Fantasy Flight Games News
Fantasy Flight Games has been quite busy these past few weeks. Expansions have been announced, new game releases are in the pipe and for me it is very exciting because all the games I’m about to mention I have some fondness for.
Months back FFG acquired the rights to 2-player tactical skirmish game Tannhauser. At that time they also announced that they were planning a revised rulebook tweaking and fixing a few things they thought could be done better and to reflect some of the feedback the game received. To be honest I thought the game was dead and forgotten, but I logged onto the FFG website today and there was the announcement for the new rulebook as well as a pdf preview of a few pages. I haven’t had a chance to take a look at the revised rules at this point, but it is on my long “to-do” list. I look forward to dusting this game off once the new rules are released. They will be available for a $5 download or a $9.95 from your local hobby stores. Expected Spring 2010.
Next up is another game I thought FFG forgot about which is Tide of Iron. A WWII tactical game which feels to me like a mix between typical hex and chit wargames and a GW miniatures game - Odd combination but it works. Fury of the Bear brings the war to the eastern front and introduces the Russian forces. What concerns me is that this expansion has a MSRP of $79.95 which is what ToI originally retailed for when it first came out but with a lot less stuff. My theory though, is that ToI has seen its last expansion for various reasons, perhaps a new scenario book, but I don’t see this game going into the Pacific Theater, but if you haven’t picked this up by now, I am a pessimistic person. Expected Summer 2010.
Runebound I thought was going to be a great adventure game. It had all the hallmarks of a classic with simple rules, but in practice it fell short for me. The dice system for movement I thought just got in the way and the game lasted way too long for what it offered. But during this past weekend’s “Realms of Terrinoth” event held at the FFG Event Center a new expansion was announced which introduces a jungle world to the desert, ice and water worlds already visited in prior expansions. Not much is known at this time, but it sounds like there will be rules for a shorter game which I think is greatly needed - I just hope that they are backwards compatible with the previous expansions. (EDIT: FFG has posted their news item announcement regarding this expansion)
Lastly is a follow up to a review I did a few entries ago I did a review for the Games Workshop game DungeonQuest and I mentioned that there were rumors that FFG had bought the rights to the game and would be publishing a version. These rumors turned out to be true and unveiled at the “Realms of Terrinoth” event was the box for their release. There isn’t much information out on the game right now. It sounds like it will support up to six (where the first game was only four) and it has been rebranded to fit into FFG’s proprietary Terrinoth world which is the same world as Runewars, Descent and Runebound. I personally could care less about the change of worlds, but if they make it to where you can’t fall down a pit to your death on the first turn of the game I will be very disappointed.
EDIT: Here is the official announcement from FFG regarding the release of DungeonQuest. The do list the game as 1-4 players though so my hopes for up to six players has been squashed.
For the most part these announcements have me very excited and I personally look forward to the majority of them.
‘Til Next Time - Happy Gaming
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