Novella Speculation

[Jobu 720]

and thats why I call it speculation.....

[CSerpent 520]

13 hours ago, Khudzlin said:

Two, actually, since some people got Roland's cards by mistake.

Make it three.  The rules card that comes with Norman says that the pack includes, quote:

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A special preview alternative-art version of the investigator Norman Withers, along with his matching mini-card.

 

Edited February 10, 2018 by CSerpent

[phorcys12 60]

It's strange . The two ancient novella annoucements was made too regulary for being hazard , but yesterday , no news . Perhaps FFG due to this topic know that we know and decide to make surprise , announcing the novella an other day ?? 

[Soakman 987]

Or maybe not enough people are buying them to make more? There's been a lot of controversy about the model. I love it and hope they do make more; however, I do know that many people were not happy about it. It's hard to imagine them being able to roll back/halt production if there are already Rolands printed though. 

Edited February 10, 2018 by Soakman

[phorcys12 60]

I really doubt of it ; Possibly , they ( FFG ) could have a though about how reduce the controversy , changing the product , but in fact we could see that the first book ( annouced only four month before ) is actually reprinted and on on the boat , and the second one is awaiting reprint . We can say peoples buy ennough copies for make it an sucess on the money aspect at least . So , I think this is just a little delay , or possibly a symetric question : first novella announced the 14 , second the 4 , so possibly the third will be annouced the 14 . Or just don't mind a lot about it wait because this will come ^^ I don't really know about the time the product line will rest , but at least the products developped will be annouced at my opinion .

 

[KBlumhardt 378]

13 hours ago, phorcys12 said:

It's strange . The two ancient novella annoucements was made too regulary for being hazard , but yesterday , no news . Perhaps FFG due to this topic know that we know and decide to make surprise , announcing the novella an other day ?? 

I think it's a stretch to call a single gap between two releases a "regular" pattern and try to base future releases on it.  Just because the gap between book 1 and book 2 was two months doesn't mean the gap between books 2 and 3 will be the same...

[Hannibal_pjv 203]

Yep... take for example a book called Games of thrones... the release rate has not been regular...

 

[Soakman 987]

So, there's a Legend of the 5 rings novella with extra cards now. Is this a new thing for that line of games? Wondering if they're spreading the novella resources out to multiple gaming lines or if it's just coincidence we haven't heard about the next AH novella yet. I don't play any of their other games  really outside of Arkham Files Games.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/2/14/the-sword-and-the-spirits/

Edited February 14, 2018 by Soakman

[Assussanni 528]

From the article it seems that those cards are “just” alternate art of existing cards.

I can only imagine what the L5R forum would look like if exclusive cards were bundled with other products for a competitive LCG...

[mwmcintyre 271]

1 hour ago, Assussanni said:

From the article it seems that those cards are “just” alternate art of existing cards.

I can only imagine what the L5R forum would look like if exclusive cards were bundled with other products for a competitive LCG...

One is alternate art of an existing card, the other is alternate art of a card that has not yet been released. And the article states until the original card is officially released, the alternate art version is NOT legal for tournament play. Sounds like They've got their bases covered on that front.

[Starbreaker1 75]

my guess is since L5R has such a heavy story influence, even in the tournament scene, they probably figured they could use a novella or two for the characters created there.

[Duciris 1,347]

On ‎2‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 6:41 PM, mwmcintyre said:

One is alternate art of an existing card, the other is alternate art of a card that has not yet been released. And the article states until the original card is officially released, the alternate art version is NOT legal for tournament play. Sounds like They've got their bases covered on that front.

An aside on that, they're getting a playset of each (according to Twitter).

As for profitability, we are far too early in for FFG to scrap the idea outright.  Secondly, I believe both books had to be quickly reprinted due to unexpected demand.

Speculation:

From The Investigators of Arkham Horror book, I am most interested in a continuation of Diana Stanley's backstory.  She is the Redeemed Cultist, and as a member of the Silver Twilight, offers the most immediate potential for answering my burning questions.

*SPOILERS, THIS LINE ONLY* [For narrative purposes it is sufficient to say that in her 3-4 page tale, she has been involved with ritual murder and ushering forth some great evil, but is having second thoughts.]

Gameplay-wise, I'm not sure what she'd be.  Seeker and Rouge seem to jump out the most on first blush.  That would pair Agility and Knowledge.  Could make her a formative, it squishy, clue hound.  That would fit the danger of being in a cult while trying to undermine it.

I am concerned about a book for Mark Harrigan.  His entry into The Investigators of Arkham Horror contained events happening in the Great War.  I'd like to be less of a history snob, but the majority of the listed events were lacking real world authenticity.  I accept that it is a work of fiction.  And that there are monsters.  And it's his backstory.  But still...

Edited February 22, 2018 by Duciris

[Donel 42]

Personally a fan of the notion that one of the underlying secret reasons for the great war was to stop a ritual presumably the Germans were trying to pull off to assure their win that was drawing in monsters to either to aid them or who were just assaulting both sides of the conflict

[Duciris 1,347]

41 minutes ago, Donel said:

Personally a fan of the notion that one of the underlying secret reasons for the great war was to stop a ritual presumably the Germans were trying to pull off to assure their win that was drawing in monsters to either to aid them or who were just assaulting both sides of the conflict

Yeah.  There are a lot of good games and stories about that in relation to WWII.

[phorcys12 60]

a little news , the next novella will be annouced probably in few days , because of a tread on reddit who give an adress of a merchant site which had put "The Dirge of The Reason" with a cover for prove . here the link : 

 

[cheapmate 182]

On 16-2-2018 at 7:47 PM, Donel said:

Personally a fan of the notion that one of the underlying secret reasons for the great war was to stop a ritual presumably the Germans were trying to pull off to assure their win that was drawing in monsters to either to aid them or who were just assaulting both sides of the conflict

The supernatural angle was a Nazi thing, not really associated with the Great War.

[Duciris 1,347]

On ‎2‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 3:55 PM, phorcys12 said:

a little news , the next novella will be annouced probably in few days , because of a tread on reddit who give an adress of a merchant site which had put "The Dirge of The Reason" with a cover for prove . here the link : 

 

And so it is.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/2/22/the-dirge-of-reason/

[Jobu 720]

5 minutes ago, Duciris said:

And so it is.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/2/22/the-dirge-of-reason/

Whoa, whoa, whoa, this thread was intended for speculation only, not cold hard facts. 

Seriously though, I think Roland has the potential for a cool story, looking forward to reading it.

[cheapmate 182]

Graeme Davis is an awesome writer, expecting a lot from this one.

Also really like the alternate art Roland.

[CSerpent 520]

Weird replacement cards, though.  Is one free clue, or one extra clue on the board, worth not having the .38?

[Jobu 720]

4 minutes ago, CSerpent said:

Weird replacement cards, though.  Is one free clue, or one extra clue on the board, worth not having the .38?

I a pretty sure they work best when you use all 4 cards.  I intend to always run Roland with all 4.

Cover up can be brutal, especially late in a game.  Mysteries Remain ensure you can get a clue to discover at your location in case that happens.  The Dirge of Reason while still a weakness, can help get clues on the board for you to deal with Cover Up as well.

[Somatose Boy 28]

9 minutes ago, CSerpent said:

Weird replacement cards, though.  Is one free clue, or one extra clue on the board, worth not having the .38?

Is one free clue, or what be extra clue on the board worth the extra weakness?

[Somatose Boy 28]

1 minute ago, Jobu said:

I a pretty sure they work best when you use all 4 cards.  I intend to always run Roland with all 4.

Cover up can be brutal, especially late in a game.  Mysteries Remain ensure you can get a clue to discover at your location in case that happens.  The Dirge of Reason while still a weakness, can help get clues on the board for you to deal with Cover Up as well.

Can't you investigate a room with no clues, (just you would not discover any clues but could work on Cover Up or Jenny's weakness)? Have I been playing wrong?!?

[CSerpent 520]

12 minutes ago, Jobu said:

I a pretty sure they work best when you use all 4 cards.  I intend to always run Roland with all 4.

Cover up can be brutal, especially late in a game.  Mysteries Remain ensure you can get a clue to discover at your location in case that happens.  The Dirge of Reason while still a weakness, can help get clues on the board for you to deal with Cover Up as well.

Yeah, they do seem designed to work together.  Mysteries Remain can fuel the .38 also, especially as it's Fast.

Edited February 22, 2018 by CSerpent

[CSerpent 520]

11 minutes ago, Somatose Boy said:

Can't you investigate a room with no clues, (just you would not discover any clues but could work on Cover Up or Jenny's weakness)? Have I been playing wrong?!?

You can, but Cover Up says "When you would discover 1 or more clues at your location".  If there's no clue, then you wouldn't discover one.  Searching for Izzie, on the other hand, does not require clues on the location.  It just requires a successful Investigate, though it is its own ability, meaning you can't also find clues with it.

Edited February 22, 2018 by CSerpent