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Devil Pig Games Announces ‘Shadows Over Normandie’ Board Game
Thursday, July 24th, 2014
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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.
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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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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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Coming in 2015: ‘Mouse Guard’ Board Game
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
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The Burning Wheel, in conjunction with Mouse Guard graphic novel creator David Petersen, will release Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds, a two-player strategy board game based in the world of the popular all-ages series, according to hobby channel news website ICv2.com.
The game was conceived by Petersen for use as a unique pastime for his Mouse Guard graphic novel characters, and Petersen partnered with game designer Luke Crane (creator of The Burning Wheel RPG and the Origins Award Winning Mouse Guard RPG) to adapt the game for the real world. The two-person light strategy game is intended as a simple to learn but engaging pastime in which players move mouse pawns across a gridded wooden board while playing sword, stronghold and diplomacy cards.
The box will include a wooden board, eight plastic mouse pawns, 30 cards, and a rules sheet. The game is for 2 players, and takes 10 – 20 minutes to play.
The game is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter for January 2015 fulfillment, and has raised over $28,000 from more than 683 backers as of this writing. The campaign features two retailer pledge levels.
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Privateer Press Announces ‘Hordes: Exigence’
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
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Privateer Press will release Hordes: Exigence, a 120-page, 8.5″ x 10.8″ full color volume, in October according to hobby channel news website ICv2.com. It carries the Hordes narrative forward from Hordes: Gargantuans, and gives players new epic and regular warlocks, three new character lesser warlocks, new units and solos, painting and modeling guide, and Theme Force lists for each new warlock.
Hordes: Exigence will be available in two formats, hardcover and softcover and will be available at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies!
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Several new Hordes warlock figures will also ship in October, including Borka, Vengeance of the Rimeshaws–Trollblood Epic Cavalry Warlock (in resin and white metal), Bradigus Thorle the Runecarver–Circle Warlock (in resin and white metal), and Jaga-Jaga, the Death Charmer–Minion Gatorman Warlock(in white metal).
The Hordes: Exigence launch will be supported with an Event Kit, which will include five Faction coins and 1 Champion coin. Events can be run at any point after October 8th.
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Looney Labs Announces ‘Holiday Fluxx’
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Popular hobby channel news website ICv2.com broke the news last week that Looney Labs will release a festive new edition of their hit card game this fall. Holiday Fluxx will arrive on October 3rd to a Battleground Games & Hobbies near you!
The 100-card set will encompass holidays from Halloween to New Year’s, and is intended as a family-friendly introduction to Fluxx, and perfect for use as stocking stuffers.
The ‘Keeper’ cards will feature new retro-style painted art from artist Ali Douglass, who has illustrated several American Girl books, as well as North Star Games’ Happy Birthday and other titles. The ‘Keeper’ cards are all new with this deck, and Looney Labs will have an exclusive “Mrs. Claus” promotional card for stores that order the launch kit.
Stores that sign up for the Looney Labs marketing list will also be able to request multiple copies (25 -30) of Looney Labs’ annual holiday giveaway in early fall. In the past these giveaways have included everything from exclusive promo cards or pieces for a current game to a new micro game or a puzzle. Let us know if you’d like us to sign up for their promotions!
The game is for 2 -5 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in 5 -30 minutes.
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Evil Hat Productions to Release New Deck Building Game
Monday, July 14th, 2014
Evil Hat Productions will release the deck building card game Zeppelin Attack! in August, according to news website ICv2.com.
Designed by Eric B. Vogel (Cambria) and based in the world of Evil Hat’s Spirit of the Century pulp RPG, the game has players take the roll of villainous masterminds (Gorilla Khan, Jacqueline Frost, Der Blitzmann, or the Walking Mind) out to conquer the world. The goal is to destroy all rival criminal overlords by deploying a zeppelin fleet, commanding minions, and utilizing strange defenses.
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The box contains 112 cards (4 start decks of 13 cards, 6 mercenary operations zeppelins, 6 mercenary attack zeppelins, 8 mercenary attack cards, 6 mercenary defense cards, 8 mercenary operative cards, and 26 fate cards) and a rule book. The game is for 2-4 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in 45 – 60 minutes.
The game was financed by a Kickstarter campaign in February, which raised $35,524 from 1,200 backers ($29.60 / backer average).
Let us know at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies if you’d like us to order this game for you! Please don’t forget to join us every Monday evening at our Abington, MA location for Board Game Night!
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