Castellan of the Ring

 Less then a week to go till the Warhammerfest, where MESBG officially has a slot for announcements! There were no whatsoever official clues what the news will be - if its the long awaited info about the next expansion or just some smaller stuff like non-connected miniature releases. But I am hyped and motivated AND I think we will hear about the "Last Alliance" as the next expansion ;) I already had some thoughts about the content of such an expansion and thought about a possible extension of the Numenor faction. But since then, I learned a lot and played even more often. I feel more experienced and a bit more grounded regarding new profiles. So I set down and worked on some profiles I would like to see + their values, costs and usage. Join me for a ride through possible new Numenor stuff =) DISCLAIMER: The source for my ideas here, came from a lot of thoughts and experience of playing the game. But I also drew from many discussions with other gamers. So I do not claim to ha...

In this new series, I wanna share with you my thoughts on developments in our hobby and try to philosophize about future things that are yet to come. And to start it off, I took a great motivation from the discussions about the most recent news and releases for our system. And I will explain why I think to know, what our next expansion will be about + what I predict and want to see in it. I did not write anything regarding the many news our hobby enjoyed over the last couple of months. A new expansion released with great success. We had our very first dedicated live-stream (!) - something that was unheard of so far. We will receive a new starter-set and battle hosts for the four most common armies. Shadows from a far away past But it were two smaller miniature announcements that caught my interest. The new Glorfindel and even more important, the new plastic Elrond set. Glorfindel is a gorgeous model and it was about time he received an update and a mounted version. But the new Elro...