New Games for 12/18/09
OK, here we go! We’re in the home stretch for Christmas shopping, and you can definitely tell by the way the board games have been flying out of here lately. Last week to get in here and grab some great gifts that you can open in the morning, and be playing with your family by the evening!! Plus, it doesn’t hurt to add a few purchases to your 20% off list here at the store!!
Here’s the stuff we’ve added in the last few weeks:
Agricola: Farmers of the Moor - Agricola: Farmers of the Moor is a full-blown expansion to Agricola. It includes 150 cards, horse-shaped wooden pieces, many tiles, and a new scorepad. The mechanics include the need to heat your home during harvest as well as feeding your family; hence, fuel becomes a new resource to collect. Farmers of the Moor includes special actions and lots of new major improvements. It expands the options to your Agricola experience.
Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 - Axis & Allies celebrates 25 years of strategy war gaming with a deluxe edition of its original theater-level game. Axis & Allies Pacific 1940, designed and developed by Larry Harris, utilizes the updated rules established in A&A Anniversary Edition. Two new combat units debut in this game, Tactical Bombers and Mechanized Infantry. Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies — the United States and England — to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
Claustrophobia - 1634. Humanity wants more, Hell is the next target. In this tactical survival game, one player controls the human group that explores the infernal underground and confronts a steady-stream troglodyte’s army, and the other plays the demon group who tries to stop them.
D&D Miniatures: Monster Manual Savage Encounters - The Monster Manual: Savage Encounters expansion for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game features pre-painted plastic miniatures of iconic monsters from the Monster Manual and other core rulebooks. This 40-figure set includes monsters of various levels and roles, and each booster pack allows Dungeon Masters run a ready-to-play D&D encounter right out of the box!
Descent: Sea of Blood expansion - The distant shores of Torue Albes run red — a new overlord has emerged to lay siege to the free cities of the island kingdom. However, a band of heroes have rediscovered a legendary ship that may be the turning point in the battles to come. Raise the sails, batten down the hatches, and set sail for the Sea of Blood! The Sea of Blood features the return of the popular Advanced Campaign mode first introduced in the Road to Legend expansion. The Advanced Campaign allows a party of heroes to experience a series of adventures as one continuous story, culminating in an epic battle with the overlord himself.
Dr. Who RPG: Adventures in Time and Space - Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space is a roleplaying game set in the universe of the world’s longest running science fiction show on TV – the BBC’s Doctor Who. Published in a boxed format, the core set includes: • Player’s Guide • Gamemaster’s Guide • Adventure Book • Quick Start Guide • Character sheets, including pre-generated characters for the series cast • Tokens and Dice. Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space has been written to appeal to both the experienced and first time gamer.
Letter of Marque - Letter of Marque is a swift-moving game of treasure, temptation, and trickery on the high seas. Players sail their gold-laden galleons across the ocean while sending out raiders and avoiding the cannon fire of fellow privateers. With only two defended ships and five piles of treasure, each player must bluff their way to port to bank their hard-earned riches, while also venturing to make off with as much of their enemy’s gold as possible.
Power Grid: Factory Manager - Use workers to buy machinery and robots and to run the machinery in the factory. Keep an eye on rising energy prices. Make the most money to win the game. Note: This is a stand-alone game in the world of Power Grid.
Quin: The Warring States RPG - The great kingdoms of the broken empire of the Zhongguo each seek to take control of the country, a vast country that will one day be known as China. Each state has its own weapons, the way of the sword, the way of the Tao or even mysterious sorceries. You are already a hero in this land of turmoil. But which side will you fight for? The one that offers the most money or the one that has truly earnt the right to rule? As a master of the martial arts or an adept of sorcery, the price you can command is high. But you are not alone and the forces ranged against you are legion.
Rogue Trader: Game Masters Kit - In Rogue Trader, you take on the role of a Rogue Trader and his most trusted counsellors, empowered by an ancient warrant of trade to seek out profit and plunder amongst unexplored regions of space. Your ship will take you to new worlds and uncharted reaches of the void, where you will encounter rivals, pirates, aliens, and possibly even creatures of the warp. You will acquire and spend great wealth and riches, and fame or infamy will follow. You will discover ancient and forgotten mysteries and search out the unknown to find lost human worlds or never before seen celestial phenomena. You must survive the dangers of space, for beyond the threat of vacuum and deadly radiation lurk things Man was never meant to find.
Shadowrun: Seattle 2072 - It’s a screwed up city. Isolated from the rest of the UCAS, it’s haven for criminals—smugglers, syndicates, gangers. Legal criminals, too—megacorporations, governments, politicians. As beautiful as she is dysfunctional, Seattle is urban sprawl amid rolling hills and forests nestled up to man-made wonders next door to natural and man-made disasters. Whether you’re a native or not, Seattle will draw you in like no other. You can run for a lifetime and never leave Seattle, but some say you can’t run for a lifetime without entering. This 200 page book is the ultimate look at Seattle, presenting the City on the Sound in full-color, like you’ve never seen her before.
Valdora - Hidden far away from our time lies a valley full of unimaginable riches. Adventurers from all over the world set off to try to make their fortune here. Players purchase equipment and commissions in Valdora’s cities. Only with the help of special equipment can they dig for gold and various gemstones. If a player undertakes a commission and delivers the requested gemstones to the house of the patron, he receives victory points. Additionally, he can hire a craftsman. Each craftsman specializes in gold, silver of specific gemstones. The first player to have enough craftsmen with the same specialization may open a workshop. Workshop owners receive bonus points. At the end of the game, players receive victory points for their workshops, craftsmen and gemstones. The player with the most points has made his fortune in Valdora.
Warhammer RPG Adventurers Toolkit - The Adventurer’s Toolkit lets players easily add more excitement to their WarhammerFantasy Roleplay game with new careers and character development options. The Adventurer’s Toolkit is also perfect for new players in a campaign, allowing them to bring something new to the table. Either way, players will find a lot of new information and resources packed inside. Included with The Adventurer’s Toolkit are more than 50 action cards (including extra copies of several of the key basic actions from the core set), 30 talent cards, 10 new careers, four new party sheets, a pad of character sheets, new character standups, extra tokens to help manage your heroes, and much more!











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