Good morning everyone. Rich here with an not so usual Friday update. It was pointed out to me that after telling y’all we were going to be at GenCon and where to find us prior, I didn’t show you the Games Plus Gaming General Store.
You may or may not have seen our wonderful doormat.
You probably haven’t seen the myriad modules and magazines we brought. Haven’t seen the paint, dice, dice bags and dice trays. And you certainly haven’t seen the boardgames, wargames and miniatures.
And we have collectible stuff, flyers and business cards too!
So while there is actually bandwidth to post this – here you go fans, friends, followers and passer-bys.
Hey there everyone. Rich here with another end of the week update. Yes, another one as we ended up seeing a whole heck of a lot of stuff come in rather unexpectedly.
What was it?
Well…
Dan Verssen Games – Vikings : Become the Legend lead your Viking clan forward, heading west, raiding, building and trading to earn silver and resources. Play against another player or the relentless AI. Ages 14 and up, playing in 30 to 60 minutes. Expansions can add more players, each with more rules, cards and a new Clan. Expansions are : Oslo Clans, Kopenhamm Clan, Lodose Clan, Frykat Clan.
GMT Games – Seljuk : Byzantium Besieged 1068-1071 Fifth in the Levy & Campaign series, this game focuses on the crossroads of Asia and Europe with asymmetric forces, logistics and maneuver playing important roles. Use your cavalry to raid deep within Roman territory or employ regional themata to protect your towns and fortresses from the enemy’s advance. Beware treacherous lords, and try to keep your empire intact. Ages 14 and up, plays in 1 to 8 hours depending on the scenario. For 1 or 2 players.
GMT Games – Italy ‘43 a two player game pitting the US Fifth army against the Axis forces seeking to stop their advance from Naples toward and into the Gustav and Bernhard lines. Ages 14 and up, scenarios lasting from 2 to 6 hours. For 2 players.
GMT Games – Unconditional Surrender! Western Campaigns This game focuses on conflicts in Poland, France, Norway, Italy and French North Africa. With low counter density and small map footprints they are excellent strategic level conflicts to help beginner historical players or seasoned gamers alike. 2 players, ages 14 and up. Scenarios play in 30 minutes to 4 hours.
GMT Games – Cuba Libre Calixto Bot This expansion explores Castro’s Insurgency from 1957 to 1958. Includes cards and rules in a ziplock bag for solo gaming of Cuba Libre.
GMT Games – More of a Bad Thing : Plum Island Horror expansion This expansion gives you 3 new factions, a new ‘Alarming’ mode, new search cards, event cards, Alpha Horrors with unique abilities, nightmare options, 3 short scenarios and 2 full length scenarios with a new approach to the game.
New Comet Games – Call of Cthuhlu Modern : Ice Caves of Mt. Fuji This modern age Cthuhlu adventure takes place in Japan. During your vacation on the island horrid things happen around you. Will you turn your back on the children or will you try to stop this nightmare? 50 pages with handouts, handout pregen PCs and more.
Dranda Games – Mutagen 1-4 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in around 90 minutes. This customizable worker placement game seeking to acquire the elements and fragments of the Shard to become the ruler of Mutagen.
Lore Smyth – Wondrous Expeditions : Forests This system neutral supplement helps you build an immersive forest environment for any fantasy game. Create memorable wilderness journeys with ready made details to help run your game. Optional new mechanics makes foraging and navigation more meaningful and a forest expedition into it’s own adventure. Includes 4 pre-written forests, an overland journey system, flora & fauna, new terrain types and lots of roleplaying information.
Loresymth – Wondrous Expeditions : Forests Prompt deck 50 cards with 50 locations, 50 features and 250 immersive details.
Loresymth – Wondrous Expeditions : Forests – Pocket Guide Edition a condensed version of the full sized book in a spiral bound lay-flat book.
Reaper Miniatures – All sorts of new miniatures have released. How many? Well, round about 34 different ones. A hellbourne dancing girl? yup. Mudmen? indeed. Winged cat, evil wizard, barbarian prince? Got them all… and more.
Loresmyth – Remarkable Cults and their Followers Bring the dark organizations of your world to life with cunning leaders, NPC followers, hidden backstory, diabolical items, devious missions, resources, defenses and more. Everything you need to flesh out the malevolent factions. Includes 10 prewritten cults, compete with quest hooks, system neutral magic items, tables for generation of leaders, type and more. Easy to use roleplaying ideas and gameplay options for player run organizations are included as well.
Loresmyth – Remarkable Inns and their Drinks Turn ordinary tavern visits into exciting roleplaying experiences. What is this inn known for? Do they sponsor games of chance? Do infamous people frequent the place? This and more can be answered with this supplement. Includes 8 pregenerated taverns with staff and quest hooks. Dozens of signature drinks and dishes. Rumors, story hooks and random generation tables abound. And for those who want to add even more to their game, there are optional gameplay mechanics as well.
Loresmyth – Remarkable Shops and their Wares Wandering through town trying to locate that bit of gear, that slice of lore or exotic item? This supplement can help. With many a table and scads of ideas you can create memorable proprietors, interesting establishments and a more immersive experience. Guidelines to help create the shops, staff and motivations you encounter, mechanics on crafting items and rules to help players build and run their own business
Friday night is our Role Playing Game Auction. And here is a quick little preview of some of the rulebooks, supplements, modules and other accessories you’ll see…
Doors will open at 5:30 for real previews – the auction itself will start at 6:30. See you there!
Hey there Games Plus fans, friends, followers and passer-bys.
Looks like the Army Painter has worked the kniks out of the speedpaint markers and are offering them for sale some time late in September as sets and late November for individuals.
The Introductory set has 3 markers featuring Orc Green (strong green), Blood Red (strong red) and Zealot Yellow (yellow-orange). We expect it to be about $18.
The Starter set features 10 markers. Grim Black, Gravelord Grey, Pallid Bone, Magic Blue, Orc Skin, Blood Red, Fire Giant Orange, Zealot Yellow, Hardened Leather and Polished Silver. That set is expected to be around $64
The full range will have 20 markers – 18 colors and 2 metallics. Individual markers are expected to run about $6.50 each The full range is : Absolution Green, Magic Blue, Fire Giant Orange, Sand Golem, Hardened, Purple Swarm, Polished Silver, Grim Black, Pallid Bone, Orc Skin, Zealot Yellow, Hoplite Gold, Blood Red, Gravelord Grey, Holy White, Crusader Skin, Dark Wood, Runic Grey and Caribbean Ocean.
Prices are not set in stone yet.
So… if you are interested in a set or you’d like individual pens, let us know so we can make sure to set them aside for you.
Yes, it’s time for a good old fashioned Round-up. With text descriptions and everything. Yes, we’ve final had things calm down enough to do that. So, here we are…
Wargaming Industries – new Flashpoint miniatures Asteroids, Terran Mercenaries (Merlin, Bulldog & Tomahawk ships), Alliance Support Pack (Ora & Longbow), Freighters and Terran Ares Advanced Destroyer
Reaper – new Miniatures Spell Effects Wall of Stone (2), Clay Golem, Dragon Hatchlings (2) and Koga Mossback, Spikeshell Druid
Dan Verssen Games – Warfighter Vietnam you and up to 5 of your friends are now undertaking Vietnam-era combat missions. Play as 1 or more soldiers trying to complete tactical missions. includes 280 color cards, counters, dice, tactical display and rules book.
Warfighter VietNam expansions US Soldiers #1 and #2, MACV-SOG, Khe Sanh battle pack, Ia Drang Battlepack, Hamburger Hill Battlepack, Hue Battlepack, Tunnel Rats #1 and #2, VC and NVA Hostiles, South Vietnamese Soldiers, Australian Soldiers. AlsoCampaign set #1 (no pictured) Heart of Darkness with 3 card decks and map. Soldiers level 1 to 6, new Gear, hostiles and skills
Tuesday Night Games – Mothership Deluxe Game set is back in stock!
Star Wars – Han Solo Solitaire laying card deck with frozen Han back and Star Wars art faces.
Monte Cook Games – The Magnus Archives RPG a story based game in the world of The Magnus Archive horror podcast. Includes a innovative process to create witness statements to begin the adventure. Fear and Stress mechanics add a new twist to the game as characters deal with the Dark Forces. Includes dzens of NPCs and creatures.
Limiting Factor Games – Dyna Map Sets Special grippy surfaces keep the map segments stationary. Each set has a selection of either rooms, halls or intersections.Dry Erasable, reusable and modular to build your RPG maps.
FSC – Chromino Dominos – but with colors as opposed to dots or pictures. Domino Tiles are wooden. Enough tiles for 1 to 6 players, ages 6 and up.
Lone Shark Games – Lords of Vegas : Americana This Mega-Expansion for Lords of Vegas add four different gambling capitals. Atlantic City, New Oreans river boats, Reno and Tombstone are all represented. Allows 2 to 6 players.
Backspindle Games Ltd – Lucha Wars! Luchador Mexican Wrestling Dice game. Standees, rules, dice, cards and accessories to play the game. 1 to 8 players, ages 10 and up. Plays in around 20 minutes.
Lucky Duck Games / Cardboard Alchemy – Andromeda’s Edge 2-4 players complete in this worker placement, engine building game. Build your fleet, explore strange new worlds, find ancient technology and lead your faction to victory! Plays in around 40 minutes per player. Designed for ages 14 and up.
Lucky Duck Games – Andromeda’s Edge : Escalation This expansion adds the Forces of the Edge with 9 new Commanders. Three new player Factions. New Relic modules, moons, the NetherVoid, Void Drake AND Solo mode.
Space Cowboys – Superstore 3000 Build the Mall of the Future. Enchant a Galaxy of customers. Create crazy attractions. 2-4 players, ages 10 and up. Plays in under an hour.
Space Cowboys – Perspectives 2-6 players work together to solve a case in the information-sharing investigation game. Three cases are included, each in four acts. Each player hold key information, you just have to piece it together to win. The challenge – comb through photos, documents, reports and clues to solve the case… but only the holder of that information can look at it. Ages 12 and up. Plays in around 90 minutes.
Battlefront Miniatures – New World of Tanks vehicles United Kingdom – FV251B, United States – T57 Heavy Tank, USSR T-54 First Prototype and German Leopard 1. Each has a single model, tank card and 5 upgrade cards.
Beadle and Grimm – Classic Module Dice Collections each set has a polyhedral set with themed colors and iconography and an oversized d20. Also included are 4 collectible art cards, a 2 inch collectible coin and a felt lined bok style collectors box.
Sets include T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil, WGA4 Vecna Lives!, S1 Tomb of Horrors, S2 White Plume Mountain, S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and I6 Ravenloft.
Ares Games – War of the Ring the Card Game ; Fire & Swords an expansion adding new battlegrounds, characters, factions and a new type of location. It also accommodates 5-6 players with certain scenarios covering lower player counts
Scorpion Masque – Sky Team Turbulence 20 new scenarios, new approach tracks, altitude tracks, tokens rules and more.
Pegasus Spiele – I am Done A card game of silly play. Get the words ‘I am Done’ in front of you to win. Well, unless someone else manages a special victory condition before you. Includes 72 cards, rules and more.
Pegasus Spiele – Intarsia 2 to 4 players work to redesign the parquet floor of a popular cafe. Buy design elements, play them unto the floor to create the design and match requirements to gain extra materials, tools and more/ Ages 14 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes to an hour depending on players.
Vallejo – Fantasy Colors : Painting the Game Colors A handy book with reference on using Xpress and Game colors to create wonderful looking painted items. From barbarians to creatures, space soldiers and more. Tools and techniques for beginners and masters alike.
Game Force Nine – Gothic Sector Terrain three new terrain pieces for your 28mm scifi gaming experience. Includes Landing Pad, Listening Post and Sentry Gun.
Dungeons & Dragons dice for 5e D&D (2024) fifteen different class themed sets with thematic colors. Each set has a number of dice with the assorted determined by what the class would commonly use.
Hunters Entertainment – Geologist Primer a guide to real world metals, rocks and minerals as well as their magical properties. Mythology, folklore, crystal magic, occult and science information on the various materials. Everything your character might need as miner, collector, alchemist or magician. System agnostic toolkit for masters everywhere.
Here we are, another Friday night, another end of the week update! Yes, the auction may be just around the corner, but that isn’t stopping us from getting lots of cool new things in…
Fantasy Flight Games – Arkham Horror Living Card Game The Feast of Hemlock Vale Investigator Expansion – 5 different investigators, new player cards and more.
The Feast of Hemlock Vale Campaign Expansion -355 scenario cards and campaign guide for the Hemlock Vale storyline.
Cubicle Seven – Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay : Lustria a new continent with it’s own history, th cold blooded Old Ones, the great temple city of Tlaxtlan, Skeggi, a Norse foothold in the north, High Elven port, Dark Elf raiders, the Vampire Coast, new careers, settlement management, Lizardmen, playable Skink characters and more.
Skerples – The Monster Overhaul a massive roleplaying game bestiary designed for at table utility. Includes over 200 monsters, maps, artwork, random encounters, monster variants and source information. Minoturs need labyrinths, dragons need hoards, peasants need grievances. 300+ pages of material.
Indie Boards & Cards – Astro Knights Eternity cooperative deck building where players are AstroKnights working to defend the universe from threats. Unlike other deck builders, you don’t shuffle. Stack your deck to create combos and turn the tide against epic bosses. 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour.
ZMan Games – Bridgerton Love Letter 2-6 player card game – discover the true identity of Lady Whistledown while working to gain the Queens attention. Designed for ages 10 and up. Plays in around 20 minutes.
Cool Mini Or Not – Giant Spear Throwers for Song of Ice and Fire miniature game Includes 2 miniatures (male & female giant spear throwers) unit cards and movement trays.
Mongoose Publishing – Traveller : The Imperial Navy The senior service of the Imperium – the Imperial Navy – is the arm that has made the Third Imperium what it is. This sourcebook contains historical perspective, how the navy operates, how it’s organized, its bases, tactics, equipment and more. Includes the Old Expanse sector fleet, Tigress class dreadnought and much more.
Modiphius Entertainment – Dune : Desert Planet Adventure Compendium (volume 1) This set of adventures is designed to introduce players to Arrakis and the Imperial presence there. Includes 4 adventures previously available in only digital format, three new early campaign scenarios, new information on Arrakeen and more. Each adventure can be played alone or used as a single unified campaign.
RuneHammer – 5e Hardcore Mode Want to play 5e a new way? In this tome the idea that death is truly around every corner, magic can be powerful yet fickle, and a hero is defined by his actions, not his skills and stats is explored. These variant redefine the game to create a gritty world where the unknown still lurks and player get to experience a new take on adventuring in 5e. 60+ hardbound pages of ideas,variants and adventure.
Free League – Mutant Year Zero : Ad Astra As the apocalypse grips the planet below you float towards the orbital city – hoping to find a pocket of civilization untouched by cataclysm. This campaign module takes players into orbit, out to the solar system or even beyond. Usable as a standalone campaign or in conjunction with an ongoing story, this book provides new rules, new places, a look the solar system and much more. 130+ full color pages of people, places, things and ideas to extend your game To The Stars!
It’s true – there are a few more things – like the Star Wars : Shatterpoint force packs that have come in that didn’t get a full write up. Hopefully tomorrow…
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