The Apathy of New Releases (May 2012)

I know, I know, how did the Earth keep spinning with this being 15 days late?  Truth be told, I'm a wee bit crabby in regards to this month.

My Must Have List:  Nothing

My Money is No Object Wish List:
LEGEND RPG: THE SPIDER GOD’S BRIDE
The Spider-God’s Bride is a collection of  ten blood-red sword and sorcery adventures, inspired by the pulp era tales of Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. Venture in the footsteps of Conan
the Cimmerian, Satampra Zeiros of Uzuldaroum, Imaro of Nyumbani, and other fabled thieves, reavers, and slayers!   Scheduled to ship in July 2012.   MGP 8302 ..............................$19.99

I  must have missed the actual rulebook amongst the plethora of other products Mongoose pumps out, but this looks interesting.  Plus $2 per adventure is a steal.

The Imaginary Store List: (Viscount Eric's Pegleg Gnome)
LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS  RPG: THE BOOK OF AIR   $39.99 -already out

Flames of War - The prices have always bothered me with this line. $58.00 for 5 tanks?  $45.00 for 4?  I can find 15mm tanks for ten bucks apiece on multiple websites, why would you want to pay  more for the convenience of having them all in one box?

DEATHWATCH RPG: HONOUR THE CHAPTER HC   $39.95

BLACK CRUSADE RPG:THE TOME OF FATE HC  $39.95

TALISMAN: THE BLOOD MOON EXPANSION $24.95  

oooh, Talisman.

One thing that does get me aggravated with GTM is the lack of information on some products.  Some listings are just the company name, name of the product, and the infamous "PI" for "please inquire" under price.
Let's use this as an example:

Fireforged Games:  TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CAVALRY: PI


Wow, you get all that, plus a kick ass piece of art:

yet, no information pertaining to scale, number of figs, or anything promoting the sale of the product. C'mon people!

Gale Four Nine:  A whole pile of D&D maps
FOX FOUR ..............................$19.95
COBBLESTONE ROADS   GF9 BB141 ..............................$45.00
DROW SANCTUM VINYL CAMPAIGN MAP  GF9 72779..............................$19.99
TEMPLE OF LOTH VINYL CAMPAIGN MAP  GF9 72780..............................$19.99
LARGE SUMMER WOOD  GF9 BB543 ..............................$30.00
RURAL CHURCH                GF9 BB139 ..............................$40.00
RURAL ROAD EXPANSION SET  GF9 BB140 ..............................$45.00
SMALL SUMMER WOOD GF9 BB542 ..............................$30.00
TRAIN STATION                GF9 BB136 ..............................$40.00

Goodman Games:  After years of modules, their own rules set
DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS RPG HC (GSL)   $39.99   with a special edition for $69.99

Green Ronin:
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE RPG: A GAME OF THRONES EDITION  $49.95


MARVEL HEROIC ROLEPLAYING  ANNIHILATION EVENT BOOK  $29.95

Traveller books: Droyne and French Arm


BOLT ACTION: WORLD WAR II  WARGAMES RULES
Created as a joint project between Warlord Games and Osprey Publishing,
and written by veteran game designers  Alessio Cavatore and Rick Priestley, Bolt
Action provides all the rules needed to doing the great battles of World War II to
your tabletop. Using miniature soldiers, tanks, and terrain, Bolt Action allows
players to fight battles in the shattered towns of occupied France, the barren
deserts of North Africa, and even the sweltering jungles of the Pacific.
Scheduled to ship in July 2012. OSP BTC001............................$36.95

Paizo
GAMEMASTERY FLIP-MAT:  DEEP FOREST  $12.99

PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: SKULL & SHACKLES PART 6 - FROM HELL’S HEART     $19.99

PATHFINDER RPG PLAYER CHARACTER FOLIO $9.99

PATHFINDER MODULE: MURDER’S MARK $13.99

Here's a quick rant in regards to Dystopian Wars.  To the complete novice, all the ships look the same! With             a casual glance, I could't tell the difference between Antarctica, France, and the Tribal Kingdoms of  Wantahockaloogie.  At least with a game like Battletech, the"they're all robots" can be dismissed by the variety of figure designs. Dystopian Wars is probably cool, but I'm better off starting historical naval minis, or even Axis and Allies navals.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE DUNGEON SURVIVAL HANDBOOK  29.95
Let's hope that this is better than the similarly named tripe they released just prior to 4th Edition.

Magic The Gathering Core 2013:  Not the cash cow the other sets are. Core sets are the closest thing to slow and steady sales in the feast-or-famine Magicverse.

WIZKIDS:
DC HEROCLIX 10TH ANNIVERSARY COUNTERTOP DISPLAY (24)

MARVEL HEROCLIX 10TH ANNIVERSARY COUNTERTOP DISPLAY (24)

STAR TREK HEROCLIX: TACTICS AWAY TEAM 7-PACK\

PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN CARD GAME