Free Comic Book Day – Only two weeks away!


Mark it on your calendar… Free Comic Book Day is May 2nd, 2009! As always, Rogues Gallery will be throwing a big old free comics party as a result.

We’ll have the full selection of free comic books, of course, and Free Comic Book Day balloons that we’re happy to hand out to any kids who want them.

In addition, we’ll have guests in attendance! Thom Zahler (Love & Capes) will be signing for most of the day, Alan Porter (Pixar/Boom! World of Cars) will be signing from 11 AM – 1 PM, and Paul Benjamin (Pantheon High, Marvel Adventures Hulk, upcoming: Monsters Inc.) will be there as well!

Both Alan and Thom will have new issues of their comics available among the Free Comic Book Day selections, which also include the Blackest Night prologue from DC Comics, a new Avengers book from Marvel Comics, Aliens/Predator, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Wolverine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and plenty more.

You can find more information, including a list of comics available this year, at the official website at http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

New Games April 6 – April 13

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Genoa
This reprint of the classic Traders of Genoa features larger boxed packaging and completely new graphics! In this game of trading, wares, and negotiation, players take on the roles of traders in Genoa in the 16th century, fulfilling orders, delivering messages, and taking ownership of buildings in the city. Of course, this is not possible without the help of the other traders – thus, the need for clever negotiation!

MTG: Duel Decks – Divine vs. Demonic
An endless war rages in the heavens! The skies blacken and crackle with dark magic. Bellows of grim laughter drown out the beating of black, leathery wings. The demons have come! Then, a ray of golden light pierces the darkness. A flight of angels arrives, swords gleaming. The champions of law have arrived to cleanse the sky! Duel Decks: Divine vs Demonic contains two ready-to-play, 60-card decks that showcase some of the best spells the forces of light and darkness have to offer.

Descent: Road To Legends – Lieutenant Figures
The path has been long and arduous. Many a foe has been slain, and many a hero has fallen. Until now, the fights have been close. A new terror is entering the field of battle. Standing proud, the Lieutenants of the Overlord are now something to be truly feared. Previously available only as tokens in Descent: Road to Legend, these fearsome foes are now available as unpainted pewter miniatures. Detailed sculpts by Cipher Studios (Anima Tactics) brings a new dimension to your Road to Legend campaign!

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Hellfrost Player’s Guide
From the frozen far north, beyond the civilized lands with their rolling hills and forests, arose a mighty army, servants all of the ice god Thrym. Huge swathes of the land of Rassilon are permanently covered in ice and snow. But winter is not the only danger. Magic, once the civilized races’ most potent weapon, suddenly began to fail. Welcome to the Hellfrost!

Gamemastery Critical Hit Deck Revised Edition
Rolled a critical hit? Draw a card and apply the result! Each one of the 52 Critical Hitcards has four different results based on weapon type, all compatible with the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game. Chop off a limb, slice through a tendon, poke out an eye—crushing your enemy has never been this fun.

Gamemastery Item Cards: Wondrous Treasure
Every adventurer thirsts for treasure, and this brand-new assortment of 54 GameMastery Item Cards delivers a veritable hoard of unique art objects, magical medallions, golden casks, fabulous gemstones, and more! Each of these full-color cards features a beautiful portrait of an item on one side with space on the back to keep notes.

Gamemastery Map Pack: Waterfront
GameMastery Map Pack: Waterfront contains 18 full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Corey Macourek, that combine to form a variety of locations in the harbor district of a large city. Locations Include: Harbor Piers, Harbormaster’s Office, Fishing Boat, Merchant Cog, and a Dockside Warehouse.

Gamemastery Flip-Mat: Dragon’s Lair
Dragons are among the most fearsome foes in fantasy gaming, and GameMastery Flip-Mat: Dragon’s Lair depicts the perfect location for the legendary conflict between hero and wyrm! Slay a powerful dragon in its own lair with this miniature-scale, two-sided, full-color, laminated cavern map that measures 24″ x 30″ unfolded, and 8″ x 10″ folded.

Rifts: Dyval – Hell Unleashed (Dimension Book #11)
The Deevils and monsters of Dyval have been part of Palladium role-playing games for 25 years. Continuing the epic, five-book crossover adventure theme called the “Minion War,” this stand-alone RIFTs sourcebook goes to the fiery pits of Hell to explore the demons’ home dimension.

Hunter The Vigil: Spirit Slayers
This Chronicle Book for Hunter: The Vigil looks at shapeshifters – those who form lunatic tribes, those who steal their power from the Devil or from animal skins, those who become infected or cursed.

Changeling The Lost: Dancers in the Dusk
This Character Book for Changeling: The Lost features expanded information on dreams and nightmares, from the dreamscapes that ensnare the unwary to the incubi that prey on people.

Scion Companion
The Scion Companion will help you to create new epics, new legends, and new divinities! The Scions of the Irish, Chinese, and Hindu gods make their mark on the World. New Boons, Knacks, and Birthrights increase the Scions’ arsenal in the war against the Titans. More allies and more enemies enter the fray, which can change the course of the conflict.

Exalted 2: The Manual of Exalted Power – The Infernals
This character sourcebook for Exalted, Second Edition, contains everything players and Storytellers need to generate Infernal Exalted characters including their charms, details on demon cultists, akuma, and Demon-Bloods, plus rules for helltech, an occult science dedicated to building wonders from vitriol and the essence of demons.

Dungeon Crawl Classics #61: Citadel Of The Corruptor (GSL)
When the forces of the wicked Mountain King discover an eldritch weapon of unmatched power, the future of the Northlands hangs in the balance. Following in the wake of bloody, madness-induced slaughter, can the heroes prevail where an army has perished? Only the most cunning and courageous of heroes can triumph against the Citadel of the Corruptor!

Traveller RPG: Fighting Ships
From the most agile, high-technology fighters to immense leviathan-like dreadnoughts, Fighting Ships contains the full history, design elements, and deck plans of the mighty warships that traverse the spaceways of Traveller universe.

AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL ORDER
We do not have these games in stock, but we can special order them with no additional charge, usually within 1-2 days. See something you’d like? Drop us an email at roguesgallerytx@gmail.com

Excape
Join the exodus in this frenetic dice-rolling game by Reiner Knizia! In Excape, players toss dice and calculate the best possible result on one of the numbered levels. If your dice result remains in play by your next turn, you can advance your pawn. But take care! A roll of X is disastrous – you can lose your turn or be forced to move your pawn backwards!

Traveller RPG: The Trouble With Drazi
Of all the races in the Babylon 5 galaxy, the Drazi may be the most underestimated. Though the Drazi are accounted by all the races as relentless, skilled warriors, in the eyes of most other races the accolades stop there. The Trouble with Drazi drops the players into the midst of this simmering mess, giving them a front-row seat for a Drazi power play and a chance to observe some of the race’s best and worst qualities.

Dragon Warriors RPG: The Elven Crystals
Across the kingdom of Ereworn adventurers race to uncover four shards of an ancient crystal that, when combined, form a gateway to another world. But, were these shards split apart to stop anyone from leaving this world… or to prevent something from getting in? The Elven Crystals is a short campaign of four linked adventures designed for the Dragon Warriors RPG.

Upcoming Games April – June

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 Arcane Power (April 21st)
D&D E1: Death’s Reach (April 21st)
Small World Board Game (April 22nd)
Age of Conan Board Game
Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy – Haarlock’s Legacy Vol 1. Tattered Fates
The Quintessential Cleric
Gamemastery Map Pack: Farmstead
Pathfinder Chronicles – The Great Beyond: Guide to the Multiverse

May

D&D Monster Manual 2 (May 19th)
D&D Miniatures: Dangerous Delves (May 19th)
Star Wars RPG: Jedi Academy Training Manual (May 19th)
D&D Power Cards: Martial Power (May 19th)
The Adventures of Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer RPG
Traveller RPG: Agent
Traveller RPG: Hammer’s Slammers
True 20: Shadows of Cthulhu
Zombies!!! 8: Jailbreak
World of Warcraft TCG: Arena Grand Melee

June

D&D DU4 – Arcane Towers Dungeon Tiles (June 16th)
D&D E2 Kingdom of the Ghouls (June 16th)
D&D Eberron Player’s Guide (June 16th)
Arkham Horror: Innsmouth Horror Expansion
Talisman The Dungeon Expansion
Gamemastery Map Pack: Wizard’s Tower
Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion
World of Warcraft TMG: Raid on Onyxia
World of Warcraft TCG: The Death Knight
Exalted: Compass of Celestial Direction 5 – Malfeas
Star Wars CMG: Jedi Academy Boosters
Pandemic: On The Brink Expansion

Late Games – Due sometime in 2009

Battlestar Galactica RPG: Colonial Military
Burn in Hell Revised Edition
Serenity RPG: Six-Shooters and Spaceships

Upcoming Comics April – June

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

April

Star Wars Adventures – Han Solo & The Hollow Moon of Khorva / April 29th
Dark Reign: The Cabal #1 / April 29th
Ctrl+Alt+Del Volume 1 TP / April
Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0 / April
Resurrection TP (Only $6 for 184 pages!) / April
Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #1 / April
League of Extraordinary Gentleman Vol III: 1910 / April

May

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2009 / May 2nd
BPRD Vol 10: The Warning TP / May 6th
Power Girl #1 / May 6th
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol. 4: Time of Your Life TP / May 6th
Spawn: Origins Vol 1 TP / May 6th
The Walking Dead Compendium Vol 1 TP (Collects Walking Dead #1-48!) / May 6th
Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1 / May 6th
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1 / May 6th
Planet Skaar Prologue / May 6th
New Mutants #1 / May 6th
Thor Vol 2 Premiere HC / May 13th
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Vol 6: Vindication TP / May 20th
Dark Reign: The Hood #1 / May 27th
Aliens #1 / May 27th
Starcraft #1 / May 27th
Freakangels Vol 2 TP / May
Finding Nemo #1 / May
Flash Gordon #0 (Only 25 cents! Designs by Alex Ross) / May
The Boys: Herogasm #1 (Reuniting the Hitman team of Ennis & McCrea) / May
Sherlock Holmes #1 / May
Project Superpowers Chapter 1 TP / May
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks Novel / May

June

Empowered Vol 5 / June 3rd
Trinity Vol 1 TP / June 3rd
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia / June 3rd
Batman and Robin #1 / June 3rd
Final Crisis HC / June 10th
Red Robin #1 / June 10th
Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 / June 17th
Sinfest Vol 1 / June 17th
Hitman Volume 1 TP / June 17th
Star Wars Vector Vol 2 TP / June 17th
Spider-Woman #1 / June 17th
Dark Wolverine #75 / June 17th
Captain America #600 / June 17th
Predator #1 / June 24th
Detective Comics #854 (Starring Batwoman & The Question) / June 24th
All-Star Batman & Robin Vol 1 TP / June 24th
Gotham City Sirens #1 / June 24th
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors #1 / June 24th
William Shatner Presents: Tek Wars #1 / June
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #1 / June
Barack the Barbarian: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli #1 / June
Barack Obama: The Road to the White House #1 / June
Young Lovecraft GN / June
The Mangalicious Tick #1 (New Tick series!) / June
Resurrection Volume 2 #1 (Now full-color!) / June
Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen HC / June

July

Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns HC / July 1st
Kick-Ass Premiere HC / July 1st
100 Bullets Vol 13: Wilt TP (Concludes the series!) / July 8th
Madame Xanadu Vol 1 TP / July 15th
Batman: Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader? HC / July 22nd
Northlanders Vol 2: The Cross & The Hammer TP / July 29th

August

Women of the DC Universe Poster / August 26th