Alkemy

Kraken editions has posted photographs of studio painted samples of the Avalonian reinforcements (two recruits and one crossbowman) that will be part of the wave 4 releases for Alkemy.

Kraken Editions have posted concept art and studio painted samples of the Khaliman Malikh Meharist minatures.

Kraken Editions have posted some details of their upcoming Genesis rulebook for Alkemy.

From their website:

As you might have heard, Genesis is in its final stages of realization. The contents of these 128 full color pages book will include the following: the amended rules, all the profiles of the first four factions of Mornea.

But more importantly, more than half of the Book is dedicated to describing the settings of the Mornea universe, describing your favorite factions, from their cultural habits to their origins. We hope this will be enough to quench your thirst for background (at first ;)).

One of the changes in the rules is the number of heroes allowed for a given Format:

• Warbands that are worth 200 points or less must have exactly one hero.
• Warbands between 201 and 300 must have at least 1, maximum 2.
• Warbands between 301 and 400 must have at least 2, maximum 3.

These changes have already been taken into account in Architekt.

Kraken Editions have posted photos of painted samples of the next set of releases of Alkemy Jade Triad faction miniatures.

From their website:

Here are the studio version of the reinforcements of the starter of the Jade Triad. These reinforcements are made of 3 archers and two militia lancers.You will notice that the men / women parity is respected, as it is the custom in this civilisation. You will find more pictures of these new troups in the gallery of the Jade Triad.

Kraken Editions has posted concept art for some of the miniatures that will be released as part of wave 5 of releases for Alkemy.

Kraken Editions have sent along clarification on their future releases for Alkemy.

From their announcement:

Here is a brief statement to keep you informed about the Kraken Policy regarding the upcoming releases. As usual, we do not hide anything.

- The waves 4 and 5 are currently in production and will be available at your favorite miniature dealers this autumn. The reason we had to postpone the release date of these waves was in order to provide our English speaking friends (that means you ;)) with the starters in English version. We made the assumption it was pretty important to make these English starters available, since the international Alkemy community is growing pretty fast. And also because we secretly dream to organize huge international events were all the local communities can meet and share.

- You will find updates of the starter cards in the reinforcement packs. These cards will replace some cards from the starters in order to correct some mistakes that slipped past our attention.

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The Alkemy website has been updated with photographs of the Auroch Rain Dancers that will part of the wave 4 releases for the game.

LarkinVain posted a video of his Alkemy demo which he has graciously allowed us to repost.
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Kraken Editions have announced changes to the stats for some of the Alkemy Starter sets.

From their website:

In the scope of our continuous effort to offer an even more balanced game, the Kraken Team decided to update some profiles of the starter miniatures. You will see that some slight changes were brought to the following profiles:

• Garlan, the Toad medecine Shaman
• Auroch Totem Warrior
• the formulas of the Khaliman Oracle

All these modifications are of course available in Architekt as well as in the downloads section.

These changes are currently only available on the website, but the modified cards will be available in the “additional starter miniatures” boxes for each faction (Wave 4 for Avalon and Jade and wave 5 for the Aurloks and Khalimans). The English versions of the starters that will be available at the Gencon Indy will of course contain these modifed cards.

Kraken Editions have confirmed that GenCon Indy 2008 will be the debut of the English versions of the Alkemy starter sets.

Kraken Editions have posted a new scenario, The market of the Horns, for Alkemy.

From their website:

The Market of the Horns, the third scenario of the prologue, is now available for download in French, English, German and Spanish. This scenario is the final act of the prologue of the chronicles of Mornea. You will meet Alaric again, and see how a bloody end was put to his adventures.

Kraken Editions have posted photos of the greens for the next series of release for Alkemy.

From their website:

Since the wave 3 will hit the stores today and tomorrow, we are proud to present the greens of the reinforcements for the Empire of the Jade Triad and the Kingdom of Avalon that will be available in the wave 4.

You will two avalonian recruits with a strong personality, a new crossbowman, the three additional archers that will allow you to play the Jade Triad with a never-seen-before subtlety, and two additional militia lancers.

The profile cards for the third wave of Alkemy releases are now available to download in PDF format.

Kraken Editions have released a new miniature painting DVD.

From their website:

Kraken Editions is proud to present the “Painting miniatures with Jérémie Bonamant Téboul” double DVD. This DVD is available for presales on the Artefactory shop and the shipping will start on the 7th of July. You can check the teaser of the DVD here.

More than 7 hours of high quality video with close-ups, step-by-step demonstrations, a gallery and voice commentary on a double DVD in 4 languages (French, English, Spanish and Italian), including more than 150 diagrams and schema…

More than 50 step-by-step demonstrations, showing you how to blend, paint real and non-metallic metals, flesh tones, faces, bases, how to apply colour theory, control the light source and lots more!

Kraken Editions has placed a new scenario, The Chests (PDF link), for their Alkemy game onto their website.

Kraken Editions have announced that their Alkemy rules and scenarios are now available in Spanish.

From their website:

All the scenarios are now downloadable as PDF files from the downloads section of the site. Also, the Kraken strives to become more and more international:After a German and an English version, now a Spanish version of Alkemy has been initiated: currently the scenarios are downloadable in Spanish, and some sections of the site, such as the Chronicles of Mornea , which are already available in English and German, are also available in Spanish. The rulebook and profile cards in Spanish will be available in the coming weeks.

by Grant Hill

Alkemy is a medieval fantasy game published by Kraken Editions. Alkemy is set in a world known as Mornea, which has an important natural resource in the form of Alchemical stones. These stones can be used to cast spells (termed Alchemical formulas) and are the main cause of the friction between the four current factions:

The Kingdom of Avalon – A feudal society ruled over by the Queen, Lady Elanor. The faction is also strongly influenced by the Avalonian church, which guards the secret of the links between the kingdom and a mystical tree.

The Aurlok Nation – Unlike the human Avalonians, the Aurloks are a more bestial race that employees little in the way of armour, but produce savage warriors. Their lands are rich in natural resources including Alchemical stones.
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Kraken Editions have posted concept art for the miniatures that will be released as part of wave 3 of releases for Alkemy.

Kraken Editions have posted a preview of the Maliks Tuareg miniature that ships as part of wave 2 of releases for their Alkemy fantasy skirmish game.

From their website:

Here are the final miniatures of the wave 2 revealed: The Malik Tuaregs. They are the silent sentries of the Khaliman desert, which holds no secret for them. This final batch of wave 2 miniatures is also the opportunity to offer you the possibility to download the profile cards of this new wave: You can find all the profiles of the wave 2 miniatures both in the downloads section as well as in Architekt.

Kraken Editions have sent along some previews of the miniatures that will be released this year as Wave 3 of releases for Alkemy.

Update: Kraken editions wanted us to mention that Tha’pioca and the
Knight Errant are still Limited Editions that won’t be available in stores.

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Photographs of Aurlok Toad Thunder-Warriors have been posted to the Kraken editions website. These miniatures will be available as part of the wave 2 releases for Alkemy, there are currently no details on exact release date or pricing.

Kraken Editions have posted the Chronicles of Mornea narrative campaign for Alkemy.

From their website:

The “Chronicles of Mornea” is the name of narrative campaign offered by Kraken Editions and Galleon. These chronicles will enable you to track the evolution of the background of Alkemy through the organized gaming.

While expecting the actual Chronicles to start, Galleon proposes you to start by playing the prologue from beginning of March until end of May.
This Prologue is for us the occasion to offer you a new scenario, which is called “The Informants”.

Kraken Editions have added an Upcoming Releases page to their website listing their planned miniature releases.

Kraken Editions have posted a three page online FAQ for Alkemy.

Kraken Editions have posted an article explaining their use of plastic for their figures and talking a bit about converting the minis.

From their website:

Here is an article by Jérémie about the advantages of the Kraken plastic and why we chose plastic to make our miniatures. This article also has a strong focus on the preparation of the miniatures before painting and will also give you some hints as to how easily convert your miniatures.

L’Atelier Miniature (French language site) has several photographs showing the wave 2 releases for Alkemy that were displayed at Festival International du Jeu in Cannes last weekend by Kraken editions.

The photographs show:

• Khaliman Republic
• Jade Triad
• Kingdom of Avalon (Templar novices)
• Aurlok Nation

Kraken Editions is reporting further delays with the release of their Alkemy Starters.

From their website:

In order to be as transparent as possible, the Kraken team informs you that in spite of all our efforts, there is a new delay in the availability date of Alkemy.
The starters will hence not be available for the 20th of February as planned. Please be aware that we are doing everything we possibly can to shorten this delay. Once again we thank you for your patience and your continued trust.

Kraken Editions have posted photos of the Avalonian Templar novice.

From their website:

The novices of the Temple have not yet reached the rank that will allow them to carry and use the sanctified weapon of the temple, the sword. As a consequence, they fight with very long lances that give a long reach that is pretty uncommon for avalonian troops.

Last week we asked you for your questions for the team at Kraken Editions regarding their new Alkemy fantasy skirmish game. And we have received the answers. Many thanks to Manuel and Grégoire at Kraken Editions for taking the time to answer these and thanks to Mathieu Thérézien for translating the questions and the answers for us all.
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Kraken Editions have announced that Alkemy should be shipping next week.

From their website:

After many issues (mainly customs and transport related), we are able to announce that Alkemy will be available French shops (both physical and online) on the 20th of February. For countries outside of France, we are still in the process of initiating our relationship with wholesalers, and the current contacts are very encouraging. Thanks again to all of you who have granted us your confidence and support, we hope we will reach your expectations.