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Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective From Asmodee

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Sep 282012

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

$ 40.00

Ten Sherlock Holmes adventures in which you are the hero! You are a member of the Baker Street Irregulars working to solve mysteries before the Master! You are either investigating the mysteries as an individual, or trying to win against up to 8 other investigators. The curse of the mummy, the murders of the Thames, the mysteries of London, the stolen paintings… strange cases of the most famous detective ever: Sherlock Holmes! Equipped with a copy of the Times, a map of London, a directory and more importantly – your logic, you will roam the streets of London trying to solve the most heinous crimes. Will you visit the crime scene? Meet Inspector Lestrade? The decision is in your hands and each clue that you follow will bring you a step closer to the truth. Unravel the string of intrigue, answer a series of questions and compare your score to that of Sherlock Holmes. Can you beat the Master?

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Lady Alice From Asmodee

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Sep 272012

Lady Alice

$ 42.99

Releasing this Oct.

You are the Baker Street Kids in this game of intrigue, flair, bluff and mischief. Players must uncover the time, place, the culprit of the kidnapping of Henry Morton Stanley, as well as the stolen object from his room. At the start of the game play, each player receives 4 pieces of evidence, while trying to keep your clues secret from the other Baker Street Kids, you try to uncover what they know. Over three phases, players will try to solve the puzzle. The games ends when one player is successful. The box contains: Game board, 1 notebook, 32 clue cards, 36 deduction cards, 28 Sherlock Holmes business cards, and 4 verdict folders.

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Dixit Jinx From Asmodee

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Sep 262012

Dixit Jinx

$ 14.99

Release date: Oct. 19th 2012

Jinx is a new Game in the Dixit family but unlike the original game the drawings are not realistic illustrations depicting scenes but images halfway between abstraction and figuration. During the game 9 cards are exposed in a square 3×3. The active player draws a locator map that will show him one of the nine cards with which he will play. This location is held secret. The player must now speak, sing, act out something that makes thinking about this card just like in “Dixit”. The other players go around and point to the card they think is correct but beware! Only one player can point a given card. Once a player has chosen the right card, the turn stops (although some have not chosen). The player who finds the right card keeps it (each card gives a victory point). Players who erred give their cards to the player active. But if neither player gets it right card, the active player must return one of the cards previously won.

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Facebook contest for GF9’s Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery

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Sep 262012

Press Release from GF 9

With our Spartacus Board Game due on store shelves in the next two weeks we are hosting a contest on our Facebook page. Every week for the next eight weeks we’ll be giving away a set of game cards representing the Legendary Champions of the House of Batiatus, the prized gladiators of his father and his grandfather whose legacy of victory and glory overshadow Quintus Batiatus’ rising ambitions. On the final week we are giving away a champion’s prize with the game cards, a copy of the game signed by the game’s design team, a copy of Spartacus: Vengeance on DVD and a unique set of hand-painted resin versions of the gladiator games pieces from the game.

Formula D Exp 4: Baltimore/India From Asmodee

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Sep 252012

Formula D Exp 4: Baltimore/India

$ 29.99

Formula D: Circuits 4 – Baltimore & India is an expansion board for the Formula D board game with two new tracks on a double-sided game board.

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Eclipse Rise of the Ancients Exp From Asmodee

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Sep 252012

Eclipse Rise of the Ancients Exp

Release Date: Oct. 11th 2012

$ 49.99

The Seven are still struggling with their efforts to dominate the galaxy. While the conflict escalates, the leaders receive discomforting reports from the newly discovered sectors, from Sigma Hydrae to Theta Ophiuchi. The systems previously thought to be empty are suddenly swarming with Ancients – whole worlds of them, with ship capabilities way beyond anything seen before! They are not willing to negotiate. The former adversaries need to find allies among themselves to face the rising threat. At the same time new factions are trying to get a foothold on the galaxy and even overthrow the Seven. The times are interesting indeed. The Ancients are rising. Will your civilization rise above the others and emerge victorious? Features: •Four new species: the Magellan; Exiles; Rho Indi Syndicate; Enlightened of Lyra. •Rare Technologies. •Developments. •Warp Hexes. •6 basic new hexes. •Alliances. •New Discoveries. •7-9 player game!

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Box Breaking #44 LE Black Mamba for Heavy Gear

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Sep 242012

In this Box Breaking Matt takes a look at the Heavy Gear limited edition Black Mamba.

You can visit Dream Pod 9 to learn more about Heavy Gear. For a limited time Dream Pod 9 is offering their rules for free click the gear on the left side of your screen. Plus they are making room in the warehouse, several titles can be found here at up to 50% off.

Box Breaking # 44 Heavy Gear Voltigeur

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Sep 242012

Matt takes a look at the Voltigeur for Heavy Gear. The Voltigeur is for the NuCoal faction.

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Box Breaking#43 Mega Dungeon from Gaming Paper

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Sep 242012

While at Gen Con we managed to pick up a Mega Dungeon from the guys at Gaming Paper. Matt takes a look at it for you. It sure makes dungeons a lot easier.

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Warhammer 40K: Traitor Guard vs. Necrons – 2,000 points

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Sep 212012

Hello everyone!

ShaneHM here reporting on my shiny new army with battle report to go along with it. For those that don’t know me, I ran the 40k league at Game Empire: San Diego for almost 7 years. I play in tournaments once or twice a year (and tend to do well), but I usually prefer a more leisurely pace to my competitive fun. Enough about me though!

After playing two games of 6^th edition it became apparent that my Ork Green Tide army just wasn’t as good in the new edition. I had been slowly converting my Imperial Guard over to Chaos and decided it was time to fully turn their backs from The Emperor’s light. I sold off anything that was painted loyalist colors and used the money to buy some of those sexy Forge World Traitor Guard models.

While going through this process, I decided that I wanted to try out the new psychic powers. After drawing up list after list, I put together this army that is pretty off the wall and incredibly fun to play. It’s not the most competitive, but this is what I’ve been enjoying most so far in 6^th edition 40k. To add some flavor and killing power, I’m using Grey Knights as a base with Imperial Guard allies (blasphemy, I know, but Chaos loves blasphemy!). I’m only using Inquisitors and Henchmen from the GK book, so you can’t cry cheese too loudy. These two armies have the cheapest Psykers, so I maxed out on HQs. On with the list:

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