Saturday, December 26, 2015

Apathy of the New Releases (Jan '16)

My Must-Have Want List
Decision Games
Mini-Folio Series:  Lettow-Vorbeck (DCG 1713) ............................................ $12.95
Covering the East African Campaign of 1914-18.  I'm giddy like a school girl.

My Money-Is-No-Object Want List
Flying Buffalo Games
Nuclear War 50th Anniversary Edition .................................................................... $39.95

Goodman Games
Fifty Fantastic Functions of the d50 ........................................................................ $19.99
$19.99 is a bit steep, but still.... Colonel Zocchi!

My Imaginary Store List
Academy Games
Conflict of Heroes:  Guadacanal ...................................................................... $80.00

Alderac Entertainment Group
SMASH UP: IT’S YOUR FAULT EXPANSION ............................................ $19.99

Army Painter
The Army Painter Wargaming Set ..................................................................... $34.99
Thirty-Five bucks for dice, glue, and a laser pointer??? No Thanks
Frozen Tuft         .................................................................................................. $5.99
Highland Tuft      .................................................................................................. $5.99
Razor Wire 3m   .................................................................................................. $5.99
Swamp Tuft        .................................................................................................. $5.99
Winter Tuft         .................................................................................................. $5.99
Woodland Tuft    .................................................................................................. $5.99

Avalanche Press
Defiant Russia ...................................................................................................... $44.99
Panzer Grenadier:  Invasion 1944 ........................................................................ $44.99

Battlefield Press
Traveller RPG:  Warren C Norwood's Double Spiral War .................................... $30.00

Decision Games
Mini-Folio Series:  Khe Sanh '68 ........................................................................... $12.95
Mini-Folio Series:  Suez '56 ................................................................................... $12.95

Fantasy Flight Games
Star Wars LCG: The Force Awakens Gaming Mats ............................................... PI
First Order or Kylo Ren.  Not a fan of the LCG, but Magic fans might go for it.
Star Wars: Rebellion  ............................................................................................... $99.95
Star Wars RPG:  Force and Destiny Nexus of Power HC ....................................... $39.95

Gale Force Nine:
Doctor Who:  Time of the Daleks Board Game         ....................................................... $75.00
D&D Tyrants of the Underdark Board Game ........................................................... $70.00
More stuff for GF9's "Tanks" game.  Just not impressed.

Games Workshop
I recently talked the owner of a new game store in the area (more on that coming soon, I hope.)   He's a unrepetent GW fan and showed an unabashed love for the new stuff that I've not seen from other gamers in store and otherwise.   With GW account minimums and poor discounts by not going direct, it just looks easier to self promote smaller lines with lower costs, better margins.  

Horus Heresy:  Betrayal at Calth .............................................................................. $150.00
38 new figures, 42 reference cards, a rulebook, double sided tiles, and dice?  For Games Workshop, it's a steal.

Project Box Paint Set ................................................................................................. $205.00
Basically a 1% MSRP on the paint and they'll throw in four paint brushes.  YAWN

Water Pots ................................................................................................................. $17.00 ea
Four different styles of... coffee mugs.

Codex: Tau Empire  ................................................................................................... $49.50
Battletome: Seraphon ................................................................................................. $49.50
Tau and Lizardmen get do-overs and boy did they jack up the prices... again. 

Munitorum Battlepack Case Harness .......................................................................... $90.00
Fancy words for a ninety dollar... backpack.  But that' a steal compared to.

Age of Sigmar Rangefinder ......................................................................................... $33.00
Thirty-three freakin' dollars for a glorified retractable table measure!!!

Goodman Games
Dungeon Crawl Classics Core rules Ltd Ed HC ................................................. $59.99-79.99


IDW
Back to the Future: An Adventure Through Time ....................................................... $34.99

Konami Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! Wing Raiders Boosters

Looney Labs
Firefly Fluxx .............................................................................................................. $20.00

Mantic
Dungeon Saga:  The Return of Valandor .................................................................. $49.99

Mayfair Games
Catan: Replacement Game Cards ................................................................................ $10.45
Catan: Cities and Knights Replacement Game Cards . ............................................... $10.45
Catan: Traders and Barbarians Replacement Game Cards ................................ ......... $10.45
Catan Dice Game Clamshell Edition ........................................................................... $13.00

Osprey Publishing
Special Operations Executive:  Churchill's Secret Agents .......................................... $12.95

Paizo Publishing
PATHFINDER AP:  HELL’S VENGEANCE PART 2 - WRATH OF THRUNE .... $24.99
PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN  SETTING: INNER SEA FAITHS ............................. $24.99
PATHFINDER FLIP-MAT: TWISTED CAVERNS ................................................. $14.99
PATHFINDER LEGENDS: MUMMY’S MASK (AUDIO CD) ..............................  $21.99ea
Six different CDS for $22 might be a bit much
PATHFINDER PAWNS: HELL’S REBELS AP PAWN COLLECTION ................. $19.99

Panini
Dragonball Z  Perfection Boosters

Pinnacle Entertainment Group
SAVAGE WORLDS RPG: ELDRITCH SKIES - DISTANT VISTAS V1 .................. $14.95
SAVAGE WORLDS RPG: KAISERS GATE - FIELD MANUAL MOUNTS V1 .....  $14.95
SAVAGE WORLD RPG WINTER ETERNAL ............................................................ $24.99
SAVAGE WORLDS RPG: STEAMSCAPES - ASIA ................................................... $44.99  Pokemon USA
Pokemon TCG:  XY Breakpoint 

Solace Games
More 3rd Party Pathfinder, but I've going to hold off on mentioning more of it (and ordering it for the imaginary store), until I hear some positives about the game.  It's been pretty negative around this neck of the woods, but that could be all the 5th Edition talking.  Don't look at me, my preferred game is Hackmaster 4th Edition!

Steve Jackson Games
Star Munchkin Guest Artist Edition (Len Peralta) ............................................................... $29.95

Wizards of the Coast
Magic the Gathering Duel Decks:  Blessed vs Cursed ........................................................ $20.00 ea
Magic the Gathering: Shadows Over Innistrad

WizKids
Star Trek Attack Wing Expansion Packs:  ........................................................................... $14.99
Borg Assimilator 84, USS Venture, Xindi Reptilian Warship

Marvel Heroclix:  Uncanny X-Men.
Marvel Dicemasters: Civil War

Zveda
There's just something about affordable tanks and toy soldiers from $5-10.  Even their historical playsets are 1995 40k priced.    Historicals are truly the way to go for those who want something inexpensive and can be used for hours of fun.  Perhaps that's why I wasn't a wildly successful store manager.  I got all the money I could get out of my customers,  I just did it in a way that generated value for them. 

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