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Dominion => Dominion General Discussion => Topic started by: philosophyguy on October 06, 2011, 07:11:48 pm

Title: Hinterlands release
Post by: philosophyguy on October 06, 2011, 07:11:48 pm
Are there more details on the timing of Hinterlands' release? Is it confirmed that the expansion will debut at Essen? Is there an estimated timeframe for when stores will start receiving copies?
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Donald X. on October 07, 2011, 03:59:40 am
Are there more details on the timing of Hinterlands' release? Is it confirmed that the expansion will debut at Essen? Is there an estimated timeframe for when stores will start receiving copies?
I still expect it to come out at Essen.

Amazon lists it as coming out Nov. 20. I don't know if that's accurate, but my guess is that it will not be in stores until a few weeks after Essen.

Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: meshuggah42 on October 07, 2011, 06:33:29 am
is there any information about the price? will it be around the same cost as the other "big boxes" (base, intrigue, seaside, prosperity)?
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Thisisnotasmile on October 07, 2011, 08:28:01 am
Quote from: http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=396
Suggested Retail: $39.95

Quote from: http://meepletown.com/2011/09/game-designer-interview-donald-x-vaccarino/
It’s a 300-card set but has no non-card components, so it’s $5 cheaper than usual.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: matiez on October 07, 2011, 08:40:06 am
Donald X stated that he'd reveal some of the cards before Essen. As Essen is < 15 days away, is there any news on a sneak peak? I just got into Dominion this summer, so I'm not sure how close to release Donald X has revealed cards in the past.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Thisisnotasmile on October 07, 2011, 09:00:18 am
Quote from: http://meepletown.com/2011/09/game-designer-interview-donald-x-vaccarino/
We’re expecting it out at Essen, and I will preview cards for the week leading up to it.

The sentence after the one I quoted in the last post...
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: ChaosRed on October 07, 2011, 04:46:16 pm
We know one of Hinterlands "hooks" (or "gimmicks" or "theme" if you prefer) is that many of cards will provide something the instant you buy them. So perhaps cards that you gain treasure when you buy them, or perhaps put actions or cards on the stack for next turn when you buy them, or go on top of your deck immediately when you buy them etc. etc.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: play2draw on October 10, 2011, 01:05:00 pm
Quick! There's not much time left for needless speculation!

Bag of Witches - $4 - Action

+1 card
+1 action
When you gain this card, all other players gain a curse.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: jsh357 on October 10, 2011, 01:25:15 pm
Quick! There's not much time left for needless speculation!

Bag of Witches - $4 - Action

+1 card
+1 action
When you gain this card, all other players gain a curse.

haha.  That's actually a pretty interesting card if the Kingdom has Salvagers/remakes/something
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: glasser on October 10, 2011, 06:27:07 pm
Quick! There's not much time left for needless speculation!

Bag of Witches - $4 - Action

+1 card
+1 action
When you gain this card, all other players gain a curse.

I have it on good authority that it's actually called Hag Bag.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: ftl on October 10, 2011, 06:51:42 pm
Quick! There's not much time left for needless speculation!

Bag of Witches - $4 - Action

+1 card
+1 action
When you gain this card, all other players gain a curse.

The existence of this card would make Ironworks into almost a Familiar.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Epoch on October 10, 2011, 06:56:33 pm
The existence of this card would make Ironworks into almost a Familiar.

Well, Ironworks wouldn't draw you a card.  But if you were worried about it, you could always make it be "When you buy this card."
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Jimmmmm on October 10, 2011, 07:49:36 pm
Quick! There's not much time left for needless speculation!

Bag of Witches - $4 - Action

+1 card
+1 action
When you gain this card, all other players gain a curse.

Interesting. I'm guessing there's no way to defend yourself from this with Moats, Lighthouses etc. Could potentially make Ironworks better than Witch if one of these are out.
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Epoch on October 10, 2011, 07:54:13 pm
Interesting. I'm guessing there's no way to defend yourself from this with Moats, Lighthouses etc. Could potentially make Ironworks better than Witch if one of these are out.

You realize that this is just play2draw's idea, not a real card, right?
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Anon79 on October 10, 2011, 10:21:19 pm
Can we keep card ideas out of the general forums pls?
Title: Re: Hinterlands release
Post by: Jimmmmm on October 11, 2011, 01:46:49 am
Interesting. I'm guessing there's no way to defend yourself from this with Moats, Lighthouses etc. Could potentially make Ironworks better than Witch if one of these are out.

You realize that this is just play2draw's idea, not a real card, right?

Yes, I realise it was "speculation". Still thought it was interesting.