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Wizards of the Coast Announces ‘D&D Tyranny of Dragons’
Monday, May 26th, 2014
Wizards of the Coast announced last week the highly anticipated product line-up for the Dungeons & Dragons Tyranny of Dragons campaign, ushering in a pivotal year for the popular role-playing game brand. The entertainment offerings include the D&D Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual and Dungeon Master’s Guide that bring the campaign storyline to life for tabletop RPG gamers, as well as digital offerings led by a new module for the Neverwinter MMO.
NEW D&D Logo
To celebrate 40 years of entertaining players and to coincide with the Tyranny of Dragons product line-up, Wizards of the Coast has also unveiled a new logo for the brand. The redesign includes a larger ampersand that is clearly a fire-breathing dragon, conveying an element of danger with its sharp edges and barbs on his tale and evoking some of the main elements that D&D stands for, including adventures and fearsome monsters.
NEW Ampersand Logo
First out of the gate for Tyranny of Dragons digital offerings will be a new module for the highly-acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons MMO, Neverwinter, from Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment. The new module, aptly titled Tyranny of Dragons, will be the premier digital Dungeons & Dragons experience for players and will launch on August 14, 2014.
Tyranny of Dragons Digial Logo
For players eager to sink their teeth into the Tyranny of Dragons storyline around the gaming table, two new tabletop adventures will also release this year. Hoard of the Dragon Queen (August 19) and The Rise of Tiamat (October 21) will take players into the depths of the dragon’s lair, pitting them against Tiamat, the most fearsome dragon in D&D’s history.
In addition, Wizards has partnered with WizKids to produce a new line of D&D miniatures (see “WizKids Releases Details for ‘D&D Fantasy’ Miniatures“) that fans can use in conjunction with their Tyranny of Dragons adventures, as well as complement their tabletop RPG experience brought forth by the new rules set. With these new minis, players can expect high-quality, pre-painted plastic miniatures featuring iconic heroes and villains straight from the Forgotten Realms.
For the full Tyranny of Dragons story overview and product line-up, including PC and mobile games, tabletop roleplaying adventures, digital tools, collectible miniatures, comics, apparel and more visit DungeonsandDragons.com and stay tuned for more Tyranny of Dragons offerings and release dates to be announced in the coming months.
Best of all, Battleground Games & Hobbies will have a full line of Dungeons & Dragons Tyranny of Dragons products in stock as soon as it becomes available! Press release and information courtesy of Alfred Cloutier.
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Tags: Alfred Cloutier, D&D Next, DND, Dungeons and Dragons, Press Release, Role-playing Game, RPG, Tyranny of Dragons, Wizards of the Coast
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WizKids Releases Details for ‘D&D Fantasy’ Miniatures
Monday, May 26th, 2014
Earlier this week, WizKids has released details for the products in its collectible Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Miniatures line, created for use with the new D&D RPG. The first products will be the Starter Set Heroes in July, and Set Oneboosters in August. The line was announced in February and WizKids CEO Justin Ziran explained more details at Toy Fair. Boosters will employ blind packaging.
The Starter Set Heroes will include six miniatures of iconic heroes, for use with the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game Starter Set.
In August, the Set One Standard Booster will arrive. The set will contain more than 50 miniatures of humans, elves, dwarves, halfings, orcs, goblins, and other characters from the Forgotten Realms universe of Dungeons & Dragons. The blind-boxed boosters will contain four figures each, with an MSRP of $15.99. Each Booster Brick contains eight boosters (32 figures), and cases contain four bricks (32 boosters/128 figures).
There is also a purchase-with-purchase Case Incentive Promotional Figure, which will be available on a one-to-one basis with cases of the Set One Standard Booster, while supplies last. While there was no name or picture available, the figure is described as an adversary for adventurers, standing several inches tall, and towering over the other miniatures in the set. The figure will release August 13th. First reported by hobby industry news source ICv2.com.
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Tags: D&D Fantasy, Dungeons & Dragons, Miniatures, Starter Set Heroes, WizKids
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IGN Posts Walkthrough of ‘Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers’ – WARNING: Contains Spoilers
Saturday, May 24th, 2014
Earlier this week, IGN.com posted a review of the up coming video game ‘Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers,’ which will be available on iPad, Xbox,PlayStation and computer. Check it out and keep your eyes open for the Magic 2015 “spoiler” cards!
Did you catch the Magic 2015 cards previous unspoiled? What do you think? Does this game look sweet or what? Let us know in the comments!
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Tags: Duels of the Planeswalkers, IGN, Magic 2015, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Preview, Spoilers
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Winner’s Circle – It’s Back! Weekend of May 16 Champions
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Congratulations to this week’s Friday Night Magic winners at both Battleground Games & Hobbies locations in Abington, MA and Plainville, MA. This week, FNM featured the Standard format with top finishers not only receiving store credit prizes, but likewise an exclusive promo foil card Tormented Soul!
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Standard FNM – Start time: 7:30 PM
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Theros/Born of the Gods/Journey into Nyx Booster Draft – Start time: 7:30 PM
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Theros/Born of the Gods/Journey into Nyx Booster Draft – Start time: 7:30 PM
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Modern – Start time: Saturday 7:15 PM
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Standard – Start time: Saturday 7:15 PM
Congratulations to the top finishers of each event. In addition, on behalf of the staff here at Battleground Games & Hobbies, we would like to thank everyone that attended our events. We greatly appreciate you choosing to hang out with us and look forward to seeing you again in the future! Remember, next week Winner’s Circle will be published each and every Tuesday, from now on.
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Journey into Nyx Game Day – THIS WEEKEND!
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Sunday
BOTH LOCATIONS
Format: Standard (with a cut to top 8.)
Date: May 25th, 2014
Time: 2:00pm
Entrance Fee: $10.00 per person
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This event will be run as a box tournament. Every participant beyond 12 will add $10.00 store credit to the prize pool. The event will cut to a top 8 or top 4 based on attendance. Deck lists are not required for this event.
All players will receive a full art, promo Squelching Leeches. The top 8 players will receiver a foil, full art, promo Dictate of Kruphix.
And don’t forget to Defeat a God!
At Game Day be sure to bring the Hero Cards you’ve earned while traveling the Hero’s Path to help you triumph over the Defeat a God Challenge Deck at Journey into Nyx Game Day. This special deck is a challenge you can take on during Game Day, between rounds, or at your convenience. It’s not a part of the tournament, but you’ll want to defeat Xenagos to earn the ninth and final Hero Card on the Hero’s Path.
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Paizo Announces ‘Pathfinder Battles: The Lost Coast’
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Paizo announced details on its next set of Pathfinder Battles miniatures, according to hobby industry news website ICv2.com. The Lost Coast set will release in November.
The Lost Coast set will contain 45 figures, and unlike previous sets, will not be based on characters from a specific Pathfinder Adventure Path, as previous sets Reign of Winter and Wrath of Righteous were. Instead, this release will be a broad-based set based on multiple Pathfinder RPG products, but with a specific focus on the popular region of Varisia, which has been the setting for previous Adventure Paths and other releases.
The set will include monsters, heroes and humanoids inspired by previous releases, as well as new monster types not yet released in this figure line. The case incentive figure will be the “Gargantuan Shemhazian Demon,” which is also the largest figure produced to date.
Each Lost Coast booster contains 1 large figure and 3 medium/small figures. The Lost Coast Standard Brick contains 8boosters (32 total figures.) The Lost Coast Standard Case contains 4 Standard Bricks (32 boosters, 128 figures).
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Tags: ICv2.com, Miniatures, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pathfinder Battles, The Lost Coast
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