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Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Steve Jackson to Release Munchkin Cthulu 3 in January 2008

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Steve Jackson Games’ Daily Illuminator announced today that in January 2008 they will be releasing Munchkin Cthulu 3 – The Unspeakable Vault. This is a 56-card expansion to the Munchkin Cthulu game, bringing Great Cthulu, Dagoon, Narly,and Tindaloo into the pun-filled world of Munchkin.

For those of you who’ve never played the Munchkin card game, I recommend giving it a try – especially if you’ve ever played any kind of dungeon-crawling RPG. Munchkin is loosely based on that genre and brings a great deal of humor and fun to it. My brother and I played Munchkin Impossible at Origins 2007 in an event run by Amorphous Blob Games, and had a great time with it. Munchkin Impossible is based on the spy movie genre and pokes a bit of fun at it.

Category: Card-based Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Rattlehead Carrying Black Cat Bases Products Now

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Rattlehead Games posted the following announcement on their site today:

We’re very happy to announce that we are now taking orders for Black Cat Bases products! Black Cat Bases produces an enormous array of detailed bases, as well as terrain and scenery and some 28mm Fantasy and Pirate miniatures. Check ‘em out!

Category: Other Gaming News |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Privateer Press Issues Rhulic Gold Paint Notice

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In keeping with my image of Privateer Press as a great company, their web site is currently letting customers know that if they’re having any problems with a recent batch of Rhulic Gold paint that they want to know about it.

That’s the mark of a company that cares about its customers. Could be that’s why their booths at Origins and Gen Con were so darned busy every time I passed by…

Category: Gaming Accessories |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Upcoming Releases from Mongoose Sep/Oct 2007

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Mongoose Publishing’s web site lists their upcoming releases for the next month, which include:

Alpha Complex Nights
Blood of Orlanth
Dragons of Lencia – Collector’s Edition
Elfs: Guide to the Aldryami
Glory & Greed – Collector’s Edition
Ipsha War Globe
Lone Wolf 2: Fire on the Water
Lone Wolf 3: Caverns of Kalte – Collector’s Edition
Lumati Transport
Player’s Guide to the Hyborean Age
Return to the Road of Kings
Spycraft 2.0
The Lurker’s Guide to Starports
Thirdspace
World on Fire

Category: Other Gaming News |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Recent Posts of Free Wargaming Rules at Miniature Wargaming

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Miniature Wargaming has provided information about a number of free wargames rules available on the Internet recently, including the following:

Bravado! A set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures battles set in the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.

1450-1550 is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniatures games set in the renaissance.

The Napnuts site has a set of rules for conducting a Napoleonic Peninsular campaign.

Maxims and Mausers is a set of free wargames rules for European Wars from the 1870s.

Category: Wargames |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Forge World Releases Tactica Aeronautica and Minis

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Forge World has announced the release of several new items today:

Tactica Aeronautica
Tactica Aeronautica is a 128 page hard back supplement for Aeronautica Imperialis, a tabletop wargame for two or more players, where you command the aircraft of the Imperial Navy or one or its many alien enemies. This book provides you with additional rules for Aeronautica Imperialis, as well as new aircraft, new background and the Typha-IV campaign
Inside you’ll find:
New Rules: New and expanded rules for Aeronautica Imperialis, including aircraft upgrades for all races, expanded squadron lists, and guidance for designing and building ground installations.
New Aircraft Guides: Detailed background, specifications and colour profiles for seven aircraft of the 41st millenium. You’ll find the Imperium’s Marauder Colossus and Vigilant, brutal Ork Bommers and Blasta Bommers, Tau Empire Remora drone fighers and the Tiger Shark-2-2, and the huge and powerful Chaos Harbinger heavy bomber.
Campaigns and Scenarios: Details of the Typha-IV campaign. As a well equipped Tau Empire strike Force attack the industrial facilities of Typha-IV, the Imperial Navy must respond to defend the planet from the alien attack in a desperate battle. the campaign includes background, campaign system and historical scenarios.
Hobby Articles: Contains tactics articles, rules questions and answers from the Aeronautica Imperialis rulebook and designer’s notes.
THE FIRST 500 COPIES OF THE BOOK WILL BE SIGNED BY WARWICK KINRADE
To see a larger image of the cover click here
To see some sample page spreads click here
THESE MODELS ARE AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW AND WILL BE DESPATCHED WEEK COMMENCING THE 8TH OF OCTOBER
Aeronautica Imperialis Imperial Control Tower
Imperial Control Tower model designed by Phil Stutchinskas. Pictures available here. These are available to pre-order now and will be dispatched the week beginning October 8.
Aeronautica Imperialis Imperial Large Landing Pad
Large landing platform for Imperial Bombers and Transports, designed by Phil Stutchinskas. Pictures are available here.
Aeronautica Imperialis Imperial Airbase Accessories
Set of Imperial Airbase Accessories, including bunker, hydra flak emplacement, power generator, fuel drums, ammo crates, and tool locker, designed by Phil Stutchinskas. Pictures are available here.

For more information, see the links above.

Category: Miniatures Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Avalanche Offers Counter Grab Bags with Orders

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From the Avalanche Press web site comes the following announcement:

Counter Productive Grab Bag!
We’ve published over 5,200 Panzer Grenadier playing pieces to go with 600+ scenarios. And fans always want extras. For a limited time, with every purchase of $50 or more, you can pick up a random selection of five counter sheets (about 800 pieces) for another $20. We’ll stuff your package with all sorts of tanks, infantry and artillery — Finns, Germans, Soviet Guards, Australians, British, U.S. Marines and much more. We close our eyes and pick them by sheer chance — take your chances!

Category: Wargames |

Michael Salsbury | September 14, 2007

Adamant Releases Crimson Emperor, Chapter 1

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Adamant Entertainment has released “Crimson Emperor, Chapter One: Politics of Terror“, the first chapter in their first Serial Adventure, Crimson Emperor. This release is part of the Thrilling Tales line of pulp D20 products, and is the first in a five-part campaign. In this installment, the players are sent on an adventure that will bring them from Chinatown, to Tibet, to a self-styled emperor’s fortress, and finally Washington, DC. The adventure is priced at $4.00. For more details and ordering information, see the Adamant Entertainment web site.

Category: Role-playing Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

Hex Games Releases Dungeon of Moderate Annoyance

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From the Hex Games web site comes the following announcement:

The first Qerth adventure module, The Dungeon of Moderate Annoyance (Not Nearly as Bad as the Dungeon of Infinite Pain) is now for sale through RPGnow, Drive-Thru RPG, Your Games Now, and Paizo Publishing! This PDF contains all-new material, available only in electronic form.

The Dungeon of Moderate Annoyance is a complete Qerth adventure, perfect for Apprentice-Level adventurers. This module contains all the maps, taps, monsters, and magical items you need for a full night of fantasy fun. As an added bonus, we’ve included two sheets of cut-out and fold-up paper miniatures, sure to liven up any grid map!

Category: Role-playing Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

Wargamedownoads.com Releases Marine Air for Hornet Leader II

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Our featured advertiser Wargamedownloads.com has released the following product:

Marine Air
An Expansion to the Hornet Leader II game system $19.95

Category: Wargames |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

Updated White Wolf Release Schedule 09/13/2007

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White Wolf Games has published the following updated product release schedule:

Upcoming Products	Expected Date
Manual of Exalted Power: Sidereals	09/26/2007
The Mysterium	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Assamite Starter Deck	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Booster Pack	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Booster Pack Display	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Giovanni Starter Deck	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Ravnos Starter Deck	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Setites Starter Deck	09/26/2007
VTES Lords of the Night Starter Display	09/26/2007
Books of Sorcery Vol.1: Wonders of the Lost Age (Reprint)	10/05/2007
Autumn Nightmares	10/10/2007
Scion: God	10/10/2007
World of Darkness: Reliquary	10/10/2007
Mage: The Awakening (Reprint)	10/11/2007
Second Sight (Reprint)	10/11/2007
World of Darkness Rulebook (Reprint)	10/11/2007
World of Darkness: Armory (Reprint)	10/11/2007
ICC 2007 Registration for Camarilla Members	10/18/2007
Books of Sorcery 4—Roll of Glorious Divinity: Gods & Elementals	10/24/2007
Requiem for Rome	10/24/2007
Astral Realms	11/07/2007
Fall of the Camarilla	11/07/2007
Exalted: Dreams of the First Age	12/05/2007
Murder City	12/05/2007
Winter Masques	12/05/2007
World of Darkness: Changing Breeds	12/05/2007

Category: Role-playing Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

Three New Z-Man Releases

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Z-Man Games has recently released three new titles: Duel in the Dark, Shazamm!, and R-ECO.

Duel in the Dark is a World War 2 air combat game depicting the nightmare raids of British bombers hitting German cities. As the head of British Bomber Command, you plan the attacks on Germany in order to undermine the morale of the civilian population. Or, as General of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), you defend using your ace squadrons and organizing an effective civil defense. The gameboard allows you to configure countless variations of these historic events, with each night taking 30-45 minutes to resolve. Detailed images, a PDF of the rules, examples of play, and more appear on the Z-Man web site.

Shazamm! is a card based board game of wizards dueling for supremacy. It consists of 30 cards, 16 broken flagstone tiles, 2 wizard figures, 1 firewall figure, 2 mana dials, 2 pawns and a board. It’s designed for 2 players age 10 or older and can be played in around 30 minutes.

R-ECO is a game of recycling and ecology. Players take on the role of garbage collectors whose task is to place recycled goods in their proper waste disposal favility. This is a filler game originally published in Japan.

Category: Board Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

New Releases from Days of Wonder for BattleLore and Memoir ’44

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Days of Wonder has been very busy lately, having released:

Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries
Memoir ’44 – Operation “Margarita”
Memoir ’44 – Taking to the Skies!

Their current “deal of the month” includes a number of BattleLore Specialist Packs.

Category: Wargames |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

Atlas Sends Mad Scientist University to Press

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Atlas Games has apparently sent its upcoming Mad Scientist University game to press. Here’s what they had to say about it on their site:

Polish up your laser gun, get your maniacal laugh ready. You’re about to enroll in Mad Scientist University! Whichever student devises the most evilly ingenious schemes will pass with honors. The rest will be set home … in boxes … one piece at a time.

Mad Scientist University is a storytelling party game for 3 to 7 people. Players all receive one Unstable Element card, like “lawn gnomes,” “marshmallows,” or “squirrels.” Then they each present a cunning plan to achieve the group’s Insane Assignment using their Element: Journey to the center of the earth using tunneling mechanical lawn gnomes … Win the presidential race with mind-altering marshmallows … Take over the world with your army of vicious mutated squirrels. Your sinister plot knows no bounds!

The TA for the round awards the Assignment card for the “best” plan, using whatever demented, totally unreasonable criteria he sees fit … evil geniuses are like that. The player with the most Assignment cards wins!

Mad Scientist University is now at press, and will be in stores for Christmas sales. Sample card images to come!

Category: Board Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 13, 2007

Adamant Releases Star System for SF Role Playing

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From the Adamant Entertainment web site:

Adamant Entertainment continues our new line of support for any SF role-playing game with this installment of Star System. Our goal: to provide you with support for your space-opera campaigns, whether you play Saga Edition, d20 Future, Traveller, Serenity, or any other SF game.

Wrecks of the Great Abyss focuses on adventure scenarios set around starship
wrecks. Three starship wreck scenarios are provided, along with background information, plot hooks, NPCs and advice for the GM on running them. In addition, a quick and easy starship wreck scenario generator is included.

Gamemasters and players are encouraged to download the free introduction to Star System, which explains the systemless terms we use in our descriptions, so that they are easily adaptable to any SF role-playing system.

ADM1502
$2.00 US

Category: Role-playing Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 6, 2007

Paradox to Release Galactic Assault on Sept. 14 in Europe

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According to the Games News page on the Virgin web site, Paradox Interactive announced that its Sci-Fi wargame strategy release “Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power” went gold. In this game four races battle for control of the planet. Each one can develop its own technologies and battlefield units. Battle takes place on three-dimensional alien landscapes with weather conditions that affect the game. The game is expected to ship to European stores on September 14, 2007. It will also be available on the GamersGate download portal. For more information, see the Virgin web site.

Category: PC Strategy Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 5, 2007

PIG Releases HardNova 2: The Intercosm

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Precis Intermedia Gaming has released “HardNova 2: The Intercosm“. This is an expansion for their popular HardNova 2 science-fiction role plaing game. PIG describes this expansion by saying:

Expand your HardNova 2 adventures with the Intercosm. Explore a galaxy-spanning empire with this alternate setting. The Darhren Empire is populated by thousands of different races living on thousands of different worlds, but designed for flexibility and accommodation for a wide range of play, from street-level adventures to epic quests that change the face of the entire galaxy. Gamemasters can run stories entirely within the Intercosm, or easily link it to the United Sovereign Worlds setting provided with HardNova 2.

Includes new gimmicks, over 20 new species, historical context, galactic factions, focus on a handful of Imperial worlds, introductory scenario, and 30 new character and 21 new starship templates.

Category: Role-playing Games |

Michael Salsbury | September 5, 2007

Knucklebones Magazine – November 2007 issue

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Knucklebones Magazine’s November table of contents is now available online. The November 2007 issue contains the following:

On the Cover:

Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A Pirate’s Game forMe!
Shannon Applecline takes a look at games involving
plundering fun.

Games that Go Bump in the Night
Jason M. Brown covers some of the best creepy creations,
perfect for playing this Halloween—or all year round.

Caring for Games
Story and photos by Bruce Whitehill
Learn how to care for and repair your collection.

Features:

Z-Man
Shannon Applecline catches up with Zev Shlasinger and
Z-Man Games.

Origins 2007
By Aalok Mehta
Thousands flocked to Columbus, Ohio, for the annual
Origins International Game Expo.

Chess & Go
By Ethan Goffman
Two classic games teach children useful skills.

Hit or Miss
Skip Maloney traces the development of the party game
Hit or Miss, from its initial idea several years ago to its
most recent acclaim as a 2007 Mensa Select award winner.

In Search of theWorld’s Hardest Puzzle
Tom Jolly recounts his journey looking for difficult
mechanical puzzles and brainteasers.

Departments:

Board 2 Pieces
By Ted Alspach

Bruce’s Attic: Abstract Thinking on a Concrete Theme
By Bruce Whitehill

Erik’s Top 10: Games with Cool Bits
By Erik Arneson

Life of the Party: Variety: The Stuff of Fun
By Bernie DeKoven

Wit’s End
Test your knowledge with the Knucklebones Challenge, brainteasers, trivia and other intellectual diversions.

Games at a Glance
Reviews of: Axis & Allies: Battle of the Bulge, Colosseum, Dread Pirate: Buccaneer’s Revenge, Piratack, Piratitan, Pünct, Taluva, Zooloretto.

The Games We Played: Battleship
By Mark Rich

It’s in the Cards: Seeing the Sights on Souvenir Playing Cards
By David Galt

My Turn: The CABS Experience
By Terry Hollern

Everything Else:

The Boardroom
Table Talk
Across the Board
Retailer Listing
Wit’s End Answers
Ad Index

Current issue table of contents (pdf format) – Click here

Category: Other Gaming News |

Michael Salsbury | September 4, 2007

Kallistra Releases Blue Hexon Terrain Products

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Kallistra posted the following news update on their site recently:

Blue Hexon released. The blue polymer has been colour matched to the Hexon water features. Available in Box sets or individually. Single blue hexes also released. Optional clips provided.

For those of you not familiar with Kallistra’s products, they manufacture hexagonal gaming terrain boards suitable for a variety of tabletop miniatures games.

Category: Gaming Accessories |

Michael Salsbury | September 4, 2007

Gripping Beast Taking Pre-Orders for Warhammer Book

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From the Gripping Beast web site:

We are now taking preorders for the forthcoming Warhammer Ancient Battles Siege & Conquest book. Preorder or purchase this great new supplement from us before the end of October and receive the “Death In The Snow” vignette absolutely FREE.

Preorder here for FREE vignette.

Our chums at GW have the book scheduled for a ‘mid september’ release. We’ll update you as soon as we have more detail.
Vignette sculpted by Grandmaster Rob Baker. Our copy painted by Darrell Hindley. From the Lord S Collection.

Category: Miniatures Games |

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