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The Force Is Strong with Him

Preview the Luke Skywalker Ally Pack and the Darth Vader Villain Pack

“I am your father.”

   –Darth Vader, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Take your place in the Star Wars universe with Imperial Assault, a new miniatures game of tactical combat and thrilling adventure for two to five players! You’ll find two complete games within Imperial Assault: a campaign game, which invites you to join a story that changes based on the outcomes of your missions, and a skirmish game, which allows you to battle head-to-head against a single opponent.

In addition to the massive amount of missions and figures included in the Imperial Assault Core Set, the Luke Skywalker Ally Pack and the Darth Vader Villain Pack are included in the Core Set as an added bonus. Like other Ally Packs and Villain Packs, each of these expansions includes not only a sculpted plastic figure but also new missions and cards for the campaign and skirmish games.

In today’s Imperial Assault preview, we’ll turn to these two figure packs and explore the new missions and powerful abilities they offer to you in both every game.

Lord of the Sith

There are countless characters that fill the Star Wars galaxy, and many of them are highly dangerous. But perhaps no other being inspires the same fear as Darth Vader, lord of the Sith. His skill with a Lightsaber is exceptional, his fame as a pilot is legendary, and his mastery of the dark side of the Force is nearly unmatched. In the Darth Vader Villain Pack, you gain the cards to call upon Darth Vader to eliminate any threat to the Empire’s power.

For the campaign game, this Villain Pack introduces a new three-card Agenda set that the Imperial player may include in the Agenda deck at the start of a campaign. With this Agenda set, you can introduce a new side mission: Dark Obsession. If the heroes undertake this mission, they must engage in a desperate mission to help Luke escape before Darth Vader captures him forever. But if the hero players do not take on this side mission, you can deploy Darth Vader in any of your future missions! The two other cards in this Agenda set offer more tools for an Imperial player eager to bring Darth Vader into a mission. As You Wish can be played at the start of a mission to add the Darth Vader Deployment card to your hand of potential reinforcements, while A Dark Power reduces the deployment cost of any group by five, helping you bring your most expensive units into play much quicker.

The Darth Vader Villain Pack also offers new missions and cards for the skirmish game. Two new skirmish missions use the new Massassi Ruins map, challenging your team to recover important holocrons or save important excavation sites from orbital bombardment among the verdant jungles of Yavin 4. In both skirmish missions, you can use the new Command cards introduced in this expansion. By playing Close the Gap, you can bring your Brawlers closer to your opponent, whereas Force Lightning allows you to quickly incapacitate a hostile figure. Lure of the Dark Side gives you the chance to briefly control and perform an attack with any small figure and Lord of the Sith lets Darth Vader take an additional action for each hostile figure defeated, potentially sending him on a path of destruction through your enemy’s figures.

Hero of the Rebellion

Luke Skywalker’s life changed forever from the day his aunt and uncle were slain by Imperial Stormtroopers, leading him away from rural life on Tatooine to the heroic destruction of the first Death Star. Now, he fights for galactic freedom as a hero of the Rebellion, inspiring the troops around him to greater deeds and battling with blaster and Lightsaber to vanquish the tyrannic Empire. Like other Ally Packs, the Luke Skywalker Ally Pack offers a sculpted plastic figure with new tools for both your campaigns and skirmishes.

With the addition of the Luke Skywalker Ally Pack, you can include a new side mission in your campaigns. In the Sympathy for the Rebellion mission, you join Luke Skywalker in an attempt to gather new recruits for the Rebel Alliance. Of course, Imperial troopers are already in the area, and any attempt to stir the flame of rebellion quickly leads to a firefight. If you can successfully complete this mission, you gain The Ways of the Force Reward card. When a hero has this Reward card equipped, he may suffer a strain before taking an attribute test to become Focused, dramatically increasing his chances of succeeding at an attribute test and giving you a better chance of quickly completing your mission objectives.

Your skirmish games can also benefit from the inclusion of the Luke Skywalker Ally Pack. Two new missions take advantage of the new Moisture Farm map among the deserts of Tatooine. You may battle to tag crates of precious water, or use the distraction and chaos of a Tusken Raider attack to vanquish your opponent’s army. You can also use the new Command cards included in this expansion for any skirmish mission. Deflection reduces another figure’s accuracy and gives you the chance to inflict damage against your attacker, while Meditation gives you another action for your next activation. Knowledge and Defense improves your defense with an extra white die, and Son of Skywalker gives Luke the chance to activate twice in one round, doubling his chances to deal a decisive blow to the Galactic Empire.

Hero or Villain?

Whether you cast your lot with the Rebellion and Luke Skywalker, or pursue the Empire’s agendas with Darth Vader, the Darth Vader Villain Pack and Luke Skywalker Ally Pack included in the Imperial Assault Core Set give you the chance to adventure and battle in the Star Wars universe. With these expansions, your campaign and skirmish games change forever.

Imperial Assault will soon be available at your local retailer! Pre-order your copy today.

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Retailers: Pre-order Your Spring 2015 Tournament Kits

Announcing New Tournament Kits for Warhammer 40,000: Conquest

Take command of the Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Spring 2015 Season with new Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

A game of control, annihilation, and planetary domination, Warhammer 40,000: Conquest is the hottest card game on the market and is building numerous communities around the world. The Spring 2015 Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as Warhammer 40,000: Conquest, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One playmat depicting Elorath Starbane leading an army
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Elorath Starbane card
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Coliseum Fighters card
     
• Four Orks deck boxes featuring Goffs with Cybork Bodies
     
• A promotional poster depicting Elorath Starbane leading an army
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards. To be tournament legal, these cards must be sleeved with opaque or art sleeves.

Are You a Retailer?

If you’re interested in ordering a Spring 2015 Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Tournament Kit, you can do so through your distributor or through our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Announcing New Tournament Kits for Warhammer: Diskwars

Charge into the Warhammer: Diskwars Spring 2015 Season with new Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

With a movement system unique to the game, Warhammer: Diskwars continues to expand and build new game communities around the world. The Spring 2015 Warhammer: Diskwars Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as Warhammer: Diskwars, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

Exclusive Scenarios!

Each Spring 2015 Warhammer: Diskwars Tournament Kit comes with eight copies of the exclusive Bloodgreed scenario. Scenarios are a great way to shake up your local players’ habits or introduce a new experience to your community. Use the scenarios during your event, making players use them for one round or the entire tournament, or introduce them in your own creative way. No matter how you use the scenarios, make sure to give them away as prizes before the end of the season!

What’s in the Spring 2015 Warhammer: Diskwars Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Warhammer: Diskwars Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• Eight copies of the Bloodgreed scenario
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Karl Franz disc
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Skeleton Warriors disc
     
• Four Empire card boxes depicting Karl Franz
     
• A promotional poster featuring Karl Franz
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The scenario cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards.

Order Your Kits Today

Don’t miss out on Spring 2015 Warhammer: Diskwars Tournament Kits! Order your kits now through your distributor or our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Announcing New Tournament Kits for X-Wing(TM)

Launch into the X-Wing™ Spring 2015 Season with new Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

Featuring cinematic dogfights and a unique movement system, X-Wing continues to expand and build new game communities around the world. The Spring 2015 X-Wing Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as X-Wing, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 X-Wing Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 X-Wing Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One exclusive Darth Vader medal (not pictured)
     
• Two acrylic range rulers
     
• Four TIE Fighter dice bags
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Tycho Celchu card
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Push the Limit card
     
• A promotional poster featuring a YT-2400 Freighter scavenging among wreckage
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards.

Are You a Retailer?

If you’re interested in ordering a Spring 2015 X-Wing Tournament Kit, you can do so through your distributor or through our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March

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Announcing Tournament Kits for Star Wars(TM): Armada

Take command of the Spring 2015 season with Star Wars™: Armada Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

In Star Wars: Armada, players take on the role of fleet admiral, commanding squadrons of support fighters, sending engineers scurrying to repair shields, and unleashing torrents of laser fire through a flurry of tactical commands. The Spring 2015 Star Wars: Armada Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as Star Wars: Armada, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 Star Wars: Armada Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Star Wars: Armada Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One exclusive Imperial Gunner medal (not pictured)
     
• Four sets of acrylic concentrate fire tokens (not pictured)
     
• Four dice bags
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Victory II-class Star Destroyer
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Nebulon-B Escort Frigate
     
• A promotional poster featuring a Star Destroyer taking on a fleet of Rebellion ships
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards.

Order Your Kits Today

Don’t miss out on Spring 2015 Star Wars: Armada Tournament Kits! Order your kits now through your distributor or our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Retailers: Pre-order Your Spring 2015 Tournament Expansion Kits

Announcing Tournament Expansion Kits for Imperial Assault

Charge into the Spring 2015 season with Imperial Assault Tournament Expansion Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

The Spring 2015 Imperial Assault Tournament Expansion Kit comes with an event guide and promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

Note: Imperial Assault Tournament Expansion Kits support events using only the game’s skirmish mode.

How Do I Use a Tournament Expansion Kit?

Tournament Expansion Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as the skirmish mode in Imperial Assault. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Expansion Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

Skirmish Mode in Imperial Assault

Imperial Assault’s skirmish mode features head-to-head action and is a fantastic way to run Imperial Assault events because of its short round times, fiery battles, and multitude of scenarios that will test each player’s skill over the course of a tournament. The basic rules for skirmish mode are included in the base game, and tournament rules will be released before the Spring 2015 season begins.

What’s in the Spring 2015 Imperial Assault Tournament Expansion Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Imperial Assault Tournament Expansion Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One exclusive Stormtrooper medal (not pictured)
     
• Two sets of acrylic damage tokens
     
• Four dice bags
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Luke Skywalker card
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art elite Stormtrooper card
     
• A promotional poster
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards.

Order Your Kits Today

Don’t miss out on Spring 2015 Imperial Assault Tournament Expansion Kits! Order your kits now through your distributor or our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Announcing New Tournament Kits for Star Wars: The Card Game

Help your local Star Wars™: The Card Game community learn the ways of the Force with our new Spring 2015 Star Wars: The Card Game Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or
 your distributor.

Featuring galactic struggles between the Empire and Rebellion and fast-paced action, Star Wars: The Card Game continues to expand and build new game communities around the world. The Spring 2015 Star Wars: The Card Game Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as Star Wars: The Card Game, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 Star Wars: The Card Game Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Star Wars: The Card Game Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One playmat depicting Boushh
     
• Two copies of an alternate art The Defense of Yavin 4 card
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Admiral Motti card
     
• Four Smuggler and Spies deck boxes featuring Boushh
     
• A promotional poster depicting Boushh
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards. To be tournament legal, these cards must be sleeved with opaque or art sleeves.

Are You a Retailer?

If you’re interested in ordering a Spring 2015 Star Wars: The Card Game Tournament Kit, you can do so through your distributor or through our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Announcing New Tournament Kits for Call of Cthulhu

Add new terrors to your local Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game community with our new Spring 2015 Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

A game of nightmares, horror, and brave investigators fighting for the fate of the world, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game continues to expand and build new game communities around the world. The Spring 2015 Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One playmat depicting Ruinous Star Spawn
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Twilight Gate
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Dreamlands Fanatic
     
• Four deck boxes featuring Ruinous Star Spawn
     
• A promotional poster depicting Ruinous Star Spawn
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards. To be tournament legal, these cards must be sleeved with opaque or art sleeves.

Are You a Retailer?

If you’re interested in ordering a Spring 2015 Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game Tournament Kit, you can do so through your distributor or through our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Announcing New Tournament Kits for Android: Netrunner

Plug into your local Android: Netrunner community with our new Spring 2015 Android: Netrunner Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

Pitting two players against each other in a high-stakes, futuristic cyberstruggle, Android: Netrunner continues to expand and build new game communities around the world. The Spring 2015 Android: Netrunner Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as Android: Netrunner, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 Android: Netrunner Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 Android: Netrunner Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One playmat depicting the Criminal runner Silhouette
     
• Two copies of an alternate art Gordian Blade
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Pop-up Window
     
• Four Criminal deck boxes featuring Silhouette
     
• A promotional poster depicting the Criminal runner Silhouette
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards. To be tournament legal, these cards must be sleeved with opaque or art sleeves.

Order Your Kits Today

Don’t miss out on Spring 2015 Android: Netrunner Tournament Kits! Order your kits now through your distributor or our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Announcing New Tournament Kits for A Game of Thrones

Venture beyond the Wall and into the A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Spring 2015 Season with new Tournament Kits! These exciting kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor.

Featuring epic battles and countless plots of intrigue, cunning, and deceit,
 A Game of Thrones: The Card Game continues to expand and build new game communities around the world. The Spring 2015 A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Tournament Kit comes with an event guide and new promotional materials to help support tournaments, league play, or any other event you wish to run. The order deadline for these kits is December 29th, and the Spring season begins in March.

How Do I Use a Tournament Kit?

Tournament Kits are designed for use with our competitive games, such as
 A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, and they can be used in several ways. These kits include prize support and promotional material designed to support competitive or casual tournament play at local retailers. Run an eight-week tournament series or league, use the prizes to support a single, large tournament, or host a weekly casual game night. Tournament Kits also come with a guide that provides tips and ideas on how to run a great event.

What’s in the Spring 2015 A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Tournament Kit?

Each Spring 2015 A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Tournament Kit comes with exciting prizes and materials to help tournament organizers:

     
• One playmat featuring the Iron Throne
     
• Two copies of an alternate art An Empty Throne card
     
• Seventeen copies of an alternate art Robert Baratheon card
     
• Four Baratheon deck boxes depicting Renly Baratheon
     
• A promotional poster featuring the Iron Throne
     
• One informational pamphlet on running a tournament or league

Please note: The alternate art cards in this kit are produced through FFG's In-House Manufacturing, and as such, they may appear slightly different in color and texture from the game's other cards. To be tournament legal, these cards must be sleeved with opaque or art sleeves.

Are You a Retailer?

Winter is here, but it won’t last forever! Prepare for warmer months and order a Spring 2015 A Game of Thrones: The Card Game Tournament Kit through your distributor or through our B2B store. The deadline to order is December 29th, with the season starting in March.

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Fantasy Flight Games Is Now Hiring

We Are Currently Accepting Applications for Two Positions

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:

     
• Application Developer (pdf, 83 KB)
     
• Graphic Designer (pdf, 82 KB)

Details can be found in the pdf documents linked above. To apply for either of these positions, submit a cover letter with salary requirements and resume to HumanResources@fantasyflightgames.com. Your subject line should read “Application Developer” or "Graphic Designer" as appropriate. Applications must be received no later than end of business day Tuesday, December 23, 2014. 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.

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Retailers: Pre-order Your Spring 2015 Tournament Kits

Build and Support Your Local Player Community with Nine New Tournament Kits

Nine Spring 2015 Tournament Kits are now available for pre-order through our B2B store or your distributor!

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to add two more games that will be supported by Organized Play starting in 2015: Star Wars™: Armada and Imperial Assault! Get in on the ground floor and be the first store in your area to support the players of these two spectacular games.

Tournament Kits serve as the entry way to FFG’s Organized Play programs. Each kit contains prize support and helpful suggestions on how to best support your local community. With these tools, stores can host leagues, weekly game nights, or even a large-scale tournament to draw in players and build a thriving group of regular patrons.

What Games are Supported?

Whether you’re destroying your enemies in the Traxis Sector, writing vicious programs to punish pesky Runners infiltrating your servers, or leading a team of Rebel saboteurs into an Imperial TIE production facility—Tournament Kits can make your store the local hub of a thriving, global community connected by Fantasy Flight Organized Play. Visit the links below to learn more about each of the games supported by Organized Play; then pre-order your Tournament Kits today!

     
• A Game of Thrones: The Card Game
     
• Android: Netrunner
     
• Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game
     
• Star Wars™: Armada
     
• Imperial Assault
     
• Star Wars™: The Card Game
     
• Warhammer: Diskwars
     
• Warhammer 40,000: Conquest
     
• X-Wing™

Are You a Player?

If you’re a player, you can do your part to grow Organized Play by telling your favorite local game store about our Tournament Kits. If you’re interested in taking a more active role in bringing events to your community, here are some ways you can help promote Fantasy Flight Organized Play:

     
• Encourage your friends to join you and play at your favorite local game store
     
• Ask your favorite local game store if you can post a sign-up sheet for upcoming events
     
• Offer to run demos
     
• Volunteer your services as tournament organizer

The exclusive items and alternate art cards from these Spring 2015 Tournament Kits will be available for a limited period of time only, so be sure to talk with your local retailer about hosting tournaments for our Organized Play games.

Order Now

With the introduction of Star Wars™: Armada and Imperial Assault, as well as last year’s debut of Warhammer 40,000: Conquest, Organized Play support continues to expand. Don’t miss out on your chance to build a strong and healthy community in your store for the games your players enjoy, order before December 29th to receive your Tournament Kits!

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Gearing Up for a Fight

Preview the Vehicles and Beasts of Stay on Target

 

Man your ships! And may the Force be with you!
    –General Dodonna

Rebel Aces live for the excitement of battle. The thrill of successfully steering through an asteroid field while fleeing a squadron of TIE fighters. The rush of speeding into the fray as you shoot at every enemy within sight. The suspense of not knowing whether that last-minute weapons adjustment will save your life or get you killed. At these moments, your vehicle or beast is not just your transportation, but your chosen weapon, your shield, and maybe even your best friend.

Stay on Target, an Ace career supplement for Star Wars®: Age of Rebellion™, features over twenty new vehicles and starships that Ace characters might take into battle – or find themselves fighting against. Stay on Target gives those interested in the Beast Rider specialization a range of species to ride into battle. Today’s preview looks at a few of these vehicles: a top-of-the-line landspeeder, a heavily-armed long-range starfighter, and a droid-equipped starcraft from the Clone Wars. We’ll also look at two beast mounts: the noble, flying Ruping and the ferocious, catlike Narglatch, and take a peek at the rules that allow any character to use an animal, tamed or not, as their mount.

Top Gear

A Rebel strike force is often in need of a good getaway vehicle, something capable of outrunning any Imperial pursuit. The sleek, precision-built AV21 landspeeder can carry two Rebels away from the scene of the crime faster than almost anything else on land. A favorite of racing aficionados and the wealthy elite, an AV21 would delight any speed-addicted Driver or Hotshot who could get his hands on one of these rare, expensive hot rods.

The BTS-A2 H-wing starship will interest any Gunners on your team. Perfect for long-range patrols, freighter escorts, piracy jobs, or safely transporting diplomats, the heavily armored and heavily armed H-wing punches well above its weight. It has two cockpits: one for the pilot, and another where a pair of weapons system operators control the turret-mounted laser cannon, forward-mounted light ion cannons, and forward-mounted torpedo launchers. Not many Rebel installations field the H-wings but your team might find it the perfect interstellar vehicle.

For Mechanics and Riggers wanting to customize a starship, the A3-Nimbus “V-wing” interceptor is ideal: durable, well-designed, and inexpensive. V-wings entered service with the Republic Navy late in the Clone Wars, selected for their speed and agility. They lack hyperdrive, but each one was originally outfitted with a Q7 astromech droid to monitor systems and perform light maintenance. With a little tinkering, your V-wing could have an X-wing’s speed and firepower.

War Beasts

Almost every culture in the Star Wars universe uses beasts of burden in agriculture, labor, and warfare. Stay on Target allows players and GMs to transform almost any animal that is large enough into a mount by giving the animal the traits of a vehicle: silhouette, speed (based on Agility), and handling (based on Agility, silhouette, and Willpower). Animals can be trained as mounts or mounted untrained at the rider’s own peril – a Survival check determines whether character can successfully ride a beast. Beast mounts can perform many of the same combat maneuvers that other vehicles can, but they can also climb, jump, and even push objects with their bodies. They may also be able to sense imminent danger, defend themselves in battle, or even save the life of a beloved rider.

No one knows where the narglatch evolved. Because of their immunity to cold, they are used as mounts on the freezing world of Orto Plutonia, yet they have also been found in the swamps of Naboo. These feline beasts have never truly been domesticated, but remain instinctive predators who quietly stalk their prey before closing in on the kill. However, once trained a narglatch will become loyal to its master and fearsome in battle with claws deadlier than many melee weapons. If you want to sneak up on an Imperial installation and attack before your presence is noticed, a narglatch may be the perfect mount for you.

Rupings have been used as mounts on the temperate world of Onderon for generations. These graceful, soaring reptiles possess two sets of eyes facing opposite directions, allowing them a huge field of vision and making them difficult to catch off guard. Rupings also are armed with giant claws that can deliver mortal wounds in an instant or snatch up prey and carry it aloft. They make ideal mounts for Rebel scouts gathering intelligence about an Imperial installation, and while a ruping may not fly faster than an airspeeder, it can keep you out of danger and touch down in tight spots where no airspeeder could possibly land.

The Ride of Your Life

If a ruping or narglatch doesn’t appeal to your Beast Rider character, Stay on Target describes fifteen other beasts, including tauntauns, banthas, and the immense reptilian fambaa that have been part of the Gungan army for decades. As a GM, you might deploy Imperial soldiers mounted on narglatch against your team of Rebels, or send your rebels on a mission in the Tatooine desert, with no transporation other than banthas.

Beyond rebel starfighters, Stay on Target also introduces three different starfighter carriers and a quartet of TIE fighters, including the fearsome TIE Phantom, equipped with a cloaking device that makes it invisible both to radar and to the naked eye. Whether you’re an Ace looking for the perfect ride or a GM seeking new obstacles for a team of Rebellion operatives, the vehicles and beasts of Stay on Target will enrich your Age of Rebellion campaign.

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The Cursed City

Preview the Adventures of Gates of Arkham

The place is not good for the imagination, and does not bring restful dreams at night.
    –H.P. Lovecraft, The Color Out of Space

In a typical game of Elder Sign, you confront the many cursed artifacts, vicious monsters, and other horrors lurking in the Arkham museum. The Gates of Arkham expansion takes you outside of the museum’s warm confines and into the city of Arkham itself. Gangs fight territorial battles in Arkham’s back alleys, not caring if a stray bullet hits an innocent bystander. Strange crates of foul-smelling, slimy, writhing creatures line the shelves of the General Store. Cultists perform dark sacrificial rites on the Unvisited Isle and ravenous gugs prowl through the University Administration building, hunting for victims.

Gates of Arkham features a complete deck of Arkham Adventures that allows players to visit twenty-six locations throughout this legendarily cursed city. Today’s preview will show you adventures from three locations: the Unnamable, the River Docks, and the Arkham Asylum. No matter where you go in Arkham, you are certain to encounter indescribable horrors.

 

A Haunted House

Inside the museum, you knew what horrors awaited you in a given room before entering it. But when playing the Streets of Arkham game mode, it is impossible to tell what lies you behind a building’s closed doors. Arkham Adventure cards are laid out on the table facedown, with the adventure itself hidden until an investigator dares to visit that location. The back of a card reveals only the location, difficulty of the adventure, marked in green, gold, or red, and an effect, which may be harmful or beneficial.

 

The decaying, empty house may not seem too foreboding, but the red symbol above it warns you that formidable terrors are within. However, if investigators refuse to enter, then at midnight the entire team will lose sanity, no matter where they are in Arkham. The Unnameable demands to be confronted, so you take a deep breath and cross the threshold, only to perceive a trail of blood leading down into the basement and hear muffled yet familiar screams. If you fail to rescue your friend from this incomprehensible threat, you lose five stamina and risk becoming devoured. If you succeed, you earn two Elder Signs and a unique item.

 

On the Shore of the Miskatonic

Having escaped the Unnamable, you may venture to the dark, foggy River Docks, where you could hand the unique item you earned over to another investigator who may be in dire need of it. However, upon your arrival you’ll discover that the grotesque, once-human Deep Ones are emerging from their underwater lairs and coming ashore. Upon your entry, a monster appears at this adventure, perhaps a giant, eel-like Dhole rearing out of the water. Many Arkham Adventure Cards have entry effects such as this, and they occur any time an investigator arrives at that location.

For repelling the Deep Ones back into the river depths you’ll receive a choice of rewards: two common items or the defeat of two more monsters. A split reward such as this enables you to receive whichever will be most useful for your team. There are also split penalties which compel you to choose between two evils – for example, losing a few points of sanity or advancing the doom track. When the choice is between two penalties, however, you cannot choose a penalty that wouldn't affect you, say, losing an item when you have none. The consequences of your misadventures cannot be avoided.

Among the Mad

In your citywide search for elder signs you will inevitably find your sanity slipping away. Visiting the Arkham Asylum allows you to exchange two trophies in order to fully recover your sanity. During your time there you may receive some Psychiatric Assistance, although recovery itself may prove traumatic. If you roll a terror result in a failed attempt at this adventure, you’ll lose your sanity rather than regain it. Regaining your sanity also takes time: a clock icon on the card indicates that successfully completing this adventure moves the clock one step closer to midnight.

Entering the Asylum might simply make matters worse. If you encounter the Ramblings of the Mad, you could push your entire team of investigators a little closer to insanity. Even success at this adventure results in losing your mind, with your reward being only a clue or a spell, neither of which will repair your psychological wounds.

No Place Is Safe

The Thing in the Basement, the Deep Ones, and the disturbed inhabitants of the Arkham Asylum pale in comparison to the powerful creatures that have waited for eons to regain control of the earth: Azathoth, Yig, Nyarlathotep, Cthulhu. It is up to you and your team of investigators to take on the horrors that haunt old, uncanny Arkham, so that you can save not only yourselves, or Arkham, but the entire world.

Upcoming previews will look at the unpredictable Events that occur throughout Arkham, the new Investigators that could join your team, and the powerful Ancient Ones who threaten Arkham and the entire human race. Meanwhile, you can find more details on the Gates of Arkham and Elder Sign minisites.

Prepare to brave the cursed city. Pre-order Gates of Arkham from your local retailer today.

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The Woodland Realms Unite, Part One

A Second Breakfast Article by Developer Matthew Newman

“Yes, they are Elves,” said Legolas; “and they say that you breathe so loud that they could shoot you in the dark.” Sam hastily put his hand over his mouth. “But they also say that you need have no fear. They have been aware of us for a long while. They heard my voice across the Nimrodel, and knew I was one of their Northern kindred.”

    –J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

At its heart, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a game of exploration and adventure. Each new scenario introduces new quests for you to undertake, along with a new set of locations to explore and the enemies that haunt them. Meanwhile, even as they introduce new scenarios, the game’s Adventure Packs and deluxe expansions allow you and your friends to explore new regions of Middle-earth, from the Shadows of Mirkwood to the mines of Khazad-dûm and the tumultuous lands surrounding Isengard.

Additionally, as the game’s expansions allow you to adventure through an ever-expanding selection of difficult terrain and iconic locations, they offer new heroes and player cards for you to include in your decks. Of course, since The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game isn’t competitive, but is instead a cooperative Living Card Game®, there’s no metagame compelling you to improve upon your existing decks or crushed by your rivals. Still, fans do change their decks, but they do so more out of a spirit of exploration and adventure, to try new things…

Today, in the first of two Second Breakfast articles dedicated to an exploration of The Ring-maker cycle of Adventure Packs, developer Matthew Newman looks at the cycle’s Silvan Elves and the many options they now present.

 

Yes, They Are Elves

Greetings!

With the release of The Antlered Crown just around the corner and The Ring-maker cycle coming to a close, I wanted to look at how the Elves of Middle-earth have grown in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. In particular, the Silvan trait has seen a lot of love in this past cycle, and we’re very excited to see the kinds of decks players form with these new Silvan cards.

The Silvan Elves of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game are unlike any other trait-based collection of characters in the game. Subtle and tricky, they prefer to use hit-and-run tactics and tend to work from behind the scenes, much unlike companies of Men or Dwarves. To represent this, all of the new Silvan allies from this cycle have Response  effects that trigger when they enter play, and each sphere has an event card that allows you to return a Silvan ally to your hand to trigger a powerful effect.

Since these Silvan decks rely upon their subtlety and tricks, it’s important to learn when best to take advantage of your allies and events. To help illustrate how these allies and events can work together, I’d like to share two Elf-themed decks that exhibit the strengths of the Elves of Lothlórien and Mirkwood. These decks are built with a very heavy emphasis on theme, and both of them can be built simultaneously from a single card pool, consisting of only one copy of the Core Set and one copy each of several Adventure Packs. While strong in their own right, these decks are designed to work together. When played by two players with a mind for cooperation, they become a powerful company that can tackle many quests!

Today we’ll look at the first of these two decks, which I call The Elven Highborn.

The Elven Highborn

Heroes:

Celeborn (The Dunland Trap, 1)

Galadriel (Celebrimbor’s Secret, 112)

Elrond (Shadow and Flame, 128)

Allies

2x Arwen Undómiel

3x Defender of the Naith (Trouble in Tharbad, 65)

1x Galadhrim Minstrel

3x Galadriel’s Handmaiden (Celebrimbor’s Secret, 117)

3x Gandalf (Core Set, 73)

2x Lórien Guide (Core Set, 44)

3x Naith Guide (The Dunland Trap, 2)

1x Orophin (Celebrimbor’s Secret, 114)

2x Silvan Refugee

2x Silverlode Archer (Core Set, 17)

Attachments

2x Light of Valinor (Foundations of Stone, 107)

1x Mirror of Galadriel (Celebrimbor’s Secret, 118)

2x Nenya (Celebrimbor’s Secret, 121)

3x O Lórien! (Trouble in Tharbad, 58)

1x Unexpected Courage

Events

2x A Test of Will

2x Children of the Sea (The Blood of Gondor, 113)

3x Elrond’s Counsel (The Watcher in the Water, 59)

3x Feigned Voices (The Three Trials, 27)

2x Hasty Stroke

2x Island Amid Perils (The Nin-in-Eilph, 90)

2x Sneak Attack (Core Set, 23)

2x Stand and Fight (Core Set, 51)

1x The Tree People (The Dunland Trap, 9)

Playing The Elven Highborn

The Elven Highborn takes heavy advantage of the strengths of the Silvan trait, and features both the Lady and Lord of Lórien, Galadriel and Celeborn.

These two heroes enhance every ally you play and increase the value of bringing a Silvan ally back into your hand to play again later. For example, if you play a Naith Guide, she can use her Response, quest with two Willpower, and attack with two Attack Strength, all in the same turn. Then, using Feigned Voices, Island Amid Perils, or The Tree People, you can bring her back into your hand, and she can do it all over again the next turn.

With O Lórien! and the fact that Elrond can pay for allies of any sphere, you can reliably play one to two allies every turn, so long as you have them in your hand. If any of these allies are destroyed, both Stand and Fight and Orophin can bring them back from your discard pile, triggering their Response abilities and benefiting from Celeborn and Galadriel all over again. Sneak Attack is also a great card to play with this deck, even if you don’t draw a powerful ally like Gandalf, because it allows you to take full advantage of the above synergies.

With Light of Valinor, Naith Guide, Nenya, and many high Willpower allies, this deck has little trouble questing. In fact, Celeborn and Galadriel are so effective that even more combat-focused allies like the Silverlode Archer and Defender of the Naith can contribute to the quest on the turn they enter play. Lórien Guide is a bit expensive and has no Response when she enters play, but if you can save some resources by cheating her into play with The Tree People, she can help prevent you from becoming stuck at an active location with a high quest point value. Finally, if you’re having trouble finding the many pieces of this deck that combo together, the Mirror of Galadriel is a great way to dig through your deck for a clutch event like Feigned Voices or Sneak Attack, or one of the deck’s other attachments, which are important to put into play as early as possible.

Unfortunately, this deck does have some weaknesses. While it can defend fairly well with some healthy heroes and Defender of the Naith, its only particularly strong attacker is the Silverlode Archer. Typically, taking care of a powerful enemy requires the combined strength of several Silvan allies, preferably all played on the same turn to take full advantage of Celeborn’s ability. The deck’s rather high starting threat can also be an issue, although Elrond’s Counsel, Galadriel’s Handmaiden, and Galadriel herself can all help to lower your threat to a safer level. Finally, while O Lórien! can help pay for allies and many of the deck’s events and allies function as a form of pseudo card draw, there aren’t a lot of ways for you to quickly gain lots of resources or cards, which means your first few turns will be a slow boil until you reach Elven Critical Mass.

Customizing The Elven Highborn

As always, there are many ways in which a good deck can be customized to suit your own needs or express your own creativity. For example, you may wish to take out several “bounce” events such as Children of the Sea, replacing them with more allies from the Leadership, Spirit, or Lore spheres. You may also wish to include more threat control, or more attachments to build up the deck’s already formidable heroes.

The Elven Highborn is built with the theme of the Silvans and Lothlórien in mind, so there are many cards that have been left out in order to complement this theme, such as Steward of Gondor (Core Set, 26). If you find the deck lacking without these cards, you can easily add them in. You may also wish to include Elrond’s ring, Vilya (Shadow and Flame, 137), as well as a few Imladris Stargazers (Foundations of Stone, 106), in order to take advantage of the ring’s ability. Finally, the addition of a second Core Set would allow you to include more copies of A Test of Will and Unexpected Courage, if you desire more of them.

The Woodland Realms Unite!

While it’s decent on its own, The Elven Highborn is designed to pair with another deck, The Spear of Mirkwood, which I will cover in another Second Breakfast article next week. Be sure to drop by for a description of that deck, as well as some interesting strategies to keep in mind when playing these two decks together!

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Source: The Woodland Realms Unite, Part One