Happy 2017 to one and all! I hope you've had a great little break - for those fortunate enough to have one - and are ready to face 2017. And welcome to another Touchstone Tavern, our weekly roundup of Hearthstone [Free] news and videos. This issue is coming to you one day later than usual, but even we have to pause for the New Year. And now that 2017 is officially here - though I'm sure I'll still be writing 2016 for the next few weeks - we are back in business. As you would expect, not much happened in the world of Hearthstone this past week, but there were still some interesting stories published. And, of course, we got some "best of 2016" videos as well. Without further ado, let's jump in.

 
 
Special Tavern Brawl Will Celebrate 20 Years of Diablo As we wrote about last week, Blizzard has announced it will celebrate Diablo's 20-year anniversary (how time flies) with a special Hearthstone Tavern Brawl probably this week. According to the announcement, a hooded stranger awaits for you in Tavern Brawl, and he's holding a "grim deck" in his hands. That's pretty much all the information we have outside a hint about unraveling the secrets of this dark wanderer. There's been talk of other Blizzard IPs coming to Hearthstone ever since the developer dropped the "Heroes of Warcraft" from the title, so this might be the first step towards that. I do wonder whether we'll get Diablo-specific cards or simply a Diablo-themed Brawl using exist...