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1 June 29 May 2004 : Calling all prospective playtesters! The MLE team is looking for new playtesters to help test the upcoming 4.5 release. If you would like to help, please send an e-mail to Adam (GKOA@aol.com) including your name, your location, your favourite persona, your favourite play style, and, in no more than 250 words, your playtesting experience and why you want to become a playtester. The closing date for applications is Monday 14th June. 8 May 2004 : I've updated my trade list. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it!
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5 "From the Dawn of time We came; moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering; when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you... until now." Highlander: The Card Game is designed to simulate a duel between two Immortals: yourself and your opponent. During the course of play, both players will play attacks and defenses as if they were fighting with swords. Other cards will represent the tricks, tactics, schemes, and plots you utilize to win. It may be helpful to think of the game as a series of encounters with your opponent, through the centuries, rather than a single brief duel. Highlander CCG Schedule *MLE (Missing Link Expansion). Virtual cards from the MLE should be printed out and pasted to old TCG cards in order to play in the MLE tourneys. TCG card proxies will be allowed. *TCG (Thunder Castle Games). All standard release and promo TCG cards. (Mis-prints not allowed). All tourneys will have 20 min. rounds using *End Game rules. All MLE releases are Legal. The Con closes at 11:30 p.m. each night so tourneys must be finished by then. *Kumite format. *Pack Rat Sealed Deck format. Booster Draft: Every one sits in a circle. You open a sealed booster pack and choose ONE card. You then pass the rest of the pack to the person next to you. From the booster pack handed to you, you choose another card then pass the remainder again. Choosing/passing continues til all cards have been chosen. Open the next sealed booster pack and repeat (usually passing the opposite direction this time. *End Game: When time is called, the current round will be finished (the player who started 2nd gets to finish his turn). Then players begin End Game. Unlike First Blood, all cards in play stay in play and play continues as normal with these exceptions: If you don't attack during your turn, you lose 1 Ability during your Ability Adjustment phase. For each card you draw during your turn (before your Draw Phase), you lose 1 Ability during your Ability Adjustment phase. If you draw cards during your Draw Phase, you lose 1 Ability during your next Ability Adjustment phase. If you are forced to draw cards by your opponent (his cards in play), you are not penalized (eg. Holy Grounds he plays penalizes him for drawing cards, but not you). If you are prevented from attacking by your opponent (his cards in play), you are not penalized (eg. Ped Hidden and you cannot make a hidden attack). Also, Ability cannot be increased by playing cards (Watcher Treatment, etc., have no effect). 3 April 2004 : FYI - the WoT promo distributed as part of the Addiction prizes for March 2004 is the last WoT to be released.
3 April
2004 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
31 March 2004 : The Nexus rankings are now open to all qualifying matches (i.e. those where both players have agreed before the match begins that the match counts towards their Nexus ranking). The submission page for results can be found im the Nexus/ELO section (linked in the image above). Please note - this is a manual process, so don't expect the pages to automatically update. 17 March 2004 : Congratulations to Auton for winning the second MLE online tournament. The Nexus rankings have also been updated.
2 March
2004 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
3 February
2004 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
15 January 2004 : MLE4 spoilers are now available from the Card Lists area. 12 January 2004 : MLE4 checklists are now available from the Card Lists area. 9 January 2004 : MLE4 - Brothers In Arms has been released!
1 December
2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
28 November 2003 : Another new feature for you - NEXUS rankings! See the link above for information and examples. Currently holds all data from the first online tournament. 27 November 2003 : Happy Thanksgiving to you all! To celebrate, we're releasing the first in a new set of Persona Of The Month articles, as well as the Thanksgiving Zeist. See the new links on the top right of the image above. 1 November 2003 : The Halloween Zeist card is due for release on Monday November 3rd. The front or back will be included as a random insert to the standard MLE promo mailings, so to get yours you must be signed up to the MLE promo plan. If you've not already done so, see the promo plan page.
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October 2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
31 October 2003 : I've finally gotten round to posting the decks from the first MLE tournament. You can find them here.
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October 2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
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September 2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
2 August
2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
1 July
2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
23 June 2003 : I've posted a progress page for the first MLE tournament (Summer 2003) here. 10 June 2003 : The MMQB Spoilers have now been released, and can be found in the card lists section. Additionally, I've completed the details for the first MLE Highlander tournament. Those who have registered will receive their copy of the rules shortly. If you haven't yet registered, there are still a few spaces and time! Simply mail me here to log your interest by the 20th June. 1 June 2003 : The MMQB Checklist has been released, and is available from the card lists section. I've also updated my trade list. If anyone can help me finish my collection, I'd greatly appreciate it! Finally, we're trying once more to get an online tournament started. The star prize is one of the previously unavailable MLE Q backs. Mail me here to log your interest.
1 June
2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
27 May 2003 : Two updates for you. Firstly, the Michael Moore / Quentin Barnes collection has finally been released, and is available in the usual way. Secondly, the previous collections have been reduced in price to help newer players catch up. Enjoy!
1 May
2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
30 April 2003 : I've updated my trade list. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it!
1 April
2003 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are:
3 March
2003 : Addiction promo time again. The winners are:
1 February
2003 : Addiction promo time again. The winners are: 28 January 2003 : Since ProHosting have started asking for money for their FREE hosting service, we've decided to move the MLE3 site to this new location. Any problems, ideas, broken links etc. just mail me at the usual address. 13 January 2003 : I've updated my trade list. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it! 2 January 2003 : The reference pages have been updated, and are complete. 1
January 2003 : Addiction promo time again. The winners are:
16 December 2002 : The Freebie pages have been updated. 1
December 2002 : Addiction promo time again. The winners are: 24 November 2002 : The Freebie pages have been updated, and updated my trade list. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it! 9 November 2002 : The Freebie pages have been updated. 9
November 2002 : Jeff's report from Uni-Con 2002: 2
November 2002 : Addiction promo time again. The winners are: UPDATE: As some of you already know, Master TMO & rWatcher have now been assigned to the MLE B-team - expect to see more from them in the coming months. In the near future Master TMO will be taking over the Freebies, and rWatcher will continue development of his online player / database. More news to follow soon! Also, I've updated the Freebies page, and updated my trade list. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it! 10 October 2002 : Jeff Timi has provided the plan for the Uni-Con: Uni-Con is almost here! Nov. 1-3 at
the Joplin Holiday Inn, Joplin, Mo. 6 October 2002 : I've updated the Freebies page. I've also added a new online players guide, and I've put up my trade list. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it! 30
September 2002 : Addiction promo time again. The winners
are: 22 September 2002 : Happy Birthday to me! I've uploaded rWatcher's Highlander program to the site here. With it is the current latest .exe file (3.0.0.3). Be sure to check his site for more recent updates. 21 September 2002 : The Promo Plan page has been updated to reflect up to promo #65, as has the Card Reference page. Also, a brand new MLE FAQ has been posted. Click here to view. 11 September 2002 : Something new to spend your credits on - well, sort of. The old promos can now be purchased for 250 DE credits each. The list available can be found on the Promo Plan page (here). Please note: the Zeist cards and Addiction promos are NOT included in this offer, as they were one time only releases, so please don't request them. 2 September 2002 : I've created a new poll on Yahoo. Please take a moment out to vote (What MLE sets have you NOT completed?) here.
31 August
2002 : Addiction
promo time again. The winners are: 24 August 2002 : The additional links made previously have now (finally) been added to the main image above. 6 August 2002 : The WoT freebies page is now up (click here). Remember, it relies heavily on donations... 5 August 2002 : The reference section has been expanded to cover all sets, including Zeist cards and Addiction promos (click here) 4 August 2002 : As requested, I have created a card images reference page, to help differentiate from those different Ramirez, Generic Immortal, Dark Duncan and Morgan fronts. It can be accessed here. 1 August 2002 : GenCon Information from Mark Francis:
Thursday
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sealed Deck Event # 2311 Cost $3.00 (there will also be $5.00 charge for the sealed product) 12:00 AM - 2:00 PM L&M Event # 2314 Cost $1.50 (due to only being 2 hours not 4) 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Constructed Event # 2317 Cost $3.00 Friday 8:00 AM - 12:00 AM Constructed Event #2318 Cost $3.00 12:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sealed Deck Event # 2312 Cost $3.00 (there will also be $5.00 charge for the sealed product) 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM L&M Event # 2315 Cost $1.50 7:00pm -10:00 PM Sealed Finals I am not sure if there is a cost for this by GenCon registration, but there will be NO charge for the sealed product Saturday 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM L&M Finals I am not sure if there is a cost for this by GenCon registration
12:00 AM - 4:00 PM Constructed Finals I am not sure if there is
a cost for this by GenCon registration
30 July
2002 : The winners
of the July Addiction promos were: This month : HL=1,2,5,6,9; WoT=3,4,7,8,10 24 July 2002 : PHEW! Firstly, apologies to you all for the extended delay in the site updates and the mailing out of the June promos. The simple reason for this is that a number of family issues came up, and the real world got in the way... actually, the best thing of all is that my wife gave birth to our son on 10th July - and the two of them have been keeping me extremely busy ever since! Anyway, to business: The freebie lists have been updated, as has the Promo Plan page. Also, the winning top 10 Addiction collectors now have their June promos. They are:
1 jdtimi (714) I hope to have the July promos out considerably quicker ;) 10 June 2002 : The freebie lists have been updated. I've also added a new Combos page here.
30 May
2002 : The winners
of the May Addiction promos were: 25 May 2002 : Once again, more submissions are required! This time, I'm looking to compile a list of card combos. All cards can be used for these combos, ranging from original Series edition to the latest Morgan release. I'll be 'buying' these from you for DE credits - the better the combo, the more I'll pay! I'll be creating a new page for these combos, so all players can benefit from this collective knowledge. Submissions here. 22 May 2002 : The freebie lists have been updated. 19 May 2002 : The MLE addiction promos have arrived! Check the card lists area for a list of what's available. I will be distributing May's Promo very soon, so make sure you rack up those addiction points! More on the distribution to come later... 13 May 2002 : UPCOMING 'CON - Uni-Con 2002, at Holiday Inn, Joplin, Mo. on Nov. 1-3, 2002. "Uni-Con is a hard-core gaming con! Non-Stop CCGs, RPGs, Tabletop, 40K, Board games and LARPs. Fantasy/SciFi art show with works from our past guests including Ruth Thompson, NeNe Thomas, L.A. Williams and more. This year's guest is Douglas Shuler. Dealers room and 24 hr. Big Screen Video room. Charity Auction benefits Childrens Miracle Network.". More details can be found here. 12 May 2002 : Once again, I'm asking for submissions. Want to advertise a 'Con? Want to post a deck up for analysis? Any new ideas for the game? Mail me here. 22 Apr 2002 : The Yahoo poll is now closed. You can view the results here. 16 Apr 2002 : The logging in issues with the Double Eagle area are now resolved. Please report any further issues to either Gerald or me. 15 Apr 2002 : The freebie lists have been updated. Also, I am aware of logging in issues with the Double Eagle area, as I also cannot log in. It is currently under investigation. 04 Apr 2002 : Check out the new Yahoo poll here. Also, the freebie lists have been updated. 30 Mar 2002 : The freebie lists have been updated. 25 Mar 2002 : The MLC & SOI freebie lists have been updated. Also, this has been expanded for MLE, Ramirez, Dark Duncan and Morgan! 11 Mar 2002 : The competition is over! See who won here... 11 Mar 2002 : The new Double Eagle area is open! Click here to access. 27 Feb 2002 : The latest MLE FAQ has been uploaded to the website here. 26 Feb 2002 : The MLC & SOI freebie lists have been updated. Also, time is running out on the competition. 23 Feb 2002 : The MLC & SOI freebie lists have been updated. Also, the card lists areas has been updated to now hold spoilers for SOI, MLE, Ramirez, and the upcoming Dark Duncan Collection (DDC)! 21 Feb 2002 : The Double Eagle area has been taken down for renovation. I will announce here when it is up again. 19 Feb 2002 : The MLC & SOI freebie lists have been updated. 11 Feb 2002 : The MLC & SOI freebie lists have been updated. 9 Feb 2002 : The Dark Duncan set is on its way! Dark Duncan has been added to the Tamago(Ri)chie game - face him if you dare! 4 Feb 2002 : The MLC & SOI freebie lists have been updated. 3 Feb 2002 : The snippet contest has now been updated, so that it now has images of the SOI collection. Same rules as before. 2 Feb 2002 : Another update for you - I've added another 21 immortals to the Tamago(Ri)chie game, including all the SOI immortals. 1 Feb 2002 : Welcome to the resurrected MLE site, now updated for MLE 3 - Soldiers Of Immortality. At the moment, it's little more than a duplication of the old site, which has now disappeared. Once I've got everything published, I'll have time to start on the new stuff. For the time being though, there'll be no new games, and unfortunately the Double Eagle accounts will have to be started from scratch (as the cookies relate to the specific URL of the old site, and are therefore untransferrable). In the meantime, I need your help. I'm after submissions, and I'll consider ANYTHING. Some possibilities are:
You can send your submissions to me here. To make it more interesting, I've made this into a competition (click here for details). Be sure to check out all of Gerald's improvements (listed below). Finally, you can find the latest MLC & SOI freebies here. 17 Aug 2001 : New feature in the Create Account page. It is now possible to create a Guest (Anonymous) account. No more tedious codes to manage. Click on a button and you're done. 17 Aug 2001 : The results of the 7 Contests are available here. The winner of the "best deck" contest will soon be determined by the MLC playtesters. 17 Aug 2001 : All your contributions have been added to the Strategy Guide : new combos, new decks, new articles... Don't miss Travis' presentation of the Highlander Master Format in the articles page (using A&T and FH icons) ! 17 Aug 2001 : The MLE2 website will probably reach 50,000 hits before the end of August acording to Xiti.com. A Special Zeist promo will be delivered for *ONE* day. Get ready for my email notice to the yahoo Highlander lists. 17 Aug 2001 : The Shield Punch jpeg has been fixed. It is now a Special Attack as per the Spoiler List. The new version has replaced the previous one in the picture directory. 17 Aug 2001 : The MLC spoiler list and the MLC promo checklist are up in the MLC Card List area. 17 Aug 2001 : The Credits page has been updated. 17 Aug 2001 : The Richie Hall of Fame page has been updated. 17 Aug 2001 : Do you have trouble finding other players? Do you have a weird work schedule? Hard to get to those tournaments? Check out Alan Murrell's Virtual Immortals (pre-release site) ! IRC, Apprentice, Instant Messengers, email. Choose your tool and play in this new online league. If you plan to use only emails, Steve Crow's Watcher's Journal is still available in the Links page. 15 Jul 2001 : All MLC cards have been uploaded and checked. If you have sent a request you'll receive your first MLC packs next tuesday. If you didn't, check out the Download page. I'll be offline for three weeks after next thursday so I won't be able register new people until my return. 15 Jul 2001 : If you are experimenting problems with your Double Eagle account please read this troubleshooting page and activate the "auto-reload" option of your browser. 15 Jul 2001 : The MLC Checklist is now available in the Card Lists page. The full spoiler list will be added in August. 15 Jul 2001 : The Tamago(Ri)chie Hall of Fame page has been updated. 15 Jul 2001 : The Snippet Contest payouts have been doubled ! 15 Jul 2001 : The MLC Rulebook is now available. 15 Jul 2001 : A credits page has been added to the About page. I know it is incomplete. If you think your name should be there, feel free to request it. 15 Jul 2001 : If you're planning to go to the Gencon 2001, check out the tournament schedule here. Please note that in the Highlander team you'll find Adam Crites with MLC freebies (shirts, key rings, etc...) and unique printed stuff (MCBC, Ramirez, Promos, MLC packs for the sealed deck tournament...). Of course all participants will receive the Gencon Zeist (different from the Origins one). Some of you may even get one of the few Foil versions. 12 Jul 2001 : The 20 Mb of graphics have been uploaded. Still a few Mbs to put online before the release date. The Mac Leod Chronicles checklist will be posted in a few days. The full spoiler list will be available in August. 12 Jul 2001 : The Missing Link Expansions Booster Packs covers are now available in the Download page. Feel free to use them for your own sealed deck tournaments. They will be used during the Gencon 2001. 11 Jul 2001 : Next Monday the Ramirez Collection will be stopped... because... 11 Jul 2001 : The Mac Leod Chronicles subscription is now open to Double Eagle accounts. Check out the Download page. Do not forget to read the Honor Guidelines carefully. The first mailing will be made next week. 09 Jul 2001 : The MLC jpeg number is still growing... Get ready for the email subscription. A few numbers ? More than 230 pictures done out of 300-350, more than 20 Mb of jpegs, 8 new immortals, 4 new weapons, 2 new watchers, and of course dozens of cards for existing immortals (TCG, or MLE). 09 Jul 2001 : Some of you asked if the MLC cards would be better than MLE1 and if they would be closer to TCG cards. See by yourself. A few sample cards are now available in the Download page. 03 Jul 2001 : New Richie templates have entered the graveyard. Don't forget to give a name to your template if you submit its High Score code. 01 Jul 2001 : This site is now Flash/Shockwave enhanced. If your browser doesn't support it you can either download a plugin from macromedia or you can turn it off by using the OFF link in the right-hand column. Note that the Flash file is hardly larger than the jpeg used before. 01 Jul 2001 : Submit your best Richie templates from the Double Eagle game and gain credits (one DEC for each two points in a template on Holy Ground and one DEC for each four points in a dead template). 01 Jul 2001 : Two new Zeist Promos to collect. One of them will be distributed at Origins and the other at Gencon (printed version only). Expect other unreleased stuff to grab during MLE events. 01 Jul 2001 : Want to play Missing Link Expansion cards by email ? Check out Steve Crow's WJ. You'll be able to play MLE templates in this permanent email tournament. 24 Jun 2001 : New game in the Double Eagle area : Manage a Richie Rayan character and to have him fight other immortals. Each victory will allow you to upgrade him. But beware for he could lose his head in the blink of an eye. Enter your Richie template in the Hall of Fame and win Double Eagle credits. 23 Jun 2001 : The playtest has been completed last week. The artwork process has begun for an early July release. The Mac Leod Chronicles cards will be available through an email distribution (a la Ramirez Collection). For this you'll need a Double Eagle Account. 23 Jun 2001 : Will you be at Origins and Gencon ? Then sharpen your sword if you want to keep your head. Get ready for the Missing Link Events for you could win MLE shirts, Foil cards, and plenty of promo cards (Mac Leod Chronicles preview cards, unreleased MLE3 PG Fronts...)... And may be a permanent hunt for shards of crystal possessed by other Highlander players. Will you be able to complete the Methuselah Stone ? 23 Jun 2001 : Check out the latest rule modifications and MLE1 card fixes. Some of these cards have been slightly corrected for game balance purpose. These cards will be released again in the MLE2 set. Until then, the modifications are considered official erratas (and in particular in all official MLE tournaments, including Origins 2001). 23 Jun 2001 : The Missing Link Expansion will be included in Steve Crow's WJ soon. You'll soon be able to play a MLE template in this permanent email tournament. 23 Jun 2001 : New game in the Double Eagle area : Manage a Richie Ryan character and to have him fight other immortals. Each victory will allow you to upgrade him. But beware for he could lose his head in the blink of an eye. Enter your Richie template in the Hall of Fame and win Double Eagle credits. 23 Jun 2001 : The playtest has been completed last week. The artwork process has begun for an early July release. The Mac Leod Chronicles cards will be available through an email distribution (a la Ramirez Collection). For this you'll need a Double Eagle Account. 23 Jun 2001 : Will you be at Origins and Gencon ? Then sharpen your sword if you want to keep your head. Get ready for the Missing Link Events for you could win MLE shirts, Foil cards, and plenty of promo cards (Mac Leod Chronicles preview cards, unreleased MLE3 PG Fronts...)... And may be a permanent hunt for shards of crystal possessed by other Highlander players. Will you be able to complete the Methuselah Stone ? 23 Jun 2001 : Check out the latest rule modifications and MLE1 card fixes. Some of these cards have been slightly corrected for game balance purpose. These cards will be released again in the MLE2 set. Until then, the modifications are considered official erratas (and in particular in all official MLE tournaments, including Origins 2001). 23 Jun 2001 : The Missing Link Expansion will be included in Steve Crow's WJ soon. You'll soon be able to play a MLE template in this permanent email tournament. 08 Jun 2001 : The MLE 2 website now becomes the official voice of the MLE team. The MLE1 website will not be updated anymore. 08 Jun 2001 : The Double Eagle area is open. It should work properly on Netscape and IE 4+ but we haven't been able to test it fully on many other systems. Create a free Double Eagle account and you'll be able to play for unique printed promo prize. 08 Jun 2001 : The daily snippet contest will also deliver Double Eagle credits if you have a DE account. Check it out here. 08 Jun 2001 : The 7 contests are still waiting for your entries. If players do not post enough entries in the Highlander mailing lists nobody will be elligible for the contest Prize. And keep in mind that the Prize will not be distributed in the future. More infos in the contest page. 08 Jun 2001 : Next monday will be a special day for the weekly promo mailing. Instead of the basic nemesis promo, you'll receive another MLE2 preview card. I should say, a very cool card. You can subscribe to the promo plan with a simple email request to Adam. 01 Jun 2001 : 6 MLE wallpapers have been added to the Download page. Check them out and feel free to request different formats (bmp, tiff...) or size. 01 Jun 2001 : The Double Eagle area is almost ready with four games. The Beta version is being tested. Three brand new promo cards (Weapon Fronts) that will not be available through online trading. 01 Jun 2001 : Do you really know the Missing Link Expansion cards ? Did you play with them ? Could you recognize them simply by their illustration ? Enter the Daily Snippet contest and test your MLE knowledge... 20 May 2001 : Welcome to the Pre-release website !No card to download yet but you can already explore a few pages and you'll soon be available to enter the Double Eagle area and play against Kit'o'Brady or Amanda for unique MLE2 promo cards. 20 May 2001 : The playtest phase will end within one or two weeks. Then the artwork process will start delivering new virtual cards for a late June / early July release. You'll soon be able to register to the new Virtual Pack Generator in the Card Download page. |