Tuesday, December 30th, 2014
Tasty Minstrel Games will release Village Port, the second expansion for the 2012 Kennerspiel des Jahres winner Village in January.
Inka and Markus Brand’s Village is a worker placement and set collection game that has players take control of families in a small historic town. Each player pursues a different career path (a friar, a public official, an adventuring merchant) to find fame and glory and bring honor to their family name. The first expansion, Village Inn, was released in 2013. This new expansion, Village Port, allows players to board their own ship and travel the seven seas, perhaps as missionary or a merchant. It includes life goal cards, so players can pursue a specific career (writer, historian, knight). As an expansion, it requires the base game to play.
The box contains: a sea travel board, 5 wooden ships, 6 cocoa baskets, 6 tea bales, 5 ship tiles, 6 treasure chests, 15 captain cards, 4 setup cards, 12 influence cubes, 7 life goal cards, and 4 new villager cards (for use when combining Village Port and Village Inn expansions). The game is for 2-5 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in 60-90 minutes. MSRP is $34.95.
If this sounds like a board game you can get behind, let the friendly staff at Battleground Games & Hobbies know! Original article by ICv2.com.
Tags: Board Game, Inka Brand, Markus Brand, New Release, TableTop, Tasty Minstrel Games, Village, Village Pport
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Monday, December 29th, 2014
Z-Man Games has announced plans to release a new edition of Richard James’ card game Lords of Scotland in Spring 2015.
Lords of Scotland is set in the historic era surrounding the wars for Scottish independence. The hand management and strategy game casts players in the roles of Scottish lords, out to lay claim to the vacant throne. Players recruit soldiers, build their army, and recruit clans to face rivals, proving their worth on the battlefield. Players vie to reach forty or more points worth of supporters in order to claim the throne.
Z-Man has not released specific details about the new edition, other than announcing a redesigned look. The previous edition included 99 cards, was for 2- 5 players, ages 12 and up, and played in 25 minutes.
Overall, a great game to pick up and play. Just ask our friendly staff at Battleground Games & Hobbies to order this game for you!
Original article by ICv2.com.
Tags: 2nd Edition, Board Game, Lords of Scotland, New Release, TableTop, Z-Man Games
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Friday, December 26th, 2014
Konami will release the new Premium Gold: Return of the Bling set for its Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG on March 20, according to the original article first reported on ICv2.com.
The Premium Gold booster was introduced last year. The release takes the best cards from the past Gold Series sets, and “enshrines” them in a gold color (gold card frames, gold art boxes frames, gold text box frames, card names and even gold level stars for Monster cards).
For this set, 22 previous Gold Rare cards have been revised with the new-and-improved advanced Gold Rare technology. This release includes 48 top cards released with Gold Rare technology for the first time, including all five pieces of “Exodia,” and “Number 101: Silent Honor ARK.” There will also be 21 new Gold Secret cards, including cards for Blackwing, Stardust and HERO decks.
Each five-card “Premium Gold” mini-pack contains two brand new, never-before-released Gold Secrets cards. Each mini-pack also contains three standard Gold Rares (one card an upgraded prior Gold Rare, plus two new Gold Rares).
Each Premium Gold box contains three mini-packs (for a total of 15 cards: six Gold Secrets and nine Gold Rares.
Join us at Battleground Games & Hobbies on Sunday’s for our featured Yu-Gi-Oh events! Please see our event calender for more details.
Tags: 5DS, Gold Series, Konami, New Release, Premium Gold, Return of the Bling, YGO, Yu-Gi-Oh
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2014
Battleground Games & Hobbies retail stores will be open the following holiday hours in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Eve/Day:
Please note that any online store orders placed on Christmas Day will ship the following business day.
If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, now is your chance! Can’t decide, consider picking up a Battleground Games & Hobbies gift card!
On behalf of the entire Battleground Games & Hobbies staff, we would like to wish you all a very safe, fun and happy holiday!
Tags: Christmas, Happy Holidays, Holiday Hours, Merry Christmas, New Year's, Store Hours
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
Steve Jackson Games has announced Mars Attacks; Ten-Minute Takedown, a new dexterity game featuring the classic Martians, for April release. The fast-paced game has players trying to destroy earthling cities by flicking the custom die from their flying saucer, scoring points as cities fall. MSRP is $9.95.
Steve Jackson Games recently released Mars Attacks: The Dice Game this fall. Mantic Games has also recently announced the first expansions for its Mars Attacks–The Miniatures Game.
If this is a game you want to see on the shelves at Battleground Games & Hobbies – let us know!
Original article on ICV2.com.
Tags: Board Game, dexterity game, dice game, Mars Attacks, New Release, Steve Jackson Games, TableTop
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Monday, December 22nd, 2014
Privateer Press has announced it will introduce its more violent role-playing game, Iron Kingdoms Unleashed with an introductory box, and continue its strategy of army boxes for Warmachine and Hordes in March.
Privateer will release Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Roleplaying Game Adventure Kitin March, with an MSRP of $44.99. This will be the first Iron Kingdoms Unleashed product, similar to the way Wizards of the Coast launched the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons with the D&D Starter Set.
Designed to allow new players to play using only the contents of the box, the Kit will include an abridged rulebook, one 32-page scenario, four pre-generated character sheets, four plastic hero figures, ten plastic antagonist figures, four six-sided dice, a ruler, nine double-sided map tiles, and four map token sheets, all at an MSRP of $44.99.
The army boxes are follow-ons to the first pair, one each for Warmachine and Hordes, which will be released in February. In March, Privateer will release Warmachine: All-in-One Army Box–Protectorate of Menoth and Hordes: All-in-One Army Box–Legion of Everblight. They are configured to be useful both to new players and to experienced players looking to add a faction.
If this looks like a game you’d like to get your hands on, let the friendly staff at Battleground Games & Hobbies know!
Warmachine: All-in-One Army Box–Protectorate of Menoth will include over $200 worth of product (a complete 35-point army, rulebook, and strategy cards) for a $134.99 MSRP. The following models are included:
Hordes: All-in-One Army Box–Legion of Everblight will include almost $200 worth of product (complete 35-point army, rulebook, and strategy cards) for $129.99. The following models are included:
Article originally posted on ICv2.com.
Tags: Board Games, Hordes, Intro box, Iron Kingdoms Unleashed, Privateer Press, RPG, TableTop, Warmachine
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