The Elves are coming!

[fatolaf]

Prob to be released May/June 2010, the first expansion set featuring the core decks for HE & DE amongst the cards in the set..

The Assault on Ulthuan

Malekith's prowess is as legendary as his ultimate betrayal, but the Phoenix King and his followers will do everything in their power to oppose the vile and destructive Dark Elves.

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce an upcoming expansion for Warhammer: Invasion: The Card Game, Assault on Ulthuan! This deluxe expansion brings two new factions to the forefront of the war for the Old World.

The Assault on Ulthuan expansion explores the bitter enmity between the Dark Elves and the High Elves. The Dark Elves are a cruel race who excel at taking prisoners, sacrificing them, and inflicting vast amounts of pain on enemy units through hit point reduction. This treacherous faction seeks to enslave the other races of the Warhammer world. The High Elves are a proud, powerful race who rely on card denial, cancellation, healing, and ranged attacks. They work to heal damage to the world and unlock the ancient mysteries of the arcane. Both will raise mighty kingdoms and venture out on perilous quests as they seek the power to stand victorious. Can either faction rise to dominance over the other, or will they both succumb to another foe altogether?

Assault on Ulthuan contains two core starter decks of forty cards, as well as two capital boards for the Dark Elves and High Elves. Players of the existing factions will find plenty to aid them as well; new cards for the other four factions, plus a handful of neutrals, bring a host of new strategies, tactics, and deck-building options for each of the six races in the game.

The war for supremacy over the Old World has already seen bloodshed and suffering beyond imagination... but this was only the beginning. This spring, two new forces join the invasion!

Example new DE card:

[Mike]

my dark elves are COMING!!!!..... MWAHAHAHAHA

[fatolaf]

I have a feeling they might be rather good......

[fatolaf]

More on the upcoming release...

Welcome to this week's installment of the Warhammer: Invasion "card of the week" series. With yesterday's release of Tooth and Claw (the third Battle Pack in The Corruption Cycle), Warhammer: Invasion decks around the world received a major boost. Now, however, we'll look forward to what's coming in the months ahead!

The release of Assault on Ulthuan will bring a long-awaited viability to both High Elf and Dark Elf decks, as well as a score of options for players of other factions. Additionally, later this month, The Deathmaster's Dance will hit shelves... and with it comes a particularly nasty trick for the Dark Elves. Today we'll spotlight two upcoming Dark Elf cards (one from Assault on Ulthuan and one from The Deathmaster's Dance), and we'll begin to appreciate one fundamental strategy of the Dark Elves: hand reduction.

While other factions certainly have units with the "scout" ability (which, after surviving combat, makes an opponent randomly discard a card from his hand), in the hands of the Dark Elves it's an especially damaging ability, since it compounds their already frustrating hand reduction abilities. Shades, a Dark Elf Card making its debut in Assault on Ulthuan, is a relatively inexpensive unit that can make a welcome addition to such a deck.

For another example of frustrating hand reduction, check out Caught The Scent, which will hit shelves later this month in the fourth Battle Pack, The Deathmaster's Dance. With the ability to not only gain a glimpse of your opponent's hand, but discard a card of your choice, Caught the Scent will have your opponent cursing the Dark Elves under his breath as you toss away a pesky Waaagh! or Judgement of Verena. But remember, when you get your chance to look at your opponent's hand, don't get so excited about the discard that you forget to take a mental note of what else might be coming your way!

[Garzini]

no news on price yet ?

[fatolaf]

no news on price yet ?

We predict an RRP of £24.99, but nothing concrete...