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IDW Games Announces ‘V-Wars’ Strategy Board Game
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
IDW Games announced plans last week for a big box strategy board game adaptation of Jonathan Maberry’s prose series, and recent comic adaptation, V-Wars, designed by Rob Daviau, according to hobby industry news website ICv2.com.
IDW launched a comic adaptation of the New York Times best-selling horror series on Free Comic Book Day. Now they have tapped well known game designer Rob Daviau (Risk: Legacy, Betrayal at House on the Hill) to work with V-Wars author and creator Mayberry to bring the V-Wars experience to the tabletop.
The story will pull from and add to the ongoing comic’s universe, with players taking the role of either humans or vampires in a struggle for dominance. Though the game is still in development, release is planned for March 2015.
“[The game] …combines a lot of what I do and what interests me–combat, conflict, narrative, interesting choices, horror, and a fun world to play in,” said Daviau. “I hope to be able to bring all the feeling of the stories and comics into the game. It’s still early but I can already see chances for a lot of subterfuge and shifting goals. Just because you start the game as a human, doesn’t mean you’ll end as one.”
Tags: Board Games, IDW Games, IDW Publishing, New Release, TableTop, V-Wars
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August Through October FNM Promo’s Announced
Friday, August 1st, 2014
Check it out loyal Battleground Games & Hobbies fans! Wizards of the Coast announced last week the next few months of Friday Night Magic promo cards, including a couple of really cool cards, all featuring new art!
August 2014. Photo courtesy of Wizards of the Coast.
September 2014. Photo courtesy of Wizards of the Coast.
October 2014. Photo courtesy of Wizards of the Coast.
Remember, these awesome cards may only be earned at Friday Night Magic, so please don’t forget to join us at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies in Abington, MA or Plainville, MA!
What do you think of the upcoming exclusive promo cards? Let us know in the comments below!
Tags: Banishing Light, Bile Blight, Fanatic of Xenagos, FNM, Friday Night Magic, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Promo Cards, Wizards of the Coast
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Wizards of the Coast Announces Sweeping Changes to ‘Magic’ Organized Play
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Wizards of the Coast announced yesterday sweeping changes to the Magic the Gathering organized play program as a result of unprecedented growth in both it’s Grand Prix program and Pro Tour Qualifier programs. Based upon feedback from the community at large, including judges, players, and local-game-store’s alike, the following changes were announced:
A New Path to the Pro Tour
The take away:
- New path to the Pro Tour will now feature a two-tier event series to qualify – a Preliminary PTQ feeding a Regional PTQ;
- Winners of Preliminary PTQ’s are invited to participate in the Regional PTQ;
- Preliminary PTQ’s will be run by local game stores;
- Qualified players may play in any Regional PTQ they wish;
- The top four finishers of the Regional PTQ qualify for the Pro Tour, including airfare;
- If a Regional PTQ has 128 participants or more, the top eight players qualify for the Pro Tour instead.
Improving Grand Prix Events
The take away:
- Amount of Grand Prix events increased from 46 to 54;
- The top eight (top four for a team event) will receive invitations to the Pro Tour regardless of event attendance;
- Everyone with 39 match points – or a record of 13-2 – will qualify for the Pro Tour;
- Total prize pay out increased to $70,000 if attendance is 3600 or more.
Changes to the Pro Player’s Club
The take away:
- Pro Points at Pro Tour’s will now be awarded based upon final match point score instead of final swiss standing beyond the top eight;
- Pro Points at Grand Prix events will likewise now be awarded based upon final match point score beyond the top eight;
- Players at the Pro Tour finishing with 33 match points or more will receive an invitation and airfare to the next Pro Tour;
- Minor changes to the threshold needed to reach Platinum Pro-level status;
- Gold Pro-level no longer awards a $500.00 appearance fee. Instead, Gold Pro-level now awards airfare to all Pro Tours for the season.
What do you think of these sweeping changes? Is this better for the Magic the Gathering organized play program or worse? Tell us what you think of the new changes effective beginning in August in the comments below!
Tags: Changes, Grand Prix, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Organized Play, Pro Tour, Pro Tour Qualifier, PTQ, Wizards of the Coast, WOTC
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‘Magic the Gathering’ at San Diego Comic Con
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
Every year at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), Wizards of the Coast always makes some amazing announcements for upcoming products. This year, they did not disappoint. Check it out!
Duel Decks: Speed Vs Cunning coming September 5th, 2014!
Five new mono-color Commander decks coming November 7th, 2014!
Khans of Trokair is to be a “wedge” set!
Here’s some other sweet tidbits announced at SDCC:
From the Vault: Annihilation will be released August 22 and will include Armageddon, Wrath of God, Rolling Earthquake,Cataclysm, and Living Death.
Unknown products were announced too: The original four Duel Decks will be released as Duel Decks: Anthology. These were Jace vs. Chandra, Elves vs. Goblins, Divine vs. Demonic, and Garruk vs. Liliana.
Khans of Tarkir is going to be a large set—small set—large set block structure (like Innistrad, Dark Ascension, and Avacyn Restored, with a special consideration for Limited and “a time travel element” yet to be revealed.
Tarkir itself is a plane of five warring clans, each worships a different aspect of the plane’s (now extinct) dragons.
There will be more than just the clans on Tarkir: Djinn, Efreet, and Bears will be featured.
Seeded Prerelease boxes are returning, one for each clan, but this time the Prerelease promo for each will be one of eight different cards at random, easing some of the “one seeded box is much better for Limited than the others” concerns from recent prereleases, and hopefully resulting in more a even selection of boxes.
Finally, each clan will have its own mechanic, with morph returning for the block.
So, what do you think of this exciting announcement? What are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments below!
Tags: Commander, Duel Decks Speed Vs Cunning, From the Vault Annihilation, Khans of Tarkir, Magic Panel, Magic the Gathering, MTG, San Diego Comic Con, SDCC, Wizards of the Coal
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Devil Pig Games Announces ‘Shadows Over Normandie’ Board Game
Thursday, July 24th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
According to popular hobby industry news website ICv2.com, French company Devil Pig Games will release a new board game that combines their World War II board game Heroes of Normandie with the eldritch horror of Modiphius Entertainment’s Achtung! Cthulhu RPG. Shadows over Normandie is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.
Shadows over Normandie is a standalone game that features characters and forces from the Achtung! Cthulhu world. The story follows the Lost Platoon, a few weeks after D-Day, somewhere deep in the Normandy countryside. The platoon is led by Sgt. Carter of the U.S Rangers, with help from the French resistance agent Ariane Dubois, who must stop the Deep Ones and the Nazi Cult of the Black Sun before they summon Cthulhu and unleash the Great Old One on the Allied forces.
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Chris Birch, of Modiphius Entertainment, explained how the English and French game companies came together. “We first hooked up with the Devil Pig’s Yan & Clem last spring when we both Kickstarted our respective games. We both got on well (as us Londoners and Parisians do when there’s no one called Napoleon organizing the party) and a tie-up with our world seemed like a match made in heaven so they launched the cross-over expansion Shadows over Normandie. Since then it has become a standalone boxed game in its own right and this latest Kickstarter is to upgrade the contents and add in a bucket of new content.”
The Heroes of Normandie game is distributed in the US by Iello, and according to Devil Pig, has sold 5,000 copies worldwide. The European-based Kickstarter was funded in the first hour, and is now approaching £100,000.00 in funding with 6 days to go. Backer fulfillment is planned for December 2014, with trade release to follow in Q1 2015. The tentative US MSRP will be $80.00 – $88.00. U.S. distribution has not been finalized, but previous Devil Pig releases have been distributed by Iello.
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Tags: Board Games, Devil Pig Games, ICv2.com, Iello, Kickstarter, New Release, Shadows of Normandie, TableTop, World War II
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Rio Grande Games & ‘Dominion’ Creator Announce New Board Game
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
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According to hobby channel news website ICv2.com, Rio Grande Games has teamed up with Donald X. Vaccarino (Dominion, Kingdom Builder) yet again, this time for the time-travel board game Temporum.
In Temporum, players assume the role of time travellers, manipulating both subtle and major events in history in a bid to gain the most power at the moment that time travel is invented. The game board shows different “paths” that history can take, and players use their hand of cards to travel through time and alter this course of events. Two to five can play, and each game lasts between 30 and 60 minutes.
Temporum is expected to release later this year and will definitely be a highly anticipated release! Look forward to seeing it at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies!
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Tags: Board Games, Donald X. Vaccarino, New Release, Rio Grande Games, TableTop, Temporum
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