List of Anachronism (game) Sets

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A list of warriors and promotional cards included in the various releases of the Anachronism moveable card game.

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[edit] First Release

The first release of the game was in three parts. The first part was a free demo consisting of the warriors Miyamoto Musashi, Beowulf, their support cards, and a playmat in the April 2005 issue of InQuest Gamer. The second was a starter set featuring the warriors Spartacus, Achilles, their support cards, dice, and a playmat. The final portion was 16 warrior packs. Each warrior pack consists of one warrior card and their four specific support cards.

[edit] Cultures

Ancient Greeks

Feudal Japanese

Norse

Romans

[edit] Promotional Cards

Promotional cards based on the first set have been released. The promos include alternate versions of existing warriors and new inspirations.

The promotional cards of Set 1 are:

[edit] Set 2

Set 2 was released in June of 2005. It consists of the Britons, Chinese, Egyptians and Mongols. The Promotional Pack associated with this set includes Robin Hood and Yue Fei. The starter set for the 2nd release pits Ramses II against Genghis Khan.

[edit] Cultures

Britons

Chinese

Egyptians

Mongols

[edit] Set 3

The 3rd Set was released on September the 15th, 2005. The 3rd set features the Scottish, Germanic, Native Americans and French cultures. The 2-player starter set for set 3 features Joan of Arc and William Wallace. The German folk hero Siegfried and Makataimeshekiakiak (Black Hawk), the Native American warrior, were the mail in promotional warrior packs for this set, available through a UPC mail-in similar to the Robin Hood/Yue Fei one done for Set 2.

[edit] Cultures

The names listed are those which appear on the cards, common Anglicized names follow them in parentheses:

Scots

Germanic Tribes

French

Native Americans

(Note: The names of the Native American Warriors appear to be printed in Americanist phonetic notation. This list uses an h marked with a circumflex to represent an h with a caron.)

[edit] Promotional Cards

A second batch of promotional cards for tournament players was released for Set 3. This set of promos added additional new warriors and support cards to existing cultures rather than adding alternate versions of existing warriors. The Set 3 promotional cards are:

[edit] Set 4

Set 4 was released in late November, 2005. It features warriors from the Māori Islands, Russia, Ireland, and Persia. The starter set features Irish King Brian Boru vs. the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. The mail-in promotional warriors for this set are the Māori Maui Tiki-tiki, and the Persian Darius the Great. The mail-in offer began on December 1st, 2005, and ended March 10th, 2006. Starting with this set, the number of UPCs required to be mailed in has been increased from 3 to 4 per warrior, but the shipping and handling cost of $1.99 US remained the same.

[edit] Cultures

Māori

Persian

Russian

Irish

[edit] Promotional Cards

The Set 4 tournament promos added additional new warriors and support cards to existing cultures rather than adding alternate versions of existing warriors. With the addition of the first promotional Armor card, a player could theoretically make an all-promo deck. The Set 4 promotional cards are:

[edit] Set 5

Set 5 was released during the last week of February, 2006. It features the Aztecs, the Spanish, the Saracens, and a revisiting of the Japanese. The starter set for Set 5 features Moctezuma II vs. Hernán Cortés. The promotional warriors for Set 5 are Sanada Nobushige and Tariq ibn Ziyad. They are obtainable via a mail-in offer like that of Sets 2, 3, and 4.

[edit] Cultures

Aztec

Japanese

Saracen

Spanish

[edit] Promotional Cards

The Set 5 tournament promos continued in the pattern of Set 3 and 4, adding new warriors and support cards to existing cultures rather than adding alternate versions of existing warriors. The Set 5 promotional cards are:

[edit] Set 6

Set 6 was released on August 24, 2006. It features Romanians, the Turks, a revisit of the Chinese, as well as Pirates. This last culture features warriors from existing cultures, but also with the "Pirate" designation. Set 6 was also the first set to feature the "rival" designation. Though becoming a rival does nothing in and of itself, certain cards key off your warrior having a rival. The starter set for Set 6 features Vlad Tepes Dracula vs. Beyazid I the Thunderbolt. The promotional warriors for Set 6 are Zhang Jiao and Blackbeard, and are obtainable via a mail-in offer like that of Sets 2 through 5.

[edit] Cultures

Chinese

Pirates

Romanians

Turkish

[edit] Promotional Cards

In the months leading up to October 2006, tournament promos began to be recycled. The first new post-convention promos came out with the October prize packs. The Set 6 promotional cards are:

[edit] Set 7

Set 7's released announced the arrival of Frontier Americans, Tribes of Israel, Trojans, and a revisit of the Greeks. This set was released during the 2006 Thanksgiving holiday season, with its starter featuring Theseus vs. Priam. The UPC mail-in warriors were James Beckwourth and Barak.

[edit] Cultures

American Frontiersmen

Greek

Tribes of Israel

Trojans

[edit] Promotional Cards

The first Set 7 promotional card, Isla Tortuga, showed up in February 2007. The Set 7 promos are as follows:

[edit] Set 8

Due to numerous circumstances, Set 8 will not be officially printed by TriKing Games. Since all of the card text was already written at the time of this decision, the text has been posted on the Anachronism forums; printouts of the card text are allowed for tournament play. Set 8 includes two new cultures, African Kingdoms and Carthaginians, and revisits of the Britons and Romans.

[edit] Cultures

African Kingdoms

Britons

Carthaginians

Romans

[edit] Promotional Cards

Since this set was never printed, neither were the promotional cards associated with it. However, like the rest of Set 8, said cards had their text finalized. These cards are being released similar to traditional tournament prizes, though proxy printouts stand in for actual cardstock. Cards released so far include:

[edit] Set 9

Set 9 saw two new cultures, the Koreans and the much-delayed Italians, alongside two more revisits, the Norse and Pirates. Much like Set 8, this set was released as semi-finished card text. The Players' Committee worked to finalize the text, and create proxies to print out. Though never published, these cards will be legal for official events.

[edit] Cultures

Italians

Koreans

Norse

Pirates