Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients (Revised Edition)

This new edition of the classic Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients features a full set of all new, re-designed miniatures for all of the Heroes and Enemies. In fewer pieces, and with better proportions and greater detail, these are some of the best Shadows of Brimstone miniatures produced to date!

This set also features a full balance and polish pass on every component of the game. This includes all of the FAQ and corrections since the original release, as well as some revised mechanics, card abilities, Hero Starting Upgrades, Enemy Elite Charts, Town Locations, set icons on the cards, new tokens, and a few brand new cards. The revised and updated Rulebook and Adventure Book are both now unique to this Core Set, and feature painting guides for all of the Heroes and Enemies in the set as well as revised and re-balanced Skill Trees and Upgrade charts for all of the Hero Classes.

For veteran Brimstone players, these revised Core Sets are more than beautiful new miniatures, they are a culmination of polish, balance, and feedback from years of adventures all in one place. For new players, there has never been a better time to saddle up and dive into exploring the rich world and unspeakable horrors of Shadows of Brimstone!

• These Revised Edition Core Sets are fully compatible with all previously released material for Shadows of Brimstone.*

A limited run of Shadows of Brimstone Revised Core Sets Upgrade Kit containing the substantively changed elements (113 game cards, 3 Hero Character Sheets , 11 Enemy Record Sheets, 6 Frontier Town Locations, and a counter sheet of 41 tokens) was made available. The revised miniatures can be bought separately. Finally, the revised rulebooks are freely available as PDFs.

It is the mid-1880s in the Southwest United States, and the small mining town of Brimstone has found Dark Stone up in the hills; a new precious mineral with magical properties, rarer than gold...and more dangerous! Digging for it greedily, prospectors came from all around, not knowing the consequences of their actions until it was too late! In a flash, the town of Brimstone was consumed, the epicenter of a cataclysmic magical explosion, opening up portals to other worlds down in the mines and unleashing a great darkness to spread across the land! Now hordes of demons pour from the mines to ravage the countryside, and the sky grows black with swarms of nightmarish creatures descending on unwary travelers in the night! While most flee in terror, some heroic individuals come forward to help hold back the darkness, fighting their way into the mines to seal these gateways, and maybe find a fortune of their own along the way! Shadows of Brimstone is a fast-pasted, cooperative, dungeon-crawl boardgame set in the Old West, and mixed with Unspeakable Horror! Each player creates a character, taking on the role of a classic Western Hero Archetype, such as a Bandido, U.S. Marshal, Gunslinger, or Saloon Girl. Forming a posse of Heroes, the players take their characters down into the mines in the foothills surrounding the demonically overrun town of Brimstone. The Heroes can embark on a variety of different missions, from finding and sealing a gateway to another world, to rescuing a farmer's son who was hauled off in the night by a horrible creature. The Heroes explore a dynamically generated mine, overcoming dangerous encounters and fighting savage creatures, while collecting up useful Gear and ancient Artifacts to help them during their adventures. Heroes can even find portals to other worlds, stepping through to continue their adventure on the other side. Hero characters can be kept from game to game in a campaign system, earning experience and going up in levels to increase their skills and gain new abilities. The Heroes can also visit local Frontier Towns between adventures, spending the hard-earned loot and re-supplying for the next mission. So load up yer' six shooter, throw on yer' hat and poncho, and gather the posse, the darkness is coming, and all hell's about to break loose...in the Shadows of Brimstone!

This game includes a full set of interlocking, double-sided Map Tiles, featuring the Old West Mines on one side and the ancient, frozen-over alien city of the Targa Plateau on the other. As the Heroes step through a gateway to another world, they find themselves in a long dead City of the Ancients!

Contents:
1 Full-color 36-page Rulebook
1 Full-color 64-page Adventure Book
16 Small Dice
1 Eight-sided Die
1 Peril Die
1 Entrance Map Tile
12 Room Map Tiles
6 Passage Map Tiles
18 End Cap / 6 Gate End Cap Map Tiles
1 Depth Track
Die-cut Counters
CD Soundtrack of Original Music
4 Double-sided Hero Character Sheets
6 Double-sided Enemy Record Sheets
9 Double-sided Extra Large Cards
4 Plastic Hero Figures
6 Plastic Tentacles
6 Plastic Stranglers
12 Plastic Void Spiders
3 Large Plastic Night Terrors
1 Extra Large Plastic Goliath
18-card Mine Map Deck
36-card Gear Deck
15-card Mine Artifact Deck
20-card Mine Encounter Deck
35 Threat Cards
7-card Growing Dread Deck
15-card Darkness Deck
10-card Personal Items Deck
12-card Loot Deck
12-card Scavenge Deck
15-card Targa Encounter Deck
10-card Targa Artifact Deck
18-card Targa Map Deck
5-card Targa Otherworld Threat Deck
8 Staring Gear Cards
12 Hero Starting Upgrade Cards

2 World Cards

4 Side Bag Cards

5 Reference Cards

Ages: 12+
Players: 1-4
Game Length: 90-180 minutes

This game can be played on its own or combined with Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death to raise the maximum numbers of players to 6.

Miniatures are supplied unpainted. Preparation and assembly is required.