Friday, August 26, 2016

The Apathy of New Releases (Sep '16)

Gen Con is over... and the solicitations for this month show it. 

My "Must Have" Want List
Osprey Publishing
French Foreign Legion 1831-71 (OSP MAA 509) ............................................ $18.00

My "Money is No Object" Want List
Osprey Publishing
Cthulhu Wars:  Ancient Rome............................................................................ $18.00
It's not written by Kenneth Hite, but it might be a good companion book for Cthulhu Invictus.

My Imaginary Store (The Pegleg Gnome) List

Alderac Entertainment Group
Love Letter Deluxe Edition ..................................................................................... $29.99
Love Letter: Archer Once You Go Blackmail ........................................................ $11.99
Valley of the Kings:  Last Rites .............................................................................. $19.99
Yeti .......................................................................................................................... $29.99

The Army Painter
Army Painter Kings of War Paint Sets ................................................................... $29.99
Ten paints for $30 isn't bad.  Sets: Dwarf, Greenskins, Ogres, Undead

Bloomsbury USA
Empire of Imagination:  Gary Gygax & the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons ......... $17.00

Cheapass Games
Tak ......................................................................................................................... $55.00

Fantasy Flight Games
Arkham Horror: The Card Game .......................................................................... $39.95
Star Wars Imperial Assault: Skirmish Maps
Star Wars RPG:  Force and Destiny Endless Vigil HC ........................................ $29.95
With all the RPG decks and Expansion packs for FFG games available at cons and online at half-off or more, I think it was a smart decision to stock listing most of them (aka I'm not ordering them for the store unless a special order.)

Games Workshop
Another huge month of catch-up solicitations on Alliance's part, and as the kids say, I can't even.  Way to much stuff, way to overpriced.   Stormcloud Attack looks interesting, and at $100 for two 40k Flyers plus rules, etc, it might be the first new 40k game that's close to being worth the money!   The rest just makes me sad.

Goodman Games
Dungeon Crawl Classics #83.2 Death Among the Pines .................................... $9.99
Dungeon Crawl Classics #91.1 The Lost City of Barako ................................... $9.99
Dungeon Crawl Classics: Grimtooth's Tomb of the Warhammer ...................... $9.99
Gen Con 2016 Program Guide ............................................................................ $30.00

XCrawl - AnaheimCrawl ..................................................................................... $9.99
Separate printings in DCC and Pathfinder .

Hawk Wargames
Dropzone Commander  Reconquest Phase 2 Rulebook ..................................... $23.00


Konami Digital Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! Invasion-Vengeance Boosters
Yu-Gi-Oh! Yugi and Kaiba Structure Decks

Mantic Entertainment
Dungeon Saga:  The Tyrant of Halpi Expansion Box Set .............................. $49.99

Mayfair Games
1844/54 Switzerland ....................................................................................... $95.00
It might actually be cheaper to buy an Amtrack ticket than play a train game! Yeesh!

Modiphius
Achtung! Cthulhu RPG:  Skirmish Game Rules ............................................ $20.99
Skirmish Rules for a Cthulhu game set in WW2?  Smart.   Releasing all the Mutant Chronicles books like the splatbooks of the 90s at 21st Century pricing, not the wisest choice.  $30-50 a book for a veritable library of books for a game no one might be playing?  Disastrous.

Monte Cook Games
Monte Cook's Numenera RPG Starter Set ..................................................... $29.99

Osprey Publishing
Bolt Action: Armies of Germany, 2nd Edition .............................................. $30.00
Chosen Men:  Military Skirmish Games in the Age of Napoleon ................. $19.00
Frostgrave:  Forgotten Pacts .......................................................................... $18.00

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder Adv Card Game: Mummy's Mask Adv Deck 2 - Empty Graves .... $19.99
Pathfinder RPG Flip Mat - Asylum ................................................................... $14.99
Pathfinder RPG AP Strange Aeons Part 4- Whisper Out of Time .................... $24.99
Pathfinder RPG Campaign Setting - The First World Realm of the Fey .......... $22.99
Pathfinder RPG Pawns Curse of the Crimson Throne Pawn collection ............ $24.99
Pathfinder RPG Villan Codex HC ..................................................................... $44.99
Pathfinder RPG Player Companion - Paths of the Righteous ............................ $14.99

Pokémon USA
Pokémon TCG:  Battle Arena Decks:  Rayquaza vs Keldeo
Pokémon TCG: Battle Heart Tin Box
Pokémon TCG: Mythical Pokémon Keldeo Collection Box
Pokémon TCG:  Super Premium Mew and Mewtwo Collection Box

Q-Workshop
Battletech House d6 Dice Sets
Q-Workshop is usually horribly overpriced for fancy schmancy dice, but it is Battletech.  All Five Houses available, 6d6 per set. No price listed

Reaper Miniatures
Reaper's conversion of their CAV mech line into their BONES material has finally gotten through to the Kickstarter process is available NOW through distribution channels.  The idea of $6 'mechs is extremely tempting, although I would aim at armor, air support, and infantry. 

Steve Jackson Games
Batman: The Animated Series Dice Game ......................................................... $14.95
Munchkin 12 Days of Christmas Coloring Book ............................................... $ 6.95
GURPS: Discworld RPG 2nd Edition (Stand Alone) ......................................... $39.95
A NEW GURPS BOOK???? HOLY CRAP!  AND IT'S STAND ALONE!!! WOO-HOO!

Wizards of the Coast
Dungeons & Dragons:  Volo's Guide to Monsters ............................................. $49.95

Wiz Kids
Heroclix: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Return
Heroclix: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Return Fast Forces ........... $16.99
DC Dice Masters:  Batman Gravity Fed.
D&D Fantasy Minis:  Icons of the Realms:  Monster Menagerie Bricks




 

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