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Last Blitzkrieg

Last Blitzkrieg is the first entry in the new Battalion Combat Series (BCS), which simulates combat in World War II (and beyond) at the battalion scale. Its subject is the German Addennes offensive Wacht Am Rheim (the Battle of the Bulge) on four detailed maps (at 1km per hiex) and with 1,680 counters. Last Blitzkrieg covers the battle in a level of detail rarely seen before and does so in a very playable manner. The BCS itself was designed to show that battalion level combat is its own subject, being neither "small division" nor "large platoons". The results may surprise some players, but will hopefully pique the interest of all and allow them to see many things they thought they already knew in a fresh light.Key Battalion Combat Series concepts include:ObjectivesRecon UnitsMSRs and Combat TrainsConcentrated Armour and SupportAttack by FireArtillery BarragesPrepared DefenseArtillery Asset PointsSNAFUFatigueActivation by FormationTraffic and CoordinationLast Blitzkrieg also adds:Bridge BlowingGreif TeamsTiger Maintenance WoesVoraus UnitsGame play commences on 16 December 44 and ends on 31 December 44 (with each turn being one day) allowing the first phase of the Allied counterattack to proceed. The winner is determined by comparing the German high water mark in Victory Point hexes against tthe situation at the very end of the game. In addition to the full camapign, which uses a 4-map "box" layout, there are 10 scenarios of various sizes:Two 4-map scenariosThree 2-map scenariosFive 1-map scenarios (including two scenarios on portionsof a single map)Last Blitzkrieg was designed to bring all of this - and more - to your table in a very historically accurate game that is jam-packed with information. The BCS was designed with twin goals: to provide the most insight possible into a Battle and to provide games that have maximum playability.Last Blitzkrieg components:Four 22" x 34" mapsSix countersheretsOne Battalion Combat Series rules bookletOne Last Blitzkrieg specific rulebookOne Battalion Combat Series Crib Notes bookletTwo Battalion Combat Series Charts and Tables bookletsTwo Last Blitzkrieg OOA, Charts and Tables bookletsTwo 6-sided dice
Source: Last Blitzkrieg

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Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails

Release Date Wednesday 14th September.Pre-orders welcomeThe world is changing fast! All over the world, railroad tracks bridge countries and continents, and trips that would take weeks can now be completed in a matter of days. Seas are no longer obstacles: huge steamers carrying hundreds of passengers sail across the oceans. From Los Angeles to Sydney, from Murmansk to Dar Es Salaam, Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails takes you on a railroad adventure across the entire globe. All aboard, and get ready for an unforgettable journey!Ticket to Ride:Rails and Sails is the next installment in this best-sellig train adventure series. Players collect cards of various types (trains and ships) that allow them to claim rail or sea routes on a beautifully illustrated, double-sided board, featuring the world map on one side and the Great Lakes of North America on the other. With its intuitive rules and strategic choices, Ticket to Ride Rails and Sails invites novice and veteran railroaders alike to climb aboard and set sail for new horizons.Contains:1 Double-Sided Game Board (World/Great Lakes165 Coloured Trains Cars250 Coloured Shis140 Travel Cards120 Destination Ticket Cards (65 World/55 Great Lakes)15 Harbours5 Scoring Markers2 Rules Booklets
Source: Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails

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Potion Explosion

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcomeDear Students,It's time for the final exams of the Potions class! The rules are always thre same: take an Ingredient marble from the Dispenser and watch the others fall. If you connect marables of the same colour, they explode... and you can take them too! Complete your Potions using the marbles you collect, and drink them to uleash their magical power. Remember, though, that to win the Student of the Year Award, being quick won't be enough: you also need to brew the most valuable potions!Good luck!- Albedus Cumblescore, Headmaster of the Horribilorum Sorcery Academy for Witty Witches and WizardsA game of Potion-Crafting and Marble-Crashing for 2 to 4 Sorcery Students.In Potion Explosion you'll handle the powerful (and unstable) Ingredients marbles needed for your Recipes to create magical Potions. Triggering big Explosions will help you gather Ingredients quicker, and drinking the Potions you completed earlier will uleash their power! Are you ready to brew the most difficult (and valuable) Potions and grab the Student of theYear Award?Contents:1 Rulebook4 Desk boards80 Ingredient marbles (in 4 colours)64 Potion tiles15 Skill tokens18 Little Help tokens1 First Player token1 Dispenser
Source: Potion Explosion

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Looterz

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcomeThe big, bad dragon that lived in the local treasure-filled dungeon got bored and decided to stretch his wings, leaving heaps of unguarded gold behind. There's only one problem: there are too many Looterz and not enough dough! Fight, steal, and cheat your way to be the richest Looter of them all!Looterz is a fast-paced and easy to learn card game with incredible art and highly-interactive gameplay. Using a shared deck,  players build and unleash combos that help them search the dungeon for gold and hamper the other players' teams!Game contents:36 Loot tokens40 Life tokens6 Dice60 Looterz cards6 Player Aid cards1 Rulebook
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Timeline: Star Wars Episode 1 to 3

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Do you know everything there is to know about the Star Wars prequel trilogy? Well, put your knowledge to the test with Star Wars Timeline.Does Jar-Jar Binks appear for the first time on screen before or after Darth Maul? What about Padme Amidola? Does Obi-Wan Kenobi fight General Grievous before the fight between Mace Windu and Palpatine? Questions like this will test your knowledge in Star WarsTimeline, as you place your cards - all of which feature images from the movies in the prequel trilogy - in chronological order.This box contains 110 cards featuring scenes from episodes I, II, and III from the Star Wars prequel trilogy,Fully compatible with Timeline Star Wars episodes IV, V, VI game.
Source: Timeline: Star Wars Episode 1 to 3

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Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcome.Beings of ancient and bizarre intellience, known as Old Ones, are stirring within their vast cosmic prisons. If they awake into the world, it will unleash an age of madness, chaos, and destruction upon the very fabric of reality. Everything you know and love will be destroyed!You are cursed with the knowledge that the "sleeping masses" cannot bear: that this Evil exists, and that it must be stopped at all costs. You will fend off cultists and terrifying creatures in order to find the clues necessary to ensure those Old Ones do not awaken.As your investigation leads you deeper into chaos and madness, your sanity will stretch your capacities to their limits.On the brink of insanity, you are humanity's last hope!Contents:1 Board7 Investigator Figures26 Cultist Figures3 Shoggoth Figures4 Seal Tokens44 Clue Cards12 Relic Cards24 Summoning Cards7 Investigator Cards4 Reference Cards12 Old One Cards18 Sanity Tokens1 Sanity Die
Source: Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu

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Zombicide Black Plague: Deadeye Walkers

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcome.The zombie plague strips the infected of everything but their deepest habits, replacing everything else with the urge to kill. The necromancers are obviously trying to turn this to their advantage: playing with infection leads to the creation of deadeye walkers, grisley husks of previous bowmen and hunters. The experience rots their flesh away but allows them to keep their skill with bows.Contents:20 deadeye Walker miniatures6 Zombie cards1 rules flyerYou need a Zombicide: Black Plague box to enjoy this expansion.
Source: Zombicide Black Plague: Deadeye Walkers

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Codenames: Pictures

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcomeThe spymaster says, "Insect: 3." Can you find the 3 pictures related to insect that win the game?What are these strange symbols on the map? They code for locations where spies must contact secret agents!Two rival spymasters know the agent in each location.They deliver coded messaages telling their field operatives where to go for clandestine meetings. Operatives must be clever. A decoding mistake could lead to an upleasant encounter with an enemy agent - or worse, with there assassin!Both teams race to contact all their agents, but only one team can win.Includes:14 agent cards in two colours1 double agent card4 innocent bystander cards1 assassin card60 key cards1 rulebook1 card stand140 cards and 280 pictures
Source: Codenames: Pictures

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Zombicide Black Plague: Special Guest Jovem Nerd

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcome.Jovem Nerd is a popular Brazilian blog that explores all aspects of nerd culture. Commanded by Jovem Nerd (Alexandre Ottoni) and Azaghal (Deive Pazos), they created the Chronicles of Ruff Ghanor during RPG sessions broadcast as part of their Nerdcast. This engrossing tale became so popular that it was eventually published as the illustrated book Cronicas de Ghanor, and the novel A Lenda de Ruff Ghanor. The main characters from their story now come to fight the zombies in Zombicide: Black Plague!Contents:4 miniatures - The Prior, Korin, Johrgrund, and Ruff Ghanor.4 ID cardsThis is an expansion for Zombicide: Black Plague.
Source: Zombicide Black Plague: Special Guest Jovem Nerd

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Zombicide Black Plague: Special Guest Adrian Smith

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcome.Adrian Smith is a Freelance illustrator/concept designer living in Scoltand. Best known for his work with Games Workshop and numerous similar companies, Adrian has also done concept design work for computer games companies such as THQ, EA, RIOT, Gameloft and others.Recently Adrian has been self publishing, the first project being his art book "Illustrations", and a series of graphic novels called "Chronicles of HATE", book 1 came out to great reviews and book 2 is on the way.Contents:4 miniatures - Sha'kreel, Jorvak, Gurbak and Shaktar-Cul'nar.4 ID cardsThis is an expansion for Zombicide: Black Plague.
Source: Zombicide Black Plague: Special Guest Adrian Smith

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Zombicide Black Plague: Special Guest Paolo Parente

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcome.Paolo Parente is an illustrator and concept artist, who spends most of his time locked away in his factory-monastery in Shenzhen, China. Paolo produces toys, games, and comic books for his own universe, DUST (a super science  WW2 setting).Paolo is best known for his work with WoTC for Magic: The Gathering and numerous other game and comic book properties. Lately he's done concept design for upcoming films with KH director Tzui Ark and French director Christophe Gans.Contents:4 miniatures - Undraal, Konrad, Arnwal and Skoll.4 ID cardsThis is an expansion for Zombicide: Black Plague.
Source: Zombicide Black Plague: Special Guest Paolo Parente

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Last Blitzkrieg

Last Blitzkrieg is the first entry in the new Battalion Combat Series (BCS), which simulates combat in World War II (and beyond) at the battalion scale. Its subject is the German Addennes offensive Wacht Am Rheim (the Battle of the Bulge) on four detailed maps (at 1km per hex) and with 1,680 counters. Last Blitzkrieg covers the battle in a level of detail rarely seen before and does so in a very playable manner. The BCS itself was designed to show that battalion level combat is its own subject, being neither "small division" nor "large platoons". The results may surprise some players, but will hopefully pique the interest of all and allow them to see many things they thought they already knew in a fresh light.Key Battalion Combat Series concepts include:ObjectivesRecon UnitsMSRs and Combat TrainsConcentrated Armour and SupportAttack by FireArtillery BarragesPrepared DefenceArtillery Asset PointsSNAFUFatigueActivation by FormationTraffic and CoordinationLast Blitzkrieg also adds:Bridge BlowingGreif TeamsTiger Maintenance WoesVoraus UnitsGame play commences on 16 December 44 and ends on 31 December 44 (with each turn being one day) allowing the first phase of the Allied counterattack to proceed. The winner is determined by comparing the German high water mark in Victory Point hexes against the situation at the very end of the game. In addition to the full campaign, which uses a 4-map "box" layout, there are 10 scenarios of various sizes:Two 4-map scenariosThree 2-map scenariosFive 1-map scenarios (including two scenarios on portions of a single map)Last Blitzkrieg was designed to bring all of this - and more - to your table in a very historically accurate game that is jam-packed with information. The BCS was designed with twin goals: to provide the most insight possible into a Battle and to provide games that have maximum playability.Last Blitzkrieg components:Four 22" x 34" mapsSix countersheetsOne Battalion Combat Series rules bookletOne Last Blitzkrieg specific rulebookOne Battalion Combat Series Crib Notes bookletTwo Battalion Combat Series Charts and Tables bookletsTwo Last Blitzkrieg OOA, Charts and Tables bookletsTwo 6-sided dice
Source: Last Blitzkrieg

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Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails

The world is changing fast! All over the world, railroad tracks bridge countries and continents, and trips that would take weeks can now be completed in a matter of days. Seas are no longer obstacles: huge steamers carrying hundreds of passengers sail across the oceans. From Los Angeles to Sydney, from Murmansk to Dar Es Salaam, Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails takes you on a railroad adventure across the entire globe. All aboard, and get ready for an unforgettable journey!Ticket to Ride:Rails and Sails is the next instalment in this best-selling train adventure series. Players collect cards of various types (trains and ships) that allow them to claim rail or sea routes on a beautifully illustrated, double-sided board, featuring the world map on one side and the Great Lakes of North America on the other. With its intuitive rules and strategic choices, Ticket to Ride Rails and Sails invites novice and veteran railroaders alike to climb aboard and set sail for new horizons.Contains:1 Double-Sided Game Board (World/Great Lakes165 Coloured Trains Cars250 Coloured Ships140 Travel Cards120 Destination Ticket Cards (65 World/55 Great Lakes)15 Harbours5 Scoring Markers2 Rules Booklets
Source: Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails

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Potion Explosion

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcomeDear Students,It's time for the final exams of the Potions class! The rules are always the same: take an Ingredient marble from the Dispenser and watch the others fall. If you connect marbles of the same colour, they explode... and you can take them too! Complete your Potions using the marbles you collect, and drink them to unleash their magical power. Remember, though, that to win the Student of the Year Award, being quick won't be enough: you also need to brew the most valuable potions!Good luck!- Albedus Cumblescore, Headmaster of the Horribilorum Sorcery Academy for Witty Witches and WizardsA game of Potion-Crafting and Marble-Crashing for 2 to 4 Sorcery Students.In Potion Explosion you'll handle the powerful (and unstable) Ingredients marbles needed for your Recipes to create magical Potions. Triggering big Explosions will help you gather Ingredients quicker, and drinking the Potions you completed earlier will unleash their power! Are you ready to brew the most difficult (and valuable) Potions and grab the Student of the Year Award?Contents:1 Rulebook4 Desk boards80 Ingredient marbles (in 4 colours)64 Potion tiles15 Skill tokens18 Little Help tokens1 First Player token1 Dispenser
Source: Potion Explosion

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Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu

Release Date Friday 16th September.Pre-orders welcome.Beings of ancient and bizarre intelligence, known as Old Ones, are stirring within their vast cosmic prisons. If they awake into the world, it will unleash an age of madness, chaos, and destruction upon the very fabric of reality. Everything you know and love will be destroyed!You are cursed with the knowledge that the "sleeping masses" cannot bear: that this Evil exists, and that it must be stopped at all costs. You will fend off cultists and terrifying creatures in order to find the clues necessary to ensure those Old Ones do not awaken.As your investigation leads you deeper into chaos and madness, your sanity will stretch your capacities to their limits.On the brink of insanity, you are humanity's last hope!Contents:1 Board7 Investigator Figures26 Cultist Figures3 Shoggoth Figures4 Seal Tokens44 Clue Cards12 Relic Cards24 Summoning Cards7 Investigator Cards4 Reference Cards12 Old One Cards18 Sanity Tokens1 Sanity Die
Source: Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu