Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game: Stomping Grounds Expansion Deck

About this expansion

Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game: Stomping Grounds Expansion Deck is a 70-card expansion for 1-8 players, with a listed play time of 290 minutes. Released in 2015, it introduces direct interaction between Apex species and a new push-your-luck mechanic.

The deck adds Stomping Grounds! ability Apex cards. When one of these cards is played, its player may choose to invade another player’s Hoard instead of hunting. The attacker and defender compare their Hunt Value totals, with the defender revealing cards from their Ambush Point and/or hand to generate Hunt points.

If the attacker wins, they invade the target’s territory and steal a card from that player’s Hoard. If the defender wins, the attacker is chased off and the defender gains an Affliction card for their discard pile. The expansion’s stated intent is to add direct-interaction Apex cards for each of the game’s seven Apex species.

• 70 cards total
• Stomping Grounds! ability Apex cards
• New Evolve cards, including Rapid Incubation, Infectious Bite, Adrenal Frenzy, and Muscular Augmentation
• New Affliction cards, including Fatal Pathogen and Broken Bone
• New Environment cards, including Sulfuric Vents and Arctic Blast
• Additional animals to hunt, including Megaraptor and Concavenator

With new ways to challenge rival Hoards and new cards affecting evolution, Afflictions, Environments, and hunting, Stomping Grounds Expansion Deck expands the card pool while adding a contested alternative to hunting.