Another Month of Gaming Releases (September '23)

You know what's not as exciting as the August solicitations in preparation for the big GenCon releases? 

The glut of mid-to-low-range stuff flooding the solicitations post-GenCon. 

I won't be gentle, there's a number of gems in this months Game Trade Magazine, but the glut of mediocre games filling up shelf space is not a good thing.     

One of the topics of conversation I’ve heard on GenCon reviews was if the board game decline was over, and most saw the mass purchases at GenCon and declared it over.   Contrary to popular opinion, I think this glut might be past its apex, and these random companies' time is not long in the industry.  Big box retail has cleared out their non-traditional board game section, save the Catans and Ticket to Rides of the world.  The purge is coming, and no matter the savings from Chinese manufacturing, it will come and we’ll see some bargains coming this January, from manufacturers all the way to FLGS.  

Issue #283 of Game Trade Monthly can be found at your FLGS, or online in pdf format here.

ViscountEric's Gaming Want List
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ViscountEric's Money-Is-No-Object Want List
Modiphius

Brikwars: Core Rulebook .............................................. $49.99

Not 100% sure what this is by the description, but a generic Lego-equivalent wargame or RPG, using bricks sound awesome, and I don't even collect those.

Star Trek Adventures RPG: Lower Deck Campaign Guide .... $54.99

The Imaginary Store (The Pegleg Gnome) List

Alley Cat Games

Amun-Re - 20th Anniversary Edition ............................. $59.99

Arcane Wonders

Neotopia .............................................. $49.99

Bandai

One Piece TCG:  Uta Starter Decks

Beizer Games

Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Second Edition ........................ $69.95

Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Second Edition Expansions ..... $49.95

Brotherwise Games

Empire's End ........................................................................ $39.95

Catalyst Games Labs 

I thought for a moment I thought Catalyst was giving us dirt-cheap modern Battletech books, but after that initial glance I realized they were novels!  Reprints (rewrites?) as well... all in hardcover. 

Decision at Thunder Rift

Double Blind

Main Event

Mercenaries Star

Price of Glory

All these are $19.95 for standard hardcover, $24.95 for limited editions.

Legend of the Jade Phoenix, Book One - Way of the Clans HC ........ $14.99

Legend of the Jade Phoenix, Book One - Bloodname HC ................. $14.99

Legend of the Jade Phoenix, Book One - Falcon Guard .................... $14.99

Battletech - Tech Readout - Recognition Guide Volume 1 - Classics .... $34.99

Chaosium

Call of Cthulhu - Alone Against the Static ........................ $29.99

Chessex

A host of new mini-polyhedral sets, all thankfully for $5.98 a set.  Sorry, no fairy dust or rare Indonesian glitter inside them, or mono-filament cut edges.  Just nice colors and designs for gaming. 

Coyote and Crow

Wolves ...................................................... $55.00

Crowd Games 

Speedy Feedy ............................................ $15.00

Cubicle 7

Warhammer Age of Sigmar - Soulbound RPG - Blackened Earth ........... $39.99

Warhammer Age of Sigmar - Soulbound RPG - Era of the Beast ............ $39.99

Warhammer Fantasy RPG: Archives of the Empire - Vol 3 ..................... $34.99

Warhammer 40K RPG - Maledictum GM Screen .................................... $29.99

Warhammer 40K RPG - Wrath and Glory - Threat Assessment: Xenos .... $44.99

Darrington Press

Candela Obscura RPG ................................. $39.99

Oh, the Critical Role stuff.  Might sell well, but the minis seem to be lost in hoards of more useful Reaper and WizKids fantasy stuff.

Dyskami Publishing

BESM- Multiverse Maps ............................. $39.95

BESM- Multiverse Setting Companion ....... $49.95

BESM- Uresia - Grave of Heaven ................ $49.95

Ikarion Gate: A LitRPG Adventure .............. $29.95

Fanroll by Metallic Dice Games

Advent Dice Calendar #2 ............................. $49.95

Gamelyn Games

Tiny Epic Crimes ............................... $30.00

Tiny Epic Crimes Kingpins Exp......... $15.00

Goodman Games

DCC #105 - By Mitra's Bones, Meet Thy Doom ............... $9.99

MCC #15 - The Mutant Menace of Lab 47 ........................ $10.99

Gyld

Weather Dice (5) .............................. $25.00

Weather dice at FIVE BUCKS apiece????   Dear retailers, know thy customer base, or start with the cheaper alternatives, they're all still in stock. 

Horrible Guild

Sunrise Lane .................................... $34.99

Iello

Get on Board, Paris and Rome ........ $29.99

Konami Digital Entertainment

Yu-Gi-Oh!  TCG - 2-Player Starter Set ..................................... $19.90

Not your normal Yu-Gi-Oh! to placate you're crazed customer base, rather 2-player starters to expand it! 

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG - 25th Anniversary Rarity Collection Boosters

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG - Age of Overlord Boosters

Magpie Games 

Avatar Legends RPG: GM Screen ............................. $19.99

Avatar Legends RPG: Republic City . ....................... $39.99

Mantic Entertainment

Invincible - The Dice Game ....................................... $20.00

The Walking Dead - The Dice Game ..........................$20.00

Modiphius 

Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20: Vive La Resistance ............ $30.99

Dune RPG: The Great Game - Houses of the Landsraad ........ $47.99

Star Trek Adventures Captain's Log Solo RPG ........... $36.99

DS9, Discovery, TNG, and TOS Editions

Monte Cook Games

Planar Bestiary (Cypher) ............................................. $44.99

Off the Page Games 

Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict ............ $65.00

Osprey Games

Urban Decay ................................... $25.00

Urban Decay is a roleplaying game of beat ‘em up action inspired by classic arcade video games, movies, and comic-books. Players take on the roles of warriors, martial artists, vigilantes, and ordinary citizens, taking to the streets to face the gangs that control the City and to save the people and places they love. Streamlined character and crew creation produces distinct, capable heroes with shared goals and bonds, while the versatile Clash system emphasizes the brutal, gritty street-fights in which these heroes will find themselves. The City itself is built collaboratively, with players working together to define the districts and neighborhoods for which their heroes will go to war. Scheduled to ship in November 2023.

Paizo Publishing

Pathfinder RPG - AP - Season of Ghosts 2 of 4 - Let the Leaves Fall .......... $26.99

Pathfinder RPG -  Flip-Mat - Night Market & Shrine ................................... $16.99

Pathfinder RPG - Rage of the Elements Spell Cards ..................................... $34.99

Starfinder RPG - Flip-Mat - Living Starships ............................................... $16.99

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Superheroic RPG (5e) ...................................................... $49.99

Superheroic RPG (5e) Augmented Operatives Registry ..... $39.99

Superheroic RPG (5e) Midnight City Setting ..................... $39.99

Pokemon USA

Pokemon Holiday Calendar (2023) 

Pokemon Trick or Trade Booster Bundle (2023)

Pokemon My First Battle Carton 

First Yu-Gi-Oh!, now Pokemon.  While Magic prints overpriced cards, the other games continue to attempt to expand their base.  

Q-Workshop 

Advent Dice Calendar #04 .................................. $55.00

Two advent calendars solicited?  Months before Christmas?  Multiple folks have their stuff together.  

Steve Jackson Games

Groo the Game .................................... $29.95

Munchkin: Rats .................................. $10.95

Pathfinder: Revolution! ..................... $59.95

Synapses Games

Pyramido ........................................... $34.95

Troll Lord Games

After Winter Dark: Monsters and Treasures of Aihrde .............. $39.99

Codex of Aihrde ..................................... $49.99

Wizards of the Coast

D&D - Planescape - Adventures in the Multiverse Slipcase .... $85.00

D&D - Phandelver and Below - The Shattered Obelisk ........... $59.95

Magic - Jumpstart V2 Boosters

Magic - Special Edition Collector Boosters

Magic - Scene Box Inner

As I've said before, the luxury end of Magic must be more profitable.  It's disappointing.  

Wiz-Kids

Deluxe Treasure Chest Accessory .......................... $19.99

D&D Onslaught - Nightmare of the Frogmire Coven - Maps & Monsters Expansion .............. $89.99

D&D Icons of the Realms - Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel Monsters Boxed Set .............. $89.99

D&D 3" Plush Charms

D&D 13" Plush Drizzt and Guenhwyvar