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A virtual table-top realm opens!

The Witcher Adventure Game, the digital installment of the Fantasy Flight board game set in the dark fantasy realm of The Witcher, is available 10% off for the first week on GOG.com! If you were taking part in the beta-test program for this title, you get a special (non-stackable) 40% off discount, valid until December 27.

The Witcher Adventure Game takes players on a journey across the world of the Witcher as they assume the roles of four distinct characters known from the books and video games: Geralt of Rivia, monster slayer; Triss Merigold, cunning sorceress; Yarpen Zigrin, dwarven warrior; and Dandelion, roguish bard. Each character has unique skills and multiple ways of overcoming obstacles - the choice is yours: do you fight your way to victory, call on your charm or try your hand at diplomacy? It's the true spirit of board gaming brought straight to your computer screen. Set in the mature and brutal world of The Witcher the game features 4 unique heroes with different skills and approaches to problem solving. With clear, simple rules and intuitive mechanics, tons of quest cards allow players to tell a new tale every time they play. Look adventure in the eye in a world with which you'll fall in love!

Get The Witcher Adventure Game, for only $8.99 (or $5.99 if you were among the beta-testers!), 10% off until December 4, 10:59AM GMT, on GOG.com. The 40% off special discount for beta-test participants remains valid one month after the game's release until December 27.

SPECIAL CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT!

In The Witcher Adventure Game, you race against your opponents to gather the most victory points and work together to complete quest objectives. We think it would be fun to find out whom you would like to see in the game (and reward you for it!) - which brings us to the object of this character creation contest.

Pick a character from the Witcher universe, describe their role in The Witcher Adventure Game along with a special ability they can use and 2 skills they can choose to master. Then, post your entry in the forum thread for this news post, making sure it’s only up to 100 words long.

In the game itself, you can take on the role of one of four characters from the Witcher universe - so make sure you don’t double up on the ones that already exist in-game!

-- Geralt of Rivia, the monster slayer - single-handedly eliminate your opponents with the help of powerful potions or witcher signs.

-- Triss Merigold, the cunning sorceress - you can protect yourself with magical skills and cast spells in battle on your opponents.

-- Yarpen Zirgin, the dwarven warrior - call on the help of your fellowship of dwarves to aid him in battle.

-- Dandelion, the rogue bard - become a cunning diplomat and talk your way out of conflicts, bribe your opponents with gold or threaten to call on more powerful friends.

We’ll choose three best entries that will be rewarded with a physical copy of The Witcher Adventure Game from GOG! (Disclaimer: we can't promise that the winning concepts will ever appear in-game.)

More details on the rules:
-- English-only entries, please!
-- The contest entry deadline is in one week - 11.59 PM GMT, December 4th
-- We’ll announce the winners two weeks after that (on December 17th) in the first post of this thread, with links to their submissions, and through a private message to the three winners
-- One post per person! Otherwise, none will be counted
-- Similarly, one prize per person, of course ;)

Have fun, and good luck!
Post edited November 27, 2014 by G-Doc
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Ciris: And… We have our winners - congratulations! In order of appearance in this thread, their characters are:

Siegfried, the Honorable Knight:
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iddalai: Siegfried of Denesle is vowed by honor to assist humans in peril and oversee civil order as a Knight of the Flaming Rose.
Ability:
Pious - Siegfried may choose to set aside a Foul Fate card instead of suffering it immediately. When getting another Foul Fate, he may then choose which of the two to keep aside and which to suffer.
Skills:
Honour - activate to exchange 2 VP for a Good Fortune card.
Rally - activate to gain a +1 "Rally counter" which can be exchanged in battle for either swords or shields.
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Ciris: Zoltan Chivay:
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Ragnarblackmane: “Drinking alone’s as bad as shitting in company.”
— Zoltan Chivay, Dwarven adventurer and merchant
Zoltan Chivay is a veteran of the Second Nilfgaard War, soldier, and salt mine owner turned merchant and jewelsmith.
Ability:
Miner-Zoltan can find underground passageways to move across the land; that will allow him to take three actions per turn instead of two.
Skills:
Dice poker-Zoltan can gain one extra die in all encounters.
Jewelsmith-Zoltan can choose to sell, once per turn, a piece of jewelry for one gold coin.
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Ciris: Adda, Princess of Temeria:
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JY: Born of an incestuous union between King Foltest and his sister, Adda is cursed to transform into a striga during nightfall. Her curse is broken by Geralt, but was reactivated during the events of the first Witcher game.
Ability:
- Striga Transformation - random activation during monster encounters to eliminate foes; suffer one foul fate or wound token upon triggering.
Skills:
- Royal Stipend: Having access to the coffers of Temeria, Adda receives a small allowance of gold coins each time she lands in a city.
- Political Connections: Receive a clue upon entering a city.
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Ciris: Letho of Gulet, the Kingslayer
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AdiSuba: Prevent your opponents from grabbing victory.
Ability:
Conceal - avoid "before rolling" effect and gain +1 attack in the next encounter
Skills:
Invade - Letho can disrupt a quest of another player in his area that starts a quest encounter. He rolls two Battle dice to aid the monster.
If successful - gain 3 victory points
If unsuccessful - gain one critical wound and one wound for every two attack of the opposing player
Backstab - spend 3 gold and critically wound a player in your area, available once every 3 turns
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Ciris: I've literally just PMed the lucky four to get some sort of address or P.O. box to ship the physical copies of The Witcher Adventure Game to. We'll be shipping the copies as soon as all four report back with their details!

And a huge thank-you simply has to go out to everyone who entered for your creativity, it was a really hard choice for our contest judges!

Thanks for your awesome participation and see you around - more contests are in various stages of planning! ;)
Congrats everyone! And especially to my friend Iddalai! ;)
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Zidin: Congrats everyone! And especially to my friend Iddalai! ;)
Thanks! And congrats to everyone!
Thanks GOG! :)
Just posting a thank you here, I got my copy of the board game in the mail yesterday. Cheers to GoG and Fantasy Flight Games!