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Friday, May 20, 2011

The Apathy of New Releases (June 2011)

I've been stuck at home with the little one way too long, because I didn't expect GTM #136 to be released until next week. Only one more month as a stay-at-home dad. Only six more weeks till Historicon.

Of course, if the end of the world happens tomorrow, I don't have to worry about any of it, and these items will never be produced.

First off my want list doesn't change. The CoC 30th Anniversary Rulebook and Cthulhu by Gaslight were officially solicited this month, although I talked about them last month.

My "If money was no object" list isn't much better. The Savage World Deluxe Edition is available for $29.99, and I might as well break down and buy a copy of the rules. Also being released is Red November, Revised Edition, a Gnomish submarine board game.

The store list:
Unless I received a backlash involving tar and feathers, I would push and promote Pathfinder as much as possible. Why? For yet another month, the order book is chock full of product, and product CAN equal profit. This month has TEN 3rd party books, and Paizo is releasing 5 products! And they said OGL was dead.

More of an amusing note, than store suggestion, Cactus Game Design magically showed up in the book after a long, long abscence. They are best known for Redemption: the biblical CCG. It may not been as successful as say, Magic, but it hung around a long time, in game stores and Christian bookshops. Their listing focuses more on plush playsets for the Nativity and Noah's Ark. Does playing with a plush baby Jesus and a plush Cthulhu constitute heresy?

GURPS alert! GURPS alert! GURPS Horror 4th edition is solicited for summer release! GURPS and OGRE in the same year? Incredible!

It also looks like a relaunch of Heavy Gear. Heavy Gear was always the cooler, pricier cousin of B'Tech, and with the the steep increases in metal costs, I can't see much hope for them, unless they're still big in Kansas or Hong Kong.

Other "little" things:
* A new set for the L5R CCG, and a new book for the RPG.
* Burning Wheel Gold Edition ($25.00)
* A new LotR RPG from Cubicle 7. Really? Another one?
* Dark Heresy: Church of the Damned
* Rogue Trader: Citadel of Skulls
* Warhammer Fantasty: Omens of War
* Osprey has a buttload of books coming out this summer. Nothing of note, but each current line, including Fields of Glory and Force on Force are included.
*WOTC? How about the D&D Neverwinter Campaign and Set VI for A&A Naval minis?
*Wizkids keeps throwing crap against the wall and occasionally finding diamonds. Gears of War 3 clix are coming out, but Street Fighter(!) clix are coming out!

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