STORMBRINGER

INTRODUCTION
Two player card game depicting the struggle between Law & Chaos in 
Moorcock’s Elric Fantasies.

THE DECKS
There are 2 decks:
The Law Deck
The Chaos Deck
Each player controls one deck.

SETUP
Shuffle the decks.
Each player draws 8 cards from his own deck.
Each player starts with 4 Balance Tokens.

VICTORY
The first player to control all 8 Balance Tokens wins the game.

TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 5 phases:
Fate Phase
Destiny Phase
Quest Phase
Struggle Phase
Balance Phase

FATE PHASE
Each player fills his hand to 8 cards
If a deck runs out, shuffle its discard and draw from it.

DESTINY PHASE
Each player may discard up to 4 cards and draw replacements.

QUEST PHASE
Players may discard a Transport card to search their deck for and play any 
Item or Place card.

STRUGGLE PHASE
Each player may play to the table, face-up, some, all, or none of his cards.
Each played card has a Force Value. 
Each player adds up the Force Value of his played cards.
The player with the highest total Force Value wins the turn.
The Law player may only play: 
1 Elric card, 1 Stormbringer card, 1 Lady card, 1 Spell card, 1 God card, 
1 Transport card, 1 Place card, 1 Item card.
The Law Player may play any number of Hero and Army cards.
The Chaos Player may only play:
1 Sorcerer or Villain card, 1 God card, 1 Transport card, 1 Place card, 
1 Special Item card, 1 Event card.
The Chaos Player may play any number of Monster, Army, and Item cards.

BALANCE PHASE
The turn winner gets to take a Balance Token from his opponent.
All played cards are discarded.
Players may discard some, none, or all of the cards in their hands.



LAW DECK CARD TYPES
E = Elric
SB = Stormbringer
H = Hero
A = Army
P = Place
L = Lady (Lover)
B = Boon
I = Item
S = Spell
T = Transport
G = God

LAW DECK CARD LIST
Card Name:				Type	Force	Notes:
Elric, Eternal Champion			E	9	
Elric, God-Slayer			E	9	Destroy 1 opposing God
Elric the Doomed Albino			E	8	
Elric the White Wolf			E	8	
Elric, Emperor of the Ruby Throne	E	7	
Elric of Melnibone			E	7	
Elric, Woman-Slayer			E	6	You cannot play a Lady card
Stormbringer, Hell Sword		SB	9	+2 if Elric card Played
Stormbringer, Soul Stealer		SB	8	+2 if Elric card Played
Stormbringer, Rune Blade		SB	7	+2 if Elric card Played
Stormbringer, The Black Sword		SB	6	+2 if Elric card Played
Moonglum				H	8
Rackhir the Red Archer			H	7
Tanelorn				P	8
Dyvim Tvar, Lord of the Dragon Caves	H	5	+4 if Dragons are played
Magum Colim, Grand Admiral		H	6	Friendly Armies get +2
Horn of Fate				I	10	Only play if you have 7 Tokens
Chaos Shield				I	9	Destroy opposing Sorcerer
Myshella, Emress of the Dawn		L	9	Spells you play get +2
Champion of Law				B	7	Only if you play at least 1 Hero
Count Smiorgan Baldhead			H	5	Friendly Armies get +2
Queen Yishana of Jharkor		L	6
Zarzonia Voashoon			L	4
The Noose of Flesh			S	7	Destroy one opposing Army
Invulnerability				S	7
The Ship that Sails over Land & Sea	T	7	+3 if Straasha or Grome played
Mechanical Bird				T	5 	+3 if Myshella played
Potion of Strength			I	4	+3 if Elric played
Dragons of Melnibone			A/T	9
Steeds of Nihran			T	3
Duke Avan Astran, Explorer		H	6
Dyvim Slorm				H	7	
Oone, Dreamthief			L	6
Actorios, the Ring of Kings		I	8	Play only if Elric Played
Isle of Purple Towns			P	7	+2 if Count Smiorgan played
Golden Battle Barges			A	8
Straasha, King of the Sea		G	8
Grome, King of the Earth		G	8
Lasshaar, King of the Air		G	8
Sepiritz, Captain of the Fates		H	6
Grey Lords				G	9	Only play if Chaos is winning
Castle Kaneloon				P	8	+3 if Myshella played
Sea Lords Reaver Fleets			A	6	+2 vs Imrryr
Elemental Allies			A	7	+2 if a God is played
Three As One				S	9	2 Heroes & Elric must be played
Meerclar, Lord of Cats			G	7
Fileet, Lord of the Birds		G	7
Haaashaastaak, Lord of Lizards		G	7
Arrow of Justice			I	8	Destroy one opposing Monster
Astral Travel				S/T	4
White Lords of Law			G	10	Play only if you are winning
Karlaak, City of Jade Towers		P	5	+2 if Zarzonia is played
The Winged Men of Myyrhn		A	5


CHAOS DECK CARD TYPES
S = Sorcerer
V = Villain
I = Item
SI = Special Item
A = Army
M = Monster
G = God
T = Transport
B = Boon
E = Event

CHAOS DECK CARD LIST
Card Name:				Type	Force	Notes:
Jagreen Lern, Theocrat of Pan Tang	S	9
Prince Yrkoon				S	8
Mournblade				SI	8
Theleb Kaarna				S	8
Arioch of the Seven Darks		G	10
Doctor Jest				V	5
Melniboneans				A	8
Earl Saxif D’Aan			S	9
Champion of Chaos			B	5	Must play with Sorcerer or Villain
Demon Steed				M/T	4
Prince Gaynor the Damned		V/S	9
Mordaga, the Sad Giant			M	6
Demon Armor				I	4
Urish the seven Fingered, Beggar King	V	7	
Dead God’s Book				SI	9	+2 if played with a God
Grimoire				I	5	Sorcerer gets +4 
Mirror of Memory			SI	9	Destroy 1 opposing army
Demon Sword				I	5
Ghouls of Limbo 			A/M	6
Demon Shield				I	5
Beggar Horde				A	5	+2 if played with Urish
Sorcerers Ring				I	3	Sorcerer gets +3
Mages Amulet				I	4	Sorcerer gets +2
Crimson Gate				T	5	
Shade Gate				T	5
Lord Gho’s Elixir			I	5
Clakars, Winged Apes			M/A	6
Giant Owls				M/A	6	+2 vs Winged Men of Myyrhn
Agak & Gagak				S	9
Mist Giant				M	7
Kyrenee, Greater Demon			M	9	Destroy 1 opposing Army
Doomed Companion			E	3	Destroy 1 Hero if SB played
The Bane of the Black Sword		E	3 	Destroy 1 Hero if SB played
Prince of Chaos				G	9
Immortal				B	7	Villain or Sorcerer must be played
Host of Chaos				A	8
Imrryr, The Dreaming City		P	9	
Teran Gashtek, Flame Bringer		V	9
Weeping Wastes				P	6
Pan Tang Isles				P	6	+2 with Theleb or Jagreen
Nadoskor, City of Beggars		P	5	+2 with Urish
Barbarian Horde				A	6	+2 with Flame Bringer
Shapeshifters				M	6
Demon Guardians				M	6
Burning God				G	8
Sighing Desert				P	5
Tigermen				M	4
The Vanishing Tower			P/T	9
Dwarven Sorcerer			S	6
Beings of Troos				M	5
Dukes of Hell				G	9
Chaos Armada				A	9
Warping Power				E	2	Destroy one opposing Lady
Boiling Sea				P	8
Kelmain Host				A	6
Balo the Jester				S/G	8
Chaos Butterfly				M	4
Hunting Dogs of Dharzi			M	4


ELRIC LINKS

The Sailor on the Sea of Fate

Eternal Champion Role Playing


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