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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Another Month of Gaming (Feb '21)

The casual reader of this monthly post going over the new releases, as be Alliance Game Distribution, might ask, "Viscount Eric, why don't you list everything/omit some things in your imaginary store list.  It's quite simple.

  • No Price - The "PI" (Please Inquire) in Game Trade usually means a smaller price discount and sometimes significant less profit than other items.  For books, it usually means special orders only.  PI is also used for some companies for things like CCG sleeves and accessories.  I remember the gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands when the first Ultra Pro Deck Protectors came out and were a huge outlay for minimal profit.  Nowadays the complaining is too many options and excess inventory (or single packs and no opportunity to reorder.)
  • Things with prices are just ridiculous.  Twenty dollar single 25mm figures, $80 board games that tell nothing in the description, $12 plain old dice bags are not worthy my minimal promotion.   
  • I don't stock everything in my imaginary store.  It's imaginary, not limitless!  I've reviewed pre-orders as a casual hobbyist for decades, and although the only money I stand to lose is mine on a pre-order, I've watched enough lines get promoted in solicitation and collapse within weeks.  I'd rather order an extra copy of a book, or more Magic boosters.  Than hundreds into an unproven line without a clear plan of promotion.  

The pdf of Game Trade Magazine #252 is now available here.

ViscountEric's Want List
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ViscountEric's Money-Is-No-Object Want List
Osprey Publishing
Stargrave ............................................... $35.00

The Imaginary Store List (The Pegleg Gnome)
9th Level Games
Business Wizards ..................................................... $14.99

Arc Dream Publishing
Delta Green RPG: Lover in the Ice .......................... $14.99

The Army Painter
Gamemaster: Dungeons & Caverns Core Set ........... $99.99
Gamemaster: Hot Wire Foam Cutter ......................... $19.99
Gamemaster: XPS Scenery Foam Booster Pack ....... $19.99

Asmadi Games
Good Puppies ............................................................ $16.00

Battlefield Press
Savage Worlds: Pulp Fantastic .................................. $50.00
This isn't the only book from Battlefield that's fifty bucks, but having been introduced to Savage Worlds with the Explorer's Edition, I cringe at overpriced books when the cheap introductory book and some variation was more than sufficient. 
Robotech RPG: Into the Void - Sentinels and Shadow Chronicle Saga (Savage Worlds) .... $50.00
Robotech RPG: Macross Revised (Savage Worlds) ................. $50.00
Robotech RPG: Return to Earth - Masters and a New Generation Saga Expansion ............. $50.00

Catalyst Game Labs
Shadowrun RPG:   6th Edition Mobile Grimoire Spell Cards ................ $14.99

Chessex Manufacturing
Transluscent d6 Pink/White Dice ............................. 12mm(36)  $9.98   
Transluscent d6 Pink/White Dice ............................. 16mm(12)  $6.98

Cubicle 7
Warhammer Fantasy RPG: Archives of the Empire Vol 1 .................. $34.99
Warhammer Fantasy RPG: Middenheim City of the White Wolf ....... $39.99

Draco Studios
War for Chicken Island ........................................... $72.00

FASA Games
Earthdawn: Legends of Barsaive - Haven Volume 1 ........................... $39.99

Gallant Knight Games
For Coin & Blood RPG 2e HC ................................ $29.99
Tattered Magicks RPG ............................................. $19.99
Tiny Taverns RPG HC ............................................. $29.99
Tiny Supers RPG: Fallen Justice ............................. $18.99

Gamelyn Games
Tiny Epic Pirates ..................................................... $30.00
Curse of the Amdiak Expansion ............................. $15.00
Coins ........................................................................ $15.00
Game Mat ................................................................ $30.00
Player Mat Sets ........................................................ $25.00
Tiny Epic Skull Dice Set ......................................... $10.00

Global Games
BESM: Dramatic Personae ..................................... $34.95
BESM: Extras ......................................................... $34.95
BESM: 2D Animinis ..............................................  $ 9.95
BESM: Tokyo Sidekick .......................................... $ 9.95

Goodman Games
DCC Dice Set  .............................................................. $29.99 each
DCC Judges Screen - Thick ......................................... $19.99

Green Ronin Publishing
Mutants & Masterminds - Time Travelers Codex ........... $39.95

Konami Digital Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Ancient Guardians Boosters 

Kyoudai Games
Tinyd6 RPG: Thunderscape ..................................... $24.99
Tiny Supers: Tiny Legacies ...................................... $15.99

Legendary Games
Pathfinder: Cold Mountain ...................................... $15.99
Pathfinder: Legendary Planet - The Assimilation Strain ......... $14.99
Starfinder: Arcforge Campaign Setting - What Lies Beyond ....... $24.99

Mongoose Publishing
Paranoia: Disaster Deck ....................... $15.99
Paranoia: Mind the Gap ....................... $19.99
Paranoia: Extinction Class Incident Responses ........... $24.99
Paranoia: Mission Book - The Whole Blame .............. $19.99
Paranoia: Refurbished Stuff ......................................... $19.99
Paranoia: The R&D Experimental Equipment Release Form Pad .......... $11.99
Paranoia: The Research & Design Box Set ................. $59.99
Paranoia: Thriftylist Card Deck .............. $14.99
Traveller: Shadows of Sindal .................. $44.99
Traveller: Sword Worlds ......................... $44.99

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder RPG: Advanced Players Guide Pocket Edition ........ $24.99
Pathfinder RPG: Bestiary 3 Pocket Edition ................................ $24.99
Pathfinder RPG: AP Fists of the Ruby Phoenix 1- Despair on Danger Island ........... $24.99
Pathfinder RPG: Flip-Mat - Shipwrecks ..................................... $14.99
Pathfinder RPG: Potions and Talsimans Deck ............................ $22.99
Starfinder RPG: Pawns - Alien Archive 4 Pawn Box ................. $34.99
Starfinder RPG: AP Fly Free or Die Part 6 - The Gilded Cage ... $22.99
Starfinder RPG: Flip-Tiles Alien Planet Moonscape Expansion . $19.99

Pokemon USA
Sword & Shield Battle Styles Boosters 

Reaper Miniatures
Another release from the Bones 4 Kickstarter, including an eight dollar griffon, an eight dollar wyvern, and everyone's favorite, a Pig & Cart!

Teeturtles
Happy Little Dinosaurs
Happy Little Dinosaurs 5-6 Player Expansion
Happy Little Dinosaurs Perils of Puberty Expansion
Llamas Unleashed: Farmed and Dangerous

Wizkids
Marvel Dice Masters: Fantastic Four vs. Galactus .......................... $29.99
Marvel Dice Masters: House of X Draft Pack.
D&D Fantasy Miniatures - Icons of the Realm - Orcus Demon Lord  ........................ $79.99

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