Archive for June 25, 2007

New Wargamedownloads.com Products 6/27/2007

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Wargamedownloads.com is offering the following new products:

1/72 A13 Cruiser Tank
Paper model
$0.00
1/72 M3 Stuart Winter
Paper model
$2.50
Bugs!
Game where the bugs are big with an attitude and it’s your job to turn them into pink mist
$0.00
Chain Reaction
Whether you’re patrolling the front lines, leading a gang of survivors in a wasteland, or rooting out Zombies, Chain Reaction provides the rules
$0.00
German Troops WW2 Winter Set
Paper model
$2.50

New from Alliance 6/27/07

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Alliance Game Distributors is making the following products available to retailers as of yesterday:

STAT.SKUTITLE$
BAI 14599-DNaruto CCG: Dream Legacy Booster Display (24)$95.76
NYABAN 20841Melancholy Haruhi Suzumiya V2 (DVD)$29.98
TOSDOW 7101Pirates Cove$50.00
DOW 7216Ticket To Ride: USA 1910 Expansion$15.00
DOW 7601Battlelore$70.00
FPC 2011Old Century Shut The Box$60.00
NYAFPC EN10165Circa Shut-The-Box$20.00
FPC EN10179State Fair Bingo Coffee Table Edition$53.00
GAW 41-06Warhammer 40K: Space Marines Blood Angel Death Company$25.00
GAW 41-07Warhammer 40K: Space Marines Blood Angel Baal Predator$45.00
GAW 41-08Warhammer 40K: Space Marines Blood Angel Honor Guard$35.00
GAW 41-09Warhammer 40K: Space Marines Blood Angel Dreadnought$45.00
LTDGAW WD-330White Dwarf #330$6.00
HDG 2000The World’s Greatest Screen$29.99
RRG 915Pig Pile$15.95
RRG 975Times Up$19.99
RRG 976Times Up Expansion Set #1$9.99
RRG 977Times Up Expansion Set #2$9.99
LTDUDC 56897-DYu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Force of the Breaker Special Edition Booster Display (20) (NET)PI
NYAWIZ 2323MechWarrior: Phantom War Battleforce Set$29.99
NYAWIZ 3242Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Booster Pack$9.99
NYAWIZ 4222DC HeroClix: Legion Of Super Heroes Starter Set$19.99
NYAWOC 82357Dragon Magazine #357$7.99
NYAWWP 25104Vampire The Requiem: Bloodlines – The Chosen$26.99
NYAWWP 40309Mage The Awakening: Magical Traditions$26.99

0One Games – New Products June 27, 2007

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0One Games has released a number of new products since the last update we published here:

Rooms & Encounters: The Sinister Vault ($1.85)
0One’s Colorprints #4: Bridge Gatehouse ($2.95)
0One’s Blueprints: The Great City, Cutthroat’s Alley ($1.95)
Tavern Tile Designer ($10.00)
0One’s Colorprints #3: The Burning Temple ($2.95)
0One’s Blueprints: Pirate Ship ($1.95)
The Divine Alligator OSRIC ($6.50)
0One’s Colorprints #2: Riverside Inn ($2.95)
0One’s Colorprints #1: Tomb of the Shadow King ($2.95)
0One’s Blueprints Backdrops: Temple of the Silver Lady ($4.00)
0One’s Blueprints: The Great City, Prophet Court ($1.95)

They list the following upcoming products and release dates on the site as well:

The Dungeon Under the Mountain: Level 6 (07/03/2007)
0One’s Blueprints: Isle of Pirates (07/03/2007)
Blood Runs Cold OSRIC (07/10/2007)
Rooms & Encounters (07/17/2007)
0One’s Blueprints Backdrops: Militia Headquarter (07/17/2007)
Battlemaps Lairs Special: Wizard’s Tower (07/24/2007)

For more details on these products, and to order, see the 0One Games web site (linked at the top of this article).

White Wolf New and Upcoming Products 6/25/2007

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White Wolf’s online store lists the following new releases:

White Wolf New Releases for June 25, 2007 

They have also updated their upcoming release schedule:

Upcoming Products  Expected Date 
  Compass of Terrestrial Directions vol.2—The West  07/25/2007 
  Damnation City  07/25/2007 
  Scion: Demigod  08/08/2007 
  The Art of EVE  08/08/2007 
  NoCtuRnE 2007 Registration  08/09/2007 
  Changeling: The Lost  08/16/2007 
  Changeling: The Lost Dice  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Booster Display  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Booster Pack  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Starter Angel Cartel  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Starter Blood Raiders  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Starter Display  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Starter Guristas  08/16/2007 
  EVE The Exiled Starter Serpentis  08/16/2007 
  Monte Cook’s World of Darkness  08/16/2007 
  The City of Brass  08/16/2007 
  World of Darkness: Asylum  08/16/2007 
  Changeling: The Lost Character Pad  09/05/2007 
  Changeling: The Lost Storytellers Screen  09/05/2007 
  Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals  09/19/2007 
  Scion: God  10/03/2007 
  ICC 2007 Registration for Camarilla Members  10/18/2007

WFHGS Releases Firing Order Issue 18

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The Wasatch Front Historical Gaming Society (WFHGS) has published Issue 18 of their Warning Order newsletter in PDF format, available free from their web site. This issue contains the following articles:

Modern Ground Ops: Is Gaming Possible?
Review: GMT’s Combat Commander: Europe
Review: GMT’s Zero!
Review: They Shall Not Pass from Avalanche Press
Scenario Replay: Price of Glory Playtest Game
Review: John Jenkins Samurai Buildings
Review: Litko Aerosystems Trays & Bases
Review: Old Glory 10mm Assyrians & Osprey Assyrians
Editorial: The Hobby Divergent
Memoirs of a Miniature & Board Wargamer Pt. 5
Blast from the Past Pt. 4
Age of Eagles Battle Report: Spring 1813 Battle – Day One, Day Two
Rules Playtest: Flagship – WW2 Pacific Battle
Review: Mahdist Wars Source Book
Review: Wargames Illustrated Magazine #233 and 234
Review: Warmaster Ancient Armies
Scenario Replay: Disposable Heroes Playtest Game

You can download Issue 18 and their earlier issues from their web site here.

New Wargamedownloads.com Products 6/25/2007

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The Wargamedownloads.com web site lists the following new products:

1/72 M4 Sherman in Green
Paper model
$2.50
1/72 A13 Cruiser Tank
Paper model
$0.00
1/72 M3 Stuart Winter
Paper model
$2.50
1/72 M4 Sherman in Desert camouflage
Paper model
$2.50
1/72 M4 Sherman in Winter camouflage
Paper model
$2.50
Bugs!
Game where the bugs are big with an attitude and it’s your job to turn them into pink mist
$0.00
Chain Reaction
Whether you’re patrolling the front lines, leading a gang of survivors in a wasteland, or rooting out Zombies, Chain Reaction provides the rules
$0.00
German Troops WW2 Winter Set
Paper model
$2.50
Steel and Glory, Magica, Mini-Game #48
Magic expansion for the Steel and Glory game system
$5.00

New Products from Twilight Creations 06/25/2007

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When I attended Gen Con 2006, one of the booths I very much enjoyed visiting was the Twilight Creations booth. Their staff were friendly, fun, helpful, and knowledgeable. I ended up walking away buying Easter Island and Zombies!! thanks to their efforts.

Their web site lists the following new items:

Zombies!!! 5: School’s Out Forever
Raise your hand if you thought Zombies!!!4 really was the end.

At Twilight University, the normal curriculum has changed. Instead of studying science and art, students at this school study improvised weaponry and major in SURVIVAL!!!
Available Now!

Zombies!!! (Second Edition)
Updated art for event cards, all new map art, revised rules and Female Zombies!!!
Available Now!
Zombies!!! 3 – Mall Walkers (Second Edition)
The much requested and long anticipated mall expansion for Zombies!!! This box set features 16 new map tiles of the mall interior, 32 new event cards, new rules, two scenarios and surprises galore! Get ready to shop till you REALLY drop! Requires the use of the original Zombies!!! base game.
Available Now!
Zombies!!! 6: Six Feet Under
You have always thought.. There has got to be an easier way to get around town! Well, now you found one… Or did you? There can’t be zombies underground, right?
ZOMBIES!!! 6: 6 FEET UNDER adds a whole new level of excitement to the Zombies!!! game. With this expansion players are now free to explore the underground subways and sewers beneath the city.
Available Now!

Reiner Knizia’s Gravediggers
You are a gravedigger in a small town. Business is very good, but your job doesn’t pay much, is very dirty and above all, IS REALLY BORING! To add some excitement and an extra source of income to your life, you decide to start a contest with your fellow gravediggers. Everyone has one week to borrow as many valuables from their clients as they can. Any cemetery is fair game and whomever has the most stuff at the end wins. Everyone agrees it sounds like fun and let’s face it, they can’t take it with them!
Gravediggers is an easy bidding game from the award-winning designer, Dr. Reiner Knizia.
Players: 2 to 5 Playing Time: 30 minutes
Coming July 2007!

The Haunting House 4: They Don’t Build ‘Em Like They Used To
You and your hoodlum friends have decided to hit the Breitenstein house one last time. This time around the goal is the same…Well, there might be one slight difference… Unlocking the basement seems to have set something free…something evil!!!
Coming August 2007!

New Thomarillion Miniatures Products 06/25/2007

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The Thomarillion web site lists the following new miniatures gaming products:

New Thomarillion Miniatures 06/25/2007 

Savage Worlds $9.99 Explorers Edition Printed

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From the Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

$9.99 Savage Worlds: Explorers Edition Printed!!!

Pinnacle actively pursues new Savage Worlds players with new full color softback edition of the core rules.

(June 21, 2007) – Today Pinnacle launches the campaign for its new, $9.99 (USD), full color softback edition of the award-winning roleplaying rules set Savage Worlds™, the Savage Worlds: Explorer Edition. For the first time in the game industry players will be able to own a full and complete copy of a major roleplaying game in stunning full color for under ten dollars.

“We’re ecstatic! With the success of Pirates of the Spanish Main™ and the upcoming Savage World of Solomon Kane™, it felt like a great time to really make a statement about our faith in the entire Savage Worlds line,” says Simon Lucas, President of Pinnacle Entertainment. “Not only is this a chance for existing fans to get their hands on extra copies for their gaming group, this is a chance for them to spread the word to others who haven’t quite become “savages” yet. Now everyone can own a copy of Savage Worlds for less than the price of a pizza on game night!”

The Savage Worlds: Explorer Edition is a 6.5”x9”, 160-page, full-color soft-bound edition that will retail for just $9.99 (USD) and ships this August. It features the latest rule updates as well, including those made in the Pinnacle hits Deadlands: Reloaded™ as well as the licensed products Pirates of the Spanish Main and upcoming Savage World of Solomon Kane.

Beautiful full-color art from current and upcoming Savage Worlds settings as well as all new pieces grace the 160 pages of Origins Award-winning text. The Savage Worlds: Explorer Edition contains everything a player or Game Master needs to run a Savage Worlds session including: full rules for character creation, combat, monsters, world building tips, and an all new swashbuckling Savage Tale penned by Savage Worlds and Deadlands creator Shane Hensley.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group is a US game company specializing in roleplaying games, and is best known for its smash historical horror hits Deadlands ™, Weird Wars ™, and the Savage Worlds ™ role playing and miniatures game system. Pinnacle was founded in 1994 by Shane Lacy Hensley. Great White Games is now the parent company of the Pinnacle brand. Shane Hensley remains involved with Pinnacle/Great White Games as CEO, and works full-time in the computer games industry on such well-known MMO titles as City of Heroes/City of Villains ®, Marvel Universe Online ®, and an upcoming and as-yet unannounced Deadlands electronic project.

Slaughter Gulch™, Deadlands™ and Savage Worlds™ are trademarks of Great White Games, doing business as Pinnacle Entertainment Group. www.peginc.com

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Massive Assault Network 2 Tourney Announced

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From the M.A.N.2 web site

Massive Assault Network 2 tourney announced 22 June 2007

New Orleans, LA – May 15, 2007 – Official Massive Assault Network 2 Tournament begins July 5, registrations opens today.

Wargaming.net, Inc. today announced the First Massive Assault Network 2 Global Tournament, which will begin July 5. Registration is currently open at the Massive Assault Network 2 Web site. Those gamers, who are looking to prove that they are among the best strategists in the world, should get Massive Assault Network 2 now.

The tournament will be played in 3 tours and will last for 12 weeks. The top 3 ranked players will be eligible for the grand prizes. Additionally, the top 10 ranked players will be able to succeed appreciably in game’s common rating.

For more information of Massive Assault Network 2 2007 Tournament read the rules of the contest.

MAN2 Features:

* Revolutionary turn-based gameplay
* Fascinating 3D engine
* “Fancy Camera” to capture the most dramatic moments
* Simple system of opponent’s selection
* A.I. opponents for training
* 25 beautiful planets of extraterrestrial environment
* 42 units of incredible power

Games Plus of Chicago New Products 6/25/2007

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Games Plus of Chicago lists the following new products in their inventory:

Privateer Press – new Hordes miniatures :
75007 – Minions : Bog Trog Ambushers blister pack – $ 10.99
75006 – Minions : Bog Trog Ambushers Unit Box – $ 32.99
71023 – Trollbloods : Winter Troll warbeast – $ 17.99

Against the Odds Magazine : Campaign Study #1 
Wintergewitter : The doomed attempt to relive Stalingrad. Everything you wanted to know. 560 counters, full color map, 80 page reference guide and more.

Critical Hit – new Squads and Leaders items :
Busting the Bocage (3rd edition) : Hedgerow Fighting with the 2nd Ranger Battalion.
ATS 4th edition Rulebook  :  new 3.08 Advanced Tobruk System rulebook, play aids, etc.
Arnhem : The Third Bridge (2nd ed) :  ASL compatible module with maps, scenarios, etc.
Roman Glory (CSIR vs Russian) : New ASL compatible module with maps, rules, etc for ’41

FUDGE – Firing Solution : Deep Space Tactical Fleet Combat – $ 14.95
A new starship combat game using the FUDGE system as it’s core. Two or three dimensional, custom design rules, an included campaign system and a whole bunch more give you everything you need to play scifi space battles with the complexity you want.

GF9 Releases Cloud Effects Markers for WARMACHINE

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Gale Force Nine has released Cloud Effects Markers for Privateer Press’ WARMACHINE game. These markers are designed to depict continuous cloud effects on the table with a 3-D marker. When placed on the table, the pieces can be rotated or removed to allow movement through the effected areas. Each set is made from high-quality translucent acrylic. Each pack contains one complete marker. GF9 has posted pictures of the markers in use on their web site.

Hands-on with Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

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The Gamespot site published a hands-on article about Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. The article talks about the new additions to CivIV including corporations, espionage, and more. The article includes screenshots and gameplay footage.

Shadowrun Emergence PDF Available

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The Shadowrun web site announced the following:

The PDF/ebook version of Emergence is now available for sale! The print edition of the book is at the printers now and is slated for a release in late July. If you want to pre-order the print version and get the PDF now, there’s a Emergence Combo Package available.

If you haven’t checked out the preview of Emergence, you can download the Emergence PDF preview and you can also check out art preview blog entry.

D&D Miniatures Tournaments in July 2007

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The D&D Miniatures site is listing the dates for special tournament events at 300 stores around North America. The tournaments are being held July 6, 7, or 8, 2007, and have a recommended entry fee of $35.

According to the official announcement, “Starting with Night Below, we are very pleased to announce that we are giving 300 retail stores the opportunity to run a special release event with support from Wizards of the Coast! These stores were given this opportunity since they have sanctioned and run D&D Miniatures games regularly. These stores will each receive a special release kit to help support and advertise their event. This includes a new Epic Stat card released for the first time via the program, a unique to event d20 featuring the set symbol, plus a poster advertising the store as an official site. This program is free and open to any store that regularly sanctions, runs, and reports D&D Miniatures events. If you want to be considered for future release events, contact DCI Sanctioning or read more about sanctioning at www.theDCI.com.”

The full list of venues hosting these tournaments is located here on the D&D Miniatures site, and includes locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax, Montreal, Sacramento, Colorado Springs, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Indianapolis, Lexington,
Minneapolis, Reno, Rochester, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Pittsburgh, Houston, and many more.

Update on Spartan from Crocodile Games 6/25/2007

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On Sunday, Crocodile Games posted an update on its upcoming Spartans game. Some excerpts:

“We have heard back from our production company about the release date, and they estimate that the Spartans should be ready to go around July 16. Our pre-order numbers for these miniatures have been very high, much higher than expected, and we’re working as fast as we can to get them out to you. We know that this is later than the original estimated release date and we want to thank you for your patience and understanding. There are just 3 of us here, and we’re all struggling to get out from beneath a giant pile of Spartans! And ouch — those spears hurt!

To thank all our customers that pre-ordered their Spartans from the Croc store, we will be throwing in an extra ‘Spartan Casualty’ miniature! Also, no orders will be charged until the week we ship your orders. Thanks for everyone’s understanding on this, and we’re sure they will be worth the wait!”

For more information, see the Crocodile Games web site.

Columbia Releases Kanday CD-ROM Atlas

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Columbia Games has released the Kingdom of Kanday Electronic Atlas on CD-ROM:

The Kanday Electronic Atlas on CD ROM is a great resource for gamemasters.

Includes:

69 detailed vector maps:

  • World Map of Kethira
  • Regional Map of Hârn
  • Atlas Map of Kanday
  • Shire and Hundred Maps
  • Local Maps of all cities, castles, and keeps in Kanday (including many never-before mappped at the local scale).

Campaign Cartographer map viewing software.
Unlimited zooming.
Maps are hyperlinked to one another.
Framework for future expansions in place.
Users can add their own maps and edit the existing ones with CC2 Pro (sold separately by ProFantasy) and the free Mappa Hârnica toolkit.
Print at any scale, print an entire map over one piece of paper, or tile your prints over many sheets.

CC2 and Campaign Cartographer 2 are trademarks of ProFantasy Software Ltd.

Classic Battletech Technical Readout Available

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From the Classic Battletech web site:

Classic BattleTech Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade is now available for purchase at the BattleCorps BattleShop.

Click here for the PDF.

Additionally, click here for a preview of various pages.

Chaosium Halloween 2007 Adventure Contest Begins

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From the Chaosium web site:

Halloween Adventure Contest

Submit a Halloween BRP Adventure by September 15th, 2007

Starting today, Northern Hemisphere nights start getting longer. So perhaps it’s time to start thinking about Halloween. So we thought we’d get an early start on our nest adventure contest.

The winning entries, and there may be several of them, will be published in a future monograph. If we choose your adventure, you will receive 2 copies of the monograph in which your adventure appears, A Chaosium T-shirt of our choosing, and a copy of Secrets of Los Angeles.

Each entry must be between 10,000 -15,000 words. Submit your adventure as text files or word documents only. Don’t submit PDF’s, quark files, etc.

All entries must be in English.

Any images or maps that accompany your adventure must be copyright free.

Your adventure must use our Basic Roleplaying rules or Call of Cthulhu 6th edition rules.

Entries must be emailed to dustin@chaosium.com.

The deadline for entries is midnight September 15th, 2007.

Entries must be submitted along with your name, email address, T-shirt size, and shipping address.

All entries become the property of Chaosium Inc.

Chaosium reserves the right to change these rules as often as we like, with no warning.

Good Luck!

Dustin O’Chaosium

New White Wolf Quarterly Released June 22, 2007

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From Arthaus and White Wolf:

New Quarterly is Here
Download the new White Wolf eQuarterly covering the summer of 2007 and more
Posted: 2007-06-22
 
Looking for information about what is coming next? Want to stay ahead of the game? Curious about a particular future release? Well, you are in luck. The new White Wolf eQuarterly is ready for your downloading pleasure!

Download the new eQuarterly