Novella Speculation

[awp832 447]

1 hour ago, CSerpent said:

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

am I confused as to how "replacement" works?  It was my impression you couldnt have the .38 and Mysteries Remain in the same deck.

[General Zodd 459]

22 minutes ago, awp832 said:

am I confused as to how "replacement" works?  It was my impression you couldnt have the .38 and Mysteries Remain in the same deck.

You can, as the name suggests, replace the original signature pair with the new ones, or you can add them all in! But that does mean your starting deck has three weaknesses in it.

[Network57 561]

36 minutes ago, awp832 said:

am I confused as to how "replacement" works?  It was my impression you couldnt have the .38 and Mysteries Remain in the same deck.

You can't mix-and-match. You can use the original signature & weakness, the Replacement signature & weakness, or both sets.

[CSerpent 520]

This is the exact text from Norman's rule card:

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Signature cards with "Replacement" are optional replacements for the given card.  When building a deck, you may choose to replace the specific cards listed under "Deckbuilding Requirements" with all of that investigator's Replacement cards.  Doing so satisfies your Deckbuilding Requirements.  During a campaign, this choice cannot be unmade.

For example: Stephen is building a Norman Withers deck.  "Livre d'Eibon" and "The Harbinger" are listed under Deckbuilding Requirements for Norman Withers.  Stephen may choose to instead replace those two cards with Split the Angle and Vengeful Hound.

You may also choose to include all cards listed under "Deckbuilding Requirements" as well as all of that investigator's Replacement cards.

For example: Stephen is building a Norman Withers deck.  Instead of deciding between his typical signature cards and his replacement signature cards, he may choose to add all four cards to his deck.

 

[CEOWolf 46]

Wonder when we'll get Norman's 'original' cards and Mary is also seemingly coming in a new set? I doubt either are in Age it makes no sense.

[mwmcintyre 271]

7 hours ago, CEOWolf said:

Wonder when we'll get Norman's 'original' cards and Mary is also seemingly coming in a new set? I doubt either are in Age it makes no sense.

Marie might be in Forgotten Age still. But yeah, given he's officially a Seeker and they've already revealed one, Norman will most likely not be.

[agarrett 239]

30 minutes ago, mwmcintyre said:

Marie might be in Forgotten Age still. But yeah, given he's officially a Seeker and they've already revealed one, Norman will most likely not be.

  Unless it's an all-seeker campaign  

[Duciris 1,347]

21 hours ago, Jobu said:

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.

Apparently I'm going to do it again!

 https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/2/23/to-fight-the-black-wind/

Edited February 23, 2018 by Duciris

[cheapmate 182]

The art on Carolyn’s cards is so incredibly good, I love it.

[Soakman 987]

Love Carolyn. guess I'll still be buying a novella... Just not Roland, lol. 

[Duciris 1,347]

The first three were every other month.  Carolyn's is a pre-order.  Are we expecting this in two months?  If they are every other month, then we'll have all of the original Arkham Horror (52) characters in 9 years.  Plus we have 7 additional:

1. Calvin Wright, The Damned
2. Agatha Crane, The Parapsychologist
3. Father Mateo, The Priest
4. Carson Sinclair, The Butler
5. Preston Fairmont, The Millionaire
6. Sefina Rousseau, The Painter
7. Daniela Reyes, The Mechanic

That bumps it to 10 years, assuming that both A) no more are released, and B) they write one for each of them.

Edited February 23, 2018 by Duciris
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[Assussanni 528]

2 hours ago, Duciris said:

The first three were every other month.  Carolyn's is a pre-order.  Are we expecting this in two months?  If they are every other month, then we'll have all of the original Arkham Horror (52) characters in 9 years.

Loving the optimism! If they prove popular there’s no reason to think we won’t see more beyond these first five. Late April would seem like a good bet for the release date of To Fight the Black Wind.

[jjvreed 26]

I'm holding out hope that they'll start to release the novellas monthly, so we actually having a chance of getting through all the major investigators before the game gets too old. I know the original runs of the first two sold out immediately, so the financials have to look pretty darn good for this product line.

 

[KBlumhardt 378]

4 hours ago, Duciris said:

The first three were every other month.  Carolyn's is a pre-order.  Are we expecting this in two months?  If they are every other month, then we'll have all of the original Arkham Horror (52) characters in 9 years.  Plus we have 7 additional:

1. Calvin Wright, The Damned
2. Agatha Crane, The Parapsychologist
3. Father Mateo, The Priest
4. Carson Sinclair, The Butler
5. Preston Fairmont, The Millionaire
6. Sefina Rousseau, The Painter
7. Daniela Reyes, The Mechanic

That bumps it to 10 years, assuming that both A) no more are released, and B) they write one for each of them.

There's actually 48 original plus the seven you listed, for a total of 55 characters.  EH has all 55, Elder Sign 54, and AH 48 (49 if you count Calvin's original appearance).

[CSerpent 520]

10 minutes ago, KBlumhardt said:

There's actually 48 original plus the seven you listed, for a total of 55 characters.  EH has all 55, Elder Sign 54, and AH 48 (49 if you count Calvin's original appearance).

I could swear that Matt Newman said on one of the podcasts that they're up to 79 or 80.  But maybe that included non-investigator characters (allies, flavor text, etc).

[KBlumhardt 378]

2 hours ago, CSerpent said:

I could swear that Matt Newman said on one of the podcasts that they're up to 79 or 80.  But maybe that included non-investigator characters (allies, flavor text, etc).

Could be.  By my count, there are currently 32 named Unique Asset allies in EH.  Not sure how many other named characters have showed up elsewhere (if any).

[Duciris 1,347]

2 hours ago, KBlumhardt said:

There's actually 48 original plus the seven you listed, for a total of 55 characters.  EH has all 55, Elder Sign 54, and AH 48 (49 if you count Calvin's original appearance).

Dang it!  That's not the first time I've said 52 (AH) on a board here.  I know better.  I have a spreadsheet.  Why do I always think it's 52?  Too much DC comic books, maybe?

[Duciris 1,347]

2 hours ago, KBlumhardt said:

There's actually 48 original plus the seven you listed, for a total of 55 characters.  EH has all 55, Elder Sign 54, and AH 48 (49 if you count Calvin's original appearance).

Who didn't they have in ES?  Daniela Reyes or Sefina Rousseau?

[mwmcintyre 271]

4 hours ago, jjvreed said:

I'm holding out hope that they'll start to release the novellas monthly, so we actually having a chance of getting through all the major investigators before the game gets too old. I know the original runs of the first two sold out immediately, so the financials have to look pretty darn good for this product line.

 

That's probably why they switched to announcing for pre-orders with Caroline instead of just waiting to announce until they're available like they've been doing.

[KBlumhardt 378]

15 minutes ago, Duciris said:

Who didn't they have in ES?  Daniela Reyes or Sefina Rousseau?

Daniela.

[mwmcintyre 271]

2 hours ago, Duciris said:

Dang it!  That's not the first time I've said 52 (AH) on a board here.  I know better.  I have a spreadsheet.  Why do I always think it's 52?  Too much DC comic books, maybe?

Because when they did the big coffee table book recently that's how many they had at the time and how many are in that book.

[Duciris 1,347]

9 hours ago, mwmcintyre said:

Because when they did the big coffee table book recently that's how many they had at the time and how many are in that book.

Huh.  That could be it.  They added the four that had debuted in MoM2's core set.

[rsdockery 537]

On 2/23/2018 at 10:33 PM, KBlumhardt said:

Could be.  By my count, there are currently 32 named Unique Asset allies in EH.  Not sure how many other named characters have showed up elsewhere (if any).

The Unique Allies are mostly cameos from actual Mythos works. He might have been talking about the side characters from the original Arkham Horror, like Father Michael and Sheriff Engle.

[Assussanni 528]

Silas Marsh has been announced as being the investigator involved in The Deep Gate. Anyone care to speculate on why this announcement is so close to the Carolyn Fern one? I wasn't expecting any more novella news for another six weeks or so.

Silas himself looks very interesting, lots of skill card manipulation and a skill-based weakness!

[KBlumhardt 378]

2 minutes ago, Assussanni said:

Silas Marsh has been announced as being the investigator involved in The Deep Gate. Anyone care to speculate on why this announcement is so close to the Carolyn Fern one? I wasn't expecting any more novella news for another six weeks or so.

Silas himself looks very interesting, lots of skill card manipulation and a skill-based weakness!

Either FFG is very happy with how they're selling and has accelerated the release schedule, or they just wanted to get the last of the initial 5 books out quickly, since the titles were spoiled ages ago anyway.

...and yes, Silas looks very interesting, indeed.

Edited March 7, 2018 by KBlumhardt