Atomic Mass Games – new Star Wars Legion miniature sets Imperial Death Troopers (6 miniatures) E-Web Heavy Blaster Team (1 Blaster team) Fleet Troopers (11 miniatures) 74-Z Speeder Bikes (2 miniatures)
Arc Dream Publishing Delta Green : Artifact Zero new scenario for Delta Green
Modiphius Entertainment – Achtung Cthulhu : Horrors of the Secret War (issue 13) Mythos Terrors, cults, elder gods, great old ones and abominations
Pazio – Starfinder Second Edition : Tales from he Vast Adventure Anthology comprising four different scenarios ranging from an adventure that takes you from 1st all the way through 9th level.
Catalyst Game Labs – Shadowrun : Asphalt Jungle a new campaign book for Shadowrun Sixth World exploring the effects of the Disian Shadow War, it’s factions and the fallout.
Space Cowboys – First Giants 2-5 players (ages 10 and up) take on the role of museum curators trying to create an exhibition of dinosaurs and wow the crowds who come to see them. Study the fossils, create displays and make sure the time is right to show them off. Plays in around half an hour.
Bitewing Games – Azure 2 players (ages 8 and up) attempt to invoke auspicious beasts to channel their wisdom. Place your stores, collect boons and Qi and ain the rewards of the beasts you channel. Plays in around 20 minutes.
Arcane Wonders – Chang’an 1-4 players compete in this engine building/resource management game. Plan renewal projects to produce resources, Build up your city districts and focus on different aspects of the culture to help become the Premiere of Chang’an. Ages 14 and up. Plays in about 45 minutes.
KidsTableBoardGames – Lairs Adventurer’s Pack This expansion for the Lairs Base Game adds new Monsters, Traps, treasures, custom dice and much more. New game play concepts are introduced as well new capabilities for the adventurers.
Ludofun – Kokeshi Players take on the role of artisans making kokeshi or Japanese wooden dolls. Creating these dolls bring you happiness. Children who receive them gain happiness too. Your goal – accumulate the most happiness in order to win. 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour.
Rich here with a pre-weekend round up… in case I don’t get the chance to do more tomorrow night.
This week has seen a whole lotta new items, some we’ve had for a bit but have finally had in enough quantity to talk about without disappointing people. So, here we go.
Wargames Illustrated # 461 – Painting tips, Crusader temple tabletop, a free 15mm Flames of War Early War tank and more.
Wargames Soldiers and Strategy # 140 – Saratoga, Spartans vs Thracians, creating flexible waterways, playing Hide, Stone and Bone, Americans in Mogadishu and more.
Miniature Wargames # 517 – Rapid Fire – Polish raid on Fraustadt, Israel Drive on Beirut : Operation Peace for Galilee, Pulp Alley scenario, Great War action and more.
Monster Fight Club – Monster Scenery : Blossoming Forest 4 tree trunks (1 large, 2 medium and 1 stump) which can be used as barren trees, 1 large pink/purple canopy, 2 medium pink/purple canopies – which can be used on the trunks or on the tabletop as shrubs – and a double sided neoprene template which is a pond on one side and forest floor to delineate the wooded area on the other.
Wizards of the Coast – Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Workbook of World Building a sourcebook to help with your game with the basics of map making, creating story hooks, how to create treasure, NPCs and compelling rewards as well as tips to help with improvisation and roleplaying. This and much more to help both beginning DMs and old hands who want to add more tricks to their bag.
Wizards of the Coast – Players Workbook of Epic Adventures This players handbook companions helps the beginner decide on the class (and subclass) they want to play, helps to create their backstory, helps you envision your character development, how to respond to the story and much more.
ChooseCo – Choose your own Adventure : Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall This multiple ending Choose Your Own Adventure book dares you to enter the long dead mall in an attempt to locate a missing friend. Will you find your friend, will a poltergeist pummel you or the Warlock from another dimension get you first? 180+ pages of adventure at your fingertips.
Dice Throne – Alchemist This character pack gives you the Alchemist to add to your Dice Throne game. This is only a single character, so your opponents will need their own to play. Rules and more online.
Floodgate Games – Sagrata : Panorama Expansion Adds 3 new modules, a new dice tray and 2 more player boards to expand the player count up to 6. Focal Point Private Objectives, Panorama Shared Objectives, personal lightboards and more.
Weird Giraffe Games – Studies in Sorcery a competitive engine building and drafting game where player try to complete their final projects in alchemy, sorcery or animation. Earns credits and try to become the valedictorian of the dark arts.
FunCo Pop – Venger the villain from the 70s and 80s is back! Venger wizard Venger is recreated as a Pop! figure and even has a display backdrop of the 2024 Dungeon Masters Guide to pose in front of.
Chaosium – Miskatonic Tales : Journey to Innsmouth a new Call of Cthulhu story telling boardgame. Up to 4 players participate in one of the three standalone scenarios, trying to investigate the happenings. As much as the three scenarios stand alone, they share a common arc between them. Can you reveal the big picture?The game uses cards, storybooks and immersive audio to help you navigate your task. Each scenario can be played multiple times with outcomes helping to fill in the blanks. Ages 14 and up. The full game plays in around 15 hours.
Pandasaurus Games – Tulikko 2-4 players explore the deep forest trying to discover the animal spirits and reveal their secrets. Complete your objectives before the other players to win. Ages 8 and up. Plays in around 20 minutes.
Pandasaurus Games – Shackleton Base : Below, Within, Above. three new expansion areas. The Undermoon adds tunneling, expansions and instability to your base. Lunar City adds the chance to get civilian settlers and the Zenith Works adds multi-level facilities and shared infrastructure.
Van Ryder Games – Detective : Heists and Heartbreak three new cases taking place in the City of Angels. a downed plane relieves a second body with a matching tattoo, a heartbreaker with a broken heart loses more than her lover and a murder mystery author has left his own blood on the pages. For 1-5 players, ages 14 and up. Takes from 30 minutes to a couple of hours to play.
Reaper Miniatures – new miniature releases new Dungeon Dwellers miniatures : Jalarak Leadbarrels the Dwarf, Greater Barghest and Adrasteia Winterthorn the Vampire.
Reaper Bones USA Legends – ‘The Pickpocket’ Ogre & a thief mini diorama, 4 fancy hat familiars, Crystal Golem (translucent), Dueling Goblins (two goblins dueling on a base) a Pumpkin Nagg. and a personal pirate airboat. Also we have a Collector Scale miniatures Hannah Blackruby wiardess)
Atomic Mass Games – Star Wars Legion : Imperial Probe Droid includes 2 miniatures , game cards, tokens and rules.
Atomic Mass Games – Star Wars Legion – TaunTaun Riders includes 2 miniatures (1 support unit), game card, tokens and rules.
Modiphious Entertainment – Five Parsecs from Home : Planetfall a solo or coop game where the players take on the role of colonists, scientists and explorers attempting to create a colony on an alien world. Direct the colonies expansion, research to help the colony, explore ancient ruins, crashed ships and deal with unknown flora and fauna as well as the occasional hostile life form.The rule set stands on its own but is compatible Five Parsecs from Home Bug Hunt, Tactics and more. Includes an in depth research system, multiple epic endings for your colony and much more.
Vallejo – Xpress Color Starter Set 12 full sized (18 ml) Xpress colors from across the spectrum, a handy brush and a pre-primed figure are included in this boxed set, as well as a video tutorial to help understand how to use the paints.
Vallejo – True Metallic Metal – the BSL system. a guide from Angel Giraldez on how to paint True Metal Metallics on your figures using the BSL (Base, Shade, Light) system to get results with depth and detail. Learn how to combine colors, create weathering effects and paint in realistic and vibrant metals. Step by step explanations, practical tips and exclusive audio/visual content.
Howdy everyone. Rich here with this week’s Friday Night Update… Actually on Friday Night.
Catan Studio – Catan Zip! A play-on-the-go version of Catan with 50 unique maps, designed for 3-4 players. Takes a bit over an hour to play. Designed for ages 10 and up.
Modiphious – Paranoia 5 Clones from Alpha Complex The miniatures version of Paranoia adapted by the same team that did 5 Parsecs from Home and 5 Leagues from the Borderlands. Can be played as a procedural solo game, group play, co-op or game mastered. Fast moving system with lots of options.
Modiphious – Paranoia Miniatures. 6 different sets, each unpainted 32mm resin. Troubleshooters, Vulture Squad, Internal Security, Consoles & Vending Machines, Utility Bots and High Programmers.
Fantasy Flight Games – Investigator Packs Miguel de la Cruz, Andre Patel, Tommy Muldoon, Carolyn Fern and Marie Lambeau, Each an Investigator Deck ready to play. Extra cards are included to upgrade during the campaign. Combine these cards with other decks to augment & customize.
Wizkids Games – Icons of the Realms : Monster Manual Collection 2 a box of 4 random figures out of 47 different. From the Goblin Hexer to Kuo-toa Monitor.
Wikids Games – Icons of the Realms Dire Worg Boxed Set
Pazio – Pathfinder Beginner Box : Secrets of the Unlit Star This box set includes a Players book, GM book, four pre-made heroes, over 100 hero & monster pawns, reference cards, and dice. Everything up to 5 players need to learn and enjoy Pathfinder 2e in a single boxed set.
Chaosium – Call of Cthuhlu 50th anniversary boxed set. Includes hardbound versions of the Keeper Rulebook, Investigator Handbook and Keep Screen Pack all in a slipcase.
Raybox Games – Gates of Niflheim this is a solo/co-op game of skirmish warfare set in 1000AD as defined by Christian and Norse lore. There are several linked scenarios, each which affect the succeeding games. Designed for 1 or 2 players, ages 14 and up. Each scenario plays out in 20 to 40 minutes. Takes only a minute to set up, has a skill tree advancement and plays as you choose your adventure and succeed or fail in the encounters.
Odd Bird Games – Fled 2 to 4 players attempt to flee from Spike Prison as a petty thief. Designed for ages 14 and up, this game plays in under an hour. Can you make your way out? Mind the Governer’s Whistle and watch your step.
Raybox Games – Cats of Saint-Michel a 1-4 player game where your cat Hero(es) face swarms of enemies, Play through linked scenarios to progress through the campaign – each one taking 20to 40 minutes depending on players. Includes standees, rule and adventure books and everything you need to play.
Raybox Games – Kittens of Mont Saint-Michel Designed for players aged 10 and up, this solo/co-op card game explore the town and castle of Mont Saint-Michel while earning Virtues to attempt to become a True Warrior. Plays in around 30 minutes.
Meeple Mania Games – Table Top Golf Association : Meeple Beach Designed for 1 to 8 players (or teams of players) aged 8 and up, this tabeltop game challenges you to flick your puck to complete each ‘hole’ and play the course Work from Tee to Green, dealing with hazards, trees and just like real life – the wind. Create a league, play with friends, or even alone. A course will take from 45 to 90 minutes depending on players and complexity.
Indie Board and Cards – Flash Point : Golden State Heroes a campaign driven cooperative game of fire fighting and rescue. Includes six dynamic locations and tackle challenges unique to California. 1-6 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour.
Atomic Mass Games – Legion WLO-5 Speeder Tank 3 different assembly options for the crew, this comes with the tank and crew, 6 game cards, tokens and base.
Troll Lord Games – Marmoreal Tomb Box Set a Campaign Starter, Main Module and Expansions for 1E First Edition Advanced. Includes 182 page main module, 90 pages of extra Appendices to help flesh out encounters, 194 page wilderness gazetteer, 250 page Underworld gazetteer and two dozen full color maps, designed to provide a full game experience. This campaign will take you from 1st to 10th level. As much as it’s designed to be played with 1e AD&D it can be adapted to other iterations of the game including 5e and Castles and Crusades.
Pelgrane Press – The Paragon Blade a one 2 one Gumshoe system RPG. Play as a single character and attempt to succeed in a quest. Play as a Barbarian trying to seek a cure for a demonic curse. As a Scholar you seek investigate the Mystery of the Isle of Death. But can you do so while concealing your magical abilities. As a thief you must steal a Plague Jar before it is used by a necromantic cult to bring about the end of the world. Three quests, three heroes, one system.
Alea Games – Druids of Edora 2-4 players (ages 14 and up) attempt to erect runestones, visiting oracles, create standing stones, collect mistletoe and create potions to gain prestige to win. Pelgrane Press – Page Turners Roleplaying game of Dramatic Interaction for one player and One GM. Over 10 scenarios designed for 1 player and 1 GM where the interaction between the player and the story as administered by the GM. From a storyline set in the mid 2000s, through the future where humanity is almost at an end to the Jazz Age and more.
Crawl Club Publishing – Righteous Vow RPG Zine (for Shadow Dark) an Adventure Zine designed for Shadow Dark, but good for any OSR system with New adventures, items and more.
Pazio – Pathfinder Flip Mat : Training Ground Double sided flip mat with a training facility on one side and an open air training complex with archery ranges, jousting yard, fighting areas and tents to house participants.
Media Lab Books/Ashworth – Game Master’s Book of Magic and Mayhem For Kids! over two dozen unique characters, a one shot advanture, full color maps, monsters, artifacts, fantastic locations, traps and more. everything a younger player needs to get involved in Table Top Fantasy Role Playing Games.
Fantasy Flight Games – Star Wars Unlimited Twin Suns Decks 4 different Twin Suns format decks, each ready to play.
Luc Creative – ZooJourn 2-6 players, ages 6 and up work to journey around the world and encounter animals of the alphabet from A to Z. Bring them to the animal sanctuary to keep them safe. Earn points and try to become the first to gain 12 to win the game. Plays in around an hour to an hour and a half.
RPG Ramblings – 6 different products designed for Shadow Dark RPG Deck of Crawlers – 40 different pregen characters, 8 pencils and equipment sheets.
The Tower of Six – a Shadowdark Adventure
Crawl through the Inferno – a hexcrawl, dungeon crawl and urban heist all rolled up into one hardbound book.
The Devoured Labyrinth – a book with 40+ one and two page dungeons, 5 region hex crawls and 6 larger dungeons
Dark Visions – new class, new magic, tables and more – a bunch of source material
Dark Deviltry – Ancient demonic foes, a bunch of spells, new classes and much more – from the Dark Side.
We just got a neat new book. DarkSpace – Science Fiction rules for Shadowdark.
256 pages of starships, space species, one page settings, combat, skills and more to put your party into… Space. The Final Front… Whoops.
Into space. Explore , trade, track bounties and more. With rules for solo play as well as conventional GM play. Also has over 100 denizens and advanced tech items to make your game go to Infinity and…
Hey there everyone. Rich here with a wee bit of news. Well about 1,400 pieces of news. We have brought in darn near -all- of the Reaper Miniatures Dark Heaven metal minis line.
So.
If you are a fan of metal figures and want a chance to see them, feel them, touch them and buy them in person… here you go.
How do you organize all those guys? In this case – but what they are. Looking for a human fighter? A Sorcerer? Glance down the wall and you should find a peg full of minis that might well work for you.
So come on in and take a browse, find some minis you like and enjoy yourself. And thank Ken for putting the effort into organizing all those minis…
Amidst the storms, wind and hail – a few new things made it in today.
What don’t you see? MTG – Secrets of Strixhaven! We’ve got some of that too – but we are out of Collectors Boosters at this moment.
Otherwise new pre-painted 28mm terrain, a new 4 Against Darkness module, Arkham Horror Investigator packs, new boardgames, early war French & Germans for Flames of War AND… Vallejo paint restock including almost all the different True Metal Metallics!
Atomic Mass Games – Star Wars Legion : New Items Sun Fac & Poggle the Lesser – Commander & Operative unit miniatures, cards & bases Battle Deck Card Pack II – 20 new Battle Cards with Primary and Secondary Objective Cards and advantage cards for Rebel Alliance, Galactic Empire, Separatist Alliance and Galactic Republic factions. DSD1 Dwarf Spider Droid – 1 miniature and support unit cards TSMEU-6 Personal Wheel Bike – 2 Wheel Bikes, cards, tokens & rules Imperial Range Troopers – 7 miniatures, support unit cards, tokens & rules Imperial Special Forces – Gideon Hask, Del Meeko and 5 troopers, cards, tokens and rules. BX-Series Droid Commandos – 7 miniatures, cards, tokens and rule sheet
Loke Battle Mats – CyberpunkMap books 2 books with 40 different laminated maps ready for your sci-fi gaming needs. Also has 30 double sided token for vehicles, room modifications and equipment.
Loke Battle Mats – Cyberpunk Chase Pack 4 road battle maps branding fro downtown to the wastelands and 62 tokens for vehicles, containers and more. Everything (they say you need for road combat.
Play to Z – Tales of the Arabian Nights The 40th Anniversary edition of the classic storytelling game. Now up to 6 players enter the lands of the Arabian Nights and seek adventure. Move from encounter to encounter and attempt to gain treasure, renown and knowledge. Your choices can make you the peoples hero or a penniless beggar. Includes 200+ more paragraphs to add to the replayability, a new Solo Mode and revised rules to make the game work better. Ages 12 and up. Plays in about 2 hours.
Chilifox Games – Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay A cooperative gane for 1 to 4 players (ages 14 and up). Conquer harbors, deliver crates, find treasures and hideouts and fight monsters to become the most scoundrel-y of the players in Scoundrels Bay. Plays in 1 to 2 hours depending on players.
WizKids Games – Break Out Arkham Asylum 2-6 players play a duo of villains trying to escape Arkham. Use your gadgets and powers to succeed before your opponents. Ages 8 and up. Plays in 30 to 45 minutes.
Fantasy Flight Games – Arkham Horror the Card Game (2026) Or Chapter 2. Or the Revised One. It’s all these. Designed for 1-4 players, this game pits the players (as Investigators) against the sinister forces trying to destroy humanity. Can you find out how to stop the ancient ones? This Living Card Game plays in Chapters, each one effecting the next as the campaign progresses. Plays in about 45 minutes per player.
UP – Floristry a quick app-driven auction game of flower management. Ages 10 and up. Plays in around 20 minutes. Dice Throne Adventures – this is an EXPANSION to the Dice Throne game. Requires one or more Dice Throne sets to play. Delve into randomly generated worlds, grab loot, beat bosses and become more powerful. This is a non-destructive legacy style game – so you can play again without issue.
Z-Man Games – Fate of the Fellowship 1-5 Players work together to protect Frodo, battle enemies and evade the Nazgul while moving to destroy the ring. There is even a dedicated Solo Mode to make sure you can always have a chance to get the game to the table. Ages 14 and up. Plays in 60 minutes to 3 hours depending on players.
So prior to the Friday Night Weeks End Round Up – we’ve got a few new things in. Probably more tomorrow – but here’s what we got so far.
Choasium – Basic Roleplaying Creatures Over 200 BRP creatures – animals, monsters, non-humans and non-players characters drawn from history, fantasy, science fiction, mythology and more. Also rules to modify the creatures, how to create megafauna, summoned creatures and robots. Giant, dragon, elf and other tribes, ideas for Runequest, Call of Cthuhlu and Pendragon.
RPG Ramblings Publication – new DCC compatible items Secret of the Whispering God (level 1 DCC city adventure) Island of the Whispering God (low level fantasy adventure)
Catalyst Game Labs – Force Manuals Mercenaries information on the soldier-for-hire trade and it’s place in the Inner Sphere. Some of the most renown mercenaries are explored. Unit histories, paint schemes, crests and more. Special rules, character abilities, force building options and more. Rules for both Battletech and Alpha Strike.
Osprey Publishing – Warriors of Athena : Heroes Solo and Co-Op wargame from Joseph McCulloch. Simple d20 mechanics, extensive character options, treasure and more. Create your demigod, their crew and go forth and adventure. Playable solo, cooperatively with a group or with a player acting as Oracle and scripting scenarios.
Osprey Publishing – Warriors of Athena : Quests Companion to WoA : Heroes – this book has a bestiary of adversaries, advice for players in creation of their adventures, rules to have several heroes band together for epic adventures and more.
Warlord Games – Konflict ‘47 new releases Festung Europa : Rift War Volume One The background (and scenarios) that define the Konflict ’47 universe. From Europe and the Near East – Operations, history, scenarios and personalities.
New Konflict ‘47 miniatures ; Totenkorps Horde (30 multipart plastic miniatures, assembly guide and bases) Totenrotte – Platoon commander and bodyguards (3 multi part resin miniatures and bases) Der Erntemann : Oberstartzt Albrecht von Zogling resin model & base Sd.Kfz 501/1 Nachtzehrer plastic kit, decals and base. Roberta Wells Firefly Hero multipart resin miniature, assembly guide & base.
Free League Publishing – Pirate Borg Starter Set sail the seas of the Dark Caribbean with this rules light, role play heavy RPG based on (and compatible with) Mork Borg. Everything 2-7 people need to pla several multi-hour sessions. Player guide, 60 page introductory adventure, tokens, dice, reference cards, character sheets and more. All in a handy box set.
Alderac Entertainment – Misfit Heroes Adventure in the land of Absurdia, where rules are made to bent. Deploy a band of Misfits to become the new Misfit Heroes. This card crafting Tableau building game never plays the same way twice. Ages 10 and up. 2 to 4 players. PLays in around 45 minutes.
Hasbro – Clue Escape Work to solve puzzles as you move through an ever changing board at the World’s Fair. Can you solve the murder as you work to escape Innovation Isle? 1 to 6 players, ages 10 and up. Plays in 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Renegade Games – GI Joe Heroscape
Hasbro – Axis & Allies : Commanders Introducing Admirals and Generals to Axis & Allies from 9 different countries as well as two WWI Supreme Commanders, each with two power-specifc abilities that can be used in any version of Axis & Allies.
Pazio – Spellfinder 3-7 players work as students of a mystical university to create mashups of mystical words to create spells to solve specific problems. Mash up the word scrolls , create the spells and solve the problem at hand to win.
Catalyst Board Games – Kung Fu Panda 4 Street Food Showdown 3-6 players work to build the biggest and best Combo Bowls in Juniper City. Ages 8+ and plays in about 20 minutes.
B.A. Games – Goats and Goblins 2-6 players (ages 8 and up) work to rescue goats from an unstable cave. Collect treasure, rescue goats and try not to get caught underground.
Cardboard Alchemy – Flamecraft : Dragons of the Past pack This pack provides 6 artisan dragon cards, 7 jumbo shop cards, 6 jumbo alternative starter shop cards and 2 reference cards. Also includes Space Craft Rules & Alt Starter Language rules too)
Strongbox Games – Mantle of the Keeper The Keeper of Vaile has fallen and as a candidate you compete in the Trails to prove yourself and take the Mantle of the Keeper. Leverage your combat style and abilities to gain the upper hand in the arena. Play in a free for all or as teams. Plays in 30 to 60 minutes depending on players.
Lime Green Games – Coral Castle 1 to 5 players work to grow their underwater garden while encountering mermaids, various sea creatures and coral reefs. Ages 10 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes.
Vuca Simulations – a restock is here. Sorry, not Imperial Eulogy or a few of the other – but still got some. .
First things First – We have begun the Spring 2026 Auction Returns. If you have been contacted about Proxy bids, or entered items into the Auction – now is the tie to come in and pick up certificates, unsold items or pay for your proxy bids.
and then secondly – We’ve got a bunch of new items in store too – just in time for your Auction Credit to have a handy use.
Happy Friday the 13th!
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