Looking Forward
2023 & Beyond!

State Of The Game, Kickstarter & More

With the tough economic times we are all currently facing all around the world, in all industries, raw material price increases, and product delays are bound to happen. Over the past 6-8 months we at Future Lore Studios have been experiencing this shift in the TCG Industry, like many other big and small TCGs have as well.

At this time, it is imperative to alter our course to best suit our company, our community, and our growth. We are learning, growing, and evolving in this ever shifting TCG Landscape, and we appreciate all the great support and growth we have received thus far in our first 16 months! Thank you to our Legions Community Local, and at large throughout the world that backed the initial Kickstarter for Empires On The Rise! We WILL CONTINUE to soldier on, learn and adapt!

We have news abound to come for everyone! Below are the points we know, and our current structured pathway in achieving our growth for Legions Realms at War TCG going forward!


Empire On The Rise Kickstarter

As we have witnessed Empires On The Rise initial Kickstarter did not meet its funding goal. Of course, this comes with some disappointment, and more work going forward.

However, what it also gives us is, clarity on the state of things in this ever-shifting TCG market space.  In NO WAY does this means the Empires On The Rise Booster Set will be scrapped or cancelled.

The Set will however be reworked/retooled, and has been in the works for the past week, and will continue to be tweaked over the next few weeks.

We have learned a lot from this Kickstarter process, as it was our first foray into mass visibility, and first attempt at utilizing a Crowdfunding Platform. As we were able to collect a lot of data, review breakdowns, trends, insights, and feedback from the moment we launched the Kickstarter to the moment it had concluded. This gives us a lot to work with and learn from for the future!


LGS & Community Support

As, some members of the community may expect, for those who have been working hard to get Legions Realms at War TCG into their Local Game Stores, it has been a challenge. This has not been the LGS’s fault in these tough economic times. With the ever shifting landscape of the Indie TCG Marketspace, it continues to affect everyone involved in the industry.

We at Future Lore Studios, will continue our support for our great Retailer’s that we have on board with us now, but also continue to work with the community to reach as many LGSs that we can as the game expands.


E-Commerce & Legions Merch

We have launched our E-Commerce Platform Legions Realms at War right here on this website! All previously released LRAW Card Product Lines (Not the Empires On The Rise Booster Set) is now available HERE.

We will maintain pricing that is fair, and matches that of the current LGSs carrying product, when you factor shipping costs from us to the consumer.

Ultimately, it is about getting the game out there to as many players, and interested buyers as possible, and we need to help the existing community members grow the game as best we can. This particularly applies to areas/locations that, either don’t have an LGS at all, or don’t have an LGS that carries Legions Realms at War TCG Product Lines.

Along with Legions Realms at War Card Product Lines, we have added all non-card related Legions Realms at War Merchandise, consisting of most of the items you saw on the initial Empires On The Rise Kickstarter Page!

All Legions Scroll Banners (Made-to-Order 2-3 Business Days)
Legions Graphic Tees (Available while Supplies Last)
Legions Spin-Down Life Counters
All Legions Playmats (that were previously available for the past year)

All products will be available from our Fulfillment Centre directly!


Product Pivot/Empires On The Rise Re-Launch

Now bringing us to the question everyone has been waiting for…what will become of Empires On The Rise Booster Set?

Empires On The Rise (EOR) Booster Set will be returning to the Kickstarter Platform on March 6th 2023 and will be a 25 Day Campaign.

The Kickstarter Landing Page is already up, and can be found HERE!

The EOR Kickstarter Campaign will be scaled back across the board. This means only EOR products will be available, in both Backer Tiers, and Add-Ons.

The EOR Kickstarter Campaign will have a newly reworked Funding Goal of $40,000 CDN ($29,714 USD)

There will be 3 New Backer Tiers (Plus an Early Bird Collector Tier), and 1 LGS Tier for a total of only 4(+1) Tiers combined.

More Details on these newly revised Tiers can be found in our Legions Realms at War Community Discord Server Here!

The First 2 Stretch Goals will be available at $5,000 CDN ($3,736 USD) intervals.

New Stretch Goals will consist of:

A “Majik Void Hollow Collection” (1 Extended Alternate Art “Majik Void Hollow” Exalted Rare Reprint & 4 Brand New Never Before Seen “Majik Void” Extended Art Renown Rare)

A “Twilight Gardens Collection” (1 Extended Alternate Art “The Twilight Gardens” Exalted Rare Reprint & the 4 “Twilight Flowers” previous showcased in
Extended Art Renown Rare)

The Third Stretch Goal will be a Kickstarter Exclusive Collector’s Creed Box Topper Pack Featuring 8 All New Never Before Seen Extended Art Exalted Rare Creed Guardians made available to all Backers when we reach $75,000 CDN ($55,661 USD)

The Fourth Stretch Goal will be a Full Double Stamped Foil Uncut Sheet of Empires On The Rise made available to all Tier 3 Backers
when we reach $100,000 CDN ($74,214 USD)

Any Potential Additional Stretch Goals will be announced closer to the date.

The Empires On The Rise (EOR) Booster Set will be undergoing a slight rework/retooling as mentioned prior, but here are the new details we know of as of right now:

EOR Booster Box will have a reduction of Booster Packs from the 24 Packs per Booster Box back to originally planned 18 Pack per Booster Box
(Originally what the product was designed for)

Boosters Packs will remain at 15 cards per Booster Pack - This will ultimately increase pull rate odds on a pack-by-pack breakdown of Chase cards across the Set.

The Variant Cards, and Second Edition Reprints will still be available in this product, as well it will contain a Second Edition Printing of the “Original” 8 Warlords.

Also there will be a “Downshift” in Rarity of the New 8 Warlords from the Renown Rare Level to the Rare Level making them even easier to access for both new and existing players.

Therefore, an existing selection of 8 Rare cards from the set will see an “Upshift” to the Renown Rarity, with minor alterations to their card effects to reflect the rarity adjustment.


Potential Future Product Delays

Ultimately as some people would expect, the unsuccessful funding of the initial Empires On The Rise Kickstarter, will result is some of the Future Products slated for this year to be delayed. Unfortunately stuff like this happens in the ever changing world we are in, with lots of moving parts, many companies, and logistics involved, delays can happen.

However, our Testing Team is still hard at work reviewing, and working on balancing cards for both, The Corsair Of Despair Structure Deck, and the Masquerade Of The Macabre Booster Set. So, we can assure that these cards, and products are; and will continue to be readied for the time we can eventually move them into production!

We are very excited for what these future product lines have to offer the game, the storyline, the player base, and the growth of the game mechanics as a whole! We at Future Lore Studios, of course are still in the works for future starter deck products as well, as we have been working with the manufacturer to best hammer out details for gateway products for an alternate on-ramp into the game.

However, with the focus currently being on Empires On The Rise, getting into production, and ultimately into the hands of our Legions Community – we will have to delay these Future Product Releases, and provide updates to timelines as they become available!


LGS Campaign Events

Rest assured we will still be moving forward with our LGS Campaign Events for participating stores. Currently we still have the month of March, Set of Promo cards and Playmats to go out for Weekly Campaigns.

However, Season 3 & 4 of LGS Campaign Promo Cards will be included in the Empires On The Rise Set Printing, and as a result, could be delayed by a short amount of time required to print.

Season 3 & 4 Playmats are being readied to print for that timeline as well!


LGS Siege Series Events

We have been continuing the discussions with LGS Retailer Allies about the setup and logistics behind future Siege Series Events. Our plan to continue LGS Siege Series Events has not changed, and growing the player base is one of our top priorities in doing so!

Our goal in hosting large scale events such as these LGS Siege Series’ and Rally The Realms Regional Tournaments may see a small reworking in timelines as we continue the push to get Empires On The Rise Booster Set into production to aide in New Product, for New Players and New Stores – ultimately for New Larger Events!

For 2023 we have planned 2-3 LGS Siege Series Events here in Canada & 1-2 more LGS Siege Series Events in the USA! More information on these Event Timelines, and whereabouts will be made known as soon as that information is available.


GenCon 2023

As you have probably heard and seen, we will be attending GenCon in Indianapolis, Indiana USA in August of this year! The event is 4 days long and is bound to be a very busy time for our studio, through travel and convention planning!

This is very exciting news for us, as this is the largest Gaming Convention Event in all North America, allowing us to have the biggest exposure we will have had to this date!

We have acquired a great marketing booth at the event, and we will be selling Legions Realms at War TCG Product Lines, and doing demos of the game for the whole weekend!

For those of you that are familiar with how great our Booth Presentations have been at both, the Toronto FanExpo, and London ComicCon, you can bet that we will be bringing it up a notch again for GenCon Indy!

Future Lore Studios thanks you for your continued support, for your understanding and for your patience, as we continue to navigate through 2023 and beyond!