So, 15 cards in the goblin deployment deck.

Do you think it will be:

A. 15 card stand alone deployment deck.

B. 3 small stand alone deployment decks, 5 cards each.

C. 5 cards to add to each of the existing deployment decks.

D. Something else?

I'm going for 3 decks of 5 with a stronger feel of difference between them (one of the complaints from some corners about the CtA decks being the same).

It'll be interesting to see no matter what as these could be a really powerful way to get the races to feel different too (lots at the front good early on less troops held back and vice versa)

Chris

The new goblin expansion will include goblins only deployment cards. A dwarf expansion (hopefully) will include dwarves only deployment cards. What would seem to be missing is a set of humans only deployment cards. As it stands now, all the CtA decks include goblin/dwarf mercs. I wonder if this suggests a new human expansion as well?

Nematode said:

Possibly, but I would think all that is needed is the deck itself - or perhaps just omitting the mercenary laden deployment cards from the original CtA decks and combining the Human-only remainders...

To me, the solution (barring another Human figure expansion) would be to include the Human CtA deck along with the presumed upcoming Dwarf expansion.

toddrew said:

You are certainly correct. However, I would think that the folks at FFG have put a little bit of thought into the current expansion before putting money into its development. This just leads me to wonder if the current pattern (if one expansion can be considered a pattern) may suggest three expansions to round out the current races before proceeding to another race expansion.

I certainly hope for a human expansion with its own new CtA deck. We have been playing a 3 player variant; between us we have 3 core sets and one copy of every expansion. I designed race specific CtA decks for the dwarves and goblins; a friend of mine designed his own human deck. . . and so far he is 3-0. It seems almost every game he has 6 or 7 longbowmen, 2 arbelesters, 4 knights and 2 red cavalry. Those are pretty much the only units that get involved in combat. He thinks his deck is balanced. . . I don't. So something official would be GREAT!

I'd be interested in seeing a Human expansion in addition to the Dwarf expansion I'm sure will be coming. I feel there probably will be one given the popularity of the Hundred Years War expansion, and the inclusion of some HYW units in the Heroes scenarios...

Really looking forward to this expansion!

Cheers,

Giles.