Thunderstone Advance, the next iteration of Alderac Entertainment Group's highly popular deck building dungeon crawling card game, is set for a prerelease "Level Up" weekend in early March. The game is released March 12th, but can be picked up a week early at participating brick-and-mortar stores, alongside promo cards.

From the publisher:

You might have already seen some of the great reviews we’re getting around the Web for Thunderstone Advance. Tom Vasel of Dice Tower reviews said, “I cant say enough good things about it.” The official release is scheduled for Monday, March 12. But you can get your copy early!

Game stores around the world are hosting a pre-release Level Up Event from March 2 until March 8. This week will your first chance to get your hands on the smash deckbuilder, with a bonus.

Participating Level Up retailers will receive Thunderstone Advance for sale before anyone else. In addition, they’ll receive an Avatars mini-expansion from distributors. Avatars will be FREE to customers who purchase the game during Level Up week. After that, they’ll be on sale for $9.99, so talk to your store owner about how to get them free during the store’s event.

Thunderstone Advance promises to shape the game we currently love in a number of positive ways. Be sure to chek it out when it hits the stores... or before!