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A new game that was recently revealed at GAMA has caught my eye. The name of the game is Arcane Legions.

You can learn more about them at their website here:

http://www.arcanelegions.com/

There’s also a preview of the game here:

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14766.html

What draws me to the game first of all is the setting. It’s sort of like historical mixed with some fantasy.

Next is the way they decided to do the collectible factor in this game. The ways to buy into this game makes the random collecting via a booster almost a non-issue. Here are their product offerings.

More than 110 25mm figures with small starter armies for all 3 factions. With formation bases, and base cards for a two player game. Non-blind purchase. Not exactly sure if these are pre-painted or not.

Army Pack – $14.99

An average of 40 25mm figures with packs that are faction specific. These are not pre-painted. Non-blind purchase.

Cavalry Pack – $14.99

An average of 14 25mm cavalry figures with packs that faction specific. These are not pre-painted. Non-blind purchase.

Booster Pack – $11.99

Booster packs are random but are faction specific and contain leaders and special arcane units. Contains 8 combat units with at least 1 rare painted leader figure and base card, 2 rare or uncommon units with their base card with an average of 3 painted figures, along with 5 formation base cards. They are shipped in faction specific bundles of 8. A purchase of this bundle will guarantee one of every figure for that faction.

Update! The Booster Packs will all contain 5-10 fully painted figures (depending on the size).

There are 3 faction that will be available when it is released. There’s Cleopatra’s Egypt, Augustus’ Rome, and the Chinese Han Empire. Expected release date is September 2009.