New Releases 05 May 2008

Professor Rudolph Pearson moved to New York City after the Great War, hoping to put his past behind him. While teaching Medieval Literature at Columbia University, he helped the police unravel a centuries’ old mystery. At the same moment, he uncovered a threat so terrifying that he could not turn away. With the bloody scribbling of an Old English script in a dead man’s apartment, Rudolph Pearson begins a journey that takes him to the very beginning of human civilization. There he learns of the terror that brings doom to his world.

Gathered here are the weird investigations of Rudolph Pearson. This compilation of cosmic horror and Cthulhu Mythos tales brings to life a world full of the grotesque and the malefic, set against a backdrop of an unknowable universe. Progress can be horrifying.

The Hyborian Age is a time of great and terrible sorcery. Whether rising from forgotten tombs, lurking in darksome and primeval forests or presiding over grim temples and blood-soaked altars, the malevolent influence of sorcery is inescapable. Adventurers must tread carefully and hone their weapons, for the strongest sorcery can strike without warning and deflect the most potent attacks.

This expansion for Conan the Roleplaying Game updates the previous book 'Scrolls of Skelos' for second edition and adds new spells for your heroes to cast or cower from, new feats, new unusual and magical items to confound and amaze, and new beasts whose very existence is a testament to the power of magic. Whether he uses Frost Magic, legions of Henchmen or a single Lord of the Black Circle, a sorcerer is now an even more formidable threat. Secrets of Skelos also includes full rules for designing and using your very own sorcerous cults, even allowing Player Characters to create their own insidious conspiracies.

Add a little mayhem to your game.

The Critical Fumble Deck is a sequel to last year’s popular Critical Hit Deck and is designed to balance out the system, allowing both minor and major mishaps to occur during combat. The Critical Fumble Deck consists of 52 full-color standard-sized cards, ready to use out of the box with the enclosed rules. The Critical Fumble Deck is compatible with the world’s most popular roleplaying game.

Heroes need the right tools to get the job done. Adventure Gear 2 adds a host of new items to their arsenal, from climber’s gear to a portable ram. This 54-card set allows heroes to keep track of their equipment in style and is completely compatible with all of our other GameMastery Item Card sets. Each of these full-color cards features a beautiful portrait of the item on one side with space on the back to keep notes.

GameMastery Item Cards are compatible with any fantasy roleplaying game.

A dungeon adventure for 11th-level characters.

For years, the knights of Mendev have held back the evil locked inside the Worldwound, a vast, demon-tainted landscape. Every few years, they anoint a new protector, a sacred guardian charged with pitting his will against the teeming hordes bent on devouring the very souls of the living. This year, something has gone horribly wrong, and now a bloodthirsty demonic army has overrun the ancient fortress, and threatens to pour into the surrounding countryside.

This adventure is set in Mendev, the site of the largest crusade in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting, but it can be easily adapted for use in any setting. For more information on this enduring struggle, check out the Pathfinder Chronicles Gazetteer.

A wilderness adventure for 4th-level characters.

A vast merchant consortium has a simple job for you—one that pays extremely well. All it asks is that you stand guard over one of its outposts for a few weeks until reinforcements arrive. The problem, of course, is that the outpost is in the middle of a vast and dangerous jungle and the natives seem intent upon putting an arrow in you at every turn. If the journey there doesn’t kill you, though, you might just learn what is worth risking your lives over.

This adventure includes all in information you need to send your heroes on a fantastic journey through the heart of the deep and mysterious jungle, including encounters with terrible monsters and hostile natives.

This adventure is set in the Mwangi Expanse, the largest jungle in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting, but it can be easily adapted for use in any setting. For more information on this environ, check out the Pathfinder Chronicles Gazetteer.

The civil unrest in Korvosa has been dealt with, only to be replaced by a far more deadly and insidious threat. A horrific disease that leaves its dead deformed and faceless sweeps through the streets of Korvosa, death borne on the wind and steeped in the stones. Mass graves crowd the outer walls and plague doctors stalk the streets in a desperate attempt to prevent the sickness from spreading, yet is there something more to the plague than meets the eye?

This volume contains supplementary rules for handling large-scale urban disasters such as plagues and famines, and also presents a detailed exploration of Abadar, the god of cities and wealth. Several new monsters associated with sickness and disease round out the bestiary.

Pathfinder is Paizo Publishing's 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover Adventure Path book printed on high-quality paper that releases in a monthly volume. Each volume is brought to you by the same staff which brought you Dragon and Dungeon magazines for over five years. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Because Pathfinder uses the Open Game License, it is 100% compatible with the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game.

Pathfinder and the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path famously reimagined goblins, detailing their culture, mannerisms, and tactics in a way that made a boring old monster one of the most hotly discussed foes in fantasy roleplaying. Now, the minds that bring you Pathfinder have applied the same method to ten "classic" monsters, providing complete ecological discussions and adventure ideas involving orcs, ogres, goblins, hobgoblins, trolls, bugbears, and more in this lavishly illustrated, full-color 64-page overview that is both fun to read and fun to use at the gaming table.

Designed for use with the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting but easily portable to any fantasy campaign, Classic Monsters Revisited is a resource gamers can turn to again and again.

Welcome to the Jungle! Starfall Jungle that is. A modern adventure of horror-espionage where players take on the roles of the covert Agents of Oblivion, a black ops organization battling terror and terrorism around the globe! Be ready to lock and load as you head way down south of the border on a mission that quickly descends into madness. Watch your six! Includes six characters good to go!

Discover, explore, and settle Catan anywhere and anytime! …even all by yourself! The Catan Dice Game® is the perfect portable adventure experience. Play it in only 15-30 minutes! It’s a great casual introduction to the world of Catan. With 6 colorful, embossed wooden dice and your scoring map, you can roll—and risk— your way to victory. So get ready to toss! Challenge the odds and discover a fresh way to master Catan!

SNATCH is the word game, pure and simple. It takes 30 seconds to learn and you'll play it for the rest of your life.

The idea behind the game - to make words and to poach words by adding to them - has been around since Victorian times.

SNATCH is addictive, loud and generally good fun. It does test your brain a bit but the most unlikely people are very very good at it. Plus, it looks nice.

Get 1 of each of the 4 starter decks from the Stargate CCG Rise of The Ori release:

“Rise of the Ori” is the third set for the Stargate TCG. Highlighting this 200-plus card expansion is the following:

8 Decks (2 each of 4 types) per box, 60 cards per deck, four unique 60-card starter decks:

Welcome to the Jungle! Starfall Jungle that is.

A modern adventure of horror-espionage where players take on the roles of the covert Agents of Oblivion, a black ops organization battling terror and terrorism around the globe! Be ready to lock and load as you head way down south of the border on a mission that quickly descends into madness. Watch your six! Includes six starting level characters good to go! Penned by Sean Preston, refined for True20 by Erica Balsley, and beautifully illustrated by Adam Shaw.

This is a great introductory adventure to kick off an AoO campaign and is perfect for beginning players and low level characters.

Out of the darkness comes Light of Destruction, the latest booster to hit stores. This all new 100-card booster set introduces brand new Light cards with all new deck types that allow players to banish opponent’s cards light-years away! This set also includes the mysterious Arcana Force cards from Season 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Satorius’ “Arcane Force” cards and many others used by Jaden Yuki, Aster Phoenix and Professor Crowler are featured, helping anchor this set among fans of the animated series. These powerful cards and themes are sure to make Duelists and fans see the light!

Out of the darkness comes Light of Destruction, the latest booster to hit stores. This all new 100-card booster set introduces brand new Light cards with all new deck types that allow players to banish opponent’s cards light-years away! This set also includes the mysterious Arcana Force cards from Season 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Satorius’ “Arcane Force” cards and many others used by Jaden Yuki, Aster Phoenix and Professor Crowler are featured, helping anchor this set among fans of the animated series. These powerful cards and themes are sure to make Duelists and fans see the light!