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For these editions, it's time to do a full new print-out, because Gerald has, with the approval of Days of Wonder, rewritten the titles on most of the pages to make finding your answers even easier. As of the next release you can then go back to just printing and replacing the revised index and pages with new entries.
As usual, go to the Guild Downloads section for the latest downloads.
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]]>Remember, for each new revision you now need only print and replace the revised index and pages with new entries.
As usual, go to the Guild Downloads section for the latest downloads.
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Once a large image has opened, move your cursor to the upper left and right edges to navigate between them, or press N (Next) and P (Previous).
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As always, print in colour on high quality card, laminate and trim for best results. And don't forget to print at the 100% setting.
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Days of Wonder's News Centre Blog features a long post from Eric Hautemont, DOW's CEO. It's an interesting insight into the challenges faced by Days of Wonder to guide BattleLore through its first year, and a small peek at what's coming in the future.
Some fans seemed to be getting a bit antsy about initial releases, the lack of communication lately, the Heroes pack not arriving by the expected late '07 date, and the fact that there is as yet no campaign background for the game.
Eric's post clears up some of the misconceptions, and also shows us that they are still very much taking on, and dealing with, retailer and customer feedback with the goal of making BattleLore the best game system it can be.
Let's all sit back a little and let Days of Wonder do what they do best--make great games. Certainly customer feedback is essential, but overly critical and non-constructive comments on forums such as BoardgameGeek don't do anyone any good. I think most fans would prefer that products took a little longer to release and were done right, rather than be rushed out with errors; and certainly very few of us fully understand all the issues involved with creating, producing and distributing modern boardgames.
And if mistakes do happen, DOW has always shown itself willing to correct them. The great thing is, DOW is the kind of company that isn't afraid to be totally honest with its customers about the challenges that crop up up when making their games.
Right, enough of that, let's get back to playing BattleLore!
We get a look at two brand new figures with the post--a female Sorceress and a mounted Thief. Part of the Heroes set?
A couple of other newsworthy items: more insight into the production process and a mention of possible army packs in the future in this post by Eric. And ColtsFan76 has hunted down some official responses to some questions that have been bothering BattleLore players.
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"Mister, mister, please, help my sister, please help!"
I had been lost in my thoughts as I walked the road, and this small scruffy urchin managed to run up behind me and grab my cloak. Proof that the greatest could fall from one small lapse of concentration, I thought, as I shrugged him off. He was a persistent scrap however, and ran beside me with hands outstretched, pleading.
"Help me mister! The ugly troll's got her, he does! None from the village'll help her, they're all scared of 'im!"
I had no time for this. Without a word I turned and shoved the annoying little brat into a muddy ditch.
Ignoring his cries, I strode on, hoping to reach the next village by nightfall. The sky had already dimmed and the first stars appeared by the time I came upon a stone bridge across a wide stream; in the distance I could see the smoke from cooking fires. Half way across I felt a presence and turned, and there stood the boy again, leaning over the bridge wall and shouting down into the dark underneath:
"He's here Moon-Gnawer - I got you 'im! A man for my sister you said, a man to feed on!"
Instantly I was fully alert. A huge knobbled hand reached up and took purchase on the wall near me, then another. With startling speed the beast had dragged itself up over the side of the bridge and stood, nine feet tall, dripping wet, huge shoulders supporting powerfully muscled arms that ended in hands that scraped the ground. One held an enormous rusty meat cleaver.
The horrible face slit open and a voice like ancient rocks speaking said, "Little grey man, ye be my supper. Keep still while I chop ye!"
An interesting proposition, but I had no intention of complying. From the folds of my cloak I whipped out my long thin knife. Slish, slash, snicker, but the troll's hide was thick, and it was like trying to cut into ancient stone. This was a battle I could not win by force.
I drew my arms apart, palms upward. "Wait, Moon-Gnawer, am I not thin and stringy? Hardly fit for the pot, just bone and gristle!" It paused slightly, cleaver half-raised. "A hungry troll requires a man large and fat, juicy with easy living! I can get you such a tasty treat!"
"Speak, skinny one," it said slowly, head cocked.
"Behind me on the road I passed a fat tax-collector on a donkey, trying to reach the village before the fall of night. He has but one guard. Allow me to return and dispose of the guard with my long thin knife, and the fat man will be yours for the taking. Not to mention the gold he no doubt carries."
"Hmmm ..." Was that slow grinding the sound of it thinking? "Very well, but be quick about it. I want my dinner."
"Excellent. I will return quickly with your delectable dish, bridgekeeper."
Turning tail, I fled back the way I had come, passing the wide-eyed guttersnipe. "But ... my sister! He promised to free my sister if I brought him dinner."
"You'd best find another for his plate as I did, snot-nose." I shouted over my shoulder, still running. "I have a detour to make!"
]]>Remember, for each new revision you now need only print and replace the revised index and pages with new entries.
As usual, go to the Guild Downloads section for the latest downloads.
]]>Remember, for each new revision you now need only print and replace the revised index and pages with new entries.
Go to the Guild Downloads section for the latest English, French and German PDF downloads. The only document that has seen no changes this month is the French Creature Compendium.
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Boardgamenews.com brings us a preview of the upcoming Scottish Wars Expansion Pack.
The set will contain 42 sculpted new figures including: 6 Iron Dwarves Cattle Riders, 8 Iron Dwarves Clan Chiefs, 12 Mounted Knights, and 16 Iron Dwarves Spear Bearers; 24 new Banners (12 for each camp); a Rules Booklet with 5 new adventures (Stirling Bridge, Falkirk, Bannockburn, Dupplin Moor and Neville's Cross); 7 Specialist cards; 3 Unit Summary cards and 2 Weapon Summary cards.
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When I had crossed the Stirling and fulfilled my commission, I found myself at leisure within the army camp of my own kind. It was there that my predictions for the coming battle--correct, as it turned out--were first formed. Watching the slovenly Hugh de Cressingham eating put me in mind of a pig at a trough; if he had known he was fattening himself up to be flayed by the dwarves and worn as a sword belt he would no doubt have been put off his dinner. And Surrey was a self-serving man with heavy-lidded eyes, skillful only at snoring in his bed, not planning battles.
But despite the arrogance and overconfidence of their leaders, the cavalry were still a sight to be seen, arrayed in their gleaming armour and bestride their powerful mounts. The horses stamped and steamed in the cold morning air as the army began the crossing at Stirling Bridge, and the knights held their lances high, anticipating they would soon be plunging them into a dwarven rabble and returning in time for a light lunch.
I'd seen the dwarves in their camp and alone thought otherwise. They were no rabble. I took one last look at the mighty army heading for oblivion, wrapped myself in a dark cloak and headed south.
]]>Remember, for each new revision you now need only print and replace the revised index and pages with new entries.
Go to the Guild Downloads section for the latest English, French and German PDF downloads. The only document that has seen no changes this month is the French Creature Compendium.
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