A new expansion for "Battles of Westeros" - game

It's a long time ago, that I reported about this game:

http://worldin172scale.blogspot.com/search/label/Battles%20of%20Westeros

I bought the core game but had no chance to let it send to Sri Lanka, so that I should wait for 6 months. Yes 6 loooong months, spent with reading the first 3 books!

While I am reading the rules and testing the game (review will be added soon!) I realized that a new expansion was announced on Friday, 11.02. (Not the 13th!)

Tribes of the vale!

For those who rode or reading (like me!) the books, one of the terrible actors in this fantastic story!

From the FFG website:

Born in the cruel climate of the mountains of the Moon, the clansmen of the Stone Crows, Black Ears, and Burned Men are of a violent breed. Uncivilized, uncouth and unrefined, these men and women live to kill and they do it well.

This new forces will supply House Lannnister (like in the story) or, if playing with the Skirmish rules, House Stark.

The miniatures has tan colours, different one than the other houses, for easier finding on the battle field.

In the set there will be 3 new commanders and 3 new unit types.

Shagga, Son of Dolf from Stone Crows

Timett, Son of Timett from Burned Men

Chella, Daughter of Cheyk from Black Ears.

As usual, there will a rules- and battle plan bok, new terrain, Clansmen Gambit and Skirmish cards.

and now, we may wait and wait, and wait...

"Battles of Westeros" - boardgame / Leadership cards!

Leadership cards are another important component of the "Battles of Westeros" - boardgame.

The player uses them to give orders to his forces.

The back of this cards has his House's symbol.

As an example, the house Lannister:


Leadership cards have 2 different layouts.

One is so-called basic, with a "command box" and a "command icon" in the upper left corner of the this text box.


There are 10 basic leadership cards.

The other variant is called, "commander-specific" and has 2 or 3 different sections.

The first section is the "command box", with a "command icon", like on the basic leadership card. Some of the leadership cards has 2 command boxes!

The second section is the tactic box.


There are for each commander 5 commander-specific leadership cards.

The main difference between both card types is, the picture of the commander figure in the lower right corner on the "commander-specific" leadership cards.

While playing a commander-specific leadership card, the player should declare which commander is using the card.

BUT, with the choosen card, the player may activate ANOTHER commander, not the one pictured on the card.

(IMHO, this is confusing...)

The Leadership card allow a choosen commander to give orders to multiple units.

If the player wishes to use the tactic box on the card as well, he must first check, if the requirements are fulfilled for using this tactic.

More info about playing with cards will be soon here...