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Warhammer 40,000: Conquest

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Designer(s)
  
Eric M. Lang

Publication date
  
2014

Age range
  
13 and up

Publisher(s)
  
Fantasy Flight Games

Players
  
2

Setup time
  
< 2 minutes

Warhammer 40,000: Conquest

Warhammer 40,000: Conquest is a Living Card Game (LCG) produced by Fantasy Flight Games, set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe. It was announced in March 2014 and was released October 3, 2014.

Contents

Core set

Core Set includes 7 playable factions: Space Marines, Chaos, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Tau, Orks, and Astra Militarum (former Imperial Guard).

Deluxe extensions

Each deluxe expansion contains 3 copies of every card.

  • The Great Devourer which adds Tyranids as a playable faction.
  • Legions of Death which adds Necrons as a playable faction.
  • Cycles

    Every cycle has 6 packs associated with it. And every pack contains 3 copies of every card released in that pack.

  • WarLord cycle: Each pack contains various cards to improve Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Tau, Orks and Imperial Guard
  • The Howl of Blackmane
  • The Scourge
  • Gift of the Ethereals
  • Zogwort's Curse
  • The Threat Beyond
  • Descendants of Isha
  • Planetfall Cycle: Each pack contains various cards to improve Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Tau, Orks, Imperial Guard and Tyranids.
  • Decree of Ruin
  • Boundless Hate
  • Deadly Salvage
  • What Lurks Below
  • Wrath of the Crusaders
  • The Final Gambit
  • Death World Cycle: Each pack contains various cards to improve Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Tau, Orks, Imperial Guard, Tyranids and Necrons
  • Jungles of Nectavus
  • Unforgiven
  • Slash and Burn
  • Searching for Truth
  • Against the Great Enemy
  • The Warp Unleashed
  • Card Types

    In Warhammer 40K Conquest, there are 6 main types of cards:

  • Warlords: commanders; powerful combatants. Iif they die you lose the game.
  • Army units: main combatants; you deploy these units to do battle.
  • Support cards: played in your HQ and have various game effects.
  • Attachments: placed onto a Warlord or an Army unit. To grant them extra attack or health.
  • Events: played during the battle, and often have drastic effects that change the battle. But only last for 1 turn.
  • Planets: places where you will be deploying your Warlord and Army units to. If you manage to win 3 planets with the same symbol you win.
  • References

    Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Wikipedia