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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Apathy of the New Releases (April '16)


Viscount Eric's Must-Have Want List

Steve Jackson Games
OGRE:  Objective 218 .................................................................................... $14.95


Viscount Eric's Money-Is-No-Object List

The Army Painter
Warpaints: Flesh Wash 18ml ............................................................................ $ 3.25
Not that I can't afford three bucks and quarter, but if I can find a new alternative to my current washes, I'd drop the money on the counter and run.

Decision Games
Folio Series:  Shanghai Incident ....................................................................... $19.95



The Imaginary Store (The Pegleg Gnome) List
After hitting a few stores recently, reading a few blogs, and checking out a few online clearance sales for brick and mortar stores, I'm certain that my decisions to stop listing certain items (re: stop stocking them in the imaginary store) were wise ones.  Specifically, most 3rd party Pathfinder and most Spartan Games (Dystopian War/Firestorm Armada) lines have a stark contrast between those who do sell it, to those who emulate an episode of hoarders trying to stock the lines.

Alderac Entertainment Group
Dice Heist .........................................................................................................  $19.99
Octo Dice ..........................................................................................................  $19.99

The Army Painter
Warpaints: Flesh Wash 18ml ............................................................................ $ 3.25

Atlas Games
Ars Magica:  Dies Irae HC ................................................................................ $29.95
Once Upon a Time:  Animal Tales Expansion .................................................. $12.95

Backspindle Games
Luchador! ........................................................................................................... $39.95
Here's another edition of "ViscountEric just doesn't get it."  I've never heard of Backspindle Games before this months Game Trade Magazine.  I have no idea what kind of company they are, but you know what?  The cover and title of the game grabbed my attention.  It's a dice game, and given the only things I picked out of AEG  above were dice, this might make a nice addition.  However, the forty dollar price tag for a bunch of dice and essentially an dice tower/tray in the form of a wrestling ring means this is going to collect dust on the store shelf, unless my masked wrestler demographic is higher than usual.

Catalyst Game Labs
Encounters: Shadowrun ..................................................................................... $29.99
Shadowrun RPG Howling Shadows .................................................................. $49.99

Ceaco
Jump Ship! ......................................................................................................... $10.00
Stowaway 52 ...................................................................................................... $10.00

Chaosium
Heroquest Glorantha:  The Coming Storm - Campaign for HQ Glorantha V1... $29.95
Runequest RPG:  Classic Edition RPG ............................................................... $29.95

Cheapass Games
Before I Kill You Mister Spy .............................................................................. $10.00
The latest renamed version of Before I Kill You Mister Bond  and James Ernst's Renamed Spy Game

Corvus Belli
Ariadna Desperadoes ............................................................................................ $40.62
I despise the Infinity sculpts almost as much as I do their ridiculous pricing, but dammit if a couple of these figures don't paint up totally sweet.  At twenty bucks-plus apiece, I wouldn't even pick them up if I hit the lottery. 
Dead Gentlemen Productions
Fate RPG:  Demon Hunters - A Comedy of Terrors Core Rules HC .....................  $49.95
They had me at the ridiculous cover, and lost me at the price tag. 
 

Decision Games
Mini-Folio Series:  Wilson's Creek ......................................................................... $ 9.95
Mansfield ................................................................................................................. $ 9.95

Enterplay
My Little Pony CCG:  Marks in Time Boosters
I just started to see earlier expansions on clearance sales, so unless I've cultivated a solid cross section of the community into this game, it might be time to say sayonara!

Fantasy Flight Games
Between physical stores and online sites, I'm a bit concerned that Fantasy Flight sells one and done style games.  The games may be great, but after the initial hullabaloo, their games (and later expansions) sit on the shelf, or slowly get discounted down, not at full clearance prices, but 5% here, 10% there.  Seeing the SW RPG Specialization Decks heavily discounted nixes that idea.   Even the 3'x3' X-Wing playmats don't have a price listed in the customer copy of GTM.  Not the way to promote games. 

Frog God Games
Borderland Provinces:  Journey Generator ................................................................ $10.00
Borderland Provinces:  Player's Gazetteer ................................................................. $15.00
Borderland Provinces:  Player's Guide ....................................................................... $10.00
Not sure about the last three books, obviously for FGG's Borderlands Provinces campaign, but a ten dollar "campaign generator" is definitely worth the money.

Gale Force Nine
Dungeons & Dragons RPG - Curse of Strahd Traokka Deck .................................... $10.00

Games Workshop
After my ranting and raving about fairly rudimentary gaming items, my traditional rant/bias on $30 individual figures and $85 "Collector Sets" doesn't have the same enthusiasm 

Goodman Games
Judges Guild:  Dark Tower Classic Edition ............................................................... $19.99
Dungeon Crawl Classics #84.2 - Synthetic Swordsmen o/t Purple Planet ................ $ 9.99

Konami Digital Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG:  Shining Victories Booster Display
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG:  Shining Victories Special Edition
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG:  Yuya Starters

Mayday Games
Dungeon Busters ........................................................................................................ $20.00

Modiphius
Acthung! Cthulhu:  Assault on the Mountains of Madness ....................................... $64.99
Acthung! Cthulhu: Secrets of the Dust ...................................................................... $32.99
Airfix Battles:  Introductory Wargame ...................................................................... $35.99

Mongoose
Traveller RPG:  Adventure- High and Dry ................................................................ $14.99
Traveller RPG:  High Guard ...................................................................................... $49.99

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Adv Card Game:  Gunslinger Class Deck ............................................... $19.99
Pathfinder Campaign Setting:   Path of the Hellknight ............................................. $22.99
Pathfinder Player Companion:  Spymaster's Handbook ............................................ $14.99
Pathfinder Adv Path Hell's Vengeance Pt5, Scourge of the Godclaw ....................... $24.99
Pathfinder Flip Mat - Bigger Dungeon ....................................................................... $19.99
Pathfinder Map Pack:  Perilous Paths  ........................................................................ $14.99

Pelgrane Press
13th Age RPG:  GM Screen and Resource Book ....................................................... $24.95

Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Rippers Resurrected Double Action Decks ................................................................ $19.99
Rippers Resurrected Frightful Expeditions HC .......................................................... $24.99
Rippers Resurrected Players Handbook HC .............................................................. $24.99
Rippers Resurrected GM Handbook HC .................................................................... $24.99
Rippers Resurrected GM Screen w/ Adventure ......................................................... $19.99
Rippers Resurrected Map 1 Castle Dracula/ Country House ..................................... $14.99
Rippers Resurrected Map 2 Urban Alleys/Ancient tombs ......................................... $14.99
Rippers Resurrected Map 3 World of Rippers/Lodge. ............................................... $14.99
Savage Tales of Horror Vol 1 HC ............................................................................... $24.99
Savage Tales of Horror Vol 2 HC ............................................................................... $24.99
Savage Tales of Horror Vol 3 HC ............................................................................... $24.99

Plastic Soldier Company
The Great War:  Tank Expansion ................................................................................ $39.50
The Great War:  Whippet Tank Expansion ................................................................. $16.50

Pokémon
Pokémon TCG Ash-Greninja Ex Box
Pokémon TCG Mythical Pokémon Darkrai Collection Box
Pokémon TCG Mythical Pokémon Jirachi Collection Box
Pokémon TCG XY Fates Collide - Boosters and Starters

Reaper Miniatures
Reaper will have the mouslings that appeared in Bones II now available in metal.   The Bones versions are quite acceptable, so I don't know why one would want to spend double for the figures.

Role 4 Initiative
Dry  Erase Dungeons Tiles: Combo Pack four 10" and sixteen 5" ......................... $39.99
Dry  Erase Dungeons Tiles: Pack of nine 10" interlocking tiles ............................. $39.99
Dry  Erase Dungeons Tiles: Pack of thirty-six 5" interlocking tiles ....................... $39.99
Don't exactly know the market for a product such as this, especially long term, but it might be worth a shot.

Steve Jackson Games
Munchkin Cthulhu Guest Artist Edition (Katie Cook) ............................................ $29.95
Munchkin: Monster Box .......................................................................................... $29.95
Munchkin Playmat:  Flower Cashes In .................................................................... $16.95

Wizards of the Coast
D&D:  Curse of Strahd ............................................................................................ $49.95

WizKids
DC Dice Master:  Green Arrow/Flash Gravity Feed
Heroclix 2016 Collector's Premium Map ................................................................ $24.99 each
(options include Center Plaza, Gaming Convention, Parking Garage, WizKids Offices)
Star Trek Attack Wing ............................................................................................. $14.99 each
(options include USS Enterprise [2016], USS Yosemite, Romulan Jolan Tru, Xindi Calindra, Klingon Negvhar, Romulan Scimitar [2016]

Z-Man Games
Pandemic:  Reign of Cthulhu ........................................................................................ $49.99











 

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