http://i.imgur.com/2ZpljF9.jpg

I wonder how long that will stay up. So if I'm right crane, phoenix, lion, crab, unicorn, scorpion. The other look like a snake so could be dragon.

then mantis, spider in deluxe expansion packs perhaps..

if its official that is

I wonder who thought it would be a great idea to put a blue Mon with lot of blue around, a red/orange Mon with lot of red/orange around, etc.

You have to get really close to see that in all this blue stuff it's a Crane. Bad bad graphistic choices. It's very unforgiving because it was really hard to f*** things up on Mons, which already had a simple and already very efficient design.

Thanks for the update.

19 minutes ago, Katsutoshi said:

I wonder who thought it would be a great idea to put a blue Mon with lot of blue around, a red/orange Mon with lot of red/orange around, etc.

You have to get really close to see that in all this blue stuff it's a Crane. Bad bad graphistic choices. It's very unforgiving because it was really hard to f*** things up on Mons, which already had a simple and already very efficient design.

I think it's more a matter of a bad photo angle with not an idea light for the photo, than a problem with the Mons. Because, if you zoom in a little in the picture, it's not that bad.

The seventh mon is the Dragon Clan of course. It's the same mon we always had.

Artistically, they have kept the same design, it's just that they have made them a little different for the relaunch I guess.

I find it strange that they will start with 7 clans and not 8, the Horde that is, for deckbuilding purposes if nothing else. I MUST KNOW THE MECHANICS SOON! argh!

It's definitely the dragon mon, if you compare to old images it's clear that the "snake" is in the same position as the dragon in the Dragon mon. Plus the green matches that too.

Also, at least for me, clicking through to the source makes the image much clearer.

Yes, definitely the Dragon Mon. Assuming this is an official poster then it's great finally have some news! Shame about the Mantis and Spider but I have no doubt they will appear eventually.

Yeah, looking at it closer, you can clearly see Crane, Crab, Dragon, Lion on the top row and Phoenix, Scorpion, Unicorn on the bottom row. No idea why they switched Crab and Crane (since the clans are otherwise in alphabetical order).

Ok, so that's the answer to one question.

Now, let's see where the storyline will be when the game launches.

Sorry to all the Mantis and Spider fans.

I can imagine (and have seen) several good reasons for going with these core 7, but still.

great idea to look at th original. The clan mons are magnificent, next question is on the peeps. I guess we have crab,lion,don't know left top to bottom and crane,dragon,scorpion top to bottom right.

still believe that mantis and spider will be at deluxe expansions.

Man, I do NOT like the new Mantis mon. It looks too sinuous and dragon-like for my tastes.

Does not matter what faction I play.

I will remain a Spider Clan player.

However, I do hope that we get a confirmation on if this is official box art or not. Interestingly, this could mean either A) a return to the pre-Scorpion Clan Coup, B) a return to the start of the Clan War, C) a post-Onyx set up, or D) Battlestar Galactica Reboot.

29 minutes ago, sndwurks said:

...However, I do hope that we get a confirmation on if this is official box art or not...

Considering how tight-lipped they've been to date, they'll probably let us stew in our own juices for a while yet.

Am I the only one noticing some alphabet going wrong here? Crab always comes before Crane ^^

Based on the blurb that's been posted since the beginning on the FFG site, they'll keep the colonies, so C) or D) or E) go from pre-Onyx but somehow kill the Spider and Mantis.

I think D) is most likely, because then they have a better chance to draw in new players, who don't all have to learn the entire history of the setting up to now. But that is purely based on gut feeling and up to now I'd have said the same thing - just also including the Mantis and the Spider.

Ultimately, I just look forward to what FFG has to offer and then we'll see how that turns out eventually.

Also, what FunTimeTeddy said ^^

Also, there is no reason this picture should be taken down, and in fact it couldn't be taken down. Because this picture has been taken in a public place : the very official "International Game Festival" of Cannes. So it's public, it's out, and it's fine !

i gotta say... i'm not wild about those mon. the crane one is okay, and the dragon looks like it might be carved, so its not bad, but they look busy. part of what worked with the originals was they were instantly recognizable. its what made them so reproducible (honor counters, deck backers, etc). these are a bit hectic for my taste.

as for the quantity of them, we'll see. as the 85 million arguments on this and other forums have demonstrated, we simply don't have enough information at this point. even with this, if we take it to mean there will be 7 starting clans, it doesn't give us enough to really speculate meaningfully, given how many other variables there are, so i'm content to enjoy that other than the fact that i think the mon are too busy, the design is very attractive, and it means things are starting to creep closer to seeing the light of day.

34 minutes ago, cielago said:

i gotta say... i'm not wild about those mon. the crane one is okay, and the dragon looks like it might be carved, so its not bad, but they look busy. part of what worked with the originals was they were instantly recognizable. its what made them so reproducible (honor counters, deck backers, etc). these are a bit hectic for my taste.

Those are the original mon shapes. They are just depicted as if they were carved medallions. Angle is just making them appear more complex than they are.

Let the wild speculation....CONTINUE!

IF that is the level of the card art in the game. WOW.

My wildly speculative bet: Modified Onyx storyline, but Spider aren't playable out of the first box because they're the Bad Guys and the story is about defeating them. Mantis aren't initially playable 'cause they got blown up. The other seven Clans at the time of the IP sale will take courses of action that don't reflect the Clan votes because those , not Kanpeki on the throne, would be really hard for new players to jump aboard with.

The Lion looks like Matsu Koyama. I know it's probably not actually him, but still.