Sneaking Past The Watcher in the Water, Part One

From the original FFG article here: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3171 “The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”    –Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring Through The Redhorn Gate and along the Road to Rivendell, Arwen and the heroes of Middle-earth have been taxed nearly to their limits... View Article

Lords of Waterdeep – NinjaDorg gets his arse kicked

Her irony loaded words filled me with a heady mixture of expectation management but also pride:“Okay then, let’s get this boring board game over with so we can watch another episode of The Walking Dead.”My wife is not a gamer. Not by any stretch. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. She kind of benignly sees my board game addiction as a much more preferable alternative to me getting sloshed down the pub every Saturday watching footie with the lads. So once every blue moon she’ll indulge me when a new title lands and I can’t wait until Thursday... View Article

Dungeons & Dragons Official Home Page – Design Article (Lords of Waterdeep)

Lords of Waterdeep Design & Development Rodney Thompson and Peter Lee Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page – Article (Lords of Waterdeep): ‘via Blog this’ ords of Waterdeep is a new strategy board game set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, debuting this month. In this Euro-style game, players send off their Agents to recruit Adventurers and recruit Quests. In this article, designers Rodney Thompson and Peter Lee describe the prototyping process and how the early, simple prototypes evolved into the high-end board game you can find in stores now. Prototype Design Rodney: Today we want to talk a little... View Article

Fantasy Quest Official Sound Track – songs now available!

Philip Glass’ Dracula was a huge influence on us and I love the elegance and simplicity of a purely piano score.  We listened to a lot of music whilst developing and play-testing Fantasy Quest and I really liked the idea of a sound track that tied directly into the story of the game because great music enhances literally everything.  With that in mind I asked Francesca if she would compose a theme that tied into the game and she went a gigantic step further and put together an entire album of brilliant piano music.Whilst this won’t be included with the... View Article

FFG News – Ambushed on the Road to Rivendell

Fantasy Flight Games [News] – Ambushed on the Road to Rivendell: “Road to Rivendell “ ‘via Blog this’ Suddenly Aragorn leapt to his feet. “How the wind howls!” he cried. “It is howling with wolf-voices. The Wargs have come west of the Mountains!”    –The Fellowship of the Ring Having barely pushed their way through the raging snowstorms along The Redhorn Gate, the heroes of Middle-earth continue their journey to Rivendell, heading down the westward slopes of the Misty Mountains. Though they leave the drifting snow and wintry weather behind them, the Road to Rivendell is not yet clear. Wargs, goblins, and other ferocious... View Article

Dungeons & Dragons Lords of Waterdeep Design Article

Interesting design article on Lords of Waterdeep, looking forward to this one… Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page – Article (Lords of Waterdeep):‘via Blog this’ ords of Waterdeep is a new Dungeons & Dragons strategy board game, debuting this month. In this game, players send off their agents to recruit adventurers and recruit quests. In this article, designers Rodney Thompson and Peter Lee describe how this new D&D board game was designed. Two Halves Make a Whole Peter: Immediately after Gen Con 2008, I was travelling back to Wisconsin for the first time since joining Wizards. On the... View Article

Fantasy Quest Official Sound Track

The brilliant composer Francesca L Hall has produced two more tracks for the awesome Fantasy Quest sound track, nothing gets me more excited about this game’s development: The Veil: Knighthood: Though these tracks will not be included with the game the CD will be made available for those who wish to enjoy the full experience of the game!

Shadow and Flame – the climactic final Adventure Pack of the Dwarrowdelf saga!

With a rush it leaped across the fissure. The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air. Its streaming mane kindled, and blazed behind it. In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs.    “Ai! ai!” wailed Legolas. “A Balrog! A Balrog is come!”    Gimli stared with wide eyes. “Durin’s Bane!” he cried, and letting his axe fall he covered his face.   –J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring In the Dwarrowdelf cycle of Adventure Packs for The Lord of... View Article