Posts Tagged ‘TableTop’
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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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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Z-Man Games Announces ‘The Staufer Dynasty’ Board Game
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Z-Man Games will release The Staufer Dynasty historic strategy board game to trade in December, after a premiere at Essen, as first reported by ICv2.com.
Designed by Andreas Steding (Firenze, Five Points: Gangs of New York, Hansa Teutonica), The Staufer Dynasty casts players into the role of travelers in the entourage of Henry VI, as he tours his kingdom and attempts to govern his empire, which runs from the North and Baltic seas south to Italy. Players place their envoys and nobles in positions of power in the six regions of the game, attempting to gain power and influence with the King over five rounds.
The box contains 119 tokens, 53 Privilege and Job cards, 111 wooden pieces, and a game board made of 9 tiles. The game is for 2 -5 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 90 minutes.
Tags: Board Games, Essen Spiel, Germany Trade Show, New Release, TableTop, The Staufer Dynasty, Z-Man Games
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Mantis Games Announces Expansions for ‘Mars Attacks’ Miniature Game
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Mantic Games has announced several upcoming expansions for its new Mars Attacks–The Miniatures Game, including a boxed set, Humanity Resists, as well as several troop units, a Martian Attack Saucer, and a Martian Dredd miniature for November release, according to hobby news retailer ICv2.com.
Mantic Games licensed the Mars Attacks property from the Topps Company to produce a tabletop war game in mid-2013 and launched the game via Kickstarter in October. The Kickstarter raised $558,076 from 2,753 backers ($202.72 average/backer).
The Mars Attacks–Humanity Resists box set will include eight new scenarios, new special rules, new characters including Agents Falco and Natalya, and the All American Flatbed Truck. There are several pieces included in the box expansion that will also be available for individual sale, including the Martian Attack Saucer, the Novas Vira Resistance Soldiers, Stealth Martians, and Martian Marines.
The Stealth Martians and Martian Marines are upgrades soldiers with unique rules. Stealth goes against Martian rules of battle, so Stealth Martians are both revered and considered cowardly by their brethren. The Martian Marines are elite scouts for the Martian army, but only available in small numbers.
The Novas Vira Resistance Soldiers are humanity’s greatest hope–with advanced training and special weapons. They have been secretly trained by a mysterious benefactor to prepare for the inevitable alien invasion.
The Martian Dredd miniature is a premium miniature launched from the mash-up of Mars Attacks and Judge Dredd , which IDW Publishing published as the comic cross over Mars Attacks Judge Dredd in 2013. The Martian will be dressed in Dredd’s armor, and unlike the famous Judge, travels with his helmet off, so it can blend in with the rest of the force.
Tags: Expansions, Mantis Games, Mars Attacks, Miniatures, New Release, TableTop, Topps Company
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Ares Games Announces Deal for ‘Conan’ Board Game
Monday, October 20th, 2014
Ares Games recently announced a deal with Conan Properties International LLC to relaunch the Age of Conan strategy board game as well as release the new Adventures in Hyboria expansion after a Kickstarter funding campaign. Ares has shared details with ICv2 about the expected trade release, according to hobby retailer news website ICv2.com.
The Adventures in Hyboria expansion expands Conan’s role in the game, and tracks his progress from warrior to mercenary to general. With each adventure, Conan gains experience and moves from one stage to the next, becoming more powerful. His goal is to be crowned king, but he is also subject to fits of melancholy, so his emotional mood is tracked with a Mood Wheel – which affects his statistics and dice rolls. Not every game will end with Conan reaching his goal. There are also Story cards, new Companion characters, Spies to help win wars, new Kingdom cards, and prisoners added to the game.
The box contains 4 new Objective cards, 29 new Adventure cards, 30 Story cards, 20 new Kingdom cards (5 per Kingdom), 20 Spy tokens (5 per Kingdom), 9 Companion cards, 12 Adventure tokens (including Companion tokens), 3 special Conan dice, a Mood Wheel marker, a Conan reference board, a Conan experience marker, and a rulebook.
Box contents may change as the Kickstarter campaign progresses, and Ares said that while some backer goals (Sorcery cards, the Cloth bag) will not be included in the trade version, some will. “Every time we achieve a goal, we will make clear if it becomes a part of the retail-level expansion or not,” an Ares Games representative clarified. “In any case, these upgrades are not exclusives, and they may become available to retail as accessories or as a part of future products.”
Tags: Adventures in Hyboria, Age of Conan, Ares Games, Board Game, Conan Properties International, Conan the Barbarian, New Release, TableTop
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