The Week In Gaming
RPGs
Monte Cook is back with Wizards of The Coast. He has been reportedly brought on board to “work with R&D”.
Rite Publishing has posted part 1 of an interview with Brian Engard, who is co-designer of Bulldogs! about The Demolished Ones Kickstarter Project.
James Thomas has a new article up on Kobold Quarterly entitled, Familiar Roles: Practical Ideas for Animal Familiars (Part 1 of 2).
Check out Back2Basic – a “70s D&D Experience” on the 29th of October in Glendale, AZ. A charity fundraiser event for a cancer, it will feature several fundraiser events, raffles, and merchandise, along with a costume contest and D&D gaming using the Basic Set rules.
The release of Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Emporium will unleash a hoard of new magic items that will have your PCs aching to start slaying and gathering treasure. Check out the artwork for this new book here.
Wargames
Preorder from Dan Verssen Games. Kill Shot is ultra fast paced with each terrorist hunt taking only 1 or 2 minutes. An entire terrorist campaign takes less than 20 minutes. Preorder Price: $19.99 .
Preorder from Modern Conflict Studies Group. Millennium Wars Advanced: States of Conflict covers the span of the Arab-Israeli conflict with scenarios starting in 1948, and including the ‘68 and ‘73 wars. Scenarios are also included for the two incursions into Lebanon, as well as a hypothetical future war in the region. Preorder Price: $49.95.
New from Decision Games. Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg! is an all-new edition of the popular Krieg! game that remains a playable, unpredictable and enjoyable experience as it’s always been. What’s new is a design and graphic update and expansion to give you more options –- especially if you want to explore the critical pre-war period from 1937 to 1939. Best of all, Totaler Krieg! can be linked with its new Pacific War companion game, Dai Senso!, to play the joint Axis Empires scenario, a global eye opening look at all of World War II. Price: $120.
Boardgames
Z-Man Games now has a Facebook page, and are running a contest where if you visit the page by September 30, like it and submit a list of your three favorite Z-Man titles, you’ll instantly be entered into a contest for three games of your choice from the Z-Man catalog.
The nominees for the 2011 Juego del Año have been announced: 7 Wonders, by Antoine Bauza, Felix: The Cat in the Sack, by Friedemann Friese, Finca, by Ralf zur Linde and Wolfgang Sentker, and Forbidden Island, by Matt Leacock (Devir).
CCGs
The Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Gold Series 2012 will be releasing on 7th January 2012 in Japan. There will be 20 different cards in total, all also available as Gold Rare. In addition, there will be 7 cards per pack (of which 2 are Gold Rare), and 10 packs per box.
