New Games for October 11 – October 24, 2010

BOARD & CARD GAMES

Monsterpocalypse Two Player Battle Box
Unleash Power on an Unimaginable Scale! Take control of a giant monster and its horde of minions and fight for control of your turf. Stomp the competition to dust as you slam, smash, blast, and brawl your way to victory in the biggest battle ever to hit your table! The Monsterpocalypse Two-Player Battle Box contains everything two players need to play, including full forces for two random factions! Contents include four monster figures, 26 unit figures, six buildings, two sets of specialty dice, two monster health trackers, a double-sided city map, a rulebook, and a quick-start rules sheet.

Power Struggle
The world of corporations is ruthless! Battle your way to the top of the corporate ladder through hard work and bribery in Power Struggle! But, beware of your hated rivals, who are also fighting to reach the post of chairman!

SmileyFace
SmileyFace is a card game of face-to-face family fun for four to eight players. Over seven short rounds, each player tries to collect the highest total “face value” of emoticons cards of a single type. This clever family game by designers Bruno Faidutti and Gwena’l Bouquin, featuring hilarious art by Antonio Dessi and Ben Prenvost, includes 82 cards with dozens of quirky and colorful characters based on popular emoticons.

Cadwallon City of Thieves
Get ready for a deviously fun battle for treasure! Good fortune in the Guild of Thieves is a double-edged sword that cuts to the bone; other thieves will want your loot, and they have no qualms about drawing your blood to get it! The result is a fast and furious brawl for control of the best treasures in the city! Cadwallon: City of Thieves is a fast-paced board game of cunning thievery and ruthless skullduggery in a fantasy city steeped in magic and intrigue, where players each control their own gang of four thieves, competing to amass the greatest haul of loot from the many carefully locked chests scattered about the board.

Talisman Sacred Pool Expansion
Providing a fountain of new possibilities, The Sacred Pool introduces new ways to experience the magic and adventure of Talisman with four all-new characters, over 70 new Adventure cards, Neutral Alignment cards, Quest Rewards, and the addition of Alternate Endings.

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

Warhammer Fantasy Signs of Faith
The Old World is a place of unending war and strife. The legions of Chaos threaten to demolish all bastions of civilization while spreading their corruption and heresy across the land. The Four Ruinous Powers continue to gather worshippers among the nobles and commonfolk alike, allowing them to spread their dark designs from within the Empire. Amidst this gathering darkness burns a light of hope that slowly gains strength, lit by those who follow the signs of faith. This supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay introduces valuable background information on the Cults of the Empire as well as insights on the Ruinous Power Nurgle, the Plaguefather.

Battletech Technical Readout 3085
BattleTech Technical Readout: 3085 gives a detailed look at the machines introduced during the waning days of the Jihad and into the founding days of Devlin Stone’s Republic of the Sphere. This sourcebook includes the latest ‘Mechs, battle armor, aerospace, and vehicles, as well as new late-Jihad support vehicles and the long-awaited update of Technical Readout: Project Phoenix, featuring brand-new art and additional variants.

Umlut: Game of Metal
Heavy Metal. The very name itself drips with power, testosterone, and hairspray. Warriors on the stage of history, wielding their axes and mics as they do battle for glory! Long of hair and tight of pants, join the ranks of Metal in your quest for babes, booze, and glory in Umlaut: Game of Metal, a competitive storytelling game where players create and control the rise (or fall) of their own Heavy Metal band. Simple mechanics let you chart their career as they rehearse, play gigs, fight among themselves, and pull crazy publicity stunts in their quest to Make It Big and hunt down an elusive record contract.

Dead of Night 2nd Ed
Dead of Night is the roleplaying game of campfire tales, slasher movies, and b-movie horror. It is a game of screaming victims, unstoppable killers, and slavering monsters, where the horror movie clichŽs flow thicker than blood and the only victory is survival!

Zombies Hunter’s Guide
The dead have always stalked the dark corners of the earth. Since World War II, the number of zombie outbreaks has increased every year, while governments desperately try to cover up the facts. Zombies: A Hunter’s Guide contains all of the information necessary to recognize and combat this growing threat. Beginning with an explanation of the historical origins of zombies, it follows their history straight through to the threat they pose to the world today.