New Games for November 1 – November 22, 2009

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Magic The Gathering: Duel Decks – Garruk Vs Liliana
A hunter to the core, and adept at summoning savage creatures, Garruk Wildspeaker thrives on pushing himself to greater and greater limits in his quest to be the ultimate predator. But now, he faces his most dangerous prey: A fellow Planeswalker. Specializing in spells that reanimate the dead, corrupt the living, and unlock power from death, Liliana Vess possesses beauty that belies her necromantic power. What will happen when a force of raw, untamed nature confronts a being consumed by dark and demonic urges? Showcasing some of the best spells that green and black Planeswalkers have in their arsenal, Duel Decks: Garruk vs Liliana features two ready-to-play, 60-card decks packed with eight rare cards, and six cards with new artwork, including foil alternate-art versions of Garruk Wildspeaker and Liliana Vess. Also included are two deck boxes, three token cards, one strategy insert, and a “Learn to Play” guide.

Talisman: The Frostmarch Expansion
A continent of ice dominates the horizon. It is the Frostmarch, brought here across the Northern waters by the Ice Queen. Armed with the Crown of Command, she is transforming the realm into a desolate, frozen wasteland! The Frostmarch expansion for Talisman: Revised Fourth Edition introduces four new characters, plus new Adventures, Spells, and three new Alternate Ending Cards Ð including a final climactic battle with the Ice Queen!

Mini-Chibithulhu Plush
Cute! Cuddly! Sanity-blasting! Because the world needs more cute, this diminutive version of the Chibithulhu plush figure features huge, adorable eyes, a loving heart on the chest, and Cthulhu’s trademark tentacles!

Ticket to Ride: Europa 1912 Expansion
Ticket to Ride: Europa 1912 is a new expansion for the Ticket to Ride series that adds new game play variants for Ticket to Ride: Europe with 55 new Destination Tickets that enable Europa Expanded, Big Cities of Europe, and Mega Europe versions. In addition there are two brand-new game elements – Warehouses and Depots – that add an exciting level of playing strategies that can be used in all versions of Ticket to Ride.

Archaeology: The Card Game
Recipient of the Best Australian Game of 2008! Discover the lost treasures of Egypt and make your fortune! As archaeologists working dig sites, players sift through the desert sands and expplore ancient pyramids in their quest for priceless artifacts, then sell or trade their treasures to museums and the local marketplace to increase the value of their collection. But beware, the desert also has its dangers! A devastating sandstorm can throw your expedition into disarray, while cunning thieves are anxious to steal your prize discovery!

Stoner Fluxx
Stoner Fluxx is a marijuana-themed version of the hit card game Fluxx – it’s the game about toking with your friends, getting the munchies, and changing the rules. Back by popular demand, this bigger, bolder edition features 16 new cards (including three Creepers!) with new color artwork in a nicer, larger box, too!

Small World: Grand Dames Expansion
Created as part of the Small World Design Contest and featuring the winning designs from over 700 different entries submitted, the Grand Dames mini-expansion introduces three new, powerful female race banners – Gypsies, Priestesses, and the ghostly White Ladies – as well as two new Special Power Badges – Historian and Peace-Loving.

Small World: Cursed! Expansion
Created as part of the Small World Design Contest and featuring the winning designs from over 700 different entries submitted, the Cursed! mini-expansion introduces two nasty, new Small World Races – Kobalds and Goblins – along with five new, sinister Special Power Badges – Cursed, Hordes of, Marauding, Ransacking, and Were-.

Marvel Heroclix: Hammer Of Thor Boosters
Throughout the ages, men and gods have experienced the power of Thor, Lord of Asgard, and his legendary hammer, Mjolnir. Now, the Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor set will bring the might of the gods to your fingertips! HeroClix is back! Your favorite superhero miniatures game returns in a powerful way with Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor, featuring not only the Thunder God, but also the heroes and villains of Asgard. This HeroClix release features 60 all-new figures, and marks the return of one of the most fun and exciting miniatures games of all time!

Atlantis
Atlantis! No other city rivals its power. None command such riches. Now, the link between the land and your beloved home of Atlantis is crumbling! You must race to move your people along the great bridge to the mainland before it disappears into the thundering waters below. Retrieve artifacts as you travel, but be wary of creating gaps in the bridge, for as the gaps proliferate and widen, those behind you face a costly-even perilous-journey to safety. So, flee with care and cunning. Be the first to guide your people to their new haven!

Magic The Gathering: Premium Deck Series – Slivers
Vicious, territorial, and able to share abilities, Slivers are nearly impossible to stop! This new and powerful, 60-card, all-foil deck contains some of greatest Sliver cards from throughout Magic history, including several that have never been released in foil! Each deck comes complete with an exclusive Spindown life counter and a foil deck box.

Letter of Marque
Set sail for the open ocean where adventure and treasure await! From designer Bruno Faidutti (Citadels, Red November), Letter of Marque is a swift-moving card game of treasure, temptation, and trickery on the high seas where players sail their gold-laden galleons across the ocean while sending out raiders and avoiding the cannon fire of fellow privateers.

Penny Arcade: The Card Game
Fierce fights between best friends are in store with Penny Arcade: The Card Game. Two players take on the personas of Gabe and Tycho, the protagonists from the smash hit webcomic Penny Arcade, as they feverishly attempt to destroy each other in this funny and fast-paced game of grievous personal injury! Includes 120 hilarious cards representing the hijinks, characters, and other assorted items fans have come to love, as well as 18 life counters serving as tokens used to keep score.

Megacorps
In this epic game of economic domination, players control a MegaCorp – one of six enormous conglomerates that dominate economic and political life in the mid-21st Century. You control industries, manipulate governments like puppets, and even wage war to open new markets. But, watch your back! Kleptocracies can steal ownership of your industry, Dictatorships can nationalize an industry to shut you out, and Democracies can buy you out! Become the most prominent and profitable Megacorp to earn your place at the top and win!

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Call of Cthulhu: Cthulhu Invictus
All roads lead to Rome, the greatest city of the Ancient World. But, the mighty Empire is pressed on all sides by foes, both mundane and otherworldly, as forces from within are growing in power, drawing on the most ancient of horrors to corrupt it. In this new setting for the Call of Cthulhu RPG, players take on the roles of Roman citizens seeking to protect the Empire from the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos and ancient myth. Cthulhu Invictus includes an adventure to jump start your Roman campaign, a large fold-out map of the Roman empire, 41 creatures and entities from folklore and ancient mythology, 12 new cults, 21 new occupations, and much more.

Dark Heresy RPG: The Radical’s Handbook
The most extreme and zealous Inquisitors of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Radical factions, walk a dark and dangerous path. Now, you and your acolytes can walk among, or against them, with the knowledge contained in the latest sourcebook: The Radical’s Handbook. From the mysterious Ragged Oracle of Seedworld AFG-218 to the horrors of the Maletek Stalker, The Radical’s Handbook contains a wealth of background information and game mechanics to enrich your Dark Heresy campaign.

Qin: The Warring States
Become a legend ! Enter the epic world of Warring States China, a world of colorful myths and timeless legends, bold wu xia and beautiful courtesans, wise scholars and scheming eunuchs, exorcists and monsters! All await the daring exploits and noble deeds of a new generation of heroes!

After Red Hook: The Cold Case Of Robert Suydam
Ten years ago, the sinister forces at work in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood coalesced in the events described in the short story “The Horror at Red Hook.” After Red Hook: The Cold Case of Robert Suydam contains everything a Call of Cthulhu group needs for a few evenings of Mythos-inspired fun, including pre-generated characters and the entire text of Lovecraft’s short story “The Horror at Red Hook.”

Shard RPG: Basic Compendium
The Suns have risen, and a unique world awaits you. Welcome to D’rd’nah, World of the False Dawn! The animal within you can be unleashed in this truly cinematic role-playing experience that introduces an exciting universe of rich cultures, deadly intrigue, wild martial arts, mysterious magical rituals, and alien environments.

Gamemastery Map Pack: Extradimensional Spaces
GameMastery Map Pack: Extradimensional Spaces contains 18, full-color, 5″ x 8″ map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Corey Macourek, that combine to form a variety of extradimensional retreats and hidey-holes, including a Genie Bottle Interior, a Magnificent Mansion, a Dimensional Oubliette, a Rope Trick, and a Pocket Dimension.

Star Wars RPG: Scavengers Guide To Droids
The Scavenger’s Guide to Droids gives players and Gamemasters access to a variety of droids from across the Star Wars saga. It includes new options for droid characters including talents, feats, equipment, modifications, quirks, and prestige classes, as well as other ways to customize droid characters, including templates based on different manufacturers.

Dungeons & Dragons: Draconomicon 2 – Metallic Dragons
Draconomicon 2: Metallic Dragons unleashes a menacing menagerie of dragons for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign! This supplement presents dragons both malevolent and benign, and gives details on each dragon’s powers, tactics, myths, lairs, servitors, and more. In addition, this book provides new information about draconic nations and organizations, and the roles that metallic dragons fill in a D&D game.

Dungeons & Dragons: Monster Manual Savage Encounters Booster
The Monster Manual: Savage Encounters expansion for Dungeons & Dragons features pre-painted plastic miniatures of iconic monsters from the Monster Manual core rulebook and other D&D game supplements. This 40-figure set includes monsters of various levels and roles, and each booster pack allows Dungeon Masters to run a ready-to-play D&D encounter right out of the box. Each booster pack contains one visible non-random miniature, and four hidden random miniatures.

Dungeons & Dragons: Arcane Power Cards
Each 100-card Arcane Power Card deck includes all the powers for one of the five classes featured in the Arcane Power Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition sourcebook, plus a few blank cards for players to use for other powers. There are decks for the bard, sorcerer, swordmage, warlock, and wizard.

Call of Cthulhu: A Peculiar Pentad
The first in a series of sourcebooks designed to provide resources and inspiration to Call of Cthulhu players and Keepers alike, A Peculiar Pentad presents five shops that every investigator may want, or need, to visit.

Vorkosigan Saga Sourcebook And Roleplaying Game HC
Miles Vorkosigan is brilliant, charismatic, the heir to a noble house on a warrior planet… and hopelessly crippled! No. Not hopelessly. A Vorkosigan never gives up! And when the fragile, dwarfed, odd-looking Miles charges headlong against the universe, Miles may break, but he’ll pay that price, for his Emperor’s honor and his own. He’s used to breaking. And when Miles hits it hard enough, the universe gives way! From the award-winning science fiction stories of Lois McMaster Bujold comes The Vorkosigan Saga Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game, set in a future universe of honor and betrayal, war and intrigue, great victories and great defeats.

HERO System 6th Edition: Vol 1 Character Creation
HERO System 6th Edition: Vol 2 Combat & Adventuring HC

Incorporating everything we’ve learned from over 28 years and input from the most fervent fans in the industry, the 6th Edition rules will be in full color and hardcover for the first time.

HERO System 6th Edition: Basic Rulebook
For gamers who don’t need the full Sixth Edition rulebooks all the time, Hero Games presents the Basic Rulebook – the 6E rules boiled down to a 128-page guide. The Basic Rulebook strips out all the options, variants, and expanded rules discussions to present you with the absolute core of the HERO System so you can easily learn the game or find the rule you want.

Shadowrun: Seattle 2072
It’s a screwed up city. Isolated from the rest of the UCAS, it’s a haven for criminals – smugglers, syndicates, gangers. Legal criminals, too – megacorporations, governments, politicians. As beautiful as she is dysfunctional, Seattle is urban sprawl amid rolling hills and forests nestled up to man-made wonders next door to natural and man-made disasters. Whether you’re a native or not, Seattle will draw you in like no other.

Savage Worlds: Thrilling Tales
Grab your fedora and your ivory-handled .45s, and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as Thrilling Tales unleashes the pulse-pounding excitement of the pulp magazines and cliffhanger serials of the 1930s and 40s into the Savage Worlds rules system.

Traveller RPG: Supplement 6 – Military Vehicles
From armored wagons and light tanks to giant ships and walking mecha, this Traveller sourcebook allows players to face the full might of military forces, be they armed police or a full scale army!

AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL ORDER
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Smackatoa (Wooden Boxed Board Game)
You’re a contestant on a reality TV show set on a volcanic tropical island. Then the ultimate plot twist – the volcano erupts! In Smackatoa, players must cooperate (but not too much) with the other contestants to build a raft and escape before it’s too late.

Art of War
In Art of War, players take on the role of generals attempting to outwit and overwhelm their competition. Will you control the shadowy Ninja, striking with a silent blade, or wield the power of faith as the Monk, or lead the barbarous horde in savaging the lands of all who stand against them? Balance protecting your civilian workers to grow your army, reinforce the territory you have conquered to protect your monarch, and expand your borders by conquering neighboring territories. Balancing all of this will allow you to maneuver until your enemy’s monarch is vulnerable to your decisive and eliminating strike.

Advanced Adventures #11: The Conqueror Worm
A group of hardy adventurers explore the harsh northern lands and the glacier of the dreaded white worm that threatens to dominate the lands of the frozen north in this Advanced Adventure designed for character levels 10-14.

Starsiege Event Horizon: Another Fine Mess
The Cold Dark. That’s what the scavengers, fringers, mercenaries, and smugglers on the edges of civilization call outer space. But, running low on fuel stretches those lines to near breaking, so when you’re offered a simple courier mission to a border planet, you take it without question. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

Castles & Crusades: Of Gods & Monsters
James M. Ward returns to a subject he knows very well, delivering a plethora of information on a host of gods, godlings, and heroes, and the magic that drives them.

Castles & Crusades: Outdoor Mapping Sheets
Don’t get lost in the wilderness! Bring your handy mapping sheets! The perfect resource for every would-be overland adventure, this set of 50, double-sided sheets of hexagonal graph paper is perfect for mapping any bewildering area.

Victoriana Gamemaster’s Screen
This sturdy, deluxe screen is packed with all the information a Gamemaster needs for easy reference during a session of Victoriana.

Strontium Dog RPG
Earth, the late 22nd century. Following the atomic war of 2150, Britain has been devastated by nuclear holocaust. The survivors rebuilt their lives, but many were warped by the mutating effects of Strontium 90 fallout. Unable to live or work amongst the ‘norms’, mutants were forced to grow up in ghettos and take the only job open to them – bounty hunting.

Pathfinder Chronicles: Seekers Of Secrets – A Guide To The Pathfinder Society
The greatest explorers in the world come from the Pathfinder Society, a motley assembly of adventurers, archaeologists, and mystics who brave the lost cities and forgotten dungeons of the world in search of treasure, knowledge, and the thrill of discovery. This comprehensive guide provides an exciting overview of the world-spanning organization.

Fantasy
In Fantasy, players attempt to collect the most fairy-folk in their forest. Each folk has a special effect that triggers when they’re played that alters the balance of the game.

Toc Toc Toc! (Knock! Knock!)
Who’s there? It is Halloween and everyone is throwing parties. But no one wants to make a monster mistake and go to a dead party – their social lives wouldn’t have a ghost of a chance after that! The question is: Can you have the coolest, hippest, most rockin’ Halloween party in town? Knock! Knock! is a bluffing game where players send partygoers to other players to see if they are welcomed or rejected. Is the guest cool or a geek? Will they help make a bigger, better party – or drive people away?

Hollow Earth Expedition: Mysteries of the Hollow Earth
A savage land of danger and beauty, lies beneath our feet, protecting the mysteries of the Hollow Earth! Experience the Hollow Earth from a new perspective – from the inside looking out – with this sourcebook that expands Hollow Earth Expedition with even more details about the mysterious and dangerous Hollow Earth, filled with hungry dinosaurs, ferocious savages, and lost civilizations!

Space Junkyard
Space has become a giant dumping ground for jettisoned components and derelict spacecraft. But the tide could be turned by clever star pilots hoping to expand their tiny ships. Navigating through a sea of asteroids and recyclable parts, pilots collect resources and salvaged ship modules in a quest to build the largest and most complete starship.

Steam Locomotive Set
This supplement to Martin Wallace’s Steam provides players the option of replacing their wooden marker disks with wooden train engines. The Steam Locomotive Set contains 144 wooden train tokens (six colors for six players) and one pawn (in a color different from the player colors), all packaged in a handy, plastic storage container.

Steam: Steam Barons Expansion
This expansion for Martin Wallace’s Steam introduces a whole new way to play Steam, with players now competing for ownership of the various companies, with the primary shareholder in each company deciding the actions of that company each turn. You’ll need to know when to invest, and when to cash in to better manage your rail to riches! Also included are two new maps of the North of England and the majority of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, as well as new wooden train markers.

Le Boomb!
In this portable party game, players roll the die, and must either keep the Boomb or pass it along to another player. Play resumes until the Boomb explodes, killing the person holding it, and only one player is left standing.

Warhammer: Invasion LCG: Skavenblight Threat Battle Pack
The spread of Chaos accelerates with the first monthly Battle Pack for the Warhammer: Invasion Living Card Game. Featuring 20 new cards for all factions, as well as neutral cards, The Skavenblight Threat introduces deck-customization opportunities for this new Living Card Game.