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I am back from EL:ITE - one of the premier Warlord events in Europe. Sure, it’s attendance is only rebuilding - as it is all over the world (EL:ITE once had 70+ players, but then at that one we all nearly froze to death because of a cold spell in Italy), but in terms of fun and food it’s a blast.

Among some great competition and meeting old friends a new Medusan Lord was revealed: Gixu (trying to pronounce that gets you as crazy as the character), former court jester of the Deverenian Emperor.

So, another Medusan Lord for Europe while the US again go empty? False.

The image you see (I’ll leave it to players who have been at the release to spoil the details) is the mirror image of the real Medusan Lord, created in a moment of panic. These mirror images, due to the immense power available to their creator, act independently, though, and don’t disappear at a mere touch. In fact, their mere existence denies mortals to perceive their creator.

In technical terms, Gixu exists in several copies (as Archos Loth) did. He will be run by several people in Europe (including me) and the US and some copies are reserved for “traveling” to events of deserving TOs, being temporarily played by them.

When a certain number of them is slain, the real Medusan Lord level challenge behind it will become visible. I expect Warlord players to be busy with this task for quite a while…

The arrival of the Crimson Coast APS is imminent and I have prepared the shipment list for all North American orders that I could assign payments to. Please check whether your are on it - with all your corresponding order numbers (click on “Read the rest of this entry” below).

If you want details, please login into www.warcraft-shop.de and review your order.

The first shipment to the US will be made to order - so if you want your cards quickly, you have till Sunday to order Crimson Coast (or the L2P set) and make sure you have your cards before the start of the 2009 Summer Campaign.

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Don’t expect any human sentiments from these guys:

With an uneven distribution of spoiler sites I guess it falls to me to even out the holes. Of course there be Mercenaries in this set. Behold:

By now you should have at least a cursory impression of what Crimson Coast is like. We certainly haven’t held back and I really look forward to the many new options for play.

I am about to finalize the orders sheets for next week and I would like to offer you an update:

If you have pre-ordered any amount of CC product, I am offering you to update it at no extra shipping cost. For each addition CC set (one of APS #10-#12 each)  ordered of an updated order you will get an additional Sir Robert and Takaxras!

This offer is valid until April 26th. To make sure “I get it”, please a) select the zero shipping cost and b) put the order number of your original order in the comments field.

I am running a bit behind on the Summer Campaign scheduling, so here is the list of approved tournaments along with their dates. There are a few more we are currently trying to fit in, so don’t give up hope yet.

• May 22-25, KublaCon, Burlingame, California
• May 30, Downers Grove, Illinois
• June 6-7, Cherry Valley Massachusetts
• June 12-14, Medford, Oregon
• June 19-20, Florianopolis, Brazil
• June 24-28, Origins, Columbus, Ohio
• September 5-7, KumoriCon, Portland, Oregon

If your proposal isn’t on the list and you haven’t heard from me - contact me asap. Also if you don’t see one in your region (Rocky Mountains region or the South East, for example), think quick about organizing one!

It took a while, but as of today two items are available:

If you participated in any of the Winter Campaign main events, you can request the Winter Campaign medal in bronze (and the ribbon accompanying it) in the Cardmasters forum.

If you actually won one of them, you can instead request the Winter Campaign medal in silver with two silver stars. Go to the forum and show your mettle (medal).

Also starting today you can order single APS in the store (as opposed to full sets of Crimson Coast). The following Warlords are matched with each other:

10: Commander Kaiten - Grilt Fenstalker
11: Thalaasa - Captain Alera
12: Pinion - Nin-Gula

This might help you in deciding which ones you want.

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This week-end the Role Play Convention took place in Cologne. We were out there in force with our own booth. Once again it showed that Warlord is a great game, but it works best, if you have somebody to demonstrate it to you.

A lot of you guys know that, and are doing it already, without being asked.

For obvious reasons, I would like to give all of you an incentive to intensify you efforts. Therefore I am installing the Emissary Program as of now. (more…)

Their history is closely tied in with the Elves from other realms. Their fate has driven them to a safe place. A dark place. A dangerous places.

The Vaneris fled before the onslaught and they went deep. They adapted. Now the Vaneris return from the Deep to wreak havoc upon the land-living. And worst of all is their queen.

Alien eyes gaze upon Thessyria from deep caves and windy aeries. With open warfare breaking out all over the continent, even the most ancient start to wonder whether patience is the best course of action…