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Coming in 2015: ‘Mouse Guard’ Board Game
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
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The Burning Wheel, in conjunction with Mouse Guard graphic novel creator David Petersen, will release Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds, a two-player strategy board game based in the world of the popular all-ages series, according to hobby channel news website ICv2.com.
The game was conceived by Petersen for use as a unique pastime for his Mouse Guard graphic novel characters, and Petersen partnered with game designer Luke Crane (creator of The Burning Wheel RPG and the Origins Award Winning Mouse Guard RPG) to adapt the game for the real world. The two-person light strategy game is intended as a simple to learn but engaging pastime in which players move mouse pawns across a gridded wooden board while playing sword, stronghold and diplomacy cards.
The box will include a wooden board, eight plastic mouse pawns, 30 cards, and a rules sheet. The game is for 2 players, and takes 10 – 20 minutes to play.
The game is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter for January 2015 fulfillment, and has raised over $28,000 from more than 683 backers as of this writing. The campaign features two retailer pledge levels.
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Tags: Board Game, David Peterson, Mouse Guard, RPG, TableTop, The Burning Wheel
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Privateer Press Announces ‘Hordes: Exigence’
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
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Privateer Press will release Hordes: Exigence, a 120-page, 8.5″ x 10.8″ full color volume, in October according to hobby channel news website ICv2.com. It carries the Hordes narrative forward from Hordes: Gargantuans, and gives players new epic and regular warlocks, three new character lesser warlocks, new units and solos, painting and modeling guide, and Theme Force lists for each new warlock.
Hordes: Exigence will be available in two formats, hardcover and softcover and will be available at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies!
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Several new Hordes warlock figures will also ship in October, including Borka, Vengeance of the Rimeshaws–Trollblood Epic Cavalry Warlock (in resin and white metal), Bradigus Thorle the Runecarver–Circle Warlock (in resin and white metal), and Jaga-Jaga, the Death Charmer–Minion Gatorman Warlock(in white metal).
The Hordes: Exigence launch will be supported with an Event Kit, which will include five Faction coins and 1 Champion coin. Events can be run at any point after October 8th.
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Tags: Exigence, Hordes, Miniatures, New Release, Privateer Press, TableTop
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Looney Labs Announces ‘Holiday Fluxx’
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Popular hobby channel news website ICv2.com broke the news last week that Looney Labs will release a festive new edition of their hit card game this fall. Holiday Fluxx will arrive on October 3rd to a Battleground Games & Hobbies near you!
The 100-card set will encompass holidays from Halloween to New Year’s, and is intended as a family-friendly introduction to Fluxx, and perfect for use as stocking stuffers.
The ‘Keeper’ cards will feature new retro-style painted art from artist Ali Douglass, who has illustrated several American Girl books, as well as North Star Games’ Happy Birthday and other titles. The ‘Keeper’ cards are all new with this deck, and Looney Labs will have an exclusive “Mrs. Claus” promotional card for stores that order the launch kit.
Stores that sign up for the Looney Labs marketing list will also be able to request multiple copies (25 -30) of Looney Labs’ annual holiday giveaway in early fall. In the past these giveaways have included everything from exclusive promo cards or pieces for a current game to a new micro game or a puzzle. Let us know if you’d like us to sign up for their promotions!
The game is for 2 -5 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in 5 -30 minutes.
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Tags: Board Game, Card Game, Fluxx, Holiday Fluxx, Looney Labs, New Release, TableTop
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Evil Hat Productions to Release New Deck Building Game
Monday, July 14th, 2014
Evil Hat Productions will release the deck building card game Zeppelin Attack! in August, according to news website ICv2.com.
Designed by Eric B. Vogel (Cambria) and based in the world of Evil Hat’s Spirit of the Century pulp RPG, the game has players take the roll of villainous masterminds (Gorilla Khan, Jacqueline Frost, Der Blitzmann, or the Walking Mind) out to conquer the world. The goal is to destroy all rival criminal overlords by deploying a zeppelin fleet, commanding minions, and utilizing strange defenses.
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The box contains 112 cards (4 start decks of 13 cards, 6 mercenary operations zeppelins, 6 mercenary attack zeppelins, 8 mercenary attack cards, 6 mercenary defense cards, 8 mercenary operative cards, and 26 fate cards) and a rule book. The game is for 2-4 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in 45 – 60 minutes.
The game was financed by a Kickstarter campaign in February, which raised $35,524 from 1,200 backers ($29.60 / backer average).
Let us know at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies if you’d like us to order this game for you! Please don’t forget to join us every Monday evening at our Abington, MA location for Board Game Night!
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Z-Man Games Announces ‘Pandemic: Legacy’
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Z-Man Games has announced, according to hobby news website ICv2.com, a new addition to its popular disease-fighting Pandemic line of strategy games, Pandemic: Legacy.
The original Pandemic was designed by Matt Leacock, and this version is co-designed by Rob Daviau, who designed Risk Legacy. Pandemic Legacy will incorporate the evolving history and consequences of current games into future ones, much like role playing games. Characters and their actions in the current game play will affect how future games are played.
A Z-Man Games representative confirmed Pandemic: Legacy will not be released until 2015.
Other imminent upcoming releases in the Pandemic line include Pandemic: Contagion, in which players are the diseases, which will release at Gen Con; and the dice-based stand-alone Pandemic: The Cure, which is due in Q4.
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Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘Descent: Journey’s in the Dark’ Expansion Pack
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
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Reported by hobby news website ICv2.com late last week, Fantasy Flight Games has announced the latest Lieutenant Pack for its Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) semi-cooperative fantasy board game. The Lieutenant Packs for Descent: Journeys in the Dark bring new life to the Overlord’s most powerful agents, while also providing an additional level of strategic depth to the gameplay. The Skarn Lieutenant Pack, which is not a stand-alone game, requires a copy of Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd Edition) to play, but in the context of the game, it unleashes massive new powers. The Skarn is a magical construct infused with life by the death of a high mage, and it possesses the ability to increase its size and strength endlessly by incorporating pieces of its environment. If left unchecked, The Skarn has the potential to threaten all of Terrinoth with its enormity.
The new Skarn Lieutenant Pack brings one of the Overlord’s most feared minions to life with a detailed and dramatically sculpted figure that players can use to replace the lieutenant taken from the Manor of Ravens expansion.
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The Skarn Lieutenant Pack also contains a ten-card plot deck, “Twisted Soul,” which can impart some of Skarn’s potent defenses to a player’s other monsters. The Plot Deck also invites overlords to harness the Skarn’s brute power and regenerative nature in any campaign.
The Skarn Lieutenant Packincludes one highly detailed plastic Skarn figure, 2 Agent Cards, 10 Plot Cards, 16 Threat & Fortune Tokens, and a rulesheet.
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Tags: Board Game, Descent 2nd Edition, Fantasy Flight Games, Journey's into Darkness, New Release, RPG-in-a-box, Skarn Lieutenant Pack, TableTop
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