Tannhäuser - Matriarchy Troops Arrive!

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Tannhäuser Tuesday - Matriarchy Troops Released!

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Fantasy Flight Games has released the Matriarchy Troop Pack!

From the Press Release:

"Punish the enemies of the Matriarchy in a hail of bullets and a storm of fire with the Matriarchy Troop Pack for Tannhäuser. This expansion gives you access to the Boepripacy Soldat and the Zazigag Soldat, and these new troopers open a whole wealth of strategies for the Matriarchy. With a large boost in available firepower, the forces of the motherland grow even stronger."

"Only the most faithful soldiers of the Matriarchy are promoted to Boepripacy Soldati. Tasked with the vital mission of carrying extra ammunition into battle, these troopers use their Supplier ability to give their allies Extra Ammunition tokens. This allows the recipient of the token to make an additional attack. Furthermore, this trooper wields the deadly PPSH-42 Double Drum Carbine, a gun that throws out an overwhelming amount of shots.

"Well known for their bravery in battle, the Zazigag Soldat uses the Gnev Bogov Ognemet to bathe enemies in deadly flames. While this flamethrower has a short range, it is capable of burning multiple targets. Since these troopers are often exposed to the flames of their own weapons, they wear flameproof armor that keeps them safe. This allows the Zazigag Soldati to spread their flames and defend the motherland without remorse.

Increase your firepower with the Matriarchy Troop Pack, an expansion for Tannhäuser. These troopers allow you to field a Matriarchy force without Voïvodes for the first time, and now you’ll be able to employ new strategies to secure victory. Pick up your troopers at your local retailer or order them from our webstore."

In other news, newer players, especially Von Heizinger fans, should enjoy the re-release of Yula, a terrific addition to the Reich forces.

I Feel Uchronic!

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Tannhäuser Tuesday - Oksana Revealed

Fantasy Flight's Tannhäuser marathon continues with the release of Oksana Gusarenko, who is affiliated with the New Guard and can fight with either the Union or with the Matriarchy, but she will not join a team that includes Zor'ka.

Oksana was banished from her order after attempting to overcome the will of the ancient god Vetchorka. The psychic feedback from this caused the destruction of Project SVAROG and her banishment. While exiled at a Kizhi monastery, she uncovered a trove of abandoned projects and set out to build her own weapons, including her own Voïvodes.

Oksana always comes with her two Voïvodes (they replace a trooper on the team). She also selects equipment differently than other Heroes.

Oksana Gusarenko is an interesting character. She does not follow the normal Equipment Pack rules. Instead she gets always gets the following tokens: Vesper and Lucifer. Vesper is her power staff - it can be used like a normal Hand-to-Hand weapon, or she can use it to attack any character that is on any path that is adjacent to her.

Lucifer (the glove) allows her to activate "a pair" of Voïvodes. These can be any Voïvodes and they can be anywhere on the board - even if they have already been activated. Those Voïvodes can be activated again in the same turn.

Oksana's 3rd token is any single Voïvode token. Each  Voï-vode on her team may take ad- vantage of this token. 

Her last spot is left for a bonus token or for placing items picked up during the game.

Oksana's Voïvodes each get 2 tokens from either the Oksana booklet or from the Voïvodes in the Core Rulebook (page 63). These tokens include:

Displacement Module - The Voïvode can pass through other

characters with out doing a Bull Rush on  them.

F.A.S. - This Voïvode can 'repair' characters that have the capacity to be repaired. My Moeller robot, for instance. Oh, and Voïvodes.

Stroboscopic Lamp - All non- Voïvode characters on the same path are -2 on their Combat value.

 Oksana also gets 4 Challenges like the other expansion packs  plus 3 bonus and 3 crate tokens.

The token for "Call in the Troops" uses a picture of Ikarus Faith, interestingly enough.

Fantasy Flight has kept up the quality on these new releases and I think they provide some good variety for the game.

Further expansions beyond the ones already accounced are  the big question and I am curious as to  what FFG   will come up with. The Pathfinding System is unique, but seems limited to in- door maps or tight spaces. Only the future will tell...