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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.

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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.

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