Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘Runewars’ Big Box Game

Runewars is an epic board game of conquest, adventure, and fantasy empires for two to four players. Designed by Corey Konieczka, Runewars pits players against each other in a strategic game of battles and area control, where they must gather resources, raise armies, and lay siege to heavily fortified cities.

Runewars takes place in the same popular fantasy universe as the best-selling board games Runebound and Descent: Journeys in the Dark, and dozens of fan-favorite heroes and monsters play their part. The wars for the dragon runes are beginning, and only one faction will emerge victorious. What would you do to claim the ultimate power?

Runewars includes:

•A thorough 40-page instruction guide
•Nearly two hundred highly-detailed plastic miniatures
•Over two hundred tokens
•Over two hundred cards, both small and standard sized
•13 map tiles, each composed of multiple hexes and including stunning three-dimensional mountain terrain!

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FFG Launching ‘Warhammer Invasion LCG’ Card Game

In October Fantasy Flight Games is adding Warhammer Invasion to its family of Living Card Games (LCGs), its non-collectible card game format that consists of just two non-randomized skus, starter/core sets and “expansion” packs of 40 fixed cards. Designed by Eric M. Lang, Warhammer Invasion: The Card Game is a two-person game of intense warfare, clever kingdom management, and epic questing.

Players can take on the persona of the indestructible, grudge-holding Dwarves, the shrewd and cunning forces of Empire, the savage and destructive Orcs, or the entropic and ever-mutating forces of Chaos, or they can craft an alliance playing the combined might of the forces of Order or Destruction. Players have to allocate their resources carefully as they seek to build their kingdom, complete quests, and attack the enemy’s capital.

The Warhammer Invasion Core Set (MSRP $39.95) includes 220 cards representing four factions, 4 Capital boards, 35 Resource Tokens, 60 Damage Tokens, 4 Burn Tokens, and a rulebook.

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Fantasy Flight Games July ‘09 Releases Announced

Fantasy Flight Games’ July release schedule includes a number of expansions to its existing card and board game lines, including a new expansion for Kingsburg, new cards for A Game of Thrones TCG, and a book of scenarios for Descent, written by some of the top names in gaming.

Kingsburg: To Forge a Realm (MSRP $29.99) expands on the basic game by adding new territories and provinces, as well as governor cards to administer them and soldier tokens to help defend them. To Forge a Realm also adds more buildings, row overlays, and a destiny deck to the game. These new features can be added individually or all at once, allowing players to customize their Kingsburg experience.

Two expansions for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game are also scheduled for release in July. The Kings of the Sea (MSRP $29.99) contains 60 cards and adds House Greyjoy as a playable faction. It also comes with the Arms of the Kraken, a resin crafted house card and a multiplayer variant, “The Kingsmoot.” The Tower of the Hand (MSRP $9.99) is the third Chapter Pack in the King’s Landing series, focusing on the Shadow mechanic and characters and circumstances surrounding the Hand of the King.

The Descent: Quest Compendium, Volume 1 ($29.95) is a 96-page hardcover book containing 16 scenarios for the Descent dungeon-delving board game. Contributors to the book include such notables as Kenneth Hite (Where the Deep Ones Are), Keith Baker (Gloom, Eberron), and John Kovalic (Dork Tower). Each scenario includes notes from and a brief bio of the designer.

Anima: Shadow of Omega (MSRP $24.95) will see a reprint in July, incorporating more durable cards and an overall cleaner graphic design, while Anima: Beyond Good and Evil (MSRP $24.95) is a standalone card game for two to four players that can also be incorporated into Shadow of Omega. Three Anima Tactics figures – Grimorium (MSRP $34.99), Momiji ($9.99), and Empire Agent ($9.99) – will also come out in July.

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‘Age Of Conan’ Board Game - Video Promo

The Age of Conan is coming…

The war has begun, and every nation is sending forth armies. In Age of Conan, you take control of one of four mighty empires. Will you lead the military might of Aquilonia, crushing the forces allied against you? Will you adopt the mantle of the magical Stygians, and use your powers to lay waste to the peoples of the lands?

Each kingdom rules differently, and has unique powers to bring forth in the conquest of the world. In the midst of the war, Conan moves about the land, slaying monsters and claiming plunder. Many leaders have tried to control the awesome power of Conan, but no ruler is ever fully in control of the Cimmerian.

The latest video from Fantasy Flight gives you a glimpse into the world of the thief and reaver, the slayer and barbarian, Conan! Read more

Fantasy Flight Games’ ‘Age Of Conan’ Boardgame Has Been Released

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to present, in conjunction with Nexus Games, Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game. Bringing to your gaming table the epic sweep of the Hyborian age, Age of Conan presents the battles and intrigues, quests and magic, of Robert E. Howard’s celebrated tales of Conan the Cimmerian.

In Age of Conan two to four players will take on the roles of the great kingdoms of Hyboria - Aquilonia, Stygia, Turan, and Hyperborea - and build through military might and cunning the most powerful empire the ancient world has ever seen!

Meanwhile, Conan the Cimmerian adventures through Hyboria on his own quests and the kingdom who ignores him, does so at its own peril. The kingdom which crowns Conan may harness his power, but the barbarian is unpredictable and savage, and failure will only unleash his wrath!

Brought to you by the design team of War of the Ring, Age of Conan is an epic-level strategy game featuring 170 plastic figures, 165 playing cards, 13 dice, and a large game board map of Hyborea, with rulebook and reference cards.

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New Warhammer 40K RPG From Fantasy Flight Games Announced

Following up on the success of its Dark Heresy line, Fantasy Flight Games will release another role-playing game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

In Rogue Trader, players take on the roles of freelance merchants and explorers, seeking ever-greater profits in the vastness of space. Players can own their own spaceships, seek out treasures in far-flung, long-forgotten locales, and tangle with pirates, aliens and other mercenaries equally hungry for wealth and fame.

The game boasts a quick character-creation system, rules for several types of encounters and adversaries, and background information written by WH40K novelist Andy Hoare. The 400-page, hardcover full-color Rogue Trader Core Rulebook ships in August with an MSRP of $59.95.

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The ‘Universal Fighting System’ Trade Up Promotion

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Universal Fighting System is celebrating its third anniversary. The multi-property CCG has experienced three exciting years of hardcore competition in order to provide gamers the first healthy way to settle the age-old dispute: who would win in a knock down, no-holds-barred brawl, character X or character Y? With legendary game characters from such fighting videogames as Street Fighter, Soul Calibur 3, Darkstalkers, King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, and the recent addition of Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur 4, this is your chance to prove you are the greatest fighter in the world.

UFS is building momentum with the recent additions of the Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur 4 licenses, the development of our first original UFS IP: ShadoWar, and a new lead designer: James Hata, the 2008 World Champion. We believe that the next year will be our best yet!

UFS also has “the coolest prize in gaming.” If you win a national or world singles or team championship, your prize is a tournament-legal character card featuring your name, and likeness along with stats and abilities you help design. You receive every released copy of the card to distribute as you see fit.

To make it as easy as possible for you to join Universal Fighting System we have created a special player promotion program. Simply send a deck of a game you’re no longer playing to the address below, and we will send you a tournament-legal UFS starter deck. Read more

Wings Of War Series 3 Miniatures Are Here - Fantasy Flight Games

These miniatures take your Wings of War game into three dimensions! Each pre-painted plastic model depicts a unique, historical warplane from the Wings of War game, complete with maneuver deck and variable-altitude stand.

Each Wings of War Miniatures pack includes:

* One pre-painted pewter-and-plastic model in 1/144 scale.
* Four clear plastic altitude pegs.
* One clear plastic gaming base, with stats, fire arc, and movement markers.
* One deck of maneuver cards, specific to the model of plane.

Wings of War Miniatures packs are not a complete game. You will need rules, rulers, damage decks, and tokens from the base Wings of War games in order to play.

However, a Wings of War Miniatures pack is an excellent and easy way to expand your Wings of War game past the contents of one box.

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Talisman Revised 4th Edition Has Been Released

Talisman takes you on a journey through magical lands, as you endeavor to reclaim the Crown of Command. Each turn will see your hero advancing, battling, gaining knowledge and power necessary to defeat the guardians lurking between the Portal of Power and the Valley of Fire.

Fantasy Flight Games has sipped a new Talisman Revised 4th Edition, and if ever you’ve been interested in this franchise, then this edition of the title is very much worth your while.

A Fantasy Flight revision usually means high quality stock, high quality pieces, new rules, and ongoing support in an online community. But aside from the granted staples, this Revised Edition sports new decisions on how to improve upon Talisman’s mechanics to take the franchise to the next level.

For one, the designers wanted to keep the player count high (2-6) but decrease the time ti takes to play (under 2 hours). Considering we rarely have entire afternoons to lose ourselves in a marathon sessions of old school Talisman, this seems like a good thing to us.

They’ve also introduced new rules that help characters from dying so bloody often; the premier example being the new Fate mechanic. Each character has a pool of fate, each token giving them the ability to reroll one die result when it’s needed most dire. But fate is rare, and once it’s used the character will have to venture out of their way to get more, like spending a turn at a temple to pray for Fate instead of life, for instance.

Additionally there was a careful look at the major features surrounding the character factions, and they were rebalanced to make playing Evil characters a more viable option.

In a similar fashion, the game’s locations have gotten a mechanical face lift to ensure there’s always something to do for your character, no matter how remote the location he finds himself in the world.

Fate tokens are a new component and game mechanic. I’ll first explain the mechanic –how players use fate. For players who are curious about the development process, the last half of this article explains why fate was introduced in the Revised 4th Edition. Read more

Talisman: The Reaper - First Expansion To FFG’s Talisman Revised 4th Edition

Fantasy Flight Games has announced the first expansion for Talisman Revised 4th Edition…

Following closely behind the release of the Talisman Revised 4th Edition core set, we are releasing FFG’s first expansion: The Reaper. This expansion introduces new characters, new adventures, and an entirely new game mechanic: The Grim Reaper, a dark figure that players manipulate against each other.

To celebrate the imminent release of The Reaper, we are offering a pre-order promotion. When customers pre-order their copies of The Reaper through their local game store, we will send out two promo cards per pre-ordered copy: The Instructor and Doppelganger. To learn more about our pre-order promotion, visit our Talisman Revised 4th Edition website or go straight to this page to download your pre-order forms. Th is promotion is for brick-and-mortar game shops only.

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Will You Look Death in the Eye?

An unearthly chill creeps through the air. The Wizard stops reading his ancient tome and gazes cautiously over his shoulder. The Warrior feels an unfamiliar fear as he draws his mighty sword.

A shadow has fallen across the countryside. Death himself wanders the land. Can the heroes fulfill their epic quests with the spectre of the Grim Reaper hounding their every move?

The Reaper expansion offers Talisman Revised 4th Edition players;

* 4 new character cards and plastic figures
* 90 new Adventure Cards
* 26 new Spell Cards
* 12 Warlock Quest Cards
* and the Grim Reaper, a dark figure that players manipulate against each other.

The race to the Crown of Command has never been deadlier!

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