The Apathy of New Releases (February 2013)

It may be 8 degrees here in Pennsylvania, but at Alliance, their Game Trade Magazine is focusing on a lot of post Easter sales.  There's a few oddities in this month's issue, but I'll cover them in the store section.

My must-have want list
Nothing.  There are enough things just off the traditional distributor model that I want, let's not add anything this month, m'kay?

The money is no object list
I've been hearing a lot about Fanticide since July.  This is the first time I've had a chance to look at the minis, and I barely see the appeal.  The one thing that jumps out at me is their Flying Monkeys warband.  For $90.00, I would need to know why this is superior to the Eureka Flying Monkeys.  Luckily, they offer individual blisters of the minis, so I may need to add Fanticide and Eureka monkeys on my Cold Wars shopping list and make a review.

Pic from www.agamemag.com

One of the Offered Again (O/A) items in the book are State Maps for Catan   Multiple states are listed and I'm interested in the Penn-Jersey version for $30.00.  Insert your favorite wood for sheep joke in your favorite/least favorite region.

The Imaginary Store List for the Pegleg Gnome
Two things stand out in the latest issue of GTM if I'm a store owner.  First, there is a much larger percentage of product (O/A) offered again.  This is a confusing term as they do us this to cover items that were never solicited in the monthly book, as well as "friendly" reminders to stores to restock their established lines, like Munchkin.   Most of the O/A items in this issue are newer product that may have hit the weekly email solicitations that stores get, but there was little chance of customer feedback.

Second, numerous companies are releasing playmats, I assume for CCGs. I haven't seen a proliferation of these at this magnitude since the Spellgrounds were made in the early days of Magic.  Don't know why they started up again, and most of them are listed as "PI" which means the stores are getting less than their normal discount rate to purchase them.  If they are affordable, at least they can be set up to only take up a minimal amount of shelf space.
AEG
Legend of the Five Rings CCG Torn Asunder Boosters.

Cryptozoic
REINER KNIZIA’S THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY  BOARD GAME   $40.00

Cubicle 7
The Doctor Who RPG:  The Fourth Doctor Sourcebook.    $39.99
PATHFINDER: FACES OF THE TARNISHED SOUK   $39.99

DGS
I mentioned the Freeblades Fantasy Skirmish game two months ago.  Still haven't seen any other news or pictures about it, but here's another solicitation for individual figures.  Still can't wrap my head around a militia spearmen costing as much ($5.99) as much as an apprentice knight.

Expeditious Retreat Press
ADVANCED ADVENTURES #26:  THE WITCH MOUNDS              $12.00
ADVANCED ADVENTURES #27:  BITTERROOT BRIAR                 $12.00

Fantasy Flight Games
ONLY WAR WARHAMMER 40K:  RPG: HAMMER OF THE EMPEROR   $39.95

Gale Force 9
Deep Space Battle Mat                        $39.95

Goodman Games
DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS #75: THE SEA QUEEN ESCAPES $9.99
DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS #76:  COLOSSUS, ARISE!             $9.99

Mantic 
Two goblin units, some Goblin Mawbeast set with five figures for $45 bucks and a Goblin War Trombone for $19.99  I'd give the trombone a shot just for the name.

Margaret Weis
MARVEL HEROIC ROLEPLAYING:
AGE OF APOCALYPSE - HUMAN HIGH COUNCIL SUPPLEMENT     $19.99

Open Design
PATHFINDER: COURTS OF THE SHADOW FEY          $24.95

Pathfinder
PATHFINDER ADV PATH REIGN OF WINTER PART 3 - MAIDEN, MOTHER, CRONE           $22.99
PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN SETTING: CASTLES OF THE INNER SEA
$19.99
PATHFINDER FACE CARDS: SHATTERED STAR ADVENTURE PATH
$10.99
PATHFINDER PLAYER COMPANION: QUESTS & CAMPAIGNS
$12.99
PATHFINDER TALES: PIRATE’S HONOR
$ 9.99

Pokemon Compnay Int'l
POKÉMON TCG: BLACK & WHITE  PLASMA STORM Booster/Starter

I've seen a pile of people's FLGS in the past month and almost all of them have some group of pla ers in the back of some picture with Pokemon cards.  This game will not die and there's no reason not to profit from it.

Wizards of the Coast
AD&D 1ST EDITION PREMIUM UNEARTHED ARCANA HARDCOVER  $49.99
If it's updated with the errata as promised, this could be awesome.  Between this and the pdfs being available, it's a good week to be a grognard.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: DUNGEON COMMAND - BLOOD OF GRUUMSH   $39.99
Forty bucks for 12 cheap plastic minis and some rules/handouts.

AXIS & ALLIES AIR FORCE:  BANDITS HIGH
            BOOSTER WOC A07030000..............................................................$24.99
            TWO-PLAYER STARTER SET WOC A07040000 ............................$39.99

Wizkids
Another wave after wave of stuff....
MARVEL HEROCLIX: IRON MAN 3 MOVIE
DC HEROCLIX: TEEN TITANS THE RAVAGERS FAST FORCES PACK
DC HEROCLIX: TEEN TITANS SET