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FFG’s July RPG Releases Print E-mail
Written by John Coviello   
Friday, 23 April 2010 15:36

Fantasy Flight Games has announced two new roleplaying books scheduled for July release: Gaia Volume 1: World Beyond Dreams for Anima: Beyond Fantasy, and The Winds of Magic for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 April 2010 20:18
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New Traveller RPG books Print E-mail
Written by John Coviello   
Thursday, 22 April 2010 15:19

Coming Over The Next Few Months

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Traveller: Sup 8: Power Armour

$24.99 SRP

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Traveller: LBB 1: Mercenary

$14.99 SRP

Bringing a staple of science fiction novels, films and TV series, Power Armour describes the many different versions of powered personal defence systems available to characters. From the combat armour and battle dress of the original traveller to hulking exosuits that can withstand a shot from a main battle tank and be dropped from the highest reaches of the atmosphere, sophisticated power armour can turn a single man into an entire army.

Supplement 8: Power Armour features several new armour types and allows you to customise them to specific functions. Whether you are looking for light armour that retains stealth or something more akin to a multi-purpose suit a bounty hunter would value, this book has every option you could wish for.

The Little Black Books return! Harking back to the original release of Traveller in the 70’s, the Little Black Books from Mongoose bring the latest version of Traveller to your gaming table in a handy and collectible pocket size.

Mercenary is a detailed expansion for the Traveller game, and the first in the line of Core Supplements. With advanced options for Soldier and Marine characters, any player with an interest in infantry combat will find something of value in this manual.

With new weapons and tactics, career options, and the lucrative mercenary ticket system, Mercenary puts ground combat front and centre.

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Traveller: LBB: High Guard

$14.99 SRP

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Traveller: Reft Sector

$24.99 SRP

The Little Black Books return! Harking back to the original release of Traveller in the 70’s, the Little Black Books from Mongoose bring the latest version of Traveller to your gaming table in a handy and collectible size.

Command the stars themselves with the most powerful fleets ever assembled. Dedicated to Naval characters, whether actively serving on a frontline warship or semi-retired on a rusting tramp freighter, High Guard expands the possibilites of space combat.

With a new and highly evolved starship construction system and a wealth of choices for weapon emplacements and other additions, no captain will want to venture into space withouot this important manual at his side. Naval characters will also benefit from new career options and choices made during creation that will see them prepared for the worst the galaxy can throw at them.

Continuing the exploration of the Third Imperium, Reft Sector provides new ground for your players to explore, colonise and capitalise! Part of the Great Rift, Reft Sector is a true wilderness, with opportunities abounding for lucky or skilled Travellers – or those on the run from more civilised space. With a complete history and every subsector and planet covered, Reft Sector opens fresh ground for Traveller players, allowing them to interact with the inhabitants of these new worlds.

Reft Sector is an astrographical oddity. It contains two groups of stars, of relatively standard density, separated by a wide rift. Much of this rift is entirely empty, as the name suggests, but deep within it lie two relatively dense subsectors. These were settled by sublight expeditions from Earth and remained isolated from the rest of Charted Space for most of their history.

The history of the region since that time has been troubled, with periods of war interspersed with relative peace. The existence of many small powers, each with distinct cultures and political systems, led to the creation of a shifting web of alliances and rivalries. As a result, it is likely that at least one dispute or conflict is ongoing in the Islands at any given time, and other powers are on the verge of being drawn in or are offering assistance of one form or another.

There is money to be made in the Islands and via them, but the hazards are considerable.

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Traveller: Alien Module 3: Darrians

$34.99 SRP

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Traveller LBB 3: Scout

$14.99 SRP

This Alien Module explores the mysterious and enigmatic Darrians and their domain within the Spinward Marches. With access to incredible technologies, including the apocalyptic and legendary Star Trigger, the Darrians have nonetheless only a relatively small empire, far from the Third Imperium.

Alien Module 3 covers shows you how to create Darrian characters, and explores their psychology, culture, society and technology. New Darrian ships are featured, and every world within their domain is fully detailed, allowing your characters to walk on their surfaces and visit their peoples.

The Little Black Books return! Harking back to the original release of Traveller in the 70’s, the Little Black Books from Mongoose bring the latest version of Traveller to your gaming table in a handy and collectible pocket size.

Scout is a detailed expansion for the Traveller game, and continues the line of core books expanding the main rules to give you more options, and depth of play.

This book is dedicated to Scout characters, providing them with new career options, equipment, and detailed exploration rules. Characters will be able to scan planets and asteroids to gain a wealth of detail about their surroundings, survive in the harshest environments, and explore mysterious worlds in the furthest depths of space - literally going where no one has been before!

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Traveller: Compendium Vol 1

$34.99 SRP

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Traveller Book 8: Merchant Prince

$24.99 SRP

This first volume of the Traveller Compendiums collates all the most popular articles that have appeared in Signs & Portents over the years, and presents them for the tabletop! Inside you will find new careers, new ships, adventures, patrons, advice on running games, new equipment, newly revealed aspects to Aslan society, and much more!

Long-awaited by Traveller fans, Merchant Prince is for every character who engages in trading while roaming the stars. Starting off with some extra tips and options for the speculative trading every Traveller player is familiar with, Merchant Prince adds a whole new trading option for those wealthy enough to attempt it, allowing them to build a huge trading empire that spans the stars. With new career options, cargoes and ships, Merchant Prince is an invaluable companion to all Traveller players.

This book not only allows players to make the most out of Merchant characters but also adds several new elements to the rest of the Traveller gaming system. Where some players may want to earn their living dodging bullets and spending as much as they make on armour repairs, some enjoy a more social or economic approach that can be just as exciting.

This sourcebook gives a host of new options, rules and plot potential. Traveller fans can find new boons within the game’s economy based career paths, the companies they create and the market they live and die for.

Merchant Prince is a guide to making a fortune using the tenets of the merchant class.

 
Thunderstone returns with a new expansion Print E-mail
Written by John Coviello   
Thursday, 22 April 2010 10:37

Base Game is expected back mid-May, Wrath of Elements in Early June

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Thunderstone

$39.99 SRP

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Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements

$29.99 SRP

For ages the vile Doom Knights have sought to gather the remaining Thunderstones to fulfill a prophecy of corruption over the lands. Now the first Thunderstone has been discovered in the Dungeons of Grimhold and the Doom Knights have sent their minions to claim the relic. The Villagers of Barrowsdale gather brave souls to face the dungeon and keep the Thunderstone out of the hands of the Doom Knights.

Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building game. Fight the evils of the dungeon to prove your worth. Gain powerful weaponry and level into new and mighty hero classes. Claim the best cards and survive to take the Thunderstone.

Will you claim the Thunderstone?

• Build up your character as you play
• Over 500 Cards for replay value
• Game design by Michael Elliott
• Illustrated by fantasy artist Jason Engle

Thunderstone returns with all new monsters, heroes, equipment, and now... traps! Thunderstone brought dungeon crawling to the deck-building game genre, and Wrath of the Elements takes Thunderstone to a new level. With four new heroes, six new monsters, and many new village cards, Wrath of the Elements can be stand alone or mixed in with classic Thunderstone for a larger experience. Wrath of the Elements also introduces Traps. This new card type creates perilous dangers for your adventuring party when revealed from the Dungeon Deck. Can you overcome the new monstrosities and claim the Thunderstone?

Wrath of the Elements also features an attractive and durable card box large enough to hold both Wrath of the Elements and classic Thunderstone, and is even more compact and easy to transport! The box also comes with all new labeled card-type dividers for both the new cards and classic Thunderstone cards. Jason Engle returns again with more amazing art as well.

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:37
 
New Battlelore from Fantasy Flight Print E-mail
Written by John Coviello   
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:40

Coming in June

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Battelore: Horrific Horde Goblin Army Pack

$39.95 SRP

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Battelore: Battles of Westeros

$79.95 SRP

The BattleLore: Horrific Horde Goblin Army Pack will greatly expand the ranks of your Goblin forces by introducing two brand new troop types: Goblin Halberdiers and powerful Ogres, while adding even more of the fundamental Goblinoid units from both the core set and the Goblin Marauders expansion. BattleLore: Horrific Horde includes a rule book for the new units, a full set of Unit and Specialist cards, five additional adventures, as well as 15 Deployment cards, for use with the Call to Arms expansion, that allow you to build a customized Goblinoid army of your choosing!

Contents:
* 12 Goblin Halberdiers
* 12 Goblin Swordsmen
* 6 Ogres
* 6 Hobgoblin Cavalry
* 6 Hobgoblin Hyena Riders
* 14 banners
* Rules Booklet w/5 new adventures
* 2 Specialist cards
* 5 Unit Summary cards
* 15 Call to Arms Deployment cards

2 Players

Ages 12+

60 Minutes

Unfurl the banners of the Great Houses of Westeros! To secure power in the Seven Kingdoms and to ensure the survival of their lines, the Houses of Westeros each follow very different paths. Some forge strategic alliances, some create complex political intrigues, and still others use deceit and betrayal. But there is no more direct or lasting path to power than taking to the field of battle.

In Battles of Westeros, two players recreate the military conflicts set in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, taking part in battles directly from the books... or designing their own. In this epic board game of battlefield tactics, players control either House Stark, the wards of Winterfell who have called their hearty allies to defend their honor and lands, or House Lannister, an aggressive force funded by Casterly Rock’s endless supply of gold.

Battles of Westeros is played over one of several included scenarios, called battles. Each of these has a battle plan that dictates the formation of the map (called the battlefield), starting positions of each House’s units, starting resources, special rules, and victory conditions for the game session. A battle is played over several rounds, with each round consisting of alternating player turns. The goals a player needs to accomplish to win a game of Battles of Westeros can vary (some battles require players to earn a certain number of victory points, while other battles require a player to take and hold strategic positions on the battlefield), but this collection of available scenarios, along with the ability to make your own exciting battles with the double-sided map board and over thirty map overlays, gives Battles of Westeros a wealth of replayability!

Battles of Westeros also offers plenty of strategic complexity, resulting in a satisfying number of compelling choices in every game. For example, each player has a special randomized Leadership Deck, consisting of unique tactics and abilities; this deck will change based on the scenario being played and characters present. Is Jaime Lannister on the battlefield? If you draw the appropriate Leadership Card, he can order nearby troops to aggressively rush their opponents! Is Eddard Stark guiding his forces into battle? Special flanking maneuvers enter your Leadership Deck, to potentially be drawn into your hand.

Battles of Westeros also features a level of realism that immerses you in the most significant conflicts of the War of the Five Kings. Each plastic figure base, which holds your infantry, archer, cavalry, and kennelmaster units, has a slot for a banner pole – a small flag-bearing attachment. The plastic banners that attach to each unit bear the crest of that unit’s house, and their orientation on the pole indicates at a glance whether that unit has been ordered yet. In addition to the intuitive and useful game effect this provides (differentiating the units you’ve activated from those you haven’t), the sight of your army’s banners spread impressively across the gorgeously designed game board will give you the sense that you are the clever Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock... or the stoic Robb Stark, with his direwolf Grey Wind at his side!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 April 2010 10:14
 
Hordes: Primal MK II Print E-mail
Written by John Coviello   
Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:28

From Privateer in July

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Privateer Press is publishing the 256-page Hordes: Primal MK II core rulebook in both hardcover (MSRP $44.99) and softcover ($29.99) editions in July. The book includes complete core rules for the Hordes Tabletop Miniatures Game, plus in-depth histories of the non-human nations of western Immoren and the conflicts that have shaped them, detailed profiles and rules for the powerful warbeasts of the Trollbloods, Circle Orboros, Legion of Everblight, and Skorne, plus an instructional painting and hobby guide that demonstrates how to bring battlefields to life.

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Privateer is also releasing four new 90-card stat decks for Hordes Mk II ($18.99 each), the 2010 Trollblood Deck, the 2010 Circle Orboros Deck, the 2010 Legion of Everblight Deck, and the 2010 Skorne Deck. These are must-have items for gamers, who play any of the four factions. The full color, redesigned stat cards cover every model in each of the four factions produced for the Hordes game and issued before January 1st, 2010.

Another must-have item for Hordes players are the Hordes MK II Token Sets (MSRP $15.99 each). The highly useful, faction-specific token sets (each with 60 tokens) are available for each of the four factions, Trollbloods, Circle Orboros, Legion of Everblight, and Skorne.

 

New Hordes miniatures due out in July include: The Trollblood Swamp Troll (MSRP $20.99), the Circle Orboros Wold Guardian (MSRP $27.99), the Legion of Everblight Scythean (MSRP TBD), the Skorne Titan Sentry (MSRP $44.99), Minions Lord Carver (MSRP TBD), and the Minions War Hog (MSRP TBD).

 
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