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Milo v3 wrote:

Nykrat wrote:

Whoops…I made the blind purchase thinking that all the back articles would be included. Jokes on me, I guess. Looks like Im purchasing this AP twice. I’m going to take a wild guess and say Kingmaker, Dead Suns & Abomination Vaults are all without the articles contained in the back of the softcovers?

Dang, was considering getting this but not having access to the lore of the regions makes it much less attractive. Can't really see myself trying to run an official adventure path without a good amount of info on the areas the players will be spending their time in.

We still don't know what 2023's big setting book will be, and there's one potential option that would certainly solve your complaint...

Looks like you were precognitive. ;-)

The next Pathfinder Battles set coming out in july 2023 is called "Fists of the Ruby Phoenix" and is compromised out of four boxed sets and a premium miniature of the boss fight enemy, 27 minis all in all.

Included are (number from the pawn set):

Small:
04 Blue Viper (Lighthouse form)
07 Ran-To, Frost Goblin Wrestler

Medium:
22 Halspin the Stung, Catfolk beastsinger
23 Huldrin Skolsdottir, Ulfen Shieldmaiden
26 Provincial Jiang-Shi vampire
27 Jin-Hae
39 Manananggal
40 Golden League Xun (Kitsune)
45 Razu, Tengu bard
46 Rivka
51 Syndara, the Sculptor
53 Syu Tak-Nwa, White Haired Witch
56 Takatara (Daitengu form)
65 Yabin the Just
66 Yarrika, Biting Rose

Large:
75 Koto Zekora, Onidashi Sorcerer
77 Rai-Sho Postulant, Yeti Monk
78 Shadow Yai
80 Tamikan, Kongamato Predator (the mini seems to be on a medium base)

Huge:
88 Taiga Yai

GARGANTUAN:
Syndara the Sculptor (final form)

In addition the following minis (all medium) are not in the pawn set:

-Ghost Eater Monk (green skinned orc)
-Hao-Jin, Ruby Phoenix sorcerer (red haired female)
-Irori, god of perfection
-Brartork, Golarion's Finest (male barbarian)
-Enforcer Warrior (female Tian human)
-Mud Wretch (red-brown monster)

The four boxes cost from msrp $50 (six minis including the two small ones), msrp $60 (six medium minis) and $80 (seven minis including a large and a huge mini and seven minis including two large minis).

The gargantuan boss mini costs $45.

The next Pathfinder Battles set #23) coming out in july 2023 is called "Fists of the Ruby Phoenix" and is compromised out of four boxed sets and a premium miniature of the boss fight enemy, 27 minis all in all.

Included are (numbers from the pawn set, the minis will be unnumbered):

Small:
04 Blue Viper (Lighthouse form)
07 Ran-To, Frost Goblin Wrestler

Medium:
22 Halspin the Stung, Catfolk beastsinger
23 Huldrin Skolsdottir, Ulfen Shieldmaiden
26 Provincial Jiang-Shi vampire
27 Jin-Hae
39 Manananggal
40 Golden League Xun (Kitsune)
45 Razu, Tengu bard
46 Rivka
51 Syndara, the Sculptor
53 Syu Tak-Nwa, White Haired Witch
56 Takatara (Daitengu form)
65 Yabin the Just
66 Yarrika, Biting Rose

Large:
75 Koto Zekora, Onidashi Sorcerer
77 Rai-Sho Postulant, Yeti Monk
78 Shadow Yai
80 Tamikan, Kongamato Predator (the mini seems to be on a medium base)

Huge:
88 Taiga Yai

GARGANTUAN:
Syndara the Sculptor (final form)

In addition the following minis (all medium) are not in the pawn set:

-Ghost Eater Monk (green skinned orc)
-Hao-Jin, Ruby Phoenix sorcerer (red haired female)
-Irori, god of perfection
-Brartork, Golarion's Finest (male barbarian)
-Enforcer Warrior (female Tian human)
-Mud Wretch (red-brown monster)

The four boxes cost from msrp $50 (six minis including the two small ones), msrp $60 (six medium minis) and $80 (seven minis including a large and a huge mini and seven minis including two large minis).

The gargantuan boss mini costs $45.

The next Pathfinder Battles set coming out in july 2023 is called "Fists of the Ruby Phoenix" and is compromised out of four boxed sets and a premium miniature of the boss fight enemy, 27 minis all in all.

Included are (number from this pawn set):

Small:
04 Blue Viper (Lighthouse form)
07 Ran-To, Frost Goblin Wrestler

Medium:
22 Halspin the Stung, Catfolk beastsinger
23 Huldrin Skolsdottir, Ulfen Shieldmaiden
26 Provincial Jiang-Shi vampire
27 Jin-Hae
39 Manananggal
40 Golden League Xun (Kitsune)
45 Razu, Tengu bard
46 Rivka
51 Syndara, the Sculptor
53 Syu Tak-Nwa, White Haired Witch
56 Takatara (Daitengu form)
65 Yabin the Just
66 Yarrika, Biting Rose

Large:
75 Koto Zekora, Onidashi Sorcerer
77 Rai-Sho Postulant, Yeti Monk
78 Shadow Yai
80 Tamikan, Kongamato Predator (the mini seems to be on a medium base)

Huge:
88 Taiga Yai

GARGANTUAN:
Syndara the Sculptor (final form)

In addition the following minis (all medium) are not in the pawn set:

-Ghost Eater Monk (green skinned orc)
-Hao-Jin, Ruby Phoenix sorcerer (red haired female)
-Irori, god of perfection
-Brartork, Golarion's Finest (male barbarian)
-Enforcer Warrior (female Tian human)
-Mud Wretch (red-brown monster)

The four boxes cost from msrp $50 (six minis including the two small ones), msrp $60 (six medium minis) and $80 (seven minis including a large and a huge mini and seven minis including two large minis).

The gargantuan boss mini costs $45.

I leaved through this book at my FLGS and i have to say that all the battle maps are really plain and boring, something that seems to have being put together in 5 minutes each.
The art for the Lake of Mists and Veils on page 76 however is very beautiful and the article is great too.

I can't say anything about the adventure itself, but i miss the old intricate battle maps.

Eledriel Darkfire wrote:

Will the Kingmaker FlipMats also be part of the FlipMat Subscriptions?

Unfortunately, it will not be part of the subscription. I've updated the product descriptions to reflect that going forward. (Good catch! Thank you! (: )

Hi Mika.

I am really considering to get the flipmats for Kingmaker, but i can not bring myself to order these without seeing the sample art.
Could you maybe upload at least one picture?
Thank you.

No sample art, no order. ;-p

I can say that Starfinder is pretty much dead here in Germany.
I don't think it will reach AP issue 100 as it is.
Sad.

Here you go.

** spoiler omitted **

Thank you, Fumarole.

So there is one creature from the "Pathfinder Battles: The Mwangi Expanse" set in book 1?

No bestiary spoiler?
Are the PCs actually fighting serpentfolk in this volume?

Can somebody post in a spoiler what kind of opponents are in the book (for a minis preparation)?

Is it true that you don't have to fight At all in this book?

Thanks in advance.

Katina Davis wrote:

Announced for December! Product image and description are not final and may be subject to change.

Is this a dice, card, or board game? We need more details!

It's a card drawing game as it looks.

March 2022s D&D minis set 22 (rumored to be "Fitzban's Treasury of Dragons) will see a price increase and a brick will feature 6 normal boosters and 2 "super-boosters".

More infos on minisgallery.com

The ICV2.com article says that a booster of set 21 will contain 1 large and 3 medium or small miniatures.
There will also be only 42 minis in the set.

It seems that Wizkids won't include huge minis in this Pathfinder set aside from the two huge $60 premiums that are sold seperately, which makes me think that these two were originally going to be included as #43 & #44 in the boosters.

If that is the case, i am going to put my money in D&D sets going forward, which have huge minis in EVERY set.

The Ravenloft set initially announced for december (which will slip to 2022 judging by it's omission in the D&D minis product video for november & december from yesterday) has at least three very good looking huge minis that can substitute for some long missing Pathfinder creatures.

I think it is very sad that we only had one set of PFB minis including eight huge minis in the boosters (Set 19 Darklands Rising of which i bought a case), even set 20 Bestiary Unleashed contains two huge minis (#43 & #44).

Pathfinder Battles set 21 has been confirmed to be named "The Mwangi Expanse".

The three premium minis (sold individually) will be:

-Adult Cloud dragon (Huge)
-Dimari-Diji (GARGANTUAN)
-Mamlambo(HUGE)

There is a discussion thread with pictures over on minisgallery.com.

Intended release date is january 2022.

Pathfinder Battles set 21 has been confirmed to be named "The Mwangi Expanse".

The three premium minis (sold individually) will be:

-Adult Cloud dragon
-Dimari-Diji
-Mamlambo

Knowing Wizkids, these will probably be on gargantuan bases, despite being huge creatures (and maybe upscaled like Treerazor).

There is a thread with pictures over on minisgallery.com.

There will probably be a lot of useful minis for this adventure path in the set.

Pathfinder Battles set 21 has been confirmed to be named "The Mwangi Expanse".

The three premium minis (sold individually) will be:

-Adult Cloud dragon (huge) $60
-Dimari-Diji (gargantuan) $90
-Mamlambo (huge) $60

There is a thread with pictures over on minisgallery.com.

Intended release date is january 2022, but with current worldwide shipping delays i expect that to change to february or march.

Pathfinder Battles set 21 has been confirmed to be named "The Mwangi Expanse".

The three premium minis (sold individually) will be:

-Adult Cloud dragon (huge)
-Dimari-Diji (gargantuan)
-Mamlambo (huge)

There is a thread with pictures over on minisgallery.com.

Good idea, but bad folding it seems.

I really didn't like how the "Bigger flip-mats" folded and it looks like these enormous ones don't fold onto each other as seamless as they could - like 30 x 45 could be 10 x 15.

Twenty sets of Pathfinder Battles minis.
We've come a long way.
Happy Birthday!

Some sample art?

Looks really good on both sides.
Two nice little setups.

please have a note in the singles listing which minis have an oversized base, I‘d like to avoid those.

Both Dragons (#43 & #44) are on huge bases (but should be on large ones) because of the wing size.

The Treerazer miniature has been upscaled from huge to gargantuan (4 inch base).

The Cacodaemon (#3) has been upscaled from small to medium and is also on a medium base.

The Pleroma Aeon (#41) is a huge mini on a large base.

Nice, i knew these would be coming up.

Kelseus wrote:

So we going to fight Treerazer in 2021/22 APs?

I'd certainly be down to clown!

It doesn't look like it so far.

Wizkids has officially moved Treerazer to october 2021.

The set has been pushed to october by Wizkids...

I picked this up yesterday and i have to say, it seems to be a really good adventure, firmly rooted in the horror genre, particulary in the Call of Cthulhu mythos section.

There are really cool mysteries here that first have to be unlocked and researched, like it should have been possible within Foxglove manor.
I have only read the first 27 pages (of 72) which contain the manor grounds and the first floor, but already want to build Xarwin Manor with WarLock Tiles, despite having bought the "Malevolence Flip-mat".

This book is exactly what i was expecting of the whole AP: you fight in a tournament against other combatants in different arenas.
There is even a diagram showing the progress of the different teams up to the finale, very well done.
The Kaiju article also looks good.

I leafed through this issue at my FLGS.
The art is nice, but it seems to me like you have to explore the Island and not take part in a tournament.
The maps also were not very evocative imo.

For those lucky few who have this, what flip maps and Flip tiles would be best to get for this module? Nice to have the great selection we have now for SF!!

Thanks

Tom :)

There are 15 custom maps in this volume in addition to 4 decks of the settlement starship.

None of those really seem to be able to be simulated with flip-mats or flip Tiles with the exception being parts of the map on page 34 which could be partly done with the
Space Station Docking Bay Expansion Flip tiles.

This will be the last Starfinder issue i have picked up for the time being, as i really don't see myself playing SF in the next years.
It has been a nice ride, thanks and good luck, i may pick up issue #50 in march 2023.

50 days until the intended release date of july 28th.

The-Magic-Sword wrote:

Well damn, about the release being pushed back, but whatever still super looking forward to it! The August to September is gonna be insane if Guns and Gears doesn't also get pushed back, we're gonna have actual back to back rulebook releases.

I hear ya. Between Pathfinder and Starfinder we are looking at 2 hardcovers in June, 2 in August, 1 in October, 2 in November, and 1 in December. Subject to change of course.

And to clarify, I made some incorrect assumptions based on incomplete info about why it rolled. I now understand we hit our SofM deadlines and the delay was external to us. The point of the post it to confirm it rolled a month.

Which one of those is the "Kingmaker Anniversary Edition"?

I know that this is probably a question that is answered at Paizocon (hopefully), so i don't expect an answer to it. ;-)

I think it was initially intended for a july release at Gencon, but now that Gencon will be in mid-september, i think that will be the new target date.

Our group of 8 people, including one GM, would like to start the campaign (1e) in the fall, so it would super-useful to know if it will be a fall or winter release at least. :-)

Just for fun, could the pawns be added at the same time, wrap them all into a simple complete package?

Instead of a Beginner Box we could have a Ruby Phoenix Fists Box!

Yeah I am bored, or rather still excited about this and can only speculate about the upcoming tournament. So I speculate.

I love boxed sets.

Hey Kevin, i havn´t got any of the six books, but i enjoy reading your posts and the replies to them.
Thank you for that entertainment, stay healthy and may you play for a long time. :-)

The one functional preview image doesn´t look so great imo.
The left one isn´t working, so i don´t know abot that one.

It's very likely that the "D&D Icons of the Realms: Snowbound" set planned for june won't be able to hold it's release date.

There are great delays in worldwide shipping and in addition Wizkids is moving it's main warehouse.

That means that there could be delays for "Bestiary Unleashed" as well.
It's also possible that "Bestiary Unleashed" will keep it's july 28th street date of even that it is coming out earlier.

Hello. We needed more time for the preview blogs. Rather than start a series and leave a gap we'd rather start the series later and do more minis in fewer blogs. That will also give WizKids time to get us quality promo images of the entire set. Because staff vacations are also involved, the blogs are now scheduled to start May 24. Thank you for your interest and patience.

Sorry Aaron, this is by no means personal, but i have no stomach for these explanations.

If Paizo can't handle the previews, Wizkids should handle them, they are able to.
This isn't the first time that the minis blogs are delayed, in fact it happens time and time again, it sadly has become the norm.
I and other people have communicated often enough that we don't need some nice little stories about the creatures in the set, but a simple list of what creatures are in the set first and foremost to make a decicision about preordering a case or not.
Pictures of the minis are nice, renders are okay too, but the list with NAME, SIZE & RARITY is really all that is needed.

I remember that Jeff Alvarez (great guy) was going above and beyond the call of duty when the same delays happened with the last minis set and just posted the names of the minis in a spoiler, which made me order a case.
Is that at least possible?

Thank you for communicating these bad news though, i appreciate that.

With all three parts of "Fist of the Ruby Phoenix" coming out on july 7th, it would be a great opportunity to move this product to july 7th too or at least to august 5th, if possible.

So no preview blog yet? Concerned about this now as it’s accusing some dissasfactiion or frustration on other forums. Real shame to loose the momentum on this set and the line.

I am one of the dissatisfied people.

I compared the official listings on ICV2 for june's D&D set ("Snowbound") which says huge boosters and this set which says standard boosters.
That points to no huge minis being in the set, which would be real bad for sales (same price of $19.99 for both sets), if true and a real shame for collectors.

I hope i am wrong, though.

Without any word from Paizo or Wizkids i don't know enough to pre-order yet and may just cherry-pick from online stores.

PS: I really liked Pathfinder Battles Darklands Rising and ordered a case as soon as huge minis were confirmed.

Marco Massoudi wrote:

CorvusMask wrote:

Ye mean the beginner box btw?

No, both beginner boxes look great, i have bought both the Starfinder & Pathfinder Second Edition versions (as well as the Pathfinder 1e version).

I mean "The Fall of Plaguestone" (which was so bad that no one wanted to play Second Edition ever again) and the very first free downloadable short introductiory Starfinder adventure, which was pretty nice.
I forgot the name, but it used an existing map pack.

I wouldn't call Fall of Plaguestone intro adventure, since while its first one yeah its also insanely high difficulty wise xD none of my party died but they did get captured by orcs at least once and there were several other close calls.

But yeah, I do recommend trying out beginner box adventure at some point if you can

I plan to gamemaster the Beginner Box (2e) for a few 18/19 year olds (one of whom i introduced to 1e when he was 12 and who still plays) as soon as we can meet in person again.

Moved to july 2021!

I guess this will be my last issue of Starfinder Adventures for the time being, as my local FLGS is changing owners and we havn't had time to play any SF adventure after Dead Suns.
I am also switching jobs and with "Horizons of the Vast" (which sounds great) switching to bi-monthly, i am loosing interest a little.
We also can't meet in person yet and have lots of Pathfinder 1e left to play.

It has been a great ride, thank you for the fish! ;-)

Ye mean the beginner box btw?

No, both beginner boxes look great, i have bought both the Starfinder & Pathfinder Second Edition versions (as well as the Pathfinder 1e version).

I mean "The Fall of Plaguestone" (which was so bad that no one wanted to play Second Edition ever again) and the very first free downloadable short introductiory Starfinder adventure, which was pretty nice.
I forgot the name, but it used an existing map pack.

Now this is a great product!
I bought the Bestiary Battle Cards and liked them very much, despite probably never going to play Pathfinder Second Edition ever again, because we played the intro adventure and did not like it.
But we played the Starfinder Intro adventure and the Dead Suns campaign and loved it, so i am going to get this and the inevitable "Alien Archive 3 & 4 Battle Cards" box too.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

It is May now :)

It is. :) The preview blogs have been been moved to start next Monday.

I hope the preview will still be relevant after Wizkids revealed 30 of the 47 miniatures in the set.

Order deadline with my FLGS in Germany for this is on monday 26th.
If there is no sample art available by then (one month before street date), i won't order it.

So it's 16 weeks(111 days) until "Bestiary Unleashed" releases on july 28th.

When will the previews start?

Pathfinder/Starfinder crossover - check!

I should have read the article more thourough.
Each Runelord will come seperately with his/her runewell Terrain piece that will be compatible with Wizkids WarLock Tiles!!!

Wizkids did two similiar boxed sets a few months ago for "Curse of Strahd".
Those were $39,99 so i expect the Runelords box around the same amount.