Doomtrooper, also known as Doom Trooper, is an out-of-print collectible card game designed by Bryan Winter and was released in 1994[1][2] or January 1995.[3] It was originally published by Target Games and Heartbreaker Hobbies.[4]
It is based on concepts from the Swedish Mutant Chronicles franchise.[5] Players use warriors to attack and gain either Promotion Points or Destiny Points. Promotion points can be used to win; Destiny Points are used to purchase more warriors and equipment. There are 13 different card types and over 1100 different cards available.
The 170-card expansion setInquisition was released in April 1995 and sold in 8-card booster packs.[8]: 14 Some of the cards were printed with foil stamping.[11]: 12 The expansion sets Paradise Lost and Ragnarok consisted of over 100 cards sold in 15-card booster packs.[12][13]Paradise Lost from 1997 was its last set.[9]Ragnarok, planned for 1997, was never released, same fate befall the planned 2nd edition of the game; they were later completed as fan expansions.[2]
The game's starter set was released in 16 languages, and its expansion Inquisition in several more.[14][15] The limited edition of the basic set was released in English, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish.[16]: 14 The unlimited edition, published in April 1995, was published in an additional nine languages, including Hebrew and Japanese.[16]: 14 The game was highly popular in Poland, where it was published, with all of its expansions except Mortificator, from 1995 to 2000.[10][15] Spanish language also saw all expansions released except one (Paradise Lost).[14]
