Time for the Mid-Week Update! Yup. It’s Wednesday and there is plenty of new items to show off :
Jetpack 7 – Blackstorm Realms : Sword & Sorcery meets Epic Space Fantasy for 5e This versatile campaign setting mixes fantasy and science fiction. Fantastic pseudo-magical devices, new playable classes, new races, new ways to customize your character and support for your own ideas. Take official, well known realms, add third party realms and your own and the ability to move between all of them. 248+ pages of galaxy spanning adventure.
Jetpack 7 – BlackstormRealms Boxed Set : a new 5e Sword & Sorcery meets Space Fantasy This box set has the setting book as detailed above, custom dice, GM Screen, Grid/Battle map, Realm of Epethia Bridge Location Map and a Starter Adventure
Pazio – new Pathfinder/Starfinder Items Pathfinder Flip-Mat : The Enmity Cycle – a double sided map pack designed for the Enmity Cycle adventures. One side has a spacious desert house, the other side a riverside amphitheater. Laminated for use with many different types of markers.
Starfinder Flipmat – Enormous Battlefield a 30 x 46” flipmat – one side with a bombed out urban area, the pother a icy combat trench network. Laminated for use with many different types of markers.
Starfinder : Ports of Call Bunches of Starfinder player options, downtime rules, new NPCs, side job adventures, cargo subsystems, new starship options. Four new species, a map of Desna’s Path, the Starfinder Galaxy and much more.
Pathfinder – Stolen Fate : The Destiny War (adventure 2 of 3) A complete adventure for 14-17th level characters. Can you stop the nefarious foes from stealing the mystical devices to help shape fate? Only you can find out.
Pathfinder – The Enmity Cycle (stand alone adventure) Can you wow audiences and stop the squabbling between the desert cities of Thuvia? Can you locate the artists whose works were to be featured to help this solidarity? This adventure includes a gazetteer of the five cities, new magic and new monsters.
Renegade Games – GI Joe Mission Critical : Sgt Slaughter Includes a hero figure (the Sgt himself), character card, 10 combat cards, vehicle card and rule sheet.
KOSMOS – Inside Job : Game of teamwork and deception 3-5 players work together to complete their mission. But among them is the Insider, trying to sabotage your mission and gathering intelligence against you. Will you succeed in your mission, uncover the Insider or will you stop the team from the Inside? Ages 10 and up. plays in around 20 minutes.
Kobold Press – Tome of Beasts III : Pocket Edition 400+ pages of 5e compatible monsters, creatures and other things. Void Knights, Prismatic Dragons, Stain glass moths, breathstealers, witchalders and much more.
Rio Grande Games – Beyond the Sun : Leaders of the New Dawn This expansion for Beyond the Sun add Leaders with abilities, a Base Game Expansion with technology, event, system and prediction cards as well as faction mats and rules. Also Solo Mode to play the game, well, solo.
Greater Than Games – Sentinels of the Multiverse Rook City Renegades This expansion requires Sentinels of the Multiverse : Definitive Edition to play. It includes 6 Heroes, 9 villains, 5 environments, 24 hero variant cards, events, critical events, tracking tokens, rules and lore booklet and more.
We are OPEN on Monday, May 29th – Memorial Day 2023.
If you choose to come in and spend time with friends and family gaming, shopping or socializing – we will be here for you, our regular hours 10 am to 9 pm
It’s Friday! We’ve got a few new games, some new miniatures and some new RPG items. And the weather is nice and getting better too! So… hop in your preferred mode of transportation and head on over. Shop, game, socialize and have some fun!
Wizkids Icons of the Realms miniature sets Dragon Army Warband – 3 soldiers, 2 knights and an Officer all ready to take out of their package and put on the table. Kalaman Military Warband – 3 soldiers, 2 knights and an officer prepainted and ready for the tabletop Mimic Colony – 7 different mimics – from a potted plane to a bearskin rug to the classic treasure chest. All 7 are prepainted and ready to surprise adventurers on your tabletop.
Atomic Mass Games – Star Wars Legion : Ahsoka Tano operative expansion. miniature, base, game cards and tokens.
Modiphius Entertainment – Solo Games Master’s Guide A system neutral guide to creating a solo RPG experience that is immersive and entertaining. Includes step by step examples of playing popular systems, how to avoid yes/no dead ends, 70+ pages of tables and lists to make the game work and more.
Pencil First Games – One Hundred Torii : Diverging Paths Expansion Includes four unique locations with different game play, two characters, a solo experience for each location and the ability to mix locations for bunches of combinations.
Osprey Publishing – new books Elite 251 – US Marine Corps 1775-1859 New Vanguard 318 – Tanks in Operation Bagration 1944 Campaign 389 – The Hydaspes 326 BC : The Limit of Alexander’s Conquests Man at Arms 544 – Italian Colonial Troops 1882-1960 Combat 73 – Byzantine Cavalryman vs Vandal Warrior AD 533-536 Duel 125 – British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons : Dover Straits 1940-44 Combat Aircraft 148 – Nakajima Ki-49 ‘Helen’ Units Combat Aircraft 149 – Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West
Kenzer & Company – Knights of the Dinner Table # 304 Who doomed Weird Pete? See Stevil meet Shelly Brewer and much more.
Mighty Board – Hamlet : The Village Building Game This tile placement game puts you in the role of developing economies. Gain resources, create materials and construct your village while preparing to create the ultimate landmark… the Church. For ages 10 and up. For 1 to 4 players, taking about half an hour per player.
Scorpion Masque – Turning Machine This game challenges you to solve the riddle of a secret code. At your disposal, a computer that runs on punch cards. Ask the right questions to gain the answer before anyone else. For 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in under half an hour.
Snowbright Studio – Birds of a Feather : Western North America 1 to 7 players ages 8 and up. Plays in under half an hour. This card game is about spotting and watching birds. Travel to different habitats and admire the birds while outsmarting others who are trying to find the same birds you are.
Free League – Lord of the Rings 5e RPG This new adaptation uses the D&D 5e OGL rules with the lore of Tolkien’s world to create a new RPG experience. Includes six new classes, six original heroic cultures from the land of Eriador, terrifying adversaries, rules for journeys, councils, artefacts and the subtle magic of Middle Earth. All in a hardbound book.
Free League – Lord of the Rings RPG : Shire Adventures a 5e supplement gives you the four farthings of the Shire and five ready to play adventures to get you started. Take on the role of hobbits whose descendants will do extraordinary things – be they Baggins, Took, Brandybuck or other families.
Free League – Lord of the Rings Loremaster’s Screen and Rivendell Compendium a landscape oriented screen with all the information you need to run the game on one side and striking full color art on the other to inspire the players. The Last Homely House is detailed along with the valley, inhabitants of the place and even rules to create High Elf characters.
Atomic Mass Games – Marvel Crisis Protocol : Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool 2 new models with cards
Upper Deck – Legendary : Midnight Suns A team of heroes for Legendary as forsaken as the undead and unholy foes they face. Includes 5 heroes, 2 new mastermind and villain groups, rules and 100 playable cards.
Wizkids – Mimic Colony 7 different prepainted mimics in different shapes (chest, chair, rug, etc) all ready to drop onto the table and play.
Claymore Roleplaying Games – FIST (Freelance Infantry Strike Team) a roleplaying game with brutal action, tactical operations and paranormal action. This modern era RPG has the players dealing with supernatural and paranormal threats as well as conventional Cold War era missions to try to keep the world from collapsing into war and anarchy. This system uses a unique character development system that forgoes experience and loot for structured campaigning.
WRKS Games LTD – The Curse of Oorlog (adventure module for the Jordenheim RPG) A great woe has befallen your village. A villainous witch has stolen the sacred totem from the shrine – the mystical Oorlog has been taken. Can you journey to the lands of Jordenheim to recover the totem and uncover the truth behind it’s theft?
Mongoose Publishing – 2300AD Ships of the Frontier This book has drones, fighters, freighters, landers, warships and more. not only human built craft but ones from the Kaefer, the Sung and the Petapods. Over 80 vessels described, mapped and illustrated.
Lookout Games – Grand Austria Hotel : Let’s Waltz! expansion 6 different expansion modules in a single box. A solo module to allow individual play, along with expansions adding celebrities, a grand ballroom, customization of the hotels and more.
Ravensburger Games – The Quest for ElDorado This deckbuilding game puts you on the hunt for the mythical city of ElDorado, city of gold. Assemble your expedition, explore the jungle and try to find the fabled city. For 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up. Plays in around an hour depending on players. This new version has been updated graphically, but the same game mechanics as the original game.
Queen Games – Dragonquest : A fantasy dice game 1 to 4 players attempt to enter enter the castle and, while avoiding the traps and monsters, make it out with fabled treasures. Can you get out before night falls and terrors unknown take you to your doom? For 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in around 40 minutes.
Queen Games – Powerline Players are tasked with building an energy network from sustainable power plants to the cities the provide power to. This game offers many possibility to tailor your game experience to your skill level so everyone can play on a level field. Dice will determine the order of supply, but it’s up to you to strategize your design based on your unique requirements. 1 to 6 players, ages 8 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes.
Queen Games – Finish Line This boardless racing game challenges you to assess the odds, take some risks and place your money smartly to outguess the other players. Ages 12 and up. 2 to 4 players. play time is about 30 minutes
Rich here and It’s Thursday and time for another update. Here are a number of items we have recently seen come into the store… or have been hiding among all of the other bunches of stuff we have and I thought I’d point them out to you.
ViBuGo – Stack the Scoop a 2+ player game for ages 5 to 10. Match card with bases, scoops, and toppings. Gain the most points and come out on top. Plays in 15 minutes and up depending on the number of players.
Badgers from Mars – Regicide a cooperative card game for 1 to 4 players. Recruit heroes, storm the castle and defeat the corrupt monarchy. Work together with other players to use the unique powers of each suit to achieve victory. Plays in 5 minutes to half an hour spending on players
Restoration Games – Marvel Unmatched : For King and Country for 2 to 3 players, ages 14 and up. This set pits Black Panther, Black Widow and the Winter Soldier against each other in the Unmatched game system. Mix and match with other Unmatched sets to create your own scenarios. Plays in around half an hour.
Wizkids – Your Best Life a team based flip & write game – making the story of your life together. Develop your character on your own or with your partner or team. Each turn choose from different options to develop the story together. Flip, write & bond to have Your Best Life. For ages 10 and up. Plays in around 45 minutes.
Metallic Dice Games – Sharp Edge Polyhedral Silicone Dice Want more play in your dice? Don’t think they roll enough? Here is your chance to get sharp edge dice that still roll that extra mile for you. Glitter infused colored silicone with metallic ink numbers. Dice that roll that extra mile for you…
Wyrd – new Malifaux Crew boxes
Dice Bags! Looking for an embroidered dice bag that matches your personality? One that says ‘These are my dice!’ We’ve got a whole selection of embroidered, crocheted, screen printed, or just plain colored cloth… we’ve got a whole truckload.
Army Painter SpeedPaint 2.0 We’ve got the SpeedPaint 2.0 Mega Set of colors in stock. 50 paints (well, 49 paints and a bottle of Speedpaint 2.0 medium) all packaged into a single box with instructions, Speedpaint stickers, an introductory card and a brush. For those of you who don’t want a whole lot of paints we’ve even set up a display with the first 50 colors. Available as singles as long as supplies last. Or until the full release of speedpaint 2.0 (with all 90 SKUs).
It’s the Mid Week Update! We’ve gotten a few things in store and here is what we’ve got to show off: Steve Jackson Games – Munchkin 10 : Time Warp 112 cards that make history, shake history, fake history and are history! Huns, Vandal, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, Washington’s teeth and more are all here. If it’s history, it’s here.
Pazio – Starfinder Interstellar Species an array of strange creatures from the extradimensional kobolds to tiny plant people. Mighty dragonkin to silicon based Urogs. All new cultures, histories and options A new class (the evolutionist) that transforms to deal with challenges, in depth loom at 25 fan favorite species, tools to create your own species, a gallery of NPCs and much more.
Wizkids – Damage Control 1 to 4 players are rival cleanup crews tasked with finding and securing artifacts and technology buried in the rubble. Play cards, demolish the wreckage, gain rubble cards, find valuable items and secure them in your vault. Ages 14 and up. Play in around 30 minutes.
Stonemaier Games – Tapestry : Fantasies & Futures This expansion includes a complete rulebook for Tapestry and all three expansions as well as a new bunch of rules that add multiple universes, the ability to create new civilizations in fantasy and sci-fi settings. For 1-5 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in 90 to 120 minutes.
Gamegenic – RPG dice sets 7 die sets from Gamegenic. Dice sets with Glow in the dark plastics, embedded items (like mini rubber duckies) and more.
Die Hard Dice – new 7 die sets in various color choices. Each in a handy hard plastic case.
Devir Games – Jerusalem Anno Domini 1-4 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in around 90 minutes.
Pokemon Cyclizar EX box set, Pokemon Shiny Zacian Premium Figure Collection, Crown Zenith Morpeko V-Union boxed set and Crown Zenith booster packs as well as Paleda Friends mini tins and Crown Zenith Pin and booster Collections.
Catalyst Game Labs – Battletech Paint Set Kurtia, Steiner, Davion, Marik and Liao base colors, primer and 4 paint colors (hazard yellow, battlefield brown, PPC blue and Actuator metal) a brush and painting guide all in one box.
Gale Force Nine – World of Tanks Platoons UK Tank Platoon (Cromwell, Churchill and Valentine) US Tank Platoon (M3 Lee, M4A1 Sherman and M10 Wolverine) USSR Tank Platoon (T-34, KV-1S and SU-100) German Tank Platoon (Mk IVH, Tiger 1 and StuGIIIG) Each platoon comes with 3 assembled tanks, game cards and 15 upgrade cards for use with the World of Tanks game.
CMON & Mattel – Masters of the Universe Board Game He-Man, Skeltor, Evil-lyn, Man-at-Arms and more come to life in this board game. Play competitively or cooperatively as you use unique abilities, upgrade your skills and fight for Eternia! 1 to 5 players ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour.
Also available The Evil Horde (a new faction with it’s own villains and troopers), Assault on Castle Grayskull (adds Castle Defense Mode) and She-Ra and the Great Rebellion (adds a new faction to the game with She-Ra, Glimmer, Bow and others) For the Honor of Grayskull!
Pinnacle Entertainment – Doomtown : Weird West Edition A standalone base set for boomtown that accommodates 1 to 3 players. add a second set to play with up to 6 players. Work to gain control of a western town set in the Weird West. Cowpokes, steampunk gadgets, spells and death can be an inconvenience to some, but not stop them permanently. 544 cards, tokens, rulebook and more.
Catalyst Games/Army Painter – Battletech Paint set 5 speed paints, primer, metal and special paints along with a brush and guide get you ready to paint your ‘Mechs. Add other Warpaints, Speed Paints and effects later to get even more intricate schemes.
Studio H – Oriflamme Alliance can be played alone or combined with Oriflamme. A neighboring kingdom rises and the fighting pauses to assess the situation. Play cards face down to hide your schemes, protect your interests, spring your trap for your foes and try to gain enough influence to seize the throne. Plays in under half an hour. Ages 10 and up. For 3 to 5 players.
Osprey Publishing – new (and restock) books Duel 125 – British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons – Dover Strait 1940-44 Combat Aircraft 147 – F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat Combat 71 – Waffen SS soldier vs Soviet Rifleman – Rostov-on-Don & Kharkov 1942-43 Weapon 86 – Nambu Pistols : Japanese military handguns 1900-45 New Vanguard 317 – British Aircraft Carriers 1945-2010 Men at Arms 549 – Dacians and Getae at War 4 BC to 2 AD
Capstone Games – Railways Alban Viard This Nano game challenges a player to create a railroad empire in the midst of the 19th century. Designed for ages 12 and up, this game plays in around half an hour. Develop railroads, expand buildings and move passengers.
Looney Labs – Around the World Fluxx A ever-changing, world spanning card game of travel. Add rules as you go, take actions which modify your game play and put the goals in play in an attempt to win. For 1-6 players, ages 8 and up. Plays in 10 minutes to half an hour or so, defending on players.
ZMan Games – Peleo : The Terror Birds mini-expansion
Caradoc Games – Prisoners of the Elf King – Can you escape the clutches of the Elf King in this mini-RPG?
Modiphius Entertainment – Achtung Cthulhu! Forest of Fear Tanks, Tentacles and Terror are around every bend in this campaign. Battle against the Nazi Occult and Ancient Evil lurking in the forests. 11 missions, awesome art, play aids, GM tips, maps and handouts make this campaign set come to life.
Pelgrane Press – Trail of Cthulhu : Fearful Symmetries There is a secret history to 1930’s England, a magical reawakening, rivalries and a hidden war. This book gives you all the background you need to play in this world. Albion was split asunder and now people work to unite it. There are truths, myths and truths bruised in the myths. This setting helps you learn about them. Rules, background, monsters, history, GM tips, suggested reading and more.
Matagot Games – Yucatan Fight the clans to assure your peoples safety from retribution from the gods. Take prisoners, and show how loyal and faithful you are to the deities. Train your army, upgrade your city, summon divine creatures and crush your foes. 2 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. PLays i around 90 minutes.
Awaken Realms – Great Wall a competitive strategy game for 1 to 4 players set in Medieval China. This blends historical themes with a pinch of fantasy. Cooperatie and solo modes are included in the game. Can you raise the Great Wall to keep the lands safe from the nomadic tribes while fending off your enemies and trying to keep the Emperor’s Favor. for 1-4 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in 2 to 3 hours depending on the players. Includes 90+ models, 200 cards, double sided board, tokens, parts tray and hours of action.
Summoning Circle Press – Skill Points This RPG Zine is about learning through play. Learning real life skills through tabletop RPG play. Socialization, puzzle design, education and more.
Wet Ink Games – Into the Cess and Citadel This book allows you to add a strange, colorful and terrifying city to your RPG. A city that eats people. Rules for traveling and surviving in a city. Tools for generating urban factions, a guide to generating a sprawling Megacity, a dungeon-like Undercity and Opulent Spires. Includes monsters ranging from Dire Pigeons to Sewer Walruses to things we won’t speak of here. Also detailed are magical artifacts, curious spells, diseases, bunches of locations and more. All written in a system neutral format to be usable with your favorite game.
We are back from Little Wars. Happy to have seen (and been seen by) a number of our customers, and have seen a great deal of interesting games go on. I wish I could have gotten an in-play picture, but among the more interesting games (like the Alien vs Predator vs Humans game and the Panzerblitz in 3D) was a dungeon delving game based on an old tournament module from way back in the day.
But enough of things that aren’t here… here are things that are here now!
Edge Studio – Twilight Imperium : Embers of the Imperium This supplement adds a detailed guide to the Twilight Imperium and the most important worlds. CHaracter creation options for fifteen iconic species, nine unique careers, overview of the galactic powers, new weapons, gear, vehicles, relics and other items. Expanded rules for individual agendas, dangerous adversaries, powerful allies and much more.
Free League – Forbidden Lands : The Bloodmarch an epic campaign module with three new magic disciplines, rules for travels in the Bloodmarch, new monsters, eight complete adventure sites, the Legacy of Horn campaign and an epic campaign conclusion that leaves the destiny of the Bloodmarch in the balance.
MultiMan Publishing – Drop Zone : Sainte-Mere-Eglise an ASL historical module featuring the 82nd Airborne Division in Normandy 6-7 June 1944. Includes three historically accurate maps, 11 scenarios representing the action and three campaign games of various sizes depicting the entire battle or portions of it.
GMT – Clash of Sovereigns : War of Austrian Succession 1740-48 a 2-4 player card driven game with asymmetrical national characteristics. This is a faster playing and free wheeling evolution of Clash of Monarchs. Includes a 12 hour campaign along with three shorter scenarios that can be played in as little as three hours. Distinctive national tactics and troop quality as well as a simple but elegant naval operations system. Medium complexity (overall)
Upper Deck – Mortal Kombat II (VS system) This 2 player card game pits Mortal Kombat characters from the Earthrealm or Netherrealm against each other in… Mortal Kombat!!!! Designed for ages 17 and up. Plays in about half an hour. See some of the most skilled and brutal fighters of all time in the VS system.
Compass Games – OSS : The Doomsday Project – Battle for the Balkans An alternate history of conflict in 1985 between NATO and the Soviet Union. This installment of interlocking games covers the conflict from the southern flank of NATO, from the northern plains of Italy to the Mediterranean Sea in the south. Game scale is 12 km to a hex with Soviet divisions and NATO brigades. Includes 6 maps, 5 counter sheets, series rules, game specific rules, dice and reference charts.
CMON – Broken Compass Expansions Cool Mini or Not – Broken Compass Season 2 : Jolly Roger Cool Mini or Not – Broken Compass Season 3 : Voyages Extraordinaires
Pazio – Pathfinder Stolen Fate Adventure Path : The Choosing This adventure for 11th to 13th level characters finds mystical Harrow cards manifesting themselves in the adventurer’s gear. Will you be up to the task of defending the fates from the reality bending forces?
Pazio – Starfinder Into the Dataverse : a Drift Hackers adventure path story conclusion This 11th level adventure put you in the Dataverse attempting to fix corrupted code, deal with digital avatars and confront the flaw in the Core of Triune. Are you up for the task?
Pazio – Pathfinder Flipmat Boardwalk A dockside stroll? A marketplace meeting? Sailing into a new city and need a spot to tie up? This double sided mat has two different pier/boardwalk systems detailed in full color with laminate to help mark and erase.
GMT – Atlantic Chase : Kriegsmarine vs the Home Fleet 1939-1942 The war in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic in the critical period from 1939-42. Fifteen scenarios explore the operational campaign in a solitaire manner where the player commands the Royal Navy in some and the Kreigsmarine in others. There are some 2 player scenarios and a 2 player campaign as well. Medium Complexity with single scenario taking from 1 to 3 hours or 4 to 12 hours for the campaign.
Pegasus Spiele – Beast 2 to 4 players, ages 14 and up The Beast is played by a single player with the remainder playing Hunters. The Beast uses hidden movement cards while trying to avoid the hunters. Tense choices are made during the card drafting where you must choose between needed cards and those you take simply to deny your foe their use. Play the Beast, a giant creature fending off the humans invading her domain. Hunters work together to kill the beast. Plays in 1 to 2 hours depending on players.
Mongoose Publishing – Traveller Core Adventure 3 : Errant Lightning Adan’s small hydrosphere is located in a deep sea called the Cleft. The plant life in the sea is dying and only exiled desert peoples with psionic powers can prevent it. But the Imperial Scientific Institute has sent a team to try to strip these powers from them. If they succeed, all of Adan might be doomed. Includes world and city maps, a new tilt rotor craft, new psionic talents, new vehicles and a climactic showdown.
Goodman Games – Mutant Crawl Classics : Mayhem on the Magtrain a level 2 adventure aboard a runaway train, a robotic conductor, hungry mutant worms, sentient AI, careening train and more…
Steam Forged Games – Animal Adventures : The Faraway Sea This animal adventures sourcebook gives you new exploration and travel rules, new magical items, friends & foes, 11 islands full of mystery, new adventures, battlemaps and even more playable animal species. Get ready for excitement, adventure and tail wagging fun.
Free League Games – Ruins of Symbaroum (for 5e) Game Master Guide This new setting, designed to be used with the 5e OGL rules. To get the GM the information needed to run there is information on cities, the Underworld, Underworld, and Spirit World. Advanced rules for outdoor encounters, how to design your corner of the world, guidelines for epic campaigns, how to create in game rewards, artifacts, optional rules for domains, troupe play, pacts, social challenges, rituals and other in game events. A one shot is included to help show how adventure landscapes are created.
Free League Games – Ruins of Symbaroum (for 5e) Players Guide An introduction to the worlds Lore, setting specific rules for travel and corruption, nine character origins, five new classes, new equipment, spell lists and more to get the players ready to adventure in this setting.
Free League Games – Ruins of Symbaroum (for 5e)Bestiary over 30 fully detailed creatures fully described and illustrated, each unique to the world, and 60 more creatures are presented with short stat blocks. Generic Non-player characters are given to help flesh out your world as well as new traits, feats, lair actions and more to help add to the creatures challenge. And after all that there are even guidelines and rules for terrain features like swamps, forests, farmlands, towns and more.
Free League Games – Ruins of Symbaroum (for 5e) Game Master Screen a heavy duty screen for the GM as well as a 28 page book with two adventures for characters levels 2 to 5. Lots of information in easy to reference charts.
OK folks – this is a big one, so hold onto your hats…
Portal Games – Everybody Lies a cooperative story-driven where players try to investigate cases beyond the Gotham Police reach. Explore locations, make alliances and try to unravel the mystery. For 2-4 players, ages 14 and up. PLays in 2-3 hours. Three different cases are provided.
Ravensburger – Marvel Villainous Evil born of Science for Villainous. Choose your villain, explore your domain, make your move. Play Titania, Doctor Octopus or Kang the Conquerer. Play against other villains in the set or Villainous characters from other games. 2 to 3 players, ages 12 and up, taking about 20 minutes per player.
Reaper Miniatures – Weapons Mega-Pack over 60 plastic weapons, shields, bows, quivers, staves and more. Basic weapons, kickstarter ‘Armory of Death, Virtue and Vice’ sprues as well.
Archon Studio/Rampart Terrain – Wolverine Tank Includes a tank with interior detail, openable back ramp, rotating turret and lots of detail
Evil Hat Production – Apocalypse Keys a new RPG which puts the player into the role of an Omen class monster, a being which has the ability to hold back the apocalypse. Each creature is driven by fate, love, and power. Explore the connects, stand against the apocalypse, create relationships and solve mysteries. Includes seven playbooks, guidance for the world, strategies to make sure all the players are having fun, and guidelines to create one-shots full campaigns. Keys to find, mysteries to solve, doors to unlock and harbingers to battle.
Van Ryder Games – Final Girl Season 2 A whole bunch of new items for Final Girl – the solo cinematic horror game Box of Props – deluxe markers, ultimate dice, signature action cards, rulebook, book of desperate deaths and desperation die. Into the Void – The Evomorph hunts you in space and the USS Konrad is its killing ground. Keycards grant you access to different parts of the ship, Can you escape or destroy this alien? Requires Final Girl Core Set Madness in the Dark – Ratchet Lady stalks Wolfe Asylum turning patients into maniacs. Can you avoid madness and death and escape? Requires Final Girl Core Set to play this feature film set. Once Upon a Full Moon – Requires Final Girl Core Set to play. Storybook Woods are haunted by the Big Bad Wolf. Can you slow the wolf down in Hunt and Slay modes to avoid getting caught? A Knock at the Door – The Intruders are here. Can you deal with them in this unique challenge. New events and crafting mechanics allow you to bring materials together to make epic weapons and combat the evil. Requires Final Girl Core Set. Panic at Station 2891 – The Organism is lurking about the station. Can you figure out where it is? How to combat it? Can you make it out alive at the cost of others or will you try to get the rest of the staff out? All important questions in this episode. Requires Final Girl Core Set
Final Girl – Terror from the Grave Miniatures (18 bases of zombies) Final Girl – Terror from Above – (36 bases of birds) Final Girl Season 2 miniature set – Miniatures for the following ‘feature films’ and ‘vignettes’ USS Konrad, Station 2891, Wingward Cottage, Storybook Woods, Wolfe Asylum, Terror from the Grave. Final Girl – Series 2 Vehicle Miniatures (6 vehicle miniatures) Final Girl – Series 1 Vehicle Miniatures (5 vehicle miniatures) Final Girl – Terror from the Grave Vignette card expansion (Usable with any Location)
Alley Cat Games – Autobahn 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up attempt to develop, build and upgrade Germany’s Federal Highway system while improving your standing in the Bundes Autobahn organization. Plays in an hour and a half to 2 hours. PLay in solo mode or with up to 4 players.
Wise Wizard Games – Kapow! 1-2 players, ages 12 and up. This dice building game allows you to build the dice , modify the faces and customize your dice pool in a battle between heroes and villains in the superpowered game.
Chip Theory Games – Hoplomachus a gladiatorial game for one, 2 player co-op or two to four player pvp. This updated version of the game has improved rules and art. Take command of a faction, fight various combats in the arenas, clash against mighty and mystical titans or match wits with immortals. Plays in about an hour with huge replayability.
Chip Theory Games – Hoplomachus : Victorum This is a solo only gladiatorial game where plates attempt to go from lowly hero to powerful leader in four acts. Best warriors on eight different maps, amass an army and prepare for the final conflict. Ages 14 and up. Plays in about 90 minutes.
Hall or Nothing – 1815 Scum of the Earth This historical Epic Battle System Game recreates the battle of Waterloo in an asymmetric and competitive tactical card game. Will you take the role of Napoleon and and lead the Imperial Guard to crush your enemies or play the Duke of Wellington and take your outgunned army and defend Mont Saint Jean? For 1 or 2 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around half an hour. Ages 14 and up.
Hall or Nothing – Gloom of Kilforth The land is filled with nefarifous monsters and treacherous locations. Kilforth is a fantasy game with a Gothic edge. 1 to 4 players, working together or at odds, assume the role of heroes on a journey through then lands visiting strange places, meeting powerful enemies, discovering artifacts and magic. Follow your tale from the first steps to the climactic battle which will decide the fate of Kilforth. Plays in about 45 minutes per player.
Hall or Nothing – Shadows of Kilforth 1 to 4 heroes must work together (or at odds) in this card game that follows Gloom of Kilforth. The players explore the Eastern wilderness, explore ancient ruins, solve quests and survive monsters. Riches and fame await. Plays in around 45 minutes per player. For ages 14 and up – 1 to 4 players
Stronghold Games – Ares Expeditions : Foundations This expansion to Terraforming Mars : Ares Expedition adds a sixth player, twenty new project cards and some new twists to the game.
Mongoose Publishing – Traveller – High Guard Update 2022 this revised Traveller rulebook expands the original in major ways, adds not only ship design but starports and space stations, detailed sensor rules, ship customization and exotic technologies. Crew roles are better explained, board actions are better defined and guidelines for battle between fighter squadrons and enormous fleets are included as well. Design anything from small craft, traders, scouts, gunboats on up the military workhorses like the destroyer, carriers as well as battleships and dreadnoughts. Armor and armaments have been retooled to make scalable combat ranging from a small skirmish to a colossal battle between capital ships easy to run.
WizKids – new releases Icons of the Realms Sand & Stone – 43 new prepainted miniatures ranging from rust monsters to Thri-Kreen, Giant Scorpions to Bone Knights, Medusas to Blue Dragonborn. Booster packs of 4 figures are available – as are bricks of 8 packs and cases.
Mimic Colony – 7 different pre-painted mimics ready to bust out of the package and play
Hidden Hazards – 6 different traps (Spike pit, falling block, rolling sphere (x2), rotating blade (x2), saw blade (x2) and scythe blade (x2)) prepainted trap tiles. 10 total tiles
Devilish Devices – 9 different traps and some treasure chests (4 chests, a poison needle trapped chest, scything blade trapped chest, magic cloud trapped chest, poison gas trapped chest, 2 Urn flamethrowers, 2 bear traps, 2 foot spike traps, 1 acid pit trap, 3 rune traps), 8 treasure chests, 2 urns, 2 bear traps and 4 tiles – all prepainted and ready to use.
Atomic Mass Games – Legion : Commander Cody (3 miniatures, cards, tokens and insert sheet)
Fantasy Flight Games – Arkham Horror : Fortune and Folly Scenario Pack
Renegade Games – My Little Pony Character Journal
Eagle/Griffin – Pick-A-Pig and Pick-A-Dog two different games each designed for younger players and their families. Memory and dexterity card game of matching and snatching. Takes around 15 minutes to play.
Ravensburger – Pinata Blast 3 to 6 players (ages 7 and up) compete to get the most candy. Roll a die and grab as much of that type of candy as you can. Plays in around 15 minutes.
Eagle/Griffin – Krakatoa – a 2-4 player dice game of strategy & luck… in volcano taming.
Pretzel Games – Camel Up the Card Game this 2 to 6 player card game takes the classic camel racing game and boils it down to an exciting card game. For ages 8 and up.
Lucky Duck Games – My Sheflie Pick items from the living room, put them on your bookshelf, try to best match your personal goal and compete for common goals at the same time. Balance these objectives to have the best Shelfie and win the game.
CMON – Marvel Zombie Zombicide with a twist. Superpowered individuals are now Zombies. As a Zombified Marvel hero you will take on SHIELD agents and living heroes in an attempt to complete objectives and succeed in missions. Use the Hunger to power your abilities, but beware that it does not consume you. Work with other Zombies to find your salvation. 1 to 6 players, ages 14 and up. Plays in around an hour.
Dead Alive Games – Omicron Protocol 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Takes 45 minutes to and hour and a half. This inter-apocalyptic game pits you and you faction against others in the race to escape a horrid virus which is decimating the city. Includes bunches of detailed miniatures, solo and cooperative modes as well as the competitive game and lots of fun.
Catalyst Game Labs – Shadowrun : Whisper Nets this new campaign book puts the Runners in Manhattan with the goal of exposing important information and trying to figure out how to use it without getting themselves killed.
Next Move Games – Azul Mini Azul but in a smaller format. All the fun of the regular game, but easier to transport. 2-4 player game (for ages 8 and up). Resin tiles, boards, trays, rulebook and more.
Exalted Funeral – Carcass Crawler magazine # 3 Old School Essentials magazine with 5 new classes, 4 new races, expanded equipment and new monsters.
Evil Genius Games – Everyday Heroes role playing games from the excitement of blockbuster films to special combat options and tactical gear of the first person shooter to adventures in contemporary settings this role playing game gives you everything you need to play. Car chases, gun fights, computer hacking, radiation hazards and more. Flexible generation rules cover characters from hard bitten soldiers to genius inventors or anything else you can imagine. Using the 5e D&D mechanics as a base this book is designed to be used by both players and game masters.
So as we get close to Easter (which we are closed on Sunday, BTB) we have a few more items that have made it in.
Goodman Games -Dungeon Crawl Classics : Dying Earth : Standard Boxed Set Includes Players Libram, Primer of Practical Magic, Intimate Anatomy of Creatures and Personages, 22 x 17 poster map and codes for digital downloads. All in a handy boxed set
Goodman Games – Dungeon Crawl Classics : Dying Earth modules Goodman also released several Dying Earth specific modules: Each module is it’s own self contained, separately sold book #0 Pilgrims of the Black Obelisk (level 0 adventure) #1 Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan (level 1 adventure) #2 Sorcerers Tower of Sanguine Slant (level 2 adventure) #3 Magnific Machinations at the Grand Exposition of Marvels (level 3 adventure) #4 Mind-Weft of the Moonstone Palace (level 4 adventure) #5 Penumbra of the Polar Ape (level 5 adventure) #6 The Great Visp Hunt (level 2 adventure) #7 Phantoms of the Ectoplasmic Cotillion (Level 3 adventure) #8 The House on the Island (level 3 adventure)
Osprey Publishing – Stargrave : Side Hustle 40 cards with missions, plots and tasks that add variety, new challenges and rewards to your Stargrave game. Each card has a specific objective and a reward for achieving it.
Iello Games – The Animals of Baker Street 1 to 4 players participate in this game of doggy deduction, mousy mystery and ratty riddles. Can you solve the case? Ages 10 and up. PLays in around 45 minutes.
Chip Theory Games – Too Many Bones (Dice Builder RPG) This solo/coop dice-builder rpg gives you the chance to play through an adventure, gain new skill and stat dice and build powerful combos. For ages 14 and up. PLays in around an hour to an hour and a half.
Wiz Kids Games – Icons of the Realm Adventures in a box : Wererat Den 6 prepainted miniatures and 10 different ‘camp dressings’ as well as 4 double sided map tiles (6”x6” each) give you everything you need to set up wererat themed encounters.
Stronghold Games – Ares Expedition : Discovery This Terraforming Mars expansion adds awards and milestones that will add to replayability. Phase cards add divergent upgrade choices and change game play and strategy as well.
GMT Games – Paths of Glory : Deluxe Edition (2022) back in print this new version of Paths of Glory is a strategic card driven game of World War 1. Winner of several boardgame awards Paths of Glory is back…
Eggert Spiele – Village Big Box This contains The Village board game, all the previously published expansions, Village Marriage, a new expansion, all the promos ever released – and more. Included is also a solo mode, playable with a number of expansions. Upgraded player boards, bigger game board, chronicle board, artwork and more.
CMON – Zombicide : Rio Z Janeiro Campaign expansion for Zombicide 2nd edition. Rio. Carneval. Zombies. 12 miniatures, 6 new survivors, 6 new zombies, equipment cards, objectives, map tiles, dice, tokens and a new campaign.
Detestable Games – Kiwi Chow Down 1-4 players control flocks working toad controlling areas of the island, gathering fruit and having the most nests. Includes miniatures, cards, boards, solo and multi-player modes and more.
Kolossal Games – Lost Empires : War for the New Sun This 2 player head to head card game focuses on area control and deck design in a battle for planet 581. Control objectives, destroy enemy units and gain artifacts. Construct a Wormgate and win. Plays in around 45 minutes and is for ages 14 and up.
Iello Games – Cheese Master 2 to 8 players compete to locate the proper number of cheese wedges to win. Each character changes that number so you have to take all the changes into account. This playful observation game is for ages 10 and up. Plays in about 10 minutes
Chip Theory Games – Too Many Bones : Undertow a standalone expansion for Too Many Bones. Duster, previously of the Gearloc Council, has been accused of being a tyrant and you must investigate, find help and make things right. This is a great entrance point to the game system, or a expansion to the original game. Includes encounters, baddies, and cooperative challenges while retaining the same clever dice mechanics.
RTalsorian – Cyberpunk : Black Chrome Over 170 new apps, gear, linear frames, weapons, cyberware and other stuff to upgrade with. New lore on the Neocorps and Megacorps. A lesson in economics, six Night Markets and the dangerous Fixers who run them.
Compass Games – 1812! Great Lakes Frontier a card driven strategy game for 2 players simulating land and naval battles around the Great Lakes of North America during the war of 1812. There are 11 scenarios ranging from small 1 map battles taking about 90 minutes to a full campaign spanning 2 maps and around 9 h9urs to play. Solitaire tables are included to provide ease for a single player.
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