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Queen’s Games Announces New Board Game ‘Greed’
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Award-winning game designer Donald X. Vaccarino (Kingdom Builder, Dominion)’s card-drafting game Greed was on display at the Queen Games booth at last week’s Gen Con, according to hobby news website ICv2.com. Another Kickstarter-funded project for Queen, it is expected to ship into the trade channels soon.
Queen Games USA’s Executive Director Keith Blume described the game. “You take the role of a late-60’s crime boss, and basically try to acquire the most wealth and become the crime boss of the city. That’s one that’s a little bit darker theme for us, relative to the usual family fair. It’s been getting a lot of play here.”
Players can invest in various legal business “holdings,” hire “thugs” to collect revenue, and engage in criminal activities against other players. Game play is simultaneous, with players drafting and playing cards each round at the same time. Greed can be played by two to five players and plays in about 45 minutes.
Queen’s Kickstarter drive for Greed gathered $26,208 in pledges from 822 backers ($31.88/backer average), well over the modest $5,000 goal.
Tags: Board Games, Donald X. Vaccarino, Gen Con, Greed, ICv2.com, New Release, Queen Games, TableTop
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Greater Than Games Announces Expansion for ‘Sentinels of the Multiverse’
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Greater Than Games has announced the next Sentinels of the Multiverse expansion, according to hobby news website ICv2.com, which will be called Wrath of the Cosmos. The product is currently in Kickstarter, with a planned December 2014 release to backers and later for retailers.
The Wrath of the Cosmos expansion features two new heroes, four villains, and two environments to the cooperative card game based on classic comic books. The players must work together to defend the earth from extra-terrestrial threats.
Sentinels of the Multiverse has been a huge success for Greater Than Games. As Christopher Badell, Greater Than Games’ Design Director and co-owner, explained, “In the last two years, since we released the Enhanced Edition at Gen Con 2012, we’ve sold over 60,000 copies of Sentinels of the Multiverse. That doesn’t count the sales of any expansions or anything else, that’s just the core game itself.”
Greater Than Games is also developing a program to support in-store events for their games. This may include “demo boxes” that include promotional materials for retailers that want to run demos of its games in their stores. An in-store tournament league is also planned to support the new Sentinel Tactics game.
Tags: Expansion, Greater Than Games, ICv2.com, Kickstarter. Board Games, New Release, Sentinels of the Multiverse, TableTop, Wrath of the Cosmos
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Announcing MTG ‘Khans of Tarkir’ Pre-release Details
Monday, September 8th, 2014
Announcing Battleground Games & Hobbies Khans of Tarkir Pre-release – Weekend of September 20th! Join us!
The Khans of Tarkir Prerelease presents players with a special opportunity to open a Prerelease Pack. There are five Pre-release Packs to choose from; each corresponds to a one of the five clans in Khans of Tarkir:
The Abzan Houses – White/Black/Green
The Jeskai Way – Blue/Red/White
The Sultai Brood – Black/Green/Blue
The Mardu Horde – Red/White/Black
The Temur Frontier – Green/Blue/Red
If players would like to be guaranteed a specific Khans of Tarkir Pre-release Pack they MUST pre-register for the event they would like to participate in. Please speak to any friendly staff member in store or contact us here to pre-register.
Abington Store:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669
Plainville Store:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195
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Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: September 20th Friday night / Saturday morning
Time: 12:00am (midnight) – BOTH LOCATIONS
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.
Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: September 20th Saturday afternoon
Time: 12:00pm – PLAINVILLE
Time: 2:00pm – ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.
Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: September 20th Saturday night
Time: 6:00pm – PLAINVILLE
Time: 7:00pm – ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.
Format: Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck**
Date: September 21st Sunday afternoon
Time: 12:00pm in PLAINVILLE
Time: 7:00pm in ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $20.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.
Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: September 21st Sunday night
Time: 6:00pm in PLAINVILLE
Time: 2:00pm in ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.
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*Sealed Deck: Each player receives one Khans of Tarkir Pre-release Pack corresponding to the clan of their choice.
**Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck: Each TEAM will receive 2 Khans of Tarkir Pre-release Packs with which to build two 40 card decks.
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What Do I Get?
Prizes are based on attendance. There will be 2 booster packs per player put into the prize pool. Prizes packs are typically awarded to the top 35% of finishers.
Each Player will receive one Khans of Tarkir Pre-release Pack that contains:
5 Khans of Tarkir booster packs
1 Seeded booster pack*
1 Premium promo card (40 unique promos available!)
1 Activity card
1 Spindown life counter
1 Welcome Letter
For this event, players may use the promo card included with the Pre-release Pack in their tournament deck.
*Contains cards from Khans of Tarkir that are or have synergy with the clan you chose.
What Else Can I Do?
Open Dueling: Open Dueling players each receive 1 Khans of Tarkir Intro Pack. Open Dueling players use their Intro Pack to play against each other, as well as Pre-release tournament players who are between matches. All players should be encouraged to help teach Open Dueling participants how to play Magic.
Come down, play some cards, check out the new set, and meet some new people! We look forward to seeing you!
Tags: Event, Khans of Tarkir, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Prerelease, Wizards of the Coast
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MTG ‘Khans of Tarkir’ Single Cards Now Available for Pre-order!
Friday, September 5th, 2014
Battleground Games & Hobbies would like to announce that single cards for upcoming Magic the Gathering set Khans of Tarkir is now available for pre-order. Reserve your favorite cards from the new set today! Plus, please continually check back, as we will add cards to our catalog as they are spoiled and confirmed.
In addition, don’t forget to check out and pre-order Khans of Tarkir sealed product, too! Plus, protect those new fetchlands: check out our full line of accessories & supplies!
Sealed Product now available for pre-order!
Please note that orders containing pre-order items do not ship until the pre-order item becomes available. In this case, September 26th. Sealed Khans of Tarkir items may not be shipped internationally. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Finally, if you’re local to Massachusetts, please remember to join us the weekend of September 20th at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies for the Khans of Tarkir pre-release! Please click here for full details.
Tags: Buy, Khans of Tarkir, Magic the Gathering, MTG, New Release, Pre-order, Pre-release, Sealed Product, Single Cards
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New ‘Castle Panic’ Expansion Announced
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICV2.com.
During last week’s Gen Con fair, Fireside Games and creator of Castle Panic, announced the game’s next expansion, The Dark Titan. Fireside plans to release the expansion sometime in 2015, targeting a spring release, as first reported by hobby news website ICv2.com.
“It is a smaller expansion than Wizard’s Tower,” De Witt explained, CEO of Fireside Games. “It’s going to bring one new giant villain to the game, along with several smaller accomplices, and some new things you get to do: new cards, new tokens that are on the board that you get to interact with in a different way.”
The Dark Titan is designed to adjust the difficulty of the game to a level between the base game and the earlier Wizard’s Towerexpansion. It can be used with the base game or combined with Wizard’s Tower.
Tags: Board Games, Castle Panic, Fireside Games, Gen Con, ICv2, New Release, TableTop, The Dark Titan
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Passport Game Studios Announces Two New Board Games
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Passport Games has announced two upcoming games co-produced with Stratelibri: Kingsport Festival and Provincia Romana, according to hobby news website ICv2.com. Both are planned for mid-to-late October release.
Richard Dracass, Chief Business Officer at Passport Game Studios, described Kingsport Festival as “Kingsburg meets Lovecraft” with “that same mechanic that everyone loves from that game.” Kingsburg was nominated for several game awards, including an Origins award in 2008. The game is designed by Andrea Chiarvesio (Kingsburg, Arcanum) and Gianluca Santopietro (Letters from Whitechapel). In this horror game, players take the villainous role of cult leaders, out to dominate the city. Players need to reserve their sanity, overcome the investigators out to stop the cults, and overcome unexpected events.
The box contains 20 Elder God sheets, 16 building tiles, 5 player tokens, 110 cards,165 wooden pieces (6 scoring markers, 79 resource markers, 65 control cubes, 15 dice), a game board and rulebook. The game is for 3-5 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 90 minutes.
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Provincia Romana is an engine building, resource management game. Designed by Pierluigi Frumusa (Swordfish, Lupin the 3rd), players take the roles of governors of different ancient Roman cities (Forum Julii, Arelate, Loupian, Tolosa, Narbo Martius and Massilia), and must manage their city’s economy and resources: building temples and coliseums, seeing to the city’s defense, and forming agreements with the Roman Senate. The goal is to become the most prestigious governor and become the new Proconsul of a mighty Provincia Romana.
The box contains 242 cards, 6 player sheets, 18 wooden discs, 115 wooden cubes, a wooden pawn, a punchboard, a game board, and rulebook. The game is for 2-6 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 100 minutes.
Tags: Board Games, Gen Con, H.P. Lovecraft, Kingsport Festival, New Releases, Passport Games Studios, Provincia Roma, TableTop
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