Another month of Meeple Monthly, and I have some old man rants about dice (surprise, surprise!)
I am pleasantly pleased that there are a few items in my extended want list, including two Lovecraft books.!
Check out the latest issue of Meeple Monthly for more fun stuff, plus a host of random things I'm not listing under my imaginary store.
ViscountEric's Want List
Nothing
ViscountEric's Money-Is-No-Issue Want List
Arc Dream Publishing
Delta Green: The Millennium ............................................ $69.99
I'll be ranting about the descriptive blurbs I find in these solicitations. Full disclosure: I have positive bias toward Delta Green, but the blurb for this product is great... Others this month, not so much.
Chaosium
Call of Cthulhu: Inssmouth .............$59.99
Leyline Press
Mew-Tants! ................................... $20.00
Were-Woofs .................................. $20.00
And then you have the fun RPGs, were you play as cats with superpowers, or you're a dog with a normal job... but you once were human. I'm a huge fan of the $20 price point for everything except dice. That seems to be what's in people's hand as their in line to check out.
The Imaginary Store List (Infinite Shelf Space Games & Hobbies)
Agamemnon Press
Old -School Essentials: Hellcrawl .................................... $45.00
Alderac Entertainment Group
Honeypot .......................................... $24.99
Forage ............................................... $24.99
Alligator Alley Entertainment
D&D 5E: Expedition from the Mysterious Peaks .............. $59.99
This is the perfect example of how NOT to write promotional copy.
"Expedition from the Mysterious Peaks is an action packed, science-fantasy adventure series powered by 5ee and inspired by iconic adventure classics"
As a store-owner, a company I've never heard of, but sounds like Florida Man just learned D&D, is rehashing stuff with Barrier Peaks nostalgia? For sixty bucks? I'd respect my customers more by not carrying it. AI could write better copy.
"Expedition from the Mysterious Peaks is an action packed, science-fantasy adventure series powered by 5ee and inspired by iconic adventure classics"
As a store-owner, a company I've never heard of, but sounds like Florida Man just learned D&D, is rehashing stuff with Barrier Peaks nostalgia? For sixty bucks? I'd respect my customers more by not carrying it. AI could write better copy.
Atomic Mass Games
Marvel Crisis Protocol: Dimensional Terror Terrain Pack ..................... $89.99
Marvel Crisis Protocol: Dimensional Incursion Terrain Pack ................ $79.99
Marvel Crisis Protocol: Guardians of the Galaxy Starter Set ................. $99.99
Catalyst Game Labs
BattleTech: BattleMat: Fire & Ice 03: Umber Station ............................ $39.99
Shadowrun: Explosive Decompression .................................................. $49.99
Chessex
Despite all these rants this month, do you know what puts a smile on my face?
A Chessex dice restock.
Yes, I know they're not licensed, or made of some special material, with a resin sombrero in the middle of each die, but the speckled polyhedral sets are $6.50 apiece, and the d6 blocks are under ten bucks.
Yes, they were also soliciting their fancy stone, metal, and resin lines (most of which are still overpriced) or the razor edged dice that, by profile would shave on a curve. But every store needs to figure out what the profit margin vs sales volume suits them the best.
Creature Creation
Pirate Borg: Adventure: Nagval's Curse ........................... $17.99
Critical Kit
Daggerheart: Seasons of Fear ............................... $27.00
Cubicle 7
Warhammer 40k RPG: Wrath & Glory: Adventures in Gilead ..... $39.99
Da Vinci Editrice
Black Flag! .............................................................. $24.99
Devir Games
Do De Li Do! ........................................................... $14.99
Let's Dance .............................................................. $13.99
Nascard .................................................................... $13.99
Envy Born Games
Meerkat Kingdoms ................................................... $39.99
The Eren Chronicles
D&D 5e: Legend in the Mist: Zamanora: Ballad of the Witch: Core Book .... $49.95
And to be a bit hypocritical, The Eron Chronicles does a great job describing their Balkan/Slavic RPG setting. I'm just not going to promote too much because it's solicited as a "Once with Everything." Core Rules, Campaign Book, GM Screen, and a host of other trinkets. I know it's a successful promotion stemming from crowd-funding. Don't get me wrong, the Kickstarter went over great, but how many more folks are looking at a comprehensive setting and rules, past the 3,000+ pledges? Forty years in and observing retail say invest and grow. An RPG line doesn't have the same utility and restock capability that a paint rack has /rant.
Evil Genius Games
Everyday Heroes: Adventure: The Magnificent Murder of the Great Maskeyne ......... $19.99
Evil Hat Productions
Blades in the Dark: Blades '68 ................................ $45.00
Exalted Funeral Press
Old School Essentials: Fire & Fang: Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventures ............ $30.00
Reverend Werewolf's Old Timey Monster Mania Family Hour ............................ $20.00
Fanroll by MDG
D&D: Octagonal Dice Tray: Ancient Red Dragon ................... $49.99
7-Set: Resin: Eternal Purple & Blue ......................................... $14.99
CATAN: Sharp Edge Resin Dice Set ........................................ $14.99
CATAN: Robber Blind Bag ...................................................... $ 9.99
CATAN: Plastic Civilization Egypt .......................................... $14.99
CATAN: Plastic Civilization China .......................................... $14.99
CATAN: Plastic Civilization Greece ........................................ $14.99
CATAN: Plastic Civilization German ....................................... $14.99
Gamehead Products
Friendly Fishing .............................. $20.00
Pet Quartet ....................................... $20.00
Size Wise ......................................... $20.00
Trick to the Future ........................... $20.00
Wild Magic ...................................... $20.00
Gear Games
High School Cthulhu ....................... $55.00
High School Cthulhu Extra Circular Horrors ....................... $50.00
High School Cthulhu Blasphemous Deck ............................. $18.00
"A crossfire of adolescence and cosmic horror..." although that might be redundant. A good blurb, peripheral product from a regular favorite, decent price points and only three items in a solicitation? This might be a winner at the Infinite Shelf Space Games and Hobbies.
Goodman Games
DCC: Dungeon Denizens 2 .................................. $69.99
5e: Fifth Edition Fantasy: Dungeon Denizens 2 ................... $69.99
5e: Fifth Edition Fantasy: 2-Page Dungeon Delves .............. $15.99
Konami Digital Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! Magnificent Monsters
M Allen Hall
Old School Essentials: Out of the Iron Labyrinth ................. $20.00
Old School Essentials: The Green Ooze King ....................... $20.00
Modiphius Entertainment
Star Trek Adventures: RPG Dice ......................................... $28.00
When you absolutely, positively, need to get gouged for dice with a Star Fleet logo on a face.
Mongoose Publishing
Traveller: Fifth Frontier War: Consular Envoy ...................... $49.99
Traveller: The Infinity Suite ................................................... $49.99
Osprey Publishing
Silver Bayonet: Venice - The Alchemist's Legacy... $28.00
Carentan 1944 ....................................................... $25.00
Westport 1864 ....................................................... $25.00
From Trenton to Yorktown ................................... $20.00
Ground Forces in the Korean War 1950-53 vol 3 .. $20.00
Kriegsmarine Norway Command 1940-45 .......... $23.00
Mosquito Units of the Far East ............................. $25.00
Panther vs A30 Challenger ................................... $23.00
The SS "Wiking" Division in World War II ......... $21.00
The Stay Behinds ................................................. $30.00
Target Stopped ..................................................... $28.00
Warsaw: A City at War 1939-45 ........................... $38.00
Pillbox Games
Dead Letters ............................. $30.00
Pink Tiger Games
Melted ...................................... $13.99
Random House
Chess is Life ................................. $21.99
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Mystery Box ... $35.99
D&D - Heroes' Feast Legends of the Table Cookbook ... $40.00
Renegade Game Studios
Axis & Allies & Zombies ................................... $65.00
Severed Books
Sickest Witch - Sickest Wretch: A Non-Witch Class Supplement ..... $22.00
Sirius Dice
7-Set Adventure Dice: Darklord: Strahd von Zarovich
7-Set Adventure Dice: Darklord: Viktra Mordenheim
D&D Mists of Ravenloft: Treasure Packs PDQ
Stillfleet Studio
Picaro! ........................................ $23.00
Troll Lord Games
Castles & Crusades The Dragon's Crucible Box Set .............. $99.99
WizKids
Marvel Heroclix: Thunderbolts Booster Brick
Marvel Heroclix: Thunderbolts Map and Terrain Kit
Marvel Heroclix: Thunderbolts Doom Sorcerer Supreme
Marvel Heroclix: Iconix- Giant-Sized X-Men #1
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