Fantasy Flight Games are the makers of some of my favorite boardgames like Fury of Dracula, Descent and StarCraft: The Board Game as well as many others. What I really like about Fantasy Flight is their variety of games that they offer and from them, no genre has gone unexplored for their catalogue. They have recently made a few announcements that I think people here may be interested in:

Anima: Tactics - Mentioned a few posts ago as an alternative miniature game system to the Games Workshop offerings, Anima: Tactics is a pretty tight and interesting tactical miniature game. Previously the rulebooks were packaged in a small book format and contained within certain miniature packs. Well this coming winter FFG will be releasing a 200 page, full-color, hardcover rulebook giving this game the treatment that it deserves. The full announcement on the FFG website can be found here:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=983

Horus Heresy: Way back when Games Workshop was an actual games publisher rather than just a miniatures company. Their full range of games released some beloved classics like Talisman, Chainsaw Warrior and Dungeonquest. Well GW also made a little venture into more traditional “hex and chit” style wargames with a trio of games (Horus Heresy, Battle for Armageddon and Doom of the Eldar) designed by Jervis Johnson (designer of Blood Bowl). But by the mid-90’s these games disappeared from store shelves and largely “forgotten” by GW. But with FFG and GW striking a licensing agreement more traditional style boardgames from GW’s catalogue are starting to find their way to print again via FFG. Horus Heresy is the newest FFG-GW release. Now details are pretty slim right now and it doesn’t look to be a direct re-release/reprint but an updated game system that remove the dice based combat and replaces it with a card based one. Also gone are the old chit style cardboard counters to be replaced with plastic miniatures. I for one am really excited with this title because GW does have a rich history with their 40k fluff and FFG creates in my opinion some of the best boardgames currently available and when they team up good things are usually going to happn. Full news release from FFG can be found here:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=988

Well these are a few tidbits of information that I wanted to share with y’all here.

‘Til Next Time - Happy Gaming
LvT

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