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Paizo Publishing Announces February 2015 Releases
Monday, September 15th, 2014
Paizo Publishing has announced its Pathfinder RPG releases for the month of February 2015, first reported by ICv2.com, which is the beginning of a new Adventure Path series: Giantslayer. Releases include the first adventure, a new campaign setting book, an adventure “toolbox,” and a map pack.
The Battle of Bloodmarch Hill launches the new six-part Giantslayer Adventure Path. In this adventure, players must defend a human settlement besieged by orcs while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious death. The adventure is designed for first level characters, and includes information on the giants of Golarion, new game mechanics for giants, and a new Pathfinder’s Journal. The adventure is compatible with the Pathfinder RPG and the Open Game License.
The new Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Tombs of Golarion presents a number of deadly dungeons and tombs for the Pathfinder game world. The 64-page softcover book includes a number of adventures including new monsters, traps, and treasures, as well as suggestions for game masters who want to include them in their own campaigns.
The Pathfinder Player Companion: Melee Tactics Toolbox will be a 32-page softcover book with new rules and game materials designed to enhance melee combat in the game. This book was written with the player in mind, designed to appeal to them rather than gamemasters. MSRP is $12.99.
The last of Paizo’s planned quartet for February will be the Pathfinder Map Pack: River System. Designed to work with thePathfinder Flip-Mat: Basic Terrain Multi-Packand other grassy flip-mats, this set includes 18 full-color map tiles illustrated by Jason Engle. The tiles can be used to create a variety of river scenes, and have a special coating that allows wet, dry, and permanent markers to be used and erased. This will be the 54th Map Pack game accessory.
What do you think of these new offerings from Paizo Publishing? Does Pathfinder have what it takes to stand up to D&D Next? Let us know what you think!
Tags: ICv2, New Release, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Role-playing Games, RPG
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Accessories & Supplies Now Available for Sale Online!
Saturday, September 13th, 2014
Battleground Games & Hobbies is proud to announce that we are now offering a full line of gaming accessories online for purchase! Have your favorite brand name deck box, sleeves and more shipped directly to your home or pick them up at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies retail store. In addition, we’re continually building and expanding upon the accessories we offer, including all the top brands: Ultra Pro, Dragon Shield, KMC; sleeves, dice, binders and so more!
Click here and check out our stuff!
So what are you waiting for? Check out what we’ve got and order today! If there’s a product you don’t see, but would like us to carry, let us know in the comments!
SEALED PRODUCT NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
Tags: Accessories, Binders, Buy, dice, Dragon Shield, For Sale, KMC, On Sale Now, Sleeves, Ultra Pro
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Announcing the MTG ‘Khans of Tarkir’ Fat Pack Challenge!
Friday, September 12th, 2014
Battleground Games & Hobbies is proud to announce details for the popular Fat Pack Challenge event!
Khans of Tarkir (KTK) will be released on Friday, September 26th and we will have a full line-up of events for you to crack packs, build decks and play Magic at both of our stores! The weekend will kick off with our flagship Sealed Deck style event.
The Battleground Fat Pack Challenge is taking place on Friday night, 9/26/14, at both locations (run as our FNM). These are the ultimate sealed events – where you open packs, build a deck and play with just the contents of an Khans of Tarkir Fat Pack!
The concept of a Fat Pack Challenge is pretty simple. Each player will receive an Khans of Tarkir Fat Pack with which to build a 40 card deck. Players may use ONLY what is inside of their Fat Pack to construct their decks. No additional land will be provided!
This time around we’ll be awarding the prizes a little differently than before. During the deck building period, each player that enrolled in the event will receive 1 raffle ticket. An additional raffle ticket will be awarded to players for every match they win. Raffle tickets will be pooled throughout the event.
Battleground will do several drawings each round. If your ticket is drawn you’ll win 3 booster packs of Khans! We know you’ll want to open as much of this set as possible, so we’ve got you covered.
The booster pack raffle will be accompanied by other random giveaways that might include playmats, pins, and tshirts.
We’ve got two of these events for you, one at each Battleground location:
Abington and Plainville:
Format: **Fat Pack Sealed**
Date: September 26th, 2014 a FRIDAY
Time: 7:00pm
Entrance Fee: $40.00
| Abington: 1423 Bedford Street Abington MA 02351 781.261.9669 | Plainville: 25 Taunton Street Plainville MA 02762 508.316.1195 |
Tags: Event, Fat Pack Challenge, Khans of Tarkir, Magic the Gathering, MTG, New Release, Wizards of the Coast
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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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Contact:
Please contact us with any questions.
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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