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New Source Books for Only War from Fantasy Flight Games

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Nov 072012

Only War: Core Rulebook

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 59.95

Only War is a standalone Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game experience in which players take on the roles of soldiers in the Imperial Guard, the galaxy-spanning armies of the God-Emperor. Fully compatible with FFG’s other Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay titles, this comprehensive game system explores a previously unseen side of life in the Imperium of Man. Join the ranks of brave men and women inducted into the God-Emperor’s armies, trained to fight and sent off to far flung stars and systems to hold the line against the coming night. Despite overwhelming opposition, or perhaps because of it, these fearless soldiers are bound to each other by a code of brotherhood and honour. They are the thin line that protects the Imperium from complete and utter destruction. They are the Imperial Guard.

Only War: Game Master’s Kit

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 24.95

Guide your squad to success over their mission with The Game Master’s Kit for Only War! This helpful resource features a sturdy Game Master’s screen, which displays eye-catching Only War art on one side and a wealth of convenient references on the other. In addition, The Game Master’s Kit includes a 32-page full color booklet with a complete adventure, a selection of useful NPCs, and helpful advice for GMs about managing comrades and more.

You know you always wanted to be a Capt. in that squad of Imp guard on the battle field now play it a little closer to home in a RPG version from Fantasy Flight Games and see what you can really do or will you just run and wet your pants when the Deamon Prince attacks.

Descent: Lair of the Wyrm Expansion from Fantasy Flight Games

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Nov 042012

Descent: Lair of the Wyrm Expansion

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 34.95

Bring even more adventure to your Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition campaigns with Lair of the Wyrm, an expansion that introduces new heroes, classes, monsters, quests, and more! Heroes can now discover secret rooms and investigate suspicious rumors, while the Overlord equips himself with deadly never-before-seen tricks as he fields a powerful new lieutenant. Dark secrets await within Valyndra’s lair. Do you have the courage to face the dreaded Wyrm Queen?

I know the original was great fun and fast for a easy RPG to play on a game night so this should be great to add more option to our games check it out at Fantasy Flight Games.

New Pathfinder Game Master products From Paizo Publishing

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Nov 012012

Pathfinder Cards: Dungeon Dwellers Face Cards

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 10.99

Give life to your NPCs with Dungeon Dweller Face Cards! More than 50 monsters and dungeon-themed characters put their worst face forward in this gorgeously illustrated deck designed for use with the smash-hit Pathfinder RPG, but suitable for use in any fantasy roleplaying game! With space on the back to record key information and the work of Paizo’s finest illustrators on the front, these Face Cards reveal lurkers in darkness and unlikely allies suitable for any dungeon-based scene, aiding immersion in the game and letting your players look directly into the face of the enemy!

Flip-Mat: Ancient Dungeon

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 12.99

Delve the deepest, oldest tombs and catacombs with Flip-Mat: Ancient Dungeon, a gorgeous double-sided battle-scale map of two complete dungeon levels! Both sides show numerous rooms and corridors that YOU populate with your own ancient treasures and terrors! This portable, affordable map measures 24″ x 30″ unfolded, and 8″ x 10″ folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, GameMastery Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal! On tabletops across the world, the Flip-Mat Revolution is changing the way players run their fantasy roleplaying games! Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy clean-up is just a Flip away?

Get these products from Paizo Publishing to give your players more to game to play with

3 New Pathfinder Source books From Paizo Publishing

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Oct 302012

3 New Pathfinder Source books From Paizo Publishing

All Release Dates: Nov 2012

Pathfinder RPG: Skull & Shackles Pawn Collection

$ 15.99

Key monsters and NPCs from the piratical Skull & Shackles Adventure Path come alive on your tabletop with this collection of more than 100 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or any tabletop fantasy RPG! Printed on sturdy cardstock, each pawn contains a beautiful full-color image of a monster or NPC from the Skull & Shackles campaign, including pirates, sea monsters, cyclopes, merfolk and dozens of unique NPCs that are also suitable to represent player characters. Each cardstock pawn slots into a size-appropriate plastic base from the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary Box, making them easy to mix with traditional metal or plastic miniatures. With multiple pawns for commonly encountered creatures and tons of distinct creature images, the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path Pawn Collection brings the friends and foes of Pathfinder’s pirate campaign alive like never before! Note: This product does not include bases. It is intended for use with the bases found in the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary Box.

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Shattered Star: Beyond the Doomsday Door

$ 19.99

Chapter 4: “Beyond the Doomsday Door” by Tito Leati The hunt for the seven shards of the Shattered Star leads the heroes back to the western coast of Varisia, to the multifaith monastery known as Windsong Abbey. The next shard of the Shattered Star appears to be hidden somewhere within the dungeons below the abbey. But when the PCs arrive, they find the monastery in ruins and held by savage giants and twisted fey! An ancient terror has returned home, and now dwells within the deep dungeons below—a terror who hopes to open the dread Doomsday Door deep within! “Beyond the Doomsday Door” is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 10th-level characters. This volume continues the Shattered Star Adventure Path, in which players explore dungeons and wilderness in search of a powerful artifact. This volume offers an examination of the monstrous proto-demons known as qlippoth and an essay on Groteus (god of oblivion and ruins). New monsters fill the Pathfinder Bestiary, while Bill Ward’s Pathfinder Journal fiction explores the seedy underbelly of the scoundrel haven of Riddleport! Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to giveGame Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world’s oldest fantasy RPG.

Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Bestiary

$ 19.99

You can never have too many monsters! This book contains 46 new monsters found in the Inner Sea region—all invented specifically for the Pathfinder Campaign Setting! Some, like the gearsmen of Numeria or the moth-like star monarchs who serve the goddess of dreams, have been mentioned many times in Pathfinder Campaign Setting books, but others like the alien vespergaunt or Rahadoum’s desert-dwelling whirlmaws have only been obliquely illustrated or mentioned before. And some make their appearance for the first time in print after debuting in Paizo’s office campaigns (like the mysterious and ancient veiled masters, or the disturbingly alluring fungus queen). With monsters ranging in challenge rating from 1/2 (such as the capering monkey goblin or the enigmatic lashuntas) all the way up to beyond CR 20 (including two immense spawn of Rovagug and three powerful outsiders with sinister agendas for the Inner Sea region, like the exiled infernal duke Lorthact), along with three new monstrous templates (the exotic mind-draining vetala vampire, the blighted fey of Fangwood, and the twisted mutants of the Mana Wastes), the 64-page Inner Sea Bestiary is set to add a host of new favorite beasties to any Pathfinder game! By Jim Groves, James Jacobs, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, F. Wesley Schneider, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, Greg A. Vaughan.

Check out these and so mush more from Paizo Publishing today and make your own adventures with friends soon.

Space Empires Close Encounters Expansion From GMT Games

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Oct 042012

Space Empires Close Encounters Expansion

$ 59.00

Release Date: Oct 2012

Space Empires: Close Encounters is the first expansion to Space Empires: 4X.Alien races meet up close as they encounter each other for the first time in ship boarding engagements and planetary invasions with different types of ground troops. The strengths and weaknesses of each alien empire are brought out with roughly 20 unique racial abilities. The expansion takes advantage of the streamlined nature of the game system to add more technology and cool sci-fi things in very simple ways. While it is designed to be used as a whole, the expansion is modular and players can choose to use only the parts that they like.

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Dust Warfare: Campaign Book Hades From Fantasy Flight Games

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Sep 302012

Dust Warfare: Campaign Book Hades

$ 19.95

Release Date: Oct 2012

The war for the doomed city of Zverograd heats up in Campaign Book Hades, a supplement for Dust Warfare! The pivotal battle has dragged on for months, and all three factions now seek any means of breaking the stalemate. Campaign Book Hades includes new unit stats, rules for superhuman characters, never-before-seen special abilities, and Tesla weaponry. What’s more, this jam-packed resource features the epic Hades Campaign, a long-term conflict in which players plan their engagements using a detailed overland map of Zverograd. Key Selling Points • A supplement for Dust Warfare that continues the tense struggle for Zverograd • Includes new unit stats for all three factions, plus rules for superhuman units and new special abilities • Features the epic Hades Campaign, in which players vie for control of a doomed city.

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Deathwatch: The Outer Reach From Fantasy Flight Games

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Sep 302012

Deathwatch: The Outer Reach

$ 39.95

Release Date: Oct 2012

Evil lurks in the darkness between the stars. Will you face it? The Outer Reach, a supplement for Deathwatch, explores the worlds beyond the grasp of the Achilus Crusade, including those held by the ancient Necrons. Meanwhile, this arcane tome gives players and Game Masters never-before-seen access to the enigmatic Dead Cabal, a mysterious circle of warrior-scholars who have devoted their lives to fathoming the unfathomable. Bring the light of the God-Emperor to the dark corners of the Jericho Reach! Key Selling Points • A supplement for Deathwatch that explores never-before-seen parts of the setting • Includes details on dozens of dead worlds, home to slumbering Necron armies • Give insight on the enigmatic Dead Cabal, a brotherhood of warrior-scholars sworn to uncover secret plots against mankind • Contains numerous world descriptions, stats on new foes, and engaging plot hooks.

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Mutants & Masterminds: Supernatural Handbook From Green Ronin

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Sep 302012

MM: Supernatural Handbook

Release Date: Oct 2012

$ 27.95

The Supernatural Handbook is a sourcebook of heroic horror for the Mutants & Masterminds Superhero Roleplaying Game. It lays out the elements for a successful M&M game in which the strange and paranormal are true and a few lone heroes struggle against the Things That Go Bump in the Night. The Supernatural Handbook includes detailed information on character creation, horror-themed series, and adventure design, and a complete system for building your own supernatural menaces for your heroes to hunt (or to hunt them…). You’ll find hero and villain archetypes like the Curse-Burdened Adventurer, Noble Monster, Dark Emissary and Inhuman Juggernaut. The book also introduces the organization ARCADE (American Research Center for the Arcane Defense of Earth) and its agents, who wage a secret war every night. Join the fight against ancient evils and occult menaces with The Supernatural Handbook!

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Age of Apocalypse: Generation Next From Margaret Weis

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Sep 212012

Age of Apocalypse: Generation Next

$ 19.99

Shadowcat and Colossus lead a team of teenage mutants on dangerous missions against Apocalypse’s forces: Generation Next! Expand the timeline of the Age Of Apocalypse Event with the fateful mission against the Sugar Man in the Seattle Core and encounter new threats and opposition along the way.

If you would like to learn more about Age of Apocalypse you can visit Margaret Weis Productions.

Box Breaking #41 Pathfinder Bestiary

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Sep 212012

The Pathfinder Bestiary is full of 300 creatures for you to throw at your party. Why not watch as Matt busts open this Bestiary Box from Paizo. The box contains all kinds of beasts like Angels, Goblins, Drow, Driders, Gelatinous Cube, Demons, Dragons and much more. It can easily be used in any fantasy setting. By the way, if anyone doesn’t want their Goblins, I need 2,000 of them!

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