Rich here on a dark and snowy Friday night showing off the new stuff for this week…

GMT Games – Wargames According to Mark
An Historians view of game design. A no holds barred dive into the mind of the game designer Mark Hermann. It’s looking at the situation as a historian, designer and game player and making all those different aspects and making them work together. 350+ pages with lots of information, ideas and background.

Multiman Publishing – ASL Journal #15
ASL Journal 15 is a 36-page magazine for Advanced Squad Leader and features articles, the latest errata and scenario updates in the Debriefing, 11 new scenarios printed on cardstock, and three overlay sheets (to replace the versions with no center dots that came in DOOMED BATTALIONS 4th edition) as well as 9 different articles on a number of topics.

Horrible Guild – Wilderfeast : You are What You Eat
(Collector’s Edition)
Includes the core rulebook, Collector’s Box, Wilderfeast core book, Adventurer’s Cookbook, The One Land map, Journal pack, Custom Dice Set (5xd6, 1xd8, 1xd20), Dice Bag, Combat Tracker, Event Timer, The Hunt – Monster Reference deck, The Trail – Area Reference deck, Technique and Condition, Reference deck, Guide screen

Horrible Guild – Wilderfeast : You are what You Eat (hardbound book)
a post apocalyptic supercontinent where food is magic. A vast world populated by kaiju like monsters inspired by paleontology & cryptozoology. You play as a Wilder – an outcast ranger who eats these beasts and gains powers. Part chef, part monster hunter they seek to be the force that keeps these monsters from destroying civilization. Includes the rules you need to create characters and play, monsters, encounters, an in game travel guide, GM notes and a four chapter adventure to use as a campaign start or stand alone mini adventure.

Gigamic – Zoomino
2/4 players (ages 4-7) work to create animals, take photos of real world animals you assemble. Plays in under 15 minutes.
Ares Games – War of the Ring Card Game Expansion – Fire and Swords
This expansion adds new battlegrounds, new factions and characters as well as a new location type to add new challenges and up to 6 total players in the game.

Archon Games – Small Samurai Empires
Players take on the role of Daimyo and attempt to capture as many provinces as possible to become Emperor of Japan. 2-4 players, Ages 13 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes. Give or take based on players.

Archon Games – Small Samurai Empires : Rise of Tokugawa
Add a fifth player to the action – or play solo with the mechanics in the new expansion.

AK Interactive – Starship (Scifi Vehicles) Techniques
Tips and Tricks on painting, weathering, masking, airbrushing, patterns and more.

CMON – Metal Gear Solid the Board Game
1-4 players work to infiltrate Shadow Moses, take down the terrorists and stop the nuclear launch. Includes a 14 mission campaign, each mission taking an hour to hour and a half to play. Includes figures, cardboard boxes, terrain tiles, cards, tokens, rules and more.

Pazio new items :
Pathfinder Flipmat : Fungal Forest
double sided, full color laminated 24×30 swamp and fungal forest maps

Starfinder Flipmat : Space Station
Double sided full color interior map for a couple of different Space Station areas. Docking bay, mess hall, cargo hold, etc. All laminated and ready to go.

Pathfinder2e – Spore War : Whispers in the Dirt
This new adventure path is designed for 11th-13th level characters, ready to opposed the demon Treerazor in his conquest of the Elven realm of Kyonin. Can you stand against the demon armies and foil his plan?

Pathfinder 2e – War of the Immortals (Pocket Book)
new classes, rules, abilities and more for characters who have reached mythic proportions of power.

Renegade Games – Geologist Primer
A guide to real world metals, magical properties. Mythology, folklore and crystal magic meet science and the occult. A guide for miners, collectors, alchemists, magicians, as well as s system agnostic toolkit for game masters with tips for including gems in your game worlds

CMON – Nyakuza
2-4 players (ages 10 and up) where you attempt to establish a fishing empire, open seafood stalls, get the ships to sea and be the top cat of Oki-Yo Bay . Plays in about 45 minutes.

CMON – Ethnos 2nd edition
1-6 players compete to become the next Emperor of Ethons. Recruit Allies, send out parties, gain prestige and become Emperor.

CMON – Nova Era
Become a Ruler and develop your Civilization dodging disasters, dark ages, other civilizations attempts to thwart your growth, civil unrest and other hazards. Expand your territories, enlist the help of famous personalities, research new technologies and rise up from your barbarous roots. Ages 12 and up. 2-4 players, plays in around an hour.

Atlas Games – Guide to Dream Travel
This bed time story generator can help parents craft a story worthy of fantastic dreams. Prompts, random tables and full color illustrations.

Come Here! – City Explorer Kyoto
a card game taking you around the city of Kyoto in Japan. Plan your vacation, decide if you want to visit locations in depth and score points based on your trip. Includes 35 location cards, starting player card and rule book.

Come Here! – City Explorer Tainan
a card game taking you around the city of Tainan in Japan. Plan your vacation, decide if you want to visit locations in depth and score points based on your trip. Includes 35 location cards, starting player card and rule book.

Well, it happens to be Wednesday and we happened to get our UK miniature magazines. So… here we are.

Miniature Gaming Magazines :
Wargames Illustrated #445 – Boats, Building and Bases. Painting and Modeling Projects. Features Age of Chivalry for SAGA (a new universe), Carlist War action, Airfix highland Infantry models, Bronze Age scenery, new releases, Silver Bayonet in Canada, Never Mind the Matchlocks, Beorn’s House, making Galleys and more.

Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy #133 – Death or Glory : Charging into Combat.
Seleucids stomp Ptolemics, Charge of the Light Brigade, Battle of Bouvines, Panzers at Prokhorovka, playing Midgard, painting Epic Hail Caesar Romans, reviews, how to use Warlord Games ruins to create awesome scenery, battle reports, game ideas and more.

Miniature Wargames #501 – A Jumble of features in this issue.
How to scratch build Star War terrain with found items, three Wild West scenarios, a First Age battle using the new Midgard rules, how to paint Wargames Atlantic Sneakfeet miniatures (and a sprue of them too), figure and rules reviews and more.

Miniature Wargames #500 – Werwolves!
there is a lot more to the magazine than that, but more importantly, if you picked up a copy from us, come back in and ask us for your Werewolf sprue. The issue shipped without, but we have them now.

Squidmar Paint Sets :
Squidmar Miniatures and Vallejo paints – could there be a better combination? We don’t think there is and are very pleased to announce that Emil and Lukas have carefully curated three paint sets from the new Vallejo range.

These sets include paints that Squidmar studio frequently uses in their videos, helping hobbyists replicate techniques, styles, and color schemes. Ideal for both beginners and experienced painters!

Fantasy Paint Set has a dozen colors and an Orc/Goblin witch miniature.

Essential Set has a dozen colors and a Dwarf character

Dark Future Set comes with a dozen paints and a female elven spear armed warrior

It’s Rich with our first Weekly Round Up of 2025!

Shipping has finally caught up (mostly) with our orders – so here is a quick update with a number of the fine bits of merchandise that has come in.

Osprey Publishing – new books :
Air Campaign #51 – South Atlantic 1982 (Carrier campaign in the Falklands War)

Campaign #411 – Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket 1944 (Encirclement of Hube’s 1st Panzer)

Combat Aircraft #155 – Me262 Units in Combat

Elite #258 – Gladiators 1st-5th Centuries AD

Elite #259 – The Athenian Army 507-322 BC

New Vanguard #335 – Soviet Tanks at Kursk 1943

The Men at Arms #560 – Ground Forces in the Korean War North Korean & Chinese Volunteers.

Osprey Games – Silver Bayonet : Italy Shades of Calabria expansion (back in stock)

Wizards with Laser Rifles – The Spike of Dosku (for DCC)
This setting is DCC compatible and includes three unique classes, a 0 level funnel adventure, an introduction to a campaign adventure arc and original monsters as well. Designed as a 0 level funnel adventure the characters are set in Silam, a nation wacked by civil war. A brief history of the world is provided along with an overland map and enough information to run your own campaign.

Mongoose Press – ‘This is the Free Trader Beowulf’ A System history of Traveller …and more. From Travellers release in the 70s to its first fall, rebirth and current status..Learn about all the third party supplements, GDW, Megatraveller, Traveller the New Era, T4, T5 and much, much more.

Goodman Games – How to write adventure modules that don’t suck
The title says it all. Drawing on 15+ years of adventure design, this book provides advice, tips and ideas on how to go about putting together good adventures.150+ pages of material.

Metis Creative – Historica Arcanum (back in stock!)
Era of the Crusades – a setting guide for 5e recreating the Crusades in a fantasy bend. Includes Cario and Jeruseleum in all it’s glory, unique subclasses, Deck of the Damned artifact, Knightly Orders, a Grand Bestiary and more.

The Sigil of Jerusalem – a stand alone adventure module set in the Crusades Era with branching narrative paths, massive dungeons, in depth character creation and more.

Rock Manor Games – Set a Watch : Forsaken Isles – Set a Watch expansion set and

Rock Manor Games – Set a Watch : Doomed Run
an expansion for Set a Watch wi=hich takes the game in it’s entirety and creates a replayable campaign.

Goodman Games – DCC The Purple Planet : Tome of Adventure #4
includes 7 adventures, new monsters, relics, tombs, magic, NPCs and more.

Goodman Games – Tome of Adventure Volume 3 – Lankhmar
seven different adventures, a Dozen Lankhmar Locations supplement, Patron information and more in a single hardbound volume.

Space Cowboys – Inori
Villages are built under the Sacred Tree, coexisting with the benevolent (yet jealous) Spirits. Make offering to the Spirits, try to gain favor and make your village thrive and attempt to become the Keeper of the Sacred Tree. 2-4 players, ages 10 and up. Plays in under and hour.

Tin Robot Games – Bunny Drops
A Fliperoo & Bunny Poo game. Players race to feed their furry friends while trying to avoid leftover food and unswept droppings. Try to satisfy your furry friends unique dietary needs, keep the playfield clean and be the ultimate bunny caretaker.2-6 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in as little as 15 minutes to a hour depending on players.

Pill Box Games – Side Effects – 2-8 players, ages 14 and up.

Critical Kit – two 5e one shot adventures
High Stakes (an airborne heist) and City of a Hundred Ships (seafaring political intrigue)

each adventure provides adventure ideas and everything you need to run them. Background, adventure hooks, NPCs and more – in a concise format.

Swordfish Islands – Knave 2nd edition
A comprehensive toolkit for GMs with a flexible classless ruleset, a game that allows schemes, strategies and adventure seeking as well as OSR adventure gaming.

Melsonian Arts Council – Whalgr Avaak’s Warehouse : an adventure for Troika!
The cruel Logistics Wizard is dead. But his warehouse holds many secrets, oozing with adventure and soaked in danger, this book brings you to the rotten roots of British Fantasy Gaming.

Exalted Funeral – Owlmanac
a guide to fur & feathers in the Shadowdark RPG. ShadOwl Dark, ShadowPork, ShadowBark and ShadowDuck. Anthropomorphic races and classes for Shadowdark RPG, magic, potions and much more.

Exalted Funeral – Ballad of Oraed
a fantasy world for Old School Essentials with over 230 pages of information and tons of art. Nine different chapters allow you to explore Oraed, a bestiary provides bunches of foes, a detailed atlas provides information about the geography, detailed illustrations help visualize the denizens. Travel to visit the ever elusive Snake Elves, track down the Wish Wyrm to gain a boon, beware the lands vampires rule, giants and dragons run rampant and gaze in awe at fossils the size of mountains.

It’s a chilly night, but we’ve got a bunch of hot new releases to warm you up!

Ares Games – War of the Ring 2nd edition
Colored Plastic Rings Core Set and Expansion set accessories
Each pack comes with colored rings for pieces to show allegiance. 

Plaid Hat Games – Learning RPG dice set
a full 7 die polyhedral set with a ‘cheat sheet’/character name card to show the player die types and other participants your character name on the opposite side of the tent.

UVS Games – Universes : Star Trek Lower Decks
each deck includes all the cards you need to play, 2 character cards, 6 all foil card collector booster t9 customize your deck and hours of fun. Selection includes Brad Boimler, D’Vanna Tendi, Beckett Mariner and Sam Rutherford.

Loke LLC – Luxury RPG Greeting Cards
12 cards with 2 different art designs. Includes a dozen envelopes as well.

Pandasurus – Pixies
2-5 players, ages 8 and up. Match creatures to core points in this fun woodland game.

Flat River Group – Lord of the Rings : Similo
Players have 5 rounds to locate the secret card. One player gives the clues without speaking, the rest of the players work to figure them out. Plays in under 15 minutes.

Iello – King of Tokyo : Origins
2-4 players compete in this intro game to the popular King of series. Roll your dice, deal out smashes, heal your monster, get new powers and become King of Tokyo! Ages 8 and up. Plays in about 30 minutes.

Wizkids Games – new Heroclix sets

Heroclix Iconix – First Appearance of Spiderman
Includes Spiderman with a thug, Peter Parker the wrestler, game cards and collectors box.

Heroclix Iconix – Trigon and Raven
Trigon, the living embodiment of evil, Raven his daughter in forms not seen as Heroclix prior. Includes game cards and a handy collectors box.

Hall or Nothing – Kreel Manor : Dungeon Crawl Card Game
Choose 1 of 3 heroes to explore death dealing dungeons. Includes 10 different scenarios for you to overcome in your quest for riches, glory and the secret of Kreel Manor. Designed for ages 14 and up. Plays with 1 to 3.   Plays in around 30 minutes per player. Rules, Book of Fables, dice, token and Hero Boards along with 429 full color cards. 

Hall or Nothing – Path of Song : Melody Scribe expansion
Wield the power of song and sword as a Melody Scribe. Incudes a double sided hero card, and 60+ game cards. Includes Songs whose powers remain in play, new hero skills, new assets and a new story deck.

Hall or Nothing – Path of the Dead : Necromaner expansion
Summon defeated enemies to fight with you with this powerful hero. Includes a double sided hero card, and 60+ game cards. Includes new ways to overcome threats, new hero skills, new assets and a new story deck. 

Soulmuppet Publishing – Best Left Buried : Doomsayers Guide to Horror
This Doomsayer’s guide gives you guidelines and procedures form running games, advice for creating dungeons and a toolbox of alternate rules. Information about the thirteen Duchies of Lendal, lore and hexcrawl adventure : The Lowhills of Internment

Soulmuppet Publishing – Best Left Buried : The Hunters Guide to Monsters
Information on creating and using monsters, monster Mythology, Monster Templates and a sizable Bestiary. New Adaptations and Rules for creating Monstrous Treasure from corpses are included too.

Soulmuppet Publishing – Best Left Buried : Cryptdiggers Guide to Survival
The Crypt Digger is a professional Delver, entering monster-infested Crypts seeking riches. Those who survive the experience are changed, oft times resembling the Crypts themselves, broken and diminished. This guide helps you navigate the world, create characters, has equipment lists and the core mechanics. There is a short chapter explaining monsters as well.

Pazio – Pathfinder 2e Triumph of the Tusk story arc : Adventure 3 Destroyer’s Doom
This Orc focused adventure is designed for 9th level characters and the final chapter in the saga.

Hit Point Press – Fool’s Gold : Into the Bellowing Wilds
a 5e D&D campaign setting in the world of Ambria. Discover powerful crystals, explore perilous jungles and deal with deadly challenges. There are 4 new races (Beastfolk, spiderfolk, tecno-elves and rocky Mohsnians). 8 new subclasses, monsters and NPCs are provided. The included adventure takes players from level 5 to 15. Enter the Bellowing Wilds at your peril!

Hit Point Press – Humblewood Tales
a new adventure book for Humblewood using the 5e mechanics. 200+ pages of Lore, monsters, NPCs, feats, magic and more. Learn about the mystical Tree City of Alderheart, the Druid order of Tenders, shops, merchants and more.    

 Lucky Duck Games – Nestlings
1-4 players compete in a diverse ecosystem to gather unique resources, feed your Nestling and score Gathering Goals. A strategy game for ages 10 and up. Plays in 30 to 60 minutes.

Hey everyone!
The first of the Battletech Mercenaries miniatures are here!

We haven’t gotten it all in yet, but we should be seeing books, pins, maps, salvage boxes and more in the coming days.

Keep your eyes open and tabs on the website and Facebook page for updates!

Its a post holiday (or pre-holiday depending on your view) Friday night with a whole lotta chill in the air and new items in store…

Goodman Games – Dungeon Crawl Classics modules
Trails of the Trapmaster Tomb (DCC#106) – a level 0 adventure
Fate’s Fell Hand (#78)- a level 2 adventure
Dying Earth #9 – Time Tempests at the Nameless Rose (level 2 adventure)
DCC – Against the Thieves Guild (level 2 adventure)
Fifth Edition Adventures #26 – Against the Thieves Guild (4th level 5e D&D adventure)
Grimtooth’s Old School Traps (hardbound DCC sourcebook)
Grimtooth’s Old School Traps (hardbound 5e sourcebook)

Compatible with DCC modules
Horse Shark Games – DCC Compatible level 0 adventure – The House of Red Doors
Per Aspera Games – DCC Compatible level 2 adventure – A Fairly Odd Tale

OSR Gaming Parody Sourebooks
Gaming Honors – Mid-Life Monster Manual
from AARPiercer to W(e)ight over 35 parody monsters encountered in middle age. Illustrated and having OSR statistics.

Flying Frog Games – Shadows of Brimstone Alt Gender Hero Packs
* Valley of the Serpent Kings (4 heroes, character sheets, game cards and tokens)
* Gates of Valhalla (4 heroes, character sheets, cards & tokens)

Northstar Games – Cultists II (20 hard plastic female multi-part miniatures)
parts are compatible across the Northstar Miniatures kits so you can use them to customize i a myriad of ways.

Space Cowboys – new Splendor items
Splendor Duel – a 2 player version of Splendor ages 10+. Plays in about 30 minutes (OK, not new, but back in stock)

Splendor : The Silk Road – Includes 7 double sided city tiles, 20 trading post tiles, rules and Noble tile to add more options to your Splendor board game.

Sand Castle Games – Res Arcana Duo
this 2 person game pits the players against each other in a card based game of trying to become the best alchemical mage. Create artifacts, acquire places of power, claim magical monuments and gain the most prestige. Ages 14 and up. Plays in half an hour or so.

Lucky Duck Games – Toriki : Castaway Island
1-4 players (ages 8 and up) work together in this immersive game to try to survive and thrive on the island after being shipwrecked. Scan & Play technology to create an interactive game. Pause and save at any time. Requires an app install and a camera, no internet connection required to play.

Czech Games Edition – Little Alchemists
2-4 players attempt to create alchemical formulas by deducing the ingredients and experimentation. Sell your finished products and become to best Little Alchemist. Differing levels of difficulty are possible. An app guides you in order to learn play. Ags 7 and up. Plays in around 30 minutes.

Naughty Dog – The Last of Us : Escape the Dark
An atmospheric survival board game set in the world of the video game Last of Us. Craft items, plat iconic characters and create a story of survival in each game. Ages 14 and up. 1 to 5 players, aes 14 and up.

Blaster Game ‘Magazine’
Each issue of Blaster supplies a complete game.
Volume 5 – Dead by Lead – Miniature Skirmish game setin the Old West by Alex C Van Allen
Volume 6 – Slip Runners – miniature space ship game by Andy Chambers and Gav Thorpe.

Strange Attractor Press – Appendix N
a revised and expanded tory anthology from the roots of Dungeons & Dragons

Cocaine Owl Bear – Deluxe Edition
A rules lite RPG allowing you to become a sentient woodland creature (perhaps even a mythical one) that comes across and ingests something that just, well, sets it off. Use information gained from a courier to find more of the enchanted dust to continue your shenanigans.

Chaosium Inc – HP Lovecrafts At the Mountains of Madness (for beginning readers)
a large format hardbound, full color reader bringing the story of the Mountains of Madness on a Suess-ian style.

Arc Dream Publishing – God’s Breath
a new scenario able to be added to God’s Teeth or on it’s own. Beware the ‘alien worms’ and other oddities that have shown up around Denver County Jail. Investigate and deal with it.

Mongoose Publishing – Paranoia : 404 Compendium
130+ pages of kickstarter material not available to the public (who didn’t get it from Kickstarter) until now.

Wargaming Magazines –
Wargames Illustrated # 444 – Winter War : Frozen Battles through the Centuries, a preview of Two Fat Lardies Midgard rules, a look at the best games at Partizan 2024 and more.

Miniature Wargames # 500 – Wild West gunfights, Fangorn’s Edge, Rohirim vs Orcs in Oathmark, WW2 French Resistance actions and Werewolves, reviews, ideas and other stuff.

Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy #132 – Sherman’s March to the Sea, Bolt Action 3e, Russian vs Tlingit forces in Alaska, medieval boar hunting and more,

MCCM – Kingdoms and Warfare a 5e D&D sourcebook
Rules for administering domains, conducting warfare and intrigue as well as new monsters, magic and more.

MCCM – Strongholds and Followers 5e D&D sourcebook
260 pages of rules and source materials for creating strongholds, gaining followers, new monsters, simple warfare rules, sieges, class specific rules, example actions and more.

MCCM – Flee Mortals! The MCCM monster book
390+ pages of 5e D&D monsters. With creatures, environmental rules, villain parties and new psionic powers among other things. Illustrations, statistics, write ups and background for everyone.

MCCM _ Where Evil Lives : The Book of Boss Battles
300+ pages of lairs with maps, treasures, stat blocks, new rules and more to add meaningful Bosses to your campaign.

Painting War – a series of books covering a certain theater/force and how to paint forces for that. New issues cover Dark Ages (a revised version), Franco/Prussian War, United Kingdom forces in WW2 as well as French & Indian War. Guides, techniques and more.

Indie Press Games –
We just got a large restock of Indie games
Thousand Year old Vampire, 500 year Old Vampire, Eat the Reich (Vampires out to destroy Nazis in WW2), Whispers in the Walls (solo horror journalling RPG), The Long Road – a ‘backwards’ RPG where you tell the tale of the successful quest after you’ve already succeeded, Hometown Holiday (the Hallmark Channel RPG), Under the Autumn Strangely (pastoral horror in an anachronistic America that Never Was) and many more.