In response to a post made on the Temple of Lore I wanted to inform everyone that I have a plan for the Dragon Lord program in mind and that I have posted the framework of that plan on the Cardmasters forum in the Dragon Lord Runners and Tournament Organizers forums. Since I only oversee North America, this plan will only affect that region.

The Dragon Lord Runners thread can be found here: To all North American DL runners and TOs

The Tournament Organizers thread can be found here: To all North American DL runners and TOs

From deep within the swamps come the cries of blood sacrifices. Ancient rites have stirred the long forgotten reptilian gods. Fierce legions of Sutek beat spears against shields, heeding the call of their destiny. Do they have what it takes to emerge from their swamplands and make war in Thessyria?
 
PHOENIX INTERACTIVE is proud to announce the Surge of the Sutek tournament, where the winner of each event gets to answer the following question:

“Should the Sutek get extended support as a Mercenary subfaction?”

These tournaments will occur the weekends of April 10-11 and April 17-18, in recognition of the ninth anniversary of Saga of the Storm. Sands of Oblivion will be fully legal for Surge of the Sutek events.
 
Stores and registered clubs will be able to order the participation kit from the online store within a few days of now. The participation kits will consist of one each of APS #1-12, one Treasure Chest, plus twelve copies of the participation card Sir Valance and four copies of the winners’ card Verdigris.

Yeah, so my plan was to post some wizard spoilers but I haven’t figured out how to upload to the blog. It looks all simple and stuff, but I think it’s a privileges thing. I’ll post them in the Ordo forum for now and once I get this figured out I’ll post them here as well.

Handy link

Please let me begin by thanking Arne for selecting me for the position and by thanking all of you who support that decision. Thank you.

For my first post here on the blog I want to explain a bit about what I am tasked with doing as I understand it. In the position of Assistant Brand Manager I am going to be performing a number of duties, only some of which are the duties of a brand manager.

Foremost I will be the primary customer service liaison for North America. It is beneficial that I live only about 30 minutes away from the warehouse and know Don personally. If there are issues with merchandise not arriving or if there are issues with defective merchandise I have the ability to go to the source and resolve those issues.

I will be the primary voice of Warlord CCG. Arne is still the guy in charge and he will still be communicating with everyone, but I will be a lot more accessible and I will probably post more than he does. I will also be the person working to network with advertising outlets and get the Warlord CCG brand back onto the radar screen of gamers. This also means that I will be communicating to and through fan sites, and I will be providing preview cards and other materials to those sites.

Working with Arne and Design, I will be contributing ideas for new promotional materials and working to keep their distribution effective. I am aware that the current means of getting promos to players has rusted nearly to a halt. As ABM I am going to work towards getting the system active and worthwhile.

I will push to revamp the Ordo so that it becomes something of a fan club. It needs work and I have lots of ideas. There will be a new call for envoys who will receive job descriptions, direction, and empowerment, and who will be the primary directors of the Ordo once it is healthy.

With all of that written, the title of Assistant Brand Manager might seem somewhat ill-fitting but it’s what we’re adopting anyhow.

I will post again in a week or so with some distinct action.

If you need to reach me you may always private message me at the Temple of Lore or on the Cardmasters forum. I read those sites at least five days a week and I will reply to everyone to the best of my ability.

Münster, July 10th

PHOENIX Interactive GmbH announces the newest product in their Warlord: Saga of the Storm 4th Edition CCG line: The Treasure Chest. This product contains 55 all-foil cards, 15 of which are totally new. The others are a best-of of both the most powerful and the most played cards of all factions and character classes.

“After proving we in fact are able to revitalize the Warlord CCG in a more player-friendly non-random environment with the successful expansions Shattered Empires and the recent Crimson Coast, we felt we need to let the players and our great design and playtesting teams catch their breath a bit”, confides PHOENIX Interactive president Arne Reuter. “Treasure Chest is a great set for serious players and collector’s, making staple cards like Incinerate, Judge Aeacus or Pagophoros available in an all new shiny form.”

Warlord: Treasure Chest is scheduled for release on August 31st, 2009.

You can pre-order it here.

Muenster, Germany June 16th, 2009

Phoenix Interactive and Alliance Game Distributors are pleased to announce that they have reached an exclusive distribution agreement to bring Warlord: Saga of the Storm CCG 4th Edition back into gaming stores in the USA and Canada.

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Scheduled for April PHOENIX Interactive publishes a Learn-to-Play Set for Warlord 4th Edition containing two introductory 50-card decks, quick-start-rules, and a 20-sided dice at an entry-level price point.

“After the successful re-launch last summer and the first expansion in November we have been getting rave reviews about Warlord 4th Edition”, says PHOENIX Interactive owner and Warlord-fan Arne Reuter. “The one thing our players criticized was that in the current packaging theme the Adventure Path Sets - by including 20 rare cards - pack a lot more punch than starters ever did, but new players could not know that and would therefore not enter the game easily.”

This is addressed now. The Warlord 4E Learn-to-Play Set contains two balanced 50-card decks and a set of quick-start rules that players can use to pick up the game swiftly. Apart from the new Warlords there are six entirely new unique cards, as well as several reprints that have not been part of Warlord 4E before. Veteran players will be happy to learn that all new cards apart from the Warlords are contained in the Learn-to-Play set twice.

The MSRP for the Learn-to-Play set is set competitively at 14.95 EUR or $19.99 and comes complete with an original CHESSEX Gemini 20-sided dice. It will be available world-wide in mid April 2009.
PHOENIX Interactive GmbH is a privately owned company, based in Muenster, Germany. Taking over the license from Alderac Entertainment Group (Ontario, CA) in January 2008 it is responsible for the successful relaunch of Warlord 4th Edition, the “game you already know how to play”.

Münster, January 27th, 2009

PHOENIX Interactive GmbH is proud to announce the second expansion for the ground-breaking 4th Edition of Warlord: Saga of the Storm Customizable Card Game, licensed from Alderac Entertainment Group.

Warlord: Crimson Coast will consist of three Adventure Path Sets (numbered #10-#12) each containing two complete tournament legal decks. Each deck is made of 10 rare, 18 uncommon and 27 common cards. The MRSP for each remains at $31.99 / 24,95 EUR. Crimson Coast will be available in both Europe and North America on April 30th, 2009.

After being thrown into the new lands of Thessyria, the armies of the Accordlands find the land ruled by a mysterious otherworldly race, The Chosen. All resistance in the once proud desert empire has been squashed by the new tyrants. All resistance? Scouts return with reports, that not everything might be as the new rulers wish. Nothrog raiders emerge from the mangrove swamps of Eban-Tarsis and in the port city of Takkaz drunken sailors tell wild stories of ghost ships drifting in the winds and strange lights under the surface. Could the rumors be true of an Elven Empire leagues under the sea?

The second expansion for the increasingly successful 4th Edition of the “game you already know how to play” centers around the skirmishes along the long seashore of Thessyria. It explores the Water aspect of the new elemental magic system and features the first heroes that players could win for their faction in the world-wide Winter Campaign event series.

For more information visit www.warlordccg.de .

Münster, Germany Oct 31st

After the successful rebirth of the Customizable Card Game Warlord 4th Edition, PHOENIX Interactive (PI) is pleased to announce the first expansion Warlord: Shattered Empires is to be released November 30th, 2008.

„Our design team led by Oliver Schaaf succeeded in providing Warlord players with arguably the most balanced tournament environment our game ever had“ says Arne Reuter, president of PI. „Now it’s the time to build on that success and expand the card pool with new cards“, he adds.

The expansion continues where the base set left off: A gargantuan magical explosion has shattered the Accordlands and with them the Deverenian Empires and opened the way to a new land, the remnants of the old empire of Thessyria. With power structures shaken up, there is room for new adventure, and new heroes. Heroes that the players themselves will help to shape.

Warlord: Shattered Empires consists of 168 unique cards, 148 of which are totally new. It is going to be packaged in three Adventure Path Sets, containing two decks of 55 cards each, continuing the format established with the Warlord 4E base edition.

Previews, rules and other news are posted on the 4th Edition weblog, found under www.warlordccg.com.

Warlord: It’s more than just a game.

Münster, Germany Oct 30th

PHOENIX Interactive (PI) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for the Warlord CCG’s first interactive tournament events series: Winter Campaign, to be taking place between Nov 15th, 2008 and Feb 28th, 2009 in seven locations around the world.

„While we have gotten rave reviews about our new Warlord 4th Edition play environment, we want to focus on the d20 role-playing aspect of the game.“ says Arne Reuter, president of PI. „Faction loyalty has never been as important as now: The main prize for Winter Campaign Events is gaining a genuine hero for the winning faction, to be printed in Expansion #2 scheduled for April/May 2009.“, he adds. „In essence the player his the hero representing his faction and now we are printing it, too.“

For Winter Campaign a Call for Proposals has been prepared that interested Tournament Organizers can request from PI. The event support includes an event package with exclusive promo cards, product, medals and the right to choose the hero’s class and give a general description of what the winner envisions his or her hero to be. This hero will be printed in the upcoming first Expansion Warlord: Shattered Empires.

Seven tournaments around the world are planned: four in the United States, two in Europe, and one in South America.

Warlord: It’s more than just a game.

For more information, contact

Arne Reuter
reuter at phoenix-interactive dot de