Even before they faced the darkness imperiling the Barony of Forthyn, the six playable characters of Descent: Legends of the Dark heard the call to become heroes. However, answering that call has not been without its own perils.  

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to present six exciting short stories that tell the beginning of these heroes’ legends before their appearance in Act I: “Blood and Flame.” These tales were written by Robbie MacNiven, author of two novels also set in the epic fantasy world of Terrinoth, The Doom of Fallowhearth and The Gates of Thelgrim! 

All six tales are available to read and download now in PDF format. Read on for a preview of each hero!

Chance, the Hyrrinx Rogue

As has happened to many of his kind, Chance was exiled from his community of Hyrrinx catfolk when they ran out of enough food to feed the entire group. Forced to survive on his own, he resorted to life of crime at a young age, initially working for a street crew in the Free City of Frostgate. His skill was quickly recognized by those above him, and he was moved to work directly under and for the Outlaw Prince. Read the story of one of Chance’s heists gone wrong in this short fiction (2 MB)!

Kehli, the Dwarf Artificer

Kehli Deepfire has always wanted to become a great hero like those in her father’s tales. As someone brilliant enough to attain the title of “master” in both the Forge Smith’s Guild and the Dunwarr Alchemist’s League, surely Kehli is destined to someday star in her own stories of high adventure and epic feats. But being an adventurer isn’t easy, and not everyone appreciates Kehli’s knowledge and skills. Read this short story (2 MB) of Kehli’s endeavors to join a party of adventurers embarking to the ruins of Sudanya and prove her worth as a hero in the making.

Syrus, the Human Prodigy 

During his first year studying rune magic at the legendary University of Greyhaven, Syrus Indahlu was a middling student except in his one-on-one sessions on elemental channeling. When Professor Greysdon requests Syrus’s help in healing an ailing phoenix, Syrus finds himself in peril and is forced to make a snap decision. His life—and that of the phoenix, Indris—will never be the same. Read the story of how Syrus and Indris forged an inseparable bond in this short fiction (2 MB)! 

Vaerix, the Dragon-Hybrid Outcast 

Vaerix was once a respected teacher and leader among the dragon hybrids who serve Dragonlord Levirax. However, when they began to tell others of their dreams, they were brutally beaten, mutilated, and cast out. Since then, Vaerix has played the part of the wandering prophet and adventurer, trying their best to forget the pain and humiliation of their exile…and the plight of the dragon hybrids they left behind. Read this short story (2 MB) to discover Vaerix’s history, and their dreams of doom. 

Galaden, the Elf Huntsman 

The Barony of Kell, long known as the Shield of Daqan, could not withstand the onslaught of the demon-tainted Uthuk Y’llan hordes. After the barony fell and the Uthuk were scattered, many heroes and warriors took up the call to hunt and defeat the warbands that still menaced eastern Terrinoth. But for the wandering elf huntsman Galaden, the fight against the Uthuk and their demonic overlords is much more personal. Learn why Galaden is so adept at fighting the Uthuk Y’llan and what pain and sorrow he carries with him in this short story (2 MB). 

Brynn, the Human Avenger 

Brynn wasn’t always next in line to inherit the title of Baroness of Forthyn. Growing up, Brynn heard tales of her mother’s daring adventures and learned from her father’s sense of duty. She decided to forge her own path by training to become a Marshal of the Citadel, a wandering judge and defender of justice—and of the common people. But when tragedy and betrayal strikes, Brynn’s training is cut short, and she is called to shoulder new responsibilities. Read this short story (2 MB) to find out what happened to the Marshals and what made Brynn an avenger.

The steamship Atlantica makes way to Boston, but dark shadows trail the ship, staying just out of sight beneath the waves. Your fellow passengers seem unnaturally fixated, staring out to sea with a silent, desperate longing. Your dreams are plagued by eerie underwater nightmares. And now, a passenger has been murdered. This voyage began like any other, but now it seems that the Atlantica may never reach its destination.

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Check out the latest product from Fantasy Flight Games, now available online through our webstore or at your local retailer!

Nebula

Created by Thanos to be the perfect killing machine, Nebula broke free from her tyrannical father to become a feared space-pirate. But when the Mad Titan threatened all life in the universe, she joined forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to stop him. Though she may have a checkered past, Nebula is ready to prove that she can be a hero too.

As a sometimes-friend, sometimes-enemy of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Nebula blitzes into action in this expansion pack, which introduces her as a brand-new playable hero, along with her fifteen signature cards. With a pre-built Justice deck ready to go, you’ll be ready to try out Nebula’s technical gameplay from the moment you open the box. With a versatile range of abilities and the potential for some powerful combos, Nebula is a dangerous hero that should never be underestimated!

Not a standalone product. Marvel Champions: The Card Game core set required to play.

Pick up your own copy of the Nebula Hero Pack (MC22en) at your local retailer or online through our webstore today!

It’s finally time for Gen Con 2021! And while we won’t be at the event in person this year, we did still hold our annual Fantasy Flight Games In-Flight Report this week. Be sure to give it a watch over at our YouTube channel if you haven’t already done so!

If you don’t have the time to watch the report or you would like a recap of the highlights, you can find a quick summary of everything we announced below.

The first game in the newly-rebranded Terrinoth Legends universe, Descent: Legends of the Dark is the largest single project ever produced by Fantasy Flight Games. And it’s just getting started!

In addition to a brief shout-out to Level Up Dice and their awesome upcoming dice for the game, we also teased a sculpt from an upcoming expansion, Ghosts of Greyhaven. This expansion is a side-story that can be incorporated into your Act I campaign or played as a standalone adventure. Act II is still a ways off, but development is going smoothly, and in the meantime fans of Descent can look forward to Ghosts of Greyhaven to tide them over!

KeyForge

As we mentioned in an article last week, KeyForge is going on hiatus with a planned relaunch alongside a digital version of the game in the future. In the In-Flight Report, we gave a sneak-peek at the game’s sixth set, Winds of Exchange.

In addition to a whole new batch of cards and mechanics, Winds of Exchange also introduces the game’s eleventh house, the Compacts of Ekwidon. This is a mercantile house founded by the asymmetrical Getrookya, and it’s all about themes of trade and exchange. Joining the Ekwidon are six returning houses, including Brobnar, Sanctum, Saurians, Star Alliance, Unfathomable, and the long-awaited return of Mars!

Can you believe it’s already been five years since Arkham Horror: The Card Game first launched? This game has been going strong all this time and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. We had two big announcements for Arkham LCG in the In-Flight Report, with the first being Machinations Through Time.

This new standalone scenario gives us our first look at the city of Arkham in different time periods. Investigators must jump between the 1890s, the 1920s, and the 1950s as they try to solve a mystery of scientists disappearing throughout time. Machinations Through Time is the next in line of our special Gen Con scenario releases, similar to The Blob That Ate Everything and War of the Outer Gods. Like those two scenarios, Machinations is compatible with epic multiplayer mode, which means players can work together with other teams to solve this chronological caper. This standalone scenario will hit stores in the first quarter of 2022.

The other big announcement for Arkham LCG is a repackaging of the Dunwich Legacy cycle. Similar to the upcoming Edge of the Earth expansions, all of the player cards for the cycle can be found in the Dunwich Legacy Investigator Expansion while all the encounter cards and campaign cards can be found in the Dunwich Legacy Campaign Expansion. These expansions are the first in a wave of repackaged content for Arkham Horror, and they will both release within the first quarter of next year.

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is Fantasy Flight Games’ longest-running LCG by a wide margin. This game has been around for ten years now, and the size of its loyal fanbase is a testament to how great of a game it is. To that end, we want to introduce this fantastic card game to even more people, and so we designed the Revised Core Set.

This new version of the game’s core set comes packed with enough cards and components to support up to 4 players right out of the gate. There is also some new content in this box—specifically, some new campaign cards, boons, and burdens that have not existed in the game before. But don’t worry, if you already own a core set, you will be able to print off these new cards from our website for free. We’re aiming for an early 2022 release for the Revised Core Set, so stay tuned!

We also plan to rerelease some (but not all) of the game’s cycles in the same fashion as we are for Arkham Horror LCG, with all player cards in a Player Expansion and all other cards in a Campaign Expansion. This is all to help new players get into this fantastic game as easily as possible. Look forward to more information on this initiative in the coming months!

Finally, the last announcement we made for Lord of the Rings LCG was The Dark of Mirkwood, a long-promised scenario pack containing two scenarios: The Oath and The Caves of Nibin-Dûm. These scenarios were originally released as part of the Limited Collector’s Edition two-player starter set, and now they will finally be available as part of their own standalone scenario pack. This pack will be available in Q1 of 2022.

We kicked off the Marvel Champions section with the reveal of the final hero pack of the Mad Titan’s Shadow wave, Vision! As the ultimate android, Vision comes packaged with a pre-built Protection deck ready to play from the moment you open the box. His gameplay revolves around his unique density manipulation mechanic, which makes him a strategic hero with some impressive durability. Stay tuned for an in-depth announcement article for Vision in the near future!

We also teased the next campaign expansion for the game: Sinister Motives. This Spider-Verse-themed box comes with two web-slinging heroes, Ghost Spider and Spider-Man (Miles Morales), as well as a plethora of classic Spider-Man villains, such as Sandman, Venom, and the notorious Sinister Six. The hero packs that follow this expansion will include a couple more web-warriors but also some surprises mixed in. Who else will be joining the forces of good in Marvel Champions? You’ll have to wait to find out!

With the 25^th anniversary for Twilight Imperium around the corner, we have a lot of amazing things in store for fans of the franchise next year. The first of theseare two graphic novel series developed by our friends at CMON.

These stories will expand the universe of Twilight Imperium in exciting and unexpected ways, and they are written and drawn by some of the biggest names in comics, including Ron Marz (Silver Surfer, Witchblade), Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy, Annihilation), Dan Abnett (Gaunt’s Ghosts, Horus Heresy), and more. Of course, we’re working closely with the folks at CMON to ensure that everything in these stories will perfectly fit within the Twilight Imperium canon.

We’re also working with CMON on a graphic novel series that takes place in the Android universe. This work is being handled by its own all-star cast, with Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Joyride, Batman & Robin Eternal) doing the writing and Guilherme Balbi (Spartacus, Superboy) doing the art. All three series (Android and both Twilight Imperium) are being edited by comic book industry veteran David Hedgecock (Transformers, TMNT).

There is a ton of talent involved in these projects and we can’t wait for their completion. Keep an eye out for more information and sneak peeks in the future!

In a similar vein to the graphic novels above, we also revealed our partnership with Event! Merchandising, who are helping us launch our very own Fantasy Flight Games Official Fan Sites. These online stores will feature all sorts of awesome swag themed around our various IPs, including mugs, pillows, shirts, art prints, and more. The stores will continue to grow after launch, which means even more exciting goodies will be gradually added as time goes on.

The first of our IPs to launch its fan site will be Legend of the Five Rings, followed closely by Arkham Horror and then eventually Twilight Imperium. The launch dates for each site will vary by region; we’ll have more information on the exact details as we get closer to launch.

Finally, we capped off our In-Flight Report with a (very brief) teaser on the long-awaited expansion for Star Wars: Outer Rim, titled Unfinished Business. We won’t have any additional information on this product to share for some time, but rest assured, it is coming!

Hello, KeyForge fans.

The past year and a half have been rough. The pandemic has not been kind to this game that we all love, and while we were able to give you some print-and-play content, there is no doubt that there has been a long wait between news and content releases. Unfortunately, due to both the pandemic and another unforeseen complication (which we will go into in a moment), we have been unable to provide KeyForge with the amount of content it deserves, and we will not be able to do so for some time yet.

However, we refuse to give up!

KeyForge is a game that is dear to all our hearts, so in order to give it a proper chance to shine again, we have decided to put the game on hiatus for the time being, with plans to relaunch the game with new life at a later date. Some of you may wonder why we cannot simply relaunch the game now, and the answer is that we simply do not currently have the ability to make new decks.

The “unforeseen complication” that we mentioned above is the fact that the deckbuilding algorithm for KeyForge is broken and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. This is neither an easy process nor a fast one, which is why the game will be going on hiatus for a while. We wish we had better news in this regard, but the fact is that, even if the pandemic was not a factor, we cannot currently generate any new decks. We ask for your continued patience as we work to rebuild the unique deck engine in preparation for the game’s relaunch. And don’t worry, all existing decks will still be valid and playable when the game relaunches.

That said, to show you that we mean business when we say KeyForge is coming back, we’d like to give you a quick peek at the game’s sixth set, Winds of Exchange!

This set adds loads of new content for the game, and the best part is the set is already completely developed! In fact, if the algorithm was not broken, the set would already be well on its way to stores this fall. This means that when we do relaunch KeyForge in the future, Winds of Exchange will be ready to produce and hit store shelves.

In other exciting news, we very much hope and intend to launch a digital version of KeyForge courtesy of our friends at Stainless Games (Duels of the Planeswalkers). This exciting new project is currently in discussion, and we are so delighted that we simply had to share this snippet of incredible news with all KeyForge fans!

Forging Ahead

We hope that today’s update sheds some light on KeyForge’s current situation. We know the wait has been long and frustrating, and we thank you for your continued patience. Keep an eye out in the future for further updates on the game and more information on the horizon.

Hang in there, KeyForge fans. The best is yet to come.

Gen Con 2021 is almost upon us! While we will not be attending the main event in person this year, we will be participating in Pop-Up Gen Con at the Gamezenter in Roseville, Minnesota! Read on to discover what’s in store for this event next week.

Friday, September 17^th

Event Tables

You know them, you love them. These epic multiplayer scenarios for our beloved cooperative LCGs always draw in lots of fans, and this year’s scenarios will prove to be no different. One of the scenarios is brand-new, while the other is finally getting its chance to shine at the event it was made for. Note: You must sign up for these events to participate.

• 12:00 PM CDT – The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Hunt for the Dreadnaught Scenario. Join game designer Jeremy Zwirn for an epic multiplayer event with our longest-running LCG. This is the first time this scenario will be playable at Gen Con, so you won’t want to miss it!
• 5:00 PM CDT – Arkham Horror: The Card Game Gen Con Scenario. MJ Newman hosts the debut of a brand new epic multiplayer scenario for Arkham LCG. You’re bound to have a thrilling time solving this mystery with other teams!

Learn-to-Play Tables

Is there an FFG game you want to try out, but haven’t had the chance to play? Join an FFG staff member and some fellow newcomers to play through a full scenario of one of our current classics. Note: You must sign up in order to participate in a full learn-to-play.

• 1:00 PM CDT – Marvel Champions: The Card Game. Join forces with your fellow heroes and take on the Rhino, a brutish villain with a penchant for breaking and taking. Can you stop him from stealing a shipment of vibranium?
• 6:00 PM CDT – The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth. Gather a fellowship of likeminded individuals and tackle the first scenario of this epic adventure game. In addition to the heroes from the core set, we will also have heroes from the new Spreading War expansion available for play, allowing you to journey as iconic characters like Beorn, Boromir, and more!

Demo Tables

Want to try out an FFG game, but don’t have the time to commit to a full game/scenario? No problem! Simply take a seat at one of our open gameplay demo tables and try out a few rounds of one of our games yourself. These tables are first come, first serve, so grab a seat whenever one is available!

• 12:00 PM to Closing Time – Take a seat and enjoy a few rounds of any of the following games that you want:
  • Descent: Legends of the Dark
  • A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt
  • The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
  • Marvel Champions: The Card Game (with or without The Hood Scenario Pack)
  • Unfathomable

Saturday, September 18^th

Event Tables

If you miss the chance to play one of these epic multiplayer scenarios on Friday, you have another opportunity to enjoy them on Saturday! Keep in mind that they happen in the opposite order on this day. Note: You must sign up for these events to participate.

• 12:00 PM CDT – Arkham Horror: The Card Game Gen Con Scenario. MJ Newman hosts the debut of a brand new epic multiplayer scenario for Arkham LCG. You’re bound to have a thrilling time solving this mystery with other teams!
• 5:00 PM CDT – The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Hunt for the Dreadnaught Scenario. Join game designer Jeremy Zwirn for an epic multiplayer event with our longest-running LCG. This is the first time this scenario will be playable at Gen Con, so you won’t want to miss it!

Learn-to-Play Tables

Just like on Friday, join an FFG staff member and some fellow newcomers to play through a full game from our current lineup. Keep in mind that one of Saturday’s games is different from Friday’s! Note: You must sign up in order to participate in a full learn-to-play.

• 1:00 PM CDT – A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt. In this game of politics and treachery, you will use your influence to manipulate the other players and try to have the most powerful small council in Westeros. Just be sure to watch your back; you never know when your allies may turn on you!
• 6:00 PM CDT – Marvel Champions: The Card Game. Join forces with your fellow heroes and take on the Rhino, a brutish villain with a penchant for breaking and taking. Can you stop him from stealing a shipment of vibranium?

Demo Tables

Want to try out an FFG game, but don’t have the time to commit to a full game/scenario? No problem! Simply take a seat at one of our open gameplay demo tables and try out a few rounds of one of our games yourself. These tables are first come, first serve, so grab a seat whenever one is available!

• 12:00 PM to Closing Time – Take a seat and enjoy a few rounds of any of the following games that you want:
  • Descent: Legends of the Dark
  • A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt
  • The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
  • Marvel Champions: The Card Game (with or without The Hood Scenario Pack)
  • Unfathomable

Gen Con 2021 is almost upon us! While we will not be attending the event in person this year, we still plan to partake in the event at a distance, starting with no less than four livestreams that week! Read on to discover what’s in store for the week of Gen Con 2021 on FFG Live:

Wednesday, September 15

• 7:00 PM CDT – Fantasy Flight Games In-Flight Report. Join head of studio Chris Gerber for a look at upcoming FFG games, new announcements, and more.

Thursday, September 16

• 3:00 PM CDT – The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth – Spreading War Gameplay Preview. Developers of the game sit down and play through the newest expansion of Journeys in Middle-earth. Join us for some exciting new gameplay and a special showcase of the new heroes, new roles, and, of course, new miniatures!

Friday, September 17

• 11:00 AM CDT – A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt Gameplay Preview. Come watch designer Frank Brooks and other members of the creative team as they play through this all-new game based on the characters and setting of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Join us for a first look at this game’s exciting gameplay, twisting loyalties, and power struggles as neighbors at the table become friends and foes.

Saturday, September 18

• 11:00 AM CDT – Unfathomable Big Game. Tune in for an exciting 6-player game of Unfathomable with several members of FFG’s staff. Try to guess who are the Humans, who are the Hybrids, and who is the Cultist in this thrilling showcase of the game’s characters and mechanics.

Even before they faced the darkness imperiling the Barony of Forthyn, the six playable characters of Descent: Legends of the Dark heard the call to become heroes. However, answering that call has not been without its own perils.  

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to present six exciting short stories that tell the beginning of these heroes’ legends before their appearance in Act I: “Blood and Flame.” These tales were written by Robbie MacNiven, author of two novels also set in the epic fantasy world of Terrinoth, The Doom of Fallowhearth and The Gates of Thelgrim! 

The first four tales are available to read and download now in PDF format. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for the final two stories featuring Kehli Deepfire and Chance! 

Syrus, the Human Prodigy 

During his first year studying rune magic at the legendary University of Greyhaven, Syrus Indahlu was a middling student except in his one-on-one sessions on elemental channeling. When Professor Greysdon requests Syrus’s help in healing an ailing phoenix, Syrus finds himself in peril and is forced to make a snap decision. His life—and that of the phoenix, Indris—will never be the same. Read the story of how Syrus and Indris forged an inseparable bond in this short fiction (2 MB)! 

Vaerix, the Dragon-Hybrid Outcast 

Vaerix was once a respected teacher and leader among the dragon hybrids who serve Dragonlord Levirax. However, when they began to tell others of their dreams, they were brutally beaten, mutilated, and cast out. Since then, Vaerix has played the part of the wandering prophet and adventurer, trying their best to forget the pain and humiliation of their exile…and the plight of the dragon hybrids they left behind. Read this short story (2 MB) to discover Vaerix’s history, and their dreams of doom. 

Galaden, the Elf Huntsman 

The Barony of Kell, long known as the Shield of Daqan, could not withstand the onslaught of the demon-tainted Uthuk Y’llan hordes. After the barony fell and the Uthuk were scattered, many heroes and warriors took up the call to hunt and defeat the warbands that still menaced eastern Terrinoth. But for the wandering elf huntsman Galaden, the fight against the Uthuk and their demonic overlords is much more personal. Learn why Galaden is so adept at fighting the Uthuk Y’llan and what pain and sorrow he carries with him in this short story (2 MB). 

Brynn, the Human Avenger 

Brynn wasn’t always next in line to inherit the title of Baroness of Forthyn. Growing up, Brynn heard tales of her mother’s daring adventures and learned from her father’s sense of duty. She decided to forge her own path by training to become a Marshal of the Citadel, a wandering judge and defender of justice—and of the common people. But when tragedy and betrayal strikes, Brynn’s training is cut short, and she is called to shoulder new responsibilities. Read this short story (2 MB) to find out what happened to the Marshals and what made Brynn an avenger. 

“I will be as good a lord to you as Eddard Stark ever was. Betray me, though, and you’ll wish you hadn’t.” – Theon Greyjoy, A Clash of Kings

The tangled, political web of King’s Landing ever widens, and powerful figures conspire for greater influence and manipulate those around them. Winter is coming, and alliances are betrayed as fast as they are forged. When the dust settles, who will come out on top?

Fantasy Flight Games is thrilled to announce A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt, a brand-new game of twisting loyalties and unpredictable power struggles set in the world of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series!

Manipulate the flow of politics in King’s Landing in this fast-paced card game for 3 to 6 players, and lead your House as one of nine iconic characters from the Song of Ice and Fire series. Use your influence to attract new allies and carefully navigate the other players’ allegiances as you strive to have the most powerful small council in Westeros. Just be wary of your own alliances—you never know when someone will stab you in the back!

Allies and Influence

In B’Twixt, the goal is to have the most powerful small council at the end of the game. We’ll explain what your “small council” is in a moment, but for now, let’s talk about how you amass power.

The two sources of power in this game are allies and power tokens. An ally is, as you would expect, a character from the Song of Ice and Fire series that provides a set amount of power to whatever council they’re in. A power token, on the other hand, can be worth anywhere between 1 and 3 power, but you won’t know how much your tokens are worth until the very end of the game.

Each player has two “councils”: one to their left, and one to their right. Whenever you gain an ally or a power token, you can choose which of your councils you want to place them in. However, there is a catch: you share each of your councils with another player, which means whenever you add power to one of your councils, you add it to one of theirs as well. Your council with the lower total power is your “small council,” and you’ll want it to have more power than anyone else’s small council at the end of the game. 

The ally and power tokens in council A are shared by Cersei and Euron. Similarly, the allies and power tokens in council B are shared by Euron and Melisandre.

At the beginning of a round, an ally is revealed from the top of the ally deck. This will be the ally that everyone tries to claim this round, which they do by bidding influence. At the start of the game and the beginning of each subsequent “season” (which is a certain number of rounds determined by player count), each player receives 10 cards from the influence deck. Each of these cards has a value, which contributes to a player’s total influence in their bid. Once each player has chosen to pass (or “kneel”), whoever has the highest influence total in their bid claims the ally.

However, influence cards are more than just numbers; they also have a wide variety of abilities that can shake up the game depending on when they’re played.

can force a player to discard a card from their hand while

lets you draw a card for a later round of bidding. If you know you’re going to lose a bid to one of your neighbors, you can use

to ensure that you still get the ally added to one of your councils. And while the massive 11 influence from

may seem enticing, you must be wary of a

turning your own cards against you!

After each leader has knelt, Tyrion has three cards in his bid pile which total 12 influence while Cersei has two cards in her bid pile which total 15 influence. Cersei wins the bid and claims the current ally.

In addition to claiming the ally, the winner of the bid gets to add a random power token (without looking at its numbered side) to one of their councils as well. Remember that you can choose which council to place the ally and power token in (unless otherwise stated by an ability), and that you share each of your councils with another player, so choose carefully when claiming an ally! Of course, the allies themselves are worth more than just their power values; some, such as

and

, have “When Claimed” abilities that trigger once somebody wins a bid. Others, such as

and

, have “During this Round” abilities, which add additional rules to the bidding phase. Some allies, such as

, have negative power values, which can be used to sabotage the other players. Other allies, such as

, can even kill an ally in someone’s council, setting the ally aside in a “dead pile” and out of play, which could significantly swing the power balance of the game. The opportunities are endless!

Winning the Game

At the end of winter, the game is over. To determine the winner, each player first flips the power tokens in their councils over to their numbered sides. Then, for each council, the players add up the power values of the allies and power tokens in that council to determine its power total. When all the adding is done, players compare the power values of their small councils—whoever has the most powerful small council wins!

However, if there is a tie, then the tied players compare the power value of their other councils to see who wins. This means that, even though your small council is technically the “more important” one, it’s a good idea to amass as much power across both your councils as possible. But don’t get too carried away, or you might end up helping your opponents as well—such is the nature of a game of B’Twixt!

The small council of both Daenerys and Jon has a total of 17. This results in a tie. By comparing the power of their other councils, since Jon’s council is 22 compared to Daenerys’s council of 20, Jon wins!

Twisting Loyalties

Do you have what it takes to become the most powerful leader in King’s Landing? Outwit your friends in this thrilling game of intrigue and political manipulation when A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt releases later this year!

You can pre-order your own copy of A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt (BTW01) at your local retailer or online through our webstore today!

Check out the latest product from Fantasy Flight Games, now available online through our webstore or at your local retailer!

Return to the Circle Undone

The reading is not yet complete. Dark machinations once again enshroud the Silver Twilight Lodge, and as the cards spin a new story, you find that you are the key to unlocking its secrets. It is time to reopen this chapter of horrors and put your fate in the hands of fortune once more.

This upgrade expansion comes oozing with new scenario cards and encounter sets that you can add to each scenario of The Circle Undone, enhancing your investigations with new dangers and new objectives. New player cards, including some upgraded versions of cards from The Circle Undone, give you new tools and options for upgrading your decks, and with a full assortment of card dividers you’ll easily be able to sort and store your entire campaign. On top of that, this expansion comes with a brand-new deck of 22 tarot cards that can be used to enhance any Arkham Horror: The Card Game campaign or scenario!

This is not a standalone product. A copy of Arkham Horror: The Card Game Core Set and The Circle Undone deluxe expansion is required to play.

Pick up your own copy of The Return to the Circle Undone expansion (AHC61) at your local retailer or online through our webstore today!