Fantasy Flight will release another Hero and Monster Collection for its best-selling fantasy board game Descent:  Journeys in the Dark Second Edition.  The Shards of Everdark expansion is schedule to release in Q2.

The new expansion features four new heroes:  Arvel Worldwalker, One Fist, Karnon, and Steelhorns.  Nine monsters are also included, with two ice wyrms, five shades, and two all-new dark minotaurs.  In total, 13 new plastic miniatures for use with the game, along with the cards and rules required to use them.  Rounding out the expansion are two new quests, “Shards of Everdark” and “Host of Everdark,” which can be played on their own or added to existing campaigns as “side quests” using the included “rumor” cards.

The Shards of Everdark requires the base Descent game to play.  MSRP is $34.95.

The new set will be the ninth Hero and Monster Collection and follows the Stewards of the Secret expansion, releasing soon (see “A Mad Sorcerer’s Secret Rites Exposed in ‘Descent’ Expansion”).