The Week In Gaming

RPGs

• Bart Caroll informs you of what is store for you from Wizards of the Coast in October: In the Works.
• Here’s the official trailer for Heroes of Neverwinter, the Facebook-based computer D&D game.
• You can now purchaseUnknown Armies 2nd Edition as a PDF for download from e23.
• White Rabbit has made more than a few friends since coming to Emerald City… and what friends they are! A girl who can change her size! A man with such useful, tricky hats! A mechanical woman with unbelievable power over time! These three friends complete the Looking Glass Gang and make them capable of such exciting feats! With all of his forces at the ready, do the heroes dare face them down? This product is for Mutants & Masterminds Third Edition: Mutants & Masterminds Threat Report #41: The Looking Glass Gang, Part Two
• Erik Mona, Publisher at Paizo Publishing LLC, unveiled a new unboxing video on the forthcoming Pathfinder RPG Beginner Box, due to hit the streets on October 26, 2011.

Wargames

• New from Lost Battalion Games. Sergeants Miniatures Game (SMG) is a struggle to describe. You might call it a “card-driven miniatures game.” You might call it a “3-D boardgame.” What you’re sure to call it is, challenging, quick, and fun to play. The game’s engine run by impulse cards managing four broad, basic functions—and randomizing the order—while each player manages a hand of cards constructed by the talents and foibles of the troops under his or her command. Unlike many “miniatures” games where you buy the rules and then have to start shopping and painting, SMG comes with a complete game in the box. You’ll find 20mm, pre-painted miniatures, plenty of thick, two-sided, colorful mapboard tiles which can assembled in various ways, easy rules, scenarios, player aids… everything else you need to get started on your missions and having fun fast. Price: $99.95.
• New from High Flying Dice Games. Tough Hombres: The Battle of Mairy is the latest title in the Blood and Steel, Lorraine Campaign Series and features graphics by Bruce Yearian. The game simulates the clash between the U.S. Third Army’s 90th Infantry Division (nicknamed the “Tough Hombres”) and counterattacking German forces led by the 106th Panzer Brigade and elements of the newly formed 59th Volksgrenadier Regiment. After breaking out of the Normandy Bridgehead in July, Patton’s Third Army led the advance across France to the German’s Westwall fortifications. Game includes one 11 by 17” map, 165 single-sided counters, and five pages of rules. Price: $11.95 (or $15.95 with mounted counters). Send email to phrohrbaugh@hotmail.com to place your order (paypal accepted)
• New from Columbia Games. Crusader Rex, 2nd edition features a new, larger, map and new playing cards. This block game covers the Third Crusade, with one player commanding the Franks, the other, the Saracens. The objective of the game is to control important Victory Cities such as Jerusalem, Acre, Damascus, and Antioch. Price: $59.99.

Boardgames

• Gryphon Games has launched a Kickstarter project for Kevin G. Nunn’s Zong Shi, a design that was at Face 2 Face Games for a number of years before being picked up by Gryphon. The Zong Shi Kickstarter project runs through early December 2011.