I guess it’s my fault. When I tagged the new Medusan Lord as being “overly strong in order to compensate for its player’s weak playing skills” I failed to make the irony apparent to all.
So our lead designer Oliver Schaaf felt challenged and responded by selecting the deck (Scyrax level 4s) the thought best currently and piloting it mercilessly to a 9-0 match and 18-1 game record in the Osnabrück Summer Campaign. With it being the best attended so far (at 34 players) this was no small feat.
Very interesting was the fact that six factions were present in the top 8 (dwarves were missing coming in with two King Alarics at 11th and 12th place), with only Nothrog boosting three Warlords (Scyrax twice and Seth’rokh, IIRC). Other Warlords were Sanga-Kish, Morghen the Unliving, Yavlo the Kindled, Queen Yahia, and Captain Alera. The environment is incredibly even, which makes preparing for GenCon a very interesting task.
A new Medusan Lord was revealed, piloted by Oliver Schaaf: Queen-Mother Nyssara, introducing a unique Vaneris Wizard, who does not start with any items attached!
In the other Summer Campaign this week-end, Yavlo piloted by John Zimmerman took away the first place medal in the also very well attended Bayonne, New Jersey Summer Campaign event (29 players). No Nothrog in the top 8 here, btw. Congratulations to both winners!