The Week In Gaming
RPGs
ICv2 has released its quarterly list of top five RPGs:
- Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)
- Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
- Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games)
- Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Shadowrun (Catalyst Games Labs)
Once again, it is important to remember that ICV2′s “top lists” are often wildly inaccurate and fail to take in the majority of the market – however they are at times a good example of sales.
Vaults of the Underdark Map Pack has appeared on Amazon.com. It is slated for a July 17, 2012 release.
Rule of Three by Rich Baker dives into the thought behind the marking mechanic, crunch vs. fluff in products, and what is the deal with racial feats.
Download a preview of the Ultramarines Honour Guard (pdf, 563 KB), and look for FFG’s First Founding on store shelves next month.
Dance of the Damned and Golem are now available for your Kindle, Nook, iOS device, or at your friendly local game store and our webstore! These exciting novels, each masterfully penned by hobby games industry-leading authors, deepen two of FFG’s most enduring settings while standing apart as well crafted narratives in their own right. Whether you’re a fan of Lovecraftian terror or science fiction noir, download your copies today or head to your favorite brick-and-mortar bookseller. (Please remember that electronic copies of of these novels are excluded from the Mythos and Event promo card offers found in the backs of the paperback versions.)
Wargames
New from Vae Victis. Issue #101 is now available in two versions. The Special Game Edition, including Sicily 1943: Operation Husky (A3 map, 108 die cut counters and rules booklet). Price: 19,95 €. Or get the standard editionwithout the game (magazine only). Price: 6,50 €.
Preorder from Vae Victis. Fuentes de Onoro 1811 marks the sixth entry of the Vae Victis Wargame Collection. Battles covered includes Foz d’Arouce, Fuentes de Oñoro and El Bodón 1811 (marking the 32nd, 33rd and 34th battles in the Jours de Gloire series). The game includes one 59 x 41 cm map, two 29 x 41 cm back-printed maps, 216 double-sided die cut counters, rules booklet, and single full color player aid card. Available in English or in French. Preorder Price: 20 €. Expected release date: 20 November 2011.
Special offer from Avalanche Press. Their Black November Sale features no less than 44 special offers to choose from. Rather than spread out a single offer for each day as they’ve done in the past, they are offering all specials now so you can combine as many as you like and save big on shipping.
New from Dan Verssen Games. U-Boat Leader takes the Leader series to new depths, letting players control a group of U-boats on missions in the Atlantic. The core system of the game will be familiar to players of other Leader games, allowing them to quickly get into the game. Price: $69.99.
Special offer from Victory Point Games. Big savings on their “Best in Solitaire Gaming” Pack. Designers Chris Taylor (Astra Titanus, Legions of Darkness, Legions of Darkness expansion #1), and Joseph Miranda (Zulus on the Ramparts!, Zulus on the Ramparts! expansion kit) bring you some of the best of VPG’s solitaire gaming line, five games at one low price! Price: $69.95 (save more than 30%).
New from Victory Point Games. Way of the Samurai is an expansion kit for Ancient Battles Deluxe (ownership of this game and Exp Kit 5: Design Your Own is required) that lets you experience the Sengoku Jidai battles (15 new scenarios) of two opposing Eastern and Western foes. Price: $11.95.
Boardgames
Steve Jackson Games has a Zombie Dice expansion in the offing: Zombie Dice 2: Double Feature, which features three new dice that can be added to the base game in various ways while the overall goal remains the same – eat brains!
Reiner Knizia has released the 1-4 player print-and-play game Domino Sudoku (PDF) via his website Convivium.org.uk. The PDF is available only in German at the moment, but the game page has a summary of game play.
In 2012, Cryptozoic Entertainment plans to release the cooperative card game Locke & Key: The Game, based on the comic book by author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez.
