Tuesday Round Up Dec 24th –

So here we are, closing in on Christmas for 2024.
Games Plus will be CLOSED on December 25th to give all the staff a day off. We will reopen on Thursday, Dec 26th at 10am.

And when we do will will have a number of interesting things to pick up with your gift cash…

Upper Deck – Legendary : Weapon X
This set includes 4 playable heroes, 3 new mastermind groups, 2 villain groups and 100 new cards. 

Pandasaurus Games – Castle Combo
a 2-5 player game – acquire and administer gold, recruit characters, use abilities and build the best 9 card tableau. Ages 10 and up. Plays in around half an hour.

Black Oak Games – Knot Dice
a puzzle, a game, a set of dice and more.
there are three different sets available. The first are simple Knot Dice -18 different six sided dice, each with fragments of a Celtic knotwork pattern. Designed to create different game play opportunities from solo puzzles to cooperative design creation. Also includes a ‘Squared’ expansion adding more knotwork fragments. 

The second is the Animal Dice – there are 4 different animal sets. Boar & Hare, Wolfhound &  Eagle, Cat & Salmon and Horse & Raven. Each of the animal sets come with 9 different dice, each with bits of knotwork to create puzzle patterns or, as they also have pips, can be used as standard six sided dice.  

The final set are Tetrahedron Sets, with eight and four sided dice featuring knotwork and pips for use as dice or to adds to the pattern making possibilities.

Nolzurs 50th Anniversary D&D miniatures
a new series of miniatures based off the 50th anniversary versions of the miniatures. This release includes 2 Elves, 2 Mimics, 2 Kobolds, 2 Goblins, 2 Dwarves and 2 Skeleton Knights.

Atlas Games – Unhappy Birthday at Castle Slogar
a solo gamebook for Gloom. Full of interactive puzzles and a map of the castle, you must solve the current issue to progress to the next room. A website with hints is provided which also has additional material.

Strange Machine Games – Robotech : Homefront
Fighting for Humanties survival on Earth this RPLG adds more depth and possibility to the AD6 system, adds Invid and Robpotech Masters,. new scenarios and new fiction.

Strange Machine Games – Robotech : the Hannibal Campaign     
Includes new fiction, new scenarios and new art. Includes deck plans for the UES Carthage, a Pulsar class light cruiser that will act as a base for the players adventure.  

Mongoose Press – Traveller : The Trailing Frontier
Two sectors of space for Traveller. Once a safe province, soon to be a battleground between Humaniti and the K’kree. Half the region lies within the Third Imperium, the other half minor states and independent worlds. Any beyond that, militant herbivores who are dedicated to destroying all meat eating races. The Gateway Sector is on the edge of the Imperium and has yet to be tamed. Fortune hunters, entrepreneurs, merchants, pirates and rascals abound. Includes buckets of information and poster maps of the Ley and Gateway Sectors.  

Catalyst Games – Battletech Mercenaries
Everything you need to delve into Mercenary action ion the Battletech universe. Rulebook, Primer, laminated worksheets, Alpha Strike cards, novella, game cards, dice, maps, 8 Mechs and 4 vehicles and more. 

Warlord Games – Bolt Action Starter Set
Includes 64 page rule book, 12 German Grenadiers, 12 US Rangers, terrain, game mat, order dice, game dice, dice bag and more. For 2 players to start playing Bolt Action World War 2 28mm skirmish gaming.

GMT – Wolfpack (North Atlantic Convoys 41-43)
1-4 players work to have their u-boat patrol the North Atlantic and disrupt Allied shipping. 

Board & Dice Games – Minos : Dawn of the Bronze Age
1-4 players work to build civilizations in the Bronze Age. Build, battle and trade in this new board game.

Rio Grande Games – Power Grid : Outpost
2-6 players work to power the colonies on the newest planets of humanity  

Rio Grande Games – Free Ride USA
1-5 player game of 50’s railway building

Friday Night Round Up – Dec 13th

It’s a chilly night, but we’ve got a bunch of hot new releases to warm you up!

Ares Games – War of the Ring 2nd edition
Colored Plastic Rings Core Set and Expansion set accessories
Each pack comes with colored rings for pieces to show allegiance. 

Plaid Hat Games – Learning RPG dice set
a full 7 die polyhedral set with a ‘cheat sheet’/character name card to show the player die types and other participants your character name on the opposite side of the tent.

UVS Games – Universes : Star Trek Lower Decks
each deck includes all the cards you need to play, 2 character cards, 6 all foil card collector booster t9 customize your deck and hours of fun. Selection includes Brad Boimler, D’Vanna Tendi, Beckett Mariner and Sam Rutherford.

Loke LLC – Luxury RPG Greeting Cards
12 cards with 2 different art designs. Includes a dozen envelopes as well.

Pandasurus – Pixies
2-5 players, ages 8 and up. Match creatures to core points in this fun woodland game.

Flat River Group – Lord of the Rings : Similo
Players have 5 rounds to locate the secret card. One player gives the clues without speaking, the rest of the players work to figure them out. Plays in under 15 minutes.

Iello – King of Tokyo : Origins
2-4 players compete in this intro game to the popular King of series. Roll your dice, deal out smashes, heal your monster, get new powers and become King of Tokyo! Ages 8 and up. Plays in about 30 minutes.

Wizkids Games – new Heroclix sets

Heroclix Iconix – First Appearance of Spiderman
Includes Spiderman with a thug, Peter Parker the wrestler, game cards and collectors box.

Heroclix Iconix – Trigon and Raven
Trigon, the living embodiment of evil, Raven his daughter in forms not seen as Heroclix prior. Includes game cards and a handy collectors box.

Hall or Nothing – Kreel Manor : Dungeon Crawl Card Game
Choose 1 of 3 heroes to explore death dealing dungeons. Includes 10 different scenarios for you to overcome in your quest for riches, glory and the secret of Kreel Manor. Designed for ages 14 and up. Plays with 1 to 3.   Plays in around 30 minutes per player. Rules, Book of Fables, dice, token and Hero Boards along with 429 full color cards. 

Hall or Nothing – Path of Song : Melody Scribe expansion
Wield the power of song and sword as a Melody Scribe. Incudes a double sided hero card, and 60+ game cards. Includes Songs whose powers remain in play, new hero skills, new assets and a new story deck.

Hall or Nothing – Path of the Dead : Necromaner expansion
Summon defeated enemies to fight with you with this powerful hero. Includes a double sided hero card, and 60+ game cards. Includes new ways to overcome threats, new hero skills, new assets and a new story deck. 

Soulmuppet Publishing – Best Left Buried : Doomsayers Guide to Horror
This Doomsayer’s guide gives you guidelines and procedures form running games, advice for creating dungeons and a toolbox of alternate rules. Information about the thirteen Duchies of Lendal, lore and hexcrawl adventure : The Lowhills of Internment

Soulmuppet Publishing – Best Left Buried : The Hunters Guide to Monsters
Information on creating and using monsters, monster Mythology, Monster Templates and a sizable Bestiary. New Adaptations and Rules for creating Monstrous Treasure from corpses are included too.

Soulmuppet Publishing – Best Left Buried : Cryptdiggers Guide to Survival
The Crypt Digger is a professional Delver, entering monster-infested Crypts seeking riches. Those who survive the experience are changed, oft times resembling the Crypts themselves, broken and diminished. This guide helps you navigate the world, create characters, has equipment lists and the core mechanics. There is a short chapter explaining monsters as well.

Pazio – Pathfinder 2e Triumph of the Tusk story arc : Adventure 3 Destroyer’s Doom
This Orc focused adventure is designed for 9th level characters and the final chapter in the saga.

Hit Point Press – Fool’s Gold : Into the Bellowing Wilds
a 5e D&D campaign setting in the world of Ambria. Discover powerful crystals, explore perilous jungles and deal with deadly challenges. There are 4 new races (Beastfolk, spiderfolk, tecno-elves and rocky Mohsnians). 8 new subclasses, monsters and NPCs are provided. The included adventure takes players from level 5 to 15. Enter the Bellowing Wilds at your peril!

Hit Point Press – Humblewood Tales
a new adventure book for Humblewood using the 5e mechanics. 200+ pages of Lore, monsters, NPCs, feats, magic and more. Learn about the mystical Tree City of Alderheart, the Druid order of Tenders, shops, merchants and more.    

 Lucky Duck Games – Nestlings
1-4 players compete in a diverse ecosystem to gather unique resources, feed your Nestling and score Gathering Goals. A strategy game for ages 10 and up. Plays in 30 to 60 minutes.

Friday Night Round Up (Dec 6th)

Its a post holiday (or pre-holiday depending on your view) Friday night with a whole lotta chill in the air and new items in store…

Goodman Games – Dungeon Crawl Classics modules
Trails of the Trapmaster Tomb (DCC#106) – a level 0 adventure
Fate’s Fell Hand (#78)- a level 2 adventure
Dying Earth #9 – Time Tempests at the Nameless Rose (level 2 adventure)
DCC – Against the Thieves Guild (level 2 adventure)
Fifth Edition Adventures #26 – Against the Thieves Guild (4th level 5e D&D adventure)
Grimtooth’s Old School Traps (hardbound DCC sourcebook)
Grimtooth’s Old School Traps (hardbound 5e sourcebook)

Compatible with DCC modules
Horse Shark Games – DCC Compatible level 0 adventure – The House of Red Doors
Per Aspera Games – DCC Compatible level 2 adventure – A Fairly Odd Tale

OSR Gaming Parody Sourebooks
Gaming Honors – Mid-Life Monster Manual
from AARPiercer to W(e)ight over 35 parody monsters encountered in middle age. Illustrated and having OSR statistics.

Flying Frog GamesShadows of Brimstone Alt Gender Hero Packs
* Valley of the Serpent Kings (4 heroes, character sheets, game cards and tokens)
* Gates of Valhalla (4 heroes, character sheets, cards & tokens)

Northstar Games – Cultists II (20 hard plastic female multi-part miniatures)
parts are compatible across the Northstar Miniatures kits so you can use them to customize i a myriad of ways.

Space Cowboys – new Splendor items
Splendor Duel – a 2 player version of Splendor ages 10+. Plays in about 30 minutes (OK, not new, but back in stock)

Splendor : The Silk Road – Includes 7 double sided city tiles, 20 trading post tiles, rules and Noble tile to add more options to your Splendor board game.

Sand Castle Games – Res Arcana Duo
this 2 person game pits the players against each other in a card based game of trying to become the best alchemical mage. Create artifacts, acquire places of power, claim magical monuments and gain the most prestige. Ages 14 and up. Plays in half an hour or so.

Lucky Duck Games – Toriki : Castaway Island
1-4 players (ages 8 and up) work together in this immersive game to try to survive and thrive on the island after being shipwrecked. Scan & Play technology to create an interactive game. Pause and save at any time. Requires an app install and a camera, no internet connection required to play.

Czech Games Edition – Little Alchemists
2-4 players attempt to create alchemical formulas by deducing the ingredients and experimentation. Sell your finished products and become to best Little Alchemist. Differing levels of difficulty are possible. An app guides you in order to learn play. Ags 7 and up. Plays in around 30 minutes.

Naughty Dog – The Last of Us : Escape the Dark
An atmospheric survival board game set in the world of the video game Last of Us. Craft items, plat iconic characters and create a story of survival in each game. Ages 14 and up. 1 to 5 players, aes 14 and up.

Blaster Game ‘Magazine’
Each issue of Blaster supplies a complete game.
Volume 5 – Dead by Lead – Miniature Skirmish game setin the Old West by Alex C Van Allen
Volume 6 – Slip Runners – miniature space ship game by Andy Chambers and Gav Thorpe.

Strange Attractor Press – Appendix N
a revised and expanded tory anthology from the roots of Dungeons & Dragons

Cocaine Owl Bear – Deluxe Edition
A rules lite RPG allowing you to become a sentient woodland creature (perhaps even a mythical one) that comes across and ingests something that just, well, sets it off. Use information gained from a courier to find more of the enchanted dust to continue your shenanigans.

Chaosium Inc – HP Lovecrafts At the Mountains of Madness (for beginning readers)
a large format hardbound, full color reader bringing the story of the Mountains of Madness on a Suess-ian style.

Arc Dream Publishing – God’s Breath
a new scenario able to be added to God’s Teeth or on it’s own. Beware the ‘alien worms’ and other oddities that have shown up around Denver County Jail. Investigate and deal with it.

Mongoose Publishing – Paranoia : 404 Compendium
130+ pages of kickstarter material not available to the public (who didn’t get it from Kickstarter) until now.

Wargaming Magazines –
Wargames Illustrated # 444 – Winter War : Frozen Battles through the Centuries, a preview of Two Fat Lardies Midgard rules, a look at the best games at Partizan 2024 and more.

Miniature Wargames # 500 – Wild West gunfights, Fangorn’s Edge, Rohirim vs Orcs in Oathmark, WW2 French Resistance actions and Werewolves, reviews, ideas and other stuff.

Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy #132 – Sherman’s March to the Sea, Bolt Action 3e, Russian vs Tlingit forces in Alaska, medieval boar hunting and more,

MCCM – Kingdoms and Warfare a 5e D&D sourcebook
Rules for administering domains, conducting warfare and intrigue as well as new monsters, magic and more.

MCCM – Strongholds and Followers 5e D&D sourcebook
260 pages of rules and source materials for creating strongholds, gaining followers, new monsters, simple warfare rules, sieges, class specific rules, example actions and more.

MCCM – Flee Mortals! The MCCM monster book
390+ pages of 5e D&D monsters. With creatures, environmental rules, villain parties and new psionic powers among other things. Illustrations, statistics, write ups and background for everyone.

MCCM _ Where Evil Lives : The Book of Boss Battles
300+ pages of lairs with maps, treasures, stat blocks, new rules and more to add meaningful Bosses to your campaign.

Painting War – a series of books covering a certain theater/force and how to paint forces for that. New issues cover Dark Ages (a revised version), Franco/Prussian War, United Kingdom forces in WW2 as well as French & Indian War. Guides, techniques and more.

Indie Press Games –
We just got a large restock of Indie games
Thousand Year old Vampire, 500 year Old Vampire, Eat the Reich (Vampires out to destroy Nazis in WW2), Whispers in the Walls (solo horror journalling RPG), The Long Road – a ‘backwards’ RPG where you tell the tale of the successful quest after you’ve already succeeded, Hometown Holiday (the Hallmark Channel RPG), Under the Autumn Strangely (pastoral horror in an anachronistic America that Never Was) and many more.