New Games for April 26 – May 2, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Ultimate Werewolf Compact Edition
This portable, pocket-sized version of Ultimate Werewolf contains half the cards of the Ultimate Edition and an abbreviated set of rules, allowing for speedy games on-the-go.

The Golden City
From far away, adventurers travel to the island of The Golden City, a veritable hub of bustling commerce. Here, players set up shop along the streets and villages, selling and trading goods and services, all the while seeking lucrative deals and contracts to establish themselves as the premiere vendor of The Golden City.

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Daring Tales Adventure:Compendium 3
Save the British Empire from The Hands of Kali! Survive the Kingdom of the Blood Gods! Thwart the Nazis’ dastardly plan on the Island of Terror! Uncover the Legacy of Tunguska! Daring Tales of Adventure: Compendium 3 contains four two-fisted, pulp adventures for the award-winning Savage Worlds roleplaying game.

Crusaders of the Amber Coast
This sourcebook contains all the information required to run your Northern Crusade game with the Basic Roleplaying game system, including magic rules for Christian crusaders, pagan druids, and witches, as well as game statistics for creatures of Baltic folklore

Gamemastery Face Cards Enemies
Know your enemy! Sometimes you don’t know the true measure of an opponent until you look him directly in the eye. Paizo’s GameMastery line of accessories comes to the rescue with Face Cards: Enemies, a 54-card deck that features beautiful full-color illustrations and details you can use to give life and visual flair to the villains in your fantasy campaign.

GameMastery Map Pack Boats & Ships
GameMastery Map Pack: Boats & Ships contains 18 full-color, 5″ x 8″ map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Corey Macourek, that combine to form a variety of boats and ships suitable for any aquatic fantasy RPG adventure. Locations Include: Dinghy, Slave Galleon, Viking Longship, Smuggler’s Corvette, and a Pirate Ship.

Mutants & Masterminds Silver Age Sourcebook
Never were heroes more powerful than in the legendary Silver Age of comics. Now, Mutants & Masterminds places that power and responsibility in your hands with the Silver Age sourcebook! Learn how to create M&M heroes with the kind of style and power of characters in the Silver Age, assisted by ready-made hero archetypes and character design advice. Use the villain archetypes for immediate foes and Gamemaster advice on building Silver Age style bad guys, including nigh-omnipotent adversaries. Plus, travel back to the Silver Age of the Freedom City setting, during the height of the fabled Centurion’s career and the founding of the Freedom League!

Pathfinder Companion Adventurers Armory
A hero won’t last long without his equipment, and this installment of the Pathfinder Companion blows the lid off the Core Rulebook with more than a hundred new items for the discerning adventurer. Everything from new weapons and armor to climbing harnesses, alchemical items, commodities, and animals can be found in the lavishly illustrated Adventurer’s Armory, an invaluable resource for players of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and all 3.5 OGL-based fantasy roleplaying games.

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, May 1st!

Come on out and get yourself a handful of Free Comics! The selections include Archie, the new Solar/Magnus from Jim Shooter & Dark Horse, GI Joe by Larry Hama, Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock, Shrek, Toy Story, War of the Supermen #0, Simpsons, DC Kids, Boom! Studios’ Irredeemable, Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet, Iron Man, the new supernatural western Sixth Gun from Oni, Atomic Robo, Owly and tons more!

You can see a full list of the comics available at the official website!

Comics for all ages! Plus: Creator Signings! As always, we’ll have a vast array of creators signing at the store from 10-5, including:

*Paul Tobin (Writer: Marvel Adventures, including this year’s Iron Man: Supernova)
*Colleen Coover (Artist on numerous projects, including Marvel Adventures comics)
*Chris Roberson (Writer: Vertigo’s Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love and I, Zombie)
*Paul Benjamin (Writer: Monsters, Inc., Hit Point High & Marvel Adventures Hulk)
*Alan Porter (Writer: Boom! Studios’ Cars)
*Scott Kolins (Writer: Solomon Grundy, Artist: Solomon Grundy, Blackest Night Flash)
*Paul Maybury (Artist: Comic Book Tattoo, Aqua Leung, Popgun)
*Nick Derington (Artist: Popgun, Madman, Catwoman)
*Matt Sturges (Writer: House of Mystery, Jack of Fables)
*Bill Williams (Writer: Angel, Pantheon)

We’ll have free comics available until close at 9 PM, or until supplies last!

Everyone will be able to get more than one comic (although we do have to limit the number to make sure as many people as possible get comics, think three or four rather than a dozen), and we will have the full selection available. As always, however, we recommend coming early to get the best selection, as some comics do run out before the end of the day.

New Games for April 21 – April 25, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Warhammer Fantasy RPG Gathering Storm
Death. Misery. Peril. Suffering. Disaster. And that’s just the weather! The Gathering Storm is a complete campaign for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay that centers around a series of bizarre events that bring the heroes face-to-face with dangerous enemies, moral dilemmas, and the raw fury of nature. In addition to introducing many sessions of exciting adventure, this campaign guide provides detailed information on the town of Stromdorf and a number of its odd citizens, as well as colorful maps that bring Stromdorf and the surrounding region to life.

MTG Rise o/t Eldrazi
And carnage shall follow! In their quest to uncover ancient treasures, Planeswalkers have awakened the Eldrazi – parasitic titans of the aether, imprisoned on Zendikar for thousands of years. Seemingly unstoppable, these world-eaters threaten all of the Multiverse, and their very presence has changed everything you know about Zendikar! A 249-card expansion for Magic: The Gathering and the third expansion for the Zendikar block, Rise of the Eldrazi is offered in 15-card boosters, intro packs, and fat packs.

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Traveller RPG Book 7: Merchant Prince
Merchant Prince adds a whole new trading option for those wealthy enough to attempt it, allowing them to build a huge trading empire that spans the stars. With new career options, cargoes, and ships, Merchant Prince is an invaluable companion to all Traveller players.

Star Wars RPG The Unknown Regions HC
Far from the cityscape of Coruscant, beyond the fringe planets of the Outer Rim, lies a vast region of space called the Unknown Regions. The Unknown Regions are mysterious and uncharted, home to strange aliens, violent slavers, and the forgotten remnants of ancient civilizations that have lived in isolation for eons. This sourcebook for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game gives players and Gamemasters everything they need to run and play in campaigns featuring scouts, exploration, and adventure in the uncharted reaches of the Star Wars galaxy.

D&D Three-Dragon Ante Emperors Gambit
Showcasing dragons and iconic character archetypes from the Dungeons & Dragons world, Emperor’s Gambit updates the popular Three-Dragon Ante card game, adding new cards and new ways to foil your opponents! In addition to the added cards and rules, this game also contains complete rules for the original Three-Dragon Ante card game.

New Games for April 5 – April 20, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Marvel HC Iron Man & Black Widow
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 & Black Widow Battle Pack includes Ultimate Iron Man, Black Widow, and Crimson Dynamo (Gennady Gavrilov), complete with Character Cards

Marvel HC Iron Man Armor Wars Mega Pack
Armor Up! Iron Man and his allies Nick Fury and Black Widow duke it out against armored villains Iron Monger and Crimson Dynamo (Gennady Gavrilov)! Will good triumph? Only you can decide with the Marvel HeroClix: Classics Iron Man Armor Wars Mega Pack. Each Marvel HeroClix: Classics Iron Man Mega Pack is a complete game in every pack with everything two players need to play: six Highly detailed Marvel HeroClix 3D figures, six Character cards, a Map, a Rule sheet, and Dice.

DC HC Brave/Bold Boosters
Team-up and fight for justice! DC HeroClix: The Brave and the Bold brings famous heroic (and a few villainous!) pairings from the pages of DC Comics to your tabletop. Featuring 55 all-new figures, including classic DC Comics duo-figure team-ups like Flash/Green Lantern and Luthor/Brainiac, The Brave and the Bold showcases some of the most exciting figure sculptures ever seen in HeroClix. Plus, the new game mechanic – Alter Egos – brings secret identities to HeroClix like never before!

Myth Pantheons
Athena sends her followers to attack Troy. Anubis calls a plague upon Rome. Tiamat guards Babylon with wind and flame. Thor smites his foes with lightning, while Amaterasu divines the future from the heavens. In Myth, each player takes on the role of a mythic deity, vying to gain the worship of the ancient world’s great cities and gain the most followers. Myth is a stand-alone card game with a deck for mortal affairs, unique deity cards allowing each of twelve ancient gods to wield their influence in a different manner, tokens for the godly powers, and a deck of 30 different cities each bringing rewards unique to the deity who can claim them.

Horus Heresy
Long before the grim darkness of the 41st millennium was a time of myth and legend, where god-like beings met in a monumental battle of brother against brother. Let us return to the Imperium of the 31st Millennium when a golden age was shattered by betrayal, and exploded into the greatest battle of all time! In Horus Heresy, an epic board game for two players set in the dark future of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, can Warmaster Horus succeed in his profane quest to crush the Imperium, drowning the galaxy in a flood of Chaos and destruction, or will the steadfast Holy Emperor of Mankind break the bloody siege, turning the tide of assault against the cruel machinations of the Dark Powers of the Warp?

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Rifter #50
Special Anniversary Issue! Celebrating 12 years in publication, this 50th issue milstone of The Rifter is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium roleplaying worlds! Within you’ll find everything you’ve come to love about The Rifter, including a host of heroes, powers, weapons, magic, adventures, and source material from across the Megaverse, from the likes of RIFTS, Palladium Fantasy RPG, Heroes Unlimited, Chaos Earth, Phase World, Splicers, and more!

RQ II Glorantha The Second Age
Glorantha is a world permeated by magic and shaped by myth. Its heroes achieve power by questing for runes, physical manifestations of the eternal abstract forces that shape its destiny. Covering every nation of Glorantha, this sourcebook lists the histories, myths, and cultures of the world, complete with maps and detailed illustrations that bring the setting to life.

Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion
The Super Powers Companion includes and updates the superhero power system originally presented in Necessary Evil, and gives you everything you need to create your own superhero setting or expand the one you’ve got.

Roleplay Resource Deadly Trappings
This useful roleplaying resource features over 75 twisted traps usable with any fantasy campaign setting or level of difficulty, complete with details on design, mechanisms, lethality, and suggested damage and/or damage substitution rules

D&D The Plane Above
Climb aboard an astral skiff and set sail for adventure! On the Astral Sea, characters face off against angels, devils, githyanki, and even the gods and their exarchs while exploring dungeons, raiding astral galleons, and establishing themselves as demigods. This Dungeons & Dragons supplement builds on the overview of the Astral Sea presented in the Manual of the Planes game supplement and explores the heavenly plane in greater detail. From the cavernous layers of Nine Hells to the dark dungeons of Tytherion, adventure awaits in every astral dominion and on the vast, uncharted sea that stretches between them.

Star Wars RPG The Unknown Regions HC
Far from the cityscape of Coruscant, beyond the fringe planets of the Outer Rim, lies a vast region of space called the Unknown Regions. The Unknown Regions are mysterious and uncharted, home to strange aliens, violent slavers, and the forgotten remnants of ancient civilizations that have lived in isolation for eons. This sourcebook for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game gives players and Gamemasters everything they need to run and play in campaigns featuring scouts, exploration, and adventure in the uncharted reaches of the Star Wars galaxy.

D&D Three-Dragon Ante Emperors Gambit
Showcasing dragons and iconic character archetypes from the Dungeons & Dragons world, Emperor’s Gambit updates the popular Three-Dragon Ante card game, adding new cards and new ways to foil your opponents! In addition to the added cards and rules, this game also contains complete rules for the original Three-Dragon Ante card game.

Upcoming Games April – June 2010

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

April
D&D Three-Dragon Ante: Emperor’s Gambit (April 20th)
Star Wars RPG The Unknown Regions (April 20th)
MTG: Rise of the Eldrazi (April 23rd)
Dominion Alchemy (April 26th)

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)
D&D Orcus Gargantuan Figure (June 15th)
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

July
Monsterpocalypse: Voltron Defender of the Universe

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

Upcoming Comics April – June 2010

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

April
Spider-Man Marvel Adventures #1 / April 21st
Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1 / April 21st
Flash Rebirth HC / April 28th
Red Robin: The Grail TP / April 28th
Fraggle Rock #1 / April
Incorruptible Vol 1 TP / April
RASL Vol. 2: The Fire of St. George TP / April
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Graphic Novel / April
The Last Unicorn #1 / April

May
Usagi Yojimbo Plush / May 5th
Superman: War of the Supermen #1 / May 5th
Shadowhawk #1 / May 5th
I, Zombie #1 / May 5th
Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine #1 / May 5th
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #1 / May 5th
Avengers #1 / May 5th
Age of Heroes #1 / May 5th
Batman The Streets of Gotham Vol 1 HC / May 12th
Sweet Tooth Vol. 1 TP / May 12th
Atlas #1 / May 12th
Secret Avengers #1 / May 12th
Justice League: Generation Lost #1 / May 12th
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 / May 12th
Birds of Prey #1 / May 19th
DC Universe Legacies #1 / May 19th
The Legion of Super-Heroes #1 / May 19th
Zatanna #1 / May 19th
Wednesday Comics HC / May 26th
Chew Vol 2 TP / May 26th
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1 / May
Shrek #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 7th
Janet Evanovich’s Troublemaker Vol 1 / July 20th

August
Mogworld Novel (by Zero Punctuation’s “Yahtzee” Croshaw) / August 18th

Warhammer Nights coming in April or May!

After the success of our D&D Encounters nights on Thursdays, Rogues Gallery is going to be adding a Monday night Warhammer game night. Come on out and play Warhammer Fantasy or Warhammer 40K on Mondays from 6 PM – 9 PM!

For right now, we’re still working out the details, and space will be limited, so if you have any interest in coming out to play, do us a favor and sign up in the store, or drop us an email or give us a call to be put on the list. We’re hoping to start the events in late April or early May, and we’ll have more information in the Dispatch and on our Facebook page.

With any luck, we’ll have a full house and prize support down the road!

Dresden Files RPG Coming – Get a PDF Copy Now!

The Dresden Files RPG is on its way, but you can get a preview copy of the (almost) complete game on PDF now by preordering at Rogues Gallery!

Thanks to a promotion by Evil Hat, the publishers of Dresden, anyone who preorders and prepays for one or both of the Dresden Files books now can get a PDF copy of the books and start playing and reading immediately! They are mostly complete, missing only the original Jim Butcher short story and whatever final tweaks will be made before they go to print.

You can buy one or both books and get the PDF copies for whichever books you pre-buy immediately. The two books are Volume One: Your Story (Rules & Characters) and Volume Two: Our World (Creatures, Factions, A Guide to Occult Chicago), and both will be full-color hardcover books.

We are taking preorders now, and will be taking them up until the release of the books, and anyone who pre-buys will get a copy of the PDFs for the books to tide them over until the full release.

New Games for March 29 – April 4, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Mystery Express
Seeking a well-deserved break from your latest misadventures, you decide to splurge, treating yourself to the extravagant luxury of the most talked about train of our time – the legendary Orient Express. Most unexpectedly, and rather unfortunately, the holiday turns out to be short-lived. The train has barely left Paris when word spreads that someone has just been murdered, and in the most hideous manner! Now locked onboard the aptly renamed Mystery Express, anxious passengers spin a web of intrigue and deception through the spread of rumor, gossip, and innuendo. Will you uncover the culprit before reaching the end of your journey? Hurry, there’s no time to waste in this whodunit on rails!

Star Wars CMG Masters o/t Force Bstr
There is a disturbance in the Force! The greatest Star Wars heroes and villains of all eras explode into battle across the galaxy in Masters of the Force! Collect Darth Vader, Yoda, Mace Windu, Anakin Skywalker, General Han Solo, and Lando Calrissian, including all eight creatures from the dejarik hologame as seen in Star Wars: Episode IV! This 40-character expansion to the Star Wars Miniatures game is introduced in boosters containing seven random, pre-painted, fully assembled plastic miniatures complete with full-color stat cards.

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Leverage Quickstart Guide
Featuring sample characters, simplified rules, and an introductory adventure, this 16-page Quickstart Guide to the Leverage Role Playing Game puts you in the middle of a dysfunctional but highly-specialized group of con-artists, criminals, and crooks who are trying to turn over a new leaf.

Pathfinder Chronicles NPC Guide
Bring life to the inhabitants of the world of the Pathfinder Chronicles with this exciting new reference for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. The lavishly illustrated NPC Guide provides scores of fully-realized NPCs with strong ties to the Pathfinder setting, each with statistics, motivations, mannerisms, and a new mechanic for handling favors and NPC-granted boons in the campaign.

Pathfinder Path Stolen Land
Rag-tag armies of mercenaries from the northern nation of Brevoy have turned their attention south to the region of the River Kingdoms called the “Stolen Land,” and hope to reclaim control of these lands to expand their power. Yet the dangerous denizens of the Stolen Land will not give up their lairs quietly. Will the heroes be able to wrest control of the realm from the monstrous bandit known only as the Stag Lord? A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 1st-level characters, Stolen Land kicks off the highly anticipated Kingmaker Adventure Path.

GM Flip Mat Swamp
Flip-Mat: Swamp brings the horrors and dangers of the swamp to your tabletop, the perfect place for putrid encounters sure to put your players on edge. This portable, affordable map measures 24 x 30, and features a coated surface that can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker.

New Games for March 21 – March 28, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Heroscape D&D Champions Expansion
This Dungeons & Dragons small expansion set introduces 20 fully assembled and painted figures playable with Heroscape game system and sets.

Le Havre Le Grand Hameau Expansion
Le Grand Hameau is a 30-card expansion to Le Havre, featuring new twists, new card combos, and new buildings designed by Le Havre players and developed by Uwe Rosenberg.

Cyclades
In Cyclades, players seek to curry favor and support from various Gods – Apollo, Ares, Athena, Poseidon, and Zeus – in their quest to build two thriving cities in the Ancient Greek island group known as the Cyclades.

A Conclave of Wyrms
Powerful, majestic, brilliant, conniving, and greedy, dragons live in a highly structured society centered around age. There are five different draconic races, each of a different color: red, blue, yellow, green and purple; and one all powerful prismatic Queen, the mother of all races. The older the beast, the more powerful and greedy it becomes. In fact, the oldest of each race, called a Great Wyrm, is so consumed by its greed that its lust for treasure becomes its greatest weakness! The object in this trick-taking card game is to be the player with the most points (indicating draconic power) at the end of six hands

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Shadowrun Dawn of the Artifacts Midnight
There are deep secrets in the Sixth World, and there are people who will do anything to uncover them! Jane “Frosty” Foster is back and ready to continue her artifact hunt. If they’re game, runners will join her in a chase across North America, from the frozen, bug-filled wastes of Chicago to the political hotbed of Denver to the Deep Lacuna lurking under Los Angeles. Midnight is the second adventure in the Dawn of the Artifacts series, giving skilled runners the chance to find a second powerful artifact – and perhaps uncover clues about what makes these treasures so valuable.

Daring Tales Adventure:Compendium 2
Daring Tales of Adventure: Compendium 2 contains four two-fisted pulp adventures set in the 1930’s for the award-winning Savage Worlds roleplaying game.

Suzerain Savage Suzerain
Designed for Savage Worlds, Suzerain is a multi-genre, multi-world game platform packed with all the universe background and expanded Savage rules you need to run games in any time, any place. This core rulebook introduces over 50 new edges, hindrances, and powers, stats for over 100 new NPCs and monsters, plus 30 scenarios, including a full plot-point campaign spanning the three main eras of a character’s development – Novice, Heroic, and Demigod.

Family Games: The 100 Best
In Family Games: The 100 Best, the top designers and publishers write about the most enjoyable, most cleverly designed titles of the last one hundred years. These are the games that the designers themselves play, the ones that have inspired their most popular inventions.

Hero 6E Martial Arts
Can your kung fu beat your enemy’s kung fu? It can if you’ve got HERO System Martial Arts! This HERO System 6th Edition sourcebook is filled with information and rules about every aspect of the martial arts, including everything you need to create and play a martial artist character in any campaign, genre, time period, or setting.

Warhammer Fantasy GMs Toolkit
A valuable resource for both new and veteran Game Masters, The Toolkit is filled with a number of helpful tools and adventure seeds for Game Masters to enhance their Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay games, as well as provides more advice and suggestions to help refine their GM skills and get the most out of the materials and rules provided with the game. One of the key features of the Game Master’s Toolkit is the large full color screen, which features gorgeous, full-color art from the game on one side, and a wealth of information on the other, including rules summaries, a built-in progress track, page references to important sections from the core rulebook, and a variety of charts and tables to help the GM keep his focus on the story.

The Game Master’s Toolkit also includes punchboards with more NPC and creature standups and tokens, a variety of new location and item cards, and introduces organization sheets to integrate into your game. Plus, The Toolkit comes with a full-color, 48-page GM handbook packed with invaluable tips and guidelines, as well as a number of detailed episode templates to help cut down on prep time, and new rules for Nemesis Characters and Nemesis Organizations to challenge the heroes.