This year, Gen Con Indy is celebrating its 45th year, and Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to once again be a part of the action! Our Fantasy Flight Games Gen Con Experience website has been updated for the upcoming Gen Con Indy 2012, and is ready to help guide you through the best four days in gaming. Learn about our event information and find convenient links where you can buy your tickets!

Reminisce about last year’s Gen Con (or see what you missed)
with our four-part recap videos (also available on YouTube).

Make Your Plans To Join Us

Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, Gen Con Indy is an enormous convention devoted to hobby gaming and its fans. Fantasy Flight Games has attended this illustrious event for the past fifteen years, providing attendees with an amazing and memorable experience.

The Fantasy Flight Games Gen Con Experience website is designed to aid you in navigating our numerous offerings and provide you with up-to-date information. Don’t miss out on a unique gaming opportunity! Our ticketed events tend to sell out quickly.

Register for Gen Con today, then visit our Fantasy Flight Games Gen Con Experience website for information on our exciting North American Championship Events for A Game of Thrones, Call of Cthulhu, Warhammer: Invasion, Dust Tactics, and Dust Warfare.

You can also sign up for our exclusive Gen Con Indy Twitter feed, and check back in the coming weeks for updates on:

• Ticketed events
• Games that will be demoed at our booth
• Games that will be debuted at the show
• Informative seminars
• Special guest appearances
• and more!

Fantasy Flight Games, leading hobby-market publisher of board games, card games, roleplaying games, and other tabletop games, is now hiring for the following positions:

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Details can be found in the pdf documents linked above. To apply for any of these positions, submit a single Word or pdf (preferred) document containing the following items, in the following order:

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Make the filename of your submission something similar to “firstname_lastname.pdf” and email it to the address listed in the appropriate pdf document. We will confirm receipt of your application materials by email. Please do not call or visit.

Our offices are located in Roseville, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Candidates not already living within commuting distance must be willing to relocate. Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse work force and a work environment free from discrimination.

Aboveground, even greater dangers lurked. In their region of the city, Sol patrols were to be most feared, but a thousand things could get one killed in the new Mecatol. Gangs of looters that would kill first and steal later. Packs of flying ruvar birds that, driven mad by the poisoned rains and desperate for food, had become feral and savage things. And there was the endless Sol bombings. While the explosions could kill one well enough, they left behind a broken landscape almost as deadly.
     – Rex: Final Days of an Empire

In the aftermath of a sudden and unexpected attack on Mecatol Rex, the galactic seat of power, questions abound. Who was behind the brutal assault? Can the ruling Lazax truly trust their allies? What does this mean for the fate of the galaxy?

Find answers in the Rex FAQ and Errata (pdf, 2.5 MB), now available on our support page! For more on this helpful document, we turn to senior designer Corey Konieczka:

A Transmission From the Imperial Palace

This FAQ & Errata document is intended to clarify rules issues and answer frequently asked questions about Rex. For the sake of completeness, this document includes all known issues, including those already noted on the insert sheet included in your game.

The majority of this document answers questions that players (like yourself) have asked about a variety game situations. These questions fall into three categories, clarification on racial advantages, combat related questions, and miscellaneous rare or awkward gameplay situations. 

I tried to keep this document brief and to the point. Most of these topics have been discussed on our forums, and the answers should not come as a surprise to our forum members. As always, we really appreciate your support and are here to serve your gaming needs. If you have any further questions about any of our games, I encourage you to use our rules submissions form.

I wish you luck in your conquests of Mecatol Rex, and happy gaming!
-Corey Konieczka

“Hail, comers from afar!” they said, and they turned the hilts of their swords towards the travellers in token of peace. Green gems flashed in the sunlight. Then one of the guards stepped forward and spoke in the Common Speech.
    “I am the Doorward of Théoden,” he said. “Háma is my name. Here I must bid you lay aside your weapons before you enter.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Darkness and silence await you in the mines of Moria. The Long Dark is now available at your local retailer and online on our webstore!

The fourth chapter of the Dwarrowdelf saga, this Adventure Pack relates the trials of the heroes of Middle-earth as they delve into Moria’s ancient Dwarven tunnels in search of the source of the increased Orc activity in the Misty Mountains. The way is dark and choked with foes and hazards. The ominous dark lingers ever before your party, closing in around you, making it difficult to tell one path from another, and you must be careful to keep your way.

The Long Dark challenges your fellowship with Locate Tests and goblin hordes, and your heroes will need guidance rooted in wisdom in order to prevail.

A Man of Worth in a Time of Doubt

The Long Dark introduces a new Tactics hero to represent the Riders of Rohan, Háma (The Long Dark, 76). A warrior who earned the right to serve as Théoden’s personal doorward, Háma brings both his sword and his wisdom to The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game.

Naturally, Tactics heroes excel at defending and defeating enemies. That said, none have yet appeared to structure the Tactics sphere into a more coordinated strategy. Gimli (Core Set, 4) and Legolas (Core Set, 5) are tremendous warriors, but they tend to race into every fray, counting their kills. Gimli slays the larger enemies, and Legolas clears a path through the smaller foes for your fellowship to travel. Boromir (The Dead Marshes, 95) may be a valiant hero, but he tends toward selfishness, defending and attacking all that come near him. Thalin (Core Set, 6) may have a definite style, but it rarely suggests any measure of planning; he simply pushes forward into every unknown location, forever committed to the quest. Of the existing Tactics heroes, Brand son of Bain (The Hills of Emyn Muil, 72) is most likely to coordinate a larger strategy out of momentary tactics; his ability to ready other player’s heroes can be very handy, but requires some cooperation.

Háma, however, is likely to change how many players approach the Tactics sphere. As your fellowship pushes further into the darkest reaches of Middle-earth, you want a plan that provides consistent means of dealing with the enemies that seek to surround you. Háma’s ability provides just that. With just one Willpower and one Defense, Háma’s not built to excel at much other than attacking, but that’s okay. It’s when he attacks that he shines. After Háma is declared as an attacker, you can return a Tactics event from your discard pile to your hand. Of course, you have to discard a card afterward, but so long as you have the cards to spare, Háma helps you get greater, consistent utility out of some of the Tactics sphere’s greatest events, such as Feint (Core Set, 34) and Quick Strike (Core Set, 35).

Events in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game often have tremendous effects, but their main drawback is that they are discarded immediately after they resolve. Because you can only include three copies of any event in a deck of at least fifty cards, it’s sometimes hard to count on drawing them when you need them. Háma may not allow you to include extra copies or keep your events on the table as static bonuses, but he allows you to make repeated use of them. Moreover, when Háma attacks, you can return the Tactics event of your choice from your discard pile, meaning that you can start to build a larger strategy out of the events you include in your deck.

Traveling Purposefully through The Long Dark

Pick up your copy of The Long Dark today to strike forward under the guidance of Háma, purposefully arming your hand with the most useful Tactics events in your deck. This exciting Adventure Pack is now available at your local retailer and online on our webstore!

“Be at my tent by midday. I want you there with my other officers when I treat with the sellsword captains.” Dany spurred her silver on to camp.
Within the perimeter the Unsullied had established, the tents were going up in orderly rows, with her own tall golden pavilion at the center. A second encampment lay close beyond her own.
    –George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

The Great Houses of Westeros have all sent their emissaries to steer the events transpiring in Essos in their favor. Now, as those agents sail across the Narrow Sea to arrive at the Fantasy Flight Games, their actions will write the dramatic tale of Days of Ice and Fire 2012!

Days of Ice and Fire 2012 begins this Friday, May 18th. Will you meet your foes on the field of battle? Will you form alliances with other houses to topple a common enemy? Or will you sit quietly at the edge of events as the other Houses stumble into your snares?

Plan Your Next Move

It is no easy task to navigate a weekend full of excellent Westeros-themed games. Days of Ice and Fire is a three-day celebration of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, and the array of events are nearly as epic as the saga itself!

Today, we are pleased to make the weekend’s schedule available for download (pdf, 326 KB). You’ll find abundant opportunities to participate in games of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, and Battles of Westeros. You can also check out the numerous prize drawings, trivia contest, and question and answer sessions with Fantasy Flight Games developers that have been scheduled.

Renown

We are proud to announce that renowned game designer Eric M. Lang will be present throughout the day Saturday and for Sunday’s Design a Card Seminar for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game. One of the designers of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Eric also designed Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game and Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game.

This weekend, fans of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game will have a chance to speak with him, along with developers Nate French and Damon Stone, and learn more about how they approach the choices players make during games and the work of translating a story and setting as rich as George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire into a mechanical framework that breathes with story, surprise, and excitement!

Download your copy of the Days of Ice and Fire schedule today to plan your participation. We’ll see you Friday!

This week, we’ll take a look Dance to Loec (Fragments of Power, 37), as well as a deck that features the card.

This Order-only Wood Elf tactic plays as a development. That's it. Nothing flashy. It's the type of card some players will dismiss as weak. But while it might not seem impressive at first glance, this card offers subtle, yet very worthwhile benefits.

First of all, each copy of Dance to Loec allows you to play one more development than you can normally play on your turn, thus speeding up any strategy based on developments, much like Light of Morrslieb (The Twin Tailed Comet, 60). Of course, because Light of Morrslieb stays in play, you can potentially get more developments from it, and Dance to Loec, again, appears weak after the initial comparison. However, it has one great advantage over Light of Morrslieb or similar cards, like Nimble Spearman (Omens of Ruin, 19): you can use it during any action window.

When your opponent attacks with what he thinks is just enough damage to burn your zone, you can suddenly increase the zone’s hit points, holding your zone together for at least one more turn. And since you get to “play” it as a development instead of putting it “into play” as one, you can even trigger the effects of cards like Celestial Wizard (The Twin Tailed Comet, 47), True Mage (The Twin Tailed Comet, 51), or Mining Tunnels (The Burning of Derricksburg, 2) on your opponent’s turn.

Among other things, Loec is the Elven god of tricks. And while we’re speaking of acting during your opponent’s turn, your Dance to Loec permits some crafty tricks. For starters, it lets you respond to your opponent’s Judgement of Verena (Core Set, 49) by playing a development into the zone your opponent thought he'd demolished after spending cards and resources to clear it of developments. Or you can play Dance of Loec as a development at the end of the turn in which your opponent puts down Hidden Grove (Omens of Ruin, 7) or Und Dokbar (Omens of Ruin, 2) to deprive you of power during your Kingdom or Quest phase. Such tricks may seem simple or obvious, but they can easily prove the difference between victory and defeat.

The Dwarfs Request the Next Dance

Now, let's take a look at the deck. For quite some time, many Dwarf decks have been constructed around Reclaiming the Fallen (The Silent Forge, 2), Dwarf Ranger (Core Set, 10) and sacrifice effects. And for good reason; it's a highly effective approach. However, it's certainly not the only weapon in the Dwarfs' arsenal. In fact, some Dwarfs don't want to sacrifice themselves, heroically or otherwise. Some just want to kick some serious butt. Even if it means teaming up with the Wood Elves.

Units
3x Defender of the Hold
3x Dwarf Cannon Crew
3x Nimble Spearman
2x Ancient Longbeards
2x Master Runesmith
2x Troll Slayers
3x Wild Rider
3x Serpent Slayer
(Total: 21)

Tactics
3x Dance to Loec
3x Crafting the Rune
3x Wake the Mountain
2x The Wild Hunt
(Total: 11)

Quests
3x Building for War
3x New Trade Route
(Total: 6)

Supports
3x Contested Village
3x Helblaster Volley Gun
3x Ancestral Tomb
3x Mining Tunnels
3x Mountain Barracks
(Total: 15)
Total Cards: 53

The idea is simple: get a high number of developments into your battlefield fast, and stomp all over your opponent with Serpent Slayer (March of the Damned, 1) and Wild Rider (Legends, 50). This isn't one of those sissy decks that nibble away at zones. Ideally, you should be able to win with just two attackers, thanks to their overwhelming power and damage output.

You should play a development every turn from the start, and you have plenty of cards that will help you gain additional developments, including Nimble Spearman, Ancient Longbeards (Omens of Ruin, 1), Crafting the Rune (The Eclipse of Hope, 83), Wake the Mountain (Core Set, 24), and Ancestral Tomb (The Fall of Karak Grimaz, 3). As for the Ancestral Tomb, don't hesitate to play it into your battlefield if you don't absolutely need it somewhere else. You want those developments for your Serpent Slayer and Wild Rider as soon as possible. And of course Dance to Loec, and its surprise factor, can turn the tide of battle when your opponent leasts expect it.

Sometimes, you’ll play all your developments to your battlefield, but they can also be useful in your Kingdom and Quest zones, just like your big hitters. A Wild Rider's increased power will benefit you everywhere, and Serpent Slayer can make a powerful defender. The Wild Hunt (Fiery Dawn, 20) is an expensive way to deal with a powerful opposing unit, but the Master Runesmith (The Twin Tailed Comet, 42) can help reduce the cost. You can also use The Wild Hunt on your own unit, preferably a Wild Rider, to make your next wave of combatants even stronger, or save a zone from burning.

The Dwarf Cannon Crew (Core Set, 8) and Mining Tunnels help you build up your economy, and with a little bit of luck, you can make use of the Master Runesmith and the quests Building for War (Karaz-a-Karak, 80) and New Trade Route (Rising Dawn, 18) to gain economy without ever investing in your Kingdom zone.

While Serpent Slayer and Wild Rider will be your main attackers, the Helblaster Volley Gun (Warpstone Chronicles, 86) is your backup plan. With all the deck’s accelerated development, the Helblaster Volley Gun can turn even a lowly Defender of the Hold (Core Set, 1) into a mighty warrior!

Thanks, Torsten!

Look for the Dance of Loec to catch players by surprise later this month when Fragments of Power arrives at retailers everywhere. Until then, keep checking back for more previews and strategic insights for Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game.

Bring an even deeper level of immersion to your dungeon-delving experience! Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Splig, Belthir, and Zachareth, three professionally crafted metal Lieutenant Miniatures for Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition.

These 28mm scale, lead-free pewter figures are designed to replace the Lieutenant tokens in Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition. Along with certain previously released Lieutenant Miniatures, players will have access to alternate components for Second Edition’s full cast of Lieutenants.

Enemies and Allies

The overlord’s fiercely loyal minions stand ready to squash any hapless do-gooders that might oppose his schemes. Splig, by virtue of being the biggest goblin, is always the leader. And because he is the leader, he gets all the food. And because he gets all the food, he’s the biggest goblin! Meanwhile, the terrifying dragon hybrid Belthir has made a name for himself as a mercenary over the past several decades, and his newfound service to the overlord bodes ill for Terrinoth.

Zachareth, on the other hand, stands apart. After all, why should the charming and philanthropic Baron of Carthridge, a wise and benevolent leader, be lumped in with a fat goblin and a flying menace? Surely, the beloved Baron Zachareth could never willingly associate with the forces of evil. What might his presence here mean?

Look for Second Edition Lieutenant Miniatures on stores shelves in the third quarter of 2012!

I says a prayer that Shallya’s hands
Will hold me young lad fast
As plague and war took me other four
And this one be me last
                     –from a Reiklander Folk Song

Priests of Shallya, yours is a difficult task. Violence and war are common throughout the Old World. There are many even within the Reikland who struggle with sickness or finding sufficient nourishment. Meanwhile, the Ruinous Powers spread blood, death, and pestilence everywhere they go, and their corrupting influence works its way into the hearts of our people, bringing greater suffering.

Still, the Maiden of Mercy commands her priests to bring peace whenever peace is possible, and whenever it is not possible, she demands that you work to protect the innocent and the righteous from needless suffering. It may seem an impossible task, but Shallya gives her followers strength in their efforts.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce that Faith of Shallya, a Print on Demand supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, is now available through our webstore to bring new peace and mercies to the Old World.

Blessings of Shallya

Priests of Shallya view violence as a last resort. Instead, they strive to ease the suffering of all in need, focusing on diplomacy to solve their problems whenever possible. Still, Shallyans often travel to dangerous places to tend to those in greatest need. Shallyan priests wander the Old World, bringing healing to all they encounter, and their warrior priests, or hospitaliers, tend to the sick and wounded on the battlefield in times of war. Though they abhor violence, they hospitaliers will fiercely defend the wounded, hospices, and healing tents when there is no other recourse.

Faith of Shallya introduces fifteen new blessings and two new items to help your Shallyan ease pain and suffering throughout the Old World.

Faith of Shallya introduces new options for healing from Rank 1 to Rank 5, as well as charms to help you resolve situations through peaceful negotiation, and power to mitigate the suffering caused by diseases. When the Fly Lord, Nurgle, is involved, the Maiden of Mercy lends her full strength, and Faith of Shallya presents players with several new means to deal with diseases.

What is Print on Demand?

Print on Demand is an exciting new process that allows Fantasy Flight Games to produce professionally finished cards on a made-to-order basis, which opens up new opportunities for expanding existing games.

This process (not to be confused with Print and Play) results in smaller print runs of professionally manufactured products, allowing publishers to provide fans with content that would otherwise not be commercially viable. If you’re a retailer interested in carrying our Print on Demand products, visit our Professional Zone website to learn more.

Order yours today

Whether your priest invokes just one new blessing from Faith of Shallya, or you aspire to use them all, Faith of Shallya gives you exciting new ways to enjoy Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Learn more from our detailed description page, or place your order through our webstore. Then, draw upon Shallya’s power to begin the arduous process of bringing peace to the Old World!

Note: Due to variations in the printing process, cards from Print on Demand expansions will be subtly different in appearance and texture from base game cards.

The Sino-Soviet Union takes the center stage in Dust Tactics with the release of Operation “Zverograd,” several SSU squads, and the game’s first aerial unit, all of which are now on sale at your local retailer and online on our webstore!

Operation “Zverograd”

The fourth campaign expansion for Dust Tactics, Operation “Zverograd” follows the war to the mysterious city of Zverograd, along the Caspian Sea, where we catch our first glimpse of SSU forces in action! In Zverograd, SSU forces confront Axis forces arriving from the west, south, and southwest, while Allied forces approach from the east.

Formerly a jewel of a city, Zverograd has been devastated by the war. Over seventy percent of its buildings have been reduced to rubble, but while forces from the three armies battle to control whatever they can of this doomed city, they are unclear why their superiors find it so meaningful.

Operation “Zverograd” presents overviews of the SSU’s history in the war, its major battles, its present concerns, and its greatest heroes. Players will find rules to introduce aircraft, Commissar Squads, Pilot Skills, and Legendary Tacticians to the game, along with other new skills. Operation “Zverograd” also comes with a modular building set to construct 3D structures, and the new hero, Koshka Rudinova, who joins the city’s defense in her customized walker, Grand’Ma.

SSU Command Squad Expansion

The veteran SSU Command Squad is a terrific boon to any SSU general, granting you the ability to relay your commands directly to your forces. They have the skills to reactivate units that you’ve already used, bring previously destroyed vehicles back to the battlefield, or bring in squads to reinforce your army. These powerful leadership abilities make the SSU Command Squad nearly indispensable in any SSU army.

SSU Airborne Transport Expansion

Swooping onto the battlefield to deliver reinforcements and perform quick attacks, the SSU Airborne Transport represents a large tactical advantage for the SSU. This is the first airborne unit in Dust Tactics, and it allows SSU commanders to mobilize their armies with unmatched swiftness. This expansion also includes an entire squad of Chinese Volunteers to back up the rest of your SSU forces. The SSU Airborne Transport is a must-have for any SSU player.

SSU Close Combat Squad Expansion

After fighting in many intense close-quarter situations, the soldiers of the SSU have become experts at this type of combat. Well known for their ability to craft makeshift weapons like Molotov Cocktails, members of the SSU Close Combat Squad form an integral part of the SSU forces. These grizzled squads carry Shotguns and a Flamethrower for maximum damage at close range, and to increase their effectiveness, they have learned how to scout out prime locations of the battlefield.

SSU Battle Squad Expansion

Trained in the art of rapid assaults, the SSU Battle Squad frequently forms the front line of SSU armies. This squad is equipped with a pair of DPM machine guns that allow them to pummel the enemy from afar. SSU soldiers have fought on every type of terrain from the American Everglades to the frozen Russian tundra. Their wealth of experience in battles on hostile terrain and in hostile conditions makes them one of the world’s most reliable squads.

Take the World by Storm!

The Sino-Soviet Union army has arrived. The red invasion has begun!

Operation “Zverograd” and the expansions available at your local retailer and online through our webstore provide you everything you need to start playing this battle-tested faction today.

And there’s more to come. The SSU KV47 Walker Expansion is on its way, representing the SSU’s greatest advances in walker technology. Meanwhile, you can check out the other exciting SSU units on their way for Dust Tactics, including the Commissar Squad and two more aircraft. Plus, you can pre-order your copy of Campaign Book “Zverograd” now. This Campaign Book contains all the information you need in order to field your SSU forces and drive your foes before you in Dust Warfare.

The ferocious battles of Dust Tactics rage in vibrant color with the professionally pre-painted miniatures of Dust Tactics Premium. Now, as the Red Army musters its forces, you can order premium versions of Operation “Zverograd,” the game’s first aircraft, and several Sino-Soviet Union squads, all of which are now available on our webstore!

Operation “Zverograd”

The fourth campaign expansion for Dust Tactics, Operation “Zverograd” follows the war to the mysterious city of Zverograd, along the Caspian Sea, where we catch our first glimpse of the game’s new faction in action! In Zverograd, SSU forces confront Axis forces arriving from the west, south, and southwest, while Allied forces approach from the east.

Formerly a jewel of a city, Zverograd has been devastated by the war. Over seventy percent of its buildings have been reduced to rubble, but while forces from the three armies battle to control whatever they can of this doomed city, they are unclear why their superiors find it so meaningful.

Operation “Zverograd” presents overviews of the SSU’s history in the war, its major battles, its present concerns, and its greatest heroes. Players will find rules to introduce aircraft, Commissar Squads, Pilot Skills, and Legendary Tacticians to the game, along with other new skills.

Operation “Zverograd” also comes with a modular building set to construct 3D structures, and beautifully pre-painted versions of the expansion’s new hero, Koshka Rudinova, and her customized walker, Grand’Ma.

SSU Command Squad Expansion

The veteran SSU Command Squad is a terrific boon to any SSU general, granting you the ability to relay your commands directly to your forces. They have the skills to reactivate units that you’ve already used, bring previously destroyed vehicles back to the battlefield, or bring in squads to reinforce your army. These powerful leadership abilities and their dramatic and gritty paint scheme make the SSU Command Squad an exciting addition to any SSU army.

SSU Airborne Transport Expansion

Swooping onto the battlefield to deliver reinforcements and perform quick attacks, the professionally pre-painted SSU Airborne Transport represents a large tactical advantage for the SSU. This is the first airborne unit in Dust Tactics, and it allows SSU commanders to mobilize their armies with unmatched swiftness. This expansion also includes an entire squad of Chinese Volunteers painted and ready to back up the rest of your SSU forces. The SSU Airborne Transport is a must-have for any SSU player.

SSU Close Combat Squad Expansion

After fighting in many intense close-quarter situations, the soldiers of the SSU have become experts at this type of combat. Well known for their ability to craft makeshift weapons like Molotov Cocktails, members of the SSU Close Combat Squad form an integral part of the SSU forces. These grizzled and camouflaged squads carry Shotguns and a Flamethrower for maximum damage at close range, and their professionally painted armor shows the wear of multiple battles.

SSU Battle Squad Expansion

Trained in the art of rapid assaults, the SSU Battle Squad frequently forms the front line of SSU armies. This squad is equipped with a pair of DPM machine guns that allow them to pummel the enemy from afar. SSU soldiers have fought on every type of terrain from the American Everglades to the frozen Russian tundra. Their wealth of experience in battles on hostile terrain and in hostile conditions makes them one of the world’s most reliable squads. The Dust Tactics Premium versions of these soldiers brings them to you masterfully styled as the rugged and ready infantrymen they are!

Take the World by Storm!

The Sino-Soviet Union army has arrived. The red invasion has begun!

Operation “Zverograd” and the pre-painted Dust Tactics Premium SSU expansions available on our webstore provide you everything you need to start playing this battle-tested faction today.

Meanwhile, you can pre-order your copy of Campaign Book “Zverograd” now. This Campaign Book contains all the information you need in order to field your vibrant SSU forces in the intense tabletop miniatures battles of Dust Warfare!

From the besieged ports of southern England to the frozen wastes of Antarctica, Axis and Allied forces war for the fate of the world. Powerful alien technology and heroic commanders redefine the key battles of World War II in the alternate reality of Dust Warfare. As the global conflict reaches a fever pitch, one brilliant general may decide the war. Will that be you? Heed the call, rally the troops, and delivery your side to victory!

The Dust Warfare: Core Rulebook is now available for online purchase from wargamevault.com! Pick up your copy and lead your army to glory on the battlefield.

Fast-paced Strategic Combat

Inside the Dust Warfare: Core Rulebook, you'll find innovative and dynamic rules for engagement. The game’s mechanics keep players engaged throughout the entire turn sequence, starting with the critical Command phase, in which commanders can order their soldiers to attack or move before the enemy can respond. During the Unit phase, the heart of the game, units can not only make move and attack actions, but they can also respond to the actions of your opponent. Furthermore, unique mechanics like suppression keep foes at bay as you shower them in bullets and exercise your tactical will.

Also inside the Core Rulebook, you'll find the army lists for the Axis and Allies. These documents allow you flexibility when mustering your men. Simply choose a platoon type, Command section, and units, and you'll have a fighting force. For further customization, Platoon Upgrades give your troops access to artillery support, additional equipment, and more.

The innovative Battle Builder makes selecting a scenario a strategic part of the game. Using Scenario Points, each player can influence battlefield conditions, objectives, and deployment. For more narrative games, the campaign scenarios provide special rules like Night Engagements and Secret Missions. You can even weave these tense scenarios together to create your own campaign.

The fate of the world is to be decided on the battlefield, and it's up to you to lead the troops into battle and secure victory! Head to wargamevault.com at once to snag your copy of the Dust Warfare: Core Rulebook.

I says a prayer that Shallya’s hands
Will hold me young lad fast
As plague and war took me other four
And this one be me last
                     –from a Reiklander Folk Song

Priests of Shallya, yours is a difficult task. Violence and war are common throughout the Old World. There are many even within the Reikland who struggle with sickness or finding sufficient nourishment. Meanwhile, the Ruinous Powers spread blood, death, and pestilence everywhere they go, and their corrupting influence works its way into the hearts of our people, bringing greater suffering.

Still, the Maiden of Mercy commands her priests to bring peace whenever peace is possible, and whenever it is not possible, she demands that you work to protect the innocent and the righteous from needless suffering. It may seem an impossible task, but Shallya gives her followers strength in their efforts.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce that Faith of Shallya, a Print on Demand supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, is now available through our webstore to bring new peace and mercies to the Old World.

Blessings of Shallya

Priests of Shallya view violence as a last resort. Instead, they strive to ease the suffering of all in need, focusing on diplomacy to solve their problems whenever possible. Still, Shallyans often travel to dangerous places to tend to those in greatest need. Shallyan priests wander the Old World, bringing healing to all they encounter, and their warrior priests, or hospitaliers, tend to the sick and wounded on the battlefield in times of war. Though they abhor violence, they hospitaliers will fiercely defend the wounded, hospices, and healing tents when there is no other recourse.

Faith of Shallya introduces fifteen new blessings and two new items to help your Shallyan ease pain and suffering throughout the Old World.

Faith of Shallya introduces new options for healing from Rank 1 to Rank 5, as well as charms to help you resolve situations through peaceful negotiation, and power to mitigate the suffering caused by diseases. When the Fly Lord, Nurgle, is involved, the Maiden of Mercy lends her full strength, and Faith of Shallya presents players with several new means to deal with diseases.

What is Print on Demand?

Print on Demand is an exciting new process that allows Fantasy Flight Games to produce professionally finished cards on a made-to-order basis, which opens up new opportunities for expanding existing games.

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“Of course humanity was meant to cross the void between the stars. It is our destiny, and it is for this purpose, the God-Emperor has seen fit to grant us the power necessary to ply the roiling Warp. The Navigator guides us by His light. The Astropath carries His torch to the darkest corners of space. We go in His Name, by His Will, for His Glory. And, of course, for the tidy profit we earn for our efforts in his grandest of plans."
      –Rogue Trader Raol Straud

The warp is a domain of nightmares, filled with insanity made manifest and ethereal predators hungry for souls. Yet it is this shadowy realm that a Rogue Trader must tread to seek fame and fortune amongst the stars.

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Navis Primer, a supplement for Rogue Trader! This powerful volume reveals the secret history of the Koronus Expanse’s Navigator Houses, while unveiling the Astropath Voidfrost and Soul Ward Disciplines. Players can unleash the unpredictable might of the Waaagh! with the Ork Weirdboy Career Path, and uncover new warp-touched powers, alternate career ranks, and elite advances for Explorers of all kinds. What’s more, The Navis Primer provides expanded rules for navigation and astrotelepathic communication, and presents terrifying new hazards and foes from the depths of the Expanse!

Navigating a Stormy Sea

For more on The Navis Primer, here’s a word from its lead developer, Max Brooke:

The warp is the stormy sea that Rogue Traders must cross in search of fame, glory, and, of course, profit. A Rogue Trader's mighty voidship is a large part of what makes this miracle possible, but no less important are those who possess an innate connection to the Immaterium. 

From the secretive Navigator Houses whose members guide vessels through the roiling Sea of Souls to the esoteric Choirs of Astropaths who cast messages across the cold void, those with the ability to perceive or manipulate the power of the Warp are both critical to a Rogue Trader's ambition and very interesting characters in their own right. The Navis Primer contains new options for the histories of Navigators and Astropaths in the Koronus Expanse, as well as expanded rules for the tasks they must overcome and new powers to help them rise to these challenges. Further, it includes a number of new character options for other Explorers whose lives have been touched by the Warp in one way or another, whether they harness it for profit or seek to unlock its darkest mysteries.

Of course, not all of those touched by the Warp are loyal to the Imperium—or even human– and The Navis Primer explorers the psykers and Warp-entities that dwell in the Expanse. This includes resources for new enemies and their terrifying powers, and also a new psyker Career Path, the erratic Ork Weirdboy.

The Navis Primer is loaded with new possibilities, and I'm looking forward to hearing the wild and Warp-touched stories that players and Game Masters alike use them to create.

Check back for more in the coming weeks, and in the third quarter of 2012, prepare to unleash the power of the warp in your Rogue Trader campaigns!

When he and I obtained our degrees at the medical school of Miskatonic University, and sought to relieve our poverty by setting up as general practitioners, we took great care not to say that we chose our house because it was fairly well isolated, and as near as possible to the potter's field. Reticence such as this is seldom without a cause, nor indeed was ours; for our requirements were those resulting from a life-work distinctly unpopular. Outwardly we were doctors only, but beneath the surface were aims of far greater and more terrible moment…
  –H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator

The way things are shaking up right now, it looks like this will be the Summer of Miskatonic. As more Revelations come to light over the course of the current cycle of Asylum Packs for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, it becomes more and more evident that the University’s scientists are adding some “awe” to their shock-and-awe strategy. The faction is well suited for two types of strategy. The first focuses on combo decks, utilizing card draw and deck manipulation to find missing pieces to unravel shocking puzzles. The second is their “Rush” strategy, their “awe” move, which seeks to win the game before other factions can mount a decent defense.

The latter strategy seems a rather mindless pursuit for those clever students and brilliant scientists, but taking full advantage of the early game’s very small window of opportunity takes careful planning and quick, on-your-feet thinking to execute. Ideally, you’ll want to have two or three success tokens on every story after your first run. The turn after, win a story or two. And then, the real challenge begins: sleuthing for those final tokens to win the game. This is where Miskatonic rush too often starts running out of steam.

CSI: Arkham

Miskatonic often finds that, after that glorious early game, things start to go wrong. Destruction is a common thing in Arkham. This is where Dr. Mya Badry (Ebla Restored, 49) comes in. After the terror and combat struggle had their effects, she swoops in for the Investigation struggle and skill test. And she’ll be doing overtime. Note that the victim doesn’t have to be a Miskatonic character. It doesn’t even have to be your character to send her in; cut down a committed character with the Khopesh of the Abyss (The Shifting Sands, 16), or simply win the Combat struggle, and she’s there, on your side, finding clues, then quickly moving out of the way, waiting for someone to drop at another player’s turn. She works with anyone, so I expect to see her a lot, even without her Miskatonic buddies.

Aside from making sure someone is always committed somewhere, it’s also excellent for some bait-and-switch tactics. When your lone investigator is exploring a story, an opponent’s monster may see this as a chance to grab some lunch. Suddenly, some Black Dogs (Words of Power, 29) come out of nowhere, and maul the varmint. This gives Dr. Badry the chance to show up and win some tokens on the story, and the future threat of her sudden appearance should be enough to scare away other lone creatures, forcing them to team up and, potentially, leave some stories unguarded.

The Deck

Today, we’re going to explore how Dr. Mya Badry fits into such a Miskatonic rush strategy. We’ll do so by making a deck that keeps the cost as low as possible and uses a number of other characters that can also come into play by alternative means. This allows us to skimp on resources, and field as many characters as possible. One recent entry of note is the humble Research Assistant (Words of Power, 27), who is easy to play, adds Investigation icons to your side, and even presents the opportunity to draw extra cards and ready in the Arcane struggle. This allows us to use her both offensively and defensively, doubling the effectiveness of her Investigation icon, while also doubling the chance to run into trouble and drawing Dr. Badry to the scene.

Some of the deck’s cards cost a little more to play, but these may come in handy when the board is starting to stagnate, and you need a little edge to push through your opponent’s defense for the win. Kitab Al-Azif (Conspiracies of Chaos, 58) and Whateley's Diary (Dunwich Denizens, 77) serve as a way to complete the final story, as well as to fuel the Research Assistants. The deck is very low on ways to remove opposing characters, but The Necronomicon (Secrets of Arkham, 9) can help to even the odds, even if it is in a slow and unwieldy way.

3x Alaskan Sledge Dog
3x Black Dogs
3x Chess Prodigy
3x Descendant of Eibon
3x Dr. Carson, Fringe Psychologist
3x Dr. Carson's Treatment
3x Dr. Mya Badry
3x Eldritch Nexus
3x Hapless Graduate Student
3x Infirmary (Words of Power, 28)
1x Kitab Al-Azif
3x Laboratory Assistant
3x Medical Student
3x Museum Curator
3x Pnakotic Manuscripts
1x Professor Armitage, Venerable Librarian
1x Professor Nathaniel Peaslee, Scholar of the Arcane
3x Research Assistant
1x The Necronomicon
1x Whateley's Diary, Cryptic Text

Just remember to keep playing aggressively. You can spend excess success tokens to drive some of your best tricks, and going insane or losing combat is often just part of the plan. You’ll be able to recover quickly. Don’t relent. Keep your opponent off balance, and remember that whatever horrors you face, they will all soon be over, one way or another. But as you race to the end, the deck – just like Miskatonic University – should always have some surprises in store.

Thanks, Marius!

Rush decks may have taken a hit during the Ancient Relics cycle of Asylum Packs, but does Dr. Mya Badry herald a new age of scientific inquiry and reckless investigation? Stay tuned for more previews of Ebla Restored, and find out!

“Today, you and I do battle for the last time. On this field we will clash steel and shed each other’s blood. But tonight… I will celebrate your death.”
    –Final words of the champion Niklas Kessler

Champions of the Empire, take heed! The call sounds forth for those tried and tested in battle to stand once more against the Empire’s greatest foes. Who will answer the call? You who have stood against the seeds of corruption, who have slain orcs and daemons, it is time to take action. Hero’s Call is now available for online purchase from drivethrugrpg.com and rpgnow.com!

Find epic power and fight epic antagonists in this high-powered expansion for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

Hero’s Call provides your heroes with tremendous new options and challenges: twelve regional options for men and dwarfs from outside Reikland, rules for epic spells and blessings, and extended challenges. It’s a good thing, too, that your characters will be able to wield greater power than ever before because Hero’s Call also explores the daily challenges of the Old World’s greatest heroes, including the burdens of notoriety and responsibility, as well as the Epic Threats they must face.

Adventures at the Peak of Your Career

Players aren’t the only fans who will enjoy the fantastic material of Hero’s Call. The book also introduces a half-dozen heroic episode templates to help GMs create thrilling encounters for high-ranking parties. These six episode templates can be used as the basis of an adventure, as part of a larger scenario, or even as the root of a wider story arc involving advanced player characters.

• Rally the Masses: Challenge the heroes’ leadership, as they must stem disaster by quelling public dissent, calming a volatile mob, and dealing with the rabble-rouser inciting the trouble.
• Monster Slayers: The archetypal heroic quest pits the party against a monster of legendary proportions and terrible ferocity.
• Court Intrigue: Challenge characters’ investigative skills as they unravel the secrets of the rich and powerful.
• The Conclave: The PCs flex their political muscles as they seek to persuade an influential body of nobility to commit to urgent action.
• Battle Lines: High-ranking heroes shine in pitched battles, where an understanding of tactics and troop movements are as important as brute strength.
• The Grand Finale: Find the perfect ending; bring an epic campaign to a dramatic and memorable close.

Epic in every regard, Hero’s Call grants players the opportunity to take their characters to the heights of power, battle awesome foes, explore the deepest roots of the Empire’s intrigues, and participate in fantastic stories of epic proportion.

With the heroic episode templates and the complete high-level adventure, The Art of Waaagh!, you’ll find stories and excitement of the highest order.

Epic adventure is just a click away. Head to drivethrurpg.com and rpgnow.com now to purchase your copy of Hero’s Call!

Welcome to New Angeles, home of the Beanstalk. From our branch offices in this monument of human achievement, NBN proudly broadcasts all your favorite media programming. We offer fully comprehensive streaming in music and threedee, news and sitcoms, classic movies and sensies. We cover it all. Ours is a brave new age, and as humanity hurtles into space and the future with an astonishing series of new advances every day, NBN and our affiliates are keeping pace, bringing you all the vid that’s fit to view.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Android: Netrunner! Originally designed by Richard Garfield and released in 1996, Netrunner was widely hailed as one of the greatest customizable card games of its era. Now, with Android: Netrunner, players can look forward to revisiting the game’s exciting play… or experiencing it for the first time.

Android: Netrunner is an asymmetrical Living Card Game™ for two players. Set in the cyberpunk future of Android, the game pits a megacorporation and its massive resources against the subversive talents of lone runners. Corporation players try to score points by advancing their agendas, and netrunners try to score points by breaking through the corporation’s defenses and stealing valuable data. The first player to seven points wins the game, but not likely before he suffers some brain damage or bad publicity.

Building a Brighter Future

Every day, humanity benefits from the efforts of those visionary corporations that have worked tirelessly to push the envelope of human experience. Mankind has spread across the solar system, colonizing celestial bodies with varying degrees of success. The Moon and Mars have been colonized, and plans are underway to terraform the red planet. On Earth, a massive space elevator climbs through the exosphere, ending at a space hub that facilitates easy travel to the Moon or other destinations. It is the major hub for space trade, and most people refer to it as the “Beanstalk.”

Corporate advancements in computers and discoveries in the field of neurobiology have led to brain-mapping, a method by which the human mind can be electronically recorded and fitted to sophisticated mind-machine interface devices. Now, the mouse and keyboard are archaic relics, gestural interfaces and virt displays are the new normal, and human intellect can achieve immortality, even as geneticists, pathologists, and other scientists work to unlock the secrets of physical immortality.

.... never trust a megacorp…

Everything you know is a lie. It’s only what the Corps want you to think or see or hear. If you want to see the truth, you have to hack through layers of firewalls, past sentries, barriers, and the pervasive media chatter. Megacorps aren’t built on dreams and hopes. They’re built on credits, lies, and the blood and sweat of the little guys who can’t stand up for themselves. They will kill whomever they need, whenever they can, to keep their messaging strong and clear, broadcasting from Broadcast Square to outer space. You want the truth? Talk to a runner. They call us criminals, sure, but that’s just because megacorps don’t live by laws; they make them. They make reality. But whatever they think they can make, I can tear it down. There’s only one real truth. The network is everywhere. Everything is on the net. Your banking, your purchase history, your favorite shows, your dirty laundry. You dig deep enough, you run fast enough, you can find anything, and be anyone…

Breaking the Ice

The asymmetrical game play of Android: Netrunner creates entirely different experiences for corporations and runners, but in all cases, players gain an unprecedented amount of control over the flow of the game. Tension builds immediately from the very outset as both players consider how to maneuver through their actions each turn. Bluffs, calculated risks, and assumed losses all play into your decision-making as you must forge quickly ahead with limited and imperfect knowledge.

Furthermore, players can explore the flavorful distinctions between the game’s four corporations (Haas-Bioroid, Jinteki, The Weyland Consortium, and NBN) and its three runner classes (Anarch, Criminal, and Shaper). Each of these seven factions offers a distinctive personality, further rooting it in the Android universe and enriching the game’s variety.

Hack into the Future

The future is here. Megacorps and netrunners vie for control of reality. Android: Netrunner is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2012, and you can read more about it on the game’s description page!

“He has faces beyond count, little one, as many faces as there are stars in the sky. In Braavos, men worship as they will… but at the end of every road stands Him of Many Faces, waiting. He will be there for you one day, do not fear. You need not rush to his embrace.”
    –The Kindly Man, A Feast for Crows

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of The House of Black and White, the fifth Chapter Pack for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game to arrive from Beyond the Narrow Sea!

For years, during and after the war, Arya Stark recited a nightly prayer. It was a list of names. They were the people who had done the most harm to her and to her family and whom she most wished dead. For a long time, her prayers went unanswered. Her father’s northern gods failed her. The seven gods of the southrons were no help. But in Braavos, at last, Arya thought she found the god she sought, the Many-Faced God of death, the god of the House of Black and White.

At the End of Every Road

The House of Black and White introduces sixty new cards (three copies each of twenty different cards) that further enrich the Beyond the Narrow Sea cycle and its exploration of the people, places, and events of Essos. Of course, Arya Stark (The House of Black and White, 81) and The House of Black and White (The House of Black and White, 82) feature prominently in the Chapter Pack, but players will also find a host of high-impact new locations for each House, as well as an arsenal of Weapons and other attachments.

George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is a sweeping epic that details the machinations of several Houses and spans both years and continents. However, it is simultaneously an intimately personal tale that traces the impacts that the story’s key events make upon its main characters. Some die. All change.

The House of Black and White allows you to change your characters (and your opponent’s) with a handful of House-specific attachments. Meanwhile, players who favor the saga’s unique personalities will find deadly new tools in The House of Black and White to help them cut through opponents’ non-unique minions. Though all must eventually find their way to the Many-Faced God, some may first live in such a way as to merit a song, or to shape the conquest of Westeros.

Revenge!

Arya found her way to the House of Black and White, seeking revenge for the deaths of her friends and family members. Now, as the Great Houses play their game of thrones, will Arya Stark be able to draw upon her lessons from The House of Black and White to slay her foes?

Look for Arya Stark, The House of Black and White, and a host of other locations, characters, attachments, and events to redefine the nature of revenge when The House of Black and White releases in the third quarter of 2012!

Every passing week brings us that much closer to the release of Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition! We’ve seen a great deal over the past month, including an overview of a hero’s turn, a look at the overlord and his minions, and an examination of the Warrior archetype.

But with rampaging ettins and axe-wielding berserkers competing for the fate of Terrinoth, it goes without saying that pacifism is out of the question. We’ve already seen that “Attack” is one of the most important actions a hero can choose on his turn (important enough, in fact, to often choose it twice), but how are attacks actually resolved? Today, we’ll look at Second Edition’s custom dice, we’ll discuss its new line of sight rules, and we’ll put it all together with a detailed example of an attack.

Seeking Fortune’s Favor

Second Edition features nine custom dice in six types, three of which are generally used for defense while the other three are most often used for offense.

Second Edition’s nine custom dice consist of one brown, two gray, and one black defense dice,
plus one blue attack die, and two red and two yellow power dice.
Click the above images to see each die’s full configuration.

The defense dice, which let a hero cancel incoming damage () from an attack, are fairly straightforward. From brown, to gray, to black, they provide increasing amounts of defense (), with gray being the most common; it’s rolled by the majority of monsters and heroes alike. The offensive dice, on the other hand, are a bit more complex.

The ubiquitous blue attack die is essential to any offense, and is called for by everything from a simple sling to a Merriod’s thrashing tentacles (it’s also the only die with a miss result (), which renders an entire attack ineffective). Where an attack derives its uniqueness, however, is in the type and number of power dice it uses. The red power dice are heavy on damage, and are typically seen accompanying the blue attack die on melee weapons. Alternatively, the yellow power dice offer a boost to range (a number 2–6), and tend to be seen on magical and ranged weapons.

Another symbol that the attack and power dice have in common is the surge (). You might think of a surge as a sort of currency, which can be spent to trigger powerful abilities on an attack. It’s important to note, however, that each available surge effect can only be triggered once per attack, so a Knight cannot, for example, Shield Slam multiple enemies just because he’s rolled multiple surges. It’s also important to explain what might be called the “universal surge effect.” Any hero can spend a surge to recover one fatigue, but as with all surge effects, this can only be triggered once per attack.

All together, these versatile combat rules contribute to both tactical depth and character distinctiveness, as each hero and weapon setup offers engaging dice combinations along with compelling ways to spend surges. Will you stun your foe, or is raw damage the wiser approach? Should you force your opponent to reroll a defense die, or should you recover a fatigue in anticipation of an upcoming turn? With each attack comes a new wealth of interesting tactical possibilities.

Calling the Shots

As we discussed above, ranged attacks tend to require the blue attack die and at least one yellow power die, as it is these dice that provide range (a measure of how many spaces your attack can “travel” before hitting its target). The success of such attacks is not entirely a matter of distance, however. In order to target an enemy, an attacker must also have an unobstructed line of sight.

Veterans of first edition will notice an important difference in Second Edition’s line of sight rules. In short, rather than tracing “center to center” (from the center of the attacker’s space to the center of the target space), line of sight is now traced “corner to corner” (from any corner of the attacker’s space to any corner of the target space). Both corners are of the attacker’s choosing, but the line can neither cross over a blocked space nor be traced along its edge (see the example to the right). Daniel Clark, one of Second Edition’s developers, took a moment to explain this design decision:

It’s not that the first edition line of sight rules were confusing by any means, but they encouraged players to devote a lot of time to considering and executing the perfect shot. We would often see players paralyze the game as they deliberated line of sight, and it was this tendency that the design team wanted to minimize. By adopting more liberal line of sight requirements, we saw playtesters spending less time on these decisions and more time focused on the narrative.

While it’s difficult to convey the end result of this change in a preview, those who have played Second Edition can attest to a subtle shift in the combat dynamic. If attackers can more easily establish line of sight, it makes them less concerned with maneuvering for a clear shot. Conversely, however, their targets must now actively maneuver to take cover behind blocked spaces.

Tomble and the Zombie

Now that we’ve established the basics of combat, let’s put it all together with an example. First, however, meet Tomble Burrowell:

For the purpose of our combat example, imagine that Tomble has purchased a Sling from the Shop deck, which he’ll now use against a Master Zombie. Notice that Tomble’s Sling has a surge effect that causes the Stunned condition, while the Zombie can spread Disease. Stunned, Diseased, Immobilized, and Poisoned are persistent conditions that can affect heroes and monsters in Second Edition, and they’re conveniently represented by cards that are placed in front of the afflicted player (and in the case of the overlord, tokens near his monster figures).

To see how Tomble fares against the Master Zombie, download our combat example (pdf, 2.8 MB)!

But what if things ultimately go poorly for Tomble? Should a hero suffer damage equal to or greater than his health, he is considered defeated and is knocked out. He then immediately suffers fatigue up to his total Stamina, and his controlling player removes his figure from the map and replaces it with one of his hero tokens (knocked out heroes block neither line of sight nor movement).

Unless a knocked out hero is revived by an adjacent ally, he can perform only one action on his turn, and that is to stand back up (to be clear, this constitutes a knocked out hero's entire turn). Such a hero rolls two red power dice, recovering damage equal to the  rolled and fatigue equal to the  rolled. Of course, the monster that knocked him down in the first place may have something to say about this, and a newly revived hero is vulnerable to being knocked right back down again...so it’s important to have the backup of nearby allies.

Reviving a knocked out ally follows the same basic procedure, but since a different hero is performing the action, it is a far more efficient use of everyone’s two actions per turn.

Ready to begin your own adventure? Keep checking back for more in the coming weeks, and look for Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition and the Conversion Kit this summer!

The Schocktruppen staggered out of the burning archway, still shooting even though his trench coat was ablaze, the luminous green lenses of his gas mask eerie points of light in the corona of flame that ate away at his body. Brown raised up his bulky flash machine gun, too heavy for any regular soldier to have used without a tripod, and let the ghoul have it, the high energy capacitor’s whine sounding shrill even over the thunder of the cannon’s roar as the Schocktruppen came apart in a hail of lead.
“And that’s all Detroit has to say about that,” the burly sergeant grunted through clenched teeth.
All around him were the sights and sounds of furious battle, the crackle of gunfire, the cries of the dying, and the dull roar of grenades, mixed with less familiar and far stranger phenomenon like the acrid reddish fog billowing from the keep that smelled of sulfur and blood that stole his breath away, and the weird, reverberating howls that grabbed hold of your guts like a dead man’s hand come up from hell.
He was already bleeding freely from a shrapnel gash in his bicep, and he’d taken a bullet in his calf that reminded him it was still in there somewhere every time he moved, and what was worse was he was already near the end of his second ammo belt. But he’d seen worse and had worse, and this shindig wasn’t over yet.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Operation: Night Eagle, an action-packed novel set in the world of Tannhäuser!

On American Soil

When the occult-obsessed Reich sets its sights on an ancient artifact held in Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Castle, the ruthless Hermann Von Heïzinger plans an unprecedented raid on U.S. soil...and only Major John MacNeal and the elite soldiers of the 42nd Marines stand before them. There’s more to this mission than meets the eye, however. Why has the enigmatic Matriarchy mobilized its forces? And to whom is the mysterious mercenary Wolf truly loyal? Prepare for an epic battle that will rage deep into America’s heartland.

Visit our Operation: Night Eagle website to learn more, and look for this gripping novel at your local bookstore in the third quarter of 2012!

At last, Manfred and his battle grenadiers caught sight of their target, the artillery walker that had been bombarding the Axis staging area. His men fanned out into position, and Manfred signaled for the kill. The Allies may have developed the Steel Rain into a lethal artillery walker, but it was known to be vulnerable at short range. The first shot fired, but it sounded strange. Suddenly, the air sparked with phaser blasts. His grenadiers were dropping, but Manfred just stood and watched in amazement. Allied artillery walkers didn’t have phaser cannons…

The time has come to unleash your custom combat walkers! The Dust Tactics Conversion Contest ends tomorrow, May 10th at Midnight CST.

A masterfully converted Medium Panzer Walker by José Brito.

Designed for War

War is often the mother of invention. Scientists and engineers respond rapidly to enemy threats and equip their forces with the means to counter them. After all, predictability is the key to an early grave.

The Dust Tactics Conversion Contest celebrates the greatest contributors’ innovations in two categories, Best Model and Best Creation. Each category will have two winners (one Axis, one Allies), and winners earn $200 credit to dust-models.com and the opportunity to display their models at Gen Con in the Fantasy Flight Games display case. In addition, Best Creation category winners will have their walker turned into a new model kit available from Dust Studio!

The Categories

The contest has two categories: Best Model and Best Creation. The most refined, most weathered, and overall most appealing walker takes the title of Best Model. This category is for the skilled veterans to show off their very best work. The Best Creation category will be judged solely on the idea of the walker conversion. Here, as in war, form follows function, and we want to see the most electrifying walker Dust Tactics players can imagine, regardless of their modeling skills! This category is for every Dust Tactics enthusiast, no matter their skill at converting miniatures. The contest is judged by Paolo Parente, the creator of the Dust universe, and Vincent Fontaine, Art Director of Dust Studio. In all, there are four chances to win. Four walkers will rise victorious, so if you think you’ve got what it takes to win, send us photos of your custom walker by tomorrow!

A heavily converted Medium Panzer Walker by Stéphane Nguyen

The Rules

Please abide by the following rules when submitting your entry:

• This contest is open to all participants worldwide.
• Submissions must be received by midnight Central time, May 10th. Send all submissions to submissions@fantasyflightgames.com.
• All submissions should include the subject line, “Dust Tactics Walker Conversion Contest”
• Submissions must contain at least a single photograph of the model, and no more than four photographs not exceeding 5MB in size (.jpg or .png images only).
• Participants may submit as many conversions as they like, but each entry must be submitted in separate emails.
• Fantasy Flight Games and Dust Studio reserve the right to reject any submission that does not follow these guidelines without notification.
• You must agree to our submission terms. Include the following disclaimer in your email, verbatim:

“I certify that I am the creator of the attached material and that attached material is original, unpublished work. Fantasy Flight Games, Dust Studio, and their licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works, and otherwise use the material for any purposes in any form and on any media. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless Fantasy Flight Games and Dust Studio against all claims, suits, costs, damages, and expenses that may be incurred in connection with the material.”

The time has come to unveil your new technology! All submissions are due by tomorrow at midnight CST.

“Dragons will be as great a wonder in Astapor as they were in Qarth. It may be that the slavers will shower you with gifts, as the Qartheen did. If not… these ships carry more than your Dothraki and their horses. They took on trade goods at Qarth, I’ve been through the holds and seen for myself. Bolts of silk and bales of tiger skin, amber and jade carvings, saffron, myrrh.”
    –George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

Throughout the Seven Kingdoms, the Great Houses of Westeros prepare their ships to sail. The time has come to cross the Narrow Sea for Days of Ice and Fire 2012!

Join us May 18th – 20th at the Fantasy Flight Games Event Center for a weekend of intrigues, battles, and great games. From Friday through Sunday, we’ll have exciting events for A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition, Battles of Westeros, and A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, including the Minnesota Regional Championship tournament and a new strategic team format, Clash of Kings. Participants will also be able to immerse themselves in the weekend’s trivia contest, conversations with their favorite game developers, and a weekend-long meta-contest, Caravan to Vaes Dothrak, in which all participants can score points for their House and win a Dothraki feast!

It’s not too late to pre-register for three days of fun and fantasy in the world of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, but don’t delay. Early registration closes today. The ships are sailing. Register now!

Precious Cargo

Today we’re happy to show off the contents of the gift bag available to all attendees.

One of the most exciting developments is that, this year, we are able to make the Days of Ice and Fire 2012 deck box available to all who attend. The Days of Ice and Fire deck box is traditionally one of the weekend’s most coveted souvenirs, and this year’s deck box features the event’s iconic depiction of Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons, as envisioned by the talented Michael Komarck.

Attendees will relive their adventures in Essos all year long with the exclusive souvenirs from the Days of Ice and Fire 2012 gift bag:

• Days of Ice and Fire 2012 souvenir guidebook that features a range of exclusive content, including insider looks at Fantasy Flight’s Westeros-themed games, recipes for delicious dishes inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire, and a new interview with George R.R. Martin!
• Custom Days of Ice and Fire 2012 lanyard.
• 11” by 6” Mustering at Dragonstone art print featuring the stunning artwork of Tomasz Jedruszek.
• Days of Ice and Fire 2012 custom deck box. Store your A Game of Thrones: The Card Game cards in the best deck box Essos has to offer!

Early Registrants Receive More

If you’re planning to attend Days of Ice and Fire, you’ll want to register now to gain even more exciting and exclusive goodies in your gift bag:

• Forty-two House cards and rules for A Dance with Dragons, an exciting new scenario that recasts the intrigues of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition in the time frame of A Dance with Dragons.
• A Days of Ice and Fire 2012 Commemorative “House of Black and White” coin. Welcome to Braavos – Valar morghulis!
• A custom souvenir Days of Ice and Fire name badge! When you pre-register, we’ll ask you to list your three favorites of the great Houses, and the earlier you register, the more likely you’ll be placed according to your first choice. Your eye-catching badge will display your name as well as your house.
• Entry into a drawing for exciting prizes!

As she rode through the Free Cities of Essos, Daenerys was showered with gifts by those who sought a glimpse of her dragons. Now it’s your turn to enjoy the wealth of Essos when you attend Days of Ice and Fire 2012. Register now!

“Valar morghulis,” Arya repeated. It wasn’t hard […] Across the yard, she could hear men dying.
    –George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

The time has come to follow the battles and intrigues of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game to the Eastern lands of Essos Beyond the Narrow Sea. Valar Morghulis is now available at your local retailer and online through our webstore!

All men must die. But some deaths are more costly than others.

While the Great Houses of Westeros play their game of thrones, Valar Morghulis adds sixty new cards to the game (three copies each of twenty different cards) that explore the deadliest aspects of Essos and its intrigues. From The Kindly Man (Valar Morghulis, 1) and Magister Illyrio (Valar Morghulis, 16) to Thirst for Vengeance (Valar Morghulis, 12) and Maester Kerwin (Valar Morghulis, 11), these cards explore the roles of the deadliest and most vengeful players, as well as the game’s deadly impact on the Great Houses.

The Calm Amid the Storm

Not all is death and despair among the new cards of Valar Morghulis. As the Great Houses extend their machinations to the Free Cities of Essos, new players take the stage.

House Baratheon gains the services of a powerful Ally known not for his prowess in battle, but his thoughtfulness, kindness, education, and well-trained hawks. The heir to Highgarden, Willas Tyrell (Valar Morghulis, 9) was crippled in a joust by Prince Oberyn Martell but remains a desirable candidate for marriage for all those seeking to ally their Houses to the wealth and power of the Tyrells.

In A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Willas Tyrell shares stats and abilities that represent his position of power and the uncertainty of his involvement. His Ally trait makes him vulnerable to removal, as does his two Strength. Still, he presents Baratheon players the means to deal with some of the game’s greatest schemers. While he’s participating in a challenge, participating Lannister and Martell characters do not count their Strength. This gives Baratheon players the means to push Intrigue or Power challenges through Lannister and Martell, or to win them on defense, meaning that Baratheon decks might gain some much-welcomed respite from the storm of Intrigue challenges launched against them!

Death Comes for Us All

Valar Morghulis is available at retailers everywhere. Head to your local retailer today to pick up your copy, or buy it online through our webstore!

“The situation has gone from bad to worse. My centre is giving way, my right flank is in retreat, and we are surrounded. I am happy to report that we have the enemy exactly where we want them.”
      –Captain Angus Macfane, Fifth Company, Storm Wardens

As the conflict against the Tau approaches its breaking point and paranoia over their suspected acts of sedition reaches an all-time high, the infamous Lord Commander Ebongrave seeks allies he can trust in his campaign against disloyalty. But are Tau sympathizers really maneuvering among the loyal citizens of the Imperium? And if so, what darker plans do they hold in store?

Rising Tempest, an adventure in three parts for Deathwatch, is now available at your friendly local retailer and on our webstore! When the Tau make a play for dominance that threatens to tip the balance of power in the Canis Salient, they’ll unwittingly endanger the entire Jericho Reach... and only the Space Marines of the Deathwatch can stop them.

Epic Adventure

Rising Tempest is an epic three-part adventure that takes players across the Canis Salient and into midsts of the Hadex anomaly:

• The Depths of Treachery—The Kill-team travels to the iron heart of the Canis Salient to eradicate a subversive xenos presence imperiling the might of the Imperial war machine. But stirring in the chaos of sedition and catastrophy, they’ll stumble upon something much darker.
• Assault on Javar Nil—Pursuing clues of an ancient evil, the Battle-Brothers find themselves caught between the factions of a holy schism on the shrine world of Eleusis. There, they must safeguard the blessed core of the Achilus Crusade.
• Exterminatus—Struck at the very bastion of their power, the Kill-team must brave the horrors of the Hadex anomaly and return to a long-lost citadel to save their galaxy from utter ruin!

In the Heart of the Achilus Crusade

For more on Rising Tempest, here’s a word from lead developer Tim Flanders:

Coming to shelves as the latest adventure for the Deathwatch line, Rising Tempest is going to challenge players in ways they'd never expect. Deathwatch GMs have never wanted for villains, adversaries, and snarling monsters to face their players with, especially in a setting as hotly contested as the Jericho Reach. Right alongside the forces of Chaos and a full-scale Tyranid invasion, the Tau threaten the progress of the Achilus Crusade.

In Rising Tempest, players will learn just what makes a race like the Tau so dangerous to the mighty Imperium of Man. Game Masters will also have the opportunity to really challenge the honour and faith of their players' characters throughout the course of Rising Tempest, as they embroil their players in not only a conflict against a xenos threat, but also in the very heart and mind of the Achilus Crusade and a bitter feud within the ranks of the Ecclesiarchy. In the end, players and GMs may find that where bolter and power sword fail, the righteousness and grim determination of the Adeptus Astartes will carry them to victory.

To learn more, read Lurking Beneath the Surface, our preview of Rising Tempest. Then, head to your local retailer and pick up your copy today!

Alice Ho slipped through the darkness like a razor blade cutting into a vein. Silence was a virtue in certain walks of life. In Alice’s it was the stuff of life and death itself. She pressed herself up against the wall, feeling the thrill of cold stone on her back. She offered as little of her profile as was physically possible to the surveillance cameras. It was impossible to hide from all of them. The cameras covered every inch of the corridor, a miniaturized version of the world outside: once upon a time, London had been the most spied upon city in the world—there were still eyes everywhere. Alice was pragmatic. She wanted to make life as difficult as possible for the authorities, and yet still taunt them with the hope that they might just be able to identify her. It was all about angles and light and shadow, and the fact that she just loved to tease. It didn’t hurt that she enjoyed being three steps ahead of the people chasing her, twice as intelligent as them, and better looking.
Alice barely suppressed a chuckle at that.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Each Ember’s Ghost, a novel set in the captivating world of Fireborn!

When a series of high-profile London thefts leaves Detective Jack Callaghan baffled, he begins to suspect that his perpetrator is no average cat burglar. After all, she can apparently melt locks with a gesture, render security cameras useless, and plant subconscious suggestions in the minds of onlookers. But why is this mysterious thief collecting relics of dubious monetary value? And how does Callaghan’s investigation tie in to his increasingly disturbing visions? To find answers, a veteran investigator must first unlock secrets buried deep within himself... all while unraveling a plot that could lead to the downfall of everything he holds dear.

Magic and the Modern World

Internationally bestselling author Steven Savile has penned twenty novels, and has written for television shows including Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, and Stargate. His books have been published all across the world, becoming bestsellers in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany. He has also won the Best Young Adult Novel category in the 2010 Scribe Awards, the Writers of the Future Award, and was runner-up in the British Fantasy Award.

Now, Savile has turned his talents toward the acclaimed roleplaying setting of Fireborn, where he masterfully tells the story of a modern world faced with the sudden emergence of magic.

Visit our Each Ember’s Ghost website to learn more, and keep checking back in coming weeks. Then, look for this gripping novel at your local bookstore in the third quarter of 2012!

Want to learn the latest news from the FFG offices? Join Senior Game Designer Corey Konieczka and Marketing Operations Manager Anton Torres tonight on the Twin Cities’ KFAN-FM, where they’ll answer questions about Corey’s design philosophies, FFG’s plans for the future, and much more!

Tonight from 7pm-8pm CST (0:00-01:00 Wednesday GMT), Corey and Anton will join hosts Paul Charchian, Matt Miller, and Minnesota Vikings punter (and noted gamer) Chris Kluwe for a friendly chat about the hobby games industry. If you live in the Twin Cities metro area, tune in to 100.3 FM. Otherwise, visit www.kfan.com and click the “Listen Live” button in the upper left corner of the screen!

Support cards have always been more difficult to destroy than units. Their reliability can offer you a critical advantage in the ferocious battles of Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game.

As we head into The Bloodquest Cycle, there are now quite a few ways to remove support cards from play, from the classic Demolition! (Core Set, 23) and Pillage (Core Set, 78), to Raiding Camps (The Inevitable City, 20) and Promenade of Malice (City of Winter, 92). Still, what most support removal effects have in common is that they target individual supports. Thus, they can be delayed. A little while ago, the Dwarfs learned the Master Rune of Disguise (Realm of the Phoenix King, 21). This nifty, inexpensive attachment can protect your most valuable support from targeted removal. When your opponent has to decide whether or not to remove the Master Rune before he can target the support he wanted to destroy in the first place, the economy of actions becomes an important consideration. Now, in Fragments of Power, the High Elves will take it one step further.

Where Master Rune of Disguise covered only the support it was attached to, Tor Elyr (Fragments of Power, 30) extends its protection on a much larger scale. It has some downsides when compared to the Rune: it is unique, and it only protects High Elf support cards (making it less useful to the Dwarfs and the Empire). But, obviously, the latter downside will hardly matter in a High Elf deck. In a deck full of High Elf cards, Tor Elyr affects all your support cards instead of just one, and it also provides a power – all for the very reasonable price of just two resources. With Tor Elyr in play, if your opponent wants to take out another of your supports, he will have to get rid of Tor Elyr first. Again, this creates concerns about the economy of actions, usually doubling the price for removing the desired support card. When he has to cut through one support card before cutting down the second, your opponent might find the price too high, if he can afford it at all.

Worthwhile Real Estate

Naturally, some decks depend more on their support cards than others. In some, the destruction of any given support card won’t set you back much at all. In such a deck, you’ll probably find better options than Tor Elyr. But some strategies depend on support cards a great deal. High Elf decks focused on indirect damage often require the sustained effects from Elven Warships (March of the Damned, 14) and Outposts of Tiranoc (The Silent Forge, 47) to wear down their opponents. If you're trying to summon hordes of powerful dragons, you’ll want your Dragon's Lair (Chaos Moon, 30) to remain unscathed. The same is true for the Watchstone of Athel Tamarha (The Fall of Karak Grimaz, 28) and Gathering the Winds (Rising Dawn, 10) in a High Elf deck focused on spells.

Tor Elyr can even prevent your opponent from removing a Judgement of Loec (Legends, 26) from his best unit and regaining its power. Finally, if you're using the Helm of Fortune (Rising Dawn, 11) to protect your unit on Return to Glory (The Silent Forge, 49) or another crucial quest, Tor Elyr can protect your Helm. And that’s a lot of support destruction your opponent will have to muster before he can possibly touch your unit.

If you want to go all out with your support card protection, you can combine both Tor Elyr and the Master Rune of Disguise to make your opponent cringe in frustration, but even by itself, Tor Elyr will allow you to better protect your support cards, thus making any strategy dependent on them all the more likely to succeed.

Thanks, Torsten!

Rising Dawn lent tremendous power to the High Elves with the addition of their new legend, Eltharion the Grim (Rising Dawn, 2), and other cards. Now, as Tor Elyr looks to strengthen High Elf strategies built around supports, is this the year we’ll finally see the High Elves rise to glory?

Look for Tor Elyr and other cards to continue shaking up the tides of war when Fragments of Power explodes onto the scene!

“Hail the Omnissiah! He is the God in the Machine, the Source of All Knowledge."
     –Magos-Lector Vad Kapellax, at the first Convocation of the Lathes

For ten thousand years, the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus have led the Cult of the Omnissiah. From their bastion Forges on the Lathe Worlds, they control all Holy Technology in the Calixis Sector.

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Lathe Worlds, a supplement for Dark Heresy! This invaluable tome reveals the secret history of the Lathe Worlds, from their mysterious founding to their current struggles against tech-heresy. What’s more, players will gain access to new Alternate Careers such as the Mech-Assassin and Agent of the Lords Dragon, and arm themselves with weapons and gifts of the Omnissiah. And in a thrilling new adventure, your team will journey to a lost comet-station, where they’ll stop renegade tech-priests from heretical experiments into the Warp!

Carefully Guarded Secrets Revealed

In the Imperium of Man, technology is commonplace...but it is also mysterious and unfathomable. Such knowledge is the carefully guarded domain of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and has been for thousands of years. They are the Cult of the Machine God, worshipping the Emperor as their Omnissiah, the Perfect Sum of All Knowledge. Their Explorator fleets search across the galaxy for lost knowledge from ages long past. Their mechanically augmented tech-priests on thousands of forge worlds strive to preserve what precious little data they retain. Both quests continue, though they are mere flickering candles against the oppressive darkness of stagnation and ignorance. With each century, actual understanding descends to dogma, rote instruction, and myth, as priceless knowledge is lost forever.

Within the Calixis Sector, the Adeptus Mechanicus is centered on the Lathe Worlds, and from these three planets the Mechanicum oversees its domains of forge worlds, research stations, orbitals, and even entire systems. From these worlds, precious knowledge and holy technology flow throughout the Sector, while the Cult Mechanicus carefully hoards even greater secrets for its own, inscrutable purposes.

The Lathe Worlds allows Dark Heresy players to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Adeptus Mechanicus within the Calixis Sector. The Cult of the Machine God stretches across this region and beyond, ruling each of its worlds in the name of the Omnissiah, outside the purview of the Inquisition or other Imperial agencies. The Lathes struggle to control their domains, however, and dark areas of the Sector hide countless tech-heresies and dangerous researches.

A Word from the Developer

For more on The Lathe Worlds, here’s a word from its developer, Tim Huckelbery:

The Adeptus Mechanicus has always been a big part of the Warhammer 40,000 lore, and The Lathe Worlds gives us a great opportunity to explore this mysterious organization and how they operate in the Calixis Sector. I’ve always loved the insane science of the Mechanicum, and it was great to work with fellow fans to produce this book. Past Dark Heresy supplements had some fragments of their sects and forge worlds, but here we really reveal the scale and power of the Cult of the Machine God.

Players will get a host of new Mechanicum careers and armory items inside, but we’ve also included the virulently anti-tech Cult of the Pure Form for those not who do not worship the Omnissiah. The actual Lathe Worlds themselves were also great fun to create. These forge worlds, research stations, orbitals, and other domains of the Adeptus Mechanicus make for a wonderful collection of places worthy of Inquisitorial attention, especially those isolated locations engaging in forbidden research and mad science. GMs will get a host of such settings in this book, complete with NPCs and adventure seeds for their Acolytes to explore, investigate, and (if they are lucky) not end up as Servitors! 

Look for more on The Lathe Worlds in the coming weeks, and in the third quarter of 2012, begin your quest for knowledge in the name of the Omnissiah.

You needn’t break into a secure corporate facility or bypass online countermeasures to download the rules for Infiltration (pdf, 11.8 MB); they’re now available on our support page!

Set in the dystopian future of Android, Infiltration is a tense card game of futuristic larceny by by Donald X. Vaccarino (Dominion, Kingdom Builder). In it, two to six players take the roles of thieves, competing to steal valuable secrets from a highly secured corporate facility.

The most vital information lies deep within the complex, but each step inward takes you farther from escape. Worse yet, corporate mercenaries are closing in! How long will you push your luck as you avoid security patrols, surpass rival thieves, and try to download the most data before the building is locked down?

Information is Key

A successful heist requires meticulous planning. Download the rules today to familiarize yourself with the CyberSolutions facility, then pre-order Infiltration from your local retailer!

“Every boy in the Union wants to be him, every woman wants to meet him, and every man would die for him. If it keeps the troops in the trenches, I won’t complain."
     – General George S. Patton

A war hero son of the Union’s brilliant president, Colonel James Curtis Edison was executing dangerous missions before his eighteenth birthday. Armed with the best weapons and technology the Union can muster, Edison is a one man army, capable of bringing down the largest of soldiers with the flick of a switch and a pull of a trigger.

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the Edison Single Miniature Pack for Tannhäuser! This heroic expansion includes one beautifully painted figure and accompanying character sheet, an all-new scenario, and all the tokens and equipment cards necessary to bring Edison’s inspiring leadership to your battles.

Taking the World by Storm

In the early years of the Great War, a single plane appeared over Germany. It meticulously bombed key Reich locations, and then, without stopping, crossed over the Atlantic, heading directly for Washington D.C. When the craft unabashedly landed at the Potomac airbase, no one expected to see young James Curtis Edison step out of the cockpit to be greeted by his father, Thomas Edison, who had lost the presidency to the revolutionary Woodrow Wilson in the election three years prior.

Both Edisons took the world by storm after that fateful day. James Curtis Edison took to the battlefield, fighting alongside the common soldier, while his father took back the presidency with a tactical genius unmatched by most generals. When James Curtis Edison takes to the field, every Union soldier who serves under him knows he’s in good hands. Edison has never left a man behind, and is always the last man to leave a mission. His age, experience, and charisma leaves no doubt in anyone’s mind that he will be president of the free Union of Nations one day.

Behind Enemy Lines

Wielding the fearsome MENLO Gun, a design based on the technology recovered at Roswell, Edison is able to bend time itself to reuse spent ammunition. Meanwhile, Edison’s special ability, “America’s Favorite Son,” represents the deep dedication his men feel toward their leader. When Edison is declared as the target of an attack, nearby friendly troopers will flock to his aid, shielding him with their own lives!

But will his remarkable courage and technological prowess be enough to see him through his most dangerous assignment yet? The included scenario, First In. Last Out., places Edison and a small contingent of backup in the heart of a Reich-infested castle. When the mission goes bad, Edison and his men will have to make a hasty retreat. While the Reich would love nothing more than to bring down America’s finest hero, Edison refuses to leave the castle until his men have made it out first. Can you lead his team to safety?

Look for the Edison Single Miniature Pack on store shelves in the third quarter of 2012!

“Going straight, without mishap or losing our way, we shall take three or four marches, I expect. It cannot be less than forty miles from West-door to East-gate in a direct line, and the road may wind much.”
    –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Having entered Moria through the Doors of Durin, Middle-earth’s heroes have an intimidating, new challenge before them. Tasked by Elrond to identify whether or not the source of the increased Orc activity in the Misty Mountains resided within the ancient, expansive Dwarven realm, they must explore its passageways.

Many dangers lie before them. The tunnels themselves are dangerous, lined with sudden pitfalls and crumbling stairwells. Should the heroes succeed in locating Orcish activity, they’ll need to deal with the Orc scouts. Additionally, they need to maintain both their spirits and bearings along The Long Dark journey they’ve undertaken.

Last week, we looked at the new challenge posed by the Locate Tests that your heroes will have to complete in order to maintain their bearings. Today, as we prepare to follow the Dwarrowdelf cycle underground with its fourth Adventure Pack, into The Long Dark, it may be good to look to a Dwarf for leadership or, at the least, courage. Proud miners, metalworkers, and craftsmen, the Dwarves are no strangers to subterranean passages and the darkness that fills them.

Dwarven Courage

“This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowdelf. And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.”
    –Gimli, The Fellowship of the Ring

Dwarves are different than Elves, Men, and Hobbits. While other races might better appreciate the beauty of a bright sun sparkling through the leaves of a towering forest, or the grassy slopes of gently rolling hills, the Dwarves find beauty in the mountains and the potential they hold. They find cheer in good rock. Rock is sturdy. Rock is tough.

Like mountain rock, Dwarves are also a stout, sturdy, tough folk. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Hobbit that Dwarves are exceedingly strong for their height. They can also be fiercely stubborn and loyal. When Daín led his five-hundred Dwarven warriors to the Lonely Mountain prior to the Battle of Five Armies, they were clad all in hauberks of steel mail that hung to their knees, they were armed with two-handed mattocks and swords, and they wore their forked and braided beards tucked into their belts.

The Long Dark brings Dwarven mail to The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, along with a ferocious Dwarven ally, and a new Spirit condition that attaches to a Dwarf character and reduces your threat by one each time you travel to a Mountain or Underground location. After all, there are few people in Middle-earth better suited to battling goblins in a subterranean realm than the Dwarves. And with all the Underground locations your fellowship will likely explore as they travel through The Long Dark, you can expect they’ll be happy for some Dwarven assistance!

In the end, courage may be largely a matter of perspective. Where Elves and Men may find uncertainty and threat lurking down Moria’s every dark passage, the Dwarves find great rock. Veins of mithril flow through the rock of Moria, and any Dwarf visiting the ancient realm hears the echoes of faded glories. They are not afraid within the passages of the Dwarrowdelf; they used to call them home.

Get your hands on Ring Mail (The Long Dark, 80), the Erebor Battle Master (The Long Dark, 79), and Ever My Heart Rises (The Long Dark, 82), as well as the new hero and other exciting player cards when The Long Dark arrives at retailers everywhere next week!

Keep checking our website for the on-sale announcement, as well as a spoiler of the Adventure Pack’s superb new Tactics hero!