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Pre-Thanksgiving Round Up

A quick pre-thanksgiving round-up of new products for your viewing pleasure! And…
Don’t Forget :
We will CLOSED THURSDAY, Nov 28 for Thanksgiving
We will be open Friday Nov 29 at 10am with our regular hours.
Also we will begin the traditional Holiday Certificates from Friday the 29th until Christmas Eve and will be having our Black Friday Sale as well. What’s on sale? Come on in and find out. There will be select games and accessories on sale as we have in the past few years.

On to the new releases…
Osprey Publishing – Silver Bayonet : Italy Shades of Calabria
Calabria has suffered an earthquake killing tens of thousands of people. The clergy preaches against the French and occupying Allies. Major nation vie for supremacy in the Mediterranean and enemies of Italy send aid and agents to cause their share of chaos. Including both co-op/solo and competitive scenarios this supplement puts you in the powder keg that is Calabria.

Wise Wizard Games – Star Trek Star Realms
a complete starship combat deck-building game for 2-4 players. Romulan, Klingon, Federation and Dominion ships are at your command in this game. Play head to head or up to 4 players in multi-player modes allowing versus and cooperative experiences. Ages 14 and up. Plays in around half an hour.

Modiphious Entertainment – Star Trek Lower Decks : Buffer Time Card Game
2-6 scrappy underdogs work together in this push-your-luck card game trying to complete assignments while squeezing in time for R&R. Can you manage to have fun during duty hours without the bridge crew finding out? Ages 10 and up. Plays in around half an hour.

Chaosium – Call of Cthulhu : Cthulhu by Gaslight Investigators Guide
Mysteries and Frights in the Victorian Age. This sourcebook contains all sorts of historical background for the 1880 to 1900s period, character creation rules to cover the period, investigator equipment, all set in Victoria’s Age – be it in England, the colonies, the banks of the Eastern United States or the lands of Asia.

Fantasy Flight Games/Edge Studios – Arkham Horror the Role Playing Game
This stand alone RPG is based off the Arkham Horror LCG setting and contains all the rules you need to play. Character creation, information on the city of Arkham, adversaries, the Ancient Ones and even a complete adventure to get you started. Set in the 20s this game uses the Dynamic Pool System for it’s engine.

Gamegenic – Token Silo XL
a new way to organize and use your tokens, cards and accessories in game. Includes a covered case with a clip lock top to keep everything in place along with 15 trays of differing sizes for your stuff. includes 8 small trays, 2 mini-american sleeved card sized trays (holding up to 40 sleeved or 75 unsleeved cards), 2 standard card sized trays (holding up to 40 sleeved or 75 unsleeved cards), an extra long tray (approximately 30cm long), and 2 ‘double trays’. The top clips to the underside of the tray so it’s easy to keep track of. Modular to allow you to take other trays from the Silo system and sub them in, change colors fro other sets and more.

Forged Products – Character Shrine : Premium Character and Dice Case

Forged Products Encounter Maps
5 different doubled sided hard card map sets. 1” gridded, 26 long and 20 wide. Each is also laminated to use wet or dry erase markers. Desert Sand/Snowy Tundra, City Streets/Open Waters, Wooded Forest/Dungeon Floor, Basic Dirt/Plain White sets are available. Comes in a slip case set featuring all 4 or as individual maps.
It’s a pre-Thanksgiving Round up!

Osprey Publishing – new books
Air Campaign #50 – Philippines 1944
Elite #257 – The Rif War : Morocco’s Berber Uprising 1921-1926
Men at Arms #558 – Joan of Arc’s Army French Armies 1415-1423
Men at Arms #560 – Ground Forces in the Korean War 1950-53 NKPA & Chinese Volunteers
Combat #79 – 8th Army Soldier vs Italian Soldier El Alamein 1942
Campaign #404 – Romania 1944
Campaign #406 – Borneo 1945

PWorks Games – Combat Book 2
a spiral bound book with 32 single or double map maps in 50 full color pages. Each page is laminated to allow dry erase markers to be used (and removed). Plain terrain, ship interior, facilities, docking bays and more. All in full color, each with a 1” grid overlay. Each page is 15 by 11 with half square borders folding out to about 16×22.

HOLIDAY HOURS end of 2024

Hey everyone.
It may seem like a bit of a surprise but we here at Games Plus do take some time off. And with the upcoming holiday season, we figured we’d let you know what’s happening.

We will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 28 for Thanksgiving

We will be closing early (probably about 5pm) on Wednesday, Dec 24th and CLOSED on Thursday, December 25th.

We may be closing early on Tuesday, December 31st, but we will update you on that as we get closer.

Quick Update Nov 19th

Rich here with a little bit of an update.
First off – HALO : Flashpoint miniatures game is here. Spartan edition, Recon (smaller) edition, scenery and dice boosters. So if you are interested in this release – now is the time.

Star Realms Rise of Empires – a new game for the Star Realms franchise. But this is a legacy version – so game play will lead you down different result paths. And there is even an ‘infinite replay’ kit so you can reuse the set. But Wait! We have a few of the Kickstarter versions so there are special stretch goal promo cards and a bonus Scenario 11B you can get with it – while supplies last.

And…
We also have Dungeon and Dragons Mini Dice Cups.
There are several different designs, each with a mini-polyhedral sets and a resin sleeve. 8 different sleeves (Grung, Mind Flayer, Beholder, Elminster, Drizzt, Mimic, Minsc & Boo and Red Dragon) Each sleeve can be monochromatic color, full color or metal plated. Dice cups are shot glass sized. 24 different glasses to collect.

But wait…
We are also hosting the HMGS Toys for Tots Games on Wednesday Nov 27th (starting at 6pm) and Friday Nov 29th (starting at Noon). Open to anyone who wishes to play – we ask you just need to bring a childs toy (unwrapped) of $15 or more to add to our donation.

The Big Auction Weekend begins!

So, most importantly
For those coming to the auction parking might be… tight. But you have some options :

In case you did not know, the parking lot directly behind the store is open for anyone to park after 6pm Monday to Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday.

If you still have no luck finding somewhere to place your automobile, there is the WEST COMMUTER PARKING LOT on the other side (the north side for you compass direction folks) of the railroad tracks from Games Plus. Just keep in mind the West Lot has a Farmer’s Market going on Sunday morning and early afternoon.

Then, on to the Auction itself :
Friday Night (10/4) – Role Playing Games
Its all RPG related items. Rules, modules, magazines, accessories, sourcebooks and more. Doors open at 5:30pm to preview the items, the auction begins at 6:30pm and goes till, well, everything goes.

Saturday (10/5) – Boardgames
The doors open at 9:00am to preview the vast horde of games and accessories – the auctioning begins at 10:00am. What’s going?
Boardgames, expansions, supplements, accessories and magazines for everything Euro, Family or other table top boardgaming. Catan, Pandemic, Tsuro, Carcassonne, Scythe, Wingspan… If it’s a boardgame that isn’t specifically about military actions – it goes up today.

Sunday (10/6) – Miniatures Auction
The final day of the auction week is devoted to miniatures, miniatures games, expansions, magazines, supplements, paints, tools, terrain and all those things you need to be part of the Miniature Gaming Hobby. This one works a little different than the rest. The doors open for previews at the crack of dawn (well, 8:30am, but it feels like it) and auction action begins at 9:30am. Historical items are the focus for the first two hours (until about 11:30) then we switch to a mix of all the different miniature gaming genre. Warhammer, Warmachine, Flames of War, Team Yankee, Reaper, GHQ, CinC, Ral Partha, Grenadier – all those and many more.

There you go!
A quick recap of the rest of the Auction Weekend.
See you there.
-Rich

Saturday Auction is FULL!

But just the Saturday Auction

So intake for Saturday’s Auction (the non-conflict board game auction is full. Packed to the gills. Bursting at the seams. 10 pounds of boardgames in a 5 pound sack, Over 1500 pieces already, we are at our limit for what we can do in a day..

Are we still taking items in for the other days? Heck Yes!

Heck yes, indeed.


Historical Board Games (i.e. Avalon Hill, GMT, Victory games, SPI, Compass, DVG and the like) are certainly in demand. Role Playing Games, supplements, modules and other supporting items are wanted too. And what about Miniatures? Oh, heck Yes. We love miniatures and have plenty of room for them. CCGs, TCGs, TMGs and the like? Yup. Magic the Gathering, Legend of the 5 Rings, Pokemon, Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings and all those others – we are waiting for you to drop off your items to help make this a well rounded event!

GENCON!

We will be at GenCon 2024 in the following days.
Come see us at booth 1405. Say Hi to Rich, Jeff, Alli and the rest of the convention crew.

What will we have there? All sorts of different products… 3d printed buildings and portals, used boardgames, vintage historical games, RPG items from the 70s, 80s and 90s and beyond, mystery dice sets and a whole lot more!

Come on down and see us in the exhibitor hall at GenCon.
Booth 1405.

Or, if you aren’t able – please come to the store and enjoy some browsing, gaming and shopping while everyone else is in Indy!

New stuff for Friday, June 28th – We will be Closed July 4th!

Good Evening Games Plus Fans, Followers and Passer-bys.
Here we are, just a few days from fireworks and fun and the manufacturers have decided they are still going to keep on bringing things out. So here are most of the items we’ve seen come out, or come back out, in the last week

Historical Wargaming Magazines:
Wargames Illustrated 438 (June 2024) – Ruckus Campaigns (2 scenarios and full rules), Dramatic OSL painting, D-Day Landing commemorative events, shield maidens, the Mosin-Nagant rifle, weapons in wargames and more.

Miniature Wargames #494 – Pulp Alley scenario Maori Wars in New Zealand game, reviews, painting Napoleon and more.

Osprey Historical Books
Air Campaign #45 – Operation Allied Force 1999 :
NATOs airpower victory in Kosovo
Campaign #401 – Jamestown 1622 : Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Combat #77 – US Marine vs Japanese Soldier : Saipan, Guam and Peleliu 1944
Dogfight #12 – Bf 109E : Battle of Britain
Duel #136 – Panzer III vs T-34 Eastern Front 1941
Elite #256 – The War Underground 1914-1918 : Tactics & Equipment
Men at Arms #555 – Union Army 1861-1865 (volume 2 Eastern & New England States)
Men at Arms #556 – Germany’s French Allies 1941-1945
New Vanguard #329 – Tanks on Iwo Jima 1945
New Vanguard #330 – Warships in then War of the Pacific 1879-1883 : Chile & Peru

Pazio – new Pathfinder Items
Pathfinder 2 : Monster Core Digest Size
a smaller paperback version of the Monster Core book with over 400 creatures to give the Game Master everything they need to set up their games.

Pathfinder Flip Mat Environments Multi-pack.
2 24 x 30 flip mats, each with 1” square grid for use with most popular rpgs. Desert, woodland, plains and arctic scenery ar featured in the different sides.

Wardens of Wildwood : Shepherds of Decay
The final adventure in the story arc. Work to oust the murderous despot, explore the Plane of Wood and stop the demigod of decay from destroying the Verduran Forest.

Core GM Screen – Second Edition Remastered Screen with 4 panels, striking artwork on the players side and bunches of reference material on the GM side. conditions, death and dying rules, how to set DCs, creature adjustment guidelines, action summaries and more.

Stronghold Games – Encore!
A fast paced Roll & Write game for 1 to 6 players. Plays great with 2 players and includes solo rules too. Roll, choose, mark & score. Originally published as Noch Mal! in Germany.

Don’t Panic Games – Cowboy BeBop RPG is back!
an original d6 RPG system, custom character creation, planets and environments of the Cowboy Bebop universe, buckets of source materials and Narrator guidelines and more.

Fantasy Flight Games – Arkham Horror Dream Eaters Campaign
Two different 4 part campaigns, The DreamQuest and Web of Dreams – or an epic 8 part campaign. New foes, the Dreamlands, the Underground and more.

The Lord of the Rings LCG Ered Mithrin Campaign Expansion
Team up with Woodsmen and the People of the Dale on a quest to fell a mighty Dragon. Discover powerful artifacts and incredible treasures in your journey. Gain strength over time and defeat the growing threats that oppose you making the Ered Mithrin campaign play differently each time you go through it.

Wizkids Games – new heroclix releases
Marvel Iconix : Wolverine First Appearance – Incredible Hulk, Wendigo and Wolverine

Deadpool & Weapon X – 75 figure set. Boosters, bricks and cases.

Deadpool & Weapon X Play at Home Kit (2 figures and map)

Cubicle Seven – A Life Well Lived setting for 5e D&D
A sourcebook to help you explore your character’s life before, during and after their 5e adventures. Discover why they started to adventure, find out what they do between delves into the unknown and things they may be planning in the future as a long term goal. Also includes ideas and material on creating your own bases as well as a system to create patrons with their benefits, connections and reputations. 130+ pages of information.

Amigo – Pick a Pen games
Crypt, Reefs and Gardens. Three different roll & write games designed for 2-4 players, ages 8 and up. 5 pencils, pad of play sheets with 3 different play modes and rules.

Shadowdark RPG
We have the core RPG book, PC cards, GM Screen and ‘Cursed Scroll’ fanzine expansions in stock for your OSR gaming experience.

X-Wing and Armada are at End of Life

Well, that’s that for X-Wing and Armada.
If there are any Armada or X-Wing items you are looking for – contact us as soon as you can.

We will be attempting to restock as best we can but once that stock is gone – we don’t expect to see anything more.

So email us, drop us a Facebook message or call the store. We will get you on the list in order we received your request.