Wednesday, September 24, 2014

New releases from Privateer Press

Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy: Monsternomicon In Stores Now!
HERE BE MONSTERS: BEWARE.
In the Iron Kingdoms peril lurks at every turn, as fearsome and terrifying creatures both great and small look to turn unwary adventurers into their next meal or enslave them beyond death. From ferocious packs of ravenous burrow-mawgs to deadly ethereal pistol wraiths that haunt the back roads and forgotten cemeteries, the Monsternomicon is filled with creatures both mundane and supernatural to challenge even the most experienced adventuring parties.This essential full-color guide to the wicked denizens of the Iron Kingdoms gives you everything you need to introduce them into your own adventures.
Features:
Rich, evocative background information and stats for over 40 monsters.
New creature templates for customizing your monsters to fit specific environments and themes.
Fully compatible with both the Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game and the upcoming Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Roleplaying Game.
DISCOVER WHAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS!
PIP 410
MSRP $29.99
Cephalyx Mind Slaver & Drudges (10) In Stores Now!
From below western Immoren emerge the inscrutable cephalyx mind slavers, who have entered into an unholy bargain with the Cryxian Empire. Applying a horrific blend of machinery, alchemy, and disfiguring surgery, the slavers transform their captured victims into powerfully muscled and mechanically enhanced warriors they control to fight and die in their stead.


PIP 34116
MSRP $49.99
Nephilim Protector In Stores Now!
From birth, nephilim protectors obey an instinctive imperative to guard Everblight’s warlocks and will dive into harm’s way without hesitation or concern for their own lives. They are also ideal vessels for any grave wounds their warlocks shunt to them, as they are bred to endure these injuries. Ever alert to their surroundings, protectors stand with halberds ready to intercept any approaching threat.


PIP 73073
MSRP $18.99
WARMACHINE High Command Faith & Fortune Core Set In Stores Now!
The WARMACHINE High Command Faith & Fortune core set introduces four new factions: Retribution of Scyrah, Convergence of Cyriss, Highborn Covenant, and Four Star Syndicate. This core set is a stand-alone deck-building card game. It has everything 2–4 players need to play and can be customized with expansion releases for the included factions. Leverage your resources, rally your armies, and dominate your foes to set your banner above all of western Immoren!
This box (PIP 61020) contains game rules and 386 cards, including:
89 Retribution of Scyrah cards
89 Convergence of Cyriss cards
89 Highborn Covenant cards
89 Four Star Syndicate cards
15 Winds of War cards
15 Location cards

PIP 61020
MSRP $44.99
High Command Faith & Fortune: Escalating Conflict In Stores Now!
EXPAND YOUR COMMAND

Bolster your armies with Escalating Conflict, an 84-card expansion for WARMACHINE High Command Faith & FortuneEscalating Conflictcontains 5 copies each of 16 different cards, plus 4 additional warcaster cards, to bring new strategies to your Retribution of Scyrah, Convergence of Cyriss, Highborn Covenant, and Four Star Syndicate decks.

Escalating Conflict contains:
21 Retribution of Scyrah cards
21 Convergence of Cyriss cards
21 Highborn Covenant cards
21 Four Star Syndicate cards
1 rule reference card




PIP 61023
MSRP $15.99
LEVEL 7 [INVASION] In Stores Now!
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE
The year is 2020. The world hovers on the brink of annihilation. Preceded by a devastating orbital attack, a warlike alien race known as the Hydra has besieged the planet, their invasion force carried on enormous drop ships that dwarf city blocks and rain devastation from above. The Hydra's ultimate goal is to eradicate the last survivors of their ancient nemesis, the Ghin, an alien race that has taken refuge on Earth. Humanity is caught in the apocalyptic crossfire. As widespread panic grips the populace, governments topple, economies crumble, and order dissolves. In these desperate days, mankind's only hope lies with the Ghin and one of their most brilliant minds: Dr. Cronos, a being as guilty of atrocities against humanity as those who hunt him.
THIS BOX CONTAINS:
1 Game Board
5 Coalition Consoles
5 Dice
4 Plastic Drop Ships
75 Plastic Invader Units
60 Plastic Coalition Units
210 Cards
133 Tokens and Markers
1 Cronos Standee
1 Rulebook.

PIP 62007
MSRP $89.99
No Quarter #56 In Stores Now!
With a preview of the upcomingMonsternomicon, a new (and bloody) Battle Report, and more model previews of this fall’s releases, No Quarter 56 has it all! Also featured in this issue: a Gavyn Kyle Files examining the mysterious Old Witch; part 4 of the Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game multipart adventure Immortality; and photos of all the excitement from Lock & Load GameFest 2014.
Never miss an issue!
PIP NQ56
MSRP $8.50

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Last Parsec

Pinnacle Entertainment Group launched a Kickstarter for The Last Parsec, a space exploration setting for Savage Worlds
Pinnacle Entertainment Group is the creator of Savage Worlds, an award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system.

Kickstarter Project: Savage Worlds Goes to the Last Parsec and Beyond!


Pinnacle Entertainment Group, creators of the award-winning tabletop roleplaying game Savage Worlds, launched a Kickstarter project for The Last Parsectoday. You can find the Kickstarter page in the link here.

The Last Parsec is a space exploration setting using the Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion. A free 12-page document (The Last Parsec Primer) detailing the setting rules and background information on playing characters in The Last Parsec is available at https://www.peginc.com/product-category/the-last-parsec/ .

The Kickstarter for The Last Parsec offers print and PDF access to three setting books, a Game Master Screen with an adventure, 9 miniatures, 2 double-sided ship maps, Bennies (poker chips), and a double deck of playing cards. Stretch goals include a soundtrack by Harry Mack, Wild Dice, archetypes, more adventures, printable paper miniatures, a JumpCorp Requisition Kit with forms, ID cards, and death certificates, and finally the potential to unlock additional miniatures.

Pinnacle President Shane Hensley discussed some of the inspiration behind The Last Parsec in the first of several Design Diary releases, located in this link. Here is a snippet from that document:

Imagine the awe and wonder of discovering an intelligent being. Or even some wild and terrifying animal. And that's what The Last Parsec is all about. It's not hard science fiction or military science fiction or even space opera. It's exploration science fiction where an explorer and her companions can be the first to step into the boundless void and discover things beyond our wildest dreams. It’s a setting where you can play alien races humanity has already encountered and experience the awe and wonder of the possible.

The sheer size of The Last Parsec also means that we wanted it to be something like a “sandbox”—or more appropriately, a “starbox”—game where Game Masters can make their own worlds, armies, societies, monsters, races, and adventures.


Savage Worlds was created by Shane Lacy Hensley.Savage Worlds, as well as The Last Parsec and the Pinnacle logo are all trademarks of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. For more information, visit www.peginc.com.
Copyright © 2014 Pinnacle Entertainment Group, All rights reserved.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Mars Attacks!!

‘Mars Attacks – The Miniatures Game’ Arrives In Stores Next Month 



22nd September  -  Get ready to be invaded!   Topps and Mantic Games have joined forces to bring MARS ATTACKS to life as a miniature-based tabletop wargame – and in the early weeks of October it arrives in retail stores. This comes just a year after its smash hit Kickstarter campaign!

The game combines high quality, pre-assembled figures with fast and fun tactical gameplay.  With clip together terrain, this exciting new game is playable right out of the box!  The retail set comes with 20 Martians, 10 Earth Soldiers and 9 assorted heroes.  One player takes the role of the invaders, the other the defenders and they fight it out to the death! There is also a full colour play mat marked with a grid, and quick-assembly plastic scenery.  Included too are dice, a rulebook and a full card deck featuring spectacular all-new art by renowned fantasy illustrator Jeff Miracola!

Mantic Games - makers of the popular DEADZONE, KINGS OF WAR and DREADBALL tabletop games - launch with MARS ATTACKS as their first licensedproduct.  The Mars Attacks product range was funded using Kickstarter with $558,076 pledged to create the release. After achieving it’s initial funding in just over 12 minutes, the campaign reached enough stretch goals to add such exciting extras as Flying Saucers, Giant Robots and Mutated Insects that will all see retailers’ shelves via a selection of game extensions.

“After Mars Attacks raised more than 1100% of its initial goal on Kickstarter we were able to bring a complete retail range to market from the onset, even with the prohibitively high costs of plastic tooling. If Mars Attacks follows the same patterns as our previous  ranges on Kickstarter, we expect crowd funding will account for only 20% of the total sales – the majority we anticipate will be seen in the local hobby and comic shops in the coming months and years,” said Ronnie Renton, CEO Mantic Games.

Topps originally launched Mars Attacks in 1962 as a series of collectible bubblegum cards, which later served as the basis for a feature film in 1996 by Warner Brothers and directed by Tim Burton.  Since 2012, to celebrate the brand’s 50th Anniversary, Topps has been working to bring the Martians back into the mainstream through new trading cards, comic books and a variety of licensed partnerships, including this one with Mantic Games.

 “Mantic’s Kickstarter allowed us to reach a new segment of fans, expand our audience and create a viral excitement that might have been tough to achieve otherwise” said Topps’ Head of Outbound Licensing Adam Levine.  “The end result of the crowd-funding campaign speaks for itself, and illustrates the affection fans have for Mars Attacksafter more than 50 years.”

ABOUT MANTIC
In the 5 years since launch, Mantic Games is bringing fun to sci-fi and fantasy gaming.  They have released several complete tabletop gaming systems, including Kings of War®,DeadZone® and Dreadball®.  Their obsession for detail, simple but challenging games, and great value-for-money has seen global sales double year on year for the past 3 years. Mantic Games has used crowd funding to raise development money for their product launches and has raised $4.4m to date, making them Europe’s most funded company on Kickstarter.
Mantic has sales offices in the USA and UK, supplies to over 20 countries, has a design studio and a globalsupply chain, supported by a dedicated finance and production facility in Nottingham, England.
To find out more, please visit www.manticgames.com
Or contact Ronnie Renton at ronnie.renton@manticgames.com

ABOUT TOPPS
Currently operated as a privately owned company under the direction of Michael D. Eisner, The Topps Company was founded in 1938 and is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery.  With a legacy stretching back more than 75years, Topps is a globally recognized brand synonymous with sports and entertainment. Throughout their rich history, Topps has produced a wide array of world-class products based on some of the biggest brands around, from Elvis, James Bond, Batman and the Beatles, to Pokemon, Marvel, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.  Topps’ current slate of industry-leading sports and entertainment products include MLB, NFL, UFC, WWE, Star Wars, Skylanders, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and Mars Attacks.   Topps’ renowned confectionery products include Bazooka Bubble Gum, Ring Pop, Baby Bottle Pop, Push Pop, and Juicy Drop Pop.

Resource links :
https://db.tt/Gd7DCL0g - Box Art
 https://db.tt/WTMKOvh9 - Exploded Game Contents
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/mars-attacks-the-miniatures-game- Kickstarter – Mars Attacks
 
Copyright © 2014 Mantic Games, All rights reserved. 

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Free Preview for Mutant: Year Zero

 
Free Preview for Mutant: Year Zero
  
The first two chapters of Mutant: Year Zero are now available to download fromRPGNow and DriveThruRPG so you can check out the introduction to the world and character generation.  

As you may know we have announced a pre-order for the English edition of Mutant: Year ZeroCheck out the CGI Trailer for the launch:

Mutant Year Zero Tabletop RPG Release Trailer
Mutant Year Zero Tabletop RPG Release Trailer

Mutant: Year Zero goes back to the origins of the Mutant franchise: role-playing after the Apocalypse. In this game, you play as one of The People - heavily mutated humans living in The Ark, a small and isolated settlement in a sea of chaos. The outside world is unknown to you, and so is your origin. Find out more about the world on our webpage here.
Modiphius and Free League Publishing have launched a pre-order for Mutant: Year Zero - a 256 page full colour hardcover core book and those who sign up will also get a bonus double-sided 42x55.8cm map of the New York and London Zones for £34.99 / $54.99. 

 
There's also a starter bundle for £49.99 / $79.99 which gets you the core book, poster, dice set and free card set. 

Pre-Order Mutant: Year Zero on the  Modiphius website here. The pre-orders will be shipping from 8th December and if you're in London you can pick them up from Dragonmeet on Sat 6th December. 

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Monster Codex from Paizo

PAIZO ANNOUNCES MONSTER CODEX

20 of Fantasy’s Most-Iconic Beasties Come to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

REDMOND, WA (September 17, 2014): Paizo, Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, announces today the forthcoming Monster Codex, a tome of 20 of fantasy’s most-iconic monsters and a mountain of new rules and pre-made stat blocks to bring these creatures to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Monster Codex is available to pre-order now via paizo.com, and will be released on October 22, 2014. (MSRP $39.99 hardcover/$9.99 PDF).

A great tool for busy Game Masters, the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Monster Codex gives a wide range of challenges for a variety of foes, from the nefarious drow to ruthless orcs. Each monster includes an in-depth look at its society and ecology, new rules like feats, spells, and magic items designed to complement the race, and archetypes built to give monsters a new edge. From a simple encounter to an entire campaign, the Monster Codex provides everything needed to make these monsters the center of the action.

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Monster Codex includes:
  • Comprehensive chapters for 20 iconic monsters, including the boggard, bugbear, drow, duergar, fire giant, frost giant, ghoul, gnoll, goblin, hobgoblin, kobold, lizardfolk, ogre, orc, ratfolk, sahuagin, serpentfolk, troglodyte, troll, and vampire.
  • Archetypes for each entry, allowing monsters of that race to be full integrated with their class choices.
  • Over 10 new stat blocks for each monster, utilizing the new rules from their entry in the book.
  • Advice and tips for Game Masters to include these monsters in their game, and simple templates to customize the monsters in countless ways.

In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into multiple languages, and the vibrant Pathfinder universe has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, and apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.

About Paizo Inc.
Paizo Inc. is publisher of the world's best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the wildly popular Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, as well as Pathfinder Tales novels, board games, and gaming accessories. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the twelve years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 60 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry. For more information, visitpaizo.com.
 
20 of Fantasy’s Most-Iconic Beasties Come to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
First art peek - Drow, by artist Alexandre Chaudret.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Butcher from Acolyte Miniatures

Acolyte Miniatures
acolyteminis@gmail.com

Acolyte Miniatures launches its miniatures range with the release of The Butcher
Makers of realistic gaming miniatures releases its debut figure range this month.
Worcester, United Kingdom: Today Acolyte Miniatures, a company that specializes in the
production of high quality, realistic miniature figures for a variety of table top gaming niches
including fantasy, horror and modern day worlds, is proud to announce the launch of its miniatures
range with the release of The Butcher.


The Butcher is a 32 mm highly detailed, resin figure that will be supplied in 3 pieces so there will
be a small amount of assembly required. This horror figure, with his scarred body and exposed
spine is sure to be a popular figure with gamers, painters and collectors.

The Butcher will be available for pre-order exclusively through the Acolyte Miniatures Webstore
and its Facebook Store from September 14th 2014 and to celebrate the launch Acolyte Miniatures
will be running a competition. Everyone who purchases their copy of The Butcher whilst it is on
pre-order will be entered into a prize draw, and the one lucky winner selected will receive the next 6
figures produced by Acolyte Miniatures, which will include 2 Drow, a Cleric, several Celtic
Warriors and more that are all currently in production.

The Butcher is one of the main characters from 'The House of Lies and Bones’, a Victorian Gothic
horror/murder mystery series that will be released throughout the coming year as a collection of
short stories, which Acolyte Miniatures will be looking to develop as a game in some form in the
not too distant future. More figures based on the characters will be released as the stories are
produced and ‘The House of Lies and Bones’ franchise expands.


Based in Worcestershire, United Kingdom Acolyte Miniatures is an entertainment company
producing RPG and skirmish miniature figures. Following the release of The Butcher, Acolyte
Miniatures will begin expanding its range of figures on a regular basis releasing a twin pack of
fantasy favorites, Drow. As well as producing miniature figures it is now beginning the
development of a number of original skirmish games to be announced in 2015.

Contact:
Email: acolyteminis@gmail.com
Website: http://www.acolyteminiatures.com (currently under construction)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acolyteminiatures
Twitter: https://twitter.com/acolyteminis