kookoobah said that "perhaps we are getting 2 each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, Wizard Commander, mounted and unmounted."

Or perhaps 2 each of these heroes, one for each player.

But these were originally described as Lore Masters. So I wonder what happened to the Hero-esque characters such as say, Joan of Arc or perhaps Edward I or Robin Hood that have been alluded to in the past but perhaps never fully confirmed by DOW or FF.

On the unofficial Battlelore Master website, the writer/Raven questions whether the figures, of which he has a copy, will be the same as those to be published in Autumn. Although too early too judge (and it is always dangerous to play the guessing game) I sense disparity between historical character Heroes and Lore Masters being used/labelled as Heroes. Perhaps the remaining five are historical. That would be nice. Or we're going to get heroes expansions.

Obviously with all those 110 cards the game and mechanics will nicely expand and open up. Something is better than nothing. But I just worry about losing those little 'ol characters from history.

David

grumblygrew said:

I'm betting 2 each indeed of every hero, one for each player... Additional expansions can add more and finally fill in the guest spot??

I actually have interpretted the "2 heroes" as one mounted/one unmounted. I believe this is the case due to the wording of the "Riding" cleric card which states that you should pick the "mounted Cleric figure." This also makes sense with the figure previews we saw oh so long ago - unmounted wizard and mounted rogue.

The only concern I have is then, do I need to buy two sets to let both players play the same Hero type? I guess this is similar to the creatures in that they seem to be unique unless you want to buy multiple copies.