New Games for September 7 – September 12, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Marvel Heroclix Fantastic Four 2010 Starter
Prepare for the Fantastic! The Marvel HeroClix Fantastic Four 2010 Starter Game contains an updated 2010 HeroClix Rulebook and 2010 Marvel HeroClix Powers and Abilities Card, plus everything a new player needs to play HeroClix including seven HeroClix miniatures, each with a character card, a Baxter Building” and “Castle Doom Gardens” two-sided Map, six Object Tokens, (12) Terrain Markers, and two 6-sided dice

Marvel Heroclix Web of Spider-Man Boosters
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man returns in the first Marvel HeroClix set focused on Marvel’s most popular character. Marvel HeroClix: Web of Spider-Man features 64 new collectible HeroClix figures (56 new sculpts), including characters from throughout Spider-Man’s career, as well as a major subtheme with Marvel’s Dark Reign and Siege events – is Norman Osborne a protector or destroyer?

Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries
Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries takes you on a Nordic adventure through Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden as you travel to the great northern cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, and Stockholm. Visit Norway’s beautiful fjords and the magnificent mountain scenery on the Rauma Railway. Breathe in the salt air of the busy Swedish ports on the Baltic Sea. Ride through the Danish countryside where Vikings once walked. Hop-on the Finnish railway and travel across the Arctic Circle to the land of the Midnight Sun. In this latest installment in the bestselling train adventure series, players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes and pass through tunnels and onto ferries, as they connect cities throughout the Nordic Countries.

Lord of the Rings Silver Edition
Travel the perilous path to Mordor in Reiner Knizia’s The Lord of the Rings. Beautifully illustrated by renown Tolkien artist John Howe, this uniquely cooperative board game immerses 2-5 players into Middle-earth, taking on the roles of hobbits on a quest to destroy the One Ring. This new Silver Line Edition of The Lord of the Rings features a beautiful graphics overhaul, a new rules presentation, and updated components, all bundled into a smaller, more affordable package. The time has never been better to experience The Lord of the Rings!

Constantinopolis
The year is 653 A.D. The place is Constantinopolis, the greatest trading city and capital of the Byzantine Empire. Effectively build up your trade district to produce goods, generate money, and earn fame points to ensure that your name stands above the rest in Constantinopolis!

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

D&D Essentials Dungeon Tiles: Dungeon
This Dungeons & Dragons accessory gives Dungeon Masters all of the basic dungeon tiles they need to create great-looking terrain in their games. This accessory contains 10 ready-to-use, configurable, double-sided sheets of illustrated, die-cut terrain tiles printed on heavy cardstock, allowing you to create dungeon rooms, corridors, and outdoor locales.

D&D Essentials Heroes of Fallen Lands
This essential player product for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game presents exciting new builds for the most iconic classes: the cleric, the fighter, the ranger, the rogue, and the wizard. Each class comes with a set of new powers, class features, paragon paths, and epic destinies. Also featured is expanded information and racial traits for some of the game’s most popular races, including dwarves, eladrin, elves, halflings, and humans.

D&D Essentials Rules Compendium
This handy and comprehensive reference guide to the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game presents the core rules in a format that is easily referenced during a game, and includes information on level advancement, combat, experience points, treasure, skills, equipment, and more.

Thousand Suns Starships
Fully compatible with the revised Thousand Suns Rulebook, Starships provides expanded options for starships – construction, operation, combat, and more.

D&D Encounters Season Three (Keep on the Borderlands) Begins on Thursday, September 23rd!

The next season of D&D Encounters begins on Thursday, September 23rd with a classic-feel campaign: the Keep on the Borderlands! The adventure, A Season of Serpents, highlights the new D&D Essentials books as the characters explore the dangerous lands of the Chaos Scar near Restwell Keep. A traditional D&D play experience coupled with an amazingly fun story arc written by Chris Sims, this season is sure to be an exciting return to the days of D&D yore. D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands is broken up into five chapters of four sessions each, for a total of 20 sessions of D&D play. The season starts on September 23 and lasts through February 3, 2011. At the beginning of Chapter 3, characters will bump up to 2nd level. When Chapter 5 starts, characters will become 3rd level.

Players can create characters using the D&D Fantasy Roleplaying Game boxed set (A.K.A., the “Red Box”) or the Heroes of the Fallen Lands book. The second book will have more options for players, but both are viable. Both will be available prior to the first session of the season. Once Chapter 3 starts, players can use the Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms book to make a new character or update their existing character if they want. Pre-generated characters will be provided if you don’t want to “roll your own.” All of these characters are also built with the new Essentials character options.

As always, our games will run from 7-9 on Thursday nights, and you can come every week or drop in and out as you like! Sign up now to guarantee a spot at the table!

New Games for August 30 – September 6, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

WOW CCG Archives Boosters
From popular rare and uncommon Loot Cards like the Spectral Tiger, X-51 Nether Rocket, Riding Turtle, Big Battle Bear, Robotic Homing Chicken, Banana Charm, D.I.S.C.O., and the Fishing Chair, to 20 unique Hero cards, this 190-card expansion introduces the most popular cards from the first three years of the World of Warcraft TCG – in foil! 10 cards per pack / 24 packs per display.

D&D Castle Ravenloft Boardgame
The master of Ravenloft is having guests for dinner and you are invited! Evil lurks in the towers and dungeons of Castle Ravenloft, and only heroes of exceptional bravery can survive the horrors within. Designed for 1Ð5 players, this boardgame features multiple scenarios, challenging quests, and cooperative game play. Castle Ravenloft includes the following components: 40 plastic heroes and monsters, 13 sheets of interlocking cardstock dungeon tiles, 200 encounter and treasure cards, a rulebook, a scenario book, and a 20-sided die.

Battlelore Wardens o/t West Expansion
Wardens of the West is a Lannister reinforcement set for Battlelore: Battles of Westeros that introduces three new Lannister commanders – Tyrion Lannister, Sandor Clegane, and Daven Lannister – each with their own special abilities and leadership cards. In addition to commanders, Wardens of the West also introduces three all-new unit types of Lannister affiliations: The House Brax pikemen, Clegane crossbowmen, and Westerlands militia. Featuring a Rules and Battle Plans book, Wardens of the West comes complete with more than 30 new plastic miniatures, over 30 new cards, and additional terrain overlays, banners, and tokens.

Ascension: Chronicle o/t Godslayer
Developed by Magic Pro Tour Champions Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty, and Brian Kibler, and featuring stunning art by industry visionary Eric Sabee, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a fast-playing, deck-building game boasting multiple factions, demons, heroes, and constructs from different planes in a battle to determine who will ascend to godhood.

Back to the Future: Card Game
Go back in time! Save the Future! Now you can jump into the action of the Back to the Future movies with this ingenious new time travel card game! Play as the descendants of Marty McFly, Biff Tannen, Doc Brown and others, as you travel back to the events depicted in the movies. For a limited time, all purchases of the Back to the Future card game include two bonus cards, the Pizza Hydrator and the Fluxx card Swap Plays for Draws!

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Hero 6E Fantasy Hero HC
The wondrous realms of Fantasy are yours to explore with Fantasy Hero! Fantasy Hero discusses and describes the Fantasy genre for gaming, and shows how to create characters, campaigns, spells and magic systems, kingdoms, and other elements of Fantasy with the HERO System rules.

Burning Wheel The Adventure Burner
The third supplement for the Burning Wheel Fantasy Roleplaying System, The Adventure Burner provides a system for setting up and running sessions, adventures, and campaigns. Examples are provided in the form of three ready-to-run scenarios – The Sword, Trouble in Hochen, and Thelon’s Rift – and 42 sample characters. In addition, this volume provides extensive insight into the Burning Wheel system, as well as new and clarified rules.

Rogue Trader Into the Storm
Many a foolhardy Rogue Trader has passed through the Maw, never to be seen again. Avoid their fate! Equip yourselves with the tools and abilities any worthy Rogue Trader needs to survive with Into the Storm, offering a host of new character options, all-new playable xenos Careers, vehicle rules, and an extensive new armory of weapons, armor, and gear.

Smallville Role Playing Game (HC)
The Smallville Role Playing Game lets you experience all the super-powered action and coming-of-age drama of the hit CW Network show. Players may choose to take on the role of Clark, Oliver, Lois, or Chloe, or their own original characters in the world of Smallville.

Daring Tales of Chivalry Compendium
Utilizing the Savage Worlds roleplaying system, the Daring Tales of Chivalry Compendium introduces a set of five Savage Worlds adventures set in a medieval England full of mystery and where legends come to life: A Knight’s Tales, Death at the Joust, The Danbury Curse, Castle Fairstone, and The Madness of Sir Stephen.

Eclipse Phase GM Screen & Adventure
This four-panel landscape gamemaster screen is made of sturdy cardboard stock and features all of the tables an Eclipse Phase gamemaster needs in one place for handy reference. The booklet features a complete starting adventure where a group of Firewall agents investigate a missing comrade.

Eclipse Phase Sunward
Sunward details the inner regions of the solar system, from habitats in the solar corona to transhumanity’s largest population centers on Mars. Stations and plot seeds are provided for each of the inner worlds and the factions that occupy them. Background and information on the Planetary Consortium, the most powerful political and economic force in the solar system, is also provided.

CthulhuTech Ancient Enemies
This handy reference guide for Cthulutech includes an 8.5 x 44 four-fold reference screen packed with important game rules, and six double-sided, full-color, cardstock, quick reference cards.

Please Stand By
The dead have risen! They walk the earth in countless numbers, searching for only one thing – living flesh! The last hope of the human race is the living, those now being mercilessly hunted. No longer at the top of the food chain, can the human race survive? Please Stand By introduces a quick, easy-to-learn rules system for fast-paced tabletop miniature gaming, complete with seven different scenarios to thrust you into your favorite zombie settings.

Hamlet’s Hit Points
Bringing author Robin D. Laws’s all-new tool for gamemastering power to the gamer’s table, Hamlet’s Hit Points describes nine critical story beats and shows how emotional swings should be timed to present a compelling story – and thus, a compelling RPG experience.

Skulduggery (Robin Laws RPG)
Bamboozle! Betray! Backstab! Why go all the way to the dungeon for enemies, when the other players are sitting right next to you? Skulduggery, the Roleplaying Game Of Verbal Fireworks & Sudden Reversals, brings fast and funny innovation to the exciting world of inter-player conflict!

Labor Day Sale (and New Comics Delay)

The bad news is that Labor Day will be delaying new comics day. New comics will be available on Thursday, September 9th instead of Wednesday, September 8th.

The good news is we’re having a big sale on Labor Day itself, Monday September 6th. We’ll be offering 15% off on all role-playing game books, Games Workshop games, board and non-collectible card games and graphic novels (including manga) all day September 6th, so come in and pick up those games or graphic novels that have been tempting you for a while!

Upcoming Comics September – December 2010

We encourage pre-ordering! And remember: these dates are subject to change due to flaky creators, flaky publishers, and general bad mojo.

September
Ratchet & Clank #1 / September 9th
Wolverine: Old Man Logan TP / September 9th
Invaders #1 / September 9th
Empowered Vol 6 / September 9th
Incognito: Bad Influences #1 / September 15th
X-23 #1 / September 15th
Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall #1 / September 15th
American Vampire Vol 1 HC / September 29th
Machete #0 / September
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #1 / September

October
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol 7 TP / October 6th
Star Wars The Force Unleashed II GN / October 6th
Metalocalypse – Dethklok #1 / October 6th
Tron: The Betrayal #1 / October 6th
Uncanny X-Force #1 / October 6th
Ultimate Comics Thor #1 / October 6th
Chaos War #1 / October 6th
Loki #1 / October 6th
Deadpool MAX #1 / October 6th
Superior #1 (New from Mark Millar!) / October 6th
Star Wars Knight Errant #1 / October 13th
Carnage #1 / October 13th
Knight & Squire #1 / October 13th
Luthor HC / October 20th
Avengers vs Pet Avengers #1 / October 20th
Beasts of Burden & Hellboy One-Shot / October 27th
Superman Earth One Vol 1 HC / October 27th
Parker: The Outfit HC / October
Spike #1 / October
Silent Hill: Past Life #1 / October
The Rocketeer Complete Deluxe Edition New Printing / October
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard HC / October
Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero #1 / October
Warlord of Mars #1 / October
Yo Gabba Gabba!: Comic Book Time! HC / October
Joe Madureira Presents The Art of Darksiders / October

November
Batman & Robin Vol 2 HC / November 3rd
Batman: Battle for the Cowl TP / November 3rd
Green Lantern: Agent Orange TP / November 3rd
Batman, Inc. #1 / November 3rd
Superboy #1 / November 3rd
Astonishing Thor #1 / November 3rd
Osborn #1 / November 3rd
Captain America: Man Out of Time #1 / November 3rd
Warriors Three #1 / November 3rd
Thunderstrike #1 / November 3rd
Generation Hope #1 / November 3rd
Assassin’s Creed: The Fall #1 / November 10th
The All-New Batman The Brave and the Bold #1 / November 10th
Battle Chasers Anthology HC / November 10th
Chew Vol 3: Just Desserts TP / November 10th
Batman The Dark Knight #1 / November 24th
Batwoman #0 / November 24th
Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale / November 24th
The Walking Dead Vol 13 TP / November 24th
Dungeons & Dragons #1 / November
GI Joe Cobra Vol 2 TP / November
George R.R. Martin’s Doorways #1 / November
Deadspace: Salvage TP / November
Darkwing Duck Vol 1 The Duck Knight Returns TP / November
XKCD Vol 0 TP / November
Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #1 / November

December
Brightest Day Vol 1 HC / December 1st
Planetary Book 4 TP / December 1st
Fables Vol 14 TP / December 1st
The Guild TP / December 8th
Sweet Tooth Vol 2 TP / December 8th
Batman The Widening Gyre HC / December 8th
Axe Cop Vol 1 / December 22nd
Hitman Vol 3 TP / December 22nd

January
Star Wars Legacy Vol 10 TP / January 5th
Brody’s Ghost Book 2 / January 12th
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales HC / January 19th
Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibone Vol 1 TP / January 26th

Upcoming Games September – November 2010

We encourage pre-ordering! And remember: these dates are subject to change due to flaky creators, flaky publishers, and general bad mojo.

September
D&D Lords of Madness Miniatures (September 21st)
D&D Essentials Heroes of the Fallen Lands (September 21st)
MTG Scars of Mirrodin (September 30th)
Thunderstone: Doomgate Legions
Space Hulk: Death Angel Card Game
Cthulhu Dice Bag
Frag Gold Edition: FTW Expansion
Munchkin Go Up A Level Expansion
Munchkin Quest Portal Kombat
Exalted Glories of the Most High
Art of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Volume 1

October
Betrayal at House on the Hill Boardgame (October 4th)
D&D Essentials Dungeon Master’s Kit Box (October 8th)
Heroclix Brightest Day Action Pack (October 10th)
Gamma World RPG (October 18th)
Munchkin Booty Fish and Ships
Munchkin Santa’s Revenge
Savage Worlds Space 1889 – Red Sands
Cthulhu Plush Cell Phone Holder
Heroclix Arkham Asylum Escape! Mega Pack
Small World Be Not Afraid Expansion
Song of Ice & Fire RPG Chronicle Starter
DC Adventures RPG: Heroes & Villains Volume 1 – A-K

November
D&D Miniatures Beholder Collector’s Set (November 16th)
D&D Essentials: Heroes of Forgotten Kingdoms (November 16th)
D&D Essentials: Monster Vault Box (November 16th)
D&D Wrath of Ashardalon Boardgame (November 16th)
MTG Premium Decks – Fire & Lightning (November 18th)
Battle Cry Boardgame (November 23rd)
Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 (November 24th)
Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook
Munchkin Reloaded!
Star Munchkin Space Ships

December
DC Heroclix 75th Anniversary Boosters (December 1st)
Gamma World: Famine in Far-Go Box (December 21st)

Late Games – Due sometime in 2010
Call of Cthulhu: Deep in the Heart of Texas
Warhammer 40K: Deathwatch RPG
Hero System: Fantasy Hero
Munchkin Boxes of Holding
Munchkin Cthulhu 4: Crazed Caverns
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
Munchkin: Marked for Death Expansion
Doctor Who RPG Time Traveller’s Companion

New Games for August 23 – August 29, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

DC HC Watchmen Collectors Boxed Set
The HeroClix Watchmen Collector’s Set includes 25 highly detailed miniatures of the film’s characters, including Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, Nite Owl, and Silk Spectre. Each figure features a sculpt based on the character’s appearance in the film, and they are compatible with other HeroClix sets, allowing you to pit your favorite characters against the heroes and villains of Watchmen.

Fictionaire
Introducing a new twist to the classic Dictionary / Balderdash, Fictionaire encourages players to devise bogus definitions or fake answers to a word or question asked by the game’s host – trying to trick them into believing their answer is correct. Choosing the right definition – or getting someone to pick your answer – earns you points. The Fictionaire Game Series includes four uniquely themed card packs, each with 120 thought provoking questions – Classic Fictionaire; Naturals – Chronicles of the Physical World; Tall Tales – Strange Stories from a Weird World; and Fool Science – The Compendium of Scientific Wonders.

Descent Sea of Blood Mounted Game Board
Whether you’re the vile Overlord, planning the demise of The Revenge, or the intrepid sailors battling to foil his plot, the Sea of Blood Ocean Map Board will bring you and your crew smooth sailing. Designed to replace the Ocean Poster Map from the Descent: Sea of Blood expansion, this double-sided, folding tactical map board features a beautifully rendered island on one side and open ocean on the other.

Dungeon Quest
In DungeonQuest, players take on the roles of bold (or foolish) heroes willing to brave the legendary dangers and twisting corridors of Dragonfire Dungeon in their quest for unimaginable riches hoarded by the Dragon Lord Kalladra.

Magical Athlete
It is the annual athletic festival in a fantasy world, and players must draft their team of runners from the likes of the Medusa, Ninja, Centaur, Witch, and other creatures, each wielding special abilities that make the races challenging and unpredictable.

Road Kill Rally
In the future, the Road Kill Rally is the most watched sport in the world. It is also the most violent as racers shoot at each other – as well as unwary pedestrians! Refit your murder machine with killer accessories in this rapacious road rally that comes complete with a slew of miniatures (six cars and 40 oblivious pedestrians).

Duel of the Giants
From the creators of Duel in the Dark! It’s Russians versus Germans as Duel of the Giants recreates the great tank battles on the Eastern Front in 1943. As the German player, are you prepared to defend your section of the front against the endless Red hordes? Or, as the Soviet player, can you break through the Fascist lines and continue the advance towards Berlin?

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Song of Ice & Fire Pocket Edition
Based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying gives you everything you need to play and run games in the Seven Kingdoms using an all new and easy to learn game system specifically designed to evoke the atmosphere of these best-selling novels. This Pocket Edition of the core rulebook comes in a convenient size and includes the complete content of the original, updated with all known errata.

Warhammer Fantasy RPG Edge of Night
Set against the backdrop of Ubersreik and its political upper crust, The Edge of Night thrusts players into a world of mystery and intrigue! The city is bustling with activity as three noble families make their presence known, each vying for power in a time of political unrest. Meanwhile, to take their attention from the unnatural glow of Morrslieb, the nobility of Ubersreik prepare for a grand masquerade. But something sinister lurks beneath the guise of the festivities! This Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventure features complete details of this rich setting, a complex cast of characters with plenty of secrets to hide, and all the materials needed to immerse the players into the story.

Deadlands Reloaded Players Guide
The Deadlands Reloaded Player’s Guide includes new rules for shootouts at high noon, new Edges, Hindrances, and powers, and everything a cowpoke needs to begin his journey into the Weird West.

D&D Essentials Fantasy RPG Red Box
This boxed set contains everything needed to start playing the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game, including rules for creating heroes, advice for playing the Dungeon Master, a solo play adventure, and group-play adventure content.

D&D Red Box Game Day – September 11, 2010

On September 11th, come celebrate the release of the new D&D Essentials line of products and the new Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game with a classic-style adventure and a retro game experience!

Venture into Sunderpeak Temple, long a bastion of good on the edges of the wildernes that has succumbed to an unknown threat. You have been tasked to journey to the site of the temple and find out what has befallen its residents, as the priests are needed to destroy an enchanted skill imbued with necromantic magic. Will you face down the dark denizens that dwell within and learn the truth of the temple’s fate? A Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for 4-6 pregenerated characters of 2nd level.

The event will start at approximately 12:30 PM and run until approximately 4:30 PM. You can sign up for either or both by dropping us an email at roguesgallerytx@gmail.com. We always try to have spots open for walk-ins, but the best way to guarantee a spot is to sign up ahead of time!

Comic Book Trivia Returns in September 2010!

It’s back! By popular demand, Comic Book Trivia will return to Rogues Gallery on Saturday, September 18th!

This year’s format will be the multiple-choice question, multiple category format we used in the last event, but there are two slight changes this year. One is that if we get enough attendees, you’ll be competing in teams of two… want to play but not sure you’ve got the knowledge to really compete? Sign up to play backup in one of the teams of two! The other is that, if all goes as planned, the winners will form the Rogues Gallery team to go up against the Tribe Comics & Games team from South Austin in a battle royale match to determine which store’s trivia reigns supreme!

Drop us an email if you’d like to sign up to compete in comics trivia! Top competitors will get prizes, everybody will get to have a good time with the categories and questions. The event will be held from 1 PM to approximately 4 PM on Saturday, September 18th!

D&D Game Days – August & September 2010

Rogues Gallery will be hosting official D&D Game Days on Saturday, August 21st and Saturday, September 11th! Both events will start at 1 PM and run until approximately 4 PM. You can sign up for either or both by dropping us an email at roguesgallerytx@gmail.com. We always try to have spots open for walk-ins, but the best way to guarantee a spot is to sign up ahead of time!

On August 21st, bring your friends and join in the fun as we celebrate the return of the beloved fan-favorite world Dark Sun, a campaign setting of harsh survival and savage enemies in a blasted land. The Lost Cistern of Aravek, a separate adventure from the D&D Encounters Dark Sun adventure, involes a remarkable device discovered in the wastes near the city-state of Tyr – a magical cistern created by a long-dead preserver named Aravek. You are charged to journey through the harsh desert lands, brave fierce monsters, and retrieve the cistern before your enemies can claim it for their own cruel master. Can you bring a font of live-giving water to a parched populace? Or will you succumb to dangers beyond the gates of Tyr? A Dark Sun adventure for 4-6 pregenerated 4th-level characters. Sign up now to guarantee a spot in the game! We’ll have 6 spots guaranteed, and may open up another table if there’s enough demand.

Then on September 11th, come celebrate the release of the new D&D Essentials line of products and the new Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game with a classic-style adventure and a retro game experience! Venture into Sunderpeak Temple, long a bastion of good on the edges of the wildernes that has succumbed to an unknown threat. You have been tasked to journey to the site of the temple and find out what has befallen its residents, as the priests are needed to destroy an enchanted skill imbued with necromantic magic. Will you face down the dark denizens that dwell within and learn the truth of the temple’s fate? A Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for 4-6 pregenerated characters of 2nd level.