Hi Seekers!
Thanks for your patience – we know this update has been a long time coming. Our team have loved speaking with you in the comments and seeing the excitement you have for Horizon Zero Dawn™. Keep it up, and let’s all work together to keep growing the project – the more people we have on board, the more stretch goals and bonus content you will get added to your pledge for free!
We’ve seen a couple of you guess at the order of the Stretch Goals over the last few days and why they’re set out as they are, so we thought we’d jump in at this stage to elaborate on them for you.
Suffice to say, there is indeed a structure to them – in fact, they’re organised as expansions. Today we’re going to talk about one you’ve unlocked in its entirety,
Forge and Hammer. Heavily themed around the Oseram tribe and their rugged culture, this expansion is will really put you in character when playing, and greatly expands your gameplay options. How? Well, read on…
Firstly, the Forge and Hammer expansion includes
two new Oseram hunters. These aren’t just alternate sculpts – they’ll both come
with their own unique equipment, traits, hunter decks, upgrade trees, and playstyle. Players will be able to replace any of the hunters from the core game with one of these robust folk if they’re looking to mix things up!
Next, let's move onto the machines. This expansion greatly increases the number of enemies the players will encounter. Some, such as the
Lancehorn and
Charger present more powerful upgrades to the machines in the core game, being a direct step up in difficulty from the Grazer and Strider respectively. The
Glinthawk by comparison provides a completely new and unfamiliar challenge to players, requiring them to adopt entirely new tactics to defeat these vicious foes. This expansion includes
four of each of these models, as well as the rules you’ll need to play with them, and their profile and behaviour cards.
Of course, as you’ve probably guessed, these new enemy types will all need new tracking cards in order to appear, and that’s exactly what we’re going to talk about next. Included in this expansion are
new tracking cards, allowing players to expand their gameplay experience with new quarries – the deadly
Ravagers. Armed with the lethal Ravager Cannon, these foes really pack a punch and will have you on your toes trying to prevail!
To represent the unique equipment crafted and maintained by these master artificers, this expansion also adds
several new cards to the merchant deck. Using these, your hunters will be able to unleash devastating attacks and significantly improve their odds of survival as they track their fearsome new prey.
Finally, this expansion will include six new tiles, representing different landscape and environments than what can be found on the tiles in the core game. With new patrol routes and terrain placements these don’t just provide different artwork – they’re completely new gameplay content!
Hopefully this has helped clear up some of the questions you had – we’ll be back soon with another update on some of the other expansions which are part of Horizon Zero Dawn™: The Board Game!
