- BGG rating
- 8.0
Expansion for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress
Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019
2019
Rules assistance for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–5 players
- 120 min
- 12+
Rules assistant for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019
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Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019 is an expansion for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress released in 2019 for 1–5 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Role Playing.
About the game
The Blackstone Fortress is constantly in flux – new chambers are constantly opening, providing extra challengers for explorers to overcome. Who knows what your next quest might reveal? The Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress Annual is a 72-page softback book that introduces new content for your explorers to undertake and also brings together all of the Blackstone Fortress content from White Dwarf from December 2018 to December 2019. Contents: Expanded Hostile Player Rules – Optional expanded rules to give the hostile player new tools to increase the difficulty of challenges and combats. Abominable Intellect – Expanded rules content for using Abominable Intellect cards and taking on and levelling up the difficulty of the explorers' quests Precipice Awaits – Expanded rules for the explorers to visit one of four areas of the port city of Precipice, where great treasures and peril await Strike Force – Rules that allows players to play a game of Blackstone Fortress with fewer than four explorers An Army of One – Rules for undertaking the challenge of the Blackstone Fortress alone, including additional rules for playing a Harlequin Solitaire in this style Retinue Characters – Rules for using Retinue Characters in your games, including Expeditions Sidequests and rules for unlocking, recruiting, and using specific Retinue Characters in your games Showcase – a miniatures showcase taking a look at Explorers, Retinue Characters, Servants of the Abyss and the Xenos Threat Light in the Dark – A brand-new quest, following Taddeus the Purifier, for games with 1-3 players A Deadly Lure – An extended quest for the explorers to undertake, as they try and lure an Ambull toward a chamber of the Blackstone Fortress that they cannot breach, in an attempt to plunder the riches within Wrath of the Daemonkin – A brand-new quest where the explorers face down against a new threat; Astroth Mythrak, a malevolent Master of Possession —description from the publisher
Mechanics
Publishers
- Games Workshop Ltd.
Questions and answers
Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019 supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019 is 120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019 for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019 belongs to these categories: Fighting, Exploration, and Adventure. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Role Playing. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress – Annual 2019 as an expansion for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress to use it. Check that your edition of Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.