Rogues Gallery offers Friday Night Magic every Friday night! Games run from 7-10 PM, and the format alternates between Modern and Standard. Standard format decks can have cards from Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored, Magic 2013, Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash. Modern format is more involved, and the rules for building those decks can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/resources.aspx?x=judge/resources/sfrmodern
For March, Modern format events will be the 1st, 15th and 29th and Standard format events will be the 8th and 22nd. The prize card for this month is Farseek.
Our Friday Night Magic events have been extremely busy, and we are working to accommodate as many people as possible. We have room for 16 people at most, and we highly suggest calling ahead to reserve your spot. You can call anytime on Friday, and you must arrive by 6:45 to claim your spot or we will give it away to walk-ins or alternate sign-ups. As a result of the crowds, and at the request of some players, we now have an entry fee to play. You can pay $5 for the entry fee, or you can buy one boosters of any set as your entry fee. Either way gets you into the tournament.
The good news is, in adding the entry fee, we’ve also added prize support. To start with, we’ll be giving the top three players, plus one fourth player at random, prize cards from our overflowing box of promotional cards, which includes past Friday Night Magic, Game Days, Prereleases and other cards. When those run out, we’ll begin offering up booster packs as prize support, paid for by the entry fees.
Fiasco In-Store Demo With the Game’s Creator Next Friday!
For STAPLE!, Rogues Gallery is helping to sponsor once again, and we’re bringing in Jason Morningstar, creator of hit indy RPGs Fiasco, Durance, Grey Ranks and more! To celebrate, we’ll have Morningstar himself, along with members of the League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen podcast, playing a game of Fiasco in-store on the Friday, March 1st, the Friday before STAPLE! The event will take place starting at 1:00 PM and run until approximately 3:00 PM.
If you’ve ever been curious about this management favorite, Coen-inspired storytelling game, now is your chance to see it played! Come on out on your Friday lunch break and check it out!
Annual Inventory Sale Continues!
Our annual inventory sale continues! We’ll be clearing out a wide variety of graphic novels, games, miniatures, manga and other merchandise before doing our yearly inventory. The discount begins at 55%, and customers then roll 2d6 to add 2-12% onto that discount! All sales on clearance merchandise are final (no returns), and unfortunately we can’t allow anyone to put sale items on hold for later.
We’ll be closed on Monday, March 11th to do our inventory.
New Games for January 2013
BOARD & CARD GAMES
Android Netrunner LCG Trace Amount Data Pack The second Data Pack in the Genesis Cycle for Android: Netrunner, Trace Amount features cards that enable players to dabble with bold new deck configurations, even as they reinforce the core mechanics and personalities of the game’s seven factions. Runners gain new events while corporate executives look to fund new operations. Players will also find new hardware, resources, icebreakers, ice, agendas, assets, and upgrades. Traces, tags, and links feature prominently, making Trace Amount a perfect Data Pack for fans of bluffing and hidden information!
Talisman The City Expansion The City features a supplementary game board, a bustling metropolis that fits against the main Talisman board and is entered through the City space. It also comes with six new playable characters, three alternative endings, its own deck of city-themed adventure cards, and a host of shops to provide interesting items for all your questing needs! Collect bounties listed on the Wanted Posters at the City Gate and fill your pockets with gold before doing some serious spending. Secure a steed from the Stables, pick up Pets or Potions, or head to the Armoury and the Magic Emporium. But adventurers beware, high walls cannot protect you from threats from within, and there are plenty of dangers brewing in the streets of the City.
Star Trek HeroClix Tactics Series II Relive iconic battles from the Star Trek Universe or create your own with the Star Trek HeroClix: Tactics tactical space combat game system. The Star Trek HeroClix Tactics Series II set features over 30 new pre-painted ships, including vessels representing new races never before seen in Star Trek Tactics – Cardassians, Ferengi, Jem’Hadar, Romulans, and Vulcans.
Star Trek HeroClix Tactics Series II Starter Set Each Star Trek HeroClix Tactics Series II Starter Set features four ships – the Federation U.S.S. Fearless, the Klingon I.K.S. Drovana, the Romulan I.R.W N’Ventnar, and the Jem’Hadar 4th Division Cruiser 1 – complete with a rulebook, a Powers & Abilities (PAC) reference card, and two double-sided maps of four iconic Star Trek locations
Marvel HC The Amazing Spider-Man Everyone’s favorite Web-Head is back and better than ever with Marvel HeroClix: The Amazing Spider-Man! Web-swing into action with more than 45 figures to collect among Spidey’s friends and foes, including The Daughters of the Dragon, Vulture, Kaine, and Hobgoblin, as well as thematic Chase figures and all-new Prime figures! Prominent sub-themes showcase Spider-Man’s Rogue’s Gallery, magic-wielding mystics of the Marvel Universe, and Marvel Horror! Plus, “Wild Dials” unleash monstrous new abilities – feed Dracula’s thirst and sate his Vampire Hunger, go on a Full-Moon rampage with Werewolf By Night, or create illusory duplicates with Mysterio!
Pathfinder Battles Shattered Star Boosters The friends, fiends, and foes of the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Shattered Star invade the tabletop with Pathfinder Battles: Shattered Star, featuring 55 all-new, pre-painted miniatures drawn from the gorgeous art in Paizo’s Pathfinder Adventure Path: Shattered Star.
Rivals of Catan Era of Enlightenment Set sail from Catan! Explore and discover new lands in the Age of Enlightenment, featuring three expansions for the Settlers of Catan Card Game: The Rivals For Catan. In “The Era of Explorers,” pirates, islanders, and shipwrecks await across the waters as players embark on missions in their quest to be the most skilled and intrepid sailor! Influence events and promote peace during “The Era of Sages,” as the wisdom (and currency) of the many and varied sages gives players the opportunity to influence the strength and frequency of events And, in “The Era of Prosperity,” as a noble prince of Catan, govern wisely as you attempt to raise your people’s spirits and spur expansion. But beware – discontent dooms prosperity!
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Cosmo Blazer Boosters Cosmo Blazer kicks off the New Year in a blaze of glory with fiery versions of mythical creatures for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, with 100 new cards designed to support cards for currently popular Duelist Decks and upcoming Structure Decks.
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
Only War Warhammer 40K RPG Final Testament A complete adventure for Only War, Final Testament takes players to the war-ravaged mining world of Hervara, where they must do battle at one of the Imperium’s most brutal fronts. This engaging, three-part mission pits guardsmen against a host of unusual challenges, even as they strive to uphold the honor of the Imperial Guard and, perhaps, even survive!
Rogue Trader: Stars Of Inequity Stars of Inequity is a detailed resource that focuses on the perilous worlds of the Expanse. Game Masters can create their own new realms with the World Generator, a system designed to craft unique planets filled with terrible risks and unmatched potential for profit. Players can brave the dangers of planetside missions, crossing the surface of shadowy worlds to explore deadly jungles, ancient ruins, crashed voidships, and more. And with the Colony Creation rules, your group can construct, expand, and control its own outposts on the lost and forgotten worlds of the Expanse!
D&D Encounters Returns on Thursday, February 7th!
After a brief holiday hiatus, D&D Encounters returns starting next Thursday! Rogues Gallery will be running two tables as usual, both featuring the D&D Next Playtest Rules! The new season is called Against the Cult of Chaos, and it takes inspiration from classics such as Village of Hommlet and Against the Cult of the Reptile God. As always, we recommend calling ahead after we open (at 10 AM) on Thursday to secure your spot, as there are only 12 spots available each week. You don’t have to play each week, although you are of course welcome to come every week if you’d like.
You don’t need to have any prior experience with D&D to play, and the only thing you need to bring with you is a pencil, and dice if you have them.
Players who are signed up for the D&D Next Playtest may create their own characters. Players who are NOT signed up for the D&D Next Playtest, but wish to participate in this season of Encounters using D&D Next rules, will use pre-generated characters provided by the DM.
The game begins at 7 PM, although we encourage folks to show up a little early to get settled in so that the game can begin right at 7.
MTG: Gatecrash Pre-Release Information
FIRST ROUND BEGINS AT NOON – SECOND ROUND BEGINS AT 3:30 – PRE-REGISTRATION STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Rogues Gallery will be holding two pre-release events for Magic: The Gathering’s newest set, Gatecrash, on Sunday, January 27th! We always fill up our spaces, and recommend that you call or email ahead to pre-register, because we have limited space and tend to fill up well before the day of the event itself. We have room for 16 players in the first event, beginning at noon, and 16 players in the second event, beginning at 3:30 PM. If space allows, we are happy to allow players to play in both pre-release tournaments… players will have to buy-in to both tournaments, you cannot carry over cards or decks from the first pre-release into the second. You can preregister now by calling or emailing the store to get on the list for one or both events.
Sign-in will begin at noon on January 27th. We’ll begin the first event at 12:30 with 30 minutes to construct your decks, and the pre-release will run 3 rounds from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (at the latest). Please note that if you are pre-registered, you must arrive by 12:15 to claim your spot or it will be opened up for walk-ins.
The second tournament will begin registration at 3:30, and the tournament will start as close to 4 PM as we can manage, with 30 minutes to construct your decks. Please note for those pre-registered, you must arrive by 3:45 to claim your spot or it will be opened up for walk-ins.
We will allow walk-ins for both tournaments if the space is not filled, but we encourage pre-registration, as we generally fill up fairly quickly. In addition, because there are two events, and because the second event may run later than our usual closing time, we won’t be able to offer trading or casual place space after the tournaments end.
You’ll choose from five Guild Prerelease Packs, which will cost $25 (plus tax) each. The options (while supplies last) are Orzhov, Dimir, Gruul, Boros, and Simic. Each Guild Prerelease Pack contains five Gatecrash booster packs, a guild-specific booster pack, a special alternate-art prerelease card unique to each guild, an achievement card, a Spindown life counter, a guild symbol sticker, and a letter from the guild’s leader.
For this event, players may use the promo card included with the Guild Prerelease Pack in their tournament deck. All participants will receive a limited edition card, and prize support will be in the form of Gatecrash boosters.
In addition to the main Prerelease Tournament events, if space allows, we will offer Open Dueling, allowing any player who wants to play to purchase an Intro Pack to play against each other, as well as Prerelease tournament players who are between matches.
Holiday Hours
Rogues Gallery will close early on Monday, December 24th and Monday, December 31st. We will close at 7 PM instead of 9 PM on those days. We will be closed on Tuesday, December 25th and Tuesday, January 1st.
We will have comics as normal on Wednesday, December 26th and Wednesday, January 2nd! Happy Holidays!
New Games for November 5 – November 18, 2012
BOARD & CARD GAMES
Star Trek Fleet Captains- Romulan Exp The Romulan Empire expands its influence into Star Trek: Fleet Captains! This expansion set contains 12 new Romulan ships with 10 new sub-decks, and introduces a new Mission type (Espionage) and the ability to assign Romulan Saboteurs to your opponent’s ships.
Munchkin Naughty & Nice It’s a Munchkin Christmas tradition: a holiday-themed booster! Use the Candy Cane and Tannenbomb to fight off the Snow Angels and Holiday Spirits! Spike the Egg Nog to Go Up a Level! Be Naughty or Nice…or both at once!
DC Heroclix: Batman The Joker, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy are wreaking havoc! Now, in a race against time, Batman must speed through Gotham City in the Batmobile to stop them! DC HeroClix: Batman features popular sub-themes like Batman Inc., the Outsiders, and the introduction of the WildC.A.T.S., plus Super-Boosters with all-new vehicles like the Batmobile and the Invisible Jet.
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey HC Explore Middle-earth and enjoy grand adventure with Thorin Oakenshield and Company with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey HeroClix! Introducing new campaign scenarios designed to add epic-level combat and adventure to your HeoClix games, the Campaign Starter Set comes complete with seven exclusive figures – including Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, and Thorin Oakenshield – 48 Horde Tokens, six maps, a 2012 HeroClix Rulebook, a Powers and Abilities Card, dice, Objects, and Terrain Tokens. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey HeroClix is also available as a set of 30 unique figures to add to your HeroClix collection offered in single-figure boosters packed in 24-count Counter-Top Displays.
Kill the Overlord It’s good to be the Overlord! Your subjects grovel at your feet and you have unlimited wealth and power. But there are some who plot against you, so you send out your axeman. Sadly, he’s easy to distract if one is cleverÉ who will lose their head? Once the axe starts swinging, not even the Overlord is safe!
D-Day Dice: Operation Neptune & Normandy Expansion Operation Neptune offers 6 new Battle Maps: 4 of them are normal Battle Maps and 2 are double-sized, giant Battle Maps. New features like the “Command Posts” and the “Few Good Men” rules give these new maps a character of their own. This expansion also includes 2 new Items, 2 new Awards and 1 new Specialist, the “Executive Officer”, who comes in 4 different versions (depending on the player color). The Normandy expansion includes 4 new maps, covering the British Airborne mission of Operation Tonga, Gold Beach’s inland bunker, the glider supply mission of Operation Chicago and the classic raid on Pegasus Bridge
Game of Thrones Card Game Based on the epic HBO series, Game of Thrones is a card game in which two players wage war in the fields of Westeros and conspire to crush their opponents at court in King’s Landing. Two fixed, opposing, 50-card decks allow players to take control of either House Lannister or House Stark, with each deck featuring the show’s most recognizable characters and locations, including Eddard Stark, Cersei Lannister, Robert Baratheon, Littlefinger, and Jon Snow.
Dixit Jinx Is your guess as good as mine? Among the nine surreal and confusing images positioned in the center of the table, would you be able to find the card before the other players based on the clue provided by the active player? In Dixit Jinx, speed and imagination are key in this game of friendly and exhilarating fun that offers challenges for all!
Cthulhu Gloom Unpleasant Dreams In Cthulhu Gloom, make your intrepid investigators face the most terrible terrors and madness before helping them pass on to their inevitable doom! Unpleasant Dreams brings the wonders and horrors of the Dreamlands to Gloom with 55 transparent cards designed to add morbid new Modifiers, Events, Stories, Transformations, and Untimely Deaths, plus a new family that calls the Dreamlands their home. Can you survive the creeping chaos of Nyarlathotep? Will your shantak be a loyal mount, or will you meet your end when you approach Azathoth? Dive into your own unpleasant dreams to find out!
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
Durance On a remote planet far from civilization, the worst criminal scum from a dozen star systems have been dumped, charged with building new lives under the watchful eye of Authority. Within a brutal hierarchy of savagery and servility, convicts and guards alike must make hard choices. Every colonist has their own code of conduct and their own aspirations—aspirations that invariably come at the expense of others. This dangerous new world is too small for everyone to succeed. In fact, it may well be too small for anyone to succeed. Only the shrewdest, the toughest and the luckiest will get a chance to find out. Will you be among them? Durance is the latest game from designer Jason Morningstar, author of the award-winning game Fiasco. It is a fast-paced, low-prep, highly collaborative game designed for 3-5 players and one or more sessions of play and includes a detailed, engaging science fiction setting.
Rogue Trader: The Navis Primer The Navis Primer is a supplement for Rogue Trader that uncovers the history of the Koronus Expanse’s Navigator Houses, while unveiling the Astropath Voidfrost and Soul Ward Disciplines. The Navis Primer also provides expanded rules for navigation and astrotelepathic communication, and presents a host of terrifying new hazards!
Dungeon Alphabet: Expanded Designing dungeons is as easy as A, B, C with the Dungeon Alphabet Expanded Edition, compiling thirty-four classic dungeon design elements in one place to assist game masters in creating subterranean challenges. Featuring a foreword by noted game designer Zeb Cook, this new printing boasts 16 additional pages of art-heavy, inspirational tables, with artists like Jeff Easley, Russ Nicholson, and Jim Holloway providing all-new illustrations.
Black Friday Sale & Thanksgiving Hours
Our fifth annual Black Friday sale is coming on Friday, November 23rd. Come kick off your holiday shopping and earn bonus gift certificates!
From the time we open (10 AM) until the time we close (10 PM) on Friday, November 23rd, any purchase you make will also earn you bonus holiday gift certificates. For every $25 you spend, you’ll get $5 on a gift certificate, and you can break those up into individual $5 gift certificates, one big gift certificate with the whole amount or any other combination you choose. So for example, if you spend $100, you’ll get $20 in our special holiday gift certificates.
So come on in and get a little extra bang for your holiday-shopping buck. Or pick up something for yourself and get some bonus money to give away as gifts. But make sure and stop in for this one-day event!
Boring Rules Stuff: Just like our regular gift certificates, these have no expiration date, and can be used for anything in the store. We’ll be using these throughout the holiday season. They cannot be used on the day of purchase, but can be used as early as Saturday, November 24th.
The amount used to calculate bonus gift certificates is the pre-tax value of merchandise (within reason – a $24.99 or $24.95 item will get you the $5 gift certificate). $5 is given for each full $25, not a fraction thereof.
We will be closed on Thursday, November 23rd for Thanksgiving. In addition, we will not be holding D&D Encounters on Thanksgiving week. There are no comic shipping delays related to Thanksgiving.
New Games for October 8 – November 4, 2012
BOARD & CARD GAMES
Doctor Who Card Game Daleks! Cybermen! Sontarans! The list of threats is endless and no place in the universe is ever truly safe from danger. But there’s one man who’s made it his mission to defend the defenseless, help the helpless, and save everyone he can. Created by award-winning designer Martin Wallace, defend the universe as the Doctor and his companions in the Doctor Who Card Game!
Munchkin Penny Arcade Now the fun and the blowtorch come to the game table with Munchkin Penny Arcade, based on Jerry Holkins’ and Mike Krahulik’s zany webcomic! With Mike Krahulik’s “Gabe and Tycho” images, and card text by Steve Jackson, Munchkin Penny Arcade will make your Munchkin game just a little more surreal!
Star Trek: The Original Series DBG’ Get energized as Kirk, Spock, and The Original Series crew make their debut in the Star Trek Deck Building Game! Relive all your favorite episodes as you venture into space in your ongoing journey to explore the final frontier and take on impossible Missions, perilous Events, and mysterious Infections. Khan, Captain Pike, and even Abraham Lincoln may pop up during your voyage when you least expect them! Choose your crew carefully so they can work together to help you on your quest to become a legendary Captain! The 255-cards featured in the Star Trek: The Original Series Deck Building Game introduces the new “Handheld Mechanic”, a new series of Draft Missions, and new Exploration and Infection scenarios!
Tsuro of the Seas In Tsuro of the Seas you will sail the treacherous waters of the Mystic Seas in an engaging game of adventure and suspense! Guide your ship with a steady hand and be the last captain sailing to survive the turbulent waters of the Mystic Seas and win!
Mansions of Madness The Yellow Sign Expansion Can you survive until your next curtain call? Julian Glen, a talented up-and-coming playwright, has penned a work that he claims will be his masterpiece. There’s only one problem…it’s turning its audience into mindless fanatics! As some of the few audience members to retain your sanity, you and the other investigators must now work together to find Glen and uncover his true plot.
Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery In the world of the gladiator a man’s fame and glory constructs its own truth. Step into the arena and prepare to fight in Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery! Combining the excitement of the hit STARZ television series with compelling gameplay, Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery thrusts players into the vicious physical and political arena of gladiatorial combat. Bid against your opponents in the open market to acquire the best, new prospects, then pit your champion against your enemy’s and wager on the results. Or, if betrayal and treachery is your weapon of choice, undermine your rivals with devious plots & schemes.
Mice & Mystics In this cooperative storytelling adventure for 1-4 mice, players take on the roles of those still loyal to the king – but to escape the clutches of the evil Vanestra, they have been turned into mice!
City of Horror Can you survive the horror? In City of Horror, you’re playing a group of humans faced with a zombie invasion. The struggle against the dead is important, but your own survival is vital! To win, you’ll have to make alliances – but also betray your companions!
Hot Rod Creeps Start Your Engines! It’s a madcap race to the finish line in Hot Rod Creeps! Choose your crew from six fast and furious teams: Epic Battle Wizards, The Underworld, Monsters, Aliens, Food Fight, and Rockabilly. Customize your Hot Rod with Upgrades including Engines, Wheels, Pit Crews, and Weapons. Your deck is your Gas Tank – if you run out of cards, you run out of gas!
Ticket to Ride Halloween Freighter Train & Station Set The Halloween Freighter is a limited edition Ticket to Ride Train and Station expansion set that includes 45 new Pumpkin Trains and three spooky Halloween Stations. It’s a Halloween treat for Ticket to Ride fans worldwide and can be used as a replacement train set for any Ticket to Ride game.
Once Upon a Time 3rd Ed Once Upon a Time is the award-winning storytelling card game that encourages creativity and collaborative play. One player (the Storyteller) uses the fairy tale elements on their Story cards to guide the plot toward their Ending, while other players attempt to interject by using their own cards to change the story’s direction and become the new Storyteller. This 3rd Edition of Once Upon a Time features entirely new artwork by fantasy artist Omar Rayyan (Magic: The Gathering), as well as a revised cardlist, a simplified rulesheet, and a completely redesigned box.
Alcatraz: The Scapegoat In Alcatraz: The Scapegoat, players cooperate in order to escape from the legendary prison, but they also know that, according to the plan, one inmate has to stay on the island as the eponymous fall guy. So who is going to be the scapegoat? And so begins this game of conflicted loyalties as players attempt to bluff, rat, rob, betray, and blackmail their fellow convicts in their quest to become indispensable! But, if you’re too slow completing your tasks, the guards will discover your plan – and each of you will serve time. A looooong time!
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
D&D Elminster’s Forgotten Realms This hardcover book describes the Forgotten Realms campaign setting as it lives and breathes in the imagination of its creator, Ed Greenwood. Through the alter ego of Elminster, Archmage of Shadowdale, Ed Greenwood presents the Realms as a setting where where friendships are forged, endless intrigues unfold, and heroes wage war against the monstrous inhabitants of famous dungeons and untamed wildernesses. For the Forgotten Realms fan, this book provides new information on its visible and clandestine rulers, various merchant and trade princes, the churches and mercenary companies of the Realms, renown magic-users and secret societies, adventuring companies, and the web of alliances and enmities that connect them.
GM Map Pack Vehicles GameMastery Map Pack: Vehicles contains 18 full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Jason A. Engle, that combine to form a variety of vehicles for use in any fantasy roleplaying campaign.
PF Adv Path Asylum Stone The hunt for the seven shards of the Shattered Star continues, with the heroes following the trail across the face of Varisia and into the notorious City of Strangers – Kaer Maga! There, the heroes encounter strange enemies and stranger allies as their quest for the ancient Thassilonian artifact embroils them in the politics of Varisia’s most exotic city. Continuing the Shattered Star Adventure Path, The Asylum Stone is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 7th-level characters.
PF Module Murders Mark The circus has come to town! But rather than herald a time of festive joy and exotic entertainment, this normally wondrous event instead heralds a sudden rash of violent murders. Now, the carnies turn to adventurers for aid – can they find the culprit before the murderer finds them? Murder’s Mark is a Pathfinder adventure designed for a group of four 1st-level characters.
Deathwatch Warhammer 40K RPG The Outer Reach Evil lurks in the darkness between the stars. Will you face it? Bring the light of the God-Emperor to the dark corners of the Jericho Reach in The Outer Reach, a supplement for Deathwatch that explores the worlds beyond the grasp of the Achilus Crusade, including those held by the ancient Necrons. Plus, this arcane tome gives players and Game Masters never-before-seen access to the enigmatic Dead Cabal, a mysterious circle of warrior-scholars who have devoted their lives to fathoming the unfathomable.