Upcoming Comics June – August 2010

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

June
New Avengers #1 / June 16th
Superman #700 (J. Michael Straczynski takes over as regular writer!) / June 23rd
Green Arrow #1 / June 23rd
Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #1 / June 23rd
Batman Beyond #1 / June 30th
Wonder Woman #600 (J. Michael Straczynski takes over as regular writer!) / June 30th
Walking Dead Vol 12 TP / June 30th
Jurassic Park #1 / June
Darkwing Duck #1 / June
Robert E. Howard’s Hawk of Outremer #1 / June
Penny Arcade Vol 6 The Halls Below TP / June
Octopus Pie Vol 1: There Are No Stars in Brooklyn TP / June

July
Blackest Night HC / July 8th
Hellboy: The Storm #1 / July 8th
Star Wars The Old Republic #1 / July 8th
Batman Odyssey #1 / July 8th
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1 / July 8th
Shadowland #1 / July 8th
Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1 / July 8th
Thor the Mighty Avenger #1 / July 8th
Siege Premiere HC / July 8th
Casanova #1 (Matt Fraction’s creator-owned book comes to Icon!) / July 8th
Scarlet #1 (Creator-owned by Bendis & Maleev!) / July 8th
X-Men #1 / July 8th
X-Files/30 Days of Night #1 / July 14th
Fractured Fables HC / July 14th
X-Force: Sex & Violence #1 / July 14th
Kick-Ass TP / July 14th
Janet Evanovich’s Troublemaker Vol 1 / July 21st
Scott Pilgrim Vol 6 / July 21st
Orc Stain TP / July 28th
True Blood #1 / July
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #156 / July
The Penguins of Madagascar #1 / July
Comic Book Guy The Comic Book #1 / July
The Calling: Cthulhu Chronicles #1 / July
The Sixth Gun #1 / July

August
The Losers Book Two TP / August 4th
Magnus Robot Fighter #1 / August 4th
Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher #1 / August 4th
Namor The First Mutant #1 / August 4th
New Mutants Forever #1 / August 4th
The Unwritten Vol 1 TP / August 11th
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Riley One-Shot / August 18th
Mogworld Novel (by Zero Punctuation’s “Yahtzee” Croshaw) / August 18th
Guardians of the Globe #1 / August 25th
Invincible Vol 13 TP / August 25th
Dungeons & Dragons #0 / August
Harlan Ellison’s Phoenix Without Ashes #1 / August
Fraggle Rock Vol 1 HC / August
Dracula The Company of Monsters #1 / August
Irredeemable Vol 4 TP / August
Bone: Tall Tales / August
The Last Phantom #1 / August
Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet Vol 1 HC / August
Torchwood #1 / August
Udon’s Art of Capcom 2 / August

September
Batman The Widening Gyre Vol 1 HC / September 1st
Empowered Vol 6 / September 8th
American Vampire Vol 1 HC / September 29th

October
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol 7 TP / October 6th
Star Wars The Force Unleashed II GN / October 6th
Luthor HC / October 20th
Superman Earth One Vol 1 HC / October 27th

Upcoming Games June – July 2010

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

June
D&D Orcus Gargantuan Figure (June 15th)
Magic The Gathering Archenemy (June 18th)
Pathfinder RPG Gamemastery Guide (June 30th)
The Dresden Files RPG (June 30th)
Doctor Who RPG Time Traveller’s Companion
Gamemastery Map Pack: Swallowed Whole
Pathfinder Chronicles: City of Strangers
Munchkin: Marked for Death Expansion
Battlelore: Battles of Westeros
Zombies!!! 9 Ashes to Ashes
Legend of the Five Rings RPG 4th Edition
Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements Expansion
Small World: Tales & Legends Expansion

July
D&D Demonomicon (July 9th)
D&D Dungeon Tiles Master Set (July 9th)
D&D Tomb of Horrors (July 9th)
D&D Vor Rukoth (July 9th)
Magic The Gathering 2011 (July 16th)
Monsterpocalypse: Voltron Defender of the Universe
Rifts: Vampire Sourcebook

August
Heroclix: Web of Spider-Man (August 4th)
Pathfinder RPG: Advanced Player’s Guide (August 4th)
D&D Dark Sun Campaign Setting (August 6th)
D&D Dark Sun Creature Catalog (August 6th)
D&D Marauders of the Dune Sea (August 6th)
D&D Psionic Power (August 6th)
D&D Castle Ravenloft Boardgame (August 31st)
Warhammer 40K: Deathwatch RPG
Hero System: Fantasy Hero
Munchkin Boxes of Holding
Munchkin Cthulhu 4: Crazed Caverns

September
D&D Lords of Madness Miniatures (September 21st)

Late Games – Due sometime in 2010
Battletech 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set
Call of Cthulhu: Deep in the Heart of Texas
Exalted: Return of the Scarlet Empress
Pathfinder Module: From Shore to Sea
Monsterpocalypse Series 5: Big in Japan
Arkham Horror Lurker at the Threshold Expansion

Memorial Day Sale on Monday, May 31st!

On Monday, May 31st, Rogues Gallery will celebrate Memorial Day with a big sale! We’ll have 25% off on all action figures, T-Shirts and Marvel and DC hardcovers in the store, as well as quarter bins stocked full of comics! PLUS: 15% off all board games, non-collectible card games, role-playing games, graphic novels and Games Workshop miniatures and codexes, in the store!

The sale will run from open to close, 10 AM – 9 PM on Monday, May 31st!

New Games for May 24 – May 31, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Memoir ’44 Breakthrough Expansion
Bringing additional depth to the Memoir ’44 battlefield, the Breakthrough expansion features two super-sized, double-sided, hard-mounted Breakthrough board maps with Countryside, Beach, Winter, and Desert battlefields. Each board is comprised of nine folded panels stretching to an impressive 13 x 17 hexes deep. Also included are 15 Breakthrough scenarios featuring such classics as Operation Crusader, Operation Amherst, and two different renditions of the battle for Sword Beach. The Breakthrough expansion is not a standalone product and requires a complete copy of the Memoir ’44 game to play.

Zombie Dice Game
Eat brains! Don’t get shotgunned! You are a zombie. You want brains. More brains than any of your zombie buddies. In Zombie Dice, 13 custom dice represent victims. Push your luck to eat their brains, but stop rolling before the shotgun blasts end your turn!

Munchkin Waiting for Santa
Santa Claus has brought some Yuletide treasures, like Fruitcake and Missile Toe, for all the good little munchkins – and some nasty friends, such as Grandfather Frost and Krampus, for all the naughty ones!

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Battletech Operation Klondike
In the wake of the Star League’s collapse, Aleksandr Kerensky led the bulk of the SLDF into deep space to escape the inevitable Succession Wars. But war soon came to the Star League in Exile anyway, prompting General Kerensky’s son Nicholas to form a new society, based on the principles of honor and strength. Fifteen years later, the newborn Clans were unleashed against those who abandoned Kerensky’s vision. Historical: Operation Klondike details the actions of the epic first campaign waged by Nicholas Kerensky’s newborn Clans. Identifying all of the founding Clans and their warriors, this book provides a hard look at the nature of early Clan formation, with new units and campaign rules that enable players to replay these critical battles for the Pentagon Worlds.

Traveller RPG Book 8: Dilettante
Dedicated to nobles and entertainers, Dilettante looks at the wealthier and more ambitious careers. From throwing banquets on a planetary scale to starring in the latest blockbuster vids or performing live across an entire star system, Dilettante provides new rules and new career specialities for nobles and entertainers alike.

New Games for May 10 – May 23, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Race for the Galaxy Brink of War Exp
As conflicts spread, galactic prestige becomes all-important, both to extract concessions and to fend off attackers. Meanwhile, the Alien departure point is located and the Uplift Overseers arise. Can you build the most prosperous and powerful space empire in a galaxy on the brink of total war? This expansion adds new start worlds, goals, game cards, and rules for galactic prestige to Race for the Galaxy and its first two expansions, The Gathering Storm and Rebel vs Imperium.

Carcassonne Bridges/Castles/Bazaars
Bridges, Castles & Bazaars introduces three exciting, new options to the Carcassonne experience! Bridges allow roads to continue over field tiles, while Castles can be erected on 2-tile cities for added security and extra points, and Bazaars offer peddlers the option to auction off their tiles in exchange for points. This expansion comes complete with 12 tiles, 12 city tokens, and 12 bridge pieces.

Zoowaboo
Make a splash with Zoowaboo, the thrilling sink-or-swim game where players attempt to guess how many animals (from chickens to elephants) will fit onto a raft. Will there be enough room for all?

WOW CCG Wrathgate Boosters
The suffocating stench of death pollutes the air as the Scourge continue to pour out of Angrathar, the Wrathgate, attempting to halt the advances of the Horde and the Alliance. Icecrown Citadel lies just beyond the pitch black walls, but the relentless armies of the undead will not be defeated so easily. Look deep within yourself and find the courage that you need to press on, for now is the time to strike a decisive blow against the Lich King! Wrathgate continues the fourth year of the award-winning World of Warcraft TCG with all-new content, including Argent Crusade reputation and cards depicting the epic Battle of the Wrathgate, like Saurfang and Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, and a new master hero, Highlord Tyrion Fordring!

Marvel HC Iron Man VS Iron Monger
Fight for Justice! The world’s most spectacular heroes have come together to fight the forces of evil, and they want your help! Marvel HeroClix: Classics puts the power in your hands! The Marvel HeroClix: Classics Iron Man VS Iron Monger Battle Pack includes Iron Man, Iron Monger, and Nick Fury, complete with Character Cards.

Talisman Highland Expansion
Legends say all magic in the land comes from an enchanted stream that flows from the tallest mountain. Atop the tallest peaks, the magical waters are at their most pure and potent, and the banks are littered with precious gems. But one must beware, for within the Highland dwells the feared Eagle King, guardian of the source of magic. Intruders and fortune-seekers will receive no mercy, for he has not forgotten that jewels stolen from him now adorn the Crown of Command itself! Talisman: The Highland adds a new Region to the game for heroes to explore. A custom-fitted map board and over 100 new cards bring this mountainous realm vividly to life, while six brand-new characters, each represented with a superbly detailed plastic miniature, offer fantastic new playing experiences.

Rock/Paper/Scissors Dice Game
Koplow Games has translated the ultimate classic “Rock, Paper, Scissors” into dice form with the Rock, Paper and Scissors Game! Featuring two quality 12-sided dice, each game has everything you need to play any variation you can imagine!

Pokemon HS Unleashed Boosters
Raikou! Entei! Suicune! Alone, each of these Legendary Pokemon is a force to be reckoned with, but let loose in pairs, they become amazing LEGEND cards! In the HeartGold & SoulSilver Unleashed expansion, you’ll find Pokemon Prime bursting at the seams, powerful Pokemon like Jirachi and Shaymin raring to join the battle, and Pokemon LEGENDs joining forces for twice the excitement! Boasting over 90 cards in all, HeartGold & SoulSilver Unleashed features exciting Theme Decks built around the popular Tyranitar and Steelix.

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Dark Heresy Haarlock’s Legacy III
The Haarlock’s Legacy Trilogy is a series of epic adventures that will determine the fate of the Calixis Sector. Terrible threats stir amongst the worlds visited by the mysterious Rogue Trader line of Haarlock. What has been left behind threatens everything the Inquisition has worked for in the Calixis Sector. Will your Acolytes be able to discover the secret of the Haarlock’s Legacy in time?

REIGN Enchiridion
REIGN Enchiridion is a digest-size paperback that contains the complete rules for Greg Stolze’s hit fantasy roleplaying game REIGN: A Game of Lords and Leaders. Powered by the One-Roll Engine (ORE), REIGN expands the frontiers of fantasy gaming by elevating the action to an international stage as monarchs, mercenaries, and merchant princes gamble armies and fortunes to win nations in a rich and vibrant fantasy setting.

Daring Tales Adventure:Compendium 4
Quest to locate the fabled sword of King Arthur – Excalibur! Thwart a Nazi plot to recover an ancient relic – the chalice Dracula used to become an immortal vampire! Unearth treasure and terror in Manchuria in The Muramasa Curse! Dive into the dusty tombs of ancient Egypt to the Acropolis of Athens! Daring Tales of Adventure: Compendium 4 contains four two-fisted pulp adventures for the award-winning Savage Worlds roleplaying game.

Pathfinder WARPATH:Rules Mass Combat
The clash of grand armies comes to your game world with Warpath, introducing a complete set of rules fully compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game system and designed to give Game Masters and players all the tools they need to run anything from a tiny border skirmish to an all-out, epic battle involving thousands of soldiers.

Free RPG Day 2010

Once again, Rogues Gallery will be participating in Free RPG Day, which takes place on Saturday, June 19th, 2010.

Offerings include a Warhammer 40K Deathwatch Adventure, an Age of Cthulhu adventure, a Pathfinder module, a Castles & Crusades Quickstart and Adventure, an Exalted Quickstart and Adventure and a D&D Dark Sun adventure. More information to come!

For more information about the event and a full list of games scheduled to be available, check out the official Free RPG Day site.

New Games for May 3 – May 9, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Yu-Gi-Oh Shining Darkness Boosters
Your deck will shine with the power of darkness with this 100-card expansion that unleashes new Monsters, Spells, and Traps for the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TCG. Blackwings soared from the skies in 2009 and stormed the field with big monsters, fast Summons, and awesome card effects. Now Blackwings get their biggest boost yet with The Shining Darkness, including nine new Blackwing-themed cards. And, not to be outdone, the fiendish Infernity monsters get over a dozen new cards, bringing the Infernity monsters to the forefront of competitive Dueling and transforming them into a powerful new Deck type.

Cthulhu Dice Game
Serving Cthulhu is fun, except for all those other cultists out to get you. So, get them first! Cthulhu Dice lets you drive your rivals mad as players take turns rolling the big, beautiful, custom 12-sided die embossed with tentacles, Elder Signs, and more. Destroy your opponents’ sanity… or, better yet,steal it! But watch out for Cthulhu – when he comes up, he takes sanity from everyone! The last sane cultist wins… unless everyone goes mad together. Then Cthulhu wins!

Munchkin Fairy Dust
Meet the Sparkly Good Fairy. She wants all the munchkins to play nice, and sheÕs willing to bash in some heads to make sure they do! Play her way, and sheÕll sprinkle you with Fairy Dust. Play dirty, and you might end up fighting her instead… over and over and over.

Dominion Alchemy Expansion
There are strange things going on in your basement laboratories. They keep calling up for more barrels of quicksilver, or bits of your hair. Well, it’s all in the name of progress. They’re looking for a way to turn lead into gold, or at least into something better than lead. They’re also looking for a universal solvent. If they manage that one, you will take whatever they use to hold it in and build a castle out of it – a castle that can’t be dissolved! Now that’s progress! This expansion adds new Kingdom cards to the Dominion board game, and requires a copy of Dominion or Dominion: Intrigue to play.

At the Gates of Loyang
The third in the harvest trilogy (Agricola, Le Havre) from Uwe Rosenberg! In At the Gates of Loyang, players are producing goods by planting, cultivating, and selling them to customers.

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Pathfinder Chronicles Classic Treasures Revisited
Since the birth of fantasy roleplaying, a handful of mythic treasures have lurked in the hordes of tens of thousands of campaigns. Classic Treasures Revisited places these important treasures into the context of the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting, with historical details, advice for using them in Pathfinder games.

Pathfinder Modyke City of Golden Death
The chase is on to stop the cult of the Living God Razmir from plundering a fabled city made from priceless treasure, a place full of untold wealth and lurking danger! City of Golden Death is an adventure for 5th-level characters, and serves as the final installment of the Price of Immortality campaign arc that includes the Pathfinder Modules Crypt of the Everflame and Masks of the Living God.

Level Up #3
Covering all things 4E, Level Up includes adventures, character options, new monsters, Azagar’s Advice for Adventurers, and the endearing wisdom of Dear Archmage Abby.

RIFTS: Triax Two
Triax Two is the long awaited and hotly anticipated sequel to the hugely popular Rifts World Book 5: Triax & The NGR. Features a ton of new weapons, vehicles, power armor, giant robots and much more.

D&D Dungeon Magazine Annual
The Best of the Best! This Dungeons & Dragons supplement gathers a year’s worth of Dungeon magazine adventures originally appearing on D&D Insider into one easy-to-reference source

D&D HS1 The Slaying Stone
The tiefling empire of Bael Turath crumbled long ago, but the ruins of its ancient cities remain. Lost within one such ruin is a powerful relic called the Slaying Stone, and brave heroes must retrieve it before it falls into the hands of their enemies! This standalone D&D adventure is designed for 1st-level characters.

D&D Players Strategy Guide
The Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Strategy Guide is aimed at D&D players who crave the envy of their gamer peers. In addition to character optimization tips and player advice, this book includes entertaining sidebar essays written by celebrity gamers and a distinctive comic art style unlike other books in the D&D game line.

XDM: X-Treme Dungeon Mastery
by Tracy & Curtis Hickman, illustrated by Howard Tayler Throw off your chains! Too long have your role playing games been held in the bonds of substandard game masters, bound in needlessly complicated rules sets, and enslaved by players who will avoid doing anything unless it counts toward leveling up. It is time to take a stand! The cure for the common game, XDM is packed with advice, tips, techniques, and ideas designed to take any complacent role playing adventure group and bust their game wide open

Thanks for Free Comic Book Day 2010!

Thanks to everyone who came out and made Free Comic Book Day 2010 a big success! You can see all our pictures over at our Flickr group, and if anyone out there got a great sketch from any of our attendees and wants to scan it in and send it to us, we’d love to put them up on our pictures group as well!

In addition, we still have some sketchbooks from Paul Maybury, one of the artists in attendance, available for $10 each! We also have our Free Comic Book Day print, done by Paul Maybury, available for sale for $3 each while supplies last!

Upcoming Comics May – July 2010

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

May
Batman The Streets of Gotham Vol 1 HC / May 12th
Sweet Tooth Vol. 1 TP / May 12th
Justice League: Generation Lost #1 / May 12th
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 / May 12th
Avengers #1 / May 19th
Age of Heroes #1 / May 19th
Birds of Prey #1 / May 19th
DC Universe Legacies #1 / May 19th
The Legion of Super-Heroes #1 / May 19th
Zatanna #1 / May 19th
Atlas #1 / May 19th
Secret Avengers #1 / May 26th
Wednesday Comics HC / May 26th
Chew Vol 2 TP / May 26th
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1 / May
Irredeemable Vol 3 TP / May
The Talisman Vol. 1: The Road of Trials HC / May
Boondock Saints: In Nomine Patris #1 / May

June
Serenity: Float Out / June 3rd
Red Hood: Lost Days #1 / June 3rd
DMZ Vol 8 TP / June 3rd
Walking Dead Vol 12 TP / June 3rd
Avengers Academy #1 / June 3rd
Avengers Prime #1 / June 3rd
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 / June 3rd
Young Allies #1 / June 3rd
The Thanos Imperative #1 / June 3rd
Hack/Slash: My First Maniac #1 / June 9th
Batman #700 / June 9th
Siege Premiere HC / June 9th
New Avengers #1 / June 16th
Superman #700 (J. Michael Straczynski takes over as regular writer!) / June 23rd
Green Arrow #1 / June 23rd
Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #1 / June 23rd
Batman Beyond #1 / June 30th
Wonder Woman #600 (J. Michael Straczynski takes over as regular writer!) / June 30th
Jurassic Park #1 / June
Darkwing Duck #1 / June
Robert E. Howard’s Hawk of Outremer #1 / June
Penny Arcade Vol 6 The Halls Below TP / June
Octopus Pie Vol 1: There Are No Stars in Brooklyn TP / June

July
Blackest Night HC / July 8th
Hellboy: The Storm #1 / July 8th
Star Wars The Old Republic #1 / July 8th
Batman Odyssey #1 / July 8th
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1 / July 8th
Shadowland #1 / July 8th
Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1 / July 8th
Thor the Mighty Avenger #1 / July 8th
Casanova #1 (Matt Fraction’s creator-owned book comes to Icon!) / July 8th
Scarlet #1 (Creator-owned by Bendis & Maleev!) / July 8th
X-Men #1 / July 8th
X-Files/30 Days of Night #1 / July 14th
Fractured Fables HC / July 14th
X-Force: Sex & Violence #1 / July 14th
Janet Evanovich’s Troublemaker Vol 1 / July 21st
Scott Pilgrim Vol 6 / July 21st
Orc Stain TP / July 28th
True Blood #1 / July
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #156 / July
The Penguins of Madagascar #1 / July
Comic Book Guy The Comic Book #1 / July
The Calling: Cthulhu Chronicles #1 / July
The Sixth Gun #1 / July

August
The Losers Book Two TP / August 4th
The Unwritten Vol 1 TP / August 11th
Mogworld Novel (by Zero Punctuation’s “Yahtzee” Croshaw) / August 18th

September
Batman The Widening Gyre Vol 1 HC / September 1st
Empowered Vol 6 / September 8th
American Vampire Vol 1 HC / September 29th

Upcoming Games May – July 2010

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

May
D&D Player’s Strategy Guide (May 7th)
D&D Dungeon Magazine Annual (May 7th)
DC Heroclix Blackest Night Starter (May 12th)
Pathfinder Module: From Shore to Sea
Monsterpocalypse Series 5: Big in Japan
Memoir 44 Breakthrough Expansion
Arkham Horror Lurker at the Threshold Expansion
Talisman The Highland Expansion

June
D&D Player’s Handbook Races – Tiefling (June 4th)
D&D Monster Manual 3 (June 4th)
Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers (June 4th)
D&D Orcus Gargantuan Figure (June 15th)
Magic The Gathering Archenemy (June 18th)
Pathfinder RPG Gamemastery Guide (June 30th)
Doctor Who RPG Time Traveller’s Companion
Leverage RPG
Gamemastery Map Pack: Swallowed Whole
Pathfinder Chronicles: City of Strangers
Munchkin: Marked for Death Expansion
The Dresden Files RPG
Battlelore: Battles of Westeros
Zombies!!! 9 Ashes to Ashes

July
D&D Demonomicon (July 9th)
D&D Dungeon Tiles Master Set (July 9th)
D&D Tomb of Horrors (July 9th)
D&D Vor Rukoth (July 9th)
Magic The Gathering 2011 (July 16th)
Monsterpocalypse: Voltron Defender of the Universe
Rifts: Vampire Sourcebook

Late Games – Due sometime in 2010
Battletech 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set
Call of Cthulhu: Deep in the Heart of Texas
Exalted: Return of the Scarlet Empress
Pathfinder Warpath: Rules for Mass Combat
Cthulhu Dice Game
Zombie Dice Game