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Saturday, September 3, 2022

Another Month of Gaming Solicitations (Sep '22)

Welcome to this month's soliciations from Alliance Games, wherein I've come to terms with the crazy prices of some pretty standard dice, and flip out over the price of  barely decent pre-painted plastic minis.  September game solicitations can be found in Game Trade Magazine #271 at your FLGS or online in pdf form here.


ViscountEric's Gaming Want List
Steve Jackson Games
Bad Christmas ...................................................... $ 9.95

Wizkids 
Dungeon Dressings: Merchants Row ................... $54.99
I have some snide remarks for some the Wizkids D&D miniature products later in the listing, but their brand-agnostic Dungeon Dressing line has some deals.  Maybe it's the vast amount of pre-painted wood on the models, but 17 pieces, including 8 full merchants stalls seems like a bargain, and that's before they come painted! 

ViscountEric's Money-Is-No-Problem Gaming Want List
Q-Workshop 
Advent Dice Calendar #03 ....................................... $50.00

The Imaginary Store List (The Pegleg Gnome)
Alderac Entertainment Group
Verdant ..................................................................... $39.99

Alewood Games
Alewood ................................................................... $24.00

The Army Painter
Colour Primer - Ash Grey ........................................ $16.99
Colour Primer - Brainmatter Beige .......................... $16.99
Colour Primer - Oak Brown ..................................... $16.99
Colour Primer - Deep Blue ....................................... $16.99
Colour Primer - Hydra Turquoise ............................. $16.99
Colour Primer - Pixie Pink ........................................ $16.99
Colour Primer - Greedy Gold .................................... $22.50

Catalyst Game Labs
Battletech: Beginner Box .......................................... $24.99

Coyote & Crow
Coyote & Crow Story Guide Screen .......................... $25.00
Naasii: A Coyote & Crow Dice Game ....................... $19.99

Cubicle 7
Warhammer Fantasy RPG - Archives of the Empire Vol 2 .................... $34.99
Warhammer Fantasy RPG - Enemy Within - Vol 5 Empire in Ruins Companion ............. $34.99
Warhammer Fantasy RPG - Enemy Within - Vol 5 Empire in Ruins Comp Collectors Ed .... $149.99
Warhammer 40K Wrath & Glory - Church of Steel ............................... $39.99

Dire Wolf Digital
Clank! Catacombs (Stand Alone) ................................ $60.00

Dr. Finn's Games
The Little Flower Shop Dice Game ............................. $25.00

Fireside Games
CastlePanic 2nd Edition ................................................$34.95
CastlePanic Big Box 2nd Edition ................................. $119.95
CastlePanic Crowns and Quests Expansion ................. $ 29.95

Hit Point Press
Humblewood 5e Coin Set and Pouch .............................. $29.95
Humblewood 5e DM Screen ........................................... $14.99
The Deck of Many Monsters 5 ........................................ $15.99
The Deck of Many Monsters 6 ........................................ $15.99
The Islands of Sina Una (5e) Campaign Book ................ $49.99

Kobold Press
Tome of Beasts 3 (5e) .....................................................  $49.99
Tome of Beasts 3 (5e) Limited Edition ........................... $79.99
Lairs HC (5e) ......................................... $39.99
Pawns (5e) ............................................. $44.99
Tome of Beasts Polyhedral Dice Set ..... $19.99

Looney Labs
Chrononauts: Missing Artifacts Expansion ......................... $ 5.00

Metallic Dice Games
16mm Resin Poly Dice Sets (7) ....................................... $13.99
Cat, Critical Hoops, Elephant, Koala, Rainbow Dinosaur, Rainbow Frost, Rose, Snowflake

Modiphius
Fallout RPG: Starter Set .................................................... $28.00
Infinity RPG: Nebula of Mirrors Campaign ...................... $25.00
Infinity RPG: Tactical Armoured Gears ............................. $23.00
Star Trek Adventures - Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook .................. $61.00

Mythopoeia
The Wildsea RPG .............................................................. $59.95

Osprey Games
Hard City: Noir RPG ......................................................... $25.00
Xenos Rampant .................................................................. $35.00

Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder RPG: Abomination Vaults Battle Cards ........... $39.99
Pathfinder RPG: AP Blood Lords 5 - A Taste of Ashes ..... $26.99
Pathfinder RPG: Flip-Mat Deadly Mines Multi-Pack ....... $26.99
Pathfinder RPG: Flip-Tiles Monster Lairs ......................... $22.99
Pathfinder RPG: Lost Omens - Impossible Lands HC....... $59.99
Special Edition HC available for $79.99
Pathfinder RPG: Relics Deck ............................................ $22.99
Starfinder RPG: AP - To Defy the Dragon ........................ $24.99
Starfinder RPG: Flip-Mat Metropolis ............................... $16.99
Starfinder RPG: Interstellar Species HC .......................... $44.99

Palladium Books
Rifts: European Castles ...................................... $ 9.99
Rifts: Exotic Weapons ........................................ $ 9.99

Pokemon USA
Lost Origin: Boosters
Lost Origin: Build & Battle Box 
Lost Origin: Build & Battle Stadium

Portal 
Brazil: Imperial ................................................. $70.00

R Talsoiran Games 
Cyberpunk Red: Tales of the Red - Street Stories ............... $40.00

Radical 8 Games
Damask ........................................................ $55.00

Ravensburger
Puerto Rico 1897 ......................................... $49.99

Rio Grande Games
Dominion 2nd Ed - Hinterlands Expansion ....... $39.95
Dominion 2nd Ed - Hinterlands Update Pack..... $14.95
Dominion 2nd Ed - Prosperity Expansion .......... $44.95
Dominion 2nd Ed - Prosperity Update Pack ...... $14.95

Rookie Mage Games
Don't Get Stabbed 
The Ultimate Horror Game for Scary Movie Fans! Have a killer game night with Don’t Get Stabbed! The game where you get to kill your family and friends (for pretend). Inspired by horror movies but light-hearted enough for everyone to enjoy. One player is the killer. The rest are victims. The killer wins when all the victims have three Stab Cards. The victims win by escaping.

With a few exceptions, I try to avoid products that don't have an MSRP in the solicitation guide, especially by new companies that I've never heard of.  I'm really hoping that this product is under $20 for a fun "Are You a Werewolf" variant.  

Steamforged Games
Epic Encounters: Cove of the Dragon Turtle ............ $49.95
Godtear: Lily, Thornsinger of the Azure Forest ......... $32.95

Steve Jackson Games
Calo's Book of Monsters ............................................. $24.95
12 Dice of Christmas ................................................... $14.95
Kitten Polyhedral  Dice ............................................... $15.95
Available in Black, Brown, Gray, and Orange.
Munchkin Polyhedral Dice ...........................................$15.95
Available in Black/White, Green/Yellow, Red/White, White/Black,
Seahorse D6 Dice ......................................................... $8.95
Starfish D6 Dice ........................................................... $8.95
Steampunk D6 Dice ..................................................... $8.95
Munchkin 10 - Time Warp ........................................... $19.95
Munchkin Batman ........................................................ $44.95
I really took a step back and questioned the business model, and specifically, the pricing of Steve Jackson's foray into dice, but upon seeing some recent Kickstarters,  some of the prices of the second and third tier dice producers, and the craziness of COVID/inflation, they just might have been ahead of their time and it could be argued, are more affordable. 

Stronghold Games
Dulce ................................... $39.99

Troll Lord Games
Castles & Crusades - Engineering Castles Supplement .......... $ 9.99
Castles & Crusades - Engineering Dungeons Supplement ..... $ 9.99
Castles & Crusades - Gods & Legends ................................... $29.99

Ultra Pro International 
Ultra Pro is another company I rarely mention because they don't supply MSRP on the solicitations (RE: the wholesale discount for their products is less, often substantially, than the standard discount the distributor offers.) 

I bring them up this month because there are MARCH 2023 solicitations for the D&D movie products, specifically Character Folios, Playmats, Leatherette Dice Towers and Dice Trays.  If you ever wanted D&D stickers with pictures of Hugh Grant, or that guy from Bridgerton, look for them next spring!

Very Special Games
Puns of Anarchy .................................................... $24.99
Puns of Anarchy Expansion .................................. $19.99

Wizards of the Coast
Magic the Gathering - Challenger Pioneer Decks 2022 
Magic the Gathering - Free for All Carton 

Wizkids
D&D Onslaught - Many Arrows (Orcs and Allies) .... $59.99
D&D Onslaught - Red Wizards .................................. $59.99
As D&D Onslaught is going to be the next hot thing (allegedly), the "high-quality" pre-painted minis, the clear plastic special effects, and the sixty dollar for six figure oh-my-God-GW-is-cheaper pricing leaves me massively unimpressed.  I'm interested what else is included, considering the....

D&D Icons of the Realms Warband Githyanki ..................................... $44.99
The Githyanki and 15 bucks cheaper and there's seven of them .
D&D Icons of the Realms Warband Hobgoblin .................................... $44.99
D&D Icons of the Realms Warband Skeletons ...................................... $44.99
D&D Icons of the Realms Warband Bugbears ...................................... $44.99
D&D Adventure in a Box - Goblin Camp .............................................. $99.99
Another D&D product that I hope is more than the 11 goblin-sized pieces with a fair paint job.
Marvel: Damage Control Game ............................................................ $34.99

Pathfinder Battles - Goblin Vanguard ....................................... $44.99
Dungeon Dressings: Simple Traps ............................................ $54.99
Deep Cuts: Dead Warlord ....................... $8.99
Deep Cuts: Murder Hornets .................... $8.99
Deep Cuts: Ships Crew Boxed Set .......... $69.99

Word Forge Games
The Terminator RPG: Core Rulebook ....................................... $55.00
The Terminator RPG: Ltd Ed Core Rulebook ........................... $80.00
The Terminator RPG: Campaign Book ..................................... $37.50
The Terminator RPG: Ltd Ed Campaign Book ......................... $65.00
The Terminator Director's Pack GM Screen .............................. $30.00
The Terminator Ltd Ed Dice Tin Set .......................................... $20.00
The Terminator RPG Quick Start ............................................... $10.00

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