Friday, January 2, 2015

Apathy of the New Releases (Jan '15)

Despite my penchant for adding extra posts beyond my month of  #RPGaDAy, I held back my post of new releases to kick off the New Year. 

My Want List
Despite a few tantalizing items, I respectfully decline.   Okay, okay, maybe a couple of Magic packs, but if I never buy them I won't feel sad.

My Money is No Object Want List
Abstract Nova
Darkly Through the Labyrinth RPG .......................................................................$12.95
Playing FBI agents investigating doomsday cults, fringe religious groups, and ritualistic murders in the 80's?  Sign me

Osprey Publications
Between the Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in WW2 SC................................... $15.95


My Imaginary Store List
This month helps demonstrate how hard it is to sell RPGs beyond the 5th Edition and a stores secondary and tertiary games.  A games company known as Autarch is releasing a mega-dungeon known as Dwimmermount.   It's so big, that they offer a supplemental illustration book for ten buck, a map book for twenty, and a Megadungeon tracker for forty.   The catch?  There will be two printings of the dungeon, one with stats for Labyrinth Lord and one for Adventurer Conqueror King. If I went to all the store owners I know of, not a single one of them knows either of those systems or if they're convertible to any more popular systems, so why would any of them order it? 

Alderac Entertainment Group
Smash Up: Pretty Pretty Smash Up ......................................................................... $10.99

Battlefront
Flames of War: Barbarossa ...................................................................................... $20.00
Fate of a Nation: Arab-Israeli Wars ......................................................................... $20.00
Sherman V/Firefly Platoon ....................................................................................... $47.00
Stug G Platoon .......................................................................................................... $45.00
Arab-Israeli Wars- Shahank (Mirage III CJ) ..............................................................$18.00
Arab-Israeli Wars M4/FL10 Sherman ........................................................................$62.50
Katyusha Platoon ....................................................................................................... $67.50
T-34 OBR ................................................................................................................... $37.00
 
Battlefield Press
Savage Worlds RPG:  Double Spiral War ................................................................. $24.95
SAVAGE WORLDS RPG: GASLIGHT VICTORIAN FANTASY ........................ $24.95
 
Cubicle 7
Call of Cthulh:  World War Cthulhu - SOE Handbook ............................................. $24.95
One Ring RPG:  Horse Lords of Rohan ..................................................................... $39.99
One Ring RPG:  Journeys and Maps .......................................................................... $29.99
 
Diamond Comics Distributors
D&D Tiamat Encounters T-Shirt (M-XXL)
 
Enterplay
My Little Point CCG:  Princess Twilight Sparkle Collectors Box  ............................. $ 9.99
 
Evil Hat Productions
Monster of the Week RPG ........................................................................................... $25.00
 
Fantasy Flight Games
STAR WARS ARMADA: ASSAULT FRIGATE MARK II  ..................................... $39.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: CR90 CORELLIAN CORVETTE .................................... $39.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: DICE PACK  ..................................................................... $ 9.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: GLADIATOR CLASS STAR DESTROYER .................. $29.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: REBEL FIGHTER SQUADRONS ..................................  $19.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: NEBULON-B FRIGATE .................................................  $19.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: IMPERIAL FIGHTER SQUADRONS ............................. $19.95
STAR WARS ARMADA: VICTORY CLASS STAR DESTROYER ......................... $19.95
Should appeal to those who prefer the epic scope of space battles, but the buy-in worries me a bit.
 
Star Wars RPG: Edge of the Empire: Fly Casual Sourcebook ....................................... $29.95
 
Gale Force Nine
Battlefield in a Box 15mm/FoW
Train Station ........................................ $40.00
Train Tracks Expansion ....................... $29.00
Train Yard Switching Tower................ $21.00
Mosque ................................................  $50.00
Mosque Walls ........................................$25.00
Not high selling items in the least, but they all look great.
 
Dungeons & Dragons
Tyranny of the Dragons - Rath Modar and Naergoth Bladelord ................................ $25.00
Temple of Elemental Evil - Fire Mymidion ............................................................... $30.00
Temple of Elemental Evil - Vanifer/Warrior/Priest ................................................... $30.00
Temple of Elemental Evil - Node of Fire Game Mat ................................................  $20.00
Temple of Elemental Evil - Earth Myrmidion ...........................................................  $30.00
Temple of Elemental Evil - Marlos Urnrayle/Warrior/Priest ..................................... $30.00
 
Games Workshop
Dark Eldar for 40K, Chaos in Fantasy.   The prices are a bit more painful than normal.
 
Goodman Games
Metamorphosis Alpha RPG: Core Rules Gold Foil Collector's Edition HC ............... $120.00
After seeing the HC quality of Starfall Over the Plateau of Leng, I'm hesitant to get this, even if it were at a customer's request.
Metamorphosis Alpha: Creatures and Gadgets ............................................................ $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha:The Captain's Table ................................................................. $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: The Long Hard Mile ............................................................... $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: Warden Adventures ................................................................ $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: Death Ziggurat in Zero-G ....................................................... $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: Level of the Lost ..................................................................... $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: The Mutation Manual .............................................................. $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: What are the Prisoners of Rec-Loc-119 ................................... $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha: The Warden Armory ................................................................ $ 9.99
Metamorphosis Alpha:  GM Screen ............................................................................... $ 9.99
I can't believe there are that many MA fans that can warrant more releases than a regular month of Paizo.
 
Konami Digital Entertainment
YU-GI-OH! TCG: HERO STRIKE  STRUCTURE DECK DISPLAY (8)
YU-GI-OH! TCG: SECRETS OF ETERNITY - SUPER EDITION DECK DISPLAY (10)
YU-GI-OH! TCG: THE SECRET FORCES BOOSTER DISPLAY (24)
 
Mantic Entertainment
Mantic has solicits for their new Mars Attacks miniature game.  Doesn't look too bad, but I can't imagine more than the initial novelty purchases.
 
Margaret Weis Productions
Firefly RPG:  Echoes of War Volume 2 .........................................................................  $24.99
 
Modiphius
Acthung! Cthulhu RPG - Guide to the Eastern Front ........................................................ $28.99
 
Ninja Division Games
Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King Upgrade Deck ................................................... $14.95
Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King ............................................................................$99.95
 
Osprey Publishing
Company of Heroes ..................................................... $24.95
Appomattox 1865 ........................................................ $21.95
Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance .................... $17.95
Cherbourg 1944 ............................................................ $21.95
Gallipolli ....................................................................... $25.95
Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City ....... $19.95
 
Paizo Publishing
PATHFINDER AP:GIANTSLAYER PART 2 - THE HILL GIANTS PLEDGE .............$22.99
PATHFINDER CS: ANDORAN, BIRTHPLACE OF FREEDOM .................................. $19.99
A Fantasy Version of the French Revolution?  At least the barrel will be clean with all the scraping at the bottom of it.
PATHFINDER FLIP - MAT  GIANT LAIRS .................................................................... $13.99
PATHFINDER MOD: FEAST OF DUST ........................................................................... $24.99
PATHFINDER PAWNS - IRON GODS ADVENTURE PATH COLLECTION .............. $19.99
PATHFINDER PLAYER COMP: HEROES OF THE WILD ............................................. $12.99
 
PELGRANE PRESS
Trail of Cthulhu RPG:  Dreamhounds of Paris Hardcover .................................................. $34.95
Trail of Cthulhu: The Book of Ants - a Guide to the Dreamlands ....................................... $19.95
Reality Blurs
Savage Worlds RPG:  Ravaged Earth, 2nd Edition Revised ................................................ $35.00
 
Reaper Miniatures
Elizabeth, Pirate Captain (RPR03666) .................................................................................. $7.99
A fairly dressed pirate, hooray!  But eight bucks? 
 
Thornwood Defender (RPR 03680) ...................................................................................... $15.79
I brought this one up two months ago.  Still unsure about its size, and still dissuaded from getting a few due to price.
 
Giant Cobra (RPR03679) ...................................................................................................... $13.79
 
SFR
Dragon Dice - 2 Person Starter: Firewalkers versus Treefolk ............................................. $29.95
 
Steve Jackson Games
Meurtoons Mix-up ................................................................................................................ $ 9.95
Star Munchkin Deluxe .......................................................................................................... $29.95
 
Wizards of the Coast
Magic the Gathering: CCG Fate Reforged
Somebody's going to be able to pay the rent this month.  And a few customers might fall a bit behind on their bills.
 
Wizkids
D&D Attack Wing    Shield Dwarf Fighter .............................................$14.95
D&D Attack Wing    Warrior Expansion Pack ........................................$14.99
D&D Attack Wing    White Dragon Expansion ...................................... $24.99
Star Trek Attack Wing USS Dauntless .................................................... $14.99
Star Trek Attack Wing USS Pasteur ........................................................ $14.99
Star Trek Attack Wing Ferengi Kreechta ................................................. $14.99
DC Heroclix War of Light Construct Gravity Fed Display.
Marvel Heroclix Avengers Age of Ultron Movie Starter
Marvel Heroclix Avengers Age of Ultron Gravity Fed Display





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