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    • Announcing Shadow Era: Lost Lands



      The Shadow War's toll on Balor becomes more apparent day after day. The Decay now runs rampant, as entire cities become uninhabitable. Some fall beneath the oceans, others into sink holes forming right beneath them. Cataclysmic earthquakes and volcanoes have laid waste to towns and villages, and some have fallen to plague-like miasmas. The only land seemingly unaffected by the destruction lies to the south, across a vast ocean and unexplored by even the bravest of Balor's citizens. In fact, only Rothem ever dared to cross to the Wilds, returning with the very weapon that seemingly began the process that is eating the world alive.



      We're happy to announce the first details of Shadow Era's 4th set, Lost Lands! The set is themed around three main concepts:

      - Ruination: Continued use of shadow energy has now opened up huge tears in the fabric of the world, creating portals between previously far-away lands in Balor and huge chasms that have swallowed up entire populations.
      - Resurgence: Invading Shadow forces entering through the Shadow Gates continue to terrorize and conquer the lands of Balor, but the Humans are fighting back;
      - Rediscovery: Our heroes are on the move, seeking places and people long forgotten, driven by a prophecy of something that could end the war once and for all;



      Gameplay Features

      - a new type of card called Location, which will represent where the battle between our characters is currently taking place; this will change throughout the game to represent either a physical journey or a portal opening between places. Sides can win or lose control of locations, which adds a further meaning to the idea of "lost lands".
      - a new mechanic called Seek, which allows you to search your deck for a card meeting some criteria.
      - fully neutral allies, representing characters so far not involved in the conflict, with their own agendas and motivations.
      - the proper debut of the Aldmor ally alignment and their artifacts, which have so far only been teased in Shadow Era;
      - bolstering of each of the ally alignments that were established in Shattered Fates, as more allies from those alignments are brought into the conflict.



      Set Breakdown

      15 Human Allies
      15 Shadow Allies
      20 Neutral Allies
      10 Warrior class cards
      10 Mage class cards
      10 Hunter class cards
      10 Priest class cards
      10 Rogue class cards
      10 Wulven class cards
      10 Elemental class cards
      10 Human Ability/Items
      10 Shadow Ability/Items
      20 Neutral Ability/Items
      20 Armor/Weapons
      20 Locations


      Release Schedule

      Set 4 will be released in parts, each acting like a small expansion and being balanced accordingly. The first part will have roughly 65 cards and is focused on giving greater power and more options to "tribal" decks, as well as adding some useful splash allies for other decks, and debuting our new Location card type.

      As of today, Part 1 is nearing the end of its closed beta testing. Although there won't be any preorders this time around, we'll still be revealing more and more details about Lost Lands in the next few weeks!
      Comments 12 Comments
      1. Kip thorp's Avatar
        Kip thorp -
        Yeah! Kip and Lil kip are ready!

        And I assume that Arthyles Pass card, is some kinda special flip card?
      1. Shadows R Us's Avatar
        Shadows R Us -
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        I can't wait!
      1. Drakhen's Avatar
        Drakhen -
        Wow!

        I loved the idea of the location cards!
        Amazing! i want this NOW
      1. oggtheman's Avatar
        oggtheman -
        Looks good! How exactly do these location cards work?
      1. Storknest's Avatar
        Storknest -
        Looks interesting. Locations are similar to something I have seen before, just hope SE keeps its simple design, that is part of its appeal.
      1. dejvo's Avatar
        dejvo -
        wow! I love the idea of neutral allies. Can't wait
      1. Index's Avatar
        Index -
        More spoils pls!!!!
      1. Kruxes's Avatar
        Kruxes -
        just dont call the location cards sogen, yami, umi, yermo, and then you guys can bring flip summon...
      1. Kruxes's Avatar
        Kruxes -
        Quote Originally Posted by oggtheman View Post
        Looks good! How exactly do these location cards work?
        i dont know, maybe the way they work on yu-gi-oh.
      1. Ganjamus's Avatar
        Ganjamus -
        Quote Originally Posted by Kruxes View Post
        i dont know, maybe the way they work on yu-gi-oh.
        Field spells tend to affect players the same way while Locations seem to affect each player differently.
      1. Alien Fungus's Avatar
        Alien Fungus -
        It sounds fantastic but then so did the Kick Starter project and almost two years later many of the cards still haven't got artwork and a lot of features 'promised' haven't seen the light of day. Why not finish that first.
      1. danae's Avatar
        danae -
        Quote Originally Posted by Alien Fungus View Post
        It sounds fantastic but then so did the Kick Starter project and almost two years later many of the cards still haven't got artwork and a lot of features 'promised' haven't seen the light of day. Why not finish that first.
        With the latest version, all cards have artworks already. Not sure if it's out in IOS yet though.
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