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!