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Rio Grande Games Announces New ‘Dominion’ Expansion
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Rio Grande Games will release a new large expansion for Donald X. Vaccarino’s award-winning Dominion card game in Spring 2015, as first reported by hobby retailer news website ICv2.com.
“We are now working on a new (large box with 400 cards) expansion we expect to have available in the spring (2015),” Rio Grande’s Jay Tummelson said in a recent Board Game Geek forum post.
“We expect then to be able to release the game in late spring – dare I say March or April or May. We will send more information as we have it,” Tummelson also said in another post.
As for future Dominion plans, he also stated, “We may replace the original Treasure and Victory cards (already available separately) in the base set and/or Intrigue at some point, and are also looking at offering a set of the metal tokens (the Treasure and Victory tokens) later in 2015.”
The original Dominion card game, released in 2008, won the 2009 Spiel des Jahres Game of the Year award, the 2009 Origins Award for Best Card Game, and a Mensa Award. The popular card game last appeared on the Top 10 Card/Dice Games chart in Fall 2013. Dominion likewise can take credit for spawning a series of other deck-building board games, including Ascension, Thunderstone, DC Deckbuilding, Legendary, and many others.
Tags: Board Game, deck building, Dominion, Donald X. Vaccarino, ICv2.com, New Release, Rio Grande Games, TableTop
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Mayfair Games to Release Collector’s Edition of ‘Catan: Ancient Egypt’ This Week!
Monday, November 10th, 2014
According to ICv2.com, Mayfair Games will release a limited English edition of Klaus Teuber’s Catan–Collectors Edition–Ancient Egypt on November 13th. German publisher KOSMOS announced the stand-alone game back in June, but Mayfair’s U.S. release was not revealed.
In addition to the base game, which is set in ancient Egypt, there are variants. The “Help from the Gods” variant adds 10 god cards which add celestial powers to the game, and “The Great Pyramid” scenario allows player to build boats and compete for the pharaoh’s blessing and the vizier’s favor by adding blocks to the great pyramid.
The box contains: 19 Terrain Hexes, 6 Frame Pieces, 18 Number Tokens, 95 Resource Cards, 25 Development Cards, 4 Build Cost Cards, 2 Special Cards (Longest Trade Route and Largest Mercenary Army), 16 Temple Cities, 20 Settlements, 60 Oxcarts, 1 Robber, 2 Dice, 2 Card Holders, an almanac, and a rules sheet. It also contains the following components for use with the additional scenarios: 12 Papyrus Boats, 1 Pyramid Building Site, 60 Pyramid Blocks, 10 God Cards, 4 God Summary Cards, 4 “Pharaoh’s Blessing/Curse” cards and 1 Vizier’s Favor Card.
The game is for 3-4 players, ages 10 and up, and plays in 75-100 minutes. As a collector’s edition, the English edition is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide.
Tags: Ancient Egypt, Board Game, Catan, Collector's Edition, ICv2.com, Limited Edition, Mayfair Games, New Release, TableTop
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Bushiroad Announces New ‘Weiss Schwarz’ Expansion for January
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
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!
Tags: Anime, Bushiroad, Fairy Tail ver E, Manga, New Release, Nisekoi False Love, TCG, Trading Card Game, Weiss Schwarz
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Now On Sale – ‘Magic’ Commander 2014 Decks!
Friday, November 7th, 2014
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:
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!
Tags: Box Set, Commander 2014, EDH, Magic the Gathering, MTG, New Release
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Wizards of the Coast Announces Third Set in ‘Khans of Tarkir’ Block: ‘Dragons of Tarkir’
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
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
Twitter Hashtag:
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:
Art by Jason Chan
Tags: Dragons of Tarkir, Khans of Tarkir Block, Magic the Gathering, MTG, New Release, Third Set, Wizards of the Coast
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Now Available – D&D Attack Wing! & Marvel Dice Masters
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
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Tags: Board Games, D&D Attack Wing, Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Dice Masters, Miniatures, New Release, TableTop, Uncanny X-Men, Wizards of the Coast, WizKids
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