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ROLE PLAYING AID

It has been brought to our attention that both the Combat Cards & the Fantasy Cards can serve as useful aids in running role-playing campaigns - especially to resolve combats that do not directly involve the player characters, but may still have an important bearing on the campaign.

Who hasn't played in a role playing campaign where the heroes set out on a mission or quest along with a company of the king's guard or a platoon of colonial marines escorting them?

The extra troops are not there do the heroes' work for them, but rather to support the heroes in some important role - such as keeping the escape route open from marauding orcs while the heroes explore, or by holding the alien monstrosities at bay while the heroes search a wreck site.

Unfortunately, playing out a side battle that doesn't involve the heroes, at the level of detail that most role playing games do, may prove impractical and tedious - and result in too much precious game time being taken away from the action involving the characters.

Yet the success of these troops and their mission is important to the story line and will eventually affect the heroes, so some attention should be given to their struggle and its outcome.

That is where the Combat Cards & Fantasy Cards can really be a life saver. With the simplicity of generic unit types, the speed of play, and the ease of teaching the rules to newbies, they can be an efficient and effective way to resolve those important side battles - without taking too much time away from the main adventure.

The narrative nature of the Cards also allow game masters flexibility in determining how important aspect of the battle will mesh with the role playing action as well with the role playing system being used.

(Some examples being: How many rounds went by before that alien nasty broke through the marines' lines and went for the heroes? Has an Eliminated unit truly lost all of its "damage points" or is just unconscious and clinging to life?).

Combine the core games with the appropriate expansion sets, and the feel and flavor of just about any role playing system can be emulated on the Combat Cards or Fantasy Cards battlefield.

So the next time your heroes are about to set out with an escort in tow, give some thought to how the Combat Cards or the Fantasy Cards just might prove to be a real help to you the beleaguered game master...

Overview

The Tactical Assault: Fantasy Cards™ are a new and innovative way to approach your fantasy themed miniature gaming. The Fantasy Cards are designed to bring all the detailed elements of fantasy land warfare – including the fog of war – to the tabletop in a narrative card-driven format that is easy to play yet full of challenges. To be successful, you must be creative in your strategies, flexible in your tactics and attentive to the ever changing battlefield.

The Fantasy Cards can be utilized for just about any fantasy or pre-gunpowder historical setting, for any scale of miniatures, any sized battlefield and for any size of battle – ranging from the smallest skirmish action all the way up to massive army sized endeavors.

Info… New Army & A Bonus

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

There is a new Army of the Week up this week for the Fantasy Cards. This time we meet the Skary Adventurerz, a band of less than savory characters out looking for treasure just like their more civilized brethren.

With this Army of the Week everybody gets a little bonus – a sneak peak at a new expansion that we have coming. All we can say about it at this point is that the expansion can be used for both the Combat Cards and the Fantasy Cards, and that it will allow folks to add a bit more detail and color to their units for each game. As you peruse the army, see if you can spot the effects of the expansion on the units.

The expansion is in playtest right now, so it shouldn’t be too long until it is ready for general release. Until then, stayed tuned for more updates!

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

We are excited to announce the first Scenario Pack for the Fantasy Cards (Scenario Pack: Adventure) is ready and available in the Online Store. Just like the Scenario Pack for the Combat Cards, the Scenario Pack for the Fantasy Cards contains six fun and challenging scenarios playable in any scale – and with any of your favorite fantasy (or even historical) miniatures. While some of the scenarios were available for a little while on the website (they have since been polished & shined), two entirely new scenarios have also been included as well!

The first of the new scenarios is called “Getting Across” – a river crossing in the face of a hostile foe. This one is full of challenges, which might leave you a little surprised as to who really has the upper hand in this one! The other new scenario is called “Evacuation” and represents the shepherding of villagers to safety as a rampaging horde bears down on them.

To celebrate the release of the first Fantasy Scenario Pack, we are offering it for a limited time at half-off! That is right, you can get the Scenario Pack for 50% off its normal price simply by using the coupon code ADVENTURE when you check out from the online store. This is a limited time offer though, so don’t wait too long to take advantage of it!

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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

As promised, there is another new scenario available in the Free Downloads section this week – this time for the Fantasy Cards (Scenario #7). An army poised to enter an ancient crypt finds the haunted mausoleum packs an unexpected nasty surprise! We are very excited about this scenario, as it is the first of the solitaire play scenarios for the Fantasy Cards. What better way to kick things off with than with the undead…

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