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.
So it’s Wednesday afternoon and we’ve got a few things in that, well, we didn’t have before…
Alea Games – Puerto Rico 1897 As an independent Puerto Rician farmer in the late 1890s it’s to you to hire workers, grow, trade and sell crops as well as help build up the city infrastructure. This new game retains the elegance of the original Puerto Rico game but expounds on it with a new narrative. For 2-5 players, ages 12 and up. Plays in an hour and a half to 3 hours depending on the number of players. Also includes four expansions – The New Buildings, The Citizens, Smugglers and Festival.
Restoration Games – Marvel Unmatched : Teen Spirit This 2 – 3 player board game pits Squirrel girl, Cloak & Dagger and Ms. Marvel against each other (or other Unmatched characters) against each other. Use your heroes unique deck and abilities to win the day. Any unmatched heroes and maps can be mixed and matched to create your own matchups. Designed for ages 14 and up, plays in 20 to 40 minutes.
Holy Grail Games – Encyclopedia 1 to 4 players compete to study animas, lead expeditions, recruit experts and publish your findings while increasing your fame. This worker placement game comes complete with a mini-expansion ‘Sepultus’ and is designed for ages 12 and up. Plays in a round half an hour per person.
Crowd Games – Evolution : New World Create a unique animal species and endow them with traits to help them adapt. Over six epochs try to stay away from predators, gather food and attempt to thrive. For 2-4 players, ages 11 and up. Plays in around 30 minutes or longer depending on players.
Crowd Games – Evolutions New World : Butterfly Effect This Evolution : New World expansion adds the Seashore area, 13 new traits, a solo mode, additional tokens and the Butterfly Effect scenario. The Solo mode pits you against the Dominator and and Devastator in a fight for survival on an alien world.
Smirk & Dagger Games – boop. 2 players drop kittens on the bed and try to line them up as they bounce around. Get your kittens in a row to make them cats. Get your bouncy cats in a row to win the game. Can you ‘boop’ your kittens into cats and into line before your opponent? Ages 10 and up. 2 players, plays in around 20 minutes.
Mongoose – Traveller Sector Construction Guide This boxed set includes a sourcebook that helps explain how to construct a sector from scratch, a double sided poster map of the Foreven sector, a blank sector for your use, various forms and charts and a pad of blank world maps.
Z-Man Games – Planet B 2-4 players compete as corrupt planetary governerson humanities Planet B, a refuge from a dying earth. Make shady deals to advance your own goals. build your city, political influence and control the headlines. While you make your run for President the most important question is – did you line your pockets the best? Ages 14 and up. Plays in about half an hour to 45 minutes per player.
Steve Jackson – Hack & Slash 2 : Whack and Stash 11 new quests and a new type of reward (treasures) which can add to your fame or even bend rules.
Goodman Games – Dying Earth Releases Dying Earth Kickstarter Collection DCC Boxed Set for Dying Earth, three color posters, punch-out cardstock grudge tokens and 6 adventures (#0 – The Black Obelisk, #1 – Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan, #2 – Sorcerer’s Tower, #3 – Magnificent Machinations at the Grand Exposition, #4 – Mind Weft of Moonstone Palace and #5 – Penumbra of the Polar Ape.
Dying Earth Kickstarter Stretch Goals Collection Casebook of Arcane Apocrypha, 3 panel judge screen, 2 spell librams with starting spells, exclusive Goodman Games Gazette and Dying Earth Art Folio.
Three individual adventure modules DCC Dying Earth adventure #6 – The Great Visp Hunt (level 2 adventure) DCC Dying Earth adventure #7 – Phantoms of the Ecoplasmic Cotillion (level 3 adventure) DCC Dying Earth adventure #8 – The House on the Island (level 3 adventure)
It’s Thursday evening and we have a bunch of new items that have made it into the store…
Steve Jackson Games – Seven Deadly Sins Die – a d14 with each sin twice.
Steven Jackson Games – Kitten Polyhedral dice 7 dice set in four different color choices. Each with kitten paw prints. Black and brown, Orange and yellow, Gray and light blue as well as Steel gray and brown
Renegade Games – GI Joe : Cobra Dice – This polyhedral set includes 2d20, d12, d10, d8,d6,d4 and a d2 coin with the Cobra logo
Renegade Games – GI Joe : Cobra Dice Bag – Black and red dice bag with the Cobra logo
Wizkids Games – GIant Space Hamster paint night kit 10 paints,2 brushes, plastic space hamster miniature and a video tutorial on painting techniques.
Osprey Games – Jackals RPG : Travellers on the War Road a supplement expanding on the regions of Zaharets and cultures presented in the core book. New rites, virtues and talents add to the character customization possibilities. There are also many adventure hook scattered in the book to help further adventuring.
Wizkids Games – Marvel Age of Heroes a strategy game for 2 to 5 players. Each player commands a duo of X-Men each team trying to complete missions while gaining experience, resources, training and more. Plays in 60 to 90 minutes. Ages 14 and up.
Wizkids – Encounter in a Box : Prison Break Includes double sided map tiles, stone walls and doors, 6 color pawns and a scenario booklet
Wizkids – Encounter in a Box : Wagon Ambush Includes double sided map tiles, 2 fallen logs, 2 pack mules, horse, wagon, 5 color pawns and a scenario booklet.
Andrews Publishing – To Be or Not To Be a Villain an adventure in 5 acts designed to be run by 2 GMs. Includes pre-generated characters and takes about 12 hours to play through completely, either as a day long session or broken into acts. This scenario features intrigue, war, violence, betrayal, secrets and more. The book itself is a classic ‘double book’ with half being set up for use with 5e D&D the other half (upside down) designed to be used with Zweihander.
New Pazio releases: Starfinder Flip Mat : Amusement Park (double sided laminated map) one side has a midway, the other a central plaza
Pathfinder Flip Mat : Noble Estate (double sided laminated flip mat) one side is a top view of the estate building and grounds, the other side has the interior of the buildings laid out.
Starfinder – Drift Crisis Case Files Three adventures (for character levels 3-4,7-8 and 10-11) designed to be run as a series – but can be turned into a campaign in their own right. A codex of non-player characters, new rules and options and a host of detective work at Absalom Station – now a refuge for castaways during the Drift Crisis.
Pathfinder – Dreamers of the Nameless Spires (final adventure of the Gatewalkers saga) Can you help fulfill Dr. Ritalson’s destiny by filling in his memory gaps, dealing with sinister forces, and take on an ancient evil? A complete adventure for 8-10th level characters
Lost Omens : Firebrands Some of the more infamous adventurers across the Inner Sea are detailed in this book. Source material on the different organizations fighting injustice, key members, goals, character options and advice on running games are presented here.
Kobold Press – Campaign Builder : Cities and Towns (for D&D 5e) a complete toolkit to build, expand and enhance the towns and cities in your 5e game. From guilds to temples, craftspeople to criminals and a whole lot more. Use the worksheets to build and track settlements and guide all aspects of urban planning. Information on NPCs, rulers, cults and trade goods. Adds new character options, a bounty of tables, name generators, urban encounters and lots more.
Kobold Press – Campaign Builder : Cities and Towns Map Folio This bundle includes 12 full color battle maps with arenas, canals, city streets, dock, forests and many other handy locations. Maps are double sided and gridded in 1” squares for miniature use and sized at 24 x 36, which fold to 8 ½ x 11” Each is specially coated to allow wet and dry erase markers to be used on them and allow it to be wiped clean after.
Creature Caster – Judgement: Eternal Champions This boardgame pits players against each other in an arena of summoned heroes, mortal combat and fast paced action. pit your heroes against others, interact with dynamic terrain, deal with monsters and kill your enemies before they kill you. Choose one of six different deities to represent, harness their abilities, and march to victory. Includes Effigy miniatures, 15 detailed hero and monster miniatures, rules, full color neoprene game mat and hours of fun.
Chronicle RPG – Sable’s Kolinsky Collection 8 Kolinsky Sable brushes ranging in size from 0 to 7 (2x #0, 2x #1, 2x #2, #3, and #7) with ebony tone handles and black ferrules along with a velvet pouch to carry them in along with a sheet of basic tips and digital content..
Chronicle RPG – Wolf Bristle Brushes Collection 10 brushes with wolf hair bristles on rosewood tone handles with brass ferrules in a velvet carrying pouch to carry them in along with a sheet of basic tips and digital content. Sizes are #000, #00, 2 of #0, 2 of #1, 2 of #2, #3 and #7
Wizkids – Adult Copper Dragon (pre-painted) – Ready to pull out of the box and display or play
Hey there everyone. In the wake of post-Adepticon and post-Garycon illnesses sweeping through the community, along with a number of our staff recuperating from pre-convention illnesses, we are going to postpone the inventory.
We expect to put it off about 2 weeks in order to make sure there isn’t an issue with staffing and community at that point.
We will alert everyone as to the new date as soon as we have it finalized.
-Rich
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