Apathy of the New Releases (Dec '15)

My Must-Have Want List
Osprey Publishing
DRAGON RAMPANT: FANTASY WARGAMING RULES ...................    $17.95

My Money Is No Object Want List
Atlas Games
Hamlet's Hit Points .......................................................................................   $20.00


My Imaginary Store List
Action Phase Games
Ninja Camp ..................................................................................................... $19.99
Scoundrel Society ........................................................................................... $19.99

Alderac Entertainment Group
Ravenous River ............................................................................................... $ 9.99

Atlas Games
The Bones, Us, and Our Dice .......................................................................... $18.95
Things We Think About Games ...................................................................... $20.00

Army Painter

ZOMBICIDE: BLACK PLAGUE PAINT SET ............................................... $29.95

Cakebread and Walton

OneDice Universal RPG .................................................................................... $ 9.99

You're a company with a near-ridiculous sounding name and you're soliciting a $60 Pirates and Dragons RPG, a $60 Dwarf/Norse sounding game, an 18th Century London Horror RPG for $30, and a universal game for ten bucks, I would order the $10 book first to dip my toe in the water.

Chaosium

Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quickstart Rules ...................................................... $  9.95

CoC: Alone Against the Flames ........................................................................... $12.95

CoC: Doors to Darkness ........................................................................................$22.95

CoC: Nameless Horrors .........................................................................................$29.95

I know, a bit of a shocker, given my propensity to put anything CoC on my "IT MUST BE MINE!!!" list. But, as I mentioned in previous posts, I'm taking a break from new Chaosium material until they get the stuff together.    Won't mean I wouldn't order a copy or three for the store.   The ten dollar quickstart rules puts a bad taste in my mouth, given the expenses of the new rulebooks, if and when they actually come out.

Engine Publishing

FOCAL POINT: THE COMPLETE GM’S GUIDE TO RUNNING EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS

                              ................................................................................................... $24.95

I like to keep my how-to gaming books under $20 for impulse buys, but I'll bit on this.

 Fantasy Flight Games

STAR WARS RPG: AGE OF REBELLION LEAD BY EXAMPLE  HC ........... $29.95

STAR WARS X-WING Dial Upgrade Kits ........................................................... $ 9.95 each

(Imperial Manuever, Rebel Maneuver, and Scum and Villany Maneuver)

Warhammer 40K Dark Heresy: Enemies Beyond HC ............................................ $39.95

Gale Force Nine

3 PIECE SCULPTING SET  .....................................................................................$9.99

8 PIECE METAL FILES ..........................................................................................$14.99

HEAVY METAL CUTTER ....................................................................................  $15.99

DIAMOND MICRO FILES ...................................................................................   $12.99

HOBBY BONE SAW .............................................................................................   $11.99

HOBBY DRILL WITH BITS ....................................................................................$9.99

HOBBY KNIFE .........................................................................................................$6.99

PLASTIC PRECISION SIDECUTTER .....................................................................$9.99

DUNGEONS &  DRAGONS RPG: DECKS

ARCANE  $3.50

Cleric Domains $6.99

DRUID CIRCLES $3.50

MARTIAL POWER & RACES $6.99

MONK PATHS   $3.50

PALADIN OATHS $3.50

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS RPG:  OUT OF THE ABYSS DM SCREEN ............. $14.99

TANKS:  STARTER SET PANTHER VS SHERMAN ............................................. $24.99

I don't remember seeing anything about this at Fall-In! but to be honest, I was unable to peruse any Gale Force Nine stuff thanks to the force of nature that is my daughter.  Don't know the scale, but at $5-10 per tank, I'm assuming 15mm or smaller? 

Games Workshop

Infiltration Cadre Burning  Dawn ................................................................................. $110.00

Shadow Force Solaq ...................................................................................................... $140.00

Armies/Battleforces/Etc for over a hundred dollars I've come to expect over the last two decades, but after that things went ridiculous.  $40-50 for Space Marine Veteran Squads?  Crazy!  And this new penchant for stupidly large units that make Stormblades look like Yugos for $100 each?  Unless you're playing on 6 x10 tables, it just looks stupid.

Goodman Games

Dungeon Crawl Classics 2015 Holiday Module:  Advent of the Avalanche Lords ........ $9.99

Hasbro

Magic: The Gathering - Arena of the Planeswalkers Board Game Battle for Zendikar Exp ... PI

Konami Digital Entertainment

Yu-Gi-Oh! Breakers of Shadow Boosters

Yu-Gi-Oh! Emperor of Darkness Decks

Mantic Entertainment

Dreadball Season 6 Core Book ......................................................................................... $24.99

Even more seasons?  Don't get me wrong, if my local FLGS can support a Blood Bowl league (with horrible prices for figs), then even more teams and specials for the sci-fi version makes sense.

Monte Cook Games

No Thank You Evil! RPG ................................................................................................. $39.99

FORTY DOLLARS  for a Kid's Game!?!?   Sorry Monte, I may have plugged your Kickstarter, but there are plenty of inexpensive/free games that can introduce kids to role-playing are early as three without crazy, funky dice and extra handouts.  My blog has covered a bunch!

The Strange RPG:  Encyclopedia of Impossible Things HC ........................................... $39.99

Ninja Division Games

Angry Sheep ................................................................................................................. $19.95

Offworld Designs

Vote Cthulhu T-Shirt .........................................................PI

Always a good sell... and tis the season....

Osprey

Collision of Empires ................................................................................................. $18.00

Bolt Action: Duel in the Sun .................................................................................... $29.95

Railway Guns of World War II ................................................................................ $17.95

Paizo Publishing

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game:  Inquisitor Class Pack ....................................... $19.99

Pathfinder AP: Hell's Vengeance Pt 1 - The Hellfire Compact ............................... $24.99

Pathfinder Campaign Setting:  Darklands Revisited ................................................ $22.99

Pathfinder Flip-Mat:  Bigger Tavern ........................................................................ $19.99

Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Dungeon ................................................................... $13.99

Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Town Square ............................................................ $13.99

Pathfinder Map Pack: Urban Sites ........................................................................... $14.99

Pathfinder Player Companion:  Blood of Shadow ................................................... $14.99

 

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Savage Worlds RPG:  Lankhmar Savage Foes of Nehwon ..................................... $19.99

Savage Worlds RPG:  Lankhmar Savage Tales of the Thieves Guild ..................... $19.99

Savage Worlds RPG:  Lankhmar City of Thieves .................................................... $19.99

SAVAGE WORLDS RPG: BEASTS & BARBARIANS: TRICARNIA - LAND OF PRINCES AND DEMONS             ..................................................................................................... $29.99

 

Reaper Miniatures

Cavalry Officer ...............................................................................................  $7.49

 

I don't know what market Reaper is shooting for with this figure?  Non-licensed Deadlands?  There's plenty of Civil War Officers (even Cav officers on foot) who might be a half a head shorter at 25mm but look far better. 

 

Steve Jackson Games

Munchkin Steampunk ................................................................................... $24.95

 

Wizkids

Marvel Heroclix Captain America Civil War Starters and Gravity Fed Packs

 

Star Trek Attack Wing Expansion Packs ........................................................ $14.99

(Algeron, Drovana, Einstein)