Were they successful, they would claim an Overlord as their prize.ĭragon Lords – Should a player be willing to offer up an Overlord they had defeated, they earned a shot at a Dragon Lord, an even more challenging opponent. These were published as decks that players would have to defeat. Overlords – More powerful than standard Warlords. The Overlord Challenges were a tiered challenge system. Roll up first level characters, you need to save the world from your evil characters.” Last night they implemented an Assassins Strike, killing most of the leaders and heroes of note in the world in one swift and deadly assault. When we showed up to play the session I asked to see all of the character sheets and when I had them I said, “These characters have formed an alliance and taken over the world. I told the group I was running a big session for those characters. My long running campaign was started as a response to the group playing super evil overpowered characters in solo sessions between regular games. The Overlord/Medusan Lord promotion was inspired by a number of things. It was a huge gamble but it paid off and Warlord: Saga of the Storm was the greatest launch of a new game in AEG’s history. We gave away 400,000 decks, inserting them into all of the major magazines, distributor catalogs, and handing them out at shows.

We launched Warlord using the tag line “The game you already know how to play” and if you had ever played a d20 roleplaying game you did indeed know how to play. I loved the game but the cherry on top of the pitch was they wanted to use my game world as the setting for Warlord. Warlord was pitched to me when the d20 craze was in full swing.

20 years is an amazing milestone for any game product.

We loved the idea of exploring the history of some of our favorite characters.

The fans, who have become our friends over the decades, are still connected, playing and trading cards.

You may be asking yourself, “why is AEG producing a set for a game that has not been published in nearly 15 years, and have no current plans to bring it back?” You can build entirely new decks around them! Including my favorite, and the first Medusan Lord defeated, Nassiral Hate. This pack is a look at who some of the Medusan Lords were when they were but Warlords.

This year will see the release of a 20th Anniversary Celebration pack featuring all-new cards for the game. Warlord: Saga of the Storm is back for a birthday celebration. After two decades, a classic of the CCG era returns.

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