I would think they could fit the sleeves and all. Since the spell books are going to be big enough so that you can put a sleeved card in, I have a feeling that the designers had an eye for what actual players like to do with their cards and such.

Klaxas makes a good point about needing a spellbook for demos and such. *Sigh* Really need lots of spellbooks now. Hopefully I can buy spellbooks solo sooner or later.

So, in the background material, it talks about the Bog Queen living in Darkfenne. Will we ever hear more about this character and her background? I'm always very curious when people talk about a long forgotten civilization and such. Is there any direct ties between her and the different tribes in Darkfenne to other than they fight each other?

Here's a couple of other different ideas for mage's I was thinking today:

The Geomancer - Earth based mage that uses the very earth itself to devastate and destroy his enemies. He can cast an earthquake in a zone, dealing damage to everybody there and causing a debuff to be placed on them. He can create different crystals in a zone that he can use to channel his spells through and enhance them - for example, the Pyrius Crystal would add a possible burn effect to any spell that's cast through it and such.

The Lich Lord - A Dark magic based mage. An covert agent from the Bog Queen herself, she specializes in a special kind of curse - diseases. Diseases spread from creature to creature when they come into contact with them (same zone). They also have special diseases which add different zone wide debuffs. Her creatures are all plaguebeasts that carry different diseases or affect them in different ways.

If you happen to live in the Sacramento area, like I do, write here. I want to get the game going in the area and would really like to get feedback from any players in the area interested too. I know many of the LGS have open play night where we could get started, or I can talk to some of the stores and see if we can get a play night going as well.

Either way, chime in and let's get the ball rolling! Let's have Sacramento be the PLACE to be to play Mage Wars!

You figure you can defeat the opponent next turn, only to lose your last point of HP by your own Idol of Pestilence at the start of the turn.

I don't really like the idea of changing cards between matches or adding points simply because it would turn to a tournament logistical nightmare in some ways. I think having the 120 or so point spell book is more than enough for tournament. With that said, I think it'd be ok to have a sideboard of sorts - but with it being a point based book composition over a card count, I think that would lead to some trouble.

For tournaments I think the best thing is to follow how miniature games work and not how a card game works. I think it'd allow for the best customization and for smoother tournament play that way, but that's just my opinion.

I love the idea of the Warlord actually. I was thinking maybe a kind of ability that he could make multiple attacks that get progressively weaker (like the first target he rolls 3 dice, then the second he rolls 2 dice and so forth). I also think the Warlord would be awesome if he had some kind of bashing type ability - he can knock somebody from one zone to another (like Force Push) and then have an ability that allows him to rush into them and stun them or something. I'd also like to see him interact with soldiers and such in a more tactical feeling way, kind of card to explain. Like, maybe his soldiers could create a temporary debuff on the target so that any subsequent attacks become better, stuff like that.

As for the Force Master, I think it'd be cool if they could create clones of themself. Each clone acts as a prescencence on the field for casting quick actions, but when they are targeted by an attack you flip it over to see if its the real one or not. I think that would be great and create a lot of interesting mind games for this caster.