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When daylight began to recede from the earth, people wondered how life would go on. When the creatures of the night openly claimed the world as their own, people wondered if life would go on Nightfall is an intense, competitive deck-building game, where players marshal the creatures of the night and those humans who combat them. Each player strives to seize the power to rule. Draft your cards wisely, chain together your combinations, destroy your opponents’ minions, and conquer. Nightfall is unlike any deck building game you’ve played.Choose your minions and control the eternal night.

In this exciting standalone board game, two to six players each take control of one of twelve adventurers eager to explore a remote temple filled with dangerous traps and valuable artifacts. To claim these priceless treasures, the adventurers must dash through a perilous maze, dodging moving walls, molten lava, and a gigantic boulder. The player who escapes alive with the most treasure is the winner!

New World, Ancient Evil. Doom has made his way to other worlds following his banishment. Are you brave enough to advance to the next level of Thunderstone? A completely revised and compatible edition of AEG's popular deck-building fantasy game set in a new game world, Thunderstone: Advance introduces over 500 new cards featuring 11 new heroes, nine new monster groups, and 19 new village cards. Plus, Familiars join the fight to aid your quest, powerful new Thunderstone Bearers lurk in every dungeon, and two dungeons offer twice the challenge.

The Doomgate is open, and Doom has been released into the world. The forces of destruction stalk the lands, destroying all they touch. There is but one dim flicker of hope the Thunderstones, scattered at the dawn of time. Two lie hidden deep within the Dragonspire. Will your heroes be the first to reach them? Dragonspire is a stand-alone expansion to Thunderstone. The cards within can be played with any or all of the past Thunderstone sets, or can be used by themselves as a fully playable set. Dragonspire adds a fresh crew of new heroes, along with new spells, villagers, and weapons all ready to help your stand against the darkness. They will be needed, for within new terrors have awakened: bloodthirsty undead, blistering elementals, wrathful dragons, and mighty giants. Dragonspire also includes brand-new dungeon settings, campaign rules, and an entirely new way to face Doom alone.

Darkness envelops the world; chaos reigns. Humanity fights back in the only way they know how -- with forceful control. But how does one control creatures whose existence defies all logic?Nightfall: Martial Law is a stand-alone game that can be integrated with the hit competitive deck-building game Nightfall. Martial Law brings you a complete new set of cards with special powers, and features all-new vampires, werewolves, hunters and ghouls. Martial Law also introduces the feeding mechanism: Feed your chained orders to give them greater effect!Each card has a main color and two linking colors. If you can match the main color of a card to one of the linking colors of the previous card, you can chain those cards together. Once a chain is started, players all get an opportunity to link additional cards onto the chain during that turn.Cards in the chain resolve in reverse order: first in, last out. Instant effects fire off as cards come off the chain, doing damage to your opponents or bringing characters into play to defend you and attack your opponents.

The object of Nightfall is to put wounds into your opponents’ decks and end the game with the least amount of wounds in your deck. But beware: the more wounds a person has, the more enraged they become and the faster their deck works, meaning more cards and bigger chains will come your way!

Nightfall: The Coldest War is a stand alone expansion to the competitive deck building game Nightfall. The coldest war brings you a complete all new set of cards with special powers, and features a full set of 6 exciting new starting minions. The coldest war also introduces Moon Phase cards that change the game globally and includes new fully illustrated Wounds cards. Features: 30 all new cards, which includes 6 new starter minions. Moon Phases add new global effects that alter your game play. Playable stand alone or combine with other Nightfall sets for increased strategy. More amazing art that illustrates the dark world of Nightfall.

Thunderstone: Heart of Doom brings the struggle introduced in Thunderstone to an epic climax. This expansion adds seven heroes, thirteen village cards, five monster groups, one treasure set, three settings, three guardians and one thunderstone.

Following on the heels of Thunderstone Advance: Caverns of Bane, Thunderstone emerges into the deepest trouble yet. The tunnels under the fortress at Cheah Dell are clear. The lost dwarven kingdom of Caligin is reclaimed. And the djinni lich, Mowtil, has been defeated, sealing the portal of black flame into Tala. The adventurers have collected three more Thunderstones, and Doom's full plans are revealed. He has corrupted the heart of Tala, Dun Ordha. A monstrous army marches on the capital city, even as the final Thunderstone is revealed to be held by King Caelan himself. Can the adventurers race ahead of an army to save the city from a siege outside the walls and sickly corruption within? Thunderstone Advance: Root of Corruption, the second expansion for Thunderstone Advance, introduces new challenges and an all-new way to play: co-op! It also features ruinous sin incarnates, vicious scavenger gnolls, thrall summoners to bring back memorable foes, seven new heroes, six new monster groups, fifteen new village cards, and a new poster map board that creates options for co-op play using existing cards and rules! What's more, all Ambusher cards from Towers of Ruin and Caverns of Bane have been reprinted with updated graphics to increase visibility.

Deep in the heart of Thornwood Forest lies the Stone of Blight, one of the Thunderstones desperately needed for the salvation of the world. With the forces of Doom ravaging the lands, time is growing short.

Thunderstone returns with all new monsters, heroes, equipment, and now... traps! Thunderstone brought dungeon crawling to the deck-building game genre, and Wrath of the Elements takes Thunderstone to a new level. With seven new heroes, six new monster types, and many new village cards