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Friday night update – Sept 8th

Asmodee – Timeline Twist  
A cooperative card game for ages 8 and up. 2 to 6 players, taking about 20 minutes or so. You and your team draw cards, work to arrange events within chronological order and score points when things fit together. Want to play against other players as opposed to with them? There is a competitive mode as well.

Asmodee – Timeline Twist : Pop Culture
a cooperative card game for ages 8 and up. 2 to 6 players, taking about 20 minutes or so. You and your team draw cards, work to arrange events within chronological order and score points when things fit together. Want to play against other players as opposed to with them? There is a competitive mode as well. Pop Culture focuses on more recent events

Green Ronin Games – Mutants and Masterminds : Astonishing Adventures Assembled
six complete scenarios for M&M which has the players taking on dinosaurs, super villains, chaos and , the moon and more. Each adventure has full writeups of the situation, area and NPCs . Each can stand alone or be strung together in a campaign tailored for your world.

MSEdizioni – Fantasy World RPG Corebook
a powered by the Apocalypse RPG without limits. Swashbuckling cinematic action, investigation, intrigue, politics and group goals are all in the mix by design. All the rules you need are in the book, includes 10 different protagonists, all the world information, tips on modifying your world and more. 300+ pages of multi-genre gaming.

MSEdizoni – Fantasy World Kosmohedron : Minstrel’s Guide to the Multiverse
Eight different fantasy worlds as written up by eight different authors. Zombie uprisings, kobold ruled worlds, a world of horrors held at bay only by artificial suns and more. 200+ pages of information

Catan Studio – Catan New Encounters
An expansion for Starfarers of Catan with marauding pirates, space amoebas, lost technology and much more. Designed for 3 or 4 players, ages 14 and up. Takes a couple of hours (or so) to play. Accept missions and build your legacy in the quest to gain a Council Seat.      

Ravensburger – Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game
Collect story cards, work together to move the Fellowship on the path to Mount Doom and destroy the ring. For ages 10 and up, 1 to 4 players. Plays in about 20 minutes per chapter. 

Dyskami Publishing – BESM Uresia : Grave of Heaven
This sourcebook for Big Eyes Small Mouth gathers all the works on the world of Uresia from S. John Ross and updates them to BESM 4e standards and adds new material. a general overview of the world setting, new character templates, delves deeper into several locales and adds more options to the game. Over 200 pages of new information.

Myth Works – The Wildsea from Felix Isaacs
This RPG puts your characters into the part of a wildsailor, part of a crew cutting their way across the island-studded wilderness of the treetop sea on a vessel of your very own. You’ll clash with survivor cultures and wild beasts, scavenge and salvage for wreckage and trade-goods, chase rumours, and uncover secrets. The focus of this game is on exploration, progress, and change – you’ll define the world of the Wildsea as you sail it. 

Free League – Tales from the Loop RPG : They Grow Up So Fast
this LFtL sourcebook contains a four part campaign taking place in the UK, information on the Norfolk Broads Loop and the area surrounding it, tips on moving the campaign to US or Swedish Loops, new art, maps and handouts. As a camping trip changes to something far different than expected, the kids discover that friends come in all shapes and sizes… and from different worlds sometimes as well.

Black Lantern Productions – Soul mist 5e RPG setting
This dark fantasy setting takes place in the world of Fyrea, a realm tormented by the struggle between light & dark. This sourcebook sets the stage for the world and gives you 5 races to play from Under the Sun. Will you oppose the Dark Saints? Can you keep yout Soulspark bright or will Erebos pull you down to the darkness?

Black Lantern Productions – Darklands : a Dark sourcebook for Souldmist RPG setting
A horde of over 30 monsters and nightmares to face in your adventures,information on the Ten Dark Saints, the main antagonists and villains in Soulmist, new rules to aid both novice and veteran GMs into creating more memorable antagonists for their parties, information on how to combine all of the above in order to craft darker and more intriguing stories in the “Soulmist” campaign setting, or even used interchangeably in your own campaigns outside the world of Fyera.

Dranua Games – Isle of Trains : All Aboard
this card based engine building game sets players on the challenge of being the best conductor on the island. Build a great locomotive, carry passengers and goods, deliver them where they need to be, help passengers and goods find their way if you can’t get them there yourself and keep steaming ahead. 1 to 4 players, plays in about an hour. Ages 12 and up. 

GHGH – Top Pop
2 to 5 players act as soda manufacturers in the 1930’s. Soda pop has taken off and now, these bottled beverages are sweeping the nation. Ensure your products capture the markets in all the major cities, push out the competition and become the Top Pop.2 to 5 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes.

Rookie Mage Games – Don’t Get Stabbed
3 to 5 players try to, well, not get stabbed. Everyone draws and plays cards to either avoid getting stabbed, or as the killer, stabbity, stab, stab. Ages 18 and up. Plays in 15 minutes or so, depending on players.

Last Night Games – Horticulture
Design your own garden, complete with a path and a gnome. Make your garden plans and score based on your ability to stick to those plans.Ages 8 and up. Plays in around 20 minutes defending on the number of players. For 1 to 10 (or more) players.    

DVG – Warfighter Fantasy : Plumeria
a cooperative 1 to 6 player game that places you in Fantasy Era of Adventure. Select heroes, equip them, engage hostile creatures and advance to your objective. Ages 14 and up. Moderate complexity, plays in 30 to 90 minutes depending on players and scenario. The added bonus you might not have known about? This game is cross compatible with the other Warfighter titles. Would you like to take your adventuring party into tunnel complexes to rout out terrorists. Send an airborne squad into the dark forests to find and capture the evil overlord and dispatch his orc minions. The possibiilties are endless.

MidWeek update for Sept 6th

So after yesterday’s quick picture update – here is an explanation for most of what we’ve seen so far this week

DVG – Warfighter Fantasy : Plumeria
a cooperative 1 to 6 player game that places you in Fantasy Era of Adventure. Select heroes, equip them, engage hostile creatures and advance to your objective. Ages 14 and up. Moderate complexity, plays in 30 to 90 minutes depending on players and scenario.

GMT Games – North Africa ‘41
Rommel’s first campaign from March to December of 1941 is explored in this game. Using an easy to learn Move/Fight/Supply developed with Normandy ‘44 & Holland ‘44. There are 3 scenarios, a full campaign game, ‘Enter Rommel’ and Crusader. 2 pliers, ages 14 and up. Scenarios last 3 to 12 hours depending on players.

GMT Games – Plantagenet
England 1459. Having lost the Hundred Years War, noble houses are looking to amass power and wealth and prepare to move against the king. Using the Levy & Campaign system players lead either the forces or Lancaster or York,  fight battles, amass troops, sway nobles to their cause and attempt to capture the throne. Plays in 2 to 4 hours.  

GMT Games – Liberty or Death : An American Insurrection (COIN games Volume V)
a card assisted counterinsurgency game for 1 to 4 players. Relive the struggle as the Patriots attempting to throw off the yoke of British rule or as the British Government trying to bring the rebels to heel and keep the colony under British rule. Multiple solitaire modes, long and short duration scenarios and random or period events make the game highly replayable. Medium complexity. 

Smirk & Dagger – Boooop
a challenging, cute and deceivingly challenging game for 2 players. Try to place your kittens on the bed, make rows to get cats and then get a group of cats together to win. 2 players, ages 10 up. Takes under half an hour. Look out for the Ghost cats!

Mongoose Publishing – Central Supply Catalog update 2023
a variety of equipment from laser cannons to cameras – things you might need to entertain a local emissary to age war on an upstart group. Game statistics, illustrations and more. 180+ pages of things you didn’t know you needed… until now.

Tau Leader Games – Deep Space D-6
a solitaire crew assignment game… in deep space. Place your workers and try to survive the rigors and challenges of deep space. 1 player, age 14 and up. Plays in about half an hour.

Furia Games – Deck of Wonders
1 or 2 players cooperatively summon minions, cast spells, battle villains and try to stay one step ahead of Fate. Takes about 15 minutes to play a single game. There is also a legacy campaign mechanic for those wishing to do so.

Evan’s Games – Bunny Party at Maple Valley
The Night Shy Party is approaching. Try to decorate for the party and win the honor of hosting. But there is a catch – you need to team up with another player and work together… but betrayal and backstabbing happen and 2 players win – so watch your back. for 3 or 4 players ages 8 and up. Plays in under half an hour.

Tau Leader Games – Deep Space D6 Armada
a cooperative game of space combat and crew management. Venture across the galaxy, complete away missions, defend planets from enemy attack and keep the federated planets safe. Customize your ship, recruit heroes and overcome challenges. 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in 60 to 90 minutes.

Cherry Picked Games – Far Away : To Boldly Go Where Noone Has Returned From
explore new Worlds, find food & shelter, discover creatures, take on one of eight missions and try to succeed where others have failed. Carry your legacy to the next mission… if you can. 2 players, ages 13 and up. Plays in around 2 hours, but can be more or less spending on players and scenario.

One Up Parties and Games – Castle Break
Complete to Quest by getting goods, harnessing your magical powers and using your equipment. Gain coins and subsequently the keys to the Dragon Tower. Release the Dragon to become Champion. Watch out for your opponents who will be bargaining, trading, ambushing and plotting your failure. Ages 10 and up. Plays in around an hour.

Spite House Games – I Would Destroy the Ring
a party game of nerdy hypotheticals. Each player has 60 seconds to answer a question posed by the Hypothetical Card using the Plot Cards given. Best answer wins! For 3-8 players, ages 17 and up. Plays in around half an hour.

Sprocket Games – Ninja Cat Cucumber Attack
2-4 players, ages 5 and up, battle weapon wielding Ninja Cats and try to control the deck and win all the cards. Watch out for the Cucumber and reign supreme.  60 cards and rules.

Iello Games – Allegra
2 to 6 player semi-cooperative card game for ages 8 and up. Try to get the least points as you arrange, share and play cards. Keep your eye on your opponents and plot accordingly.  Ages 8 and up.

Rookie Mage Games – Oh Nutz!
3 to 5 players, ages 7 and up. Be the squirrel to have the biggest stash of Nutz. Plays in around 15 minutes or so.

Wonderbow – Hunters of Lost Creatures
2 to 5 players, ages 5 and up. Learn in a few minutes, plays in about a quarter hour. Collect creatures and build the weirdest  wildlife park. Smellephants, Monopus and more await your quest.

Cool new releases for Thursday, August 31st

As we move from unseasonably cool (and Fall-like) back to unseasonably warm (and summer-like) we’ve got a bunch of new releases that have appeared in store.

Miniatures, historical games, board games and accessories. A cornucopia of new items…

Pazio Publishing – new Pathfinder items
Flip Mat : Underground City multi-pack
2 mats – each 24 x 30 and double sided – depict miner’s residences, a central underground plaza, forges and chasms or even an underground tavern. All in full color and laminated to allow use of many different sorts of marking pen to be removed after use. 

Sky Kings Tomb story arc – Cult of the Cave Worm
adventure 2 of 3 designed for level 5 thru 8 characters. Adventurers go from Highhelm to a fey city and the path of a cave worm trying to locate a relic others quest for too. Will you beat them to the prize?

Pathfinder Harrow Deck –
54 full color fortune telling cards with patterned backs, vivid artwork, and the size of regular tarot cards. Includes a full color, sturdy box to carry them in. 

Plant Girl Game –
a 3-5 player tabletop RPG about adventurous plant children working together to prevent an ecological disaster. Can you, as children of the plants prevent your families way of life from being ruined?

Snowbright Studio – Teatime Adventures : A Verdant Isles Roleplaying Game
a non-violent roleplaying game full of baked goods, heartwarming magic and tea pairings. This easy to learn, family friendly, d20 based RPG uses Kitchen Magic to travel through time and space and Harmony Magic to cast group spells and aid all. Includes four mysteries to solve, actual recipes to cook at home, NPCs, fantastical locations and more.

Snowbright Studios – Cozy Companion Vol 2
an adventure for Teatime Adventures (Mystery of the Mothcat), fiction (Shadow in the Night), a science feature about pollinators and a chat with the designer of Honeybuzz.

Snowbright Studios – Cozy Companion Vol 3
an adventure for Teatime Adventures (Sea Change), fiction (Sea faring felines of the Caribbean), a science feature about sea weed and a chat with the designer of Bubble Net.

Parable Games – Shiver : Role PLaying Tales in the Strange & Unknown
Your favorite worlds from films, television and fiction comes to life in this RPG. Investigate strange worlds and stories – anytime, anywhere and as anyone. Includes easy to learn rules with everything you need in a single book. It also features a unique dice system that brings the story to the forefront and keeps the story immersive and exciting. Great for tabletop movie nights and low stress fun.

Parable Games – Shiver : Gothic – Secrets of Spireholm
the walled city of Spireholm hosts any number of Gothic horrors. Includes 7 new monster archetypes, a giant sandbox setting for Shiver, the city of Spireholm, a 10 part story, filled with mystery, monsters and horrors. Includes weapons, items and monsters to help emulate classic horror cinema and literature. Also adds the Doom Calendar – a mechanic to help link short stories providing consequences to your game world.

Parable Games – Shiver : Gothic – Disciples of Dregstone
a monstrous Gothic sandbox setting, the Dregs. a 7 chapter story, new rules for Colossal Enemies, Scorpion rules & backgrounds, items,weapons, armor, monsters and more. A subterranean campaign below Spireholm.

Renegade Games – Werewolf the Apocalypse 
The world is dying. Ice melts, forests burn, the ocean rises and lakes and rivers dry. The Apocalypse has begun for Gaia. As a new generation of Garou you are tasked with righting the wrongs done to the earth-mother. Will you answer the call? 300+ pages of mechanics, source material, NPCs, storytelling and a three act adventure to get your game started. 

Pegasus Spiele – Carnegie Departments & Donations Expansion
4 new modules – New Beginning, New Departments, new Donations, Optional rules variations. each add new dimensions to your game. Includes tiles rules and supporting components.

Northstar Military Miniatures – new Frostgrave miniatures
Firekeepers I and II, Trapper & Trophy Hunter, Guide & Expert Guide – all miniatures to support the Wildwoods expansion.

Rampart Modular Terrain – Vertical Expansion
101 parts – bridge bits, railings, ramps, floors and stairs help add an extra dimension to your other Rampart kits. Need to expand the Cobalt factory vertically? Make some multi-story ruins? expand the cathedral and Temple? These modular bits have you covered.   

Multi-Man Publishing – new ASL items
ASL Journal #13 – ASL Journal # 14 (Aussie Special Edition) –
all sorts of new ASL and ASLSK content in two different publications

Multi-Man Publishing Special Ops Wargaming Journal#10 – IGS game ‘Blitzkrieg to Moscow 2’, 2  ASL and ASL Starter Kit scenarios and more.

Multi-Man Publishing Special Ops Wargaming Journal#11 – Gettysburg game,  2 ASL and ASL Starter Kit scenarios and a bunch more.

Ardennes II – SCS game number 25
a reissue of Ardennes from 1993 using additional research, revised mechanics and better Order of Battle. a clean and easy to play sequence of play, clear unit interactions, each Victory determination and cleaned up rules make for a great introductory game or a change of pace gae for the serious historical gamer.

Osprey Publishing – Combat Aircraft #150 Spitfire Photo-recce Units of WW2

Dungeons and Lasers new items 
‘Stagecoach’ –
a draft horse and a coach (wagon) designed to haul the goods of a traveling peddler. A plastic 28mm scale kit for your RPG and miniature gaming needs.

Detailed Base Pack –
80 different textured bases – 48 25mm round bases, 32 50mm round bases – each with different detail. 

Modular River –
a set of blue tinted clear plastic river sections – 3 straight, 3 curved. Straights are about 4 ¾” long, curves are 90 degree turns and about 4 ½” long. Also includes a rocky cascade and a river end. Includes clips to keep it all together. Ready to put on the tabletop or paint the edges to match your tabletop.

Fantasy Miniatures Set –
27 different models to add to your adventures. Sirens, frogfolk, mudcrabs, harpies, trolls and more. 

Trees Pack – 
10 different trees : 3 pine trees, 3 oak trees, 3 swamp trees and a Tree of Spirits. Each tree can be modified for a unique look. 

Elven Woods – 
3 pine trees, 3 oak trees, 3 big grassy hills, 3 medium grassy hills, 6 small grassy hills, 2 tents, a log, 6 stumps, a fence section, camp site accessories and a 28” square paper mat with a 1” grid.

Scales & Ales Tavern
This structure is 19” long, almost 12” wide and about 10” tall. Multiple levels, modular walls to arrange in different manners and doors, railings, stairs and roof pieces. Over 300 pieces to make the kind of tavern you want for your RPG. The floors have a built-in 1” grid to make the resulting building easy to use with your RPG.      

Friday Night Update – for August 25th

It’s time for the Friday Night Update –
The temperature has dropped, more new items have come out and it’s time to venture out and see it all in person again… before Winter descends upon us
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Atomic Mass Games – New 2nd edition X-Wing miniatures
TIE/SA Bomber expansion (2 miniatures, ship & loadout cards – punch sheet & insert)
YT-2400 Light Freighter (1 miniature, ship, loadout & upgrade cards – punch sheet & insert)

Cool MINI or Not – new Iron Maiden expansions for 
Pack #1 Zombicide, Ankh, Cthuhlu Death May Die, Massive Darkness & Rising Sun expansion – 6 miniatures, cards & rules for Undead Eddie, Samurai Eddie, Pharaoh Eddie, Reaper Eddie, Trooper Eddie and Cyborg Eddie.

Pack # 2 – Zombicide, Ankh, Cthuhlu Death May Die and Massive DArkness expansion
6 miniatures, cards & rules for Asylum Eddie, Mummy Eddie, Shaman Eddie, Bounty Hunter Eddie, Bassist Eddie and Killer Eddie

Pack # 3 – Zombicide, Cthulhu Death May Die & Massive Darkness Expansion
2 miniatures and 27 cards for Fear Eddie and Wicker Eddie.

Alderac Entertainment – Smash Up – Excellent Movies, Dudes! Expansion
4 new factions representing famous movies from the 80s. Without naming names or putting logos on anything. Add some chest bursting, wraith rustling, dweeb action from back in time added to your Smash Up game. 80 faction cards, 8 base cards, dividers, token sheet and rules.

Devir Games – 3 Ring Circus
1 to 4 players try to create a circus worthy of the big names –  and maybe even being bought out by them… Ages 12 and up. Plays in about an hour and a half

Ares games – The Rich and the Good
2 to 5 players is an updated version of Hab & Gut . It includes a 2 player mode as well as new graphical design. Trade commodities, make donations and earn wealth and respect in the quest to become a member of high society. Ages 13 and up. Plays in around an hour.

Brain Crack Games – Florence
1 to 5 players try to influence the Medici while forcing others to be without their patronage. Host parties, buy clothes, gossip, and try to get on top. Takes about 20 minutes per player. There is even a special solo mode for a lone player. Includes over 100 wooden pieces and lots of high quality components.

Brotherwise Games – Castles by the Sea
1-4 players, ages 12 and up. Lead a kingdom of Shorelings in this puzzly sandcastle-building game. Raise your grainy castle, but look out – hazards may trample you into the surf. Plays in half and hour to 45 minutes.

Gamelyn Games – The Last Kingdom Boardgame
Based on the Netflix series (and subsequently the Bernard Cornwell books) 2 to 5 players attempt to control a war torn Britain, trying to make deals, conquer and rule the small kingdoms and unite them under their power. Includes 18 detailed figures of the major characters from the series. Designed for ages 14 and up. Plays in around 30 minutes per player.

Loke Battlemats – The Long Road – an RPG Toolbox
A boxed set with 20 fold out mats, 40 monster & NPC cards, a reference book of over 100 random encounters, a full adventure, travel adventure generators – all designed for 5e  D&D 

Chaosium Inc – new Runequest supplements
Cults of Runequest : The Lightbringers.
a guide to the Gods of the Storm 19 cults, rules to create adventurers, cult specific skills, rules to become a god-talker, Rune Priestess or even  Rune Lord. Includes histories of the different cults, their magic, rune magics and more.

Cults of Runequest – The Earth Goddesses
16 cults that make up the Earth Pantheon- rules to create adventurers, cult specific skills, rules to become a god-talker, Rune Priestess or even  Rune Lord. Includes histories of the different cults, their magic, rune magics and more.

Cubicle Seven – Sea of Claws for Warhammer Fantasy Role Play
a guide to sail the seas of the Old World including a bestiary, rules for manning your ship, events, seafaring encounters, prominent personalities, many different shores you may set foot upon and the Cult of Manann and the worship of Stromfels. But wait – there is the Seafarer class with eight different careers as well. Lots and lots of fully illustrated source material.

Kobold Press – The Wastes of Chaos
Venture beyond the civilized world into the howling badlands where villainous cults do as they please and ancient constructs lie buried beneath the dust. Heroes brave enough to embrace arcane corruption can unearth great riches, forgotten magic, and powerful secrets—or a swift demise. Everything you need to create hard-hitting adventures in ruined lands, including: chaos magic, corrupted locales, fiendish cults, and ancient treasures with new races, subclasses, creatures, spells, magic items and a whole lot more.

Arc Dream Publishing – Delta Green : The Conspiracy
a 1990s sourcebook for Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game: An updated, rearranged version of the original, 1997 Delta Green sourcebook with new art and graphic design and new appendices. The Conspiracy brings those original, infamous horrors to the light of a new age.

LYNX RPG Accessories – RPG Screen
a 4 panel screen that is fully customizable with interior pockets to hold 8 ¼ (although you can get 8 ½” width a bit of finagling)  x 11 ½” sheets and either full color art or a copper embossed scene on the other. Each panel has extra thick, heavy duty cardstock supporting heat sealed pockets.

Evil Hat Productions – Monster of the Week : Codex of Worlds
new Team Playbooks for your supernatural adventurers. Alternate genres, fresh settings, new moves, new allies and new assets. plays as Agents in Black, be part of the saturday morning Mystery Club, protect your home as Guardians of the Borderlands or others from the 15 different settings. Keepers get five more framework with game tweaks, threats and introductory mysteries. 

Gale Force Nine : World of Tanks new tank releases
Loza’s M4A2 Sherman, M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo, Jagdpanther and AChilles tank destroyer. Each model comes with  game cards, upgrade cards and online bonus cards.

Steve Jackson Games – Brick d6 dice set
6 dice (2 green, 2 blue, 2 red) each with pips represented by studded building bricks.

Steve Jackson Games – Munchkin polyhedral dice sets
7 die sets in with the ‘1’ being replaced by a Munchkin head. Each set also has 6 unique Munchkin game cards. Comes in Red/white ink, ivory with brown ink. black with white ink and sparkle green with yellow ink.

Studio H – Northgard : Uncharted Lands : Warchiefs
and expansion to Northgard : Uncharted Lands with 8 miniatures, 5 player boards, 7 clan boards, rules and 8 plastic rings. Recruit a warchief and lead your clan to victory.

Pre-Heatwave release update (August 22)

Here we are on Tuesday with a few new items that have come in early this week. Need to get a few things to tide you over during the heatwave that expects to be on the way?

Gamegenic – Token Keep box
This convertible box can hold 40 double sleeved or 50 single sleeved cards, dice, tokens, meeples or other game accessories. The cover is completely removable and clips to the bottom while in use. Comes in purple, red, denim blue, olive green , grey and black.

Modiphius – Achtung Cthulhu Issue 9 : Vive la Resistance
A resistance themed sourcebook with new archetypes, backgrounds and characteristics for Resistance operatives, NPCs, Nazi Nemeses, new weapons, tools, speelbooks and tables to help generate missions… all in one handy book.

New Wargaming Magazines
Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy #125
Hundred Years War, Alexander vs Caesar, Slap Chop paiting, Pike & Shotte gaming and more.

Wargames Illustrated #428
Fast AWI Rules (Loose Files & American Scramble), Thane Tostig, a retro hero, returning to your first hobby loves and more.

Miniature Wargames #485
Rapid Fire rules for WW@ desert fights, ACW Jamestown, Abyssinian army for the Men Who Would Be KIngs rules and ECW gaming options… along with other options.

Leo Paper Products – new D&D puzzles
The Beholder – 1000 piece puzzle of the beholder artwork from 5e D&D.

102 piece The Mimic puzzle – this puzzle is shaped like the monster itself and comprised of 102 color pieces. about 8 x 11 ½“

The Beholder – a 102 piece Beholder shaped puzzle about 11 ¾ x 11 ½” shaped like… a Beholder.

The Demogorgon – 102 piece puzzle measuring about 8 ¾” x 12 ¼” – shaped like The Demogorgon itself.

Stonemaier Games – Smitten
a cooperative micro-game for 2 players. Plays in 10 minutes.

Renegade Games – GI Joe Roleplaying Game – Villain miniatures Set 1
12 different villains, from Cobra Commander to Road Pig, Storm Shadow and others as paintable miniatures. Designed to fit on the standard 1” RPG grid.

Random House Worlds – Exquisite Exandria : Cookbook of Critical Role
200+ pages of recipes from campaigns of Tal’Dorei, Issylra, Marquet and Wildemount – all ready for you to prepare for yourself. Includes a forward from Quyen Tran and Sam Riegel, illustrations and food photography. A great book for the Critical Role fan or Fantasy Recipe Foodie in your life. From pastries, pasta, beverages and more.

Renegade Games – Power Rangers deck-building game : Shattered Grid
Shattered Grid allows you to use all of your Power Rangers cards in an epic game to defeat Lord Drakkon. Stop him from defeating other realities, stealing their powers and becoming a god-like being. Includes 38 main deck cards, oversized character cards, signature item card, Zord cards, Master cards, Megazord, rules and more.

Fantasy Flight Games – Marvel Champions : Next Evolution
A giant 260 card expansion adding X-Force to Marvel Champions, along with a new card type : player side schemes. Five new interconnected scenarios, the Juggernaut, The Marauders, Mister Sinister, Stryfe and more. Includes Hero decks for Cable and Domino

Atlas Games – Godsforge second edition
This fast paced game of dueling spellcasters pits 1-4 players against each other in an attempt to control the source of magic, before the last of the Etherium is gone. Roll dice, craft spells and launch attacks. Defeat your foes in the everyone plays at once game . Ages 14 and up. Plays in about half an hour.

Atlas Games – Godsforge : Twilight of the Great Houses
This adds a player to the game, new mechanics and Great House abilities to each player.

Atlas Games – Godsforge : Return of the Dragon Gods
this expansion adds another player, Upgrades that increase your power level as well as Card Synergy between creation types.

rebel studios – Chronicles of Avel : New Adventures expansion
the Beast of the Black Moon may be defeated, but the powers of evil have not rested. They have attacked Avel and it’s residents need your help. This expansion adds the three headed Moon Monster, Oberon and his magical items, Titania and her magical spirits, the evil moon servants and a new campaign ‘Shards of Evil’ to challenge you. for 1 to 4 players, ages 8 and up. Plays in about an hour.

Kosmos – Lord of the Rings : Adventure to Mount Doom
a game for 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. Game plays in around a hour. Use smart decision and strategic dice choices to move the Fellowship around the board trying to get Frodo to Mount Doom to complete his quest. This is a cooperative game, so all the players work together and will succeed or fail in the quest as a team.

Two Thin Coats Paints restock – We’ve got a restock of the Duncan Rhodes paint line.

Friday Night Roundup – Friday Aug 18th

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.

Midweek Update – August 16th

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.

Friday Night (8/11) New Release Round Up

Rich here with even more new releases here at the store…

Reaper Miniatures – new Dragons and Monsters
Kalanzar the Wicked – Bones plastic dragon with a wingspan of 12”, upright on a rocky outcrop
Aganzarax the Foul – Bones plastic dragon with a 12” wingspan perched on a ruined tower top.
Agramon – a winged and barbed demon with optional heads and hands to customize to your desired infernal beast.
Nyarlathotep – a large rendition of the elder god emerging from an ancient portal. Made from Bones plastic, ready to join your collection. 
Dragon Turtle – ever wonder what a spawn of dragon and turtle might look like? This huge aquatic beast is about 10” long. Includes a partial shipwreck scenic base fo it to glide over and it’s quite an interesting model. 

WizKids – Siliconvania
a boardgame for 2-5 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour. Vampires and humans live in blended communities in the rustic European countryside in 2035. But the Vampire elders want to modernize their hometowns and turn them into tech hubs. As city planners, it’s your job to make it happen. Recruit specialist help, attract residents and plan your Siliconvania.

Gamelyn Games – Ultratiny Epic Kingdoms
1-5 players explore lands, expand their kingdom and exterminate those in their way. Designed for ages 14 and up this game plays in half an hour to 45 minutes depending on players.

Modiphius Entertainment – Star Trek Adventures : Captain’s Log – Solo RPG 
Create a character and fashion your own Star Trek Stories. Explore the universe and expand your role playing experience. 5 different books, each are geared to different eras in the Star Trek Universe.   

Modiphius Entertainment – Star Trek Adventures : Star Trek : Lower Decks
a campaign guide based on the animated series. Includes discussion on the state of the universe in the 24th century, the Federation, Pakleds and more. Lower decks junior officer experiences are detailed, lifepath options are presented, new gear, creatures and technologies are detailed as well as lots of GM information. Also in the book is a three part mini campaign, over 50 non-player characters and a forward written by the shows creator Mike McMahan.

Slugfest Games – Battle for Greyport : Chaos in Copperforge
an expansion for Battle for Greyport cooperative card game. New Tavern cards, a ne prize, new drink cards and Contraptions – a new feature in the game.10 new playable characters, 6 new scenarios, new bosses, new monster decks, deck dividers and more!

Great Western Trail  New Zealand
This version of GWT puts you in the saddle as a runholder in New Zealand at the beginning of the 20th century. Help your family prosper and adapt to the challenges that occur. Includes a new worker (the sheep shearer), a new delivery (wood), new bonus cards, changing neutral buildings, a streamlined job market, easier upkeep and more. For 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in anywhere from an hour to 3 depending on players.

Wise Wizard Games – Robot Quest Arena
this 2 to 4 player game challenges players to control their little robots in the quest to destroy all the other little robots in the arena. Use battery cards to power your robot and upgrades to enhance your robots abilities. Avoid the hazards and weapons of the others in the battle. Don’t worry if you get blasted, knocked out robots respawn so you never are entirely out of the action. Ages 12 and up. Plays in 30 to 60 minutes depending on players.

Pandasaurus – After Us WHOOPS ! This is not available until Friday, Aug 18th – SORRY for any Confusion
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.

Blue Orange Games – Mech a Dream
Gather resources, build machines, optimize your workshop and create the most dreams. For ages 10 and up, playing in about 45 minutes. For 2 to 4 players.  

Blue Orange Games – Next Station Tokyo
a flip and write game of sketching subway lines. 1 to 4 players create subway lines, collect tourist stamps and earn points. Ages 8 and up. Plays in about half an hour.

Slugfest Games – Tales from the Red Dragon Inn
a cooperative tactical combat game set in the world of Red Dragon Inn. A scenario driven campaign pits the players against unique challenges. Band together with friends, Plan, maneuver and try to complete the parties objectives before the enemies achieve their own. 1 to 4 players, ages 13 and up. Takes an hour and a half to 2 hours.  

Northstar Games Studio – Paint the Roses (deluxe edition)
2-5 players, ages 11 and up. Plays in about an hour. A most curious cooperative game.

Wizkids Games – Icons of the Realms : Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants
This limited edition boxed set has 32 different miniatures from a Spectral Cloud to Orog, Giant Tick to Goliath Monk. All prepainted and ready to put into your collection or on the tabletop during play.

R Talsorian Games – Danger Gal Dossier
Lore and details about 15 of Night City’s factions – from the Bozos to the NCPD. Stats and biographies for over 100 NPCs are included, from new gang members to to cyberphyscos. Guidelines are included on creating your own NPCs as well as a new mission featuring the Danger Gal herself. Over 170 pages of information.

Dyskami Publishing Company – BESM Multiverse (fourth edition)
The official setting for BESM (Big Eyes Small Mouth) 4e – the Anime RPG using the Tri-STat system. The book covers the Six Prime Worlds as well as a dozen Inner Worlds, 42 Outer Worlds as well as a variety of Beyonder and Parallel Worlds. At the heart of it all… Omphalos, our very own Earth. 220+ pages of information, artwork and anime adventure, ready to help you explore the Cosmic Web.

Loke Battle Mats – Rooms, Vaults & Chambers
60 pages of full color maps with a 1” grid to be useful in any number of role playing games. Each page is laminated to be able to use wet or dry erase markers and still have the marks removable. Spiral bound so the maps lay flat.

Marvel Multiverse Role Playing Game Core Book
The regular release of the Marvel game with full character generation, power profiles, backstories, Multiverse background, how to run the game and much, much more.

Cubicle Seven – Wahammer Fantasy Roleplay : Winds of Magic
A comprehensive guide to arcane practices taught by the Colleges of Magic. Explains the eight different colleges, their rituals, summoning, magical sites, new careers, major NPCs and much more. All about Magic, the Empire and much more.

Mongoose Publishing – Traveller Aliens of Charted Space Vol 3
Five different alien races for Traveller – Darrians, Geonee, Dolphins, Orca and Bwaps. Rules for creating characters, new High Guard information and Central Supply Catalog entries for equipment.

Monte Cooke Games – Old Gods of Appalachia RPG
Complete rules for a fluid, story based RPG experience set in the eerie world of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast. Includes character generation by conceptual design, dozens of dark and dangerous creatures, two complete adventures and a detailed dive into an alternative world of the 20s and 30s. 400+ pages of rules, background and excitement. Also has a full color poster map of the area.

James D’Amato – The Ultimate RPG Campfire Deck
150 cards designed to spark conversation with questions about your past, companions, world, dreams and hypotheticals. Help define the relationship between characters, each other and the world.

Columbia Games – Orbaal Kingdom Book
A fractious kingdom in the north of Harn, it is a land of fjords and mountains. The locals chafe under rule by outsiders from across the sea and work toward rebellion and freedom. This book gives you an overview, maps for players in medieval style and GM in a more modern presentation. History of the lands is explored, culture of the locals and the invaders are detailed as well. 

The Quasit Speaks…

Hey everyone. Rich here with a little bit of amusing information.
Our resident Quasit has come out of the closet on his favorite metal dice.

Yes indeed the Easy Roller Dice Co. Dragon Scale dice are here… and in colors as well as plain metals.

Want some really amazing dice in brilliant colors with some -heft- to them? We got them in. And if the metal dice aren’t your thing we have a number of the gemstone dice and plastic dice, dice trays, dice jails and soooooo much more.
Take a look at the myriad exotic styles of dice we have next time you are in.