The changes, made in response to feedback from players, envoys and others involved in Mage Knight play, are designed to increase the playability of certain figures, and address loopholes that have led to the dominance of certain playing styles. Details of the rules changes can be found at www.mageknight.com.

"We want to challenge players to use their figures in new ways and in new combinations," said Jordan Weisman, WizKids founder and CEO. "The changes will eliminate advantages that the rules offered to certain types of figures. We hope the changes will get people thinking in new directions and looking for new tactics. It's a good thing."

Weisman added that the rules changes would definitely shake up the Mage Knight tournament scene, making the contests more exciting.

The biggest changes are alterations to some of the special abilities, like Magic Levitation and Magic Freeze, and modifications to rules affecting the play of figures with larger bases, like titans and chariots. According to Mage Knight Game Designer Jeff Grubb, the changes make more figures accessible for play.

"Now you can get more types of Heroes and Mage Spawn involved, and use the larger mounted figures without limiting your strategy. The object of the game has always been to have fun, and now the rules make it easier to do just that," said Grubb.

About WizKids, LLC

Founded by 20-year game-industry veteran Jordan Weisman, WizKids is an award-winning Seattle-based game developer and publisher. Their best-selling Mage Knight game has been translated into seven languages and has sold tens of millions of figures worldwide. WizKids also produces the comic book-based HeroClix(tm) line of collectable miniature games and the sci-fi MechWarrior(r): Dark Age collectable miniatures game. For more information, visit the company's website at www.wizkidsgames.com.

(c)2003 WizKids, LLC. All rights reserved. Mage Knight, MechWarrior, HeroClix and WizKids are trademarks of WizKids, LLC. Patent pending.