HEX UPDATE – Swag Bag

GenCon goodies revealed! A mighty clash between shiny sleeves! All this and more in today’s Friday update:

Legendary Loot

When we first released details about our 2016 Convocation events, we mentioned that there would be more than just posters in store for those players who visit us at GenCon booth 501. Well, the wait is now over. Let’s crack open the chest and see what legendary loot awaits you:

We have both a tee shirt and a playmat with a beautifully stylized look. The shirt and poster design was done by our own graphic designer Larry Renac as a fresh interpretation of Army of Myth by Hugo Richard. Make sure to grab one when you come by to say hi!

Season 2 Sleeves

We mentioned last week that we are opening up the Season 2 sleeves to a community vote! The poll will close soon, so make sure you stop by if you haven’t already. One of these two fantastic pieces of card art could be what you show off next season:

Pro Player Tournament Reminder

Our Kickstarter Pro Player tournament is happening this weekend! The tournament will be held Saturday, July 16th at 10am CET and again at 10am PT [Worldclock]. Eligible players should have entry tickets to the event spawned and in their inventory at this time. Good luck, have fun, and may Kismet smile in your favor!

Lixil Series Shout Out

The first Lixil Series tournament started off with a bang! We had 449 players and an incredibly diverse meta, making this one of our most successful community tournaments yet. If you weren’t able to take part this week, don’t worry! The Lixil Series is an ongoing event that will run for the next several months. If you enjoy winning packs and exclusive Alternate Arts through constructed play (for free!), make sure to click the AA Lixil for more details.

FiveShards Weekly

FiveShards is hosting two weekend tournaments that culminate in a finale. The FiveShards Weekly Series open tournaments will be in-client, standard constructed, and single-elimination. They require no entry fee and offer 10,000 platinum for first place (in addition to boosters and qualifying points for the top 16 players). Players may enter either or both tournaments (though the points are tied to a specific finale), and the final tournament will happen at the end of the month which features 20,000 in platinum prizes for the top 4 of each series! One series occurs on Saturday at 4pm PT (00:00 CET) while the other will take place on Sundays at 7am PT (15:00 CET). For more details, visit the official FiveShards page.













Cryptozoic’s THE WALKING DEAD: NO SANCTUARY board game launches on Kickstarter!

Hi HEXers!

THE WALKING DEAD: NO SANCTUARY, the latest miniatures board game from Cryptozoic, launched on Kickstarter this past Tuesday and is already 2/3rds funded. The campaign is going strong and has begun unlocking some exciting stretch goals. Check out the details below or, better yet, head over to the Kickstarter page to get the full rundown!

The game redefines the survival horror genre with gameplay that emulates the group dynamics from AMC’s The Walking Dead, as one player acts as the leader while the other players decide whether to support or defy their leader’s decisions. Working together is vital to winning as a group, but players have their own motivations that they cannot share with the others, making survival in a world of walkers a heart-racing challenge.

Head over to the campaign page to devour all the great content and join the survivors as they find new ways to deal with the never-ending stream of walkers and each other. This is the latest Kickstarter from Cryptozoic following three previous successful campaigns. Some of this game’s many unique features include:

Your favorite characters and scenarios from seasons 1-3 of the hit AMC show all appear. Expect to see miniatures based on the characters played by Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Steven Yeun (Glenn Rhee), Laurie Holden (Andrea Harrison), and of course, Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon)!

The Walking Dead: No Sanctuary board game is designed by Adam and Brady Sadler, who have made BoardGameGeek’s top designers list multiple years in a row. The brothers’ previous works include several highly-acclaimed games, including:

Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game

Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition

Star Wars: X-Wing

The co-op game allows 1-4 players to enter the show’s world and take on a multitude of different enemies—both dead and alive—all with their own distinctive motivations and ways of moving around the board. The various encounters of characters are taken directly from episodes of The Walking Dead.

Playable characters are completely unique from one another and have abilities that can only be shared if they are trusted by other survivors. The game has a truly original leadership component: Each player gets an opportunity—or in some cases is forced—to lead at least once each game, constantly altering the team’s strategy. Defying the leader’s approach to a situation will add to his or her stress and cause other characters to lose trust, lowering everyone’s morale. If morale falls, all the survivors are in serious danger!

This is the miniatures game The Walking Dead fans have been waiting for, with over 30 highly detailed and realistic walker and survivor figures. Survivors come with their own character boards and decks, allowing them to perform abilities that reflect their personalities from the show. Gameplay utilizes over 200 printed cards—including Event Cards, Search Cards, and Location Cards—that create varying scenarios in conjunction with the 12 double-sided map tiles, which highlight memorable areas from the show. The game also comes with over 100 tokens and 10 custom dice.

Join the other Survivors today on Kickstarter!

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