New releases Friday, April 21st

OK folks – this is a big one, so hold onto your hats…

Portal Games – Everybody Lies 
a cooperative story-driven where players try to investigate cases beyond the Gotham Police reach. Explore locations, make alliances and try to unravel the mystery. For 2-4 players, ages 14 and up. PLays in 2-3 hours. Three different cases are provided.

Ravensburger – Marvel Villainous
Evil born of Science for Villainous. Choose your villain, explore your domain, make your move. Play Titania, Doctor Octopus or Kang the Conquerer. Play against other villains in the set or Villainous characters from other games. 2 to 3 players, ages 12 and up, taking about 20 minutes per player.

Reaper Miniatures – Weapons Mega-Pack
over 60 plastic weapons, shields, bows, quivers, staves and more. Basic weapons, kickstarter ‘Armory of Death, Virtue and Vice’ sprues as well.

Archon Studio/Rampart Terrain – Wolverine Tank
Includes a tank with interior detail, openable back ramp, rotating turret and lots of detail

Evil Hat Production – Apocalypse Keys
a new RPG which puts the player into the role of an Omen class monster, a being which has the ability to hold back the apocalypse. Each creature is driven by fate, love, and power. Explore the connects, stand against the apocalypse, create relationships and solve mysteries. Includes seven playbooks, guidance for the world, strategies to make sure all the players are having fun, and guidelines to create one-shots full campaigns. Keys to find, mysteries to solve, doors to unlock and harbingers to battle.

Van Ryder Games – Final Girl Season 2
A whole bunch of new items for Final Girl – the solo cinematic horror game
Box of Props – deluxe markers, ultimate dice, signature action cards, rulebook, book of desperate deaths and desperation die.
Into the Void – The Evomorph hunts you in space and the USS Konrad is its killing ground. Keycards grant you access to different parts of the ship, Can you escape or destroy this alien? Requires Final Girl Core Set
Madness in the Dark – Ratchet Lady stalks Wolfe Asylum turning patients into maniacs. Can you avoid madness and death and escape?  Requires Final Girl Core Set to play this feature film set.
Once Upon a Full Moon –  Requires Final Girl Core Set to play. Storybook Woods are haunted by the Big Bad Wolf. Can you slow the wolf down in Hunt and Slay modes to avoid getting caught?
A Knock at the Door – The Intruders are here. Can you deal with them in this unique challenge. New events and crafting mechanics allow you to bring materials together to make epic weapons and combat the evil.  Requires Final Girl Core Set.
Panic at Station 2891 – The Organism is lurking about the station. Can you figure out where it is? How to combat it? Can you make it out alive at the cost of others or will you try to get the rest of the staff out? All important questions in this episode.  Requires Final Girl Core Set

Final Girl – Terror from the Grave Miniatures (18 bases of zombies)
Final Girl – Terror from Above – (36 bases of birds)
Final Girl Season 2 miniature set – Miniatures for the following ‘feature films’ and ‘vignettes’
USS Konrad, Station 2891, Wingward Cottage, Storybook Woods, Wolfe Asylum, Terror from the Grave. 
Final Girl – Series 2 Vehicle Miniatures (6 vehicle miniatures)
Final Girl – Series 1 Vehicle Miniatures (5 vehicle miniatures)
Final Girl – Terror from the Grave Vignette card expansion (Usable with any Location)

Alley Cat Games – Autobahn
1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up attempt to develop, build and upgrade Germany’s Federal Highway system while improving your standing in the Bundes Autobahn organization. Plays in an hour and a half to 2 hours. PLay in solo mode or with up to 4 players.

Wise Wizard Games – Kapow!
1-2 players, ages 12 and up. This dice building game allows you to build the dice , modify the faces and customize your dice pool in a battle between heroes and villains in the superpowered game.

Chip Theory Games – Hoplomachus
a gladiatorial game for one, 2 player co-op or two to four player pvp. This updated version of the game has improved rules and art. Take command of a faction, fight various combats in the arenas, clash against mighty and mystical titans or match wits with immortals. Plays in about an hour with huge replayability.

Chip Theory Games – Hoplomachus : Victorum
This is a solo only gladiatorial game where plates attempt to go from lowly hero to powerful leader in four acts. Best warriors on eight different maps, amass an army and prepare for the final conflict. Ages 14 and up. Plays in about 90 minutes.

Hall or Nothing – 1815 Scum of the Earth
This historical Epic Battle System Game recreates the battle of Waterloo in an asymmetric and competitive tactical card game. Will you take the role of Napoleon and and lead the Imperial Guard to crush your enemies or play the Duke of Wellington and take your outgunned army and defend Mont Saint Jean? For 1 or 2 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around half an hour. Ages 14 and up.

Hall or Nothing – Gloom of Kilforth
The land is filled with nefarifous monsters and treacherous locations. Kilforth is a fantasy game with a Gothic edge. 1 to 4 players, working together or at odds, assume the role of heroes on a journey through then lands visiting strange places, meeting powerful enemies, discovering artifacts and magic. Follow your tale from the first steps to the climactic battle which will decide the fate of Kilforth. Plays in about 45 minutes per player.

Hall or Nothing – Shadows of Kilforth
1 to 4 heroes must work together (or at odds) in this card game that follows Gloom of Kilforth. The players explore the Eastern wilderness, explore ancient ruins, solve quests and survive monsters. Riches and fame await.  Plays in around 45 minutes per player. For ages 14 and up – 1 to 4 players

Stronghold Games – Ares Expeditions : Foundations
This expansion to Terraforming Mars : Ares Expedition  adds a sixth player, twenty new project cards and some new twists to the game.

Mongoose Publishing – Traveller – High Guard Update 2022
this revised Traveller rulebook expands the original in major ways, adds not only ship design but starports and space stations, detailed sensor rules, ship customization and exotic technologies. Crew roles are better explained, board actions are better defined and guidelines for battle between fighter squadrons and enormous fleets are included as well. Design anything from small craft, traders, scouts, gunboats on up the military workhorses like the destroyer, carriers as well as battleships and dreadnoughts. Armor and armaments have been retooled to make scalable combat ranging from a small skirmish to a colossal battle between capital ships easy to run.   

WizKids – new releases
Icons of the Realms Sand & Stone – 43 new prepainted miniatures ranging from rust monsters to Thri-Kreen, Giant Scorpions to Bone Knights, Medusas to Blue Dragonborn. Booster packs of 4 figures are available – as are bricks of 8 packs and cases.

Mimic Colony – 7 different pre-painted mimics ready to bust out of the package and play

Hidden Hazards – 6 different traps (Spike pit, falling block, rolling sphere (x2), rotating blade (x2), saw blade (x2) and scythe blade (x2)) prepainted trap tiles. 10 total tiles

Devilish Devices – 9 different traps and some treasure chests (4 chests, a poison needle trapped chest, scything blade trapped chest, magic cloud trapped chest, poison gas trapped chest, 2 Urn flamethrowers, 2 bear traps, 2 foot spike traps, 1 acid pit trap, 3 rune traps), 8 treasure chests, 2 urns, 2 bear traps and 4 tiles – all prepainted and ready to use.

Atomic Mass Games – Legion : Commander Cody (3 miniatures, cards, tokens and insert sheet)

Fantasy Flight Games – Arkham Horror : Fortune and Folly Scenario Pack 

Renegade Games – My Little Pony Character Journal

Eagle/Griffin – Pick-A-Pig and Pick-A-Dog 
two different games each designed for younger players and their families. Memory and dexterity card game of matching and snatching. Takes around 15 minutes to play.

Ravensburger – Pinata Blast
3 to 6 players (ages 7 and up) compete to get the most candy. Roll a die and grab as much of that type of candy as you can. Plays in around 15 minutes.

Eagle/Griffin – Krakatoa – a 2-4 player dice game of strategy & luck… in volcano taming.

Pretzel Games – Camel Up the Card Game
this 2 to 6 player card game takes the classic camel racing game and boils it down to an exciting card game. For ages 8 and up.

Lucky Duck Games – My Sheflie
Pick items from the living room, put them on your bookshelf, try to best match your personal goal and compete for common goals at the same time. Balance these objectives to have the best Shelfie and win the game.

CMON – Marvel Zombie
Zombicide with a twist. Superpowered individuals are now Zombies. As a Zombified Marvel hero you will take on SHIELD agents and living heroes in an attempt to complete objectives and succeed in missions. Use the Hunger to power your abilities, but beware that it does not consume you. Work with other Zombies to find your salvation. 1 to 6 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour.

Dead Alive Games – Omicron Protocol
1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Takes 45 minutes to and hour and a half. This inter-apocalyptic game pits you and you faction against others in the race to escape a horrid virus which is decimating the city. Includes bunches of detailed miniatures, solo and cooperative modes as well as the competitive game and lots of fun. 

Catalyst Game Labs – Shadowrun : Whisper Nets
this new campaign book puts the  Runners in Manhattan with the goal of exposing important information and trying to figure out how to use it without getting themselves killed. 

Next Move Games – Azul Mini
Azul but in a smaller format. All the fun of the regular game, but easier to transport. 2-4 player game (for ages 8 and up). Resin tiles, boards, trays, rulebook and more.

Exalted Funeral – Carcass Crawler magazine # 3
Old School Essentials magazine with 5 new classes, 4 new races, expanded equipment and new monsters.

Evil Genius Games – Everyday Heroes role playing games
from the excitement of blockbuster films to special combat options and tactical gear of the first person shooter to adventures in contemporary settings this role playing game gives you everything you need to play. Car chases, gun fights, computer hacking, radiation hazards and more. Flexible generation rules cover characters from hard bitten soldiers to genius inventors or anything else you can imagine. Using the 5e D&D mechanics as a base this book is designed to be used by both players and game masters.   

New releases for Friday (April 7th)

So as we get close to Easter (which we are closed on Sunday, BTB) we have a few more items that have made it in.

Goodman Games -Dungeon Crawl Classics : Dying Earth : Standard Boxed Set 
Includes Players Libram, Primer of Practical Magic, Intimate Anatomy of Creatures and Personages, 22 x 17 poster map and codes for digital downloads. All in a handy boxed set

Goodman Games – Dungeon Crawl Classics : Dying Earth modules
Goodman also released several Dying Earth specific modules:
Each module is it’s own self contained, separately sold  book
#0 Pilgrims of the Black Obelisk (level 0 adventure)
#1 Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan (level 1 adventure)
#2 Sorcerers Tower of Sanguine Slant (level 2 adventure)
#3 Magnific Machinations at the Grand Exposition of Marvels (level 3 adventure)
#4 Mind-Weft of the Moonstone Palace (level 4 adventure)
#5 Penumbra of the Polar Ape (level 5 adventure)
#6 The Great Visp Hunt (level 2 adventure)
#7 Phantoms of the Ectoplasmic Cotillion (Level 3 adventure)
#8 The House on the Island (level 3 adventure) 

Osprey Publishing – Stargrave : Side Hustle
40 cards with missions, plots and tasks that add variety, new challenges and rewards to your Stargrave game. Each card has a specific objective and a reward for achieving it.

Iello Games – The Animals of Baker Street
1 to 4 players participate in this game of doggy deduction, mousy mystery and ratty riddles. Can you solve the case? Ages 10 and up. PLays in around 45 minutes.

Chip Theory Games – Too Many Bones (Dice Builder RPG)
This solo/coop dice-builder rpg gives you the chance to play through an adventure, gain new skill and stat dice and build powerful combos. For ages 14 and up. PLays in around an hour to an hour and a half.

Wiz Kids Games – Icons of the Realm Adventures in a box : Wererat Den
6 prepainted miniatures and 10 different ‘camp dressings’ as well as 4 double sided map tiles (6”x6” each) give you everything you need to set up wererat themed encounters.

Stronghold Games – Ares Expedition : Discovery
This Terraforming Mars expansion adds awards and milestones that will add to replayability. Phase cards add divergent upgrade choices and change game play and strategy as well.

GMT Games – Paths of Glory : Deluxe Edition (2022)
back in print this new version of Paths of Glory is a strategic card driven game of World War 1. Winner of several boardgame awards Paths of Glory is back…

Eggert Spiele – Village Big Box 
This contains The Village board game, all the previously published expansions, Village Marriage, a new expansion, all the promos ever released – and more. Included is also a solo mode, playable with a number of expansions. Upgraded player boards, bigger game board, chronicle board, artwork and more.

CMON – Zombicide : Rio Z Janeiro
Campaign expansion for Zombicide 2nd edition. Rio. Carneval. Zombies. 12 miniatures, 6 new survivors, 6 new zombies, equipment cards, objectives, map tiles, dice, tokens and a new campaign.

Detestable Games – Kiwi Chow Down 
1-4 players control flocks working toad controlling areas of the island, gathering fruit and having the most nests. Includes miniatures, cards, boards, solo and multi-player modes and more.

Kolossal Games – Lost Empires : War for the New Sun
This 2 player head to head card game focuses on area control and deck design in a battle for planet 581. Control objectives, destroy enemy units and gain artifacts. Construct a Wormgate and win. Plays in around 45 minutes and is for ages 14 and up.

Iello Games – Cheese Master
2 to 8 players compete to locate the proper number of cheese wedges to win. Each character changes that number so you have to take all the changes into account. This playful observation game is for ages 10 and up. Plays in about 10 minutes 

Chip Theory Games – Too Many Bones : Undertow
a standalone expansion for Too Many Bones. Duster, previously of the Gearloc Council, has been accused of being a tyrant and you must investigate, find help and make things right. This is a great entrance point to the game system, or a expansion to the original game. Includes encounters, baddies, and cooperative challenges while retaining the same clever dice mechanics.

RTalsorian – Cyberpunk : Black Chrome
Over 170 new apps, gear, linear frames, weapons, cyberware and other stuff to upgrade with. New lore on the Neocorps and Megacorps. A lesson in economics, six Night Markets and the dangerous Fixers who run them.

Compass Games – 1812! Great Lakes Frontier
a card driven strategy game for 2 players simulating land and naval battles around the Great Lakes of North America during the war of 1812. There are 11 scenarios ranging from small 1 map battles taking about 90 minutes to a full campaign spanning 2 maps and around 9 h9urs to play. Solitaire tables are included to provide ease for a single player.

Midweek new stuff – 4/5/23

So it’s Wednesday afternoon and we’ve got a few things in that, well, we didn’t have before…

Alea Games – Puerto Rico 1897
As an independent Puerto Rician farmer in the late 1890s it’s to you to hire workers, grow, trade and sell crops as well as help build up the city infrastructure. This new game retains the elegance of the original Puerto Rico game but expounds on it with a new narrative. For 2-5 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in an hour and a half to 3 hours depending on the number of players. Also includes four expansions – The New Buildings, The Citizens, Smugglers and Festival. 

Restoration Games – Marvel Unmatched : Teen Spirit
This 2 – 3 player board game pits Squirrel girl, Cloak & Dagger and Ms. Marvel against each other (or other Unmatched characters) against each other. Use your heroes unique deck and abilities to win the day. Any unmatched heroes and maps can be mixed and matched to create your own matchups.  Designed for ages 14 and up, plays in 20 to 40 minutes.

Holy Grail Games – Encyclopedia 
1 to 4 players compete to study animas, lead expeditions, recruit experts and publish your findings while increasing your fame. This worker placement game comes complete with a mini-expansion ‘Sepultus’ and is designed for ages 12 and up. Plays in a round half an hour per person.

Crowd Games – Evolution : New World
Create a unique animal species and endow them with traits to help them adapt. Over six epochs try to stay away from predators, gather food and attempt to thrive. For 2-4 players, ages 11 and up. Plays in around 30 minutes or longer depending on players. 

Crowd Games – Evolutions New World : Butterfly Effect
This Evolution : New World expansion adds the Seashore area, 13 new traits, a solo mode, additional tokens and the Butterfly Effect scenario.  The Solo mode pits you against the Dominator and and Devastator in a fight for survival on an alien world.

Smirk & Dagger Games – boop.
2 players drop kittens on the bed and try to line them up as they bounce around. Get your kittens in a row to make them cats. Get your bouncy cats in a row to win the game. Can you ‘boop’ your kittens into cats and into line before your opponent? Ages 10 and up. 2 players, plays in around 20 minutes.