Posts Tagged ‘TableTop’
Paizo Publishing Announces new ‘Monster Codex’ for October
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Paizo Publishing will release Monster Codex for the Pathfinder RPG on October 22nd, according to hobby news website ICv2.com. The 256-page hardcover will retail for $39.99. It will include chapters for 20 monsters:
- Boggard
- Bugbear
- Drow
- Duergar
- Fire giant
- Frost giant
- Ghoul
- Gnoll
- Goblin
- Hobgoblin
- Kobold
- Lizardfolk
- Ogre
- Orc
- Ratfolk
- Sahuagin
- Serpentfolk
- Troglodyte
- Troll
- Vampire
Each will include archetypes; over 10 new stat blocks; new rules like feats, spells, and magic items; advice and tips for game masters; and templates for customizing the monsters.
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Tags: Board Game, Gamemaster, Monster Codex, New Release, Paizo Publishing, Pathfinder RPG, Role-playing Games, TableTop
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CoolMiniOrNot Announces Expansion to ‘Rivet Wars’ Miniatures Game
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
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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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.
Tags: Board Games, CoolMiniOrNot, Expansions, New Release, Rivet Wars, TableTop
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Rio Grande Announces Plans to Release Special ‘Power Grid’ Deluxe
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
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.
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.
Tags: Board Game, Deluxe, New Release, Power Grid, Rio Grande, Special Edition, TableTop
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Queen’s Games Announces New Board Game ‘Greed’
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Award-winning game designer Donald X. Vaccarino (Kingdom Builder, Dominion)’s card-drafting game Greed was on display at the Queen Games booth at last week’s Gen Con, according to hobby news website ICv2.com. Another Kickstarter-funded project for Queen, it is expected to ship into the trade channels soon.
Queen Games USA’s Executive Director Keith Blume described the game. “You take the role of a late-60’s crime boss, and basically try to acquire the most wealth and become the crime boss of the city. That’s one that’s a little bit darker theme for us, relative to the usual family fair. It’s been getting a lot of play here.”
Players can invest in various legal business “holdings,” hire “thugs” to collect revenue, and engage in criminal activities against other players. Game play is simultaneous, with players drafting and playing cards each round at the same time. Greed can be played by two to five players and plays in about 45 minutes.
Queen’s Kickstarter drive for Greed gathered $26,208 in pledges from 822 backers ($31.88/backer average), well over the modest $5,000 goal.
Tags: Board Games, Donald X. Vaccarino, Gen Con, Greed, ICv2.com, New Release, Queen Games, TableTop
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Greater Than Games Announces Expansion for ‘Sentinels of the Multiverse’
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Greater Than Games has announced the next Sentinels of the Multiverse expansion, according to hobby news website ICv2.com, which will be called Wrath of the Cosmos. The product is currently in Kickstarter, with a planned December 2014 release to backers and later for retailers.
The Wrath of the Cosmos expansion features two new heroes, four villains, and two environments to the cooperative card game based on classic comic books. The players must work together to defend the earth from extra-terrestrial threats.
Sentinels of the Multiverse has been a huge success for Greater Than Games. As Christopher Badell, Greater Than Games’ Design Director and co-owner, explained, “In the last two years, since we released the Enhanced Edition at Gen Con 2012, we’ve sold over 60,000 copies of Sentinels of the Multiverse. That doesn’t count the sales of any expansions or anything else, that’s just the core game itself.”
Greater Than Games is also developing a program to support in-store events for their games. This may include “demo boxes” that include promotional materials for retailers that want to run demos of its games in their stores. An in-store tournament league is also planned to support the new Sentinel Tactics game.
Tags: Expansion, Greater Than Games, ICv2.com, Kickstarter. Board Games, New Release, Sentinels of the Multiverse, TableTop, Wrath of the Cosmos
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New ‘Castle Panic’ Expansion Announced
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICV2.com.
During last week’s Gen Con fair, Fireside Games and creator of Castle Panic, announced the game’s next expansion, The Dark Titan. Fireside plans to release the expansion sometime in 2015, targeting a spring release, as first reported by hobby news website ICv2.com.
“It is a smaller expansion than Wizard’s Tower,” De Witt explained, CEO of Fireside Games. “It’s going to bring one new giant villain to the game, along with several smaller accomplices, and some new things you get to do: new cards, new tokens that are on the board that you get to interact with in a different way.”
The Dark Titan is designed to adjust the difficulty of the game to a level between the base game and the earlier Wizard’s Towerexpansion. It can be used with the base game or combined with Wizard’s Tower.
Tags: Board Games, Castle Panic, Fireside Games, Gen Con, ICv2, New Release, TableTop, The Dark Titan
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