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News Roundup: Two Weeks Worth

Victory Point Games has announced the second edition release of Waterloo 20. This is a small density scenario with 20 units or less. Upgrades have been made to the previous version, including adjusting geographical landmarks and rivers for greater accuracy.

Bruno Faidutti, one of the designers of Red November, has posted approval on his blog about special characters created for his game. The special characters, found on Dylan’s RPG and Nerdery Blog, provide unique special powers and hindrances for each character similar to what you might see in Pandemic or Battelstar Galactica. Definitely worth a look for Red November fans.

The Thunderstone Advance previews continue to roll out. Now, experience will no longer be just for leveling up your heroes, but instead will have multiple uses. One such use, will be in obtaining and using your familiar. You can see all of the new uses revealed so far at the Advance site.

That same site has also revealed a new board complete with locations for Village cards and the Dungeon – as well as a new Wilderness side that treats light differently.

As long as we are on the topic of Thunderstone Advance, we’ve also seen a couple of the new guardians. Belac is a nasty one who essentially steals your best hero for himself.

Todd Rowland, also of AEG, is teasing a new Gen Con release. No official word on the game yet, but the imagelooks intriguing.

Nightfall fans, rejoice as the previews for Coldest War continue to be released. I was happy to see the above card among those previewed. It looks like we are going to see minions being equipped. Even though minions are discarded after attacking, I think this kind of customization will be a welcome addition to the game.

The designers of Belfort have announced on their blog that there will be two upcoming expansions for Belfort this year. One will be a mini expansion that will include new guilds. But another will be more substantial. And they are looking for playtesters. If you are interested, check it out.

And, finally, Mental Floss has posted about 26 life size board games. It is mostly the common games – Scrabble, Monopoly, Chess, but it is still neat to see some of these games writ large.