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CoolMiniOrNot Announces Expansion to ‘Rivet Wars’ Miniatures Game

CoolMiniOrNot has announced three expansion packs for its fast-paced tactical military miniatures game Rivet Wars, releasing on October 3rd–Spearhead, War Room and Terrain Pack, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.

 

Rivet Wars: Spearhead introduces new units to the game, which allow players to fight with fixed turrets, canine units and new infantry types.  New heroes come with new abilities to defeat the enemy defenses.

 

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Battleground Games & Hobbies – Abington, MA

The box contains the 33 total models (16 Allied, 17 Blight). Allied forces include:  Lt. Edwina Brasseldun, Lt. Macleod, Lt. Macleod (plug), 4 Mountaineer (two of each sculpt), 3 K9 Engineering Corps, 3 Guard Dogs, 2 Slammer Turret, and 2 M-20 Base; and the Blight forces include: Lt. Dora Rollen, Baron Munchen, Baron Munchen (plug), 4  Trench Raider (two of each sculpt), 3 Angriff Hundefuhrer,  3 Kampfhund,  2 Flamme Turret, and 2 Mark IV Mount.  The box also contains 12 Shield markers and 16 Stat cards.  As an expansion, the base game is required to play.

 

Rivet Wars: War Room comes with three new heroes for both the Allied and Blight forces, with new abilities and their own martial prowess to add new levels of strategy to the game.

 

The box contains Uncle Rivet,Terror Nova, and General Patston (in Power Suit) for the Allies; and Iron Chancellor, Cruel Minie, and General Romler (in Jeep) for the Blight. It also contains the Neutral character of Dr. Vorne.  As an expansion, the base game is required to play.

 

The Rivet Wars: Terrain Pack includes six types of features and objectives to enhance the battlefield itself.  The box contains 6 Bunkers, 6 Objectives, 6 Mine Fields, 6 Barbed Wire, 6 Tank Traps, 6 Allied Flag Markers, and 6 Blight Flag Markers.  As an expansion pack, the base game is required to play.

 

 

 

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Popular Fat Pack Challenge Event – TODAY!

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TODAY at both Battleground Games & Hobbies – Abington and Plainville, MA:

 

 

Join us for Battleground’s Fat Pack Challenge is for Khans of Tarkir!

Khans of Tarkir (KTK) will be released on Friday, September 26th and we will have a full line-up of events for you to crack packs, build decks and play Magic at both of our stores!  The weekend will kick off with our flagship Sealed Deck style event.

The Battleground Fat Pack Challenge is taking place on Friday night, 9/26/14, at both locations (run as our FNM).  These are the ultimate sealed events – where you open packs, build a deck and play with just the contents of an Khans of Tarkir Fat Pack!

The concept of a Fat Pack Challenge is pretty simple.  Each player will receive an Khans of Tarkir Fat Pack with which to build a 40 card deck.  Players may use ONLY what is inside of their Fat Pack to construct their decks.  No additional land will be provided!

This time around we’ll be awarding the prizes a little differently than before.  During the deck building period, each player that enrolled in the event will receive 1 raffle ticket.  An additional raffle ticket will be awarded to players for every match they win.  Raffle tickets will be pooled throughout the event.


Battleground will do several drawings each round.  If your ticket is drawn you’ll win 3 booster packs of Khans!  We know you’ll want to open as much of this set as possible, so we’ve got you covered.

The booster pack raffle will be accompanied by other random giveaways that might include playmats, pins, and tshirts.

We’ve got two of these events for you, one at each Battleground location:

Abington and Plainville:
Format: **Fat Pack Sealed**
Date: September 26th, 2014 a FRIDAY
Time: 7:00pm
Entrance Fee: $40.00

Abington:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669
Plainville:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

 

Don’t forget to check out Battleground’s Online Store for Magic Product and Supplies!

 

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Wizards of the Coast Announces 2014 Holiday Gift Box

Wizards of the Coast will release its annual Holiday Gift Box for Magic: The Gathering, featuring cards from the Khans of Tarkir set, on November 14th.

Like last year’s gift box, the illustrated box will come with four booster packs, 20 basic lands, six illustrated plastic dividers, a sticker sheet to customize the dividers and an alternate art card, all from the first set in the Khans of Tarkir block, which releases  on September 26th (with pre-releases THIS weekend!).  The box has storage capacity for over 2,000 Magic cards.

This product makes a fantastic holiday gift for friends and family! Look forward to seeing this great product at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies.

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WizKids Games Announces ‘Star Trek: Attack Wing Wave 15 & 16’

U.S.S. Prometheus (Federation), the Ratosha (Bajoran), and the I.K.S. Ning’tao (Klingon)

WizKids Games will release Wave 15 for its popular Star Trek: Attack Wing miniatures game in May with Wave 16 following in June, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.  Each wave will feature three new pre-painted miniatures for use in the game.

 

Wave 15 will include the U.S.S. Prometheus (Federation), the Ratosha (Bajoran), and the I.K.S. Ning’tao (Klingon) vessels.

 

U.S.S. Dauntless (Federation), Kreechta (Ferengi), and U.S.S. Pasteur (Federation)

Wave 16 features the U.S.S. Dauntless (Federation), Kreechta (Ferengi), and U.S.S. Pasteur (Federation) ships. Each vessel from both waves will be sold separately.  Each model comes with base, pegs, maneuver dial, cards, and tokens. These two waves of models follow Waves 13 and 14, expected in March and April.

 

What do you think? Are you looking forward to these upcoming Star Trek: Attack Wing  release?

 

 

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Rio Grande Announces Plans to Release Special ‘Power Grid’ Deluxe

Rio Grande will release a special deluxe version of its popular Power Grid game next month to celebrate the 10th anniversary, first reported by ICV2.com.  Power Grid Deluxe will feature a number of new components while continuing to offer the game’s fan-favorite play mechanics.

This deluxe version promises to be bigger than the regular game, literally.  The enlarged game board shows all of Europe on one side and all of North America on the other, replacing the USA and Germany in the basic version.  New custom wooden pieces represent power generators and resources in thematic shapes.  An updated deck of power plants features natural gas, with changes to all of the power plants in the game, while new resource cards will improve the process of refilling resources.

 

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The game mechanics of players buying assets in auctions, speculating on resources, and building networks of power plants are not changed from the original, but a new two-player version called “Against the Trust” will be included in the box.

Rio Grande plans to release Power Grid Deluxe on October 16th.  It will not be a “limited” edition.

 

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Paizo Publishing Announces February 2015 Releases

Paizo Publishing has announced its Pathfinder RPG releases for the month of February 2015, first reported by ICv2.com, which is the beginning of a new Adventure Path series: Giantslayer.  Releases include the first adventure, a new campaign setting book, an adventure “toolbox,” and a map pack.

The Battle of Bloodmarch Hill launches the new six-part Giantslayer Adventure Path.  In this adventure, players must defend a human settlement besieged by orcs while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious death.  The adventure is designed for first level characters, and includes information on the giants of Golarion, new game mechanics for giants, and a new Pathfinder’s Journal.  The adventure is compatible with the Pathfinder RPG and the Open Game License.

 

The new Pathfinder Campaign Setting:  Tombs of Golarion presents a number of deadly dungeons and tombs for the Pathfinder game world.  The 64-page softcover book includes a number of adventures including new monsters, traps, and treasures, as well as suggestions for game masters who want to include them in their own campaigns.

The Pathfinder Player Companion:  Melee Tactics Toolbox will be a 32-page softcover book with new rules and game materials designed to enhance melee combat in the game.  This book was written with the player in mind, designed to appeal to them rather than gamemasters.  MSRP is $12.99.

The last of Paizo’s planned quartet for February will be the Pathfinder Map Pack:  River System.  Designed to work with thePathfinder Flip-Mat: Basic Terrain Multi-Packand other grassy flip-mats, this set includes 18 full-color map tiles illustrated by Jason Engle.  The tiles can be used to create a variety of river scenes, and have a special coating that allows wet, dry, and permanent markers to be used and erased.  This will be the 54th Map Pack game accessory.

What do you think of these new offerings from Paizo Publishing? Does Pathfinder have what it takes to stand up to D&D Next? Let us know what you think!

 

 

 

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