The expansion for the Relic boardgame has arrived and it looks good. Produced to the high standards we have come to expect from Fantasy Flight Games it adds lots of new stuff to an already strong game. The main focus is the "Enemies of the Imperium" game mode where one player (or two in a five or six player game) takes the role of a Nemesis and works against the other players and has different victory conditions.
Giving the rules a read through this seems very straight forward and interesting. The Nemesis player gets four character choices: Khorne Berzerker, Slaaneshi Damemonete, Genestealer Broodlord, or Eldar Dire Avenger Exarch. Each has their own Nemesis deck of fun things and encounter Imperium forces on the main game board. And of course they may fight the other players.
Actually, any players may now fight each other if they have become an Apostate. This happens if/when your character takes one of the new Apostate asset or relic cards. Fun and powerful, but just a bit on the evil side.
As the man said, "What's in the box?" Let's look.
All manner of new goodness. The four Nemesis and all their cards and boards. A slew of new cards: four scenarios, 7 relics, 24 wargear, and 9 threats. Two Imperial characters (Eversor Assassin and Storm Trooper Sergeant) plus the boards and tokens to expand to a six player game.
If you enjoy Relic this is very close to a must-have expansion. Even if PvP is not your thing it adds a lot to the base game to be worthwhile. Hopefully we will get it on the table next week and see how it plays.
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