Thu, 02 Nov 2006
Welcome to the Indian Trading Post
Pardners, we're pleased as punch to announce that Indian Trading Post is now available on the public beta server. It's been a long road, but we're mighty happy with how it all came together. We've introduced a pile of new stuff to the game.

There are three new Big Shot units:

• The Storm Caller attacks his opponents with a bolt of lightning that chains to anyone unlucky enough to be standin' next to his target.
• The Trickster Raven transforms from human to raven form to fly from place to place around the board.
• The Revolutionary is an inspiration to his team. He gives a 10% attack bonus to all allied ground units, and when he is killed, all currently dead units on his team are immediately respawned to avenge him.

There are four new stock units:

• The Dream Catcher attacks by flinging nightmares at her target which cause them to run in terror, reset their initiative and drain some of their health into the Dream Catcher.
• The Buffalo Rider rams her target with a mighty buffalo. If she starts her attack from far enough away, she'll knock them back into the next board space.
• The Thunderbird is our first Spirit unit and has the ability to attack its target on the way to its destination instead of moving first and then attacking.
• The Dog Soldier is a tank of a unit that stakes himself into the ground to avoid being moved when attacked by the Buffalo Rider or the Dream Catcher. He also gets a small additional attack on every tick which damages all enemy units that are standing next to him.

There are three new gameplay scenarios:

• In Wendigo Attack the players battle it out while trying to survive the onslaught of the deadly Wendigo. Only by carrying a Sacred Talisman or standing on a Petroglyph of Protection can they avoid an icy doom.
• In Totem Building players work to build the most and the biggest Totem Poles using different kinds of Totems that they pick up around the board.
• In Forest Guardians players cooperate rather than compete and do battle against the dastardly Logging Robots who wish to decimate the forests to further the expansion of their Furniture Empire.

There are over a dozen new cards and bonuses and even more new badges to be discovered.

We'll be workin' away to fix all the bugs that will no doubt be uncovered now that all this new code is getting some serious use. In the meanwhile, enjoy and we'll see ya down at the Big Bear Saloon,

- Sheriff Mike