There are currently 18 different game cards and 2 story cards printed and in circulation, with more to come. These make up the 2nd generation of Gondolin Cards, which was launched in 2023 with unique rules for solo game play.
This has followed the 1st generation, which is a 2-player game, with 40 card titles printed between 2019-2022. View the list of 1st generation cards here.
Story cards
The Final Days
Card#: Story 1
Duration: 30 turns
Type: Storyline for 30 cards
Description:
“You have been tasked with founding a new settlement
in a remote area of your people’s lands.
Meanwhile, an evil force is amassing, and eventually
the lands are invaded, bringing overwhelming
opposition upon you.
Will you survive the final days of your people?”
Art: Doré
Year: 2023
The Final Days Storyline
Deck: 30 Cards 1 Location. At least 15 Events with 10 Enemies.
1st turn: Founding A group of hopeful settlers find a new place to call home. Play your Location. Draw 3 non-Event cards. Shuffle up.
5th turn: Lurkers Scouts and spies of a mysterious enemy are lurking around. Enemies attacking you now gain +A2.
10th turn: Resilience Inspired by your leadership, the settlement is doing well. You now gain +R1 each turn.
18th turn: Invasion An evil force has entered your people’s lands to wage a cruel war. A large army may appear on your doorstep at any time. Enemies now have Ax2 before counting other effects. You loose S2.
25th turn: Isolation Your settlement is cut off and left to it’s fate.
You loose all S. No effects can add to it again.
30th turn: Exodus You have survived The Final Days, but the lands are lost and the region destroyed. You abandon the settlement and lead the settlers in search for a new location. Sieging enemies attack. Count your score: Px10+R
Those Who Fought The Flood
Card#: Story 2
Duration: 20 turns
Type: Storyline for 20 cards
Description:
“You lead a group of people in search of new land.
A suitable spot for a settlement is found by following a
gentle river further inland. After a while the river
suddenly starts overflowing with regular intervals. As
if something or someone is feeding it further up the
stream. Then comes the neverending rain.
Will you be able to save your new home?”
Art: Poussin
Year: 2024
Those Who Fought The Flood Storyline
Deck: 20 Cards 1 Location. At least 10 Events with 7 Enemies.
1st turn: Founding A group of hopeful settlers find a new place to call home
along the banks of a river. Play your Location. Draw 3 non-Event cards. Shuffle up.
4th turn: Exploration Your expeditions in the hinterland have paid off and new
arable land has been found. You gain +S1.
8th turn: Overflow The river begins to mysteriously overflow at New Moon.
Supplies are lost and you must build and maintain dams. +M2. You loose up to 5R.
14th turn: Deluge A seemingly endless rainfall begins and your are flooded.
You loose S3. An Improvement is destroyed.
16th turn: Malevolence Expeditions to find the source of the overflowing was a bad idea. Forces of evil now know of your location. Enemies now have Ax2 before counting other effects.
20th turn: Survival You have fought the flood and faced evil. But at what cost?
Sieging enemies attack. Count your score: Px10+R
Game cards
Frontier River Plain
Card#: 1
Type: Location
Subtype: –
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: –
Function: Your settlement beings with:S4, R2, M0, P0, D0
Quote: “There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.”
Art: Segers
Year: 2023
Oathbound Spearmen
Card#: 2
Type: Defender
Subtype: –
Cost: R3
Requirement: –
Stats: M1/D3
Function: Can defend against flying enemies.Roll a dice when defending. If the number is even then D is 6.
Quote: “An oath will pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world’s end.”
Art: Vogel
Year: 2023
Early Spring
Card#: 3
Type: Event
Subtype: Occurence
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: –
Function: Gain +S1.Roll a dice. If the number is even then also +R1.
Quote: “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”
Art: Foster
Year: 2023
Mills On Hills
Card#: 4
Type: Achievement
Subtype: Improvement
Cost: R6
Requirement: P2
Stats: –
Function: If your S is 3 or higher at the start of a turn,
you gain +1R that turn.
Art: Foster
Year: 2023
Strangers In The Night
Card#: 5
Type: Event
Subtype: Enemy
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: A3
Function: You lose S1. Siege up to 1 turn.
Roll a dice when attacking:If the number is uneven then this enemy is flying.
Destroy this enemy to gain +P2.
Art: Doré
Year: 2023
Language Of Trees
Card#: 6
Type: Achievement
Subtype: Insight
Cost: R7
Requirement: P5
Stats: –
Function: Gain +S3 and +P1.
Quote: “If a tree falls in the forest there are other trees listening.”
Art: Unknown
Year: 2023
Sacrificed
Card#: 7
Type: Event
Subtype: Continuous
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: –
Function: Discontinues after the next attack. For this attack you may choose to have all enemies fight against a single defender.
If the total A is equal or greater than D, the defender is destroyed. If the total A is greater than D, the enemies will siege until the next turn.
Art: Doré
Year: 2023
Trusted Guardians
Card#: 8
Type: Defender
Subtype: –
Cost: R5
Requirement: –
Stats: M2/D6
Quote: “It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached
warrior who survives, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune.”
Art: Neuville
Year: 2023
Ungol Gathering
Card#: 9
Type: Event
Subtype: Enemy
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: A3
Function: Siege up to 2 turns. Destroy this enemy to gain +P1.
Quote: “People who say ‘There is nothing to fear from
spiders’ have clearly never been to Nan Dungortheb.”
Art: Mesnel
Year: 2023
Beowulf, Monster Slayer
Card#: 10
Type: Defender
Subtype: Hero
Cost: R10
Requirement: –
Stats: M1/D5
Function: Destroy 1 sieging enemy per turn if it has A5 or less.
Quote: “I swam in the blackness of night, hunting monsters out of the ocean, and killing them one by one; death was my errand and the fate they had earned.”
Art: Bacon
Year: 2023
Abandoned Town
Card#: 11
Type: Location
Subtype: –
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: –
Function: Your settlement begins with:S3, R2, M0, P0, D1
Quote: “Whispers of the past echo louder in forgotten walls.”
Art: McGahey
Year: 2024
The Long Fever
Card#: 12
Type: Event
Subtype: Occurence
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: –
Function: No R is generated this turn: Subtract all R added so far this turn. No effects can add R this turn. Gain +P2.
Quote: “Epidemics have a way of revealing underlying truths
about the lands they impact.”
Art: Luyken
Year: 2024
Armoury Workshop
Card#: 13
Type: Achievement
Subtype: Improvement
Cost: R4
Requirement: P1
Stats: –
Function: Reduce M with up to M2.
Quote: “An unbroken sword is better than a new one because now you can also afford a shield.”
Art: Bertrand
Year: 2024
Windhowlers
Card#: 14
Type: Event
Subtype: Enemy
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: A3
Function: Siege up to 1 turn. Flying. Destroy this enemy to gain +P1.
Quote: “Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges. But some are worse than others.”
Art: Doré
Year: 2024
Fearless Archers
Card#: 15
Type: Defender
Subtype: –
Cost: R4
Requirement: –
Stats: M2/D4
Function: Can defend against flying enemies.
Quote: “There are hunters, and there is prey. By your discipline, cunning and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or the hunted.”
Art: St. John
Year: 2024
Avalzant
Card#: 16
Type: Event
Subtype: Eminent Enemy
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: A5
Function: Siege up to 4 turns. Other enemies attacking with Avalzant gain +A2. Destroy this enemy to gain +P3.
Quote: “I am Avalzant, the Warden of the Fiery Change,
and envoy from Pnidleethon to the sorcerers of outer
worlds. The hour of the Change is now at hand,
if thy heart be firm to endure it.“
Art: St. John
Year: 2024
Boudicea, Beloved Leader
Card#: 17
Type: Defender
Subtype: Hero
Cost: R8
Requirement: –
Stats: M1/D4
Function: During an attack, other defenders gain +D2.
Quote: “I am descended from mighty men, but I am not
fighting for my kingdom and wealth now. I am fighting
as an ordinary person for my lost freedom, my bruised
body, and my outraged daughters. Consider how
many of you are fighting – and why.“
Art: Cassell
Year: 2024
The Fountain Of Temperance
Card#: 18
Type: Event
Subtype: Continuous
Cost: –
Requirement: –
Stats: –
Function:
You loose 1R each turn.
Discontinue if your P is 7 or greater.
When discontinued; gain +S4.
Art: Robert
Year: 2024