I've almost completed the image work on the rest of the cards. There were a few minor template changes from last time, and based on feedback from GEMP games I watched when 2E was active, I've made some changes to some of the cards for balance purposes. I'd like to put a design team together, though. I'm only one person and there are others who no doubt have great ideas I could never think up. If you're interested in being a 2E designer, shoot me a private message.
I've landed on nine total cultures for the Premiere release. In my opinion, it's better up front to focus on fewer cultures rather than try to shoehorn everything into a single release. With that in mind, as a mirror to Decipher's first release, the following cultures will be represented in Premiere:
- Dwarven
- Elven
- Gandalf
- Gondor
- Isengard
- Moria
- Ringwraith
- Sauron
- Shire
Each culture will have 30 cards. Additionally, there are 28 sites and 2 versions of The One Ring, bringing Premiere to a total of 300 cards. That's a substantial card pool to begin with, which should give you guys plenty of content to playtest over the coming weeks.
Looking forward, there are three planned expansion releases that will make up the Fellowship Cycle:
- Flight to the Ford
- A Journey in the Dark
- The Breaking of the Fellowship
As the names suggest, the first expansion will focus on the Hobbits' journey from the Shire to Rivendell, the second will be centered on the trek through Moria to Lothlórien and the last one pulling content from the fellowship's final push down the river Anduin to Amon Hen. The expansion releases will be small, likely 100-120ish cards.
For those who would like to form local playtest groups, there will be printable pdfs of each card. All templates and images are natively sourced at 300dpi, meaning they should provide nice, clear copies for you upon printing.
That's all I can think of at the moment. If you have any questions, feel free to reply and I'll do my best to answer them.