http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3506

Oh good lord! Those beautiful Southrons!!!

and it comes out Q4 2012! makes me sorta chuckle at all the naysayers and doom spreaders.

sounds like an awesome cycle!

thanks for the link. Perhaps we'll see this before the un(officially)announced Hobbit Saga II

and now they took it down…boo!

in the meantime, here's what i remember:

-they showed a tactics event: ready a defending gondor character to give +1DEF
-the cycle is called against the shadow
-and the enemy spoiled was battering ram. its shadow effect does damage to something something called "the approach;" i think its stats were 2 7 3 5
-10 encounter decks
- comes out Q4 2012

where the gosh darn hell is it!!!!

richsabre said:

they took it down; see my post above for info.

also, if you go to the LOTR main page, you can at least see a brief blurb.

Dain Ironfoot said:

i know….i want pictures though ….John i blame you as i was too busy reading your last post haha

richsabre said:

haha…those i didn't save.

there was either an error they want to fix, or it wasn't supposed to go up today.

i bet it was just to tease us…Caleb!! i want those pictures please……hahahahahah im loosing it here…..

EDIT THANKS….

Yeah Dain, it looks like you're right.

As far as what you posted, that all seems correct, the battering ram also had a nasty forced (I think it was forced), if active location is a battleground that location receives 3 damage. So that's a new mechanic. Over at BGG there's a pic of 3 cards fanned out (non of which you've mentioned): [ ] indicate covered text and hypotheses on my part.:

Defender of Rahhas (Rammas?) Tactics (2 cost)

0 1 4 1 Gondor. Warrior

Ithilien Tracker Lore (2? cost)

? ? ? ? Gondor. Ranger.

[Action: Exhau]st Ithilien Ranger to lower the […] the enemy added to the staging area [at the en]d of the phase

Blood of Numenor Spirit (0 cost)

Condition (Gondor or Dunedain hero)

[Action: Discard] 1 resource from attached hero's [pool? …] to give attached hero +1 Defense for […t]o its resource pool until the end […(l]imit once per phase).

richsabre said:

richsabre said:

it's back up http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3508

Sorry rich, my posts do tend to be a bit windy.

Oh I guess it's back up. and yeah, new? Battleground mechanic.

Hi everyone! Finally decided to post something cause I just saw the preview and came by the new Heirs of Numenor mini site, here it is: javascript:void(0);/*1345586466037*/

By the way, it looks utterly awesome!

the Mumak…..wow…this is going to be THE cycle….

Neat, they also mentioned the cycle coming right after it, Against the Shadow. Seems like they'll be rolling out the expansions pretty fast.

This was well worth the wait in terms of news! So freaking stoked. It seems like it's really going to be battle focused and different from the previous encounters. I also love the idea of searching for Brigands and the art on that treachery card with the rainy town. 4 defense ally! And Magali doing Ithilien Ranger art!?! FOR GONDOR!!!!

TheDukeOfSpades said:

yeah this is what weve all been waiting for…..well well well worth the wait

this is already my favourite cycle….and i havent even played it yet

richsabre said:

yeah 12 HP and no more than 3 damage per round, with 4 threat 7 atk. and 3 def. I hope there aren't many of those (also note, no VP).

so 4th quarter….who thinks we shall get it before christmas time? i remember khazad was 4th quarter but ended up after new year

Dain Ironfoot said:

Hehe yea me to. Don't be hasty borarum

Battering Ram deals damage to an active location, and the article mentions using attributes other than willpower to quest - could it be that Tactics will not only become playable, but actually GOOD during this cycle? I hope so, as it currently feels like they're pretty much dead cards.

I love the idea of taking part in epic battles, so if the quests turn the willpower requirement on its head, then this cycle could be a lot of fun.

I was really hoping for some kind of Shire cycle before this was announced but i've changed my mind now. This looks pretty cool. I like the way they are moving towards big huge battles and battlegrounds, and things like that, instead of just having a piddly little group of us wandering through the forest trying to save an eagle

that "battering ram" card is a bit wierd. it's supposed to be an enemy… and yet it does damage to the active location. But the locations are kind of like enemies too, because we need to get rid of them. So does that mean we will be able to put friendly locations into play, that give us benefits? And these enemies come along and destroy them?

Doesn't Laketown take damage as well, in that new GenCon quest? Does anyone know how that works?

There have been some "good locations" already and I really expect this will be the theme, after all most of these locations should be within the realm of Gondor (at least for some quests) and you might have to try and keep them safe. What hp will the locations have is the other question…

As for the mechanics, I really hope this is going to be a shift towards making Tactics much more important, especially in solo play.

agreed- the spoiled cards so far seem VERY much focused on protecting and defense which is great

rich