New Games for September 27 – October 10, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Magic: The Gathering Scars of Mirrodin
The Corrosion Begins! Scars of Mirrodin heralds the latest expansion block for Magic:The Gathering.

Art of A Song of Ice and Fire V1
From the sands of Dorne to the frozen north, Westeros is a realm of picturesque landscapes, immense strongholds, and captivating characters. Since its debut, George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has left these images indelibly imprinted in the minds of millions of readers. Now, some of the finest fantasy artists in the world have come together to offer their take on this rich and vibrant setting. Serving as a reprint of an earlier edition, The Art of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire, Volume 1 features almost 200 pages of scenes, characters, and landscapes from the novels, as well as a foreword written by George R.R. Martin himself.

Dragonheart
An evil wizard has placed the Great Dragon, the protector of the realm, into a stony slumber, its fiery breath locked away in a ruby jewel called the Dragonheart. With the land’s guardian imprisoned, trolls and fire dragons run amuck, barely held in check by brave knights and canny huntresses. If you can bring order to these factions before your opponent does, you’ll control the fate the Great Dragon… and the realm itself!

Hotel Samoa
Samoa. A popular vacation resort, where groups of tourists arrive every week. The hotel owners’ only care is to give these tourists the stay of their life – and, of course, to rid them of as much money as possible!

Betrayal at House on the Hill
The creak of footsteps on the stairs, the smell of something foul and dead, the feel of something crawling down your back this and more can be found in the exciting refresh of the Avalon Hill favorite Betrayal at House on the Hill. This fun and suspenseful game is a new experience almost every time you play, as you and your friends explore that creepy old place on the hill until enough mystic misadventures happen that one of the players turns on all of the others! Designed for 3-6 players aged 12 and up, this boardgame features multiple scenarios, a different lay-out with every game, and enough chills to freeze the heart of any horror fan. Betrayal at House on the Hill puts you face-to-face with legendary monsters, modern nightmares… and your friends!

Hansa Teutonica
In Hansa Teutonica, players attempt to increase their standing as merchants in the Hanseatic League by gaining prestige points by establishing networks and trade routes, bartering, and developing markets

LNE Invasion Outer Space – Martian Game
It is the early 1950’s, the dawn of the Atomic Age, and mankind is on the brink of setting out to explore the new frontier of space. But what they don’t know is that space has already come to them! In a small field near a traveling carnival just outside of a sleepy rural town in middle America, the first Martian Saucers begin to land – the vanguard to a massive alien armada. The Invasion has begun! In this fast-paced, modular game of fiendish Martians, Big Top Heroes, and SciFi Movie Action, players take on the role of either Carnival Heroes, using their special talents and working together to fight off the Martian Invasion; or as the invaders themselves, waves of Martian Soldiers and Flying Saucers, blasting Humans with Ray Guns and unleashing their vile alien technologies upon the Earth. Invasion From Outer Space is fully compatible with Last Night on Earth, and can be combined to form a massive game with up to three independent factions (Heroes, Zombies, and Martians).

Dominion Prosperity Expansion
Ah, money. There’s nothing like the sound of coins clinking in your hands. Life has been good to you. Just ten years ago, you were tilling your own fields in a simple straw hat. Today, your kingdom stretches from sea to sea, and your straw hat is the largest the world has ever known. You also have the world’s smallest dog, and a life-size statue of yourself made out of baklava. Sure, money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy envy, anger, and also this kind of blank feeling. You still have problems – troublesome neighbors that must be conquered. But this time, you’ll conquer them in style! The Prosperity expansion adds 25 new Kingdom cards to Dominion, plus two new Basic cards that let players keep building up past Gold and Province, and treasures with abilities, cards that interact with treasures, and powerful expensive cards.

The Farming Game – Card Game
In this portable, card-game adaptation of the International award-winning board game, players harvest crops while dodging droughts, uncertain markets, and insects. Buy land, cattle, wheel and deal in your quest to build the best farm in the county! A truly rewarding time that entertains, teaches, and is just plain fun!

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

D&D Essentials Dungeon Masters Kit
This deluxe box contains awesome tools, rules, and adventure content for every Dungeon Master, including a 96-page book of rules and advice for Dungeon Masters, 32-page monster book, two 32-page adventures, three sheets of die-cut monster tokens, two double-sided battle maps, and a fold-out Dungeon Master’s screen.

Gamma World RPG Box
Earth. After the apocalypse. Never mind the radiation – you’re gonna like it here! The D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game offers hours of rollicking entertainment in a savage land of adventure, where the survivors of some mythical future disaster must contend with radioactive wastes, ravaged cities, and rampant lawlessness. Utilizing the 4th Edition D&D Roleplaying Game system as its foundation, this complete, stand-alone roleplaying game comes with a 160-page book with rules for character creation, game rules, and an adventure, two sheets of die-cut character and monster tokens, two double-sided battle maps, cardstock character sheets and mutation power cards, a Mutation power card deck, and a Loot power card deck.

Deadlands Marshals Handbook
This setting book for Deadlands Reloaded includes expanded Setting Rules for the Marshal’s eyes only, the lowdown on all the strange locales of the Weird West, more creepy critters than you can throw a tomahawk at, and everything a Marshal needs to keep the Reckoning rolling.

Pathfinder Complete Character Folio
This character folio features 12 pages that cover your Pathfinder RPG character in depth and in detail, with all the basics – Abilities, Saves, Attacks, and Defenses – including Hero Points from the Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide. Also featured is a full page for Skills; a background page, including room for titles, family, and contacts; Feats, Class, and Racial Features, and Traits; Possessions – gear slots, plus space for containers and conveyances; well-organized Spellcasting pages that help track magic use; Mini-Character sheets for Cohorts, Followers, Mounts, Familiar, Eidolon, or augmented summoned creatures you call upon regularly; an Advancement page to log your progress as you level, or plan ahead; extra pages for note-keeping; plus two pockets to hold maps, watch lists, treasure lists, and other notes.