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Dune is an out-of-print collectible card game produced by Last Unicorn Games and Five Rings Publishing Group, and later Wizards of the Coast.Set in the Dune universe based on the books written by Frank Herbert, [1] the game pits two or more players against each other, each in control of a minor house vying for entry in the Landsraad.
Dune: House Atreides debuted at #13 on The New York Times Best Seller list, and rose to #12 in its second week of publication. [6] [7]Reviewers generally remarked on the book's inferiority in quality compared to those written by the series's original author, with speculation that the younger Herbert and Anderson's efforts might attract new readers to the original books.
House Harkonnen When the Harkonnen player buys a treachery card, they receive a second one free, without having to show it to the Atreides player. They can hold twice as many treachery cards as other players, to a maximum of eight. Where the other players must choose one traitor out of four, the Harkonnen player can keep all four.
The potential financial gains for House Atreides are mitigated by the fact that mining melange from the desert surface of Arrakis is an expensive and hazardous undertaking, thanks to the treacherous environment and constant threat of giant sandworms that protect the spice. In addition, Leto is aware that Shaddam, feeling threatened by the ...
The fact that the Atreides-Harkonnen feud has persisted from the time of Dune: Prophecy to Dune suggests that the rivalry is essential to Herbert's universe. Yet the origins of the rift go largely ...
The Bene Gesserit are a key social, religious, and political force in Frank Herbert's science fiction Dune universe. The matriarchal group is described as a secretive and exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and abilities that can seem magical to outsiders.
In Dune, Piter is the architect of the plan to destroy House Atreides, longtime enemy of the Harkonnens, while restoring the Baron's stewardship over the planet Arrakis. Though the personal physician of Duke Leto Atreides, Wellington Yueh, has undergone Suk conditioning which renders him incapable of inflicting harm on his patients, Piter ...
House Atreides: House Harkonnen: House Corrino: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: Tanidia Nerus [n 1] Anirul: Shaddam IV: Leto I Atreides: Lady Jessica [n 2] Count Dalak Kenola: Princess Wensicia: Princess Irulan: Paul Atreides: Chani [n 2] Josifa: Farad'n: Ghanima Atreides: Leto II Atreides: Leto II Atreides The Elder [n 3] Duncan Idaho: Chalice: Rugi ...