Timmoran Shards

[Timmoran Shards]

I'd have to double-check the verbiage, but because the Timmoran Shards are reward cards, and say something like "discard while your hero is at a stronghold", I would think that would indeed happen during the hero quest phase.

As for having 3 of 5, believe me, I was **** shocked as well.  I figure that probably won't happen again anytime soon.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Timmoran Shards]

I had this happen during my groups last playthrough of Runewars.  One player's hero had gathered up 3 timmoran shards through questing, and already controlled 3 dragon runes.  So the next hero quest phase, he just rolled his hero into a Stronghold, and discarded all 3 cards to essentially win the game. 

Just wondering if I'm missing any rule in preventing this kind of victory, or is this just the luck of the draw? 

[Pre-order?]

As I haven't ordered directly from Fantasy Flight before, I was wondering if those who have could provide their experience.  When pre-ordering a game such as Runewars directly from Fantasy Flight's online store, would I typicaly receive it the same time as a local store would, or would it be faster to wait for a local shop to get it in, and pick it up then?

Thanks for any insight!