We have an in house system set up if the deal falls through. Yes, Assembly Members will still get 4 unique cards a year. We will start putting info on the new story out very soon. The only places to get official story information will be. The Origins and gencon events will be as great as ever.
Gold is already on press.
ETA is early July. We're hoping by Gencon. No guarantees since it's a rather ambitious schedule. There is still a lot of work to be done on Alpha. The top 2 or 4 of each tourney will advance to the final day.