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

Münster, Germany June 25th

PHOENIX Interactive (PI) is pleased to announce Warlord: Saga of the Storm CCG 4th Edition has gone Gold and will be shipped to GenCon Indianapolis for its release on August 14th.

„In this short time we have accomplished to include a huge set of innovations to make Warlord much more appealing for both veterans of the game as well as D20 role-playing gamers“ says Arne Reuter, president of PI. „Starting with a new enigmatic and evil faction, a renewed focus on quality artwork, a balanced base set and little treats like a host of treasures to be won in challenges just like your dungeoneering adventurers would, the excitement is back in Warlord“, he adds.

Warlord 4th Edition - the other 4th Edition game based on 20-sided dice - will be sold in fixed content double starters containing two 55-card decks of competing factions, allowing two players to start playing right away. It is available in the online store, at selected hobby stores and directly at GenCon. PI is found one aisle removed from the Art Show and Author’s Avenue, in booth #2314.

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

Warlord: It’s more than just a game.

For more information, contact

Arne Reuter

reuter at phoenix-interactive dot de

Warlord is pure entertainment. That’s what it should be and that’s what I will strive to make it. And I would like the community – you – to be involved in it. Therefore I ask you to join the Order of the Ascending Phoenix!

In order to become a member, you will have to purchase one or more æris, valued at 50 EUR or $75, depending on where you live.

What do you get for that? For once you share the burden of getting the best customizable game off the ground again. You commit in much the same way I did when I acquired the license from AEG to publish the fourth edition of Warlord. There are artists and printers to pay and events to organize and support. The level of membership in the Order will help me gauge just how large the community is and how much they are willing to be involved. And keep my wife from considering me to be completely crazy. Just a little bit more crazy than the average member of the Order.

Beyond that you will reap a multitude of benefits, based on the number of æris you hold:

• At 1 æs, you will get a playset of exclusive promo cards at least once each half year for two years starting July 31st. Exclusive means for at least six months there will be absolutely no other way to get these cards.
  You gain the title Member.
  At 5, 9, 13 æris and so on you will receive an additional full playset of the same promo cards to trade or sell.
• You gain access to the secret hall of the Order – this is were competitions are run that allow the winners to name a card, request a side story, write an art description, design a card (in cooperation with the Design Team) or even possibly get your own Medusan Lord-level card. And more.
• You will gain member access to the visual card spoiler where you can search the database, build and save decks as well as print out decklists and proxies for testing decks..
• You are entitled to exclusive entry into special side events at GenCon and KoHIT, the two main events each year.
• At 4 æris you will receive a complete set (6) of the new starters free of shipping to your house. You gain the title Knight.
• At 10 æris you will receive a complete set (6) of the new starters as well as one fixed set of each of the following four expansions scheduled for two years starting July 31st. You gain the title Commander.
• At 20 æris you will receive 12 starters and two of each expansion sets mentioned above. You gain the title Knight Commander.
• At 30 æris you will receive a full playset: 18 starters and three boxes of each subsequent set mentioned above. You gain the title Knight Marshal.
• At 50 æris, which is the maximum allowed, you gain the title Knight Grand Marshal. In addition to a full playset of the base set and the first four expansions as outlined above, you will get one copy of every expansion set published between July 31st 2010 and July 31st 2013.
• Every member will carry a number of votes equal to his æris in order to vote three members of the Order into the Warlord Advisory Council to help steer the game and make sure the promises made are kept. These will get the additional title Envoy.
• There is more cool stuff, but I can’t tell you yet.

In order to apply, please first fill out this form and then use the payment options indicated on the confirmation page.

Münster, Germany February 15th

PHOENIX Interactive (PI) is excited to announce that the continuous development of the Warlord Universe will be in the hands of Christine Schneider, finalist in Paizo.com’s RPG Superstar competition.

„I have been following the competition from the start and Christine was a stand-out by round 2 already“, claims Arne Reuter, president of PI. „Apart from the obvious fact that she also is from Germany I liked the brilliant over-the-top yet playable ideas and her consistent writing“.

The Warlord CCG bears close ties with the world’s most successful roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons® , published by Wizards of the Coast. Its own fantastic background has successfully seen print in the Warlords of the Accordlands RPG books.

„Christine is the perfect author to write the next chapter about the dark, gritty, and war-torn Accordlands.“ adds Reuter „I am convinced she’ll add the right twist to keep our great fanbase on their toes and interest new players in our 7-year-running d20 card game. She is our link to the D&D® fanbase to bring Warlord home as the game you already know how to play.“

The 4th Edition of the Warlord: Saga of the Storm Customizable Card Game will be published on July 31st. The Voting for Paizo Publishing’s RPG Superstar competition will be concluded by February 19th, 2008.

Münster, Germany February 6th

PHOENIX Interactive (PI) is pleased to announce the new format for its newly acquired license to produce the Warlord: Saga of the Storm CCG. Instead of being offered in randomized starters, boosters and the innovative Battle Packs as before, the new Warlord will be published in fixed starters and expansion sets.

„The move to change the Warlord CCG into a Customizable Card Game was obvious to us from the start“, says Arne Reuter, president of PI. Even more than other games, the Warlord CCG suffered from a „collectibility backlash“from its core target group, the players of the Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games. „Originally marketed as ‘the game you already know to play’ these players often embraced the core game but disliked the collectible model with a passion.“ Reuter adds.

The upcoming base and expansion sets will be entirely fixed in their content. This allows both new and players only having briefly experienced the great gameplay of Warlord to pick up the game for some quick fun. „The customizable aspect in combination with a balanced tournament environment, promo cards and other event support will appeal to the long-standing fanbase of our dedicated players“ notes Reuter. „We especially look forward to welcoming many of those players back into the game who had to reduce their commitment to Warlord due to their jobs and families.“

The new base set, due out July 31st, will be comprised of six different double starters. Each starter will contain two ready-to-play tournament-legal decks of 55 cards, pitching two different factions of the Warlord universe against each other.

Warlord: It’s more than just a game.

Ontario, California January 31
AEG is pleased to announce a long term licensing deal with PHOENIX Interactive GmbH to publish and support the Warlord CCG. The team at PHOENIX Interactive GmbH acted quickly after realizing that there might be room for a deal, and AEG was excited to be able to work with Arne Reuter and his team again.

PHOENIX Interactive GmbH president Arne Reuter was in large part responsible for the surge of player interest in Warlord in Europe over the years. He plays host to the largest Warlord event each year, KoHiT, which draws hundreds of players from around the world.

“Arne has put together a good team and good plan for moving forward with Warlord,” said Brent Keith, Lead Game Designer for AEG. “Arne has already proven to have a very deep love for the product and property as well as the tools to build a strong, well supported customer base. We at AEG believe there is no better home for the game.”

The official transfer of data and information will happen during February of this year. From now until end of June AEG will continue to send out support and event kits, and will work closely with PHOENIX Interactive GmbH to give them all the tools they need for a successful re-launch of the Warlord game.

Arne Reuter, owner of PHOENIX Interactive GmbH, noted “John Zinser and I have been friends for a long time. We have been discussing the possibility of this since Essen of last year, but just recently were we all able to put the pieces together. We are very excited about the possibilities and look forward to adding to an already great legacy of the game.”

John Zinser, President of AEG, added “This deal represents more than just a good business for AEG. It is also an opportunity for me, as a fan of Warlord, to enjoy the game as a player and not a publisher. This may not sound like much, but publishing your favorite game and playing your favorite game are very different things. I look forward to sitting on the other side of the table, dice in hand, just for fun.”