In a blog post, the Blizzard team has given a sneak peek at a handful of cards.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft will launch its Goblins vs Gnomes this winter. The expansion will introduce over 120 new goblin and gnome themed cards that players can add to their collection, and the Blizzard team will be unveiling some of the upcoming cards and their mechanics as the launch approaches.

Today we’re talking about the two short-but-mighty races that embody the type of zany antics that will surprise you at every turn in the expansion:

Goblins and Gnomes

A rivalry that spans Warcraft’s long history, pitting the brilliant, but unstable, minds of Azeroth’s most creative denizens against one another in a contest to create the most amazing, crazy, smoke-spewing, gear-grinding, time-bending, earth-rattling inventions ever conceived.

These little gals and guys have a way of getting under our skin. Their antics inspire affection in many, and annoyance in some, but they always get a reaction. The manic mayhem that seems to happen whenever they’re around is a natural fit for the delightful surprises you’ll find in Hearthstone.

Goblins
Goblins are known for their keen business sense and an unhealthy affection for massive explosions. They like their gold, but nothing gets a goblin’s pulse pounding like a ticking timer or a fuse fizzing down. When you draw a Goblin card, you know that things are about to get LOUD. And messy. Very, very messy.

 

 Gnomes
The brilliant, but also probably crazy, gnomes love to tinker. Their insatiable curiosity, genius, and utter disregard for safety and common sense all lead them to tinker with just about everything, including machinery, time, space, and the essential biology of friends and foes alike. When you see a Gnome card on the board, it’s a safe bet that things are gonna get weird.

Keep in touch with the latest on Goblins vs Gnomes over on the Hearthstone blog!

 Ann "Cyliena" Hosler, Managing Editor