you have luck not to be toxicodependent yet!
for me they could draw cards on old newspaper, i need new extensions!
LOL
Disclaimer - i am not english native, so if i write something non-understandalbe, it is your fault for not learning czech and making it harder for me to expess myself
And now, to be serious. I bought Mage Wars: Arena - Core set yeasterday. I do it because i need to see it by myself
If i am aware, this is the 4th generation of core set. I own second because by my guess, first never get it to my country.
I will completly pass about major differences (different card art on some spells, different board, spellbooks...) and just get to the components.
Dice - They are Dice. New yellow seems more like deep boiled potato but still, it has 12 sides
Attack dices seems to be "cutted" in lower quality but i would say that difference is about 5% - adding link. On left is new on right my old ones.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhkZ19fdG9iR1VQWDQ/view?usp=sharing and
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhkT0NIRklfc24yMzg/view?usp=sharing they PASS. I dont see problem here.
Cards - They feel like they are thinner but again, its about some micromilimeters. When i sleeved them, i was not able to tell the difference. They colour is more "Warm" now, but i think it could be by the age and usage of my old ones. They PASS but i can fully understand, that some ppl could dream about thicker cards. I compared them with MtG cards and some other cards form my board games and they still kick ass in terms of quality and print. My only criticism here, yet a very small one, is that when i unpacked cards, on some of them, there was "dust" or "fume" (i dont know proper word for it) or something like little snow i need to wipe down. I think it was dust from "cutting card" process. Not a problem, but i was worried first until i discover its not a fault of print, just a speck.
Tokens, Condition markers etc. - It seems, that they are thicker now, but here i must agree on some stuff mentioned. Some of them are not pressed together enough.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhkSGQ1VnhkX1AxbzA/view?usp=sharing not all of them have this problem. I would not be afraid of "oreo" effect because i always treat my components with respect and love but if i would run demos with these, i can see a problem in a future. Nice thing here is theyr thickness. It is much more easier to pick them up from creatures and mages and manipulate with them. I really really really welcome 5 dmg tokens instead of 6/9 (it varies with each player
). Here are pics of comparsion. Top is an old token
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhka3ktN2RMV25BcFU/view?usp=sharing and here the right one is the old one
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhkek1OWVVRekZNVjA/view?usp=sharingHere i would need time to use them for a some time to be able to tell, how durable they are. First impression makes me worried about them. They PASS but with objection.
Game Board - WOW, just WOW and double WOW. From pictures, i was not convinced that i need "forest arena" but when i actualy was able to see it with my onw eyes, i must say, i was a fool. That board is awesome. But when i inspect whole board closly, it seems, i have a same problem as Felix. It is small part of a whole board but i am an autistic perfectionist.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhkbnNrMnd2ZDh6Nlk/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0u2W38wdqhkNVVXRDRfQTVoY1E/view?usp=sharingSo, final results. Did Quality drop so drastically? I dont think so. They changed company which is printing MW for guys from Arcane Wonders. In every "new" project or situation, there is a time needed to polish everything and synergize. But yes, quality actually dropped a little. But not from "Excelent" to "Bad" but more like from 97% to 91%.
I would like to ask, if your version is american or from Pegasus. Your links had .DE in it, so i guess Deutchland.
And again, i would advise you to contact customer support and actually tell you, that you are lucky, because you will be probably able to meet the most kind and polite person on earth which is Alyfia Pope.
I hope that i helped a little. I have a new core set and more teleports, force pushes and dispells to play
Thank you
