This Kickstarter features 2 brand new, stand-alone Shadows of Brimstone Adventure Sets –
Gates of Valhalla and
Valley of the Serpent Kings!
Norse
Vikings and Spanish
Conquistadors are some of history's most ambitious and cunning explorers, setting out with sailing ships on voyages of discovery and conquest into uncharted territory. Each of these sets focuses on a new group of Explorer-themed Hero characters, venturing out on expeditions into lands that have been tainted by Dark Stone, and journeying through fantastic gateways into alien Worlds.
Each of these sets is fully compatible with all previous
Shadows of Brimstone material, but can also be played on its own as a stand-alone Adventure Set!
[h=1]Valley of the Serpent Kings[/h] In the
Valley of the Serpent Kings Adventure Set, players take on the role of a group of Spanish
Conquistadors, exploring the dark halls and stone ramparts of a
Spanish Fort that has fallen into Darkness, overrun by demons and creatures.
As a
Team of
Conquistador Heroes, you can play as the fearless
El Capitan, leading his men with boundless ambition, the classic
Explorer, guiding the expedition through the jungle swamps, the armored
Soldier, a front line fighter armed with a heavy crossbow to skewer all but the toughest of Enemies, or the agile and deadly
Duelist, fencing with twin blades and blurring the line between dance and death.
New Enemies include
Drowned Dead, lost explorers that rise up from the watery depths to take their revenge on the living,
Serpentmen Archers, keeping their distance to fire a deadly volley of Dark Stone arrows at the Heroes,
Temple Guard, a new breed of brutish Serpentmen that defend the temples of the Serpent Kings with savage ferosity, and the mighty
Croxin Beast, a massive reptilian creature unleashed by the Serpentmen as a beast of war!
This set also features brand new material for the
Swamps of Jargono OtherWorld (first introduced in the
Swamps of Death Core Set), a murky jungle swamp filled with giant insects, carnivorous plants, and vicious Serpentmen. The Heroes will explore a new region of Jargono - the
Valley of the Serpent Kings, with new Map Tiles, Encounters, Artifacts, World abilities, and Enemies to battle, letting you explore the Swamps for the first time, or expanding your existing collection.
[h=1]Gates of Valhalla[/h] In
Gates of Valhalla, players take on the role of a group of Norse
Vikings, exploring the icy crags and snowy forests of the
Norse Lands filled with snarling beasts and mythological creatures emboldened by the power of the Dark Stone.
As a
Team of
Viking Heroes, you can play as the stalwart
Jarl Chieftan, leading his clan from the front of the pack, the classic
Raider, armed with shield and axe to pillage and plunder, the frenzied
Berserker, unleashing his bloodthirsty age in a flurry of death, or the
Huscarl honor guard, firing her Viking Bow before charging valiantly into the fray.
New Enemies include
Trolls, beastly creatures that regenerate even the most grievous of wounds while hurling large stones and tearing at the Heroes with brutal claws,
Gremians, a horde of mischievous little goblins that swarm the Heroes to slice and slash and claw and bite,
Centurions, robotic soldiers armed with power swords and shields to fight off intruders, and the terrifying
Frost Giant, a towering behemoth that smashes the Heroes with his tree trunk club before charging across the field of battle in a frothing frenzy!
This set also features brand new material for the
Targa Plateau OtherWorld (first introduced in the City of the Ancients Core Set), an ancient alien city, frozen and abandoned for millennia save for the robotic constructs that awaken to defend the icy halls. The Heroes will explore a new region of Targa -
The Library, with new Map Tiles, Encounters, Artifacts, World abilities, and Enemies to battle, letting you explore the frozen city for the first time, or expanding your existing collection.
[h=1]Game Features[/h] Each Adventure Set includes the following:
- A Set of beautifully detailed, multi piece hard plastic, 32mm scale game miniatures for the Heroes and Enemies, each designed with dynamic poses and detail perfect for painting. Gates of Valhalla contains 26 miniatures and Valley of the serpent Kings contains 20 Miniatures, of various sizes.
- Immersive adventures and story driven gameplay, using the expansive and popular Shadows of Brimstone™ Game Engine.
- Fully Cooperative, with all of the players working together against the game itself
- Dynamically generated adventures, 8 different Missions, and 4 unique Heroes with many options for customization, the game is designed for massive replayability.
- Easy to learn with simple but fun gameplay and rewarding thematic story moments as you progress your Heroes.
- Built-in Campaign system for keeping your Hero characters from game to game, finding new items on your adventures and gaining new skills and abilities as you go up in level.
- Heroes can visit their Expedition Camp Site between missions to re-stock and re-supply before the next adventure, having a mini-adventure in camp.
- Double-sided Map Tiles include an Earth-based World on one side (Norse Lands or Spanish Fort) and an OtherWorld on the back side for the Heroes to explore; stepping through a shimmering portal and continuing their adventures in an alien world of crumbling ruins and terrifying monsters.
- Over 170 game cards, a set of beautifully illustrated, double-sided Map Tiles, a host of dice and counters, and all of the large Hero and Enemy record sheets needed to play.
Either of these Shadows of Brimstone Adventures Sets can be played on its own as a stand-alone game, or it can be used in combination with any and all of the other Shadows of Brimstone products already available! It is fully compatible, in every way! For new players, these Adventures Sets will make a great introduction to the world of Shadows of Brimstone, and for veteran players, they add a ton of new content, including brand new Worlds to explore - the
Norse Lands and
Targa Plateau - The Library in
Gates of Valhalla, and the
Spanish Fort and
Swamps of Jargono - Valley of the Serpent Kings in
Valley of the Serpent Kings. They also include brand new sets of Heroes and Enemies to add to your games.With all of the Shadows of Brimstone material available, the possibilities are endless!
[h=1]What is Shadows of Brimstone?[/h]
Shadows of Brimstone™ is a fully cooperative, dungeon crawl, adventure game, where a group of courageous Heroes explore a world overrun with unspeakable horrors. First appearing as a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, the original
Shadows of Brimstone™ Core boxes were set in the Old West. In 2016, the
Forbidden Fortress™ Core box appeared as a second Kickstarter campaign, introducing elements of Feudal Japan to the
Shadows of Brimstone game series.
The game supports 1-4 players (or up to 5-6 players with additional Heroes), has a standard game time of 2-3 hours, and includes a campaign system for keeping your Hero characters from game to game, finding new items on your adventures and gaining new skills and abilities as you go up in level. You can also visit a settlement between adventures to re-stock and re-supply before setting out on your next mission, and during the game, you can find the swirling portals that the terrifying enemies are coming from, and you can step through those gateways to continue your adventures on the other side, in another dimension or alien world. The map tiles are all double-sided, with the Earth-based environment on one side and an alien world on the other side.
One of the main features of
Shadows of Brimstone™ is that all of the players work together against the game itself, and that everything is card-based and dynamically generated as you play (the encounters, enemies, board layout, etc.), meaning that the game never plays the same way twice.
