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White Wizard Games Announces ‘Star Realms’ Expansion and New ‘Epic: Card Game”

At the GAMA Trade Show, White Wizard Games CEO and Lead Game Developer Rob Dougherty announced the company’s new Epic Card Game and an addition to its popular deck-building game, Star Realms: Year 2, during an interview with hobby news website ICv2.com.

 

Epic Card Game is a new fantasy strategy card game that has elements of Ascension and Star Realms, Dougherty told ICv2. “The game plays like a trading card game or a Living Card Game, where it’s a strategy game,” he said. “Players will play champion cards that stay in play and fight for them, they can attack their opponent with them. They start with a score of 30 points. If their score gets reduced to zero, they’re opponent is eliminated.”

 

The deck box will contain 128 cards, eight of which are double-sided token cards with creatures (humans, demons, wolves, etc.). The 120 game cards will all be unique, with different artwork and distinct mechanics. The box will be enough for a 4-player game, and lends itself to sealed deck, draft or pre-constructed deck game styles.  A second deck can be added to support up to 8 players.

 

There is also the option of adding a third deck for recommended eight player drafts. Some cards have a white gem marking, which means a deck may include three of that card. Red gem cards are limited to one card per game.  MSRP is $14.99. The game is planned for fall (post-Gen Con) release.

 

Any relation to Epic, Rob Dougherty’s previous attempt at a game with the same name? Only time will tell.

 

The popular Star Realms deck-building game will add a new stand-alone deck this fall, Star Realms: Year Two.  ‘It will have explorers and scouts and vipers, just like the original, but the 80-card trade deck will be all new,” Dougherty said.  “It will also be an entry level product, so people who haven’t played Star Realms before can still play that as a two-player game.  They can be played separately, or it can be combined with the original deck for a wider variety of cards.”

 

And you can bet that Battleground Games & Hobbies will be ordering this one! We can’t wait to see what Star Realms: Year Two has to offer.

 

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Two Expansions Announced for Popular Game ‘Star Realms’

White Wizard Games has announced two expansions for its popular Star Realms Deck Building GameStar Realms: Crisis will arrive in November, with Star Realms: Gambit planned for winter 2015. This news is first reported by ICv2.com.

 

Crisis is a 48-card expansion which consists of four 12-card non-random packs, each sold separately.  The four packs concentrate on different aspects of the game–Events adds gaming-changing event cards, Heroesintroduces new character cards, Bases & Battleships and Fleets & Fortresses both add powerful new ships and bases.  Each display will include six of each expansion pack.

 

The Star Realms: Gambit set is currently only available as a second place prize in the organized play tournament kit, but will be made available for direct sale sometime this winter.  The 20-card set includes 13 Gambit “special ability” cards, 4 Challenge cards for solo and co-op play, and 3 Merc Cruiser cards.

 

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White Wizard has a third printing of the popular game due to arrive in mid-October, and a second printing of playmats available now.  Licensed deck boxes and card sleeves are also planned for winter release from Legion Supplies.

 

 

 

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