Wizkids Games – Icons of the Realms : Legend of Drizzt Tabletop Companions – Drizzt, Wulgfar, Catti-Brie, Bruenor, Artemis and Guehwyvar as pre painted miniatures Family & Foes – Drizzt, Gromph, Zaknafein, Malice, Jarlaxe, Trail and Guehwyvar prepainted miniatures ready for tabletop use.
Steamforged Games – Dark Souls miniatures Bonfires – pack of 4 bonfire markers Barrels – 8 barrels (4 each of 2 different miniatures) Hungry Mimics – closed mimic and open mimic (humanoid/treasure chest hybrid) Dark Knights – 2 silver knight lancers, 2 fire bomb hollows (skeletons)
Osprey Games – General Orders World War II 2 player game mixing worker placement and dynamic tactics. Balance the need to seize crucial assets and protect your own supplies in this unique 2 player game. Ages 14 and up. Plays in half an hour or so.
Frattspiel Games – PanzerFratt A easy to learn, fun to play set of WW2 miniature rules.
GMT/Traxx – 18 India 18XX in India – with some pre-game variability which gives each play through a unique character. 2-5 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in 2 to 4 hours depending on players.
Lucky Duck Games – Senjutsu 1-4 players take on the role of Samurai locked in deadly conflict. Beautiful miniatures, customized deck crafting and thematic duels make this game swift playing and cinematic. Ages 14 and up, plays in half an hour or so.
Sinister Fish Games – Moon a pick & pass tableau building game of lunar base building. 1 to 5 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in 30 to 60 minutes.
Starling Games – Everdell : Mistwood expansion to Everdell adding new player powers, more legends, 8 unique farms, the Nightweaver, solo and 2 player scenarios against an automated opponent and more.
Arc Dream Publishing – Delta Green : From the Dust the Gerritsen Mansion was built long ago and now is in the midst of renovation to condos. But in the night children disappear, whispers are heard, weird footprints are found. Now Delta Green must discover what roams in the night and deal with it before it’s too late.
23rd Century Productions – BattleLords of the 23rd Century : Savage Worlds Edition A Savage Worlds setting with new edges, hindrances, weapons, armor, sci-fi equipment, powers and more all in the Core Rules. Also available is the Carnage Companion with ready to play characters, new edges and hindrances, vehicles and new combat rules as well as drones and more. Lastly the Alliance Setting Guide adds the Arachnids The Alliance, Mega-Corps, dueling, Bounty hunters, GM tips, campaign tips, tech levels and Meta Plots. More BattleLords than you can shake a stick at all at one time.
Pazio Pathfinder 2e – Season of Ghosts Adventure Path : The Summer that Never Was. Adventure book 1 of 4 taking characters from 1st to 3rd level.
Renegade Games – Chicago by Night A World of Darkness setting with the history of Chicago from multiple perspectives, over 50 NPCs , multiple Chronicle hooks, exploration of the different factions strewn across Chicago and more.
Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion is here !
Tenfold Dungeon – new Scifi sets. Each set is made of nesting boxes, in full color with a 1” grid superimposed for use with your favorite games.
It’s Friday Night and time for another edition of What Came in This Week!
Chessex – dice releases transparent pink D6 (16mm and 12mm), d10s, and polyhedral sets as well as Beginner Sets (trans & opaque)
Severed Limb Games – Gelatinous Cube d6s and blood spattered dice (giant d20 and 7 pc poly sets)
Upper Deck – Vs. System 2PCG – Future Foundation
Corvus Belli – Infinity ITS Operations Deck 20 classified objective cards, and 28 cards for a new format : Resilience Operations
Marvel Multiverse RPG dice – 8 standard d6 and 4 Marvel d6 for the RPG
Darrington Press – Caper Cards : Bells Hells a high stakes card based heist game for 1 to 4 players. Plays in about 20 minutes, ages 12 and up. Assemble the members to pull off the heist without overcrowding your roster.
dV Games – Deckscape Tokyo Blackout a 1 to 6 player pocket escape room game for ages 12 and up. Plays in about an hour.
Kobold Press – Deep Magic Vol 1 & Vol 2 a collection of updates, tweaks and new material from Kobold Press for 5e. Over 600 new and revised spells, new domains, new traditions, patron, expanded rules for familiars and more. Volume 2 adds the Witch class, new character subclasses, NPCs, magical grimoires, adventure locations and much, much more.
Cubicle 7 – Warhammer Age of Sigmar Roleplay : Soulbound Era of the Beast this book completely retells the Broken Realms Saga, advice of running Era of the Beast game, information on Ghur, new archetypes, new species, Kruleboyz statblocks and more.
Cubicle 7 – Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay : Archives of the Empire Vol III Business Enterprises, the Cult of Handrich (god of Trade), Hedge Magic, Folk Worship, write ups on the Cults of Solkan and Rhya, rules updates and additions along with background.
Crafty Games – Mistborn – Nobles : The Golden Mandate the final expansion for the Mistborn Adventure Game. New information for both players and Narrators as well as a multi-session adventure.
Nerdy City – Commandroids : A World Transformed RPG an OMNI system RPG (compatible with ReMemorex) with rules for human pilots, transforming robots, Altmodes where your robot can turn into helicopters, appliances and more. Dozens of customizable equipment templates are given along with a complement of NPCs and the special SHOGUN mode where your robots combine together into a new devastating form. Over 360+ full color pages of game rules, source material and more.
Nerd City – Rememorex : an 80s Suburban Horror game take your place in the cul-de-sacs and suburbs of the 80s and build your story with the other players. Adventure in the trope-heavy world of ReMemorex and deal with many 80s issues.
Northstar Game Studio – Eila and Something Shiny a story driven set in a mystical world. Solve puzzles, manage resources, overcome challenges and travel across the world. Each of the 5 chapters you [ly through has stunning art and evocative story telling themes. For 1 or more players, ages 12 and up. Takes 30 minutes (or more) per chapter depending on the number of players.
Stronghold/Fryx Games – Terraforming Mars : The Dice Game 1-4 players (ages 14 and up) use dice and abilities to gain & play cards while trying to make Mars a livable planet. Plays in around an hour.
Smirk & Dagger Games – Tesseract a 1-4 player extradimensional dice manipulation game. Players work cooperatively to attempt to shut down an alien artifact (the Tesseract) that threatens our world. Plays in about an hour. Ages 14 and up. Manipulate the cube to changes colors, values, remove, replace and reconfigure bits to get the Tesseract to become inert. Good Luck.
Free League Games – Vaesen : The Lost Mountain Saga an epic campaign composed of five mysteries. A mythic sacred stone, once protected by creatures who no longer walk the Earth has been found. This powerful stone was never meant to be used by humans and now greed, curiosity and exploitation threaten all those around.
Mongoose Publishing – Traveller 2300AD : Bayern A complete campaign which deals with the flight of the Bayern going to the Pleiades. All the details and information you need for the campaign, complete with the crew’s biographical data, full astrophysical data for the Pleiades. Full tech specs for the Bayern are provided, along with deck plans. New robots, probes, vehicles and equipment are included as well. Mission objectives are explained and over a dozen adventure hooks are provided as well as a three adventure mini campaign.
Pazio – Starfinder : Starfinder Enhanced New versions of original character classes, new class options for every class, new archetypes, equipment, spells and themes. Over 90 new feats, 12 playable species and entirely new options, new uses for Resolve Points, scalable equipment, new starship combat subsystems and more.
Media Lab Books – Drinking with Wizards, Warriors and Dragons 85 unofficial drink recipes from Lord of the Rings, Court of Thorns and Rose, Stormlight Archive and oher fantasy favorites.
Media Lab Books – The Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying How to run PC Driven narratives in 5e Adventures. How to prep, play and provide agency for your players. Are you seeing your games devolving into the ‘good guys react to the bad guys, defeat them and repeat’ cycle? Time for players to help decide the goals, actions and paths that they will take as opposed to simply following breadcrumbs. Include charts to help break that writer’s block, goals to give the NPCs, case studies to learn from others sessions, modular adventure settings and storylines and more. Over 225 pages of information.
Chaosium Inc – 7th Sea City of Five Sails This expandable card game challenges players to try to seize control of the City of Five Sails through fights, spellcasting and scheming. Each day manpower, equipment and magic are allocated between locations in the city and duels are resolved to determine the victors. Ages 14 and up.
Rowan, Rook & Decard – Spire : The City Must Fall Spire is a fantasy-punk RPG of intrigue, subterfuge and sedition. As Drow freedom fighters you must claw control of your homeland from the dread Aelfir High Elves who have come to take your city away. This revised edition includes the original rules along with a breakdown of the districts and factions that make up the city. But in addition there is more information – Black Magic, Blood and Dust source material has been added and an easy to run scenario is added as well.
Sivad’s Sanctum – Helm Made up of three booklets (Men-At-Arms, Quartermasters and Campaigns) this rules light RPGis set in the Middle Ages (5th to 15th Centuries) and places the characters in the midst of a crumbling Empire as Men at Arms doing what they need to survive. The first book (Men at Arms) explains the character generation and character play. The second book (Quartermasters) give the guidelines for running the game. The third book (Campaigns) gives background to the world and information on mass battles.
Reaper Miniatures – New Bones USA releases New Halfling miniatures – Halfling Fighter & Barbarian – Halfling Cleric & Bard – Halfling Druid Hollis Grayheath New Dwarf minis – Gambling Dwarves (3 figs) – Drinking Dwarves (4 figs) – Dwarven Riverboat Pilot and his drunken monkey Townsfolk minis – Puppeteer & puppet show – Drunken Half Orc – Flirty Wench – The Brawl (1 stand of an Orc fighting 4 halflings) – Bouncer & Patron (1 stand with bouncer & patron in a head lock)
Restoration Games – Return to Dark Tower boardgame The classic boardgame returns, complete with an (app driven) tower and all the fun of the original game. Also has three expansions available Alliances which features Guilds, new Heroes, Power Skulls, new treasures, new companions and extra components. The Dark Horde includes 65 monster miniatures and 4 Quest tokens. The Covenant has Monuments & Wastelands, New Heroes, Doom Skulls along with Treasures, Blessings and Corruptions.
Gale Force Nine- World of Tanks new miniatures Soviet IS3 – tank miniature, tank card and 5 upgrade cards United States T-29 – tank miniature, tank card and 5 upgrade cards United Kingdom Centurion Mk1 – tank miniature, tank card, 5 upgrade cards Germany Maus – tank miniature, tank card and 5 upgrade cards
Good evening everyone! Rich here Fall Auction 2023 certificate and unsold item returns have begun!
That said – thank you to everyone who participated in our Fall Auction. From the folks who brought in items to sell, to the buyers who came out to purchase things, thanks. But even more so – thank you ever so much to the customers who took the time to help us run the auction itself. From the simple act of moving the items from the back to the staging area to those who helped auction, record and justify the records… we can’t do it without you. Thank you!
And finally – guess what? Yes, indeed – there are new releases to come in and spend your auction winnings on!
CMYK – Spots Dogs have Spots. Dice have Spots. 1 to 4 players roll dice and try to match the pips to the spots on the dogs to score. Ages 10 and up. Plays in around half an hour.
Iello – Foodie Forest 2-5 players (ages 8 and up) play cards to add ingredients to the pot. Try to make the most flavorful soup without getting your recipe ruined by the other players. Plays in around half an hour.
Iello – The Dwarf King 3-5 players (ages 10 and up) compete in this trick taking game with ever changing rules. Draw, choose a quest, play special cards and be crowned Dwarven King. Plays in around 45 minutes.
Iello – Prophecy 2-6 players (ages 10 and up) attempt to guess the number of successful tricks they will take in the upcoming hand. Guess your opponents bet and spoil their plans. But whatever you do – try to make your own prophecy come true. Plays in around 45 minutes.
Captain Games – Sides 2-9 player game of deduction and word guessing. Designed for ages 10 and up. 45 minutes or so to play.
Portal Games – Imperial Miners explore the underground. Expand your mine, build machines to mine, deal with hazards and collapses. 1 to 5 players (ages 10 and up) try to create the best mine around. Plays in 30 minutes to an hour depending on the players.
Atomic Mass Games – Marvel Crisis Protocol : Earth’s Mightiest Core Set A new core set for Marvel Crisis Protocol featuring 13 character miniatures, terrain, cards, punch sheets, rules, tracking cubes and more. Spiderman, Doc Oc, Cap, Ironman, Ultron, Ultron bots, Baron Zemo, Crossbones, Red Skull, Binary, Captain Marvel, Black Widow and Winter Soldier.
Space Cowboys – Splendor Duel a 2 player version of Splendor. Confront your rival guild, take gems and pearls, gather bonuses, royal favors and prestige in your attempt to dominate your opponent. Ages 10 and up. Plays in about half an hour.
r2igames – Don’t Go in There This finds 2 to 5 players exploring a haunted house. You’ve awakened an evil presence and now you must undo the curse and save your sanity, or be cursed to remain forever… Designed for ages 14 and up. Plays in about 10 minutes per player. dice, dice tower, rules, game cards, screen, tokens, room mats and more.
Howdy friends, fans and customers of Games Plus! A quick update :
We are going through the Fall Auction lots and getting totals and unsold merchandise together. We expect to have the totals and returns ready on FRIDAY 10/13.
The Game Room is back and fully functioning. The terrain is back, the game library is back and the doors are open. However, call ahead. With last week disrupting games we are packed with reservations and we might not have tables this weekend.
There is no lack of new merchandise coming out. Have an update below..
Pretzel Games – Cartagena Escape Diaries Can you lead a great escape to get your pirates out of prison? 2-5 players, ages 8 and up. Take your chances on a leaky raft, follow the captain or try to lead yourself. This revised game has not only the original (first escape) but also new escapes for added variety and replayability. Plays in half hour to an hour based on players.
Arkus Games – Dreadful Meadows As a confectioner you sow and grow Candy Seeds to create the best Candy Crops. Get help from Sugar Sprites, summon Harvesters to get your crops, make new Concoctions and create this seasons sweetest sensation! 1 to 4 players, ages 13 and up. Plays in around an hour.
DV Games – Bonsai Create your own Bonsai creations, cultivate an amazing work and gain a spot in the Imperial Garden. Gain tiles, create your bonsai and grow. Designed for ages 10 and up. Plays in under an hour.
Aporta Games – Revive 5000 years after mankind’s downfall you lead your tribe to explore a frozen world. Discover secrets of the past, recruit followers and rebuild civilization. Play as one of 6 unique tribes. Relearn ancient technology, unlock machines and customize your board. Ages 14 and up. 1 to 4 players. Takes about 2 hours to play.
Tabula Games – Icaion As a Seeker you set ou to find treasure, relics, Qoam and artifacts from ancient times. Lead a convoy to the barrens surrounding the City and bring back as much as you can. Compete with rival Seekers, beware myriad hazards and pay attention for the Colossus, a titanic being moving through the lands spreading illness. 2 to 5 players taking around 2 hours to play.
Thundergryph Games – Darwin’s Journey 1 to 4 players explore the Galapagos using an innovative worker progression system. Gather specimens, do research, deliver them to museums and add to the knowledge of biology. Has a solo mode as well as the multi-player game. Ages 14 and up. Plays in about half an hour per player.
Thundergryph Gryph Games – Darwin’s Journey : Firelands Expansion Darwin and his people examine Tierra del Fuego to study the species and biodome there. However time is short so restrain your efforts to best use that limited resource. new map, new rules and more fun.
Days of Wonder – Ticket to Ride : Berlin This fast paced 2 to 4 player game challenges players to visit iconic locations before their opponents fill out their ride tickets. Street cars and subways add to the possibilities making this TTR game unique and fast playing. Ages 8 and up. Plays in around 15 minutes.
Game Force Nine – Dune : House Ecaz & House Moritani New game mechanics add Homeworld raids, and stockpile destruction. Nexus cards add incentives and special effects for avoiding alliances. Discovery tokens add new elements to the game inviting players to use sections of the board they may normally not.
Wizkids Games – Heroclix Iconic Retailer Exclusive : Death of Superman This 8 cix set features Doomsday, Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, Steel, Cyborg Superman, Eradicator and Regenerated (black costume) Superman. All in a clear front collector box.
Chaosium – Cults of Runequest Mythology An indispensable history of the stories and epic bronze age world of Glorantha. Includes an explanation of myths an mythology, dozens of Gloranthan myths, ready to be reflected on the game table. Mythology is a system free mythology book good for players of Runequest, other game systems or just those curious about the world of Glorantha.
The MIT Press – Monsters, Aliens and Holes in the Ground A guide to Tabletop Roleplaying games from D&D to Mothership. This guide examines the different RPGs that released as time went on from D&D in the 70s to about 2020 with reviews and information about over 300 different titles, their evolution and play. 400+ full color hardbound pages with many an illustration.
And so begins 5 days of Auction Fun! Wednesday 10/4 – Collectible Card Games – Tradable/Customizable cards, CCG accessories, card boxes, etc. doors open at 6:00pm for previews – Auction begins at 7pm
Thursday 10/5 – Historical Games – all the historical games, magazines, accessories and more. doors open at 6:00pm for previews – Auction starts at 7:00pm
Friday 10/6 – Roleplaying Games – All the tabletop roleplaying game books, modules, accessories, magazines and more doors open at 5:30pm for previews – Auction starts at 6:30pm
Saturday 10/7 – Boardgames – Family games, Eurogames, magazines, accessories, non-conflict games and more. doors open at 9:00am for previews – Auction begins at 10:00am
Sunday 10/8 – Miniatures – all the miniatures doors open at 8:30am – Historical miniatures auction begins at 9:30 and continues until 11:30am. Mixed items continue from 11:30am on.
The Games Pus Fall Auction is a live auction – attendees sign up for a bidder card and pay as you go with cash. Bidders can arrange for a tab which allows them to bid for items and pay when they leave.
Sunday also features an Auction Store. There will be a number print items (rules, magazines, supplements, reference books) which are available to purchase at a set price chosen by the seller. The Auction Store is available through the day with breaks.
The store will be open during the auction but the Game Room will be CLOSED until Tuesday 10/10.
Hey there friends. This week will be a bit of a mess given the Fall Auction. So, here is what has come in so far for the week.
Flashpoint : Hostile Frontier Scifi miniatures game We have, in stock, the official Flashpoint playmat along with Terran Sovereignty and Kuhn Monarchy ship miniatures. A link to the living rulebook is included with the miniatures.
Amigo Spiel – Bohnanza : Dahlias 3-5 player game where players collect and sell flowers. his heirloom series game features the original Bohnanza gameplay with beautiful botanical art. Designed for ages 10 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes.
Arcane Tinmen – Dragonshield Roleplay Dice Companion box & tray a leatherlike book that unfolds, top flap tucking under to create a 7 ⅓” x 5 ⅔” tray (about 1 ½” thick). Has a magnetic divider that can be placed anywhere within the box to help store & transport game accessories, fice, cards & more. Comes in red or blue
Aegis Supplies – Small Counter tray 5 ½” x 8 ½” by ½” tall – 10 compartment counter tray. Each compartment is 1 1/2” x 2 4/10” and about ½” deep.
Wizards of the Coast – Acererak’s Treasure – treasure dice packs Each mystery dice set has a complete 7 piece dice set (one of 60+ possible sets), a random ability coin (of 18 possible), a embroidered dice bag (one of 5 different) Ability cons can be copper, silver or gold… or maybe be a Sphere of Annihilation!
Cool Mini or not – New Song of Ice & Fire miniature sets Dreadfort Spearmen – 11 spearmen, bannerman, unit card & movement tray Dreadfort Archers – 12 archers, unit card and movement tray Targaryen Pit Fighters – 12 miniatures, unit card & movement tray Lannister Gold cloaks – 12 Gold cloak miniatures, Gold cloak Warden miniature, unit card, attachment card & movement tray Bolton Heroes I – Steelshanks Walton, Sour Ayln, Skinner, Grunt, Ben Bones, Tybald and Damon Dance-for-me, 7 attachment cards, 1 NCU card and 6 tactic cards
Battlefield in a box – 15mm containers 3 x 40ft containers – prepainted and ready to use 3 x 20ft containers – prepainted and ready for play.
Loke Battle Mats – Tricks & Traps tokens 225 tokens and pieces to represent various traps, portals, trees, rocks, explosions, secret entrances and more. Wer and dry marker compatible. Design with 1” square gridding to be compatible with other maps sets to help create a more immersive encounter.
Chaosium – Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine a complete system that lets you create your own game or world with a d100 skill system, character advancement by game experience as opposed to arbitrary points, quick and deadly combat, spells, psionic powers, mutations, superpowers and more. Complete rules for character generation, NPCs and more. This royalty free game powers Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Pendragon and other games and allows you to create and sell your own tabletop roleplaying game.
Stonemaier Games – 1920+ Expeditions This sequel to Scythe provides a competitive engine-building game of exploration. Gain power, guile and workers to explore mysterious locations, recover resources and upgrade your tech in the quest to remove the corruption from the land. Designed for 1 to 5 players – ages 14 and up. Plays in 60 to 90 minutes (or so) based on players.
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