# Warhammer 40,000: Conquest

Warhammer 40,000: Conquest is a board game for 2 players. It plays in 30–60 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. It is rated 7.1 out of 10 by 9 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2
- **Playing time:** 30–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2014
- **Categories:** Card Game, Fighting, Collectible Components
- **Mechanics:** Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Area Majority / Influence, Area-Impulse, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.1 out of 10, from 9 reviews
- **Owned by:** 23 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 84
- **Unique players:** 30

**Designers:** Brad Andres, Eric M. Lang, Nate French

**Artists:** Alex Drummond, Víctor Pérez Corbella

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Expansions

- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – The Howl of Blackmane](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-the-howl-of-blackmane)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – The Great Devourer](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-the-great-devourer)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – The Scourge](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-the-scourge)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Gift of the Ethereals](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-gift-of-the-ethereals)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Zogwort's Curse](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-zogworts-curse)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – The Threat Beyond](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-the-threat-beyond)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Descendants of Isha](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-descendants-of-isha)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Legions of Death](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-legions-of-death)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Decree of Ruin](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-decree-of-ruin)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Boundless Hate](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-boundless-hate)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Deadly Salvage](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-deadly-salvage)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – What Lurks Below](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-what-lurks-below)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Wrath of the Crusaders](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-wrath-of-the-crusaders)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – The Final Gambit](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-the-final-gambit)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Against the Great Enemy](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-against-the-great-enemy)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – The Warp Unleashed](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-the-warp-unleashed)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Slash and Burn](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-slash-and-burn)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Unforgiven](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-unforgiven)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Searching for Truth](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-searching-for-truth)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest – Jungles of Nectavus](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest-jungles-of-nectavus)

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## Rules questions

### How do you actually win — do I need three planets or three of something else?

You immediately win if you have three planets in your victory display that share a common type (Material, Strongpoint, or Tech). (pages 4, 11)

### At setup do we flip over all 7 planets or only some of them?

Shuffle 10 planets, deal 7 facedown, then the player with initiative turns the first five faceup (the last two remain facedown) and places the first planet token on the leftmost revealed planet. (page 5)

### Do exhausted units count when resolving command struggles?

No — only ready units' command icons are counted for command struggles; if only one ready warlord is present that warlord automatically wins the struggle. (pages 7–8)

### When I deploy, when do I pay the cost and where do different card types go?

You pay a card's cost immediately by moving resources from your pool to the token bank; army units are placed at a faceup planet on your side, attachments are placed attached to their specified target, supports go to your HQ, and events are played and then placed in your discard pile, and cards enter play ready. (page 6)

### Who has initiative in a battle — the token or the warlord?

The player whose warlord is present at a planet at the beginning of that battle has initiative; if both or neither warlords are present, the holder of the initiative token has initiative (the token does not change hands when initiative comes from a warlord). (page 9)

### How many copies of a card can I run and can I include allied or loyal cards?

You must include the warlord's 8 signature cards, may include up to three copies of any non-signature card, may only include loyal cards from your warlord's faction, and may take non-loyal, non-signature cards from one (and only one) neighboring faction on the alignment wheel; decks must be at least 50 cards. (pages 15–16)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/warhammer-40000-conquest)
- [Warhammer 40,000: Conquest in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/warhammer-40000-conquest)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156776)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._