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Card Game News Bites–April 16, 2011

Following are some news bites for card-based games:

  • Briarpatch has released:  Dino Duel Mini Game, "Mirror, Mirror Princess Matching Mini Game", Stack-o-Saurus Card Game, Fancy Nancy Card Game, and I Spy GO FISH Card Game.
  • Fireside Games posted pictures and video of the production sample for their upcoming Bloodsuckers game.
  • Gamers Rule announced the release of Dungeon Deck Quest Expansions.
  • Icepack Games has released the second expansion pack to their Transmogrification card game.
  • Interaction Point Games announced some of their Gen Con 2011 plans, including releasing one or more new Kingdoms of Legend books.
  • Plaid Hat Games announced the upcoming release of Dungeon Run and plans to have its Summoner Wars: Master Set out in June 2011.
  • RealmsMasters Game Forge has a bundle deal on its Chaos Isle card game.  For $37 you get the Chaos Isle: Zombi Deck Core Game, the Fresh Meat expansion, Reinforcements Expansion, and The Lunatics expansion.  You also get the Rise of The Creator player interactive enhancement.
  • Sirlin Games is taking pre-orders for Yomi: The Complete First Edition and Fantasy Strike Super Bundle.
  • The Spoils card game web site announced a chance for you to get paid to go to Gen Con this year, as well as some hints about the cards that will appear in their second edition.
  • Wizards of the Coast announced the Magic: The Gathering 2012 product lineup on their web site in a press release.  It includes a Core Set for the trading card game, and Duels of the Planeswalkers 2010 on XBox/PC/PlayStation.

MTG Pro Tour Qualifier in Philly

Magic: The GatheringWizards of the Coast’s web site announced the qualifiers for the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour in Philadelphia from April 16 through July 31.  See their web site for more information about events and signing up.

WotC Publishes Updates to D&D, Forgotten Realms, Martial Power

The Wizards of the Coast web site published a set of updates for the Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook, Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide, and Martial Power. The updates modify “key portions of the game that weren’t working as we intended” and “bring these mechanical elements back in line with the game’s base expectations”.

A quick look at the updates shows changes to “Rain of Blows” in the Player’s Handbook, “Righteous Rage of Tempus” in the Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide, “Battlerager Vigor”, “Dual Strike”, “Guileful Switch”, “Dwarf Stoneblood”, and “Improved Vigor” in the Martial Power book.