Civilization: Wisdom and Warfare Expansion

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Jul 212013

Civilization: Wisdom and Warfare Expansion

$34.95 SRP

You have created towering wonders, built vast cities, and tamed sprawling wilderness. Now, prepare to guide your civilization to new heights of power and influence!

The Wisdom and Warfare expansion for Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game introduces a new optional combat system, plus Social Policies to help you build your fledgling empire even more effectively. With six brand new civilizations, new map tiles, and more exciting options, your budding empire will become greater than you ever imagined!

German Ship to play:SMS Wolve in Leviathans

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Jul 212013

From Catalyst Game Labs

German Ship To Play: SMS Wolve

Hey all,

Sigh…once again, have to start with an apology. The launch of Shadowrun, Fifth Edition has been an all consuming project that has sucked up most of Catalyst’s bandwidth and all of mine almost across the board. For those that don’t follow such things, the PDF & Print Preorders went on sale yesterday. Still a ton of SR-retaled stuff to do moving forward, of course, but SR monopilizing so much of my time is finally near an end.

Course, as an aside, the more fantastic Shadowrun does, the better it is for Leviathans as it gives us a better war chest to deal with the production issues still nagging at this game’s heels.

Nevertheless, I will be getting a swath of my time mostly back, which means more regular updates of various things, including getting PDF releases back on line.

As an apology for the dry spell of the last month or so, thought I’d give you the German SMS Wolveto play, along with the rules for the two new slots on this dangerous destroyer.

You can click here to download the PDF for this destroyer.

And the rules:

CHAFF SLOT

Whenever a Breach Roll for any type of aerial torpedo is made against a Location containing an undestroyed Chaff Slot is about to be made, the defending player first rolls 1DRed, adding in a die from any standard Crew Slot (i.e. Screening Crew, Bracketing Crew, and so on, cannot be used) that is undamaged and in that Location (even if there are multiple Crew Slots, only a single Crew Slot die is added).

On a result of 8-10 the torpedo is shot down, causing no further damage or effects; on a result of 7 or less the chaff does not shoot it down and a standard Breach Roll is now made by the attacker to determine if the torpedo strikes the target.

SCREENING CREW SLOT
A Crew Slot with a white diamond icon is known as a Screening Crew Slot.

A ship containing a Screening Crew Slot need only spend 1 MP to either Defensive or Offensive Screen (as opposed to the standard 3 MP).

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To get a sense of the German vibe, feel free to field the Wolve with the HML Leviathans or HMLMedusa.

See ya next duty shift!

Randall

EN World Launches “RPG Spotlight”: Shadowrun First Up!

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Jul 212013

EN World Launches “RPG Spotlight”: Shadowrun First Up!

By RANDALL | Published: JULY 12, 2013 | Edit

EN World.org, one of the premier online sites for news and reviews for tabletop games, is launching an “RPG Spotlight” program next Monday. Each week will feature a different RPG, where publishers/designers will interact with the EN World community, answer questions, and more.

With the wildly successful launch of Shadowrun, Fifth Edition PDF & Print Preorders yesterday, Catalyst Game Labs is pleased to see Shadowrun first up in this great new program.

“I’m very excited to have the chance to interact with the EN World community!” said Jason M. Hardy, Shadowrun Line Developer. “They are a passionate, knowledgeable group, and I’ll do my best to be ready for whatever questions and thoughts they fire off.”

The Shadowrun RPG Spotlight will run from July 15th to July 21. One participant from next week’s Spotlight will be chosen to win a free Shadowrun, Fifth Edition Limited Edition book!

“I’m really excited to launch our weekly spotlights with Shadowrun, a game which has so much history,” said Russ Morrissey, of EN World,” and which was voted by EN World members into the Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2013.”

Check out shadowruntabletop.com andwww.shadowrun.com to learn more about all that’s happening in the Year of Shadowrun, as well aswww.enworld.org for the spotlight program and great news and reviews for all things gaming.

EN World?
EN World (www.enworld.org) has been reporting tabletop gaming news for over a decade. Originally the world’s largest Dungeons & Dragons fan site, it has evolved into one of the world’s leading tabletop gaming new sources and covers the whole gamut of roleplaying and board games. EN World also maintains the premier RPG awards program, the ENnies, at Gen Con every August. The SPOTLIGHT GAME program is a new initiative to highlight game systems and for fans to discuss their favourite games with the publishers, designers and creators to make them.

Catalyst Game Labs?
Catalyst Game Labs is dedicated to producing high-quality games and fiction that mesh sophisticated game mechanics with dynamic universes, all presented in a form that allows beginning players and long-time veterans to easily jump into our games, while helping fiction readers enjoy our stories even if they don’t know the games.

Catalyst Game Labs is an imprint of InMediaRes Productions, LLC, which specializes in electronic publishing of professional fiction. This allows Catalyst to participate in a synergy that melds printed gaming material and fiction with all the benefits of electronic interfaces and online communities, creating a whole-package experience for any type of player or reader. Find Catalyst Game Labs online at www.catalystgamelabs.com.

Crossfire: Why I like to play the Street Samurai: Simplicity with Versatility

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Jul 212013

Excerpt from Catalyst Game Labs

Sure the Street Samurai can deal a ton of damage—it’s one of the top damage dealing roles in the game. But the role also has many other tools it puts at your disposal.

So how do you deal damage as the Sammy? By playing Katanas with other weapon cards. A simple combo that’s fun to play. Katanas also stack with each other, so buy lots of them if they show up.

The problem is that your damage is all black and colorless and there are very few obstacles you can defeat with just that type of damage. This color-focus is the Street Samurai’s weakness, but you can do something about it and still stay in your color.

Read more and see some of the cards at Catalyst Game Labs.

Dungeon Rolling into Gen Con

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Jul 212013

Dungeon Rolling into Gen Con
Demoing announced for game fair

(July 10th, 2013- Mountain Green, UT) Tasty Minstrel Games announced that their wildly popular dice game Dungeon Roll will be demoed and debuted at GenCon 2013 in Indianapolis Indiana. The Kickstarter for Dungeon Roll raised over $250,000 with the most individual backers for a physical game on Kickstarter ever. Tasty Minstrel Games will be at Booth 459 so show up and learn how to play. At GenCon, if you buy Dungeon Roll, then you will get the first hero booster for free. GenCon is the largest game fair in North America with over 140K attendees regularly. There is a special first day of the show promotion where Dungeon Roll + Booster is $15 which is 25% off. This price will only be good Thursday August 15th. Regular convention pricing after that day wil be $20.00.

The simplicity of the game combined with a player’s imagination is the winning formula. In the words of Dungeon Roll’s designer, Chris Darden (who will be teaching the game at GenCon):

“Dungeon Roll began as a simple dice game. Where one pool of dice faced off against the other in an epic battle of… numbers, yawn. Elements of fantasy called to me, and the concept of Dungeon Roll was born. The party dice became Fighters, Mages, Clerics and Thieves. And on the other side: Potions, Treasure Chests, Goblins, other nasty creatures, and of course.. Dragons. They would face off in an epic battle of heroes seeking fortune and glory!”

Want to see an introductory video on the game? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCceFgakkk&feature=youtu.be
Have specific game related questions? Email chris@tastyminstrelgames.com.
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Launched in 2009, Tasty Minstrel started with a simple goal: impress enough loyal fans so that they could afford to be able to publish more games after the first. Combining strategic depth, simple and elegant rulesets, gorgeous art and design with clear rulebooks that teach the game right the first time have helped them penetrate the globe. Their mission to help strengthen family unity, communication and love continues as they strive to put out three to four games each year.

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SCOTTY’S BREWHOUSE TO TRANSFORM INTO PATHFINDER TAVERN DURING GEN CON INDY 2013

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Jul 212013

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SCOTTY’S BREWHOUSE TO TRANSFORM INTO PATHFINDER TAVERN DURING GEN CON INDY 2013

Local Brew Pub to have Pathfinder RPG-Themed Food Menu, Beer, Décor, and Gameplay during the Best Four Days in Gaming

REDMOND, WA (July 16, 2013): Paizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of the world’s best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, and leading publisher of fantasy RPG accessories, board games, and novels, and Scotty’s Brewhouse in Indianapolis, IN, announce today the transformation of Scotty’s from local brew pub to Pathfinder RPG clubhouse during Gen Con 2013.

Scotty’s will be redesigning their food menu with a Pathfinder theme to include such tasty treats as Poor Squealy Nord and Boggard Fingers, and thirsty adventurers will be able to wash down their meals with refreshing Pathfinder Dog Slicer Ale. The venue will also be decorated with a variety of Paizo banners and artwork, and a limited edition t-shirt will be available for pre-order on paizo.com soon.

Scotty’s is open to the public from 11am daily (Wednesday at 9:00AM), and is located at 1 Virginia St. in downtown Indianapolis.

Hold the Line: Highland Charge Expansion

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Jul 212013

Hold the Line: Highland Charge Expansion

$20.00 SRP

Hold the Line now looks at one of the most fabled conflicts in history, the Jacobite rebellions, in Highland Charge. These uprisings were, as of 2013, the last battles fought on British soil. Featured here are five battles from the fearsome contest: Sheriffmuir, Glen Shiel, Prestonpans, Falkirk, and Culloden. The game closely aligns with the Hold the Line system, but includes rules for Highland charges, Scottish militia, and of course the feared Highland clan units.

James II lost his throne in 1689, but he and his supporters did not give the fight to reclaim his rights and titles. >From 1689 to 1745 no less than four major Jacobite rebellions broke out in the Scottish highlands, often with limited aid from France and Spain. The battles were the last hurrah for a dying way of war. The Highlanders relied on assault tactics, in particular the feared Highland charge. The Loyalists, made up of British regulars and Scottish militia, used the linear tactics of the day, including volley fire, artillery barrages, and bayonets. For a time the Highlanders seemed to be tactically superior until the shattering defeat at Culloden, a battle that proved the ultimate superiority of musket and artillery fire over the claymore.

As the Jacobites can you reclaim the throne for the Stuart dynasty? As the Loyalists can you protect the Hanoverian succession and deal a final death blow to absolutism in Britain? Across the way the bagpipes can be heard. The clans have mustered, the sound of cannon deafens, men shout commands, smoke fills the air. You must Hold the Line!

D&D: Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport Expansion

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Jul 202013

D&D: Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport Expansion

$39.99 SRP

Scoundrels of Skullport adds brand new content for owners of the award-winning, bestselling board game, Lords of Waterdeep. It’s not one, but two, complete expansions; the sprawling dungeon of Undermountain and the criminal haven of Skullport.

Owners of Lords of Waterdeep can use one or both of these new subterranean locations to add depth to their game

experience. There’s also a new faction, the Gray Hands, so now a sixth player can join in the fun!

A complete copy of Lords of Waterdeep is required to play.

Contains:

37 Wooden Adventurer Cubes, Agents, Corruption tokens, and score marker

26 Adventurer Caravan, Victory Point, and control tokens

116 Intrigue, Quest, and

Lord of Waterdeep cards

24 Building tiles

1 Cardstock player mat

3 Game boards

1 Rulebook

1 Storage tray

Fire and Ice Chapter Pack

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Jul 202013

GoT: LCG: Fire and Ice Chapter Pack

$14.95 SRP

The second Chapter Pack in the Kingsroad cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Fire and Ice returns players to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, its battles, its intrigues, and some of the game’s most compelling mechanics. Its sixty new cards (three copies each of twenty different cards) draw new focus to the game’s seasons.

Players gain new characters and locations to bolster their strength in Summer and Winter, and they’ll find two new Seasons agendas to permit exploration of all-new deck types.

Railways of Great Britain

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Jul 202013

Railways of Great Britain

$35.99

Railways of Great Britain is an exciting new expansion for the Railways of the World board gaming system, featuring a board of Great Britain! You will need the pieces from Railways of the World (track, city tiles, bonds, money, empty city markers, trains and first player marker) to play Railways of Great Britain. It is mid-19th century Great Britain. The tramways that first appeared to transport coal have since been upgraded to railways. Numerous different companies (using different railway gauges) have connected to villages, towns and cities across the country. Invest wisely and guide your railroad to financial success as you take control of the Railways of Great Britain.

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