to Fortress, only expansions were available.

[Gaebril]

Wow, Fortress already has the single-deck expansions? Do they have the Deluxe boards as well? I don't really want to play on paper maps.

[Talismanic (Mark)]

I did not see any deluxe boards being sold. I saw on the Summoner War's website that its a webstore only exclusive as of present and on pre-order for September 2010 release. 

[Gaebril]

The board "is going to be available at the same time as the Fallen Kingdom and Vanguard Faction packs." - which is supposedly in late July.

[Talismanic (Mark)]

Oh yeah, they reached 400 pre-orders so it will be in July.

http://www.plaidhatgames.com/sum_forums/showthread.php?s=035fca6ae629a99b8b1e8286f232909a&t=310&page=10

[Gaebril]

Dammit, I need those boards... We often play at a Starcucks and I don't think the paper maps would fit on their tables. 

[darkrock]

I got these games in na last month pa but the thread with the people who ordered got lost so I dont know who wanted em

I am interested in this game. How much and where is this store(Fortress) located? Thanks.

[darkrock]

That's cool, anybody know if it fits regular MtG sleeves?

Regular MtG sleeves won't fit. It uses Yu-Gi-Oh! card sleeves but not all of them works because the sleeves are tad short. From my research, these are the following brands that fit okay - FFG Euro (NG Galleria), Mayday Euro, Ultra Pro Yu-Gi-Oh! I haven't seen the latter two brands available locally.