Yes, it’s true. This last week has seen so much in weather variations, holidays, closed business and just a wee bit of chaos. Subsequently, things have landed in store in droves.

So without further hyberbole…

DMDave Publishing – Just Passing Through (No Time-To-Prep books) Inns & Taverns
20 Inns and Taverns for any Fantasy RPG. Includes a map, a key to the locations and information about staff, regulars and more.

DMDave Publishing – The Trapped Tomb (5e Adventure Module)
Scalable for 3rd through 11th level characters and setting agnostic, this old school dungeon romp has surprises lurking in every shadow. A challenge for any who enter with even seasoned adventurers needing to stay on their toes.

Osprey Games – Pressure : Industrial Science Fiction RolePlaying
Investigate organized crime, neutralize rogue weapon research, negotiate with rebels and hunt down whatever it is ou on the fringe that threatens order. Special Operation Squads do it all from the Deep Black to Hypercities. Rules light and story focused this game of law, order and survival in a corrupt and corporate world.

Cubicle Seven – Doctor Who : Sixty Years of Adventure Volume one
Bringing you information on the classic doctors, their companions and adversaries this book presents a ton of background information as well as an epic new series of adventures – A Lustre of Starlight. Information on the first 8 doctors, lots of photos, game information and so much more.

9th Level Games – Return to the Dark Tower : Mazes Compatible
Powered by the Polymorph system this RPG challenges you to retake the Dark Tower, now ruled by evil. Raise armies, vanquish foes and unearth ancient lore. 2to6 players, ages 13 and up.

Chaosium Inc – Alone Against the Static
A solo 1990s CoC adventure. includes two different characters to play, a new Mythos Entity and horror from beyond.

Lookout Games – High Season : a Grand Hotel Roll & Write game
2-4 players (ages 12 and up) run a prestigious hotel in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century. Bring on staff, meet the needs of your clientele and out do the competition in this contest. Plays in around an hour.

CMON – Baratheon Halbrediers for Song of Ice & Fire minis game
11 Halbrediers, bannerman, movement tray and unit card.

CMON – Umber Ravagers for Song of Ice and Fire miniature game
4 mounted miniatures, unit card and movement tray

Atomic Mass Games – Genosian Warriors
7 miniatures, unit and upgrade cards, tokens and rules sheet for Legion

Atomic Mass Games – Sun Fac & Poggle the Lesser
Commander and Operative for Legion with minis, cards, tokens and rules.

Rookie Mage Games – Nuns with Nunchucks
As a prospective world dictator you need to build your army and find out that all the other want to be dictators seem to have gotten all the good troops. Under your keen leadership and iron fist you must take the rejects that remain and mold them into the most formidable force possible. Designed for 2-4 players, ages 15 and up. Plays in as little as 15 minutes, but usually longer with more players.

LetsAllPlay.com – 9 Lives
This trick taking game challenges you to predict the number of tricks you will win. As you succeed you will gain cards. Fail and lose them. Claim victory in this game before your nine lives run out.

Lone Shark Games – Lord$ of Vegas : Underworld
An expansion of gangsters and grifters for Lord$ of Vegas. Use the underworld to help line your pockets while you grow your empire. Open a blackjack hall. Bet with Sammy the Snail, attend a Burlesque review and other ‘street level’ activities.

Gamers Grass – Battle Ready Bases : Desert of Maahl
resin pre-painted, pre-terrained 3d bases representing a dry desert area. Includes sand, drifts, cacti, cracked earth,  plant tufts, lizards, rocks and more. Come in 25mm round, 32mm round, 40mm round, 50mm round, 60mm round, 10mm round, 60mm oval, 75mm oval, 90mm oval and 120mm oval sizes.    

Goliath Coins – two sided display coins with display stands
Each metal coin is 70mm in diameter (about 2 ¾”) with art in full relief front and different picture on the back. Display them as art, use them as first player game tokens, advantage chits, Pokemon coin flip coin, mulligan markers or whatever your heart desires. Includes art from Frank Frazetta, the Cthuhlu Mythos, mythological personalities, monsters and RPG classes. Complete with acrylic display stand.

New GMT Games
Tanto Monta – Rise of Ferdinand & Isabella 1470-1516
This 4 player game features conflict on the Iberian Peninsula between Spain, Portugal, France and Muslim forces. Players vie for control and attempt to build a unified empire using military force, diplomacy, royal weddings to wield their influence. Ongoing exploration and other events can change the face of the contest. Using the engine from Here I Stand, land combat has been enriched with new units and rules.  Takes from 3 to 7 hours based on scenario. Ages 14 and up.

Norman Conquests – Conflicts of the Normans and their Successors 1053-1265
The latest addition to the Men of Iron series,  this installment is quick to learn and easy to master. Scenarios last from 1 to 3 hours. Solitaire play is supported and 7 different battle scenarios are supplied. Game play is continual with no turns, just the opportunity to take the initiative and take over play. 2 players, ages 14 and up.

Banish All their Fears – Bayonet & Musket series Vol 1
Neerwinden, July 29, 1693 and Blenheim, August 13, 1704 are presented in this initial game release in this series. Designed to highlight the late 1600 and early 1700 where firepower becomes the primary force on the battlefield and command and control becomes a more challenging facet. Designed for 2 players, ages 14 and up. Scenarios take from 3 to 7 hours.

Plum Island Horror – Cooperative Horror Game
1-4 players (ages 14 and up) take on control of different factions on the island. A superstorm has slammed into the island and a secret biological laboratory has been compromised. Now the island is plunged into an apocalyptic nightmare. Players all need to work together to avert a horrible crisis with careful coordination and strategic foresight. Plays in about 45 minutes per player. 

Vallejo – 36 new Xpress Paints and new Drybrush sets are here.
-The Xpress line gets filled out with many new colors as well as a selection of ‘Intense’ highly pigmented paints to use as a base for your paint projects. Also, the new Vallejo brush line has been restocked as well as gaining a new Drybrush set. 
Dirty Down Weathering Paints & Sprays
We’ve got the paint on weathering solutions (Rust, Yellow Rust, Moss & Verdigrs) along with the Weathering Sprays in store to help you finish your painting projects.

Chronicle Paint Brush Sets (Kolinsky Sable, Teklon Drybrush and Wolf Bristle Brush Sets) are in stock as well as the Chronicle Brush Soap tins! Now you have even more options for paint application along with brush cleaning.

Osprey Publishing New Books!
Combat # 76 – Barbarian Warrior vs Roman Legionary 165-180 AD
Duel # 134 – Harpoon Missile vs Surface Ship US Navy vs Libya & Iran 1986-88
Duel # 133 – Coalition Armor vs Iraqi Forces – Iraqi 2003-2006
Campaign 398 – Port Arthur 1904-1905 – The first modern Siege
Men at Arms 553 – The Union Army 1861-1865 (vol 1) Regular Army & Territories
Men at Arms 554 – Czechoslovak Armies 1939-1945

It’s been snowy, rainy, cold, warm, sunny and chaotic all week long. But, we’ve finally gotten a chance to get a compilation of releases together to present to you.

Avalon Hill – Betrayal : The Yuletide Tale
a holiday themed expansion for Betrayal at the House on the Hill. Interact with the explorers from the base game with 2 new characters, new haunts, room tiles and game cards. 

Rio Grande Games – Druids of the Elements
2-8 players take on the role of a Druid and companion venture into the forests to find magic gems, harness the forces of nature and active Runes to become Archdruid of the Sacred Forest. Ages 14 and up. Plays in 30 minutes to around 2 hours depending on the number of players.

3WS Games – Mission Control Critical Orbit
a roll & write space rescue game for 2 to 4 players. Work together to get the crew of the damaged Mercury III rocket home safely. Ages 12 and up. Takes about half an hour.

Korea Board Games – Coffee Rush
2-4 player (ages 8 and up) compete to be the best Barista. Get orders completed and to customers while garnering ‘likes’. Plays in around half an hour.

Han im Gluck – El Grande
This area control game challenges the players, as members of the nobility of 15th Century Spain, to send out knights, sabotage your opponents, influence the king and weave intrigues to set up your victory. Includes 2 mini expansions and additional action cards. 2-5 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in about 90 minutes.

Wizards of the Coast – The Deck of Many Things
The Book of Many Things, 192 page book from players and DMs alike, The Deck of Many Things, 66 card deck and an 80 page hardcover reference guide showcasing each card in the expanded deck. Includes advice, adventure locations, new monsters as well as character options, magic items, organizations and other enhancements for D&D 5E.

Ninth Level Games – Mazes Reforged
a new take on classic fantasy dungeon RPG. With a single polyhedral die and your imagination can you defeat the Maze Controller with Swords, Sorcery and Shadow. Fast, easy to master and fun to play. Adventure in this world, if you dare.

Renegade Games – My Little Pony Dark Skies over Equestria.
an epic campaign for characters level 1 to 5. Six adventures, new threats, new monsters, Changelings, new spells, Influences, Perks and the challenge of saving Ponyville.

Space Penguin Ink – Beyond the Silver Scream for DCC
Teens from the classic RPGs of the 70s and 80s are thrown into the gritty world of DCC. Nostalgia, intrigue and More.

Buried Key – Lost Roads : Climate Migration in a Bygone Era
a fantasy roleplaying game where civilization has fallen and now your community travels in search of the resources and space to begin anew. Can you overcome everything in your path to save your people? Designed for 2-5 players. Can be run as a 3-4 hour one shot or a full campaign.

Oops, All Draculas – a horror RPG where your exploration of the spooky house at the end of the block is full of… Draculas. Choose an Archetype, minion, your home and world and live in the night as a Dracula!

Pocket Quest  : Delivered – a solo journaling RPG of intergalactic package delivery.

Weird City Games – Leaf
1 to 4 players work as the spirit of the wind to guide the leaves to the forest floor to prepare for winter. Try to be the spirit who contributes the most to the forest to attract animals, grow mushrooms and gain sun and leaf. Takes 30 to 45 minutes to play. Ages 10 and up.

Weird City Games – Leaf : Season on the Bear expansion
add ally powers, season events and new animals.

Dranda Games – Pioneer Rails- an Old West flip & write game.
Connect surrounding features in unique ways to score points , build a poker hand and try to create the best railway in the Old West. 1-80 players, ages 10 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes.

Jay Zee Games – Chroma Mix
Play cards to gain colors, mix the colors to create synergies and find one of the six ways to win. For 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in about 30 minutes.

Golden Lasso Games – Decuma
R&D for your RPG to help you create key locations, character connections and setting conflicts. Pair with any RPG, this game aid is system independent.

Osprey Games – Stargrave : Bold Endeavor
this new supplement focuses on the ships that serve as players homes, headquarters and transport. Upgrades, crew assignments, a ship damage system, along with new powers, abilities and encounters are all provided along with 5 new scenarios to explore.

Wargames Illustrated 433 – Parthians, Never Mind the Billhooks, Operation Ikarus (Nazis invade Iceland), Army Painter Fanatic paints and more.

Miniature Wargames 489 – Lords of Chaos Stargrave scenario, Command Decision combat in Australia, Russian Civil War explained scratch building gates, speed painting space dwarves and more.

Wargames Soldiers & Strategy #127 – Smash, Grab and Get the Hell Out : Raids throughout history, buildings from foam core, Simcoe’s Rangers, playing a War Transformed and more.      

Devil Pig Games – Heroes of Normandie (Big Red One Edition)
A wargame in the style of the classic Hollywood WW2 movies. From a Bridge too Far to Kelly’s Heroes this wargame creates scenarios for players to pit US and Nazi forces against each other in high octane combat. Designed for 2 players, ages 14 and up. Each scenario plays in about an hour.

Worthington Games – Bismarck Solitaire Deluxe Edition
Command the Bismarck in the challenge of opposing the Royal Navy, hunting shipping and roaming the seas threating Britain’s naval lifeline. Ages 14 and up. Plays within an hour.

Hit’em with a Shoe Games – Red Burnoose Algeria 1857
French armies threaten the Kabyle villagers in the Djurdjura mountain region. Play cooperatively as the Red Burnoose, working to kick the invaders out of your homes. 1-4 players,ages 14 and up. Plays in 60 to 90 minutes.

Gigamech Games – Freezing Inferno : Russia vs Finland 1939-40
A medium level hex & counter game with unique battle mechanism, a lot of strategy, some diplomacy and a number of features specific to the harsh winter conditions of the setting.

Osprey Games – General Orders : World War II
A grand tactical game set in World War II. Balance the need to seize strategic assets with use of airpower, artillery and other means of seizing the vulnerable headquarters. A compact and elegant two player game combining a traditional wargame along with worker placement mechanics.  

Renegade Games – London Falling : World of Darkness chronicle
Set in London of 2012 the 5e Vampire the Masquerade chronicle puts you into the midst of Operation Antigen, the possible return of a god, a search for artifacts and much more…

Cubicle Seven – Doctor Who Sixty Years of Adventure (Volume 2)
Information on the adventures of the Doctor to the end of the Time War and an exploration of the Doctor’s past. Includes the modern Doctors, companions and adversaries, sixty years of adventures, an epic new series connecting all the Doctors and lots of pictures from the series too.

Modiphius Entertainment – Fallout Wasteland Warfare Nuka-World
53 new units, new AI cards, 8 new perks, new weapons, events, region rules, 5 new scenarios, a new campaign system, new sub-factions, painting guides and more!

Sigil-Entertainment – S5E : Superheroic Roleplaying for 5E
a guidebook loaded with content allowing you to create, equip and play the superhero of your dreams. 

Sigil-Entertainment – S5E : Midnight City
a setting for S5E designed for the Iron Age of comics and provides a four-color setting where street level heroes clash with gangs & criminals. Includes generation tools, stronghold & safehouse rules and more.

Sigil-Entertainment – S5E : AOR Augmented Operative Registry
50+ superpowered people with backgrounds, statistics and abilities ready for your S5E game.

Space Penguin Ink – Prison of the Forsaken Bear God
a DDC compatible adventure for 2 to 5 sixth level characters.

Mongoose Publishing – Vehicles of the Frontier for 2300AD
over 100 unique vehicles from bicycles to main battle tanks. Construction equipment, advanced combat walkers and others. Alien vehicles are included as well with designs from the Kaefers, Pentapods, Sung and Ebers. Design and customization rules, walker options and support for the upcoming Invasion campaign, providing vehicles involved in the war with the Kaefers.

Did you make a resolution to get new, quality brushes ?
Promise yourself you are going to take care of them?

Guess what we’ve got… brushes!

Not just brushes – the new Acrylicos Vallejo brushes in store now!

‘Pro Modeler’ high quality natural round brushes,
‘Detail’ range of synthetic brushes
‘Precision’ range of triangular handled synthetic brushes
‘Effects’ brushes – flat synthetic brushes
‘Blender’ flat, angled synthetic brushes
‘Shader’ synthetic filberts for washes & filters
‘Dry Brush’ dense natural hair brushes
‘Weathering Round’ Synthetic round for texture effects
‘Weathering Flat’ Synthetic flat brushes for texture effects.

48 new brushes to help you get that painting done.

AND… for all your magnet needs – we’ve brought in MAGCRAFT magnets as well. More than you might have thought you wanted, but certainly adding to the chance of you finding what you need.

Rich here with a quick update of the items we have gotten in right before…. we take a day off on Monday!

Hero Games – Champions Complete – the full Champions rules, all in one book.

Hero Games – Champions Now 
-the core rules from the first release of Champions, redesigned to bring it to the vision of long time player and author of other games, Ron Edwards. A system to do what you want with no constraints. Not only rules but ideas on running a campaign, creating your own genre and many examples of how the system defines a number of heroes and villains from literature to help you create your own.

DMDave Publishing – Horror RPG
Using the Year Zero Engine, this RPG puts the characters into a world of supernatural terrors and life threatening situations. Make the right choices and you just might manage to make it out alive in this immersive horror rpg.

DMDave Publishing – The Diner : Scenario book for Horror RPG
a 1980s themed scenario set with a number of threats to provide an evenings entertainment.

Pazio – Pathfinder 2e Season of Ghosts : No Breath to Cry
adventure 3 of 4 continuing the quest to lift the curse upon Willowshore. Can you help your hometown or will the winter stop you cold… levels 7- 9.

Frog God Games –  The Orcus Hoilday Special
three holiday themed adventures for 5e D&D featuring your most favorite demon lord… Orcus.
How Orcus Stole Christmas, Orcus in a Winter Wonderland and Orcus on 34th Level

Ares Games –  War of the Ring : Kings of Middle Earth
two new types of Characters, Sovereigns of the Free Peoples and Dark Chieftains of the Shadow Hosts. 3 new Characters, 8 new miniatures, special action dice, counters, rules & more.

Ares Games – Sword & Sorcery Myths of the Arena
includes 3 new game modes, including side quests, competitive multi-player and survival modes.New enemies, map tiles, items, story driven quest and much, much more.

Square root of 8 – Die of the Dead
2 to 5 players work to guide the souls of the Dead back to the Land of the Living. Unique game play combines dice, memory and tactics in a race. Ages 14 and up, plays in under an hour.

Rio Grande – Shipyard
1-4 players work to build fleets, hire crews and power commerce, industry and naval supremacy. Ages 14 and up, plays in between an hour or two depending on players.

Restoration Games – Unmatched Adventures : Heroes vs Villain
Includes 4 heroes and 2 villains allowing cooperative play of any hero from the game (or others) to band together against a giant monster (Mothman) or alien invasion (Martian Invader). Included in this set are Anne Christmas, Jill Trent, Nikola Tesla and the Golden Bat.

GMT Games – new releases
The Last Hundred Yards : Russian Front (volume 4)
new map tiles, missions and mind set is required while fighting as the Soviets in the new expansion. Required all previous games to play all the missions.

Fire on the Lake : Sovereign of Discord
new scenarios to extend play between 1 and 4 players taking the game back to 1961 or 1963 for a different start to Fire in the Lake after playing SoD. New events, new new rules and the ability to play the full war from 1961-1975 using Fire in the Lake, SoD and FitL : Fall of Saigon.

Prime Minister
1 to 4 players vie for political power in this card based game. Game play is partially cooperative with players working together to accomplish goals while competitively gaining as much personal power as they can to end the game in the Prime Ministers seat. Includes a clockwork system for solo play as well as dozens of other scenarios of varying length. Takes from 1 to 4 hours to play, dependent on players.

Osprey Publishing – More new books!
Campaign #397 – Cape Matapan 1941 : Cunningham’s Mediterranean Triumph
Campaign #396 – Japan’s Indian Ocean Raid 1942
New Vanguard # 325 – German Field Artillery of World War II

New Osprey Publishing books

Air Campaign #41 – Operation Ro-Go 1943 : Japanese Airpower & the Invasion of Bouganville

Duel # 132 – Valentine Infantry Tank vs Panzer III

Duel # 131 – P-38 Lightning vs Bf109 North Africa, Sicily & Italy 1942-43

Dogfight # 10 – A6M2/3 Zero-sen New Guinea & Solomons 1942

Combat Aircraft #151 – Harrier GR7/9 units in combat

Campaign # 395 – The Winter Campaign in Italy 1943 Orsogna, San Pietro & Ortona

Men at Arms # 552 – Medieval Indian Armies (2) Indo-Islamic Forces 7-16 Centuries

Fleet # 3 – British Pacific Fleet 1944-45 Royal Navy & downfall of Japan

Fleet # 4 – US 7th Fleet, Vietnam 1964-75 American naval power in Southeast Asia
New Vanguard # 324 – Soviet Motor Gunboats of WW2 – Stalingrad to Berlin

Q Workshop – Harry Potter Dice
7 piece polyherdal set – each set with the house sigil and themed scrollwork decorating then dice.
5d6 set – with house sigil on the ‘6’ side and decorative scrollwork on the other faces. Includes a dice bag with house themed artwork as well.

Mongoose Publishing – Traveller : Journal of the Travellers Aid Society Vol 11
Includes articles on stateroom modifications, a new playable species (Aezorgh), musical instruments, new starships and more.

Mongoose Publishing – Traveller : Journal of the Travellers Aid Society Vol 12
Starports of the Imperium, the Wolf of the Marches, Games for Gamblers, Adrift and more.

Bright Eye Games – The Plot Thickens : Storytelling Card Games 

Christmas-ey Games 
Steve Jackson Games – Munchkin Tales of the Season – Munchkin add-on
Steve Jackson Games – the 12 Dice of Christmas – dice game
Dolphin Hat Games – Santa, Cookie, Elf, Candy, Snowman card game
25th Century Games – Christmas Lights – card game 
Roxley Games – Dice Throne – Santa vs Krampus
Stand alone or cross compatible add-on to Dice Throne

Gamewright Games – Block Party party block building game

Greater Than Games – Spirit Island : Nature Incarnate

Czech Game Editions – Kutna Hora : City of Silver (2-4 player mining & economy game)

Compass Games new releases
Silent War 2.0 – Solitaire game of the submarine campaign against Japan 1941-45

Napoleon’s Eagles : The 100 Days (2 player or solitaire card game)

Arc Dream Publishing – Delta Green Adventure : Presence

Edge Games Star Wars Starter Sets
Edge of the Empire Starter Set
Force and Destiny Starter Set
Age of Rebellion Starter Set
-each with a complete learn as you go adventure, dice, pregenerated characters and rules to play.

Miniature Line Restocks!      

We got a whole lot of the Ral Partha Legacy miniature unit and starter packs in store. Classics and new armies like the Dryads.

Red Box Games – we have uncovered a small stock of the Njorn (Viking) and Aeglish (English) miniatures cast in metal with 25mm round plastic bases. Get them while you can.

And there is a whole lot more than that. Sadly amidst the chaos, hub bub and hullabaloo there just isn’t the ability to jot it all down. But gander at the pictures and I’ll try to get them done later next week…

They are here! – The -new- Vallejo Game Air colors are in the house!

51 new colors (well, 50 – we got shorted on one) are here awaiting you. And new Vallejo natural hair brush sets as well. The Design Set with a #0, #1 and #2 round and the Definition Set with #2/0, #3/0 and #4/0 round bristles.

Not to be left out – AK Interactive has laser cut paint organizers – a 52 bottle organizer holding your bottles (about 52 of them) on an angle and having a bin for your brushes. Also an organizer for then larger jars – holding about 30 of them.

New items for the painters out there – come and get’em while we still got’em!

And we’ve got new miniatures in store as well!
Song of Ice & Fire miniature game has the Darkstar Retinue – Ser Gerold Dayne’s personal guard. a bannerman, 11 retinue figures and the High Hermitage Sentinel as well as game cards and movement tray.

Archon Studios Dungeons & Lasers miniatures have released :

Demonic Tree complete with a scenic base and captured human minis to adorn it.

Wyvern – over 5″ tall and with a 75mm round scenic base, this beast is ready to wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting.

Ancient Ruins – box of scatter terrain has 43 pieces with bushes, mushrooms, signs, plants, tents, obelisk, monoliths, pillars, huts and more.

Woodland Dwellers – a box of 30 models ranging from wolves to giant centipedes, giant spiders, centaurs, stags and others as well as a few monsters.

Village Pack – Includes a Mushroom hut, swamp hut, watch tower, Highlander hut and a cage to add a bit of flavor to your games.

Swamps of Doom – this set comes with a 28″ playmat (gridded in 1″ squares) as well as trees, boats, carrion, piers and more plastic terrain to provide a dank, swampy place for adventure.

Sorcerer’s Spire – this modular building kit has over 350 pieces which provide enough pieces to create a tower over 20″ tall and 12″ wide with myriad stairways, roof, balconies, doorways and more. Tiles have a 1″ grid engraved on them and are double sided to detail the spire the way you want.

Rich here with a near-end-of-the-week update

We have TONS of new Reaper miniatures in stock now. 42 new miniatures in fact.

Merfolk, Gatormen, Axoloti roge, fighter, wizards, Chicken Swarm, Racoon Ranger, Catfolk, Helloborn minis, Dragonblood minis, townsfolks, Ogre Porter (and cart) and much more than that.

Meanwhile we have Doctors & Daleks RPG releases, a few new boardgames and lots of items after that.

More details on the releases tomorrow!