According to this thread – thanks to Jacob Houck for pointing it out to me – Simon Cogan, a fan of the original game since his teenage years, is in the process of putting together an "ultimate edition" with expanded events and optional rules, as well as fixing a few errors and omissions from the original. Back in 2021, Cogan was responsible for producing a 40th anniversary edition of Barbarian Prince, so this is not new territory for him. This "director's cut" of the game will be released on August 26 in a fashion similar to his previous 40th anniversary version.
Though not official or endorsed by Dwarfstar Games, I'm nevertheless quite curious about what Cogan has in store. He's been posting weekly updates of his work on the thread linked above. Check it out if you're interested.
Wow! Thanks for posting this, I missed the 2021 release, and has been hoping for nigh on 40 years for a rerelease of the game!
ReplyDeleteHad but never played it. Nice miniature that came with it. Can't remember where it went....
ReplyDeleteGood news. All the Dwarfstar games deserve modern remasters of the same quality that Dragon Rage got - and that one is long overdue for a reprint. Baffling that they've been allowed to sit fallow for so long when they were some of the very best micro-format board games of their era.
ReplyDeleteI recently saw someone talk about playing this but using D&D to handle combat resolution, and I've been messing around with that a little and its been pretty fun. The new stuff sounds like it'll be pretty great, looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteI was just considering using Swords of Cepheus for the same thing
DeleteGreat news! I would have bought this in an instant when it first came out, but it was illegal to sell it in Queensland, Australia, thanks to the state's ban on selling miniatures containing lead (which was, at the time, all of them).
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