From Russia without love

By MeisterH, in Tannhauser

dose anyone know why they haven't given the matriachy any bonus tokens?? the union and reich have loads of them which make their teams more fun and interessting to play. why can't the matriarchy get the same treatment, right now they are the least played team and that is mostly because of this (also I havn't acquired oksana yet, but that's another story :P )

The question you should be asking is not why the Matriarchy haven't recieved any Bonus Tokens, but rather why have FFG taken away the ones TOY gave them.

For instance one of the latest Bonus Tokens the "Glyph of Enoch" was originally assigned to the Matriarchy.

See...

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Is was of course named the Glyph of Dee, way back then; now it's a neutral token available in the Hoax expansion pack.

There are others, but I can't think of them right now.

Strange, makes me wonder how different the revised rules switch these sorts of things around.

Miah999 said:

The question you should be asking is not why the Matriarchy haven't recieved any Bonus Tokens, but rather why have FFG taken away the ones TOY gave them.

For instance one of the latest Bonus Tokens the "Glyph of Enoch" was originally assigned to the Matriarchy.

See...

04-06-08PrizeGlyphDee.gif

Is was of course named the Glyph of Dee, way back then; now it's a neutral token available in the Hoax expansion pack.

There are others, but I can't think of them right now.

Thanks! Now I know :)

I would argue that the Matriarchy have recieved fewer bonus tokens simply because not all Tannhauser owners have purchased the Novgorad Expansion. If you look at the 'Martriarchy' single figure releases (Gorgei and Oksana), both figures are backwards compatable with other teams, likely so that these figures are still usable for owners of the base game. Tokens for the Union and Reich are ultimately guarenteed to be viable selections for anyone.

Harbinger07 said:

I would argue that the Matriarchy have recieved fewer bonus tokens simply because not all Tannhauser owners have purchased the Novgorad Expansion. If you look at the 'Martriarchy' single figure releases (Gorgei and Oksana), both figures are backwards compatable with other teams, likely so that these figures are still usable for owners of the base game. Tokens for the Union and Reich are ultimately guarenteed to be viable selections for anyone.

I do realize this fact, but it just feels weird to me that they didn't give the Matriachy any extra tokens with oksana nor daedalus map expansion (from what I've heard). So what if you end up with one or two tokens you can't use, who knows, they might become the reasone you buy novgorod just to be abel to use them and i for one wouldn't be angry if FFG used a sales tactic like that (but that's probably only 'cause I already have all their other Tannhäuser products).

Well if it makes any of you feel better, most of the recent Bonus Tokens have been faction independent.