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Summoner Wars: Phoenix Elves vs Tundra Orcs

#82421BGG ↗

2009 · 2-4 players · 30min · weight 2.29 · 2,710 ratings

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BGG raw

ID
82421
Name
Summoner Wars: Phoenix Elves vs Tundra Orcs
Year
2009
Rank
514
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
2.2907
Num weights
86
Bayes avg
6.53894
Average
7.48138
Users rated
2710
Num owned
5622
Wanting
68
Wishing
228
Num comments
473
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:16:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHand ManagementVariable Player Powers
Categories (3)
Card GameFantasyFighting
Description (866 chars)

Blood will flow in the Wasted Summerlands! What was once a fertile land of unparalleled beauty was replaced by a wasteland of ice. Now the Phoenix Elves, trapped for millennia in their volcanic halls, have found a Summoning Stone and are ready to seek revenge for the destruction of the Summerlands. But in their way are the Tundra Orcs: frozen reavers with a Stone of their own, as well as plans for grisly conquest. Summoner Wars: Phoenix Elves vs. Tundra Orcs gives players everything they need to join the War for Itharia, as either of these great races. Will you play the Phoenix Elves, whose magic and ferocity burn as brightly as their anger? Or will you play the Tundra Orcs, and bury the world in a graveyard of ice? This Summoner Wars Starter Set provides two complete Faction decks, as well as all the materials needed to play games of Summoner Wars.

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
summon, move, attack grid
Decision shape
mixed:spatial+combinatorial
Reward schedule
mixed:immediate+engine_compounding
Aesthetics
["Challenge", "Fantasy"]
Core loop pitch
Spend magic to summon faction units onto walls; move and attack across a grid to kill the enemy summoner.
Translation difficulty
Easy
Difficulty reason
Faction-asymmetric grid skirmish is exactly what apps do well; Plaid Hat shipped Summoner Wars Online on Steam, iOS, Android in 2021.
Direct digital port
Summoner Wars Online (Steam/iOS/Android, Plaid Hat Games)
Port kind
first_party
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["summoner_kill_win_condition", "wall_summon_anchor", "discard_for_magic", "faction_unique_decks", "grid_skirmish_attack_dice"]
Confidence
0.7
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (999 chars)
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  "name": "Summoner Wars: Phoenix Elves vs Tundra Orcs",
  "core_verb": "summon, move, attack grid",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:spatial+combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:immediate+engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Fantasy"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Spend magic to summon faction units onto walls; move and attack across a grid to kill the enemy summoner.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Faction-asymmetric grid skirmish is exactly what apps do well; Plaid Hat shipped Summoner Wars Online on Steam, iOS, Android in 2021.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Summoner Wars Online (Steam/iOS/Android, Plaid Hat Games)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "summoner_kill_win_condition",
    "wall_summon_anchor",
    "discard_for_magic",
    "faction_unique_decks",
    "grid_skirmish_attack_dice"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).