Khazad-dûm
Announcing a deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
“Moria! Moria! Wonder of the Northern world! Too deep we delved there, and woke the nameless fear. Long have its vast mansions lain empty because the young children of Durin fled. But now we spoke of it once more with longing, and but with dread for no dwarf has dared to pass the doors of Khazad-dûm for a lot of lives of kings, save Thrór only, and he perished. At last, however, Balin listened to the whispers, and resolved to go.”
- Gloin, The Fellowship of the Ring
Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Khazad-dûm, the very first deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game!
Khazad-dûm transports you to the ancient realm of the Dwarves with 165 new cards (with three copies each of its player cards), such as new scenarios, encounter sets, heroes, allies, attachments, and events.
Unravel an old mystery
It has been numerous years because the Dwarves last heard from Balin and his fledgling colony. Reports have ceased to flow of the fantastic works they began. Now the heroes of Middle-earth ought to search for signs of them amongst the mines of Moria.
Khazad-dûm presents you with 3 thrilling scenarios set in the dark, underground tunnels of the legendary, abandoned Dwarven city. Along the way, your heroes will be challenged by treachery and enemies from all-new encounter sets, which includes swarms of Orcs, goblins, and cave-trolls.
Who will lead in the deadly dark?
Dwarves are small bothered by the dark, and Khazad-dûm gives a wealth of new player cards that enrich the Dwarven presence in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. As the story expands into Dwarven ruins, players gain the services of two new Dwarf heroes, as nicely as new Dwarf allies, attachments, and events. Fellowships without Dwarven heroes nonetheless benefit from new cards for each sphere of influence.
Tactics players get a welcome enhance from Khazâd! Khazâd!, one of the new Dwarf-themed cards you’ll locate in Khazad-dûm. Players may immediately recognize how tough this event will let Gimli strike while he’s armored in Citadel Plate, wounded, and armed with a Dwarven Axe, but Khazâd! Khazâd! works for any Dwarf character, not just a hero. Inspired to tremendous feats of strength in the ruins of their fantastic Dwarven city, Dwarven allies like the Veteran Axehand become ferocious combatants.
But even with the wealth of choices it brings to your existing game knowledge, Khazad-dûm lets you take pleasure in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game in entire new methods.
Into the Misty Mountains
From Orcs and Trolls to Ringwraiths and Dragons, Middle-earth is a wealthy and expansive world, filled with wonderful and iconic creatures. As you venture into the ancient Dwarven realm of Khazad-dûm, you’ll enter a place in Middle-earth far removed from the settings and creatures represented by the Core Set encounter cards. Dark tunnels teem with goblins, and any wrong turn could send you plummeting through pits to uncover your self confronted by older and fouler points than Orcs.
Consequently, in addition to expanding your existing game knowledge, Khazad-dûm introduces nine all-new encounter sets! These special sets, when combined into encounter decks (as instructed by the rules), make up Khazad-dûm‘s 3 included scenarios.
It’s also essential to note that you will need to have these new encounter sets to play the scenarios of the subsequent Dwarrowdelf Cycle of Adventure Packs.
So although the Khazad-dûm expansion is an exciting addition in its own proper, it’s also the very first step in the game’s next engaging narrative. With it, you’ll have the choice of bringing new regions to your gaming knowledge. Explore much more of Middle-earth than ever just before, from the forests of the Core Set and the Shadows of Mirkwood cycle, to the perilous caves and treacherous peaks of the Misty Mountains.
Entering the mines
Your heroes will need all the aid they can muster as they strike their torches and head past the East-gate, into the depths of Khazad-dûm. Check out our Khazad-dûm website to find out a lot more, then prepare your fellowships and beware the nameless fear. Khazad-dûm is scheduled to arrive in the fourth quarter of 2011!