So here we are between the Winter Holidays. Not much new that we have remaining at this point – but still lots and lots of gaming going on and tons of things to see and purchase in store!
Mongoose Publishing – Traveller The Order of Prometheus An epic adventure spanning several worlds, action, investigation and intrigue. This 130+ page book places the Travellers inside the Solomani Confederation uncovering secrets that the Order of Prometheus does not want anyone to know about… Will you stop a massacre, blow the whistle on immoral science and live to tell the tale?
Cubicle Seven – Doctor Who and the Daleks a 5e D&D system game with everything you need to generate characters, from Time Lords, to Agents and Companions. Play combat light adventures with a wide variety of setting, technology and adversaries as well as custom TARDIS. Also includes Aliens, Oddities, source material ideas and excitement. Available as a 3 book collector series or as Players Guide (for playing), Alien Archive (for reference) and Keys of Scaravore (adventure series)
Van Ryder Games – Final Girl : The North Pole Nightmare : Krampus the Horned Devil This scenario set is holiday themed, complete ith a mini, red foil logo and Epic Finale card.
Lucky Duck Games – Kiri-Ai : The Duel a 2 player samurai duel card game. Ages 13+. Plays in 5-10 minutes
Format Games – Christmas Karen A party game for 3 to 10 players – create your own 1 star reviews of items in this game.
Exalted Funeral – Elder Oak : An Old School Roleplaying Adventure
Jonny Bloozit – Folk Arcana : System independent RPG book of witchcraft magick items.
Rio Grande Games – Evacuation 1-4 player game. As solar radiation burns away civilization you need to take your economy and population, dismantle it and move to the New World to have a chance to save your people. Can you Can you succeed? Includes alternate play mode rules for three variations. Plays in as little as an hour to 3 hours depending on players and scenario.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! Games Plus will be open New Years Eve and our Regular Hours (10-9) New Years Day for your gaming and shopping convenience!
It’s late Saturday and the sale (and the day) is slipping away. But, just because the sale might be coming to an end, there is no reason to panic. There are whole bunches of new items that have made their appearance in the store. Check out the pictures – here are a few things detailed outfor you as well…
Pegasus Speil – Djinn 1 to 4 players (ages 12 and up) work to protect the Magical Source that powers the community and capture the troublesome Djinns that are attempting to capture it for themselves. PLays in around an hour to an hour and a half depending on the players.
Lookout Games – Forest Shuffle 2 to 5 players (ages 10 +) try to balance different segments of the habitat to provide a welcoming space for different flora and fauna. Plant trees, add different animals, mushrooms and plants and try to make a balanced ecosystem. Plays in around an hour.
Exalted Funeral – Duck Quest : The Banshee of Billfort. Explore the wetlands of the Quaking Quag in this Adventurezine for AquaLoonia (or other RPGs)
Fantasy Flight Games – Marvel Champions expansions X-23 Hero Pack – X-23 deck, Lady Deathstrike nemesis deck and new cards that can add to any Marvel Champions Hero Deck.
Deadpool Hero Pack – Deadpool Hero Deck (including the new ‘pool aspect), 47 ‘pool aspect cards that can make any character a ‘pool, and Evil Deadpool Encounter Set.
Wizkids Games – Heroclix Iconix Hall of Armor 5 Iron Man Suits, display stands and Heroclix cards
Direwolf Games – Dune Imperium Uprising A standalone Expansion to Dune Imperium adding a 6 player mode, new mechanics and more.
Firstly – We will be CLOSED THURSDAY for Thanksgiving! Happy Turkey Day everyone!
Secondly – We’re doing a TURKEY DAZE SALE! on FRIDAY (24th) and SATURDAY (25th). It’s 20% to 50% on select items. We’ll have some things from throughout the store. We haven’t done a “Black Friday, Small Business Saturday” thing in a few years, but we thought we’d give it a go this year.
Third off – Beginning Friday Nov 24th through Sunday DEC 24th we’ll be doing our Holiday Certificate program. Every $100.00 you spend, we’ll give you a $10.00 Holiday Cert that is good between Monday, Jan 15 and Thursday Feb 29, 2024. You will still get your Frequent Buyer Punches in addition to being awarded the Holiday Certificates. (Sale and consignment items do not count towards getting Holiday Certificates, nor do they count towards ‘Frequent Buyer Bonus Bucks accural.)
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.
And that’s that for the Fantasy/Sci-fi/Family board game entries. We have exceeded our cap on the number of Saturday Board game items we can take and expect to do a decent enough job auctioning them.
We are still taking Thursday Night Board games (Historical/Conflict games) as well as role playing games, miniatures, terrain and all the other sort of stuff. Just not items for Saturday. So PLEASE bring your items in if they would go into other auctions.
There is always next year! Meanwhile expect a fully stocked Saturday Auction.
First things First – The Fall Auction (2023 edition) page is up and on the site. Go take a gander if you are interested in the basic details.
And then – it’s the time of week I tr yo catch you all up on the newer items in store. And here we are… DungeonCrawl Classics (DCC) dice sets Elemental Water – white & blue swirled with gold ink Elemental Fire – red/orange & yellow swirled with white ink Elemental Void – green sparkle with gold ink Elemental Earth – brown & ivory swirled with gold ink Mighty Dice of Arms – Black & gunmetal swirled with gold ink Motes of Mercurial Magic – copper, blue & red swirls with gold ink. Each set comes with 14 dice. d3, d4, d5, d6, d7, d8, d10, d%, d12, d14, d16,d20, d24 and d30
Plaid Hat Games – Freelancers : A Crossroads Game Dungeons and exactly one Dragon – a fantasy RPG experience all in one evening of board game play. Humanity is gone and left behind all sorts of… junk in the ruins of what remains. Your job as a freelancer is to delve into those ruins, avoid the myriad hazards and creatures prowling them and come back with cool loot. Easy pick up and play rules and five highly replayable campaigns. Mix and your species to create a unique character. For ages 14 and up, 3 to 7 players playing in around 90 minutes or so.
Mongoose Publications – Journal of the Travellers Aid Society Vol 7 and Vol 8 Two different issues with a myriad of articles on topics not usually discussed like – what do you do for a week in jump and the Hunter career for players delving into the wilder areas of space. New NPCs, creatures equipment, adventures, histories, aliens and a lot more.
Pandasaurus – After Us (yes, it’s officially here now) It’s 2083 and humanity has been extinct for decades. The Apes have evolved rapidly, forming tribes and using objects left after the end of humankind. As leader of one of these tribes, your job is to get your tribe on the path to collective intelligence. 1 to 6 players, ages 13 and up. Plays in around an hour.
Acheron Games – INFERNO : a 5e D&D setting Dante’s “Divine Comedy” as a role playing setting. Completed with Dante’s Guide to Hell, the ‘players handbook’ to the setting with all sorts of new information – Virgilos Untold Tales, the ‘dungeon masters guide’ and ‘monster manual’ with tons of information for the DM, the Guide’s Screen taking the place of the Dungeon Master’s Screen and the Divina Commedia – the Divine Comedy itself.
Smart Games – IQ mini a single player puzzle game with vast replayability. Set up the board and attempt to solve puzzle. Set up myriad scenarios and challenge friends and family alike. Even more ideas and challenges are available online.
Atomic Mass Games – Star Wars Shatterpoint Sets Witches of Dathmoir squad pack with Mother Talzin, Savage Opress and the Nightsister Acolytes. 4 miniatures, 3 unit, order and stance cards. This Party’s Over squad pack with Mace Windu, Commander Ponds and ARF troopers. 4 miniatures, 3 unit, stance and order cards.
Wikids Games – Bigby Presents : Glory of the Giants Death Giant Necromancer (1 prepainted miniature) Wizkids Games – Icon of the Realms Demon Lords : Graz’zt, Fraz-Urb’luu and Kostchtchie – three prepainted miniatures.
Avalon Hill – Heroquest : Rise of the Dread Moon Quest Pack 10 quests, 29 miniatures, 2 mirror stands, 58 cards – take the role of heroes trying to free Elethorn from the clutches of Zargon and his vile allies. Specially designed character miniatures, furniture and game cards.
Easy Roller Dice – 7 piece mystery packs randomly packed set of 7 dice. Translucent, swirled, sparkle and other varieties are available in these sealed foil pack mystery dice sets.
Flying Frog Productions – Valley of the Serpent Kings a 1-4 player adventure boardgame. Set in the Age of Exploration you set across the oceans to the New World. But what you find is not what you expect and Unspeakable Horror greets you on these new shores. Includes an 8 part narrative campaign with 29 plastic miniatures, terrain tiles and tokens, cards, dice rules and everything you need to adventure. Ages 14 and up. Plays in around and hour and a half to three hours depending on players and scenario.
Valley of the Serpent King Map Tile Pack – new maps to use with the swamps of Jargono or the earth based Spanish fort.All the map cards and encounter cards needed to add these to your adventures as well as 2 new missions.
Valley of the Serpent Stone Portals 15 new cards, 4 Spanish Fort doors and 4 Swamps of Jargono Gates.
first off – we’ve updated the Fall Auction information. Take a look there for details. then…
Hey there folks . First off, we just got a new bunch of Lamentations of the Flame Princess books. I’m hoping to get blurbs worked up later – but out of time right now.
Otherwise – here we are on Wednesday and we just got a number of new items in stock :
Wizards of the Coast – new 5e D&D sourcebooks Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants – a wealth of giant themed character options, a barbarian subclass, giant backgrounds, runic magic, feats, primal magic and more. A whole lot of DM information will be provided as well as new monsters, maps, treasures and trinkets.
The Practically Complete Guide to Dragons – a compilation of the best material from the Practical Guide to Dragons, the Practical Guide to Dragon Riding and the Practical Guide to Dragon Magic along with new lore about dragons found in D&D.
Troll Lord Games – Monsters and Treasure of Aihrde : After Winter Dark a host of legendary monsters from small fey to great dragons. Each has a fully detailed entry with description, habitat, treasure, special abilities, details on the place in Aihrde and more.
Ludi Creations – So, You’ve Been Eaten for ages 14 and up. a game for 0 to 2 players. Plays in about 30 minutes. Play as a beast, a robot miner or… neither. Robotic miners attempt to gain crystals from the innards of the Space Beast. Can you get your quota filled and exit before it’s too late. Or try to digest the miners before they can escape with your innard crystals. Or with zero players, watch the robot miner try to gain his quota inside the hibernating beast. Choose your game play options and enjoy.
Iello – Get on Board : Paris & Roma 1 to 5 players attempt to create the best Metro line for taking trips across the most romantic cities in Europe. Reveal a card, plot a route and try to get the best passenger and place spaces. Includes a solo mode to challenge a lone player.
gif studios – Floating Floors a 3d tactile strategy game where players attempt to create stable paths among unstable floors to allow them to recover their lost tablets. For 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in around half an hour – longer with more players.
SuperHot – Not Enough Mana 3 to 6 wizards compete in th\is game of potion drinking, wizardy struggles and educated choices… and can regret when their plans backfire. Use epic spells, curses and artifacts in an attempt to eliminate the other wizards. For wizards of legal potion drinking age.
Q-Workshop – Dogs Dice Set 7 piece polyhedral dice set with bones, sticks, paw prints, tennis balls and other dog themed pictures adorning the faces as well as a nice readable number. Currently in light blue plastic with dark blue ink (Max) or purple sparkle plastic with copper ink (Luna)
Wargames Illustrated #428 – Loose Files & American Scramble, Thane Tosti, first hobby loves, Maori and more.
Modiphius Entertainment – The Great Game : Houses of Landsraad a complete sourcebook on the politics of Landsraad Council, the art of kanly (assassination by blade or poison), the Spacer’s Guild, rules for building any of the Million Worlds, a system for House Management, space travel and a whole lot more.
City of Games – Race for the Raft – a cooperative game of path building, tile placement and social puzzle board for 1 to 4 players. Ages 8 and up. Get your cats off the flame filled island and unto a the rafts. There are over 80 different scenarios to choose from from simple to highly complex to challenge all different ages.Plays in anywhere from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
Wikids Games – Glory of the Giants 42 different prepainted miniatures ranging elves to frost giants, giant lynx to goliaths and Spectral Clouds.
Wizkids Games – Dungeon Dressings : Merchant Row Merchants, livestock, market stalls and more. Prepainted and ready to put onto the table.
Wizkids Games – Dungeons & Dragons Classic Collection Monsters G-J Ghoul, Harpy, Imp and more. 8 different prepainted miniatures of classic D&D monsters in a collector box.
Exalted Funeral – Tertoleone’s Booklet of Arachnid Stuff A bunch of content for Old School Essentials RPG, but usable with almost any OSR games. Arachnids as a character class, Arachnid themed magic items and curios and ten different types of arachnids to be encountered.
So right off the bat – it’s GenCon weekend! (more on that later) The Fall Auction is creeping up on us all – the event itself will be Wednesday Oct 4 through Sunday, October 8th. more details next week.
And the weeks new release round up…
Ghost Galaxy Inc – Keyforge Winds of Exchange Archon decks new decks drawn from over 263 new cards with rules available online. Grab a deck and play.
Ghost Galaxy Inc – Keyforge Unchained Archon Deck 2023 edition Entirely fun, no restriction Keyforged deck. Not legal for Keyforge tournament play, but scads of fun.
Pandasaurus – Beacon Patrol As bold explorers you and your friends map the Nordic coast , wind farms, island and safety beacons. This cooperative game has the players scoring points for the most complete map you can make. Includes the windmills and piers expansion which can be added for additional strategy and depth.
Pandasaurus – District Noir This card game puts players in the world of gangsters and conflict. Work to control District Noir and be the premier organization. Ages 10 and up. Plays in around 15 minutes. For 2 players.
Starling Games – My Lil’ Everdell This version of Everdell is designed for ages 6 and up. This easy to learn Worker Placement and Tableau building game challenges players to gather resources to build the best pretend city they can. 1 to 4 players, taking about half an hour to play.
Starling Games – Everdell New Leaf This expansion adds a new Train Station to Everdell and challenges players to attract visitors, make reservations and travel farther – all while building the most prosperous city they can. 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. Takes for about 45 minutes to two hours depending on players.
Renegade Games/Hunter Entertainment – Gods of Metal : Ragnarock Unlike all those other RPGs Gods of Metal has players forming their own Band, work together and embark on Epic Adventures in the world of RangnaROCK. The party pool dice and use the results to resolve the action. Ragnarock is about everyone working together, kicking butt, taking names and having amazing times together. 190+ full color hardbound pages of heavy metal action.
Ulysses Press – Random Tables : Dungeons and Lairs GM’s companion for creating secret entrances, rumors, prisons, dungeons and so much more. 120+ pages of tables, charts and ideas.
Andrea Sfiligoi – Four Against the Forsaken Depths All the rules for taking your Four Against Darkness game to further depths with Heroic and Legendary tiers with further daggers and amazing riches.
Andrea Sfiligoi – For Against Darkness : Delvers and Wanderers 11 new classes, new Secrets, animal companions and an adventure for all levels – Down the Sewers of Jamash. The Spearfighter, Doomed, Chaos Warden, Gnelf, Orge Grub-Man and more await you in these pages.
Far Goblin Games – Around the Campfire A handbook for Overland Adventures, a downtime activity handbook that explores the challenges of ‘roughing it’ to make for a more interesting camping experience in your RPG. Standalone rules and inform ation to work with almost any game.
Fat Goblin Games – Hunting and Trapping Want a more interesting RPG experience when you go to hunt & trap in the wilderness? This handbook contains a bunch of stand alone mechanics to add more depth to your RPG.
Pazio – new Pathfinder (and Starfinder) items Starfinder Flip Mat – Grav-Trains a double sided 24 x 30 flip mat (that folds to 8 x 10) with full color art depicting two different grav train interiors. The first is a cargo carrying train going through the wastelands, the second is a pair of passenger grav trains in an urban area. Both are fully detailed and in full color with the terrain around the train, the interiors and surroundings gridded with a 1” grid. The maps are specially laminated to allow multiple styles of markers to be used and removed from them.
Pathfinder Flip Mat – Urban Tavern a double sided 24 x 30 flip mat (that folds to 8 x 10) with full color art depicting two different city based taverns. One is a large fully enclosed building and the other is a smaller tavern with outdoor seating and a garden area. Both are fully detailed and in full color with the terrain around the train, the interiors and surroundings gridded with a 1” grid. The maps are specially laminated to allow multiple styles of markers to be used and removed from them.
Pathfinder Sourcebook – Rage of the Elements a new sourcebook with information on the elements in regard to magic. New spells, magical items and elemental options for the various character classes. Explore the Majestic Planes as well as two new – the majestic Plane of Wood and the decaying Plane of Metal. Available in the pocket edition and standard hardbound books are available.
Pathfinder Adventure Path : Mantle of Gold (book 1 of 3 of the Sky Kings Tomb story arc) designed for 1st through 5th level characters. There is a story telling festival in Highhelm and in exploring the metropolis the guests become embroiled in an intrigue involving an ancient Dwarven Hero, a treasure hunt and far more adventure than expected.
Atlas Games – The Star Shaman’s Song pf Planegea : Stone Age Fantasy RoleplayingSetting. Drawn from the tradition of swords & sorcery pulp adventure with heroes in an era pulled from ancestral memory. This new RPG uses the 5e D&D rules to create a primal world of kinetic action, primordial horror and mystic awe. This prehistoric campaign gives you a myriad of options. 380+ pages with player world information, classes, backgrounds, equipment, spells, GM source material, thefactions, treasures, magic items, gods, monsters and much more.
Atlas Games – Planegea GM Screen This 4 panel screen includes colorful artwork facing the players and Stone Age conversions, Clans, Factions, Threats, Travel, Tracking, Skills, Items and the Black Taboos on the DM side.
And there are new releases for Infinity as well!
Last but not least, don’t forget this weekend is GenCon! Come see us at booth 1405 or just wander around, take in the spectacle and enjoy!
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