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Fantasy Flight and Games Workshop Break Up

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Fantasy Flight GamesIt’s not much of a surprise to anyone, but the partnership between Fantasy Flight Games and Games Workshop has ended. The deal began in 2008, and helped both GW and Fantasy Flight expand their game library with roleplaying games like Dark Heresy and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, while creating and establishing new board games like Chaos in the Old World and Forbidden Stars, and Living Card Games such as Warhammer 40,000: Conquest and Warhammer: Invasion.

Beginning February 28th, 2017, Fantasy Flight Games will no longer offer for sale any games in conjunction with Games Workshop, including Talisman and all games taking place in the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universes.

All upcoming products have already been announced and there are no new announcements of additional releases for any of the games. Those announce but unreleased products will be released before the end fo the deal

The full list of product lines leaving the Fantasy Flight Games catalog is:

  • Chaos Marauders
  • Dark Heresy
  • Dark Heresy Second Edition
  • Deathwatch
  • Forbidden Stars
  • Fury of Dracula
  • Only War
  • Relic
  • Rogue Trader
  • Space Hulk: Death Angel
  • Talisman
  • Warhammer: Diskwars
  • Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
  • Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game
  • Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game
  • Warhammer 40,000: Conquest
  • All Fantasy Flight Supply products showing imagery licensed to Games Workshop

Fantasy Flight Nabs Legends of the Five Rings from AEG

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Fantasy Flight GamesWe didn’t see this one comic. Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) and Fantasy Flight Games have come to a deal where Fantasy Flight will purchase Legend of the Five Rings from AEG.

L5R has been a popular game for two decades, and their events at Gen Con are always packed, so the deal is a bit of a shocker to me. Fantasy Flight has said it expects its first product for the relaunch will be for Gen Con 2017, and the game will be a Living Card Game (LCG) instead of a collectible card game (CCG).

AEG has cited their focus on other things beyond the CCG as a reason for the deal. Fantasy Flight does have a history with the property, and I’d expect to see it in more than just an LCG.

The current incarnation of the Legend of the Five Rings CCG will be complete with the release of the Evil Portents expansion from AEG. After that release, the game will go on hiatus until FFG relaunches it.

For players unfamiliar with the LCG model, a Living Card Game offers regular, non-randomized releases that include full playsets of every card. In its new form, Legend of the Five Rings will use this release format, rather than “blind” boosters that contain randomly assigned rare, uncommon, and common cards. Instead of spending their time chasing hard-to-find cards, the LCG distribution model allows players to focus on building decks by buying a single expansion that includes a full playset of every card in that expansion.

This will also see significant design changes in the newest version, including a new mechanical design.

(via Bell of Lost Souls, Tabletop Game News, Fantasy Flight)

Gen Con 2015: Fantasy Flight Reveals Star Wars: X-Wing Mist Hunter, Imperial Assault Carrier, Ghost, & More!

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At Gen Con, Fantasy Flight revealed new ships for their Star Wars: X-Wing miniature game. Check out what you can expect to hit shelves later this year.

Gen Con 2015: Fantasy Flight Shows Off New Star Wars: Armada

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Gen Con 2015 kicked off today in Indianapolis, IN and Fantasy Flight so far is just showing off some of the new figures you can expect for Star Wars: Armada in the fourth quarter. There’s likely still some debuts that’ll happen over the next couple of days, so stay tuned!

Check out that Star Destroyer and Home One!

Gen Con 2015: Fantasy Flight’s Imperial Assault Gets Banthas, Smugglers and More

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It’s only the first day of Gen Con 2015 and Fantasy Flight is showing off some new figures out in the fourth quarter of 2015. They’re likely to be debuting some figures throughout the weekend, so stay tuned!

Check out that Bantha Rider!

Fantasy Flight Announces Delay Due to Port Dispute

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FFG-Logo-BlueFantasy Flight Games took to their site to announce the delay of numerous releases due to the dispute currently taking place between the Pacific Maritime Association and the workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

The labor dispute has hampered shipping causing delays not just for Fantasy Flight, but also Wizkids, and most recently IDW Publishing.

The following new products have currently been affected by the unloading complications:

  • Rogue Squadron cycle for Star Wars™: The Card Game
  • Fly Casual supplement for Edge of the Empire
  • First wave of Imperial Assault Ally Packs and Villain Packs
  • The Lost Realm deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
  • Star Wars: Armada Core Set
  • Star Wars: Armada Dice Pack

The following product reprints have currently been affected and are delayed:

  • X-Wing Core Set
  • Y-Wing Expansion Pack
  • TIE Advanced Expansion Pack
  • Millennium Falcon Expansion Pack
  • Slave I Expansion Pack
  • A-Wing Expansion Pack
  • TIE Interceptor Expansion Pack
  • B-Wing Expansion Pack
  • TIE Bomber Expansion Pack
  • Z-95 Headhunter Expansion Pack
  • TIE Defender Expansion Pack
  • E-Wing Expansion Pack
  • TIE Phantom Expansion Pack
  • Imperial Aces Expansion Pack
  • The Genesis Cycle for Android Netrunner: The Card Game
  • Talisman Revised 4th Edition
  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition
  • Elder Sign
  • Deathwatch

It is unknown when things might return to normal.

Fantasy Flight Announces the Star Wars: Force and Destiny Beginner Game

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Star Wars Force and Destiny Beginner Game 1Fantasy Flight Games has announced a perfect way for folks to experience their Star Wars roleplay game, with the Star Wars: Force and Destiny Beginner Game. The release is designed for players of all skill levels and is a perfect entry into the RPG experience.

The release has a learn-as-you-go adventure that allows players to just open up the box, and get their lightsaber and force powers on. The box for 3 to 5 players features pre-generated characters that allows you to have the rules at your fingertips, as well as the dice and materials you need for folks the narrate the game.

This isn’t the full ruleset, it’s an abridged version, and all of it is built directly into the adventure setting up the ability to learn as you play through.

Star Wars Force and Destiny Beginner Game 2The designers made sure that there’s plenty of opportunities for combat, social encounters, clever thinking, moral conflict, and more, Mountaintop Rescue, the included adventure leads you through the fundamentals of Force and Destiny even as you participate in its action-packed narrative.

High up the snow-clad slopes of Mount Tellec on the Outer Rim planet Spintir, you and your allies must travel to an ancient temple and rescue the humble scholar Hethan Romund, one of the few individuals still willing to share any knowledge of the fallen Jedi Order. All the while, the game’s mechanics are introduced incrementally as part of the exciting narrative.

Star Wars Force and Destiny Beginner Game 3The game features four pre-generated characters, allowing folks to dive right in and play. You can play as a human trained in the arts of defense, a mysterious Zabrak mystic, an agile Togruta seeker, or a lightsaber-wielding Kel Dor able to move objects with the power of the Force? The character sheets are all eight pages that explains the character’s background, connection with Hethan Romund, the Force, and the other heroes. They also include some basic rules and ways you can advance the characters.

For those who’ve never played, Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars RPG uses a custom dice mechanic. These dice feature symbols that show off if you succeed or fail.

The Star Wars: Force and Destiny Beginner Game is scheduled to arrive at retailers in the second quarter of 2015.

Fantasy Flight Unveils the X-Wing Miniatures Game Imperial Raider

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The X-Wing Miniatures Game is about to get a bit more epic. Fantasy Flight has unveiled the Imperial Raider. The new ship was designed in partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. for use within the game’s Cinematic Play and Epic Play formats, the Raider-class corvette is the highlight of the upcoming Imperial Raider Expansion Pack.

The ship is a dedicated anti-fighter vessel too big for standard play. The expansion also contains one Tie Advanced miniature with a variant paint scheme and a new campaign “The Will of the Empire.”

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Fantasy Flight Games Merges with Asmodee

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Asmodee-DOYAsmodee is gobbling up the game industry. The company has announced it will be merging with juggernaut Fantasy Flight Games. This is the second acquisition for Asmodee in six month. The company earlier this year acquired Days of Wonder.

Fantasy Flight Games brings a solid list of licensed games including Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Sid Meier’s Civilization, and Games Workshop’s various worlds. It also helps Asmodee get a further foothold into North America, as Fantasy Flight has a great infrastructure with which they can build.

In return, Fantasy Flight gets better access and distribution in Europe. Asmodee oversees has distribution companies in the UK, Germany and the Benelux countries. They also act as a distributor for other brands not their own in various European countries.

FFG-Logo-BlueFantasy Flight Games will continue to operate as a fully independent publisher in the Asmodee Group out of its Roseville, MN headquarters and Fantasy Flight CEO Christian T. Petersen will continue in his current position, while also becoming a significant shareholder of the combined entity.

Most games will not be affected, though some games that are a better fit for Asmodee may shift over to them and vice versa.

Join the Aces with Star Wars: X-Wing

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The Rebels now have some more firepower courtesy of the Rebel Aces Expansion Pack for Star Wars: X-Wing. The set is out now and features one A-wing miniature and one B-wing miniature – both of which boast alternative paint schemes.

The expansion not only features two new miniatures to add to your fleet, but also a new mission Jump to Subspace, as well as new pilots and upgrades.

Rebel Aces Expansion Pack for X-Wing content
Check out a better view of both the A-wing and B-Wing miniatures.

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It’s time to test the limits of your A-wings and B-wings. It’s time to put them through their paces, to race them across the battlefield, and to blast through screens of Imperial TIEs.

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