New Releases 01 September 2008

Americans seldom notice the enormous changes that the Napoleonic Wars caused to the Western Hemisphere...things far larger and with much greater effects than our own War of 1812.

The Louisiana Purchase really started it, as Napoleon sold Jefferson a large block of land that really "belonged" to Spain. In shifting their forces to try and limit American expansion, the Spanish-loyal authorities opened the door to losing the remainder of two continents. Guerra a Muerte depicts the 14 year struggle that saw Spain's possessions in the hemisphere change from "almost everything not U.S." to "Cuba and Hispanola."

As in the American Revolution, the local population could be divided into "patriots/revolutionaries" on one side, "loyalists/Royalists" on the other, and a huge middle block of those who wished to stay out of battle-- over which both sides exerted tremendous pressure, making these episodes as bitter as any period in history. The game title means, "War to the Death," and comes from a proclamation Simon Bolivar made to all Spaniards in Venezuela-- "support us or else."

Warfare took place from the remote northern border with America to the tip of the continent now shared by Chile and Argentina. Progress ebbed and flowed, with territories changing hands several times and the intensity and size of battles slowly escalating.

The overall war is a fascinating struggle of varied elements, from Spanish and "Royalist" troops to formed patriot units, militias, armed mobs, Indians, and mercenaries. Actions include slave revolts, naval assaults, guerilla war, battles with a hostile environment, and the interplay of politics with economics...all depicted and intermeshed to affect overall play as they affected real events. The game offers a map from "New Spain" to "Rio de la Plata," with area movement, one-year turns, and 280 half-inch counters.

Guerra a Muerte offers a chance to understand a hardly-heard-of period of Western history, the effects of which are still with us today.

The golden to modern age of super heroes and sci-fi is unleashed into gaming in the amazing Chimaera Universe RPG! This 240-page lavishly illustrated Rulebook captures the expansive world of the Chimaera Super Hero Universe as imagined and created by fan favorite and prolific comic book creator/writer George T Singley and his Chimaera Studios.

The Chimaera Universe Core Rulebook has been designed to provide everything a player needs at a reasonable price, while the growing range of supplements enhance the game to unlimited heroic ends! Exhaustively researched and developed, The Chimaera Universe Roleplaying Game lets players and the Director immerse themselves completely into the world of the greatest super heroes of all time and the most nefarious villains to ever endanger the planet!

Strap on that cape, pull up that cowl, slide on those power gauntlets, and hide behind that mask…It’s up to you to be a Hero!

For more than 50 years, this mystery's kept everyone guessing! Poor Mr. Boddy's been murdered in his own stately home! Who could have done it? And how? And where? Was it Colonel Mustard in the Conservatory with the Revolver? There are six suspects, six possible murder weapons and nine rooms in the mansion. This leaaves hundreds of possibilities, and plenty of clues to investigate!

At the height of King Conan's reign, when he and his queen had blessed the world with a son and the kingdoms of Hyboria were separated by thin lines of tension and borders that were fragile as glass, there existed a prophecy. The prophecy spoke of the Blood of Atlantis, the true blood of the rulers of the world, which would flow in the veins of a young girl, who would give the fallen continent of Atlantis an heir - an heir that would unseat all the kings of men. King Conan's enemies had begun gathering all of the girls who match the prophecy, preparing the one to bear the child that would call up the forces of Atlantis to sack Tarantia and end Conan's reign once and for all. Trial of Blood is the first mega-campaign for the Conan Roleplaying Game Second Edition, placing a group of young adventurers in the path of prophecy and potentially disastrous events that could change Hyboria forever. Taking the characters from their roots as young men and women and hurling them through a series of linked scenarios that will pit them ultimately against the fate of Hyboria itself. Can your group of unlikely heroes possibly change the verdict of the Trial of Blood and save King Conan?

Conflict of Heroes is a unique new series of fast-paced boardgame simulations that follow the development of modern day squad and platoon level tactics starting with World War II through modern day Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Conflict of Heroes merges the elegance of streamlined Eurogame rules with deep strategic wargames. The series is an excellent teaching and training tool for company level combined arms tactics. The first game in the series is Awakening the Bear!, which covers Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia in 1941. Many consider this time period to be the birth of modern warfare tactics that continue to be used and perfected by today's modern armies.

An alien conspiracy 160 million years in the making.

A group so powerful, their leader may be a god.

An accident so terrible it threatens the past, present and future.

To DELTA GREEN, it’s just another Night at the Opera.

For the first time, all three of Dennis Detwiller's legendary DELTA GREEN: EYES ONLY chapbooks are collected into one deluxe hardcover volume.

The sky turned red, the ground split, the oceans flooded, fire rained down, mythical beasts awoke and magic lashed out. When the Night of Fire ended, nine out of every 10 people in Scondera were dead. The Long Winter killed countless more.

You survived.

Desolation is a post-apocalyptic fantasy roleplaying game set 18 months after a high-fantasy world was nearly brought to an end. You create a character who survived the devastation. Will you seize power amidst the chaos, help to rebuild civilization, remap the twisted remains of the world ... or will you even survive another day?

The story is yours to tell.

Desolation's 256 pages contain everything needed to play, including a complete setting, seven playable races, free-form magic rules and the Ubiquity Roleplaying System, which emphasizes story and streamlined gaming.

The Nature Game with Ever Changing Rules! Gameplay is fast and fun, just like original Fluxx, but with all new, natural Keepers like dirt, leaves, bears and frogs! New "Eats" goals help teach about the food chain, and fun actions like Mass Migration and Extinction, and the new rule Composting help set the tone.

In this fifth of Exalted’s five Books of Sorcery, the nature and powers of the myriad of ghosts and demons that have endangered Creation since the Primordial War are explored. Eschewing the Cycle of Reincarnation, ghosts are an affront to the natural order, bringing more power to the Neverborn through their very existence, and even more so through the ancestor cults, which promote ghost worship. Demons, meanwhile, are the spawn of the imprisoned Yozis, called forth from Malfeas to do the will of powerful sorcerers or escaped into the world where they might cause havoc and do the will of their trapped progenitors. Will the returned Lawgivers succeed in curbing these spirits’ effect on Creation, or are even the Solars endangered by the machinations of these beings and their dire masters?

A Magical Sourcebook for Exalted®, Second Edition contains:

In 1946 an alien virus released over Manhattan changed the world forever. Ninety percent of the people exposed to the wild card virus died, and some say they were the lucky ones. Of the survivors, nine out of ten were mutated into "jokers," hideous freaks. Only a rare one percent became "aces," people gifted with superhuman powers.

In 1987, the first book in the Wild Cards series introduced readers to this strange new universe, spanning more than a dozen anthologies and novels. Now players of Mutants & Masterminds can make the world of Wild Cards their own in this all-new sourcebook by Wild Cards author John Jos. Miller. In it you will find:

STAR TILES add a new dimension to boring miniature tiles...literally. We've combined 2D tiles with 3D props, allowing you to create a visually stunning tabletop for your players quickly and easily. This set includes 26 large 8"x8" tiles and enough 3D props to stock your starship or space station. All props are designed for the novice card modeler and can be built in minutes. All prop art is created by award winning artists and is 300dpi for maximum detail.

This PDF includes:

Word has reached the streets of Redpoint that a lost artifact of great power lies to the southwest, in an obscure vale in the ancient Seawatch Mountains. It is the Blackstone, a relic of ancient power from a mythic age. There are only a few references to it in the tomes of history, all of them fearful and despairing. The potential for an era of unchecked evil abounds, unless you find the Blackstone first and destroy it.

Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries takes you on a Nordic adventure through Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden as you travel to the great northern cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm. Visit Norway's beautiful fjords and the magnificent mountain scenery on the Rauma Railway. Breathe in the salt air of the busy Swedish ports on the Baltic Sea. Ride through the Danish countryside where Vikings once walked. Hop-on the Finnish railway and travel across the Arctic Circle to the land of the Midnight Sun.

Players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes and pass through tunnels and onto ferries, as they connect cities throughout the Nordic Countries.

As with previous versions, the game remains elegant, can be learned in 5 minutes and provides hours of fun for families and experienced gamers alike.

Tomb pits opponents against one another in a fast paced board game of monsters, traps, and treasures. After assembling your party from a plethora of random characters in the Inn, you set out into the Tomb. The Tomb is created as the game begins, with each player hiding treasure, traps, and monsters in each crypt, unknown to the other players. Do you remember where you left the chest of gold? Better hope your opponent didn’t put a Pain Eater in the same crypt! No rogues at the Inn today? Hope you don’t run into a poison dart trap! Tomb captures the fast-paced feel of a dungeon crawl without the hours of set up before hand. Just grab your party and go.

Each character brings unique abilities, and with the map changing every game as well as the available characters, no two games will ever be the same.

This 32 page booklet provides all the core rules for Traveller, allowing new players to experience fun and adventure across the stars for the first time. Ideal for a group looking to try the new Traveller rules, or as a gift to a non-Travelling friend, Book 0 gives you everything you need to begin your voyages across known (and unknown) space.

You stand guard on a lonely outpost, at the periphery of the Empire. Barbrian raids have sacked other outposts, strangled your supplies and now threaten the Legion itself. You must find what drives the raiders, and how to stop them.

NOVICE: 35 point characters.

A new Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game era dawns with the Duelist Genesis, the latest booster set for the world's number one selling trading card game! This 100-card set is the first to feature cards from the all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, which will be seen on TV in Europe in 2009. Just as the new TV show marks the next chapter in the ever-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, the Duelist Genesis also marks a fresh beginning for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, introducing new typer of monsters and an amazing new game mechanic! Be prepared to kick your Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Dueling into overdrive with the Duelist Genesis!

Create a new line of attack with the new Psychic-Type monsters and Synchro monsters with Tuners (effect monsters that fuse with regular monsters to bring out Synchro monsters)

A new Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game era dawns with the Duelist Genesis, the latest booster set for the world's number one selling trading card game! This 100-card set is the first to feature cards from the all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, which will be seen on TV in Europe in 2009. Just as the new TV show marks the next chapter in the ever-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, the Duelist Genesis also marks a fresh beginning for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, introducing new typer of monsters and an amazing new game mechanic! Be prepared to kick your Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Dueling into overdrive with the Duelist Genesis!

Create a new line of attack with the new Psychic-Type monsters and Synchro monsters with Tuners (effect monsters that fuse with regular monsters to bring out Synchro monsters)