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Mercs Starters are Here

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Feb 222012
 

Intro to Mercs starters

 

 

I am looking forward to picking up at least one of these.

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Paizo Announces the Top 8 in RPG Superstar

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Feb 222012
 

Top 8 Advance to Round 4 of RPG Superstar

Finalists to Design Original Encounters by End of Week

February 21, 2012 (REDMOND, Wash.) – Eight amateur game designers have advanced to Round 4 of Paizo Publishing’s RPG Superstar, the largest open-call tabletop roleplaying design contest in history. Celebrity judges Sean K Reynolds from Paizo, Necromancer Games president Clark Peterson, Goblinworks CEO Ryan Dancey, and RPG Superstar 2009 winner Neil Spicer critiqued the Pathfinder campaign-setting-specific creatures from Round 3 before public vote determined the 8 semifinalists.

I’m really impressed with the results so far,” said Sean K Reynolds. “The monster round had many excellent submissions, and several of them are practically ready for publication. Each round we see the voters selecting the most talented competitors for the next challenge, and the best designers step up and meet that challenge.”

The Top 8 finalists for RPG Superstar 2012 and their winning entries to date are:

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Hive Pocket Travel Edition

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Feb 222012
 

Hive Pocket

Hive pocket is the very same wonderful game we all love, but in a compact version. With all its pieces in a portable small cloth bag, this game can provide fun just about anywhere! This edition includes two bonus pieces, “The Mosquito” and “Ladybug,” expansions to the game which provide additional hours of fun! The object: To surround your opponent’s queen bee while trying to block your opponents from doing the same. Each player has 13 tiles; representing different insects. Each insect has a unique way of moving (as in chess) and resembles the movement of the insect depicted on the tile. Content: 26 Hexagonal tiles Rules Cloth bag.

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Yu-Gi-Oh Galactic Overlord BD Coming in May

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Feb 212012
 

YGO: Galactic Overlord BD

Galactic Overlord is the spiritual successor to 2008’s best-selling Phantom Darkness, the set that took everyday monsters and corrupted them into powerful DARK versions of their former selves. In Galactic Overlord, some of the most popular monsters in Dueling are reborn as “Lightray” monsters, ready to hold the line against the darkness. Also included is the next evolution of Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (from Photon Shockwave and the 2011 Holiday Tins), now deadlier than ever as Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, the scourge of Xyz Monsters everywhere, and one of the mightiest Dragons ever created. The release of Galactic Overlord will also enhance Duelists’ Decks when combined with cards in Dragons Collide Structure Deck and Order of Chaos. 100-card complete set: 48 Common Cards, 20 Rare Cards, 14 Super Rare Cards, 10 Ultra Rare Cards, 8 Secret Rare Cards

 

Smallville Trading Cards

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Feb 212012
 

Smallville season 7-12 Trading Card Display

85-card Base Set 2 Nine-card Chase Sets 1 Autograph per Display 1 Wardrobe Card per Display 5 Cards per Pack 24 Packs per Display Base set will cover memorable moments from Seasons 7–10; from Kara’s appearance to Clark and Lois’s wedding. Great selection of Wardrobe memorabilia from characters in the entire show, including The Blur’s black trench coat and Jonathan Clark’s plaid shirt!

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Empire Express from Mayfair Games

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Feb 172012
 

Empire Express
$30.00 SRP
Scheduled for May!

At last there is an easy to play introduction to the Empire Builder series of games.

In Empire Express, players create competing railroad empires by drawing railroad tracks with crayons upon an erasable board. You win if you utilize your network of rail lines to acquire and deliver goods efficiently to accumulate the largest personal fortune!

The base game provides pre-programmed routes on a board depicting a north eastern portion of the US with demand cards providing players with an easy way to learn the system through play.

Players start with the bare bones of a railroad: an empty train and track connecting some cities.  Each turn you and your fellow players take turns building track, operating trains, and delivering loads.  The bank will pay you for each delivered load.

With the starting route guided by the board, only two loads per card and a visual pick-up and delivery guide on every card the learning curve is greatly shortened.

Empire Express™ contains

  • 120 Cards
  • 4 panel board (21.6” x 17.50”)
  • 60 Die Cut Load Chits
  • 6 Pawns
  • 6 Crayons
  • 1 pack of play money
  • 1 tray
  • 1 box
  • 1 rules book
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Pathfinder Battles Encounter Pack: Champions of Evil

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Feb 142012
 

Pathfinder Battles Encounter Pack: Champions of Evil

Heroes beware! An Evil Cleric commands three Zombies, while a Succubus and Scarlet Gargoyle torment adventurers with their own brand of villainy! Designed specifically to work with Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure slated for Free RPG Day 2012 (June 16 at participating hobby retailers), as well as any Pathfinder RPG campaign, the Champions of Evil Encounter Pack features six miniatures with all-new (alternate) paint schemes.

 

 

 

The Mini’s are supposed to be released in April.

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Coming Soon from Mindware

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Feb 142012
 

Travel Qwirkle

$ 14.95 SRP

Our tactile block game combines logic and strategy with easy-to-learn rules. Plan your moves to create columns and rows of matching colors and shapes; score big when you place a tile that works in multiple directions. It’s perfect for travel, with 3/4 –inch, solid wood tiles in a zippered pouch. 108 tiles. 2 to 4 players.

 

 

 

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Feb 132012
 

It has been a couple of weeks since Dark Ascension has released and  a standard pro tour is behind us as well.   I know I could have made all kinds of predictions about what is going to be and why it is going to do so, but I have had a lot on my plate.

With that being said we should take a look at what the face of standard held for us a few short weeks ago. The Standard environment is pretty wide open.   The main archetype decks were:

  • Delver  Blade
  • Black Red control
  • U/W illusions
  • Grixis Control
  • Humans
  • U/W Humans
  • Wolf Run Ramp
  • Birthing Pod
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