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Paizo Publishing Announces Expansion for Popular ‘Pathfinder Adventure Card Game’

Paizo Publishing has announced details for the next set for its popular Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: the Wrath of the Righteous Base Set and Character Add-On Deck will both release in April.

The Wrath of the Righteous Base Set will feature characters, locations, equipment, magic, monsters, and villains from the hellish demon battle-themed 2013 Pathfinder RPG Adventure Path of the same name.  The game offers seven character classes–including four new ones (arcanist, cavalier, inquisitor, and summoner).

The box will contain more than 500 cards and include six polyhedral dice (including the first d20 in the game), as well as The Worldwound Incursion Adventure Deck, the beginning of the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path.  The game is for 1-4 players.

 

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Like previous releases, there will also be a Character Add-On Deck as well as future monthly Adventure Decks.  The 110-card Character Add-On Deck expands the game to accommodate 5 – 6 players, and includes four new characters, including three new classes (bloodrager, hunter, and shaman).  It also includes more monsters and items to fill out the game.  The new classes and characters are fully compatible with previous Pathfinder Adventure Card Game releases.

 

 

 

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Bushiroad Announces New ‘Weiss Schwarz’ Expansion for January

Bushiroad will release a new Nisekoi-False Love expansion for its Weiss Schwarz TCG, according to hobby retailer news website ICv2.com. The Trial Deck and Booster Pack will release on January 23rd and will be available in Battleground Games & Hobbies in Abington, MA.

The set is based on the Niseko -False Love romantic comedy anime based on the manga series by Naoshi Nomi that VIZ began publishing in English in January.  The anime adaptation began airing in Japan in January 2014, and was licensed by Aniplex USA for streaming in North America, where it streams on Daisuki, Crunchyroll and Hulu.

The story follows high school students Raku Ichijo and Chitoge Kirisaki, children of bosses of rival yakuza factions.  Their parents decide to end their feuding by pairing their children, who do not get along, but must pretend to date to keep the peace between the gangs.  Raku has a crush on another girl at school, and he also made a childhood promise to a girl who bears the key to his locket.  Other developments arose to further complicate the situation in typical rom-com fashion.

The Trial Deck will include 10 exclusive trial-deck only cards (5 types).  Two types of exclusive RRR Foil cards as well as an SP Gold Foil/ Hot Stamp card signed by a Japanese voice actress are randomly inserted in decks. The pre-constructed deck will include 50 cards (same content for each deck), as well as a deck manual, playbook, playmat and rule sheet.  Random decks will also include special RRR foil or SP Gold Foil/Hot Stamp signed cards from the Japanese voice cast.  The decks are packed six to a display, with eight displays per carton.  The English edition does not include gold/silver campaign coupons.

The Booster Pack includes new cards and new characters in the 100-card set, which includes 17 parallels.  Each booster includes eight cards, with 20 boosters per display.  Four rubber playmats are included in each carton.  One PR card out of six types will be included in each display as well.  The English Edition does not include gold/silver campaign coupons.  With this set, English and Japanese cards may be played together in tournament formats (except in Japan and certain major tournament formats).  Exclusive SP Gold Foil/ Hot Stamp signed cards from the Japanese voice actresses are randomly inserted in packs.

This set will follow the December release of Weiss Schwarz: Fairy Tail ver. E.

 

Don’t forget to join us here at Battleground Games & Hobbies in Abington, MA each and every Saturday beginning at noon for our weekly Weiss Schwarz tournament!

 

 

 

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Now On Sale – ‘Magic’ Commander 2014 Decks!

 

It’s FRIDAY! While for many, that means the end of a long work week, for us here at Battleground Games & Hobbies, that means not only is Friday Night Magic tonight, but we also get to announce a super-sweet brand new Magic the Gathering product that’s now on sale at a Battleground Games & Hobbies near you as well as our online store (single cards too!). Check it out:

 

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MTG Commander 2014 Decks

 

That’s right folks. the Magic Commander 2014 Decks have arrived! They’re on sale now in both Abington and Plainville, as well as our online store. Don’t miss out on this amazing new product from Wizards of the Coast!

 

 

 

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Wizards of the Coast Announces Third Set in ‘Khans of Tarkir’ Block: ‘Dragons of Tarkir’

 

Set Name:

Dragons of Tarkir

Block:

Set 3 of 3 in the Khans of Tarkir block

Number of Cards:

264

Prerelease Events:

March 20, 2015

Release Date:

March 27, 2015

Launch Weekend:

March 27–29, 2015

Game Day:

April 18, 2015

Magic Online Prerelease Events:

April 3–April 6, 2015

Magic Online Release Date:

April 6, 2015

Magic Online Release Events:

April 6–22, 2015

Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir:

April 10–12, 2015

Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir Location:

Brussels, Belgium

Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir Formats:

Swiss:

  • Standard
  • Dragons of Tarkir/Dragons of Tarkir/Fate Reforged Draft

Top 8:

  • Standard

Official Three-Letter Code:

DTK

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Initial Concept and Game Design:

Mark L. Gottlieb (lead)
Dan Emmons
Graeme Hopkins
Colin Kawakami
Mark Rosewater
Sam Stoddard

Final Game Design and Development:

Tom LaPille and David Humpherys (leads)
Tim Aten
Colin Kawakami
Erik Lauer
Ken Nagle
Sam Stoddard
Gerry Thompson
With contributions from Matt Tabak

Languages:

English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Available in:

Booster Packs, Intro Packs*, Fat Pack*, Event Deck*
(* – Not available in all languages)

Art by Jason Chan

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Wizards of the Coast Announces New Duel Deck!

Wizards of the Coast announced yesterday a new edition to their Duel Deck product line: Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora! Check out all the sweet details directly from Wizards of the Coast below:

The knight Planeswalker Elspeth Tirel sees herself as the protector of the Multiverse. She has pledged her sword and shield to all who suffer, and she summons forth impressive armies to assist her. The merfolk Planeswalker Kiora calls upon the creatures of the deepest oceans to fight at her side. She is the master of the world beneath the waves, her true power only now beginning to surface. How will these Planeswalkers measure up when they meet in battle?

 

Deck Design and Deck Development:

Chris Millar and Sam Stoddard

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Languages:

English, Japanese

Release Date:

February 27, 2015

MSRP:

$19.99

 

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2013-2014 Magic Rookie of the Year Suspended

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Wizards of the Coast Director Helene Bergeot announced on Thursday that Jared Bottecher, 2013-2014 Magic the Gathering Rookie of the Year, “may have engaged in in activities that violate Wizards of the Coast’s Code of Conduct and Magic’s tournament floor rules.”

 

As a result of the ensuing DCI investigation, those accusations were confirmed and Mr. Bottecher was suspended for a period of four years and his Rookie of the Year title revoked. Video and photo evidence can be found here as well as Mr. Bottecher’s reaction to his suspension, courtesy of David Levitt at [Boston] Examiner.com.

 

The Rookie of the Year title will pass to Raymond Perez Jr., who earned 33 Pro Points during that tournament season, qualifying him for Worlds 2014.

 

This comes during a time of apparent “scandal” – now being referred to as #shufflegate – in which two other high-profile player suspensions occurred, that of Trevor Humphries and Alex Bertoncini (see “Player at SCG Worcester Suspected of Cheating“).

 

What do you think of #shufflegate and the recent high profile player suspensions? Are these sentences appropriate? Does the overwhelming community outcry create a sense of a witch hunt? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

 

 

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