Warlord: Saga of the Storm Trading Card Game

Warlord: Saga of the Storm is a collectible card game designed by Kevin Millard and David Williams and produced by Alderac Entertainment Group since its introduction in 2001. The longer official name is almost always shortened to Warlord and the subtitle Saga of the Storm is often used informally to refer to the original base set of cards.

 

Warlord is based on the Rank & File system which in turn borrows basic elements from the d20 system. Originally intended as an easy-to-learn second game for players already familiar with d20, Warlord is often marketed with the tagline, "The game you already know how to play". Warlord has enjoyed reasonable[citation needed] success through the boom and subsequent shakeout of d20 games and continues to draw strong attendance at tournaments worldwide.

 

In Warlord every player takes control of an army with the single objective of killing all the opposing leaders or Warlords. Once that is achieved, the game is won. The simplicity of Warlord comes from the fact that most everything is tested with a single d20 roll. Every check has a target number (TN) which defines how easy the task is to succeed. The player must surpass that TN with a single die roll plus any modifiers.