John85 said:

Yeah. You could probably only use them for neutral cards, which would certainly be very restrictive; it leads me to believe there might never be such a hero…

Making Gandalf the White Neutral (And neutral only being usable on neutral resources) might be better than getting another hero that can't have attachments like Beorn in bear form.

Gandalf the White could be a neutral hero whose ability would be like Elrond : can only pay for allies in any spheres.

Shiv@n said:

Yeah, that is a good idea. Very thematic too.

Rapier said:

Beorn's (dis)ability is very restrictive indeed. Overall, his is an interesting design but a bit anticlimactic.

i would prefer to see something that shows how he helped other leaders rally their forces rather than buy them himself. perhaps something that allows him to not spend any resources himself, but to give a certain amount to other heros, thus he is not using his powers per se…just helping others to

rich

How would it be if he didn't generate resources, but gave Willpower boosts? Like Faramir, but only better?

spalanzani said:

thats a good idea and would certainly be thematic, i would just hope for something different to the way faramir and others works as it would feel a bit repetative by then

rich

Shiv@n said:

By my interpretation of the newspaper sentence, it can mean both:

- We will get a new Boromir;

- We will be able to use the tactics Boromir with more sinergyes;

And the fact that they choose to reveal Beregond doesn't seem to me an intention to give us another Boromir.

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CJMatos said:

As a french man, I assure you it can't mean anything else than "there is a new Boromir in this box"

Shiv@n said:

I agree, with Shiv@n, there is little other way to translate "Vous retrouverez dans Les Héritiers de Númenor d’illustres héros tels Boromir ou Beregond, ainsi que de nombreuses cartes quêtes, rencontres et joueurs." THAN

"In The Heirs of Númenor you will find illustrious heroes, such as Boromir or Beregond, as well as numerous quest, encounter, and ally cards."

We will see Boromir and Beregond in HoN and others in AtS

It does seem pretty conclusive, though being pedantic here "retrouver" means "to rediscover", which would make my translation "You will rediscover in The Heirs of Numenor illustrious heroes like Boromir or Beregond". Which, being pedantic, doesn't mean Boromir will be in the box, but a hero like him. Given the fact that the newsletter seems to indicate one of the scenarios will involve delivering a message to Faramir, I doubt we'll get him as a hero either.

But it's been a few years since I've had to use my French, so who knows…

spalanzani said:

"Retrouver" is more "find again" or "meet"

Well, regardless (or as some would incorrectly say irregardlessly haha) I guess it won't be long until we have the box in our hands and can see for ourselves who's in it, or may be we'll even get lucky and have a spoiler first (FFG , , nudge, nudge).

John85 said:

Not to bring the whole "no preview for x time" discussion again, I was expecting to see previews of HoN rather (or before) than AtS previews. If the November release is still on, there may not be much chance to whet the appetite.

lleimmoen said:

I could be wrong, but I think that the previews for Core Set/Shadows of Mirkwood, and Khazad-Dum/Dwarrowdelf (and SW:TCG/Hoth, for that matter) worked the same way: Expansion (cycle?) announcement + couple previews, cycle announcement + previews, expansion preview, pack announcement, etc.

Perhaps the way that The Hobbit 1 was released will become the cornerstone of future releases - that is, two preview articles and then the "it has been released into the wild" article. I for one would prefer this - The Hobbit 1 arrived pretty much on time, as opposed to the 6 or 7 previews for Khazad-dum, which didn't turn up for about a month after I had hoped for it!

But I find the "it has been out for some time" announcement totally useless, waste of time really. I would much prefer "it is being released this/next week" type of announcement.