Another month, another issue of Alliance Games Game Trade Magazine, covering new releases and the monthly solicitation guide for your Friendly Local Game Shop (FLGS). Here's my take on the new releases, what's cool, what might sell, and some Old Man Yells at Cloud rants on product issues that were just as true in the 80s-90s (when I worked gaming retail) as they are today.
I'm not the demographic of most game companies, and while I max nostalgic for older products I should have bought, or I shouldn't have sold off, I wince at the the prices from 30 years ago. Such is life.
Issue #266 of Game Trade Magazine can be found at your , or online in pdf form
here.
ViscountEric's Gaming Want List
Nothing!
ViscountEric's Money-Is-No-Object Want List
Nuttin'!
The Imaginary Store List (The Pegleg Gnome)
25th Century Games
Cryptid Cafe ................................................................. $39.99
Cryptid Cafe: Creeples ................................................. $14.99
Prehistories ................................................................... $30.00
The Army Painter
Army Painter has gone a little made with two full ranges of paint: Warpaints Air for the airbrush aficionados and Speedpaints, which apparently should be the "one coat fits all" type of paint, or better put, the type of paint we all used 30+ years ago. Considering I find the coverage with normal Army Painter paints more than acceptable, I'm pondering what type of gel paint these things will turn out to be. Warpaints Air will the $3.50/each, Speedpaints $4.50/each, and the larger bottles or airbrush cleaner, varnishes, and primer got for $6.50-$8.50.
Beyond My Control Games
Perilous Paths ................................................................ $25.00
Catalyst Game Labs
Shadowrun RPG: 6th Ed Core Rulebook - Seattle Edition ........$49.99
Shadowrun RPG: Dice & Edge Tokens - Green ....................... $19.99
Cubicle 7
Warhammer Fantasy RPG: The Horned Rat GM Journal ....................... $19.99
Warhammer Fantasy RPG: The Horned Rat Player Journal .................. $19.99
GMT Games
Almoravid: Reconquista and Riposte in Spain 1085-1086 ..................... $90.00
US Civil War ........................................................................................... $80.00
Goodman Games
DCC: Lankhamar #13 - Mercy on the Day of Eel ................................ $ 9.99
DCC: Valentines Module #1 - Love in the Age of Gongfarmers ........... $ 9.99
5th Edition Fantasy #19 - Denizens of the Reed Maze .......................... $ 9.99
Greater Than Games
Lost in the Woods ................................................... $ 9.95
Japanime Games
Anime 5e ................................................................. PI
Anime 5e Pocket Edition .........................................PI
Konami Digital Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! Elemental Hero Game Mat ......................... $14.99
Yu-Gi-Oh! Elemental Hero Game Sleeves ................... $ 3.99
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Tactical Masters Boosters
Loke Battle Mats
Battle Mats: Big Book of Battle Mats - Volume III ....... $26.95
Mantic Entertainment
Kings of War - A Storm in the Shires: 2 - Player Set ....................... $110.00
Terrain Crate: City Battle ............................................... $175.00
Terrain Crate: Bustling Metropolis ................................. $100.00
Terrain Crate: Downtown Destruction ........................... $90.00
Terrain Crate: Convenience Store .................................. $40.00
Terrain Crate: Destroyed Building ................................ $40.00
Terrain Crate: Street Scatter ............................................ $40.00
Terrain Crate: City Accessories ....................................... $20.00
A whole lot of Armada as well, which hasn't tickled my fancy, no local FLGS has stocked, and none of my gaming friends (face-to-face or virtual) have taken a look at it.
Modiphius
Giant Frostbite Spider ...................................................... $25.00
When I see "Giant Frostbite Spider" and it's 25.00, I picture a certain size and quality in a product. When I see "Trolls (2)" for $33.00 next to it, I question everything.
Monster Fight Club
22" x 30" Broken Grassland/Desert Scrub Game Mat ................... $35.00
44" x 30" Broken Grassland/Desert Scrub Adventure Grid ........... $50.00
44" x 30" Broken Grassland/Desert Scrub Game Mat ................... $50.00
Amethyst Crystals ............................................... $30.00
Ice Crystals ......................................................... $30.00
Peridot Crystals .................................................. $30.00
Evergreen Pine Forest ......................................... $45.00
Snowy Hills ......................................................... $45.00
Snowy Ice Fields ................................................. $45.00
Snowy Pines ........................................................ $45.00
Osprey Games
Castles in the Sky ............................................................ $25.00
Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder RPG: AP Outlaws of Alkenstar 3 - The Smoking Gun ............... $24.99
Pathfinder RPG: Flip-Mat - Enormous Dungeon ......................................... $26.99
Starfinder RPG: AP Drift Crashers 1 - The Perfect Storm ........................... $24.99
Starfinder RPG: Alien Archive (Pocket Edition) .......................................... $24.99
Starfinder RPG: Spell Cards Supplemental .................................................. $29.99
Pegasus Spiele
Carnegie ....................................................... $69.99
Reaper Miniatures
Bones Legends: Leprechaun ......................... $ 5.99
Learn-to-Paint Starter Set ................................. $49.99
Learn-to-Paint Kobold Quick Paint Set ........... $35.99
Layer Up! Color Expansion. .............................. $29.99
And a slew of new Bones from the 5th Kickstarter.
Rio Grand Games
Fenix ....................................................... $39.95
Full Throttle! ........................................... $29.95
Space Station Phoenix ............................ $79.95
Ta-Ke ....................................................... $34.95
Steve Jackson Games
Shark D6 Dice Set ...................................... $ 8.95
Tally Mark D6 Dice Set ............................. $ 8.95
Munchkin: Munchkin Babies 2 Stork Naked .............. $11.95
Teeturtle
Happy Little Dinosaurs Dating Disasters Expansion ................ PI
Wizards of the Coast
Dungeons & Dragons: Mordenkainen Presents: Monster of the Multiverse HC ..... $49.95
WizKids
Guests of Critical Role .................................................. $59.99
Monsters of Exandria Set 1 ........................................... $79.99
Monsters of Exandria Set 2 ........................................... $79.99
Monsters of Exandria Huge Premium Figure ............... $49.99
NPCs of Tal'Dorei - Set 2 .............................................. $59.99
NPCs of Wildemount ..................................................... $59.99
Dice Conquest ................................................................ $19.99
D&D - Icons of the Realms - Adult Bronze Dragon ...... $99.99
D&D - Icons of the Realms - Dragonheist 1 .................. $49.99
D&D - Icons of the Realms - Dragonheist 2 .................. $49.99
Death Saves: Medusa Trophy ...................................... PI
Marvel Heroclix- X-Men: X of Swords Boosters
Marvel Heroclix- X-Men: X of Swords Dice and Token Pack ....... $14.99
Marvel Heroclix- X-Men: X of Swords Miniatures Game ............. $69.99
Marvel Heroclix- X-Men: X of Swords Play at Home ................... $19.99