We’re in the final weeks running up to the release of Guild Ball Season 4 at SteamCon US and we’re all getting pretty excited about it! Over the last few months we’ve shown off a tonne of new features including updated core rules and player cards, the super swanky Season 4 launch pack, and the naming of Guild Ball Manager as the official smartphone app of Guild Ball. Today, we’re going to talk about the final release of Season 4 on October 13th and what to expect.

Set Expectations to Stun

This weekend is going to be an incredibly busy one for Guild Ball fans around the world. Everyone will be on the hype train for the new Season’s rules and player cards, social media will be exploding with people posting pictures of their games and launch parties (remember, #GuildBallS4!), and a boatload of you will be ushering in the new Season with us at SteamCon US. But what’s going to be the best way to get your hands on the new Season’s rules? Well, you have a few options:

1. Digital Assets – we’ll be updating all our digital assets in time for Season 4 launch parties happening on Saturday 13th of October. This means that both the downloadable resources on our brand-new Guild Ball Hub, accessible from steamforged.com, and Guild Ball Manager will be updated with all the new Season 4 rules. So you can be ready to play Guild Ball Season 4 whether you’re attending your local launch party or welcoming in the new Season at home with friends.

Depending on where you are, you can expect our digital assets to be updated during the night of Friday 12th, or very early in the morning of Saturday 13th. The exact time will be somewhere between 10-11pm BST of Friday 12th, which will be between 4-5pm for anyone attending SteamCon US. This time has been chosen so that we can be ready for some of the earliest launch parties happening in places like Australia and New Zealand. This means that if you’re attending SteamCon US and playing in any Season 3 events, like the US Championship, either bring physical cards or don’t update your smartphone app until you’ve finished playing in the event!

2. Season 4 Launch Party – If you have the chance to, make sure you get yourself down to your local Season 4 launch party. These will be taking place at your local gaming store (or possibly in your local gaming club), so make sure to ask your local Guild Ball retailer or Pundit for information on your closest launch party. Everyone attending one of these will walk away with plenty of free swag including exclusive limited-edition Season 4 player cards, core rules quick reference cards, and Lucky models!

To see more about Season 4 launch parties and what’s in the launch pack, take a look HERE.

3. Season 4 Deck – We mentioned in a recent blog that we would be selling Season 4 Decks directly from the Steamforged store. These S4 Decks will include all the player cards for every Guild up to the Falconers, since the Navigators boxed set will include the Season 4 compatible cards. The Season 4 Deck will also be available for purchase at SteamCon US, SteamCon UK, and any convention that Steamforged Games attends in early 2019 while stocks last.

The Season 4 Deck is available to pre-order HERE. The Season 4 Deck will release on Saturday 13th of October.