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Issue #14
Announcing Fully Baked Ideas!
Just as Disney launched Touchstone Pictures in 1984 as a way to
release movies featuring “more mature themes than those that are
released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner,” Fully Baked Ideas
will allow us to publish games appropriate for adults but not well
suited to inclusion in the regular Looney Labs catalog. This imprint
was created to make sure children are not accidentally exposed
to adult themes on our family games web site.
Fully Baked Ideas is releasing its first game today! (And
we've already leaked news of the follow-up game releasing in
2010). If you are over the age of 18, and want to find out about
these games, please sign up for our new Fully Baked Ideas
email list here: http://www.fully-baked-ideas.com/content/
announcements
Thanks for playing our games – sign up for the new list today!
—Kristin Looney
Business Czar / Looney Labs / Fully Baked Ideas
http://looneylabs.com
http://fully-baked-ideas.com
Announcing Fully Baked Ideas!________________________________ 1
Get Ready to Mobilize_______________________________________ 2
Model Acrylic Paint now half price for November 2009_ _____________ 3
Newest releases from IXO Models______________________________ 4
Obsidian Portal News – November 2009_________________________ 5
News from Avalanche Press_ _________________________________ 6
Adventure Havens: Guild Houses [3.5/OGL]______________________ 7
Call for GMs for the December 10th Game-a-thon___________________ 7
News from ForgeWorld_ ____________________________________ 8
Newest staff reviews from DriveThruRPG.com____________________ 9
Thanksgiving Mail Sale at columbiagames.com___________________ 10
Geekdo________________________________________________ 10
x6 system released_ _______________________________________ 10
Glenn’s Gallery™ – Early February Release window ________________ 11
Latest news from Palladium Books____________________________ 12
Terror Network PDF Available_ ______________________________ 20
Montreal Comic-Con_ _____________________________________ 20
New Interwar Tanks_______________________________________ 21
More news from Avalanche Press_ ____________________________ 22
Printing & Design Tips: December 2009_ _______________________ 23
Call to Arms: Martial Artist, Monk, and Deadeye _ ________________ 24
Signs & Portents 75 – RuneQuest II Revealed!____________________ 25
Newest staff reviews from DriveThruComics.com_________________ 26
New Items and Preorders from Brigade Games___________________ 29
Attention Citizen! Paranoia News!_ ___________________________ 32
Avalanche Press – At Your Request!____________________________ 33
Christmas Final Posting dates notice from the Toy Factory__________ 34
ICE News_______________________________________________ 34
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The Unexplained Special Preorder Offer________________________ 36
Looney Labs: Our annual Holiday Gift!_________________________ 36
Holiday Savings at Precis Intermedia___________________________ 37
Tips from About.com______________________________________ 39
December 2009 News from Flying Buffalo_______________________ 40
The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel – January 2010_ _____________ 41
Skirmisher Releases ‘MILFS: Monsters I’d Like to F***’ _____________ 42
Mountains of the Moon: Sindbad in East Africa _ _________________ 42
RuneQuest II – First Preview_ _______________________________ 43
Obsidian Portal News – December 2009_ _______________________ 43
News from Forge World____________________________________ 44
Star Fleet Alert: Schedule for 2010_____________________________ 45
More from Avalanche Press__________________________________ 46
News from Arcana Studio___________________________________ 47
Sneak Peek at Deus Vult for RQII_ ____________________________ 49
Merry Christmas from Iron Crown Enterprises___________________ 49
New Release News from Green Ronin__________________________ 50
Dark Sword Miniatures – 6 New Miniatures Now Available__________ 52
New Releases – Corporation and Earthdawn____________________ 53
The Cleansing of Black Spur – Full-Contact Adventure! _ ___________ 54
1853 India_ ______________________________________________ 54
Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention Feb 26-28_____________ 55
Are You a Real American H.E.R.O.?_ __________________________ 56
Nuns on the Run!™ mid first quarter 2010, late Feb release___________ 57
From Mongoose — Internal Security and Democracy Falls__________ 58
NBM Publishing: Rall is on a Roll with the Red Eye!_ ______________ 59
RuneQuest books – OOP in Less Than a Month!_ ________________ 59
Out in Stores – Vargr and Trojan Reaches Map Pack_______________ 60
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The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel – January 2010_ _____________ 61
Altiustoons™ Tackle the Environment, Can You Help Them?_ _______ 62
Ablaze™ mid first quarter 2010, late Feb release___________________ 63
Star Fleet Alert: Products Released in November__________________ 64
Askari Miniatures Egyptian Adventures_ _______________________ 65
Even more news from Avalanche Press_________________________ 66
Happy New year from Amarillo Design Bureau___________________ 67
BBC labels War On Terror BG “historically important”_ ____________ 68
Hex Games releases Necro Klepto!_ ___________________________ 69
Upper Deck Releases Naxxramas Raid Deck and more_____________ 69
Heroic Prints Launches Unique Character Posters For WoW®________ 70
Yoga for the Wii™ System Featuring Top Model Anja Rubik__________71
Montreal International Game Summit ______________________72
Empires Of Steel released!___________________________________ 73
Announcing Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943! And video teaser_________ 73
PT Boats – game manual online!______________________________ 74
Tech News from ZDnet____________________________________ 75
TGC announces Sacraboar__________________________________ 76
News from GameIndustry.com_______________________________ 77
Creators of Didier Ze Mime Launch New “Whack-A-Mime” Game____ 78
Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO add – on released!_ ________________ 79
TGC takes off with Ikaro____________________________________ 80
Online Business Models Could Unleash the True Value of GTA_______ 81
News from Reflexive Arcade_________________________________ 83
Legal notice regarding the content of Polyglot™_ _________________ 84
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Get Ready to Mobilize
Privateer Press Announces Official Miniatures Carrying Cases
Bellevue, WA — Privateer Press is pleased to announce it has licensed the rights
to create official miniatures carrying cases for its award winning WARMACHINE
and HORDES miniatures games to Battle Foam.
The Battle Foam WARMACHINE and HORDES miniature carrying cases are t
scheduled to release in January 2010 to coincide with the release of WARMACHINE
Prime Mk II. Each case holds 161models and is reinforced with hard plastic to form
a protective shell around the figures. In addition are several pockets to hold gaming
accessories as well as an interior binder clip to hold card sheets.
Battle Foam also plans to release special faction-specific foam tray sets that
will include custom-cut trays to carry the more irregular models. These sets will be
available in the months following the main product’s release.
For more information about Privateer Press, WARMACHINE, or HORDES visit
www.privateerpress.com.
For more information about Battle Foam miniature carrying cases visit www.
battlefoam.com.

About Privateer Press, Inc.

Privateer Press, Inc. is a privately held producer of entertainment and hobby

brands based in the Seattle area. Its products include the Monsterpocalypse collectible miniatures game, the award-winning
WARMACHINE and HORDES hobby miniatures games, the award-winning Iron Kingdoms property, Bodger Games, the full-
color No Quarter Magazine, and the Formula P3 hobby line. To learn more about Privateer Press, visit www.privateerpress.
com or contact the president, Sherry Yeary, at (425) 643-5900 or sherry@privateerpress.com.

About WARMACHINE and HORDES

WARMACHINE and HORDES are the critically acclaimed tabletop games of miniatures combat designed by game
industry veteran Matt Wilson and placed in the award-winning setting of the Iron Kingdoms. WARMACHINE was first
released in 2003 and has won several awards, including Gamers' Choice Best Miniatures of the Year and Game of the Year at
the 2006 Origins Awards. HORDES, first released in 2006, was named Miniatures Game of the Year at the 2007 Origins Awards
and is one of the fastest-growing miniatures games on the market.

About Battle Foam

Battle Foam, LLC was started by Romeo and Jama Filip in January of 2009. With their hard
work and dedication to the miniature gaming industry, Battle Foam has grown dramatically
over the past year. Battle Foam produces the P. A. C. K. (Personal Army Combat Kit) system of
cases. These bags provide the customer with a rugged canvas exterior protecting a hard plastic
interior shell. The true backbone of Battle Foam is the revolutionary patented foam cutting
system. This patented foam cutting system gives you the opportunity to truly order any size,
shape, or style of foam tray directly tailored to your specific army needs. Requests such as
custom text and custom logos are easily achieved through Battle Foam’s revolutionary cutting
system. Battle Foam prides itself in guaranteeing 100% customer satisfaction. To learn more
about Battle Foam and our products, visit www.battlefoam.com or contact Romeo Filip, at
480-747-0230 or romeo@battlefoam.com.

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Model Acrylic Paint now half price for November 2009
You may being feeling blue this wet winter, but our acrylic paints have more colors than a rainbow and these dark nights
are perfect for catching up on painting your wargame miniatures.

http://www.princeaugust.ie/NewsletterImages/index2.html

Prince August has reduced the majority of our hundreds of paints by a staggering 50 percent for the rest of November.
Now paints are just 1.15 Euro each. These are top quality model color paints, suitable for any project you have in mind.
We need the space and you need to save money so its a marriage made in heaven.
Remember you only have until November 30th to take advantage of this outstanding offer.
Also remember that we have a Model and Standard Casting Metal sale on for a little while longer, until the 23rd of
November.
Plus the option to RENT our chess moulds for just 7.50 Euro for 14 days. This offer will allow you plenty of time to cast
MULTIPLE chess sets easily. Just return the mould afterwards.
To learn more on these separate offers go to our home page. http://www.princeaugust.ie

Have fun this weekend,

Michael O'Brien, webmaster.

Prince August Toy Factory, Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co. Cork.
T: +353 26 40222 / F: +353 26 40004
'Prince August' is a registered trade name of An Grupa Edman Teo (The Edman Group Ltd).
Registered in Dublin #269484. Directors Lars Edman (Swedish), Margaret Edman.
Reg. Office: 1 Kilnamartyra, Macroom.

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Newest releases from IXO Models

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Obsidian Portal News – November 2009
So much is happening around the Obsidian Portal offices that we haven’t had the time to send out a newsletter since
winning our ENnie at GenCon. Three months of silence is a long time. Too long. Well no more I say! It’s once again time to
gaze deeply into our dark font of wisdom. Come, the Obsidian Portal beckons you!

New Content Director

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I am AutumnsChild, and I shall be your golly-riffic guide through the
dark places that lie beyond. What’s that now? Who’s AutumnsChild? I'm glad
you asked. I'm the newly appointed Content Director for Obsidian Portal,
and it’s my job to serve you. I welcome your observations and ideas. I cherish
your campaigns and tales of good times had around the table. I'll bring new
experiences to the community, and I'll heap new treasures upon the Ascendant
among us. In return I hope to be your advocate to Micah and Ryan, the digital
gnomes who tinker in their workshop late into the night to make Obsidian
Portal what it is.
It’s my job to find the best and the brightest on Obsidian Portal and
feature them on the front page. Want to be featured? Then come tell
me why in the Featured Campaign Forum. Let me know why your
campaign deserves a place in the spotlight. The chosen few get
everlasting glory (and 6 months free Ascendant Membership)!
Autumnschild – Find me and I shall Feature thee

Great Stuff on the Home page

These are exciting times, my friend, exciting times. Did you see the all
the new content we have up on the front page? We have an interview with
Penny Arcade’s Gabe, the DM of this month’s Featured Campaign, Pursuit of
Destiny. We have a new contest, and lots of exciting site news. And last but
not least we have the first of our new weekly feature: Tricks and Tips articles.

Create Your Own Minis

In our inaugural tips & tricks article, by our good friend, the NewbieDM,
you'll learn how to make your own minis and counters, like those shown
below. They're easy to make, cheap, and sure beat using dice, coins, or pieces
of lint for your BBEG!

Win an Obsidian Portal T-Shirt!

Would you like to win an Obsidian Portal T-Shirt? Sure, we all do. Well all you have to do is become a Fan of Obsidian
Portal on Facebook! On Thanksgiving day, we'll draw 3 winners at random from our Facebook fans. Tell your friends, cause
these shirts are most excellent.
Like I said, exciting times. You won’t want to miss out. So follow me now, through to the Obsidian Portal, and come see
what’s new!

See you at the gaming table,

The Obsidian Portal Team

http://www.obsidianportal.com

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News from Avalanche Press
Spotlight: Great War at Sea

We're launching our newest Great War at Sea item this week,
the book Black Waters. And there are some great prices on Great
War at Sea games during our Black November Sale:
•  Great War at Sea: Cruiser Warfare t
Regular price: $49.99
SPECIAL price: $30
GOLD CLUB price: $27
•  Great War at Sea: Jutland
Regular price: $64.99
SPECIAL price: $45
GOLD CLUB price: $36
•  Great War at Sea: Mediterranean
Regular price: $59.99
SPECIAL price: $30
GOLD CLUB price: $27
•  Great War at Sea: Navy Plan Gold
Regular price: $59.99
SPECIAL price: $30
GOLD CLUB price: $27

One World Shipping

New York or New Zealand, Atlanta or Albania – no matter

where you live, the shipping price is the same. You read that right.
The same. Less than $10 for most of our games, and much less per
game if you buy several at once.

New Content

The Black Ships

Great War at Sea: Black Waters launches this week, and
the author/publisher takes a look at some of the ship pieces
included.

Heroes of Valhalla
Two games enter our Hall of Fallen Heroes: Second World
War at Sea: Leyte Gulf and Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Red
are now hard sellouts, never to be re-printed. We have some Leyte
Gulf parts available as spare parts but otherwise, their spirits have
joined the Einherjar.
Visit us soon at www.avalanchepress.com.

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Adventure Havens: Guild Houses [3.5/OGL]
http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?discount=71061

Adventure Havens: Guild Houses offers twelve ready-

to-use guilds for players to join. Develop their skills, buy
and sell wares, and find new quests! Designed for 3.5/OGL
games, each guild includes a complete history of the guild, t
information on important NPCs, and story seeds that can
be easily folded into any existing fantasy campaign. Add a
new level of depth to your world, with 12 unique guilds that
can provide a wealth of storytelling opportunities. Also find
new rules for crafting masterpiece items. Also included three
separate NPC lists sorted by CR, Race, and character name to
help you quickly find what you need.
Use this coupon code to save $1.00 off the price.

Call for GMs for the December 10th Game-a-thon

We are looking for volunteers to GM at the next Game-
a-thon, coming Saturday, December 10th. We would also like
to know what games would entice you to attend.
We already have the following events lined up:
•  Battleground: Fantasy Warfare
•  Risk: Lord of the Rings
•  Whitehead’s Call of Cthulhu in the evening session.
We have a request for one of the following boardgames,
if any of you would like some inspiration on something you
could run:
•  Brass
•  Endeavor
You can sign up to run a game using this form: http://
www.swa-gaming.org/gameathoneventregistration. Or, you
can request a game to be run here: http://www.swa-gaming.
org/gameathonsuggestion. You can follow the online bulletin
board discussions about the December Game-a-thon here:
http://www.swa-gaming.org/node/1365 and here http://
www.swa-gaming.org/node/1366.
Please sign up by November 30th or earlier. That way we
can get the word out in plenty of time for the Thon.

•  Railroad Tycoon Thank you for your interest and support. We hope to see you
•  Age of Steam at our future events.

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News from ForgeWorld
Hi There, used by them since as reference for its other licensees. This
iconic piece of terrain will only be available while stocks
Christmas fast approaches and I’ve quite a few updates last, and is available for pre-order now for release the week
and items of news for you this newsletter, not to mention commencing the 30th of November.
the long-awaited arrival of the mighty Lord of Change model
previewed at UK Games Day. Keep an eye out for more The Sons of Fenris
newsletters coming soon with some more exciting surprises t
and previews for you. With the recent release of the great
new Space Wolves Codex we’ve had lots of
Thanks enquiries here at Forge World asking whether
we are planning to do some more models for
Alan Bligh the warriors of Fenris. The simple answer to
this is absolutely yes, and sooner rather than
The Lord of Change later in fact, with a Venerable Dreadnought on the way. Until
then however, we do already have a number of Space Wolves
The main release for this accessories you can get your teeth into including a Terminator
newsletter is the fantastic Conversion Set, Icons, Chapter Specific Doors and Brass Etch
Aetaos’rau’keres, Daemon Lord of Symbols and of course our mighty Thunderhawk is available
Tzeentch. This massive 240mm tall with Space Wolves iconography as well.
(to the top of its summoned horrors)
model which you can see Here, Christmas Shipping Update
designed by Dan Cockersell, completes
Forge World’s set of Daemon The recent industrial action by Royal Mail in the UK has
Lords for the great powers of ended, and this means that we are able to resume our usual
Chaos, and is without doubt the delivery methods for all customers with immediate effect,
most detailed we have released. with the following dates your order should reach us by for
The model itself is alive with extraordinary delivery before Christmas:
design work and malice as befits this Slayer of Souls, from the Destination Standard Delivery UPS Express
intricate feathers of its wings to the writhing nightmare mass
UK 15 December
th
20th December
of daemonic horrors being summoned into its grasp. Rules
for this spite-filled and insane Daemon Lord, so dangerous as Europe 9th December 20th December
to be spoken of in hushed tones, even by Tzeentch’s twisted USA / Canada 9th November 15th December
cultists, can be found in the forthcoming book, Imperial
Asia / Pacific 8th November 15th December
Armour Apocalypse II.
The Lord of Change is available to pre-order now for If you have any concerns or queries about delivery to
release the week commencing the 30th of November. specific countries, or any queries at all relating to your order,
please contact Forge World Customer Service on 011 44 115 916
The Ruined Watchtower of Amon Sul 8177 from the US and Canada; 00 44 115 916 8177 from most of
Europe or 0115 916 8177 if you are within the UK, or send us an
By popular demand we’ve brought back our hugely email at forgeworld@games-workshop.co.uk
popular Lord of the Rings terrain model
’The Ruined Watchtower of Battlefleet Gothic Models back in stock
Amon Sul on Weathertop’ for
sale this Christmas in limited Recently, we have had a number of Battlefleet Gothic
quantities. This fantastic model models temporarily out of stock while we have remade moulds,
measures over 400mm across and I’m happy to say we have them back in production and
and is faithfully detailed as it available to purchase Now. We hope to have some of our
was sculpted by Simon Egan, using other currently out of production Epic models back on sale
photos and plans supplied by New soon.
Line Cinema from the original film set, and has in fact been

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Newest staff reviews from DriveThruRPG.com
Real American H.E.R.O.es
by Crafty Games
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/
product_info.php?products_
id=65785&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $9.95
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars (from Berin
Kinsman)
Tunnels & Trolls v7.5
by Fiery Dragon
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/
product_info.php?products_
id=59112&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $15.00
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars (from Berin
Kinsman)
Serenity Role Playing Game
by Margaret Weis Productions
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/
product_info.php?products_
id=2962&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $29.99
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars (from Berin
Kinsman)
Golden Age
by Green Ronin
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/
product_info.php?products_
id=20581&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $13.50
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (from Berin
Kinsman)
If you're a Spycraft fan, this is likely the supplement you've
been waiting years for. Yes, another GI Joe knockoff with the
serial numbers barely filed off (see Feats such as “Kung Fu
Grip” and “Knowing Is Half The Battle”). One would think
Hasbro, which owns both GI Joe and Wizards of the Coast,
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would take the hint and release an official game. This is well
done, with good background material, adventure generators
and crunchy bits. Points off for having no interior art, no table
of contents, and no index. Read a full review here: http://
www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7705-Phoenix-RPG-
Examiner~y2009m11d25-Review-Real-American-HEROes
T&T 7.5 manages to combine Old School gaming with
indie-game story-driven sensibilities. Roll up a character,
pick your equipment, and crawl that dun... tunnel! Player
skill matters more than character abilities, in true Old School
fashion, but Talents allow players to customize characters
a la FATE Aspects. A nice blend. Read a full review here:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7705-Phoenix-
RPG-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Tunnels–Trolls-is-true-Old-
School-style-gaming
Mixed bag. I like the system, the game is well executed,
but there’s really nothing here that I couldn’t have put
together on my own with a generic system, a copy of the TV
series boxed set and movie, and some internet research. If
you're not a DIY kit-basher and want to play in the 'Verse,
absolutely worth it. If you're like me, it’s a very nice, shiny
book to look pretty on your shelf and refer to now and again.
Full review here: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-
7705-Phoenix-RPG-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Review-
Serenity-Role-Playing-Game
I was mainly after bits on how to run a Golden Age game, so I
cherry-picked the bit I needed. It had what I was looking for, and
that was worth the price of the book. The history of Golden Age
comics was an interesting read, it’s got archetypes and templates
for heroes and villains, a solid gear list, and other useful bits of both
crunch and fluff. One quibble is that I'd have preferred art that was
more in a Golden Age style. Read a full review here: http://www.
examiner.com/examiner/x-7705-Phoenix-RPG-Examiner~y2009m11d5-
Review-Mutants–Masterminds-Golden-Age-sourcebook
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Adventures into Darkness: M&M
Superlink
by Atomic Overmind Press
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/
product_info.php?products_
id=56820&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $9.95
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (from Berin
Kinsman)
Ken Hite’s worldbuilding here is more focused on building
the alternate history where HP Lovecraft didn’t die of stomach
cancer and went on to write comics. The blending of public
domain Nedor heroes with the Cthulhu Mythos almost
seems like an afterthought. But it’s Ken Hite, and it’s a good
afterthought. A thoroughly enjoyable read, for fans of Lovecraft,
Nedor comics, and Golden Age comics in general, plus useful
crunchy bits. Read a full review here: http://unclebear.
com/?p=3810
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Thanksgiving Mail Sale at columbiagames.com

Announcing: Thanksgiving Mail Sale

Low Flat Rate shipping for all orders through Monday Nov 30th. Any order, any size.

•  US/Canada: $3.99
•  International: $9.99

Happy holidays,

Columbia Games
www.columbiagames.com

PS. Did you hear the news that Columbia’s next wargame will be Rome?

Geekdo
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new RPG web site up: http://rpg.geekdo.com/ This is
the RPG version of boardgamegeek.com, which many boardgamers feel is the best boardgame
site around. It’s become a real community to many boardgamers. rpg. geekdo.com is still new,
so we don’t yet have all RPGs entered

x6 system released
x6 is a generic game system that can be downloaded from http://www.x6system.net/. Highlights of the x6 system include:
– Quick action resolution using D6-based dice pools with a small number of dice (3-4 on average). – Fluid, tactical combat in
which players have to decide how to best use limited resources, such as actions and defences.

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Glenn’s Gallery™ Late January – Early
February Release window
“This is my balance sheet. It tells me what kind of art I like.”
Glenn Willibin, sole proprietor, Glenn’s Gallery

It’s not easy working for Glenn Willibin, the most notorious art dealer in town. Sure,t
his gallery is the most respected and diverse, and you and his staff are competing to
become [as we are still learning!!!] the most knowledgeable about the trends and traps
of the risky world of art speculation. Still, Glenn’s all about one thing: his bottom line.
Fail, and you find yourself stripped of your responsibilities. Succeed, and—well, you still
have a job in the morning. That’s just the way Glenn is…
You are all employees of Glenn’s Gallery, a prestigious art gallery where you are
learning the ins and outs of the business of selling fine art. Your job is to look at trends
in the art world, and recommend to Glenn the types of art that are going to attract the
most customers. Customers are represented by cards, and at the beginning of each turn,
you have a certain amount of information about the customers that will show up this
month. However, you also have to watch out for art students, who drive away paying
customers! At the end of each month, Glenn looks at the number of customers that have
expressed interest in each type of art and rewards (or penalizes) each player based on
their choices.

Glenn’s Gallery Contains:

•  6 boards, representing the 5 different galleries and the scoring track
•  65 cards (13 each of the 5 types of art: 11 customer cards and 2 art students) [we could
replace art students by art critics, as we all hate critics, but okay!]
•  25 prediction pieces (4 single and 1 double piece, in each of the 5 player colors)
•  5 white doubling pieces
•  25 small markers (5 in each of the 5 player colors)• 6 wipe-off crayons

MFG4108 Glenn’s Gallery™ $35.00

Ages 10+
For 3-5 Players
Playing Time 60-70 minutes Robert T. Carty, Jr.
UPC 0-29877-04108-4-03500
Vice-President of Sales and Marketing
ISBN 1-56905-195-x (813) 707-6659v
Case Pack 6 (813) 707-8791f
Designer: Reiner Knizia bobcarty@mayfairgames.com

Art: Chris McGloughlin

Made in the U.S.A.
Dimensions 2.625 x 10.875 x 7.5625

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Latest news from Palladium Books
Palladium Books and I have a lot to be thankful for. Palladium Books has survived the Crisis of Treachery for several years
now, as well as survive a number of deeply felt losses, and one challenge after another. It’s been hard, but we press forward
and continue to produce some pretty awesome books.
These days, times are difficult for a great many people, so you might be inclined to wonder: “What is there to be thankful
about?”
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That’s easy, be thankful for the people you love and those who love you in return. Be thankful for what you have, even if it
seems to be a little less every day. Be thankful for your family, friends, the games you enjoy, sunny mornings and life in general.
Sure, things are tough. They are tough here too. Very tough for a great many of us, but that doesn’t mean that life isn’t good.
Find the joy and the love and you are rich indeed. This weekend is a good time to remember that.
As for me, whether Palladium goes on for another 28 years (which is our plan) or closes its doors tomorrow (times are
tough), I am truly one of the richest men alive. I have lived my dream and loved nearly every minute of it. In the process I
have made many friends and touched millions of lives. Some of whom I have even inspired to make their own games, books,
art and films. On top of all that, Palladium and I have YOU – the greatest fans on Earth. People who care about the company
and the people in it. People who support and encourage our work and appreciate our efforts. It doesn’t get better than that.
Or as Erick Wujcik would say, “It’s all good.” Even in the bad times, the hard times, the scary times, YOU help make it “all
good” – all worthwhile. Thank you for that.
So yeah, I’m grateful for many things, but most of all I’m grateful for good health, family, friends and you. Thank you for
being you, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Thanksgiving also kicks off Christmas sales

Please buy Palladium! Don’t forget us in the midst of the buying frenzy. Palladium even has a few special online offers in
addition to the Christmas Surprise Packages.

Rumor killer

As most of you know, Blizzard Entertainment flew me in to talk about writing and world building as part of their Writers
on Writing program. Ever since I announced I was going to Blizzard Entertainment, there has been some whispered speculation
and rumors that Blizzard is interested in licensing Rifts® to make an MMOG.
I wish! I would love to work with a company as dedicated to good stories, entertainment and fun as Blizzard. Regrettably,
such rumors and speculation are unfounded and untrue. While there are many fans of Rifts® and Palladium Books® at Blizzard,
the company is only interested in creating “original” intellectual properties, not licensing from third parties. However, my trip
to Blizzard Entertainment last week was a blast and a powerful reminder of how many lives Palladium’s RPGs have touched
and imaginations we’ve fueled with our role-playing games.
Ironically, the folks at Blizzard Entertainment told me how they thought Rifts® would make a fantastic MMOG, and
asked me why some videogame company hadn’t snatched up the license for Rifts® or other Palladium I.P. My answer was,
I’d LOVE to see a Rifts® MMOG!! There were two or three times when we came within inches of cutting a deal with a third
party to make an MMOG. Sadly, for reasons that had nothing to do with Palladium Books, each deal fell through. In most
cases, financing was the issue.
I’m confident that sooner or later, we’ll see a Rifts® MMOG. Personally, I vote for sooner than later, so if you know
someone in the videogame business, put a bug in his ear.

In other news

Dead Reign™: Dark Places™ ships November 30. The printer has confirmed the book will ship on Monday! It’s another
frightening and fun addition to the Dead Reign™ RPG. If you like zombies and horror games, you are going to love this book
and the entire series.
Dimensional Outbreak™ is the book currently in the final stages of editing and rewrites. Heroes of the Megaverse® and
The Rifter® #49 are next.

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My father, Henry, continues to do well. So does his friend Arlene. Here’s praying for a healthy, crisis free holiday season
for us all.
Online sales were strong over the weekend and the first half of this week. Sales were up 6% from the previously week
(that’s 24% from sales three weeks ago). That’s good, because we’ve got bills to get caught up on and new books to publish.
People continue to be buying a little bit of everything, from new and old game products to T-shirts, baseball caps, coffee mugs
and art prints, and of course, lots and lots of Christmas Surprise Packages.
If this year follows all previous years, we should start to get deluged by Surprise Packages. Historically, we sell as many
Christmas Surprise Packages in the month of December as we have in the months of October and November combined!
And this year’s Christmas Surprise Package is the best bargain EVER, so bring ‘em on, we’re ready for you. Only 29 days to
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Christmas and only about 18 days to order to be guaranteed delivery by Christmas. You’d better get your order in soon.

— Kevin Siembieda, Publisher & Writer

Palladium Thanksgiving Weekend Specials

1. Palladium’s Christmas Surprise Package where you can get

$90 (often more) worth of product for only $37 plus shipping!
And if you request it, ALL books are autographed by me and available staff and
freelancers. Mark Dudley came in on Friday to sign a couple hundred books. So
have Jeffry Scott Hansen and Henry Siembieda, and we’re hoping Carmen Bellaire
will soon join the signers. A special limited edition print set is also available, as is a
stack of original artwork and sketches by me, Nick Bradshaw, Brian Manning, Allen
Manning and Kent Burles (who donated at least three dozen pieces of original art).
Nothing beats the Christmas Surprise Package in sheer bang for your buck, but we’re
making a couple of additional Special Offers for Thanksgiving thru Cyber-Monday.
2. Limited Edition Print Set for $30 – plus the first 20 people to order get and an original
Kevin Siembieda “Christmas Dragon Sketch.”
•  Print set is limited to a total of 530 copies.
•  Five black and white prints; each is 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
•  Each print is signed by the artist who created it.
•  Artists include:
1. Mike Mumah – A Super (and Sexy) Christmas.
2. Mark Dudley – Dimensional Outbreak in Hangar Five.
3. Nick Bradshaw – Rumble Time.
4. Kevin Siembieda – Santa Claus (traditional and cheery).
5. Bonus print: Kevin Siembieda – Santa Zombie!
•  The print set is valued at $40.00 – $10 for each print, plus a FREE fifth bonus print by Kevin
Siembieda.
•  Limited availability. This print set is currently ONLY available via request in your 2009
Christmas Surprise Package, but between now and midnight, Monday, November 30,
2009, you can buy the set of five prints for $30.00 plus shipping.
•  THE FIRST 20 PEOPLE TO ORDER also get an original, hand drawn, inked and colored
Christmas Dragon sketch, similar to the one depicted here, signed and dated by (me)
Kevin Siembieda (estimated value of the sketch alone: $20-$30). Drawn on a sturdy, 8 1/2
x 11 sheet of light cardstock paper.
•  Additional Siembieda Dragon Art. After the first 20 are sold, every one in five print sets
will also get one of Kevin’s Christmas Dragons.
•  Five days only. Sale ends midnight November 30 – while supplies last. Only 100 of these
“print sets” will be made available for these 5 days, the rest are reserved for Christmas
Surprise Packages (and approximately 160 of the 530 are already GONE).
•  Cat. No. NOV101.

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Two proof copies of The Mechanoids® comic book #3 & #4

Back in 1989, Caliber Comics licensed The Mechanoids® with the intention of releasing a six issue comic book mini-
series. Only three issues came out. Issue number three is scarce. Issue number four was only partially completed. For the
first time ever, Palladium is releasing two photocopies of Palladium’s proof copy of the complete issue Number Three and
the incomplete issue Number Four. To our knowledge, this would
be the first time any part of The Mechanoids comic book, Number
Four has ever been seen in any form outside the offices of Palladium
Books or Caliber.
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•  Only two sets of the two issues are being offered. A third copy may be
auctioned off at the 2010 Palladium Open House. The purchaser gets
a photocopy of issue #3 and a photocopy of the never-before-seen,
incomplete #4.
•  Sold as a limited collector’s item on a first come, first served basis.
•  Each is signed by Kevin Siembieda and Alex Marciniszyn.
•  $50 plus shipping. Cat. No. NOV102. Sold on a first come, first served
basis.

50% Discount on select Zeleznik Art Books

Rifts® & The Megaverse®: The Art of John Zeleznik is an

awesome, glossy, color tour de force of Zeleznik’s covers and artwork
for Palladium Books. Absolutely gorgeous.

•  $11.48 plus shipping and handling for Cat. No. 2510 soft cover edition
(instead of $22.95).
•  $25.00 plus shipping and handling for Cat. No. 2510-HC hardcover
edition (instead of $50). Comes with a special tip-in sheet signed
by artist John Zeleznik and Publisher Kevin Siembieda. Limited to a
printing of 500 copies.
•  Five days only. Sale ends midnight November 30.

Rifts® & The Megaverse®: The Art of John Zeleznik – Collector’s Masterwork Edition – $125

We cannot possibly offer this amazing book at a discount, but we did want to remind people that it is the perfect gift for
the gamer who has almost everything.
The Masterwork Edition is the same, handsome hardcover edition of this book, but it comes with an original piece of
John Zeleznik artwork, signed, numbered and glued into the book. Each piece of art is original and represents one of the
illustrations that actually appear in the art book. No publisher, anywhere in the world has ever done something like this.

•  Limited to 200 copies – only 86 remain available.

•  Signed and numbered by John Zeleznik and Kevin Siembieda.
•  Cat. No. 2510-CML. $125.00 plus $15 for shipping in the USA, $20 to Canada and $35 overseas; must be sent UPS/Priority Mail or
some other method in which it can be traced and insured. If lost it can NOT be replaced.
•  If the Rifts® movie is ever made (and we are hopeful), the value of this amazing and unique collectible should skyrocket.

Only 29 Days till Christmas – Order Your 2009 Palladium Christmas Surprise Package today

•  Get $90 worth of Palladium product for $37.

•  Get the Special 2009 Print Set (limited to 530 signed copies).
•  Get original art by Siembieda, Manning, Burles, or Bradshaw.
•  Get T-shirts, magnets, and other cool stuff.

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•  Get each book autographed by Kevin Siembieda and the Palladium crew.
•  Wow your friend, spouse, sibling, parent or favorite Game Master with a stack of books that will have him or her thinking you spent
a fortune instead of $37 (and shipping). Or get a book for several friends.
•  Try a new Palladium game setting.
•  Complete your collection.
•  Get enough gaming material to keep you busy half the winter.
•  Ideal for Canada and Overseas Palladium fans, because even with shipping you are paying around the cover price for books, plus
getting autographs and other goodies. We highly recommend folks overseas try to take advantage of this opportunity.
•  Factor in the shipping time (6-16 days for Media Mail, 3-6 days for UPS and Priority Mail).
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Remember, the Surprise Packages are great gifts for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. And you can look like an
amazing friend or spouse, because you’ll be giving the recipient of your “gift” $90 worth of stuff (or more)! We know, it’s
madness, but we can’t stop Santa Kevin from packing these Grab Bags full. Best of all, it only costs most of you around $45
with shipping! And that gift includes autographs, and if you ask nicely, maybe a one-of-a-kind piece of original artwork, or
the new limited edition print set.
PLEASE just make sure you provide a “wish list” of 8-12 currently available items (RPGs, sourcebooks, T-shirts, the 2009
Special Limited Edition Print Set, original artwork, and other stuff) or you may be disappointed. If this is a gift for your spouse
or child, PLEASE try to get some idea of what he might want and PLEASE tell us what his favorite Palladium games are. Then
place your order ($37 plus shipping and handling) and Kevin Siembieda will hand pick and send you $90 worth of product,
much of it from your want list. Without a good Wish List you may be disappointed. Plus, if you request it, we’ll sign each book
for you. For many people around the world, this is the only way they can get autographs.
We’ve been doing Christmas Surprise Packages for something like 12-13 years now. It’s our way of saying THANK YOU to
all our fans and, in these tough economic times, make the Christmas season a little brighter for as many fans as we can.
Time is running out. Order before December 14 to GUARANTEE you get your Christmas Surprise Package in time for
Christmas. Order today!
For more information and to order, click here http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Mercha...duct_Code=XMAS

Some Fan Comments Pulled from Christmas Grab Bags

•  P.N. in Springfield, Missouri, writes: I was introduced to the wonderful worlds of Palladium Books about three years ago, and this is
my first chance to take part in your awesome Christmas Special. Thank you for doing it year in and year out.
•  R.C. in Salamanca, New York, writes: I’ve been overseas for the last year and boy you guys rock. There are so much new stuff out and
so much enjoyment to be had. Thank you, guys, for such grand ideas.
•  M.G. in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, writes: Keep up the good work. I am looking forward to new titles coming out. If the Rifts®
movie does get made, that will be a great day for everyone who enjoys your work and imagination.
•  J.B. in Waite Park, Minnesota, writes: I love Palladium. Your books helped me get through my deployment, lol. I love the look of the
Quebec troops and would love to see more from that area.
•  I.X.S. in East Providence, Road Island, writes: Dear Santa Kevin, just wanted to say that you and all the Palladium elves have done a
great job this year. The amount of books you’ve been releasing is phenomenal, and it’s all I can do just to keep up my purchases.
•  A.A. in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, writes: Each week I read your press releases, each with fear and hope, but more hope than fear.
Your games were the reason I got into role-playing games. Here’s to a long future full of WOW!
•  F.W. in Marshfield, Wisconsin, writes: Thank you for persevering the last few years and continuing to produce incredible games.

Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Two: Dark Places™ Ships November 30

Dead Reign™: Dark Places™ presents four new, gruesome zombies that will make your skin crawl, plus more survivor
secrets, using railroad tracks and the urban underground – sewers, storm drains, steam tunnels and other subterranean
labyrinths – to travel unseen and undetected by the walking dead. Of course, these “secret highways” of the human survivors
have their own dangers and problems.
The sourcebook then looks into the darkest place of all, a man’s soul, and how some misanthropes sacrifice their fellow
human beings as “zombie bait” for their own advancement. Much of the source material is written from the perspective of
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•  Four new zombies that are different and terrifying: Worm Meat, Bug Boys, Sewer Crawlers and
Impersonator Zombies.
•  “Live Bait” zombie lures that use human beings as bait.
•  Traveling along railroad tracks and zombie encounter tables.
•  Boxcar encounters and 101 boxcar contents table.
•  The urban underground – traveling through sewers, storm drains, steam tunnels and other
dark places.
•  The pitfalls and dangers of the urban underground.
•  Diseases, infection and insect infestation.
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•  Random encounter tables and more.
•  Many, many ideas for new adventure.
•  Written by Kevin Siembieda.
•  Illustrated by Amy Ashbaugh, Nick Bradshaw, Mike Mumah and others.
•  Cover by E.M. Gist.
•  64 pages – $12.95 retail – Cat. No. 232. November 30 release.

Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™

Author Carl Gleba has created another masterpiece brimming with ideas, new
demons, new Deevils, new whacked out spaceships, new magic spells, more about Phase
World, Center, the escalating Minion War and much more. Dimensional Outbreak™ is
another exciting and surprise filled book in the Minion War™ series as war spills into
Phase World®, the city of Center and the Three Galaxies™. The epic scale of the Minion
War just got bigger and even the Worlds of Warlock, the Splugorth and Naruni are
involved.

•  Phase World’s Center described and mapped. Four new levels, including the Gateland, Central
Station, the Spaceport, Repo-Yards, Free Trade Zone, Warlock Market, notable merchants and
places of business, and much more.
•  Demon Knights, Star Slayers, demonic legions and more.
•  Demonic spaceships, magic weapons and new horrors.
•  Deevil fortifications and defenses.
•  Demon Magic (new).
•  Spaceships, power armor and other gear.
•  The plot for conquering the Three Galaxies and more.
•  A stand-alone Dimension Book that is also the third step in an epic, five book crossover that spills across the Palladium
Megaverse®.
•  Artwork by Apollo Okamura, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Dudley, Mike Mumah, and others.
•  John Zeleznik cover painting.
•  Written by Carl Gleba.
•  192-224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 875. Ships in December or January.

Rifts®/Phase World® Sourcebook: Heroes of the Megaverse®

Most agree the Book of Heroes is one of the greatest magic artifacts in the Megaverse. Only one copy is known to exist,
and everyone wants to get their hands on it – Demons, Deevils, the Splugorth, the Dominators, the Kreeghor, the United
Worlds of Warlock and everyone in between. For it is said that he who wields the “Power of the 2000” can rule the universe.
Once protected by the Cosmo-Knights, the book has gone missing. No one knows its fate or the true power contained
within its List of Heroes. No one except YOU – the new keepers of this legendary Rune book.

•  Minion War tie-in adventure sourcebook.

•  Contains the names of 2000 real life fans who purchased that special print during the Crisis of Treachery.

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•  Written by Kevin Siembieda.
•  Illustrated by various Palladium heroes.
•  96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 877. Ships in January.

Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG

The core rule book you need to play. Second printing. This is the game that has restarted it all.

•  New and favorite Mecha.

•  Play pilots of Alphas, Betas, Cyclones and other Veritechs. t
•  Play Battloid Aces, Military Specialists and others.
•  Combat weapons and gear.
•  History and notable characters.
•  The Haydonites and Invid are your enemies.
•  Quick-roll character generation and more.
•  336 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 550, manga size & format – available now.

Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG – 8 1/2 x 11 Hardcover

The core rule book you need to play. With all the updates and corrections of the manga edition, 2nd
printing, plus some bonus art and pages of data. Makes a nice gift.

•  Additional data and rules for space combat not in the manga edition.
•  Big illustrations and some additional art not in the manga edition.
•  Plus all the mecha, weapons, info of the manga edition.
•  Quick-roll character generation and more.
•  Fun, durable and looks fantastic.
•  224 pages – $30.95 retail – Cat. No. 550HC – 8 1/2 x 11 hardcover edition.

Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® “Gold” Collector’s Edition

A great gift for your ultimate Robotech® fan, Robotech® role-playing gamers and collectors. Rich and beautiful cover, gold
embossing on black leatherette – only 500 signed and numbered copies ever printed.

•  Limited to 500 copies.

•  Signed and numbered. Eight signatures including Tommy Yune, Kevin Siembieda, Apollo Okamura, Brian Manning, Allen Manning,
and others on a special, hand tipped-in, color print available only in this special edition.
•  Deluxe hardcover, gold embossed on black leatherette, and gorgeous.
•  All the same data, art and material as the hardcover edition.
•  224 pages – still only $70.00 retail – Cat. No. 5500HC – 8 1/2 x 11 inches, hardcover, available “exclusively” from Palladium Books.

Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines™

Jason Marker is done writing this exciting new Robotech® sourcebook. Next step is a quick edit and sending it off to
Harmony Gold for their approval. This is another sourcebook jam-packed with new O.C.C.s, Mecha, weapons, gear, and ideas
to send your characters on amazing new adventures.

•  UEEF Marine Corps O.C.C. and M.O.S. skills.

•  New weapons.
•  New Mecha.
•  New Marine ground vehicles.
•  New Marine aircraft.
•  New Marine specific spacecraft.

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•  History, training, and organization of the UEEF Marines.
•  Cat. No. 553, manga size & format – final page count not yet determined, but we are thinking 128-192 pages, $14.95 retail.

The Rifter® #48 – Horror Special– Available Now!

The horror issue has shipped. Pre-orders were a bit higher than usual, so this
might be one of those issues that sells out faster than most. It is certainly packed
with adventure, monsters and fun role-playing source material.
The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium
role-playing worlds. It offers new heroes, powers, weapons, magic and adventure t
for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new
ideas to consider.

•  Rifts® N.O.R.A.D. – A massive, fully fleshed out adventure around the ruins of N.O.R.A.D.
300 years later in modern Rifts Earth. Dark secrets and new dangers await.
•  Expanded Horror Factor™ Rules for all Palladium settings.
•  Nightbane® Answers to Commonly Asked Questions – By Mark Oberle and Irvin
Jackson.
•  Dead Reign™ Impersonator Zombies – just in time for Halloween.
•  Heroes Unlimited™ – Stage Magic Unlimited.
•  The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™, fiction.
•  News, coming attractions and more.
•  Nightbane® cover by Kent Burles.
•  $11.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 148. Available now.

Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ – available now

The Heart of Magic™ is packed with new information, details and new insight
about magic, P.P.E., the Palladium World, Men of Magic, Wizards, Warlocks,
Priests, Familiars, true names, apprenticeship, scroll conversion, learning magic,
new and different magic O.C.C.s, new Wizard and Warlock spells, and data that
expands, defines and clarifies a number of aspects about the practice of magic in
the Palladium Fantasy setting. Easy to adapt to Rifts® (just change S.D.C. damage
to M.D. and you are ready to go).

•  50 new Wizard and Warlock spells.

•  The Forsaken Mage O.C.C., a Jack of all magicks and an outcast.
•  Half-Wizard O.C.C., a split-class spell caster.
•  Priest Variant O.C.C.s: Healer, Scholar and Warrior.
•  New details about the Goblin Cobbler and Psi-Mystic.
•  New details about Familiars, their secrets, and special abilities.
•  True names, the mystery behind them, the danger of revealing them, and how to
change them.
•  Secrets of how magic is learned, how it works, and the apprenticeship process (what is
learned).
•  New insights about magic, the Palladium World, and Men of Magic.
•  A closer look at the Wizard O.C.C., scroll conversion, spell books, auras, jobs, guilds, and the effects of metal and minerals on magic.
•  Unstable and weak spell magic, learning new spells, and more.
•  For the Palladium Fantasy® world, but suitable for any S.D.C. setting, and is easy to adapt to Rifts® and any Mega-Damage setting.
•  Cover and logo by David Martin.
•  Art by Ashbaugh, Mumah, Burles and others.
•  Written by Mark Hall and Kevin Siembieda.
•  96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 472. Available now.

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Palladium Fantasy RPG® Book 2: Old Ones™ – Back in Print

Old Ones™ is back in print as a special printing available exclusively via

Palladium’s online store.
Old Ones™ is an epic sourcebook packed full of information, people, places
and ideas. Details about the Old Ones, the Minotaur R.C.C. (an ancient minion of
the Old Ones), the Monk Scholar and Illusionist, 50 cities and towns mapped and
described, adventure ideas and the epic Place of Magic adventure.

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•  Minotaur Chaos Priest R.C.C.
•  Monk Scholar O.C.C.
•  The Illusionist P.C.C.
•  50 cities, towns and forts described. All 33 cities and towns are mapped. Each offers an
avenue for adventure.
•  7 adventures plus adventure ideas.
•  The Place of Magic: An epic adventure, mapped and described.
•  World information, the Enchanted Forest, the secret complex of the Old Ones, the
Contagion, magic weapons, monsters and more.
•  Written by Kevin Siembieda.
•  224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 453. Available now.

Back in print very soon

•  Chaos Earth™, Rise of Magic (Almost done with many corrections, including missing experience tables.)
•  Aliens Unlimited™, Revised
•  Rifts® Dark Conversions
•  Rifts® Canada

Most “out of print” Palladium RPG titles are available as PDF files from DriveThruRPG.com

Island at the Edge of the World™, Adventures in the Northern Wilderness™, Aliens Unlimited™, The Mechanoids®, The
Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, The Rifter® #4, 8, 21, 31, and many other “out of print” titles are available on DriveThruRPG.
And at half the original cover price. Palladium has 80 out of print titles as well as a handful of currently available titles
available as PDF downloads from DriveThruRPG. Take advantage of this service and complete your collection.
And be sure to check them out on Cyber Monday, November 30, when all Palladium products will be 10% off.
Hold on to your hat, DriveThruRPG is working on offering a “print on demand” service by 2010 sometime, in which you
will be able to order the out of print title as a PDF or as a “printed” book. Is that cool or what? It’s not available yet, but
coming next year.
Wayne Smith has made the Palladium area of DriveThruRPG.com more functional and easy to use. Major game lines are
now separated into categories making it easier to find the titles you want. Currently there are 90+ Palladium titles available
as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. Check them out and get those books you’ve always heard about.

Character Sketches by artist Mike Mumah

Finding artists willing to do characters sketches is a rarity these days. Finding an artist of Mike Mumah’s caliber is rarer
still. Consequently, I wanted to let Palladium fans know that Mike Mumah sells character sketches (pencil or ink are your best
bargain) at reasonable prices.
Remember, this is a one-of-a-kind original piece of artwork by one of Palladium’s fan favorite artists. Character sketches
are a wonderful way to memorialize your character or player group in a way that can be physically displayed and enjoyed for
decades. They also make a unique gift for the gamer who has everything, plus the value of the artwork is likely to increase
over the years. In fact, a number of Palladium’s freelancer writers and G.M.s have commissioned Mike Mumah to illustrate
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The price of a Mumah character sketch varies depending on the size of the artwork, the number of figures and the
complexity of the piece (pencil, ink, color, background, etc.). A single, black and white, pencil or inked figure, no background,
is your best bargain at a cost of $35-$50. More detailed and elaborate pieces with multiple figures, background, color, etc., run
between $75 and $250. Mike is happy to discuss details and pricing. You can contact him at mumah@mumah.com.
© Copyright 2009 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.

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Wars® and After the Bomb® are Registered Trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. Beyond the Supernatural, Dead Reign, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Minion War, Mysteries of Magic, The Three
Galaxies, Warpath, and other published book titles, names, slogans and likenesses are trademarks of Palladium Books Inc., and Kevin Siembieda.
Robotech® and Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® are Registered Trademarks of Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
This press release may be reprinted, reposted, linked and shared for the sole purpose of advertising, promotion and sales solicitation.
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Terror Network PDF Available
Terror Network, our counter-terrorism RPG is now available in PDF. Just follow the
link on our web site Terror Network Sales Page
From the mountains of Afghanistan to the streets of Boston, fight on the front lines
against Terrorist Networks like Al-Qaeda. You and your fellow agents are the nation’s
unsung heroes in the War on Terror.
With 42 skills and a gritty, high body count system, Terror Network is sure to get
your adrenaline pumping. It supports investigation-based campaigns, combat-based
campaigns, or a combination of both.

Includes:

•  A complete rules system

•  History and overview of terrorism
•  Counter-terrorism agencies with details and mechanics
•  Sample Investigation
•  NPCs, storylines and advice for Game Masters

The Montreal Comic-Con back in december with local and

international artists and exhibitors
Montreal — The Montreal Comic-Con will hold its third
convention of the year on December 6th, at Place Bonaventure,
from 11:00am to 6:00pm. This growing event features comic
books, bande dessinée, video games, anime, manga, toys,
science-fiction, non-sport cards and collectibles.
The December 6th edition, in line with the Holiday season,
will showcase about forty local and international artists –
with whom visitors can chat – and as much exhibitors selling
products linked to the event thematic. The will be plenty
of Christmas gift ideas for all ages. Drawings, a masquerade
(skit ) with judges, a Magic tournament and Star Wars
characters in costumes will be among the highlights of the
day. In addition, the Planète BD bookstore will be there to
promote the bande dessinée and artists from the field. As for
the manga fans, they will enjoy the appearance of two anime
voice actresses who will talk about their work and perform
voice scenarios. And last but not least, Richard Hatch (Apollo,
Battlestar Galactica), Kane Hodder (Jason in Friday the 13th)
and Lloyd Kaufman (American producer and film director,
Toxic Avengers) will make an appearance as special guests.
The Montreal Comic-Con is intended to highlight the
talent of local artists and present key features from the field
– local and international. Its objective is to establish itself as
a must-see entertainment event in Montreal for both French-
speaking and English-speaking communities.
FOR MORE INFO:
info@montrealcomiccon.com
www.montrealcomiccon.com
Tel.: 514 705-1051
514 653-3783

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New Interwar Tanks
Hi

Richard Kemp has been working away at a whole new

range of WW1 and Interwar armoured vehicles - all in 1/55th
scale.
The first one is available now:
K50 Vickers Medium Mark III – a great-looking prototype t
British tank of the interwar years

http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/latest.php

Coming next – available by the end of the week - is the

huge, 5-turreted, W40k-ish Vickers Independent. Have a
sneak peak:

h t t p : / / w w w. c o p p l e s t o n e c a s t i n g s . c o. u k / i m a g e s /
k51vickersindependent.jpg

For more information about both of these tanks have a look at these Wiki pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_A1E1_Independent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Mark_III

Don’t forget our existing Vickers Medium Mk. II

http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=HA

Mark Copplestone

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More news from Avalanche Press
Order Now for Christmas Delivery!

It really is getting that close! We have 12 more days we can still ship to any destination and have a good to excellent chance
of pre-Christmas arrival. And to make yours an Avalanche Press holiday season, we have special deals and great prices on
fantastic games.

Twelve Days BEFORE Christmas t

What can be better than finding an Avalanche Press game under your tree? There are 12 days left to place an order and
still receive it by Christmas, so for each of them we'll have a fantastic gift offer! And don’t forget – we have FREE gift wrap
available! Every day will have a special offer UNIQUE to that day – so check back and see what we have in store for you.

Day Twelve!

For every order of $100, we’ll add one FREE copy of Tiger
of Malaya all gift-wrapped and ready to hand to Santa. Make
your brother-in-law happy for once! Turn a friend into a
gamer! Just keep it for yourself! DealÕs good from noon Dec.
2 'til noon Dec. 3 (Central Standard Time).

Buy Two, Get a Third Free!

Buy any two items in our webstore, and get a third one
for FREE (lowest-priced item is the free game).

Damaged Stuff

We’ve found (or had an accident with) a few more

damaged games, available now for a very cheap price. Damage
ranges from “scuffed” to “blasted” but all the innards are
intact – pay your money, take your chances.
•  Island of Death: $8
•  Cruiser Warfare: $10

New Content

Black Waters, Black Beaches!

Like all of the more recent Great War at Sea additions, the scenarios of Black Waters include
invasions. Many invasions. To help you keep track of these furious land battles we have some
markers for German and Italian soldiers and marines.

The World of Cactus Jack

“Cactus Jack” Garner is best remembered today for his colorful description of the vice-
presidency, but an assassination attempt on Franklin Roosevelt almost made Garner president
instead. We use our Third Reich game to look at the historical implications of the failed assault.

Visit us soon at www.avalanchepress.com.

Avalanche Press makes historical boardgames that every player can enjoy. Please visit our online store or call our
customer service line: (800) 564-9008 or 1-205-957-0017.

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Printing & Design Tips: December 2009
By Steven Waxman*
In-Design Vs. Photoshop
I went to a client-site a few years ago to help choose
photos for a poster. I was surprised to learn that the client
always laid out her posters in Photoshop. I, on the other
hand, had always laid out my posters in Quark XPress. I had
assumed Photoshop was only for editing images, not laying
out pages. I was confused, so I decided to do some research.
One printer with whom I spoke said it was perfectly fine
to create a poster in Photoshop. He even said that PostScript
RIPs easily processes the resulting TIFF files when producing
film or plates. The printer did, however, encourage me to put
the type on the vector layers and use sufficient resolution to
provide crisp type edges when the file was finally rasterized
(turned into bitmaps for printing).
I also asked the printer about creating posters in Adobe
Illustrator. I learned that designers usually don’t create
posters in Illustrator, but they do use Illustrator for packaging
design. Apparently, Illustrator is ideally suited to producing
the irregular shapes–tabs, folds, etc.–of the flat sheets that
will be subsequently die-cut, folded, and glued into product
packaging. Again, the PostScript RIPs can process these files
without incident.
When, then, should designers use page composition
applications such as InDesign and Quark?
First of all, multi-page documents are perfectly suited for
Quark and InDesign, and not for Photoshop. Both the poster
and the product packaging mentioned above were single-page
documents, unlike books or booklets. Text-heavy documents
also fit into this category, whether or not they are multi-page
documents, because both InDesign and Quark have robust
text processing features. For instance, if you want to easily
flow text from one column to another, InDesign and Quark
work far better than Photoshop. The same is true if you want
to use style sheets for formatting type.
Finally, although it is quite possible to produce posters in
Photoshop (and my client was doing so quite successfully),
the monitor will repeatedly render the high-resolution images
every time you make an adjustment in Photoshop, and this
re-rendering takes a lot of time. In a page-composition
application like InDesign or Quark, you can adjust the
text and vector art without re-rendering the background
bitmapped images, thus speeding up your workflow.
Descreening Vs. Copydot Halftones
What can you do if the only photograph you have to work
with is a previously screened halftone, for example an image
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from a printed magazine or book? Two years ago in Quick
Tips, I suggested one solution, which I will repeat below. This
year, I have added two new work-arounds.
First off, if you do nothing but scan the image, which has
already been broken down into a screened pattern of halftone
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dots, and then screen it again when you prepare the film or
send the job to the platesetter, you may very well end up with
a moiré pattern.
Moiré is an extra, unwanted patterning created when you
superimpose one screen over another. You can see this effect
by laying one window screen over another and rotating the
top screen. At a certain point, you’ll see arcs and loops in the
combined screen pattern.
To avoid moiré patterns when using a previously screened
image, your first option is to descreen the image. To do this,
open the image in an image editing program like Photoshop,
and then apply the descreen function (or Gaussian blur),
which blurs the image (and the halftone dots). When you
sharpen the image again, the dots won’t be visible. (Hint:
Start with a very large image and then reduce its size as you
complete these steps.)
Another way to avoid moiré is to set the new halftone
screen to an angle different from that of the initial screen
applied to the photograph. The angle between the two
halftone screens must be at least 30 degrees. (This is actually
why 4-color images usually don’t have moiré problems, since
the cyan, magenta, and black halftone screens are all set 30
degrees apart—and the yellow screen is set at a smaller angle,
since it is the least visible color and hence is more forgiving.)
The third option is to reproduce the screened halftone “dot
for dot.” This process yields a “copydot halftone.” Basically, in
this solution you reproduce the previously screened halftone
as line art: that is, without a halftone screen. In this case,
the only screen used is the one in the image with which you
started. (This is not a good idea if you plan to enlarge the
image, because the halftone dots will become more visible.
Reducing the image size is less problematic; although, if the
dots get too small and close together, your halftone screen
will plug up.)
Keep in mind that all three solutions are art, not science.
Therefore, you should plan to experiment a few times to
achieve success.
*Steven Waxman is a printing consultant. He teaches corporations how to save money buying
printing, brokers printing services, and teaches prepress techniques. Steven has been in the printing
industry for thirty-three years working as a writer, editor, print buyer, photographer, graphic designer,
art director, and production manager.
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Available Now – Call to Arms: Martial Artist,
Monk, and Deadeye
Three new classes have joined the Fantasy Craft fray: the Martial
Artist, a base class dominating the battlefield with precision grace and
raw physical might; the Monk, whose mastery of mind and body unlock
fantastic spiritual powers; and the Deadeye, a lethally effective sniper t
at almost any range. Each volume features new supporting material,
including feats, Paths, and character creation guidelines.
Pick them up individually or in a discounted bundle. Answer the
Call to Arms today!

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Signs & Portents 75 – RuneQuest II Revealed!
A special (and rather large!) issue of Signs & Portents for your Christmas reading this month – 93 pages of free gaming
goodness, including a special preview of the forthcoming RuneQuest II.
You can download a copy at; http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/series.php?qsSeries=13

In this month’s issue;

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Dragonmeet 2009
Our reporter on the scene brings you the latest
news from one of the UK’s premier gaming events.

Spycraft
Playing a kid in the espionage classic.

RuneQuest II
The full monty on this game’s new release by
RuneQuest supremo, Lawrence Whitaker.

Hammer Slammers
The start of a brand new campaign for the
galaxy’s greatest mercenary unit.

Lone Wolf
Discover the city of Tyso.

Conan
Venture forth into the Houses of Set. A look at
the darkest of temples across the kingdoms of the
Hyborian Age.

Conan
Hunting the Falcon - a brand new scenario for
the Conan RPG.

Judge Dredd
A range of street encounters to inflict upon your
judges during their investigations.

Fantasy OGL
Corrupted tomes to devastate your players.

Babylon 5
The Legacy of War epic campaign continues, the players are called for a conference on board the Excalibur.

Matthew Sprange

Mongoose Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793 497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891 624298
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com

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Newest staff reviews from DriveThruComics.com
DragonArt DragonArt covers all the nuts and
by F+W Media bolts of basic critter illustration from
http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/ what is functionally a stick figure, to
product_info.php?products_ basic shapes like cylinders/ tubes, boxes,
etc. It gets in to anatomy in comparison
id=65246&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $15.99 to real animals (which is crucial in t
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars (from Flames “selling” the image to viewers) as well
Rising) as perspective and scale. Basic shading
(stippling, hatching, cross-hatching, etc)
as well as Ink and Color are touched
on.
Not only is the basic “western dragon” covered from almost every
angle, but so are other varieties. A sizeable portion is given to “other fantasy
creatures” such as gargoyles, gryphons, pegasi and unicorns, etc. All of
the foundations used previously apply here as well…stick figures, shapes,
detailing, pencils, ink, and color.
Overall it’s a fun book with a wealth of good info for new as well as
experienced illustrators who are interested in drawing fantasy critters. It
definitely has a place on my shelf. The writing is solid and clear. Layout nice
and crisp. Artwork is also good.
This isn’t Todd Lockwood-style illustration…it’s not that sort of book. I
say the word “Basic” here a lot and it applies. This is a basic book geared for
the young adult and beginner artist…and as such it does a perfect job at nailing down the subject matter in a clear, concise
manner.
Review by Jeff Preston
Read the complete review at FlamesRising.com: http://www.flamesrising.com/dragonart-review

Tomorrowland: The Art of Aaron This is filled with the beautiful art of
Acevedo Aaron Acevedo, and many of the pieces will
by Sigil Entertainment Group be familiar to rpg and collectible card game
http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/ fans. Acevedo is a talented artist and his
product_info.php?products_ work evokes a wonderful sense of time, place
id=65898&it=1&SRC=polyglot and character. Tomorrowland would make
Price: $9.95 a wonderful coffee table book, with a hard
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars (from Nathan cover and glossy pages. As a PDF, however,
Russell) I can’t help but feel that something is lost.
Now that I have it on my computer, I am not
sure what I am to do with it - it would kill my
printer to print pages, perhaps I could use some images for wallpaper. When the
Drive Thru RPG print on demand program is up and running, this would make a
great gift for a fantasy fan.

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Fantasy Women Clipart Volume 2 The word 'fantasy' has different meanings to different people. Being a role-player,
by Art Fantasies it means ’swords & sorcery' to me... and most of the images in this collection do not
http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/ qualify. That doesn’t mean to say that they are not pleasing to the eye, or of use if you
product_info.php?products_ are preparing materials for another genre... perhaps it is 'fantasy' as in adolescent male
id=58912&it=1&SRC=polyglot fantasy, although none are pornographic and most could be shown to even a prudish
Price: $1.95 individual without causing offence!
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (from Megan The first image shows a decidedly out-of-uniform lady sprawled in front of a montage
Robertson) of modern military vehicles - nice pin-up for those with military interests. Her pose is a
bit unrealistic, the arm she’s supposed to be leaning on doesn’t seem to be supporting
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her weight and she'd probably fall over, while she has what your average drill sergeant
would describe as a 'non-regulation face.' The next one is far more attractive if a bit dark, a lady in a flowing dark red dress of
vaguely Victorian vintage in front of a fairy-tale castle and carriage. Nicely posed and rendered, but the lady’s attire ought to
be lighter to make her stand out against the backdrop.
The next one is, I think, my favorite: a rather cheeky young dragon
beside a young lady in a white and green gown. The detail on the dragon
is amazing and well-rendered, with beautiful scales. That’s followed by
a winged girl lounging on a bowl of over-large flowers, and seemingly
threatened by a massive hummingbird that has flown up behind her.
Individual parts of the picture - especially the flowers - are well-done,
but the composition as a whole doesn’t work very well. Next is the
'adventurer with dogs' - well, the dogs are nice, but the adventurer,
although her clothing is well done, is of implausible shape and has a
face like a Barbie doll. Excellent staff, I know a few wizards who might
like to appropriate it!
The next one is pure pin-up, leggy girl in scanty shorts and top
in front of a sports car, with a Confederate flag and fireworks in the
background. Beautifully-composed picture, if the content appeals. The
next one is a pin-up as well, if your tastes run to the macabre; a lady in
scanty black underwear reclining against a tomb (which is a wonderfully
well done rendition of stonework) with a couple of skeletons lurking
around. Then there’s a pair of vampires, male and female, taking their
ease, a nice balanced picture with some more good stonework and a
very good sprawling pose for the male vampire lounging on a throne.
The final three pictures are a woman who seems to be on the point of
a 'wardrobe malfunction' beside a large well-rendered toad (who looks
like he’s got the giggles), a Wiccan in a position the human anatomy
couldn’t adopt (but her spellbook and cat are well done, also her stripy
socks which rival some of mine!) and a final out-and-out pinup pose of
a lady whose hat and broomstick suggest witch and whose clothing (or lack thereof) suggest something else entirely!
On the whole, technically competent and tasteful images mostly suited to something like a calendar which you probably
don’t need to hide when Grannie comes to visit: if that’s what you are after it’s a nice collection.

In Lemuria #1, creator Adam Prosser introduces us to a world

Lemuria: Issue #1 (PDF)
by Phantasmic Tales
http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/
product_info.php?products_
id=65742&it=1&SRC=polyglot
Price: $0.75
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (from Brian
LeTendre)
that was once ruled by the might lemurs. That is, until the lemurs
all became lazy and directionless and were passed by man on his
way up the evolutionary scale, relegating them to a much lower
status in society. It’s against this humorous backdrop that Prosser
crafts two tales of sword and sorcery that are filled with action
and laughs.
In the first tale, a high-school aged sorceress in training
daydreams about living a life of adventure. She gets her wish when
an overweight barbarian and her lemur sidekick show up at the

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girl’s school to rob it of treasure. The two end up uncovering an evil cult that was sacrificing students to a demon god (who
happens to speak like a surfer dude) and hijinks ensue.
The second story, a warrior rides into town looking for a man rumored to be ‘the bravest in the world.’ Instead he finds
an effeminate tailor that sends him on a fetch quest for supplies, which turns out to be much more difficult a quest than it
sounds.
Prosser writes great dialogue for the characters in his world, and his art style matches the humor of the book perfectly.
It’s clear from just these two tales that the world of Lemuria is filled with colorful characters that all have their own stories to
tell. I’m looking forward to meeting more of them in the future.

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Looking at the cover of this issue immediately took me back to when I used to play
Indego Blue #1 the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness” RPG. It shouldn’t come as a
by Saint James Comics surprise, then, that “Indego Blue” takes me right back to the best TMNT comics mood-
http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/ wise of today and yore within the first few pages! All great things, folks. I guess I’m a
product_info.php?products_ sucker for mutant animal comics.
id=65435&it=1&SRC=polyglot The opening exposition is told in a fast, semi-detailed first person style, and it
Price: $0.90 explains that, basically, genetic “splicing” between human and animals has led to these
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (from Steven “genetic mutts” being kicked to the curb socially and hunted down “like vermin”.
Saunders) Our story stars and is narrated by the titular character, Indego Blue. He’s a dog-man
with no memory of his past, or who he really is, and completely dedicated to saving
those “transplants” like himself. This comic has all the tropes we’ve come to love: action,
adventure, mystery, a tech-geek sidekick (named Baxter), heroics
and a determined villain who works for an evil corporation.
While not wholly original by any stretch, “Indego Blue” proves
to quite the kick in the pants, and is a great comic to pick up for
those who are growing tired with standard mainstream super-
tights titles.
And, as mentioned before, this comic nicely captures the
spirit of TMNT, which itself was a parody of comics like Daredevil
and the like. The art is non-complex black & white; with strong
line work, great inking, good layout and terrific pacing. The dialog
flows smoothly with only a couple hiccups here and there. The
writing, while uncomplicated, is strong and sets up in superb
fashion the universe in which this story takes place. The lettering
is excellent, my only (tiny) gripe with it being some bubbles and
text-boxes having a little too much space around the letters—
but hey, this will NOT detract from the story one bit. Overall,
this book is a well-built, above-average offering showcasing
sequential storytelling skill and talent.
In other words: Totally worth reading. Oh, and this book is
fun. I like fun. If you like fun, too, you should give “Indego Blue”
a gander. Come on, it’s a steal at $1 for 28 pages!

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New Items and Preorders from Brigade Games
(Unless specifically noted, all products are 28mm.) brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=ADPLP
•  New Artizan Renaissance Range: (limited initial supply)
What is new at Brigade Games •  REN001 Landsknecht Command (4)
•  REN002 Armored Pikemen Standing (8)
•  REN003 Unarmored Pike Attacking (8) http://www.
Republic to Empire, Wargaming the Wars of Napoleon t
brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=ADREN
Bonaparte •  Black Powder – Rules for Warfare covering 1700-1900 http://
arriving imminently www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=WR19
Brought to you by the same
team behind Beneath the Lily
Banners, the book combines
the writing of Barry Hilton
with the creative talents
of illustrator and designer
Clarence Harrison. The
book is lavishly illustrated
with over 200 original Lasalle Napoleonic Rules
photographs shot especially.
150 pages of full color with Lasalle Napoleonic Tactical Wargames Rules by Sam
210 photographs of some Mustafa, the author of Grande Armee In these rules you take
of the finest wargaming command of corps or division in the Napoleonic Wars. The
models around. The rules book is hard bound with 136 pages and in FULL COLOR.
come with a six sided gate-fold full color play sheet on thick The average time to complete a game: 2-3 hours with 2-6
gloss finish card. The rules require no rebasing of collections. players
Unit basing is immaterial as long as it follows the general You will be playing with 12-18 units per side on a table 4'
conventions of tabletop gaming. Republic to Empire can be x 6' or larger.
used for all scales although they are primarily written for http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=WR19
28mm scale Divisional to Army level games. Unit sizes can
vary from 16-60 for infantry and 10 – 60 for cavalry. The game Perry and Victrix Plastic Napoleonics (limited supply)
play is smooth and free flowing with minimal need to refer
to the main text once concepts have been mastered. New •  New Heavy Cavalry and Highlanders http://www.
players usually pick up the key mechanisms within three to brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=NAP
four game turns.
http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=WR19

We also have a few more copies of Barry Hilton’s Beneath the

Lily Banners
http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=WR1617

1938 A Very British Civil War – The Gathering Storm

Sourcebook Brand New from Iron Ivan: Where Heros Dare! Two Fisted
http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=WR20 Action in the Pulp and Serial Movie World

Artizan Designs: Want to raid a speakeasy in Chicago’s Southside with

•  SWW139 British & Commonwealth Officers and Characters
(4) http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=ADWW2B
•  PLP594 The Immortal Battalion II (3)
•  PLP595 Long Arm of the Law with Pistols (3) http://www.
your lawmen? How about stalk the jungles of South America
for the lost treasure of Whoomplsnutz? Maybe you want to
raid a cultist temple while they try to summon something
vile and nasty from the nth Dimension? SS Werewolves and
Vampires fighting giant robots? No problem!

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The rules can be used for all of the popular scale
miniatures. Basing is individual.
Table size can be anywhere from 2'x 2' up to 6'x 8' or
more.
http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=II
New CompanyB Russian MBV-2 Armored Train (1/56th)
(preorder only – approx release Dec 2009 or before)
Unpainted and minor assembly
Note: These are being produced in batches so you must
preorder to get one as casting will most likely be infrequent
after the first preorder batch.
Additional shipping charges may apply for international
locations – depends on shipping restrictions for size and
weight. Once we have more info we will post it.
http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=MBV2
We have been busy working with our sculptors and
manufacturing partners to bring the best in wargaming
miniatures to our customers.
Items have been going fast for the holidays so please get
your order in early. We are working as fast as possible to get
your orders out.
Recent Releases at Brigade Games:
World War I: WIWF03 French Infantry III (8) (Adrians/
Overcoats/Packs/Bayonets)
http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=BGHMW
WWI Arab Revolt – Joint Range between Artizan and
Brigade Games
•  ARB006 Arab Cavalry (3 figures)
•  ARB007 Arab Cavalry II (3 figures)
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•  ARB010 Sharifan Infantry (4 figures)
•  http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=BGARB
Atomic Cafe 1957
•  Atomic Cafe 1957: The Mooseketeers and Marvin Moose (5)
•  Atomic Cafe 1957: The Roller Girls (5)
•  Atomic Cafe 1957: Super Duper Man (Special Character)
•  Atomic Cafe 1957: The Kit Kat Club (5)
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•  http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=BGAC57
(Check out the awesome Atomic Cafe game photos from
Fall In in our forum
China at War — NEW
•  BG-CAW005 Chinese Riflemen III - German Equipped (4)
BG-CAW006 Chinese Riflemen with Big Swords II - German
Equipped (4)
•  BG-CAW007 Chinese Command II- German Equipped (4)
•  BG-CAW001 Chinese Riflemen I - German Equipped (4)
•  BG-CAW002 Chinese Riflemen II - German Equipped (4)
•  BG-CAW003 Chinese Riflemen with Big Swords - German
Equipped (4)
•  BG-CAW004 Chinese Command I- German Equipped (4)
•  http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=BGHMCAW
CompanyB - 1/56th scale vehicles
•  Rolls Royce Tender - complements our Arab Revolt Range
•  M24 Chaffee light tank
•  M3 USMC 75mm SPM (3 crew)
•  T-28 Russian Tank
•  Lancia 90/53 gun truck (4 crew)
•  British C11 ADF staff car
•  Matilda A12 Tank gun/flame
•  NABV9 Vickers MkVI B and C (temporarily sold out)
•  NAGV4 Panzer III J (temporarily sold out)
•  NAGV5 Stoewer Command Car (temporarily sold out)
•  NAIV1 Fiat 508
•  NAIV2 Fiat L6/40
•  NAIV3 CV35 (2)
•  NAIV3a CV35 flame
•  NAVI5 AB41 Autoblinda
•  NAIV6 AS37 Sahara Truck (temporarily sold out)
•  NAIV7 Lancia 3RO
•  NAIV8 Lancia 90/53
•  NAIV9 Semovente 47/32
•  NAIV10 Spa-Viberti AS42
•  http://www.brigadegames.com/go.mvc?ID=BGHMT
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NEW ITEMS FROM THE BRANDS WE CARRY •  TURK03 Turk Bombers
•  TURK04 Turk Riflemen
•  Artizan Design - Thrilling Tales •  TURK05 Turk Machine Gun
•  PLP587 Sky Pirates with Rifles •  TURK06 Turk Trench Catapult
•  PLP588 Long Arm of the Law Armed •  TURK07 Turkish Casualties
•  PLP589 Scotland Yard Detectives •  TURK08 Turk Character Set One
•  PLP590 A Very Private Army 2 •  TURK09 Turk Krupp 75mm Gun and Crew
•  PLP591 Department of Paranormal Studies 2 •  TURKSection Turkish Section
•  PLP592 The Immortal Battalion •  TURKSection2 Turk Section Two
•  PLP593 German Sentries t
•  TURK10 Ottoman Officers
•  PLP594 The Immortal Battalion II •  TURK11 Turk NCOs
•  Artizan Design - World War Two •  TURK12 Turk Bombers
•  SWW095 Late War German Gun Crew •  ARAB01 Arabs in Ottoman Service Officers
•  SWW854 Late War German PaK40 •  ARAB02 Arabs in Ottoman Service NCOs
•  Artizan Design - Wild West •  ARAB03 Arabs in Ottoman Service Bombers
•  AWW301 Pony Express Rider •  ARAB05 Arabs in Ottoman Service HMG and Crew
•  ARABSection Arabs in Ottoman Service Section
Northstar •  BRIT01 Empire Officers
•  BRIT02 British NCOs
•  NS-NSS1936 Spanish Civil War Anarchist (Durrutti Column) •  BRIT03 British Bombers
Guerilla Fighters (2) •  BRIT04 British Lewis Gun Teams
•  Great War Miniatures •  BRITSection British Section
•  British Army 1914
•  B104 Scots Command Gnomes at War
•  B105 Highlanders Advancing (6)
•  B106 Highland HMG Gnome Wheeled
•  B117 Dismounted British Cavalry Heavy Machine Gun &
•  British Army 1917 German Crew (3)(HMG
•  B18 British Tank Crew (6) also available separately)
•  B19 British Toffee Apple Mortar Gnome Cream Puff
•  B20 British Infantry marching with full packs (6) Mortar & French Crew (3)
•  B21 British Artillery Crew (6) http://www.brigadegames.
•  B22 British Cavalry Command com/go.mvc?ID=BGGAW
•  B23 British Cavalry with Swords (2)
•  B24 British Cavalry with Lances (2) Wargames Rules
•  B25 British Cavalry with Rifles (2)
Ruga Ruga Publishing -
Woodbine Design Company – Gallipoli WW1 Historicals Death in the Dark Continent (Africa 19th Century) $21.00
Warlord Games Black Powder Rules - SPECIAL PRICE
We have a restock order in for Woodbine - so get orders PREORDER
in if you want a guarantee that they can be filled Musketeer Miniatures are here and all items are currently
•  ANZ001 ANZAC Officers in stock.
•  ANZ002 ANZAC NCOs
•  ANZ003 ANZAC Bombers Rattrap Minis Reminder - some of the newer Rattrap
•  ANZ004 ANZACs in Lemon Squeezers miniatures produced by Brigade Games:
•  ANZ005 ANZAC Vickers HMG
•  ANZ006 ANZAC Trench Catapult •  RAT-45A-019 Sgt Grant and Oni
•  ANZ007 ANZAC Casualties •  RAT-45A-020 New Commerce Cops I (2)
•  ANZ008 ANZAC Character Set One •  RAT-GLM-001 The Characters of Gévaudan (4)
•  ANZ009 ANZAC 18lb Gun & 6 crew We will have a new shipment from BoltAction and
•  ANZSection ANZAC Section pack Empress/Anglian Miniatures shortly. Preorders will go up
•  TURK01 Turkish Officers this weekend for new products so reserve early.
•  TURK02 Turk NCOs

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Update – On a personal note…
I continue to make progress after installing the new
casting equipment. I even had to buy a new air compressor
which has also improved the process. I finally figured out one
of the issues - but this came with only a week to go before the
convention and a bunch of new codes to get cast and packed
for debut at the Fall In convention. Fall In was last weekend
(preparations take us weeks to complete) and we always
leave a few days early for setup. This of course puts us behind
again on getting orders out. We are rapidly catching up.
I appreciate the supportive emails and notes on orders I
have gotten from many of you.
So I expect to be back to normal by the end of the
weekend. Those of you waiting, please accept my apologies.
if you have not done so.
After many years of dealing with the issues surrounding
Yahoo Groups, I have started a new Brigade Games Forum
with a more traditional forum set up. You have the ability to
subscribe to different boards in the forum so you know when
you are replied to or when someone posts a new topic. I have
also added the ability to add personal picture galleries.
I encourage all of you to join (I have set up a secured
forum to prevent spammers from getting in) and eventually
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I will stop posting to the yahoo group. I have 1400 members
to migrate and we are about 35% there now so please
migrate sooner rather than later so you don’t miss out on any
announcements.
This is the link to join (yes, brigadegms is correct)
http://www.brigadegms.com/forum

Lon Until next time…

Best Regards
New Brigade Games Forum Lon Weiss
Brigade Games
We are up to over 750 members in the new forum so join www.BrigadeGames.com

Attention Citizen! Paranoia News!

Two bits of good news for fans
of Paranoia this week!
First, two brand new scenarios
will be making their way to your
local stores this week – Treason in
Word and Deed, which is intended
for use with Troubleshooters, and
Termination Quota Exceeded,
designed for Internal Security.
Internal Security, you say?
Haven’t got a copy yet? The
Computer, in its benevolent wisdom,
has decided to start shipping the Internal Security rulebook
today. It will be in stores very soon, and mail orders will be
going off tomorrow.
If you have been dithering over whether to get the Blue
Lines limited edition version of Internal Security, act now -
we only have a handful of copies left and they will go fast.
You can catch up on all these new releases at;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/series.php?qsSeries=19

Matthew Sprange

Mongoose Publishing Mob: +44 (0)7891 624298

Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793 497999 http://www.mongoosepublishing.com

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Avalanche Press – At Your Request!
Printed Versions!

You asked for them, and we thought we'd never find a way to deliver.
They're available now: limited edition, printed versions of two of our
most popular download-only game supplements, Panzer Grenadier:
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Iron Wolves and Second World War at Sea: Imperial and Royal Navy.
Scenarios and ship data are in spiral-bound booklets just like our scenario
supplements; playing pieces are full-color printed on heavy cardstock but not
die-cut. It’s an experiment: if these do well, we'll offer more in the future.

YOU Chose: Buy One, Get One FREE!

We asked what sort of Black Week Sale you wanted, and overwhelmingly you answered: Buy One, Get One Free! So
that’s what we have for this week: Buy one item from our webstore, get another of the same or lesser value FREE! Gold Club
discounts apply, so does One World Shipping.

Black Waters!

Shipping starts today on our latest book in the Great War at

Sea series. American battleships fight the Germans in the Caribbean
in the battles foreseen in the Navy’s War Plan Black, and battle the
Italians in 1919 in Woodrow Wilson’s threatened war over Smyrna.
$24.99 with counters, $19.99 without them.

New Content

Infantry Attacks: The Chihuahua Incident

Our next special game for Gold Club members is finally on its
way. The Chihuahua Incident includes four scenarios from the 1916
American invasion of Mexico, with 165 new pieces plus a map. We'll
be sending it to Gold Club members soon, so make sure you're
signed up.

Crimson Canals
With the second EXCLUSIVE and FREE game for Gold Club
members nearing transmission, designer Milan Becvar reminds us
of the first, Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Crimson. In this piece,
Milan looks at the canals linking the Great Lakes.
Visit us soon at www.avalanchepress.com.

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Christmas Final Posting dates notice from the Toy Factory
One month before the big day seems short notice to get
in all those pressies, however it is actually MUCH shorter
than that if you want to order and get it delivered in time for
the 25th. Postal times vary for destinations around the world
of course but we have the final dates we can be reasonably
sure that orders can be delivered at this busy time of the year.
Some end on December 3rd for registered post.
http://www.princeaugust.ie
Note: While we will accept orders AFTER the final dates
we cannot be sure if they arrive in time for the 25th.
You still have a 5 days left before the outstanding 50% off
Model Paint sale expires at the end of November. Most of our
paints are now 1.15 Euro each. This is the perfect opportunity
to stock up for those long winter nights.
Our 'Rent a mould' service is another excellent idea to
while away the winter nights. Only 7.50 Euro for one chess
set side of moulds (3 moulds) and you can cast for 14 days as
much as you want before returning them to us. Available to
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all European Union customers (including ROI and UK).
Best Wishes,
Michael O'Brien, webmaster.
Prince August Toy Factory, Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co. Cork.
T: +353 26 40222 / F: +353 26 40004
'Prince August' is a registered trade name of An Grupa Edman Teo (The Edman Group Ltd).
Registered in Dublin #269484. Directors Lars Edman (swedish), Margaret Edman.
Reg. Office: 1 Kilnamartyra, Macroom.

ICE News
Express Additions #15 Dungeon of Terror: Virtual Boxed Set©

This issue rounds out the RMX. First up,
we present some simple options for generating
stats, determining Stat Potentials and for
doing Stat Gains as well.
There is also an option that completely
redoes how stats are handled in RMX,
changing “averaged stats” to Additive Stats.
To top off the issue, we present you with some monster
templates and monsters, all converted over from HARP
to RMX. The converted monsters are the Gorger and the
Nightlord.
Dungeon of Terror - Virtual Boxed Set© is a deluxe
edition of the Dungeon of Terror series. It contains 164 rooms,
8 different zones (each one featured in a single product
included in this box) and it’s broken in 225 customizable
tiles. You can play Dungeon of Terror as a whole dungeon or
extract your favorite sub-dungeon (or even a single room or
encounter area) to suit your campaign.

Operation DryDock II

Operation Dry Dock II

includes 23 new ship designs
of all sizes and types from
older Imperial era ships to
modern Draconian designs
produced by House Colos.
Included are ships for
House Red Star and the
Unkulunkulu Archipelago
as well as war drones
from the Datasphere.
House Tokugawa, the ASP
Technocracy, and the Luches
Utopia have a few as well.

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This Virtual Boxed Set© features:
•  Eight original products forming the Dungeon of Terror: Orcs’
Nest, Assassins’ Brotherhood, Mad Mage Chambers (east),
The Maze, Mad Mage Chambers (west), Lord of the Undead,
Mad Mage Chambers (south), Scrags’ caverns
•  A Referee Map featuring the whole dungeon. You get a 17”x
22 inches poster map and the same map divided into four
8,5x11 inches sheets. The Referee Map is also customizable.
•  Random Encounter Tables: 16 encounter tables for use with
any RPG system.
•  A set of 164 room templates (one for each room of the
dungeon), each one featuring a small image of the room and
a space for writing your own dungeon room.
Please Note: this is an electronic product – no actual box
is provided with this product.
Upcoming Products
We also have several products and projects in the works
that we want to tell you about.
Stone of 7 Souls
This exciting RM module will soon be available in print
format. This is a Rolemaster Classic adventure for a group of
4-6 first to third level adventurers. The PCs set out to find out
what happened to a missing archeological team and learn as
much as they can about an ancient artifact supposed to be
buried under the church. The final test book is in and looks
great
Elisera
This module was originally published by ICE’s German
partners. It will soon be available in English, and it will be
dual-statted for both HARP and RMX/C.
Many years ago, a little girl was kidnapped. Rumors have
surfaced that she is still alive and being held captive by a tribe
of Orcs up in the mountains. Are you brave enough, strong
enough, or smart enough to rescue her?
This is a module for 4-6 first level characters, and comes
complete with 4 pregenerated characters so that you can run
the module immediately!
Computer Game News
This has been an odd journey over the last four years.
Eventually I will do a ridiculously long forum post to go over
the computer game related journey we have experienced.
Right now the main news is that the first computer game
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designed from scratch by ICE folks is in closed beta and is
aiming for a launch in a few weeks.
Early this year we were asked by a company in Florida
to do a design for a Facebook social network game and we
started doing one based on HARP. We had a great design
underway in March and April but it rapidly got more complex
then could be handled as the first game so they requested we
move that back and do a simpler one.
The game is called Hot Money and the design was handed
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off in June shortly before we both got so ill with the flu and
various and sundry other bugs and illnesses. It is very close to
launch now and it looks good. We will be doing a request for
a few dozen beta testers next week and then will open it up
to a lot more in the following week assuming it all goes well.
The requests will be in follow up newsletters.
And here is the announcement!
In Beta: The Hot Money Facebook Game
Hot Money, ICE’s very first Facebook game is finally in
closed beta testing. The game will be in open beta testing
shortly, and we will be issuing a special invitation to all ICE
customers to play in the beta.
A free to play game, Hot Money is an off the hook, satirical
Facebook game. Players vie for Power, Wealth and Fame in the
world you see in the headlines. Now Hot Money gives you a
taste of life among the corrupt and powerful. Achieving your
goals is simple: check your scruples at the door and indulge in
sleazy actions, launch judicious attacks on other players and
accumulate a variety of outrageous perks and minions that
announce to the world that you have arrived.
In the pursuit of the American Dream, players will be
able to:
•  Charge the taxpayers to clean your moat
•  Run your company into the ground to get a government
bailout to pay bonuses
•  Star in an infomercial: Carbon emissions: Only You Can
Prevent Global Cooling
•  Donate a secret toxic waste site to the city for use as a
community garden
•  Use taxpayer bailout money to run an ad against government
meddling in private business
•  Take last night’s escort with you to this morning’s prayer
breakfast
And be rewarded for it with even more money, fame and
power!
Don’t forget to take a break from time to time to drag
your fellow players down into the gutter. Why should the
elite have all the fun?
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The Unexplained Special Preorder Offer
The Unexplained, previously known as
Strange World, is the exciting new storytelling
game about paranormal investigation.
Now you can preorder it from the Carnivore
Games web site with a fantastic offer.
Here’s what you get:
•  20% off the cover price.
•  The hardcover book is shipped to you once it
comes back from the printer.
•  An immediate free download of the PDF of the
actual book!
The PDF is the same PDF that will be for sale separately
Looney Labs: The holidays are on their way – and so is our
annual Holiday Gift!
To our fans in the USA, we just mailed out this postcard
which includes a link to our annual Looney Labs Holiday
Gift. If you are located outside the USA, are in the USA and
didn’t get the postcard, and/or would just like another copy
of it, Order Here and we will include one for FREE with your
next online order.
And be sure you download the Holiday Gift… a new
pyramid game from Andy: Nothing Beats a Large
It’s been a fun and productive year here at Looney Labs,
and we've made some awesome new games for you! For $20
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once the book has been released. So, this deal
will give you both products for the price of
one, with 20% off as well!
“I'm excited about this special offer,”
says Bradford Younie, president of Carnivore
tGames. “People have been looking forward to
The Unexplained for several years now, and
this my way to thank them for their patience
and support.”
The special offer will end once the game is
ready to ship.
Just go to http://www.carnivoregames.
com and click on the Products link.
or less you can give the gift of FUN this year, because Looney
Labs games make great gifts for friends and family!
We made four new games this year…
•  Anyone who enjoys party games will love Are You the
Traitor? This update on typical deception party games
completely changes the way the game is played by
eliminating elimination!
•  Families are usually difficult to shop for, but Aquarius makes
it easy. The new edition is a major upgrade from the original
we published ten years ago. This is the perfect family card
game, and even comes with pre-schooler variant rules, so
give this game to every family on your shopping list!
•  How about the science fiction fan in your life? Martian Fluxx
will finally give them the chance to invade Earth and conquer
the Pathetic Human Creepers.
•  Or is time travel a more intriguing subject? Chrononauts is
a wild ride through potential alternate futures, players can
change the true history timeline, and collect cool artifacts from
the past and future. For those who already own Chrononauts,
we have an expansion pack called The Gore Years to extend
your timeline to the 2009 presidential election!
Please look for a store near you that sells our games
– times are tough, and stores need your business – search
by zipcode: roster.looneylabs.com. If you must buy online,
please buy from us! To help you stretch your holiday
shopping dollars, here is a coupon for our webstore to get $5
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off any order over $35. Shop at: store.looneylabs.com and use
coupon: DF35DP9 (expires Jan 15, 2010).
Chrononauts and The Gore Years are coming soon...
Have your ordered your new Time Machine yet? The
printing error has been fixed, and Chrononauts and The Gore
Years are releasing on December 4, 2009. Your Friendly Local
Game Store (FLGS) would love to take a pre-order for you. If
you don’t have a FLGS, and must buy online, please buy from
us: Chrononauts – Gore Years
Ask Andy
Q: Who was John McCain’s running mate in the Alternate
Reality election of 2004' (pronounced “2004 prime")?
(Note: You can view an image of the 2008' patch on this
page…)
Andy’s answer: “The Patch for 2008' says that Sarah Palin
gained fame during the 2004' election. This is not to say that
the ticket in 2004' was McCain/Palin, but simply that she
first came to national attention during that campaign. It’s
a parallel story to that of Barack Obama, who made a big
impression on the electorate in his speech at the Democratic
National Convention in 2004. So in the alternate reality
version of 2004', when McCain ran against the incumbent
Gore/Lieberman ticket and lost, the one thing everybody
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remembered was Palin’s stirring speech to the RNC on the
night before McCain’s nomination. Or, maybe he singled her
out in a Joe-The-Plumber kinda way, somewhere along the
campaign trail. The point is, four years earlier would have
been too soon for her to be chosen as McCain’s running mate,
but his campaign did bring her into the national spotlight
at that time. As for McCain’s actual running mate choice in
2004', my answer is: Elizabeth Dole.”
Thanks for giving Looney Labs Games as gifts this holiday season!

Holiday Savings at Precis Intermedia

A Fistfull of Miniatures 2E pits vicious fighters against each other, is
only $1.95. As a printed expansion, More
Pit army against army! Brutes extends the game with 12 new
You decide the outcome Disposable Heroes® characters; 15 new
with A Fistfull of Miniatures. character, weapon, and armor gimmicks/
Precis Intermedia brings traits; and a brief summary of the exotic
this classic historical game bloodlines. And don’t forget that Brutes
of miniatures warfare is FREE with any physical purchase;
back in an all new basic otherwise, it’s only $2.95
edition. Available in both For more information, click here.
PDF and Print, command
100 to 10,000 figures with The New World Disorder PDF Collection
its unique, fast-playing
mechanics. The simple For only $10.95, you can
design means that once now pick up the PDF edition
your armies are detailed, of New World Disorder, as well
no further paperwork is as its two expansions, Zombie
required. Collect all your 15mm miniatures (or 25-30mm with Apocalypse! and CyberZone.
some tweaking) for battle – and if you don’t have miniatures, New World Disorder is an
templates are provided for making them out of paper. Best of easy-to-learn, miniatures-
all, it’s affordably priced as low as $4.95. based tabletop game that takes
For more information, click here. place in a very near and very
dystopian future. The books are
More Brutes! also available separately in both
PDF and Print formats.
An even greater peril awaits with More Brutes! This For more information, click
expansion for Brutes, the fantasy miniatures microgame that here.

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Disposable Heroes® Galore In Harm’s Way Holiday Bundles

The latest Disposable We have two great

Heroes Paper Miniatures collections available from
releases have been quite Flying Mice Games… In
unique. There’s Fantasy Harm’s Way Bundle of
Statix 6 (Monsters), which Aces for only $19.95 (that’s
introduces figures of fantasy 43% off), which includes
monsters that are 2-2.5x the Aces and Angels, Aces in
normal size – these are just what people have been requesting t
Spades, and Wild Blue –
and are also available in print. Then there’s Fantasy Statix campaign in the skies of
Prop Counters, which consists of fantasy props that you’d the two world wars or as
discover on the floor, like weapons, skeletons, and trapdoors modern-era mercenaries
– on a plain white surface or four other textures, like wood or in this 3-pack. In Harm’s
stone. Finally, you can also choose to Build Your Own Set by Way Bundle of Antiquity
uploading custom artwork to our server and then using the for only $12.95 (a 35%
online system to download them as stand-ups or counters, savings), which sends
with labels/numbers and even as huge armies. you back in time to
the era of Napoleon as you either fight a historic campaign
aboard a mighty naval vessel or alongside (or as) dragons in
an alternate age. Don’t miss these special holiday prices.
For more information, click here.

COMING SOON!

Prepare to Unleash
your imagination with
Treasure Awaits! Designed
as an introductory fantasy
game, start playing in less
than 10 minutes – choose
which areas to explore,
choose which monsters to
attack, and choose how
For more information, click here. to dole out the treasure.
Perfect for solo, GM-less,
BASH! Teams up with Precis Intermedia or campaign play. Preview
available: click here.
Basic Action Games’ Bold & Brave, the supers
latest release is now resource for genreDiversion
available from Precis 3E should be available just
Intermedia. BASH! Basic after the new year. This is
Action Super Heroes not to be missed as it takes
Ultimate Edition is the the genreDiversion rules to new heights!
supers game you’ve been GnomeMurdered comes from the mind of the RPGPundit.
waiting for – simple and Learn the vile truth about gnomes and how to avoid being
exciting. It’s fast and murdered by them. You will never look at the world the same
furious, paced over a way once you read this game.
series of panels, pages,
and issues, just like a Don’t forget to check out Brett’s Blog, particularly for
comic book. special offers
For more information,
click here. Look! Here’s one.

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Tips from About.com
Web design
I'd be Scared Too!
One reader tells us that they found a site with a red
background, black text, and bright blue links. While another
mentions pages that have “mystery meat navigation” or even
no navigation at all. It’s amazing!
Luckily There are Good Examples Too
Somedays it seems like all you see online is bad design.
But there are also examples of good design too. One of my
favorite recent submissions is Ali Felski’s Web page. What’s
Your Favorite? I am featuring the best designs from here in
my Wordless Wednesday blog posts as well.
Avoid These Common Web Typography Mistakes
The number one mistake is assuming that if you set the
font family you’ve done all that you need to do regarding
typography. Typography is a subtle part of Web design, and
many designers overlook it. But if you spend some time
focusing on your web site typography you won’t hurt your
site’s design at all.
Choosing a Font Stack Order Can be Challenging
Once you’ve found the perfect font for your Web page, it
can be hard to choose any others. But a good Web designer
recognizes that not everyone has the font resources that we
have on our computers. So font stacks are critical to make
sure that the computer itself doesn’t pick the font.
What is Colocation and Why Would You Choose It
I used colocation for nearly five years and I loved it. The
great thing about colocation is that you own the hardware.
So if you want to add more space, you just add more space.
If you want more memory, you add it. If you want a faster
machine, you change that too. But the drawback is, if the
machine dies, you have to fix it. Sometimes late at night, and
sometimes when guests are at home. I guess I’m glad it didn’t
die on my birthday.
Web Hosting Providers – Types of Web Hosting Providers
I don’t recommend free Web hosting for any use but
personal pages. Most free hosts have too many restrictions
or just put your content at risk. The nice thing is, there are
many other options for Web hosting that are inexpensive or
worth the price.
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Publishing
What’s That Font?
We talked recently about identifying fonts and
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WhatTheFont. I put together a tutorial with some tips on
how to get better results by providing better graphic samples
of your unknown fonts. Oh, and did you know you can use
WhatTheFont with an iPhone? I’ve just added the app to my
iPhone and I’ll be trying it out soon.
Do I Need Graphic Design Training to Do Desktop
Publishing
The short answer: “No, but it helps.” Read the full
answer.
Then flip it around and find the answer to “Is Desktop
Publishing Training Needed to Do Graphic Design?”
Business
What’s Wrong With A Messy Desk?
Not too long ago, there was a popular expression ‘a
cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind.’ That expression
gave rise to an entire industry designed to help business
executives clean their desktops as a sign of their mental
acuity. But does a messy desk hurt or hinder productivity.
5 Office Design Tips for Better Productivity
Is your home office design drab and uninspiring? Do
thoughts of going into your office dampen your entrepreneurial
spirit? It may be time to consider your office design and
productivity at home. Take time to use a few simple ideas to
boost your business productivity.
Top 9 Time Management and Productivity Tools
Your time is your life, so, you want to spend your time
on the goals and tasks that enable and enrich your life. Time
management will increase your productivity and give you
more time for life’s more important moments.
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December 2009 News from Flying Buffalo
I started running play by mail games (Nuclear Destruction)
in January of 1970. That makes the year 2010 our 40th
Anniversary! So, I have decided to make 2010 THE YEAR OF
THE BUFFALO! (Go visit our home page to see the cool new
40th anniversary logo that Steve Crompton made for me.)
As part of this, I am inviting everyone to come to Scottsdale,
Arizona for a big party July 22nd. That’s when we have our
annual convention. We're going to have a big barbeque in my
backyard. Please pass the news on to everyone who has ever
played a FBI PBM game, or Nuclear War or Tunnels & Trolls
or Lost Worlds! I've got the event posted on my FACEBOOK
page.
Speaking of Tunnels & Trolls
There has been a bit of a dustup lately.
Fellow named James Shipman has a web
site called “Outlaw Press” where he offers
for sale various Tunnels & Trolls related
items. I told him that if he included on his
web site the notice that T&T is a trademark
of Flying Buffalo and used with permission,
and that if he would send me an advance
copy of everything, I would allow him
to say that he had official permission to
produce products “for use with Tunnels &
Trolls".
Recently an artist noticed that one of
his covers was a re-use of that artists art,
and he had never been asked nor paid
for it. He couldn’t find any “contact info” on the webpage,
so he started a thread on an RPG web site that “Outlaw
Press Steals Artwork". That started a big row of course, and
other artists started looking at Outlaw Press offerings, and
announcing that their art also was used without permission.
As I understand it, now over 20 artists have made this claim
against Outlaw Press. When I heard this, I went to his web
site and took a closer look and found out that he was selling
reprints of Flying Buffalo out of print products that I had never
given him permission to print (he had never asked, either,
nor had he sent me “advance copies"). Just for the record,
Outlaw Press has been asked to stop selling illegal reprints
of our products, and he no longer has the right to produce
any official T&T products. And we definitely do not condone
nor permit the use of artwork without the permission of the
artists.
As it happens, there has recently been a renewed interest
in Tunnels & Trolls. If you (or someone you know) want to
product “for use with Tunnels & Trolls” products, please
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contact me first. We don’t charge a lot, and our requirements
are not onerous. We do require that you act honorably with
us and with all your writers, artists, and editors!
Nuclear War Card Game
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Sadly we are almost out of the cards for the basic game,
and won’t have more for a couple months. We can sell
individual games from our web site for a few weeks more, but
don’t have enough to supply any retailers or distributors. If
your favorite game store says they don’t have any, that’s why.
However you CAN now play the game
online, for free. Just go to our web page
at http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/nucwar.
htm and click on the gametableonline link
near the top of the page.
The two new Hobby Japan books, one
Queens Blade Rebellion, and one Queens
Gate are in. See them at:
http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/japanlw.htm
Queens Blade Rebellion is Sigui:
Inquisitor, and Queens Gate is Mina
Majikina (from Samurai Spirits). They
are available now. HOLIDAY SPECIAL:
you can buy ANY FOUR of the Queens
Blade or Queens Gate books that are in
stock (ranging in price from $28 to $35) for
$100 plus shipping. That includes the new
books, and the new Airi book with photos and a DVD. Go
to our weekly special page ( http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/
special.shtml ) to take advantage of this great deal.
The next convention I will be attending is either
Conquest NW in Seattle in January, or Dundracon in San
Ramon, California in February. Still haven’t decided whether
I will attend Conquest Seattle, but will definitely be at
Dundracon.
The third annual T&T convention and the 38th annual
Flying Buffalo PBM convention is going to be July 22-25, 2010.
Probably at the Holiday Inn in Scottsdale. Note that this
will be Flying Buffalo’s 40th Anniversary, so we are going to
try to make it special. If you have ever attended one of our
conventions before, please consider attending this year. If
you've come before, I'll give you a special award of some kind!
More details at http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/tntconv.htm
Flying Buffalo Inc www.flyingbuffalo.com
PO Box 8467, Scottsdale, AZ 85252
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The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel – January 2010
A subtle competition for players ages 10 and older
England in the 12th Century. The players take on the roles •  54 advantage cards
of Prior Philip and Bishop Waleran. Philip wants to build the •  32 gold coins
most beautiful cathedral in England. Waleran is planning his •  6 character markers
own project, a mighty fortress. •  10 neutral seals t
Both players are trying to simultaneously build their •  2 personal seals
buildings. To construct your building, you must obtain raw •  6 building cards
resources and convert them into building materials. You •  22 raw material-/resource-chits
are supported by your friends and powerful allies, but are •  1 start player marker
constantly opposed by dangerous foes. If you manage to •  1 full-color rules
overcome and build your building first, you win!
MFG4119 Builder’s Duel™ $25.00
Builders Duel™ contains:
Ages 10+
•  6 building cards For 2 Players
Playing Time 45 minutes
UPC 0-29877-04119-0-02500
ISBN 1-56905-232-8
Case Pack 10
Designer Stefan Feld
Art Michael Menzel, Pohl & Rick
Made in Germany
Dimensions 1.25 x 7.875 x 7.875
Copyright © 2000 Ken Follett & Mayfair Games, Inc. The Pillars of the Earth and The Pillars of the
Earth: Builder’s Duel are trademarks of Ken Follett. All rights reserved.

Bob Carty
VP Sales and Marketing
Mayfair Games, Inc.
(813) 707-6659v
(813) 707-8791f
bobcarty@mayfairgames.com

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Hex Releases Mountains of the Moon:
Sindbad in East Africa
Tired of Eurocentric fantasy role-
playing games? Broaden your horizons with
Mountains of the Moon: Sindbad in East
Africa, the first supplement to Hex Games’
The Adventures of Sindbad RPG.
Join Sindbad and his crew as they sail to
the fabulous lands of East Africa. Mountains
of the Moon gives you everything you need
for swashbuckling adventure on the Dark
Continent, including historical background,
maps, new monsters, and the complete
adventure “Sindbad and the Monkey
King.”
Mountains of the Moon uses QAGS, the
Quick Ass Game System. The QAGS Qik
Skirmisher Releases ‘MILFS: Monsters I’d Like to F***’
Have you ever looked at a female monster
your party was up against and thought:
“Man, I’d like to roll d20 to hit that!”
Well, now you can! Skirmisher Publishing
LLC is pleased to announce the release of
“MILFs,” the monsters you would most like
to have a random encounter with ($3.99, SKP
E 0936, 8 pages; authors Melissa Dowell and
the Skirmisher Game Development Group;
artist Melissa Dowell).
“MILFs” is available as a PDF download
on several online sales venues, including
DriveThruRPG (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.
com/product_info.php?products_
id=68992&affiliate_id=200677) and
RPGNow (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.
php?products_id=68992&affiliate_id=200677).
This set of full-color paper miniatures is designed to be
compatible with other 25/30mm figures and contains nine
different creatures, all scaled to be approximately man-sized.
Furthermore, four of these have also been scaled for use as
giant-sized creatures and one of them has been provided
with a variant that can be used to show her in flight.
Miniatures in this set include:
•  One slinky Dark Elf
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Start Rules are available online as a free PDF,
and are also included in The Adventures of
Sindbad. The Adventures of Sindbad and
t QAGS Second Edition are available in both
print and PDF forms. Mountains of the
Moon is currently available only as a PDF,
and can be purchased at www.hexgames.
com, as well as the finer PDF sales sites.
Mountains of the Moon is written by
Hex’s in-house authority on all things
Sindbadish, Ian Engle, and illustrated by
the multi-talented Joshua LH Burnett.
Sindbad. Live Bigger Legends. Have
More Fun!
•  One Centipede Woman
•  One sexy Fire Elemental
•  One heavily-armed she-Satyr
•  One Cyclops chick that has also been scaled
for use as a one-eyed giantess
•  One Harpy that has been provided with a
variant that can be used to represent her in
flight
•  One Sea Naga that has also been scaled for
use as a giant sea monster, “Mother Hydra,”
etc.
•  One Bigfoot/Yeti/Abominable Snowwoman,
which also has a giant-sized counterpart
•  One Woodwife that has also been scaled as
a Treant
“MILFs” is part of Skirmisher’s Cardstock Characters™
line of figures that can be downloaded, printed out, and
used in a variety of different RPGs and wargames. Other
currently-available sets include ones for use with Mutant
Future and other post-apocalyptic and science-fiction games;
anthropomorphic ducks and pigs inspired by the Quactica
wargaming rules; and the “Forbidden Creatures of Foree” line
of creatures that some companies have declared off-limits.
We hope you enjoy “MILFs"! Remember: You can’t spell
“Treant” without “T” and “A.”
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RuneQuest II – First Preview
We have just uploaded the first of a series
of previews showcasing the new RuneQuest
II rulebook, available in January. You can
download it from;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/
home/detail.php?qsID=1755
In this preview, we feature the contents
page (as requested by many of you who keep
track of our previews!), and snippets from
Skills, Combat and Magic. Stay tuned for
more previews over the next few weeks!
Obsidian Portal News – December 2009
Vote or we'll kill this puppy!
Ok, we're not going to kill a puppy.
But will you vote anyway? We need your
vote! In what you ask? Why, in the first ever
Obsidian Portal Featured Campaign of the
Year awards. Or the OPies as I like to call
them. No one else likes to call them that.
Sigh. Anyway, the polls are open till midnight
(EST) December 31st, 2009. Click here to be
whisked away to our mechanical voting
automaton. Here are the contenders:
•  June: Chronicles of the Amber Wolfe by DM
Palandar
•  July: The Dragon Hunter Cronicles by DM
Geech
•  August: Horn of the North by DM
Wolfhound
•  September: Beyond the Mountains of
Madness by DM Aethan
•  October: Tales of the Black Forest by DM
Jason
•  November: Pursuit of Destiny by DM
cwGabe
•  December: Silent Winter by DM Jennifer
Obsidian Portal Holiday T-shirt Give-away!
When you buy a 12 month Ascendant Membership in
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As a reminder, the current range of
RuneQuest books will be removed on
January 1st, so if there is a title you have been
interested in, time is running out!
t
Matthew Sprange
Mongoose Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793
497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891 624298
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com
the month of December, we'll mail you a free Obsidian Portal
t-shirt! Here, take a look:
Oooooh, nice! Sign up today! That’s
Obsidian Portal Co-Founder Micah in the
picture there. Before you hurt yourself
laughing, remember that he’s a programmer,
not a t-shirt model.
Follow us on Twitter, Win a Gift!
There are only 10 days left in our 12
Obsidian Days of Christmas. We'll be
handing out 1 prize a day via twitter until
Christmas day. Follow @obsidianportal on
twitter and maybe you’ll win tomorrow!
Remember your GM this Holiday Season.
Be sure to remember your GM when
you're buying gifts for friends and family.
A set of fancy dice, a cool sourcebook, or
something fancy from AvatarArt all make
great gifts for your underappreciated GM.
Or, if money is tight, a simple thank you
is enough. In the end, the best gift a GM
can receive is knowing that the players are
having a fun time and are eager for more.
See you at the gaming table,
The Obsidian Portal Team
http://www.obsidianportal.com
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News from Forge World
Hi There,

At Forge World the Christmas countdown continues and everybody here is busily making sure your orders are getting out
on time! This newsletter we have a few sneak previews for you as well as some last minute shipping updates.

Thanks
t
Alan Bligh

Sneak Peek: Imperial Armour Apocalypse II

Today I have the first preview of our latest book, Imperial Armour Apocalypse
II. This is a brand new supplement, featuring no fewer than 46 new datasheets for
legendary vehicles and battle formations, bringing together all our recent releases and
some brand new models as well. It also features some updated sheets from the first
book, hints and tips, optional rules for your games, and five new Apocalypse Missions
for you to play. The book is lavishly illustrated with some fantastic color photographs
of our models. This book supplements our first Imperial Armour Apocalypse book,
which is still available and should help you get the most out of your Forge World
models in your games of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse.
We’ll have full details of the book for you next week, when hopefully the book will
also be available to order, but meanwhile Here are a few preview pages.

Special Mystery Preview

With Christmas getting close we thought we’d put together one of our ever-
popular mystery jigsaw previews of a forthcoming model for you. You can see the first
of our three part preview picture Here. All I can tell you is it’s a new special character
for the forthcoming Imperial Armour Volume 8, so you`ll just have to guess what it is!
Lookout for more pieces of the jigsaw in our newsletters leading up to Christmas.

Christmas Ordering Information

There’s still time to order for Christmas! No matter where you live in the world, Forge World can still guarantee delivery
of your orders before Christmas by UPS Express shipping.
Remember that if your order totals £250 or more express shipping will be completely free.
If you have any questions about stock availability, delivery times to your specific location, or even just wonder what would
make a great gift, the Forge World Customer Service team are available to help. You can either contact them by telephone
between 9am and 6pm UK time – just call 0115 916 8177 within the UK; 011 44 115 916 8177 from the US and Canada or 00 44
115 916 8177 from Europe. You can also email forgeworld@games-workshop.co.uk - title your email `Christmas Ordering`, and
Leanne, Tris, Simon or Ead will get back to you as quickly as possible.
As a reminder, these are our last guaranteed order dates:

UK: 20th December (UPS)

Europe: 20th December (UPS)
USA/Canada: 16th December (UPS)
Rest of the World: 16th December (UPS)

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STAR FLEET ALERT
15 DECEMBER 2009
SCHEDULE FOR 2010
t
TO BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY, 2010
Federation Commander Booster Pack #92, SKU 4292, $9.95
ISC Battleship, Starline 2400 miniature, SKU 1344, $11.95
Andromedan Terminator, Starline 2400 miniature, SKU 1006, $5.95
Federation DDG and DDL Destroyers, Starline 2400 miniatures, SKU 0228, $14.95
(Metal versions of the plastic destroyer)
Federation Scout and DDF Destroyer, Starline 2400 miniatures, SKU 0227, $14.95
Juggernaut, Starline 2400 miniature, SKU 0080, $29.95
Starmada Rules Annex, SKU 6125, $12.95 (We distribute this for Majestic 12 Games, which has
previously sold this book only as a PDF)

TO BE RELEASED IN MARCH, 2010

Romulan Armada, SKU 6102, $16.95 (second in the series, see Klingon Armada SKU 6101)

TO BE RELEASED IN FIRST QUARTER, 2010

Federation & Empire 2010, SKU 5006, $TBA (new rulebook, new counters)

TO BE RELEASED IN APRIL, 2010

Klingon B9 Fast Battleship Starline 2400 miniature, SKU 0385, $TBA

TO BE RELEASED IN MAY, 2010

Captain’s Log #41, SKU 5741, $19.95

TO BE RELEASED IN SPRING & SUMMER, 2010

SFB Module C3A Andromedan Threat File, Prime Directive Federation (for GURPS and d20 Modern),
Federation Commander Briefing #3, Federation Admiral (Campaign book for Federation Commander),
Hydran Pegasus (Starline 2400 miniature), Squadron Box #27 (Starline 2400 miniature).

These products are to be released on WHOLESALERS

the schedule listed above. Prepare for new sales next spring.

GAMERS RETAILERS
Wait for major new fun next spring. Start taking pre-orders from customers.

CONTACT
Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. PO Box 8759, Amarillo TX 79114 PH: (806)-351-1950
To order products, contact Sales@StarFleetGames.com
To receive these Alerts, contact Marketing@StarFleetGames.com
See our updated website: www.StarFleetGames.com

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More from Avalanche Press
End of the Year Retirement!

While we want players of our games to have many options available, it’s also a long-proven
publishing rule that you can indeed have too many choices. Right now we have 15 scenario
supplements in print, most of them for the Panzer Grenadier series, so at the end of the year five
t
of them are going to drop out of print. if you still want them, now’s the time to place your order.
Come Jan. 1, they'll be gone.

•  Panzer Grenadier: North Wind

•  Panzer Grenadier: Alaska’s War
•  Great War at Sea: Airships
•  Panzer Grenadier: March on Leningrad
•  Panzer Grenadier: Siege of Leningrad

Back in Print!

We've added boxes for two older games to the print run
for August 1914, Coral Sea and Pacific Crossroads. Soldier
Emperor: Players’ Edition is just like the old, deluxe version
but with a paper map and the second edition rules and
scenarios. Second World War at Sea: Bismarck is identical to
the last print run except for some small box alterations. All
five games will receive our standard 1-inch-deep game box
(like Elsenborn Ridge or Midway). You can pre-order both
now at our 30 percent off sale price and receive free shipping
in the U.S. (other pre-order games are not eligible).

Thirty Percent Off and FREE Shipping and FREE Gift Wrap

Choose your own gifts! Take 30 percent off any game in

our store that’s in stock, AND ship anywhere in the United
States for free. Added discount does not apply to Seasonal
Specials (free shipping does!). Add another 10 percent off if
you're a member of our Gold Club! It’s open for just 48 hours,
expiring Friday, Dec. 18.

Gift Wrap!

Any game you buy, we'll gift wrap it for FREE – just add gift wrap to your order (it’s listed on each store page under
“Related Products") and we'll wrap everything in the order. You want a card? Just let us know here and we'll be glad to add
one. You want it to come from Santa to you? NO PROBLEM! That stays between us.

New Content

Daily Content 2009: Another year is wrapping up, and so the boss has his annual look at what we ran in Daily Content
in 2009.
Visit us soon at www.avalanchepress.com.
Avalanche Press makes historical boardgames that every player can enjoy. Please visit our online store or call our
customer service line: (800) 564-9008 or 1-205-957-0017.

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News from Arcana Studio
Arcana Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine!

Arcana Studios, an award winning comic book publisher and transmedia producer, is proud to announce the launch of
Arcana Magazine. Debuting on January 27th, 2010, and solicited in the current November Previews (Diamond Code: NOV09
0599) is the new quarterly magazine simply entitled Arcana, the re-designed print version
of the on-line comics based magazine Extra Sequential. t
The first issue features interviews with Star Wars: Invasion writer Tom Taylor, artist
Josh Medors, Singaporean writer Edmund Shern, Surrogates creator Robert Venditti, and
ground breaking artist David Mack. Also included are previews from upcoming comics
and features such as a look back at the Death of Superman event, a talk with pro cyclist/
comics fan Dave Zabriskie, a brief chat with the legendary Marv Wolfman, and an article of
the current love affair between musicians and comics, including an interview with Coheed
& Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez. There’s also a look at just how to market comics today, a
breakdown of popular comic book terms and more.
Arcana #1, a 96 page full color magazine goes on sale January 27th, 2010.
http://www.arcanaquarterly.com

Arcana Studio is proud to announce the KISS Kompendium

Arcana Studio, the award winning art production arm of Arcana has worked on
numerous comics, video games and animation for Disney, Sony Animation, ABC, SpikeTV,
HBO, CAPCOM, Random House and more...but here’s a MONSTER we recentely worked
on. We were hired to put together this MASSIVE KISS Kompendium published by Harper
Collins. This is a monster and on sale December 8th, 2009. Just in time for KISSmas. Check it
out at KISSOnline.com

The GwaiI TPB

Recently winning the prestigous Moonbeam Award for best Children’s

Graphic Novel, the Gwaii tells the tale of Tanu, a sasquatch lost in the Canadian
wilderness who must face the Fearsome Creatures in order to find the clues that
will lead him to his mother. Using his agility, speed, jumping ability, and a mean
snow-ball throwing arm, the young sasquatch must find his way back home
while confronting the most fearsome mythological creatures ever whispered
about in the wild wilderness!
Buy the book now: http://www.arcanacomics.com/store/

In Previews

This month in Previews,

for items shipping January,
Arcana will be publishing
Arcana Magazine #1 (NOV09
0599), Anywhere #3 (NOV09
0600), Avengelyne vs. Koni
Waves Oneshot (NOV 0601),
Cat Named Haiku (NOV09
0602) and Miracle GN (NOV09
0603).

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Shipping This Month

This November it’s time to give thanks for Arcana’s releases for the month: Anywhere
#1 (SEP09 0590), Don Bluth’s Space Ace #5 (SEP09 0591), and Hero House GN (SEP09
0592).

Interview with Sean O'Reilly

This month, Arcana’s Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton interviews Arcana
t
Owner and CEO, Sean O'Reilly, about several topics including a slate of movies that are on
the way, as well as what’s in store for Arcana in the future.

MP: First things first, you recently produced and developed the stories for 2 Lion’s Gate
films. What can you tell us about them?
SO: People who know me, know I love the UFC and MMA. It was a THRILL to be working
on projects with Kimbo Slice, Frank Mir, Roger Huerta, Michael Bisping and so many more.
I actually had a drink with Frank and he knew his comic books. I met director Daniel and he
was the one who initially got the ball rolling with Grindstone (Lion’s Gate), and Deboragh,
Michael, Barry, Stan and so many more people were critical to getting these projects off of
the ground. I'm really looking forward to seeing these now that the first one is filmed.
MP: As well, you recently produced a Steve Segal film? What’s it about and is there any chance we'll see Steven at the Arcana
booth for SDCC?
SO: I can ony hope so. The comics to film buzz has helped propel me into the entertainment industry and I'm getting to work
on a lot of great projects.
MP: Arcana has a new pop culture/comic magazine due out in January. What sets it apart from other magazines and what
can fans expect?
SO: Our key people, Kris Bather and David Lapsley, are creating a magazine that is like no other. It’s focus is art...it’s Wizard
meets Maxim with a strong artistic direction. I really am excited about this magazine as it will open up new doors for our
publishing arm.
MP: The Gwaii recently won the Moonbeam Award for best children’s graphic novel. The previous year Clockwork Girl
won. How does it feel to have your work so well received? Also, is producing good children’s product one of your publishing
priorities?
SO: I've been writing comic books since 2003 so it’s great to get recognition. Children’s books have become a priority for me
since the birth of my first child, my daughter Summer. Since then we've gone on to make a couple more (Kiefer, Phoenix &
Harmony) and it really does change one’s motivations. The demon hunter is still alive but I really wanted to show my kid’s
something before they go to bed that won’t bring about nightmares.
MP: Speaking of Kade, what can we expect from him in 2010?
SO: Jay and I have another installment for Kade called Red Sun. Set in Siberia, 1020, Kade is hunting for the of the Fallen.
This one is going straight to graphic novel (after a promo issue) and we have truly set the bar higher with every book starting
with Humberto Ramos on Original Sun, Stjepan Sejic’s debut in Sun of Perdition, Clint and Thu’s awesome Shiva’s Sun and
Christian Duce’s amazing Rising Sun. It’s a big world and Jay has been great to work with allowing me to weave all of the
mythos in a massive 2500 year tale.
MP: What other big plans does Arcana have?
SO: We are doing SO many great projects and with limited space I can only name a couple. Anywhere #1 (only 99 cents!)
and Champion #1 is on stands Wednesday Dec. 9th and upcoming graphic novels like Black Jesus has had a TREMENDOUS
response through the book market with a very strong initial purchase order, Howard Lovecraft & The Frozen Kingdom has
had tremendous reviews already, Hero House is already busy doing instore signings and in 2010 we have 32...yes THIRTY
TWO graphic novels already solicited from January through to August 2010. Working with numerous distributing partners we
are proud to release these titles to the book market. We have had a strong presence in the book market and after winning a
couple awards at Book Expo America it’s really helped us set the path for a strong year next year.
As well there are two animated series we're starting production on and one live action project as well.
MP: Before we go, is there anything else you'd like to say?
SO: You cannot change the wind, but you may adjust your sails.

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Sneak Peek at Deus Vult for RQII
We have just posted a primer PDF for Deus Vult, the first dedicated to protecting humanity and the Lord’s own plan
brand new setting for RuneQuest II. from the supernatural horrors that lurk within the fringes
of the civilised world. From heathens in the
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/ East to warlocks within continental Europe,
home/detail.php?qsID=1755 from bloodthirsty pagan cults in England to
corruption within the highest reaches of the t
It is the closing years of the twelfth century. royal families, the players must combat the
Saladin has reconquered the Kingdom of Preview
darkest of foes while ensuring the common
Jerusalem, and the holy city is once more in the Ordo Acerbus folk of the world never discover the true roots
hands of the Saracen. Heresies and sorcery rot Devotio of all evil.
Europe from within, while the nobles quarrel Deus Vult will be released in April 2010.
- Compiled from the teachings and sermons of Abbot Hugo,
Superior General of the Order, and translated from the Latin.

and bicker. Even the church is falling prey to

this corruption. The world must be saved, Matthew Sprange
through any means necessary. No enemy, no
sorcery, no doubt and no fear will prevent the Mongoose Publishing
monks of the Order from carrying out the Will Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793
of God. Deus Vult! 497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891 624298
Players will be inducted into a secret order of the Church, http://www.mongoosepublishing.com

Merry Christmas from Iron Crown Enterprises

New Partner – Arion Games Warrior Mage.
We also include 13 new spell lists, just for these
ICE is pleased to announce that we have a new partner professions!
who will be selling products on ICE’s Online Store.
Arion Games is a publisher of quality paper miniatures. Upcoming Products
These are excellent products! And over the course of the next
couple of days, we will be adding nearly 90 products from ICE is pleased to annouce that we have begun work on
Arion Games to ICE’s Online Store. The first two products are a full conversion of the RMSS/FRP Essence Companion for
already up and online. Rolemaster Classic! As
the project progresses, we
Sale will be able to provide you
with more information.
Merry ChristmasFirst off, just a reminder to everybody But we figured that you
that ICE’s Online Store is currently would want to know
having a 25% off sale on all ICE about it right away!
products. With Christmas fast We also have several
approaching, you should grab the other projects in the
deals while you can! works, including the
Elisera module mentioned
New Product: Express Additions in the last newsletter, and
#16 two other modules that
are in the works. Still too
In this issue of Express soon to mention too much
Additions, we bring you 2 new about them, other than
professions, the Runemage and the they are on their way!

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New Release News from Green Ronin
Greetings all! lands of Ferelden and beyond. Designed by award-winning
author Chris Pramas (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay,
At long last I have news of our Q1 releases for 2010! We're Freeport), Dragon Age features an all-new game system that’s
playing catch-up a bit here, but we also have some exciting both easy to learn and exciting to play, the perfect portal to
new projects in the works. I have included the full details tabletop roleplaying. This classic style boxed set includes a
after this note. t
Player’s Guide, Game Master’s Guide, poster map, and dice:
Other notes: We've officially sold out of GRR2502, the everything you need to get started, from character creation
Freedom City Sourcebook for Mutants & Masterminds. It will and rules of play to GM advice and an introductory adventure.
not be included in any orders from this point on. We do not So gather your friends, grab some dice, and get ready to enter
have word on any reprint status at this time. a world of heroes and villains, of knights and darkspawn, of
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to gods and demons…the world of Dragon Age!
drop me a line. Here’s to a great 2010!
Family Games: The 100 Best
Bill
Editor: James Lowder
Format: 400 pages, trade paperback
January
•  Dragon Age RPG, Set 1 MSRP: $24.95
•  Family Games: The 100 Best Product Code: GRR4002
ISBN 10: 1-934547-21-2
February
•  Dragon Age Game Master’s Kit ISBN 13: 978-1-934547-21-2
•  Silver Age (Mutants & Masterminds) Release Date: January, 2010
•  A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide
In Family Games: The 100 Best, the top designers and
March publishers write about the most enjoyable, most cleverly
•  Dragon Age: Blood in Ferelden designed titles of the last one hundred years. Their essays
•  A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Pocket Edition cover the spectrum from board games to card games,
•  Wild Cards: Aces & Jokers (Mutants & Masterminds) wargames to miniatures games to role-playing games,
including old favorites and little known gems. These are the
Dragon Age RPG, Set 1 Dark Fantasy Roleplaying games that the designers themselves play, the ones that have
inspired their most popular inventions. Essayists include
Author: Chris Pramas such legendary creators as Alan R. Moon (Ticket to Ride),
Matthew Kirby (Apples to Apples), Richard Garfield (Magic:
Format: Boxed Set The Gathering), Susan McKinley Ross (Qwirkle), Michael
MSRP: $29.95 Schacht (Zooloretto), Peter Olotka (Cosmic Encounter),
Product Code: GRR2801 Leo Colovini (Clans), Mike Selinker (Risk: Godstorm), Tom
Wham (Great Khan Game), James Ernest (Kill Dr. Lucky),
ISBN-10: 1-934547-30-1
Phil Orbanes (Cartel), Eric Goldberg (Junta), David Parlett
ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-30-4 (Hare & Tortoise), Kevin Wilson (Descent), Emiliano Sciarra
Release Date: January, 2010 (Bang!), Warren Spector (Toon), Ian Livingstone and Steve
Jackson (co-founders of Games Workshop), and dozens of
Fantasy roleplaying goes back to its dark and gritty other noteworthy and award-winning designers. Family
roots with the Dragon Age RPG, the latest game from the Games: The 100 Best also features a foreword by board game
company that brought you A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying legend and Senior Director of Product Acquisition for Hasbro
and Mutants & Masterminds. Based on the smash hit Dragon Games Mike Gray (Fortress America) and an afterword by
Age: Origins computer game, the Dragon Age RPG brings the author and actor Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me, Star Trek: The
excitement of BioWare’s rich fantasy world to the tabletop. Next Generation).
Make your own heroes and control your own destiny in the Editor James Lowder has helmed more than a dozen

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critically acclaimed anthologies and authored several best-
selling novels, including Prince of Lies and Knight of the
Black Rose. He’s been a finalist for the Stoker Award and
International Horror Guild Award, and has won an ENnie
Award and four Origins Awards.
Golden Age and Iron Age sourcebooks, giving you a full range
of eras for superheroic adventure.
A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide: A Sourcebook for A
Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying

Dragon Age Game Master’s Kit Authors: David Chart, Joshua J. Frost,
Brian E. Kirby, Jon Leitheusser,
Author:
Format:
Jeff Tidball
3-panel hardback GM Screen
t Anthony Prior, Robert J.
Schwalb, Owen K.C. Stephens,
and 32 page booklet and
MSRP: $17.95 Dan White
Product Code: GRR2802 Format: 256 pages, full color, hardback
ISBN-10: 1-934547-32-8 MSRP: $39.95
ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-32-8 Product Code: GRR2703
Release Date: February, 2010 ISBN-10: 1-934547-13-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-13-7
The Game Master’s Kit is the perfect accessory for fans of Release Date: February, 2010
the Dragon Age RPG. This handy product features a three-
panel hardback screen that puts all the essential game info With the fall of House Targaryen, an uneasy peace has
right in front you. It also includes a 32-page adventure by Jeff settled over the land, but it stands on a razor’s edge. King
Tidball that can serve as an introduction to the game or as a Robert rules, but his reign is haunted by the dark deeds of the
follow-up to the adventure in the core game. With the Game past and imperiled by the corruption of the halls of power.
Master’s Kit and Set 1 of the Dragon Age RPG, you'll be ready A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide describes George
to kickstart your dark fantasy campaign. R.R. Martin’s Westeros in lavish detail, providing full details
on all the major regions and principal players of the game of
Silver Age: A Mutants & Masterminds Sourcebook thrones. An indispensable guide for fans of both the novels
and the game, A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide brings
Author: Christopher McGlothlin and the Seven Kingdoms to life and provides a rich setting for
Steve Kenson exciting roleplaying adventures.
Format: 128 pages, full color, softback Dragon Age: Blood in Ferelden
MSRP: $27.95
Product Code: GRR2530 Authors: Walt Ciechanowski, Kevin Kulp,
ISBN-10: 1-934547-31-X and TS Luikart
ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-31-1 Format: 128 pages, black and white,
softback
Release Date: February, 2010
MSRP: $24.95
Never were heroes more powerful than in the legendary Product Code: GRR2803
Silver Age of comics. Now Mutants & Masterminds places
ISBN-10: 1-934547-33-6
that power—and responsibility—in your hands with the
Silver Age sourcebook! Learn how to create M&M heroes ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-33-5
with the kind of style and power of characters in the Silver Release Date: March, 2010
Age, assisted by ready-made hero archetypes and character
design advice. Use the villain archetypes for immediate foes Adventures are the heart of any roleplaying game but
and Gamemaster advice on building Silver Age style bad GMs on the go don’t always have time to create their own.
guys, including nigh-omnipotent adversaries. Travel back to Blood in Ferelden contains three full-length adventures for
the Silver Age of the Freedom City setting, during the height the Dragon Age RPG, as well as three adventure outlines
of the fabled Centurion’s career and the founding of the whose bare bones can be fleshed out for even more action.
Freedom League! Silver Age rounds out the excitement of the The player characters will visit savage borderlands like the

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Korcari Wilds and Frostback Mountains, as well as facing in a convenient size and includes the complete content of the
foes of a different sort in Ferelden’s capital of Denerim. The original, updated with all known errata. Seize your birthright
adventures in Blood in Ferelden are suitable for characters in Green Ronin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying!
of level 1-5 and add a wealth of detail to any Dragon Age
campaign. But be warned: there will be blood! Wild Cards: Aces & Jokers, A Mutants & Masterminds
Sourcebook
A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Pocket Edition
Authors: John Jos. Miller and Steve
Author:
Format:
Robert J. Schwalb
256 pages, black and white,
t Kenson
Format: 128 pages, black and white,
softback (6” x 9”) softback
MSRP: $24.95 MSRP: $24.95
Product Code: GRR2705 Product Code: GRR2527
ISBN-10: 1-934547-34-4 ISBN-10: 1-934547-25-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-34-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-25-0
Release Date: March, 2010 Release Date: March, 2010
Adventure gaming returns to Westeros with A Song of Ice With well over a dozen books and more on the way, the
and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin’s ENnie Award winning
Wild Cards series has a cast of characters too large to be
RPG. Based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic, A Song of
covered in just one book. Aces & Jokers fills out the roster
Ice and Fire Roleplaying gives you everything you need to play
from the Wild Cards Campaign Setting with biographical and
and run games in the Seven Kingdoms using an all new and
easy to learn game system specifically designed to evoke the game information on dozens of aces, jokers, and nats from
atmosphere of these best-selling novels. You and your fellow the series, everything you need to fill out the ranks in your
players take on the roles of key members of a noble house. own Mutants & Masterminds game. As a bonus, you can
Should you succeed in the game of thrones, you might find use the character stats in this book for other settings as well,
yourself among the Starks and Lannisters, gaining the favor providing you with ready-made villains, heroes, and other
of the king, and securing your place in history. Should you characters. Get ready to double up with Aces & Jokers!
fail, your rivals will destroy you on their own desperate climb
to greatness. This Pocket Edition of the core rulebook comes — Bill Bodden Sales Manager, Green Ronin Publishing

Dark Sword Miniatures – 6 New Miniatures Now Available

Hello my fellow miniature enthusiasts,
I wanted to drop you all a quick line and let you know
that we have 6 new miniatures in our Online Store that are
here and ready for shipping out to you.
1. GRRM – The Mountain that Rides - Tom Meier
2. GRRM – The Red Viper - Tom Meier
3. GRRM – Aeron “Damphair” Greyjoy - Jeff Grace
4. GRRM – Victarion Greyjoy - Jeff Grace
5. VIF – Special Edition - Armored Female Anti-Paladin - Jeff
Grace
6. VIF – Male Warrior with Bastard Sword - Jeff Grace
of releases.
For those of you in MN, the new releases above will be at
“The Source” Hobby Store on Tuesday night. So swing on it
and snap up the ones you want to add to your collection.
Stay tuned for updates later in the week on our two
holiday pieces as well.
We are down to under 99 copies of the Limited Edition
Sad Panda miniature as well.
Make it a great week everyone and get ready for a bunch
of new Jeff Grace greens and some new Dave Summers greens
in the coming weeks.
Regards,

In addition, all six of the miniatures above now have Jim

painted versions in their galleries for you to admire and enjoy. www.DarkSwordMiniatures.com
Marike Reimer and Matt Verzani did the honors on this batch

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New Releases – Corporation and Earthdawn
Two new releases for Corporation and Earthdawn should now be appearing on the shelves of your local stores - Dragon
Awoken and Shards Collection Volume One.

Dragon Awoken

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The Dragon’s strength is industry. Countless factories stain the skies and poison
the cities to spew out an unending flood of weapons and war machines. Join us, and
we will grant you the means to obliterate your enemies with overwhelming force.
Those who resist will be crushed.
The Dragon’s cunning is secrecy. Let fools whisper of forbidden technology and
unholy alliances with rogue god-machines, for they still cannot imagine the full
horror of the truth. Join us, and we will induct you into a world of shadows, that
you may witness the power we keep hidden from our enemies. Those who are loyal
shall learn all.
The Dragon’s spirit is unity. The greatest criminal syndicates across the globe, a
pack of snarling, squabbling dogs, have been united - a wolfpack beneath the banner
of the Dragon. Join us, and we will offer you a family who will always be at your
back, a family to whom allegiance is life. Those who betray us shall beg for death...
eventually.
The Dragon has awoken in the East, and the world’s most amoral, ruthless
villains rush to swell its ranks.
Welcome, Agent, to the Ai-Jinn Corporation.
For more information, visit; http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/
detail.php?qsID=1753

Shards Collection, Volume One

•  JOURNEY TO LANG: An errand along the Serpent River exposes the characters to the
dangers of the Scourge.
•  RUNVIR’s TOMB: Searching a tomb for magical treasure, the heroes find that not
everything evil is dead.
•  KEPT IN THE DARK: In the depths of the Servos Jungle, an expedition takes a different
direction when the heroes encounter the Therans.
•  PALE RIVER: Beneath the Kingdom of Throal, an underground village harbors thieves.
But why are they stealing food from the bazaars of the dwarf city?
•  TOURNAMENT TROUBLES: The heroes take part in the annual tournament of Travar, the
outcome of which determines the city’s political fate for the coming year.

Shards Collection Volume One is a collection of five stand-alone adventures

for Earthdawn Third Edition, providing challenges for Novice through Journeyman
adepts. Requires use of the Earthdawn Player’s and Gamemaster’s Guides.
For more information, visit; http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/
detail.php?qsID=1736

Matthew Sprange

Mongoose Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793 497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891 624298
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com

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The Cleansing of Black Spur – Full-Contact Adventure!
Get ready for a full spectrum gaming combination of those terrain sets at a discount.
experience! Crafty Games' is proud to release •  Sonic Legends has composed six original
its second Fantasy Craft adventure, The soundscapes (loopable blends of orchestral
Cleansing of Black Spur, but this time we've music and sound effects) just for The Cleansing
partnered with our friends at Fat Dragon
Games and Sonic Legends to bring you all the tof Black Spur. You can sample and purchase
those at their web site.
components of a truly blockbuster event.

•  Fat Dragon Games has hand-picked terrain sets Everything you need for a landmark outing
as great fits for the adventure’s scenes and we've your group will never forget. Merry Christmas,
created three bundles - located here, here, and and happy gaming from Crafty Games, Fat
here - so you can grab the adventure and any Dragon Games, and Sonic Legends!

1853 India
1853 is a railway building game using the 18XX game MFG1853 1853™ India $75.00
system, set in imperial India. It was originally published in Ages 16+
1989 by Hartland Trefoil. Contrary to many other 18XX games,
For 3-6 Players
1853 does not require aggressive stock trading, but skills in
engineering the best possible routes. Playing Time 360 minutes
1853 is a game UPC 0-29877-01853-6-07500
that takes several ISBN 1-56905-229-8
hours to play. Even
players familiar with Case Pack 6
the rules should Designer: Francis Tresham & revisers
require at least four Art: Klemens Franz
hours.
Made in Germany
1853 India
contains: Dimensions 1.25 x 11.625 x 9.375
Copyright C 2009 by Lookout Games and Mayfair Games, Inc., Skokie, IL USA.
•  1 game board
•  72 shares
•  37 train Bob Carty
•  200 track tiles
•  8 wooden cubes VP Sales and Marketing
•  wooden disks Mayfair Games, Inc.
•  game money (813) 707-6659v
•  8 company charters (813) 707-8791f
•  rulebook bobcarty@mayfairgames.com

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Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention
Feb 26-28, 2010, Owego, NY
The Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention is a science
fiction miniatures gaming convention featuring the rules of GZG
including Full Thrust, Dirtside, and Stargrunt.
Free downloads of the rules are available at the convention t
web site.
ECC XIII will be meeting in Owego, NY on Feb 26-28, 2010. We
have been in Lancaster, PA in previous years.

•  Convention web site: http://www.warpfish.com/jhan/ft/gzgecc/

•  Photos from ECC XI (2008): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2006193&id=1245493738&l=d8aed96c7b
•  Photos from ECC XII (2009): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2050111&id=1245493738&l=ef5afc5340

If I can answer any questions for you, please contact me at davisje /at/ nycap.rr.com

Jon Davis

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Are You a Real American H.E.R.O.?
Crafty Games is proud to release Real American
H.E.R.O.es for Spycraft 2.0. Fight for freedom — or crush
it — in this brand new world of four-color military fantasy
where the good guys wear green, the bad guys wear blue,
and great notions like democracy and justice prevail over
evil in half-hour segments! This huge product is jam- t
packed with everything you need to join America’s elite
special missions force — or bring the world to its knees!

•  Join the battle on any side — with the U.S. Headquarters

for Eminent Risk Oversight (H.E.R.O.), the paramilitary legions
of National Military Exports (N.M.E.), the cunning arms
dealers at Morrigna Corporation, the mysterious elders of the
Shirobikou ninja clan, or the anarchist Wrecker biker tribe.
•  Build your own unique H.E.R.O. with new Origins and feats,
plus two Master Classes: the savvy Commandant and the
maniacal Overlord.
•  Expand your arsenal with vehicles and weapons right out of
your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.
•  Devise exciting military adventures with rules for Rank and
Allegiance, plus the Diabolical Plot and McGuffin of the Week
generators and all-new campaign qualities.
•  Forge alliances and lifelong nemeses among dozens of NPCs
from every side of the conflict (including winners of Crafty
Games’ Build-a-Hero contest).

Do you have the guts to be a Real American H.E.R.O.?

Or are you more interested in the fast-growing field
of global appropriation? Perhaps a lucrative Morrigna
franchise, study under the Shirobikou masters, or a rowdy
tour of the world’s darkest roads is more your speed? No
matter your flag, recruiting starts today!

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Nuns on the Run!™ mid first quarter 2010, late Feb release
“…to be sure, your sin will find you out.” —Numbers 32:23 The novices are on the loose! Temptation has lured them out
of their cells, and they hope not to be caught by the abbess and the prioress. But the guards are swift and their hearing is
excellent, so it will take craftiness and a bit of luck in order to make it back to their beds without being caught!

In Nuns on the Run™ you explore the exciting nocturnal world of a grand abbey filled with intrigue and deception. As t
the old abbess, the noble prioress, or a simple novice you become hunter or prey. Everyone gets a special “blessing,” but only
the novices try to fulfill a “secret wish.” They must sneak through the dimly lit halls, corridors, and gardens, seeking keys
and treasures unique to their goal. Meanwhile, the vigilant abbess and prioress patrol their routes, ever watchful of young
novices who should be fast asleep in their austere cells. Are you wily enough, or sneaky enough to fulfill your quest and win
the night?
Nuns on the Run™ is a very casual, social game for 2-8 players ages 10 and older. You can play a game in about 45-60
minutes.
Nuns on the Run contains:

•  1 game board
•  1 pad of movement log score sheets
•  2 stand-up player figures
•  12 noise/vanished tokens
•  6 novice tokens
•  66 cards
•  1 six-sided die
•  1 turn marker
•  1 captured marker
•  1 straight-edge
•  rulebook

MFG4117 Nuns on the Run™ $35.00

Ages 10+
For 3-8 Players
Playing Time 45 minutes
UPC 0-29877-04117-6-03500
ISBN 1-56905-221-2
Case Pack 6
Designer: Fréderic Moyersoen
Art: Jacob Chabot & Jared Blando
Made in Germany
Dimensions 2.625 x 10.875 x 7.5625
Copyright © 2010 Mayfair Games, Inc. & Fréderic Moyersoen. Nuns on the Run is a trademark of Mayfair Games, Inc. All rights reserved.

Bob Carty
VP Sales and Marketing
Mayfair Games, Inc.
(813) 707-6659v
(813) 707-8791f
bobcarty@mayfairgames.com

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New From Mongoose — Internal Security and
Democracy Falls
Two new books hit the shelves
this week from Mongoose Publishing
– the brand new core rulebook for
Paranoia, Internal Security, and
the next Judge Dredd adventure,
Democracy Falls.
Internal Security
The mandatory enjoyment
of Paranoia’s 25th Anniversary
continues! With this high-security
book, players can leave behind
the trials and tribulations of
Troubleshooters and instead bask in
the joy of being Blue level Internal
Security Troopers – to serve, to
protect, to vaporise!
With a very different mission
briefing, players will jump at the
chance to play Troopers, the brave
citizens who stand between Alpha
Complex and the criminal minds
who seek to subvert it. There is
no way the dangers that plague
Troubleshooters could follow them
into this elite service. None at all.
There will be brand new dangers
instead!
This is a brand new core
rulebook for Paranoia, containing
everything you need to engage
in missions as Internal Security
troopers.
For more information, visit;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.
com/home/detail.php?qsID=1718
Democracy Falls
Democracy Falls - a hub of
opportunity for those in the Cursed
Earth with the skills, gear and
guts to try and survive within its
gang-patrolled wall. Located a few
hundred miles west of Mega City
One on the ruins of one of America’s
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ancient heartland capitals, 'D-Falls'
is a dream for Cursed Earthers.and a
nightmare to the Justice Department.
t It has always loomed in the distance,
standing as a reminder that the Mega
Cities are not the only civilisations to
thrive in this day and age.
The Justice Department has
always turned a blind eye to the
existence of Democracy Falls,
choosing to use its resources more
efficiently than laying siege to it. The
appearance of a new criminal game
in the lower blocks has changed the
status quo, forcing the Chief Judges
to take action. This new game, called
Bloodrace, is well-known to have
started in Democracy Falls – and it
just claimed its first Judge’s life.
Now the Justice Department
needs a small team of Judges willing
to leave the safety of Mega City One
to bring justice to the Bloodrace
organisers - those who brought the
game to MC-1’s streets. Everyone is
allowed to enter Democracy Falls,
even Judges… the only problem is
getting back out again.
Democracy Falls is a scenario
for the Judge Dredd: Traveller game
setting, placing several Judges in a
dangerous and foreign city in the
Cursed Earth, where fast cars and
faster bullets are normally the Law
of the land.
For more information, visit;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.
com/home/detail.php?qsID=1729
Matthew Sprange
Mongoose Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44
(0)1793 497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891
624298
http://www.mongoosepublishing.
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NBM Publishing: Rall is on a Roll with the Red Eye!
Friends in Comics:

Author Ted Rall said back in 2001 in his Village Voice articles when he went to
Afghanistan at war, and then in the NBM graphic novel To Afghanistan & Back:
“We lost the war". He was an outspoken critic of the buildup by President Bush
then. And he’s an outspoken critic of President Obama now. Chicago’s Redeye
t
newspaper interviews Rall on this very subject, where he crystallizes his feelings
on Obama’s speech this week in terms that will shock and astonish even the most
hardened reader:

•  Part one: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/geek-to-me/2009/12/political-cartoonist-

goes-to-afghanistan-and-back.html
•  Part two: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/geek-to-me/2009/12/ted-rall-to-obama-
us-strategy-in-afghanistan-all-wrong.html

…and here’s our blog entry about the interview, along with information about
Ted’s signing on December 11th:

http://nbmpub.com/blog/2009/12/04/chicagos-redeye-interviews-
rall-he-was-dead-on-about-afghanistan-in-2001/

Once again NBM pioneered, as it’s all in To Afghanistan & Back, which we
published as the 1st 'instant graphic novel' by him in 2002 (ISBN
978-1-56163-325-8 cl, ISBN 978-1-56163-359-3 pb).
If you'd like a review copy of the book or to arrange an
interview with Ted on the subject of the this book or his latest
stunning graphic novel, The Year of Loving Dangerously, please
let me know.

Marc Mason

NBM Publishing

RuneQuest books – OOP in Less

Than a Month!
With the advent of RuneQuest II early in January, we are
cleaning to stables of the older edition.
If you are after any of the original range of RuneQuest books
(including the Glorantha, Elric and Hawkmoon lines), you have less
than a month to grab them as they will be removed from the web
site as soon as we get back to work in January after the Christmas
break!
You can find the entire current range here;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/series.php?qsSeries=39
Matthew Spange
Mongoose ublishing
Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793 497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891
624298
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com

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Out in Stores – Vargr and Trojan Reaches Map Pack
Two new products will be appearing in stores for Traveller before Christmas – the long-awaited Alien Module 2: Vargr,
and the Trojan Reaches Map Pack.

Alien Module 2: Vargr

Callously viewed by other races as thieves, vagabonds t

and pirates, the wolf-like Vargr are a complex and varied race
whose society is light years beyond their stereotype. Alien
Module 2: Vargr peels back the layers of prejudice to reveal
a fascinating race who have a powerful effect on their region
of the galaxy.
This book is packed with information for both players and
referees. New rules for careers allow players to create their own
Vargr characters, which are then well served by technology
and ships designed by and for the Vargr. Chapters are devoted
to playing a Vargr and how their society and culture are
structured. Finally, we have also included a complete sector to
explore, meshing seamlessly with the Spinward Marches - the
Gvurrdon sector.
For more information, visit;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.
php?qsID=17630

Trojan Reaches Map Pack

The Trojan Reaches awaits your exploration in this huge

poster map, featuring every system, trade link and starbase in
the sector. Beautifully illustrated in full color, this map is the
second in a series that will allow you to explore the entire
Third Imperium and beyond, joining posters together to form
one gigantic map! Includes a full key to aid navigation.
For more information, visit;
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.
php?qsID=1768

Matthew Sprange

Mongoose Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)1793 434488 Fax:+44 (0)1793 497999 Mob: +44 (0)7891 624298
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com

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The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel – January 2010
A subtle competition for players ages 10 and older
England in the 12th Century. The players take on the roles of Prior Philip and Bishop Waleran. Philip wants to build the
most beautiful cathedral in England. Waleran is planning his own project, a mighty fortress.
Both players are trying to simultaneously build their buildings. To construct your building, you must obtain raw resources
and convert them into building materials. You are supported by your friends and powerful allies, but are constantly opposed t
by dangerous foes. If you manage to overcome and build your building first, you win!
Builders Duel™ contains:

•  6 building cards
•  54 advantage cards
•  32 gold coins
•  6 character markers
•  10 neutral seals
•  2 personal seals
•  6 building cards
•  22 raw material-/resource-chits
•  1 start player marker
•  1 full-color rules

MFG4119 Builder’s Duel™ $25.00

Ages 10+
For 2 Players
Playing Time 45 minutes
UPC 0-29877-04119-0-02500
ISBN 1-56905-232-8
Case Pack 10
Designer: Stefan Feld
Art: Michael Menzel, Pohl & Rick
Made in Germany
Dimensions 1.25 x 7.875 x 7.875
Copyright © 2000 Ken Follett & Mayfair Games, Inc. The Pillars of the Earth and The Pillars of the Earth: Builder’s Duel are trademarks of Ken Follett. All rights reserved.

Bob Carty

VP Sales and Marketing

Mayfair Games, Inc.
(813) 707-6659v
(813) 707-8791f
bobcarty@mayfairgames.com

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Ablaze™ mid first quarter 2010, late Feb release
A subtle competition for players ages 10 and older
The forest is ablaze, the smoke is thick, and the flames are spreading! The only inhabitants of this inferno seem to be a
few courageous firefighters, their supporting planes, and a horde of fleeing animals.
Ablaze consists of three complete, distinct games. Each game revolves around a forest fire, but each is different and has
its own unique favor. t
In Wild Fire!, you lead a crew of firefighters who are attempting to contain a rapidly spreading wildfire. To emerge
victorious, you and your crew must cover the largest area of forest while always maintaining a link to water.
In Volcano!, you pilot an air tanker struggling to help extinguish a conflagration initiated by an erupting volcano. Extinguish
or isolate the most forest fires and you earn honor and victory!
In On the Run!, a lighting strike has started an intense brushfire, forcing fluffy forest fauna to flee the inferno in an effort
to escape a fiery demise. You shall decide the fate of some of the frantic forest fauna. Saving the most animals will win you
the game.

Ablaze™ CONTENTS

•  48 pawns (firefighters) in four colors

•  47 forest tiles
•  1 volcano tile
•  1 plane tiles
•  1 set of rules

MFG4403 Ablaze™ $20.00

Ages 10+
For 3-5 Players
Playing Time 45 minutes
UPC 0-29877-04403-0-02000
ISBN 1-56905-199-2
Case Pack 12
Designer Heinrich Glumpler
Art Franz Vohwinkel
Made in USA
Dimensions 1.75 x 8 x 6.25
Copyright © 2009 Mayfair Games, Inc. Licensed from Edition Erlkonig - Glumpler & Truant. “Ablaze!” is a trademark of Mayfair Games, Inc. All rights reserved.

Bob Carty

VP Sales and Marketing

Mayfair Games, Inc.
(813) 707-6659v
(813) 707-8791f
bobcarty@mayfairgames.com

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STAR FLEET ALERT
12 NOVEMBER 2009
NEW PRODUCTS ON 16 NOV
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CAPTAINí S LOG #40
Space Manta
A previously unknown
monster appears, and the
Federation X-ship Colin
Powell is fighting for its life
and the lives of millions of
colonists. The issue also in-
cludes new ships, scenarios,
and updates for Federation
Commander, SFB, F&E,
SKU #5740, $19.95 Starmada, and SFBF.
SQUADRON BOXES
Hydran vs. Lyran
Supporting the expanded
Hydran and Lyran fleets in
the new Hydran Attack mod-
ule are these two boxes,
each containing five preci-
sion-scale pewter warships.
(Squadron Box #25 at left.)
SqBx 25: SKU #4325, $34.95
SqBx 26: SKU #4326, $34.95
For Shipment on 16 November 2009.
GAMERS
Pre-order from your store now.
We will ship mail orders on 23 Nov 2009.
CONTACT
Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. PO Box 8759, Amarillo TX 79114 PH: (806)-351-1950
To order products, contact Sales@StarFleetGames.com
To receive these Alerts, contact Marketing@StarFleetGames.com
See our updated website: www.StarFleetGames.com
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KLINGON F5W
War Destroyer!
The powerful destroyer
that the Klingons introduced
late in the General War is
now introduced to your gam-
ing table. Ready to guard a
flank, protect a convoy, or slip
through a gap in the lines to
strike hard and deep behind
Federation lines. Sold in a
three-ship package. SKU #0397, $19.95
BORDER BOX #9
Play to Win
Here to support the ex-
panded Hydran, Lyran,
WYN, and Klingon fleets
from Hydran Attack and
Booster Packs #25-#27, this
box includes 24 pewter
starships from the Alpha
Octant’s always turbulent
western theater. The Four
Powers War never ended. SKU #4409, $99.95
WHOLESALERS
Please send orders when ready.
RETAILERS
Order from your wholesaler now!
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Askari Miniatures Egyptian Adventures
Our Egyptians are busy unearthing a tomb, supervised
by the archeologist and out Foriegn Legion officer. Two Hour
Wargames' Larger Than Life and Pulp Adventures have been
popular rulesets.
Figures shown include:
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•  EG-1 Diggers
•  EG-5 Native Guards
•  FRP-1 Foreign Legion Desert Command

The Spahis have arrived!

Mounted Spahis are here to complete the line:

•  FRC-5 Spahis
•  FRC-6 Spahi Command
•  FR-19 Dismounted Spahis
•  FR-20 Dismounted Spahi Command
•  FR-21 Spahi Guards

Russian Artillery

Russian 9-lb Field gun and crew.

Also available:
•  4 lb gun
•  Gatling gun
•  Limber

Coming Soon

Dismounted Cossacks, Central Asian Turkestan figures. Above, greens of Circassian Cossacks.

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Even more news from Avalanche Press
2010 Changes to Shipping and Publishing Policies Third Reich Players' Guide
Regular Price: $24.99
SPECIAL Price: $10
Shipping Rates
With our One World Shipping rates, we charged everyone GOLD CLUB price: $9
around the world the same to ship them a package, whether t of War
Third Reich: Rumors
they resided in Atlanta or Sri Lanka. While our shipping deal Regular Price: $24.99
is pretty good, it’s not that good, and with the end of the 2009
that subsidy will end as well. Rates will almost double on Jan. SPECIAL Price: $18
1; as before, it’s the same rate for anywhere outside the United GOLD CLUB price: $16.20
States including Canada. Yes, we know that Canada is very, Soldier Kings
very close to the U.S., but our shipping company charges the
Regular Price: $39.99
same so we have to pass that on to you.
Until Friday, our incredibly low international shipping SPECIAL Price: $25
rates still apply to all orders INCLUDING pre-orders. Now’s GOLD CLUB price: $22.50
the time to take advantage!

Products Retiring New Content

Five of our scenario supplements are going away on
Jan. 1. They won’t be reprinted and they won’t live on in Loose Lips Sink Ships: Failure to secure their communications
downloadable form. If you want them, buy now or forever with Tokyo during the 1921-22 Washington Naval Conference
hold your peace. cost the Japanese delegation 105,000 tons of modern
•  Panzer Grenadier: North Wind battleships. We have a look at the implication of this lapse,
•  Panzer Grenadier: Alaska’s War complete with a variant for our Great Pacific War game.
•  Great War at Sea: Airships
•  Panzer Grenadier: March on Leningrad Chihuahuas Attack!: The Chihuahua Incident, our
•  Panzer Grenadier: Siege of Leningrad downloadable preview of the Infantry Attacks game series,
went out this weekend FREE to Gold Club members. Today
Twelve Days of Christmas! the designer looks at the module – sign up for the Gold Club
today if you want one of your own.
Our end-of-the-year clearance continues through all 12
days of this grandest of holidays, so pick up some gifts for
yourself at great prices. We'll change the games and books
on special every couple of days, but some will remain
untouchable – you can see a list of them here. Here are the
latest offerings, for the Fifth Day of Christmas. They'll change
every day or two, so come back often and treat yourself to
some new games. You deserve it.
Third Reich
Regular Price: $64.99 Visit us soon at www.avalanchepress.com
SPECIAL Price: $40
GOLD CLUB price: $36 Avalanche Press makes historical boardgames that every
player can enjoy. Please visit our online store or call our
Great Pacific War
customer service line: (800) 564-9008 or 1-205-957-0017.
Regular Price: $64.99
SPECIAL Price: $40
GOLD CLUB price: $36

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STAR FLEET ALERT
29 DECEMBER 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR from ADB, Inc.!
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A NEW YEAR,
A NEW CHANCE,
A NEW START,
A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
Was last year good or bad for you? It no longer matters!
NOW it’s time for a NEW YEAR!
Make it happy. Make it fun. Keep it safe.
Decide that you are going to have a good year and you will!
CONTACT
Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. PO Box 8759, Amarillo TX 79114 PH: (806)-351-1950
To order products, contact Sales@StarFleetGames.com
To receive these Alerts, contact Marketing@StarFleetGames.com
See our updated website: www.StarFleetGames.com

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BBC labels War On Terror board game
“historically important”
Cambridge, UK — As the first decade of the new millennium draws to a close, an underground, satirical board game
lampooning the 'war on terror' is emerging as one of the defining games – possibly one of the key cultural icons - of the
2000s.
Individuals and publications alike have identified War on Terror, the t
boardgame - the first release from small, British publishers, TerrorBull
Games – as uniquely important to the present era. Dr Nick Megoran,
lecturer in geopolitics at Newcastle University, applauds the game as a
“cleverly crafted satire” and uses it regularly “to provoke students to think
critically about one of the most important issues of our time”. Recently,
the second largest daily newspaper in Spain, El Mundo, claimed that War
on Terror is “perhaps the best board game in the world and maybe of all
time”1.
Certainly, War on Terror has achieved a level of cultural recognition
that is rare for any product, especially a board game. From appearing in TV
sitcoms2, to being branded an offensive weapon by the Kent police3; from
being displayed in the Berlin Academy of Arts4, to drawing admiration
and praise from respected journalists like John Pilger5.
Last night, historian Benjamin Woolley, speaking in the second
programme of the three-part BBC documentary series 'Games Britannia',
went one step further and hailed 'War on Terror, the boardgame as the
culmination of over 2000 years of gaming history. At the same time,
Woolley asserted that War on Terror, the boardgame is “unlike anything
that has gone before” in exploring the “battles that are shaping our
history” in a satirical way6.
The trio of friends behind the company responsible for War on Terror,
the boardgame are continually amazed at the penetrating resonance their War on Terror designers Andrew Sheerin & Andy
game has, especially considering TerrorBull Games' rocky start. Tompkins
Started in 2005 to publish what was back then an elaborate private
joke, the company was immediately vilified by the tabloid press for making
a “sick” and “pro-terrorist” game. This made it difficult to find businesses willing to work with them and even attracted death
threats. The games industry also didn’t want to know, banning TerrorBull Games from several major international toy fairs.
Several years later at the end of the decade, things have dramatically turned around for the independent publishers. They
have accumulated a fiercely loyal fan base around the world and have a second success on their hands: Crunch – the game
for utter bankers, a satire on the financial crisis, was released earlier this year and has already sold over 5000 copies and also
been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish and Estonian.
War on Terror meanwhile continues to draw accolades from across the spectrum. Amnesty International, a regular stockist,
called the game “genius satire” and recently it was ranked #5 in The Independent’s “50 Best Board Games” list7. Last but not
least, the BBC have now recognised TerrorBull Games' contribution to games as historically important.
Co-inventor, Andrew Sheerin commented: “I think people gradually got used to the idea that you can use games like any
other medium to engage, ask questions, provoke thought and discussion... even about very difficult subjects. Why not?”
So what does the future bring? TerrorBull Games are now hard at work on game no.3. While the subject of the new game
is strictly hush-hush, you can expect that it will get people talking, thinking and, most importantly, having fun.
1. 'Desde el mas alla - Navidades paranormales' - El Mundo, 09/12/09
2. War on Terror has been part of the set of the 'IT Crowd' for two seasons and was played by Moss & Roy in S02E04
3. 'War on Terror board game seized by police' – Cambridge Evening News, 11/08/08
4. War on Terror was used as part of the 'Embedded Art' exhibition, looking at art in times of security and war – Jan 2009
5. “Through the fog of an often collusive and compliant media comes this extraordinary game, achieving, with its black humour, its own truth about the pernicious War on Terror” - John Pilger, June
2009
6. 'Games Britannia', episode 2, 'Monopolies and Mergers' – BBC4, 14/12/09
7. 'The 50 best board games' – The Independent, 07/11/09

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Hex Games releases Necro Klepto!
Now that the holiday season is upon us again, what could
be better than gathering together with loved ones around
steaming mugs of cocoa and playing a board game? The
problem, of course, is that you’re sick of all your old board
games, and you don’t particularly want to get in your car and
drive to some overpriced specialty shop to buy a new game.
Isn’t there some way to get an inexpensive new board game
from the comfort of your own home?
Yes, Virginia, there is. For only 99 cents you can purchase
Necro Klepto, the new board game from Hex Games (in
partnership with Atomic Turtle Games). Download the
game, print out the board, and you’re ready for a night of fun,
fellowship, and imaginary grave robbery.
Upper Deck Releases Naxxramas Raid Deck and All New
Treasure Pack
Naxxramas Treasure Pack is now available as a stand-alone product!
Carlsbad, CA — Today, the Upper Deck Company is
pleased to announce the release of Naxxramas, its latest Raid
Deck in the World of Warcraft™ Trading Card Game. And for
the first time ever, it will feature a Treasure Pack as a stand-
alone product!
“The new Treasure Pack was created as a direct result
of customer feedback,” said Dan Bojanowski, Upper Deck’s
World of Warcraft TCG Sr. brand manager. “In addition to the
standard Treasure Pack content like exclusive foil cards that
customers have come to expect from previous Raid Decks,
this new offering also contains alternate art heroes featuring
heroes from the Drums of War block in Naxxramas-themed
gear and settings.”
Specifically, here’s the pertinent info on the upcoming
Naxxramas Raid Deck release:
Naxxramas Raid Deck – Dec. 22
The warriors of the frozen wastes await you, enter if you
dare. Naxxramas™ Raid Deck is the fifth Raid Deck in the
World of Warcraft® Trading Card Game. Players build their
raiding parties using cards from the World of Warcraft TCG
card pool. Find more Treasure Pack cards than ever before
and an improved chance to get uniquely coded rare Loot™
cards for your World of Warcraft online character!
SRP: $29.99 per deck
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Not long ago, adventurous men and women broke into
graveyards, stole bodies, and sold them to anatomists for cold
hard cash. Back in those days, grave robbers didn’t need any
fancy high-tech equipment – just a torch to light the way, a
key to the cemetery gates, a shovel to dig up the grave, and a
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crowbar to pry open the coffin. With Necro Klepto, you and
your friends can take on the role of competing grave robbers
and relive those magical times!
Necro Klepto contains a game board, complete rules, and
16 item cards. In order to play the game, you need a token for
each player and a six-sided die.
Necro Klepto can be purchased at www.hexgames.com,
as well as the finer PDF sales sites.
Naxxramas Treasure Pack – Dec. 22
For the first time ever players can now purchase a Raid
Deck Treasure Pack as a stand-alone product! Releasing the
same time as the Naxxramas Raid Deck, each Naxxramas
Treasure Pack contains 15 random foil cards out of the
complete 30-card set, as well as an alternate art hero card.
Each Treasure Pack also has a chance of containing a random
Loot™ card from Fields of Honor, including the coveted “El
Pollo Grande” rooster mount!
SRP: $9.99 per pack
Stay connected for additional World of Warcraft™
Trading Card Game updates at www.WoWTCG.com
About Upper Deck
Upper Deck is the leading sports and entertainment
trading card and collectibles company. For more information
on Upper Deck and its products please visit www.upperdeck.
com.
Media contact
Terry Melia, Public Relations Mgr., Upper Deck
760-929-3055
terry_melia@upperdeck.com
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Heroic Prints, LLC Launches Unique Character Posters For
World Of Warcraft® Players
New Technology Allows Custom Design and Printing
Carlsbad, CA — Heroic Prints, LLC is pleased to
announce today the launch of PrintWarcraft.com in t
collaboration with industry-leading game developer
and publisher Blizzard Entertainment. PrintWarcraft.
com allows players of World of Warcraft®, Blizzard
Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online role-playing
game, to create customized print-on-demand products
based on the characters they play in the game.
PrintWarcraft.com provides players with a never-
before-seen level of user-guided content that culminates
in an extraordinary product – a unique poster featuring
the character they play based on data from the World
of Warcraft Armory. Players are provided images from
Blizzard Entertainment’s expansive World of Warcraft art
library and from the game to design their own one-of-a-
kind customized poster.
To provide as many creative options as possible for
players, PrintWarcraft.com combined specially designed
rendering technology with access to information directly
from the game. The result of this partnership has yielded a powerful online builder application that, at launch, will encompass
in excess of 100 backgrounds, more than 24 character pose options, border treatments, font treatments and a variety of
product sizes. Combining all of these different elements provides an exceptional level of choice and customization.
“PrintWarcraft.com lets World of Warcraft players display their achievements proudly through our powerful online
builder and our high quality print-on-demand products,” said Matt Hoffman, Co-founder of Heroic Prints.
In addition to the builder itself, PrintWarcraft.com also features the ability to create snapshots of characters. As players
progress in the game and acquire different gear, they are able to access their PrintWarcraft.com account and save visual
snapshots of the characters they play, essentially freezing them in time. This feature allows the World of Warcraft player to
create a virtual yearbook of the character over time.
At launch, players will be able to create a 12” x 18” poster ($17.99), a 24” x 36” poster ($24.99) and a 27” x 40” poster ($29.99)
in both portrait and landscape views. For more information, visit www.PrintWarcraft.com.

About Heroic Prints

Heroic Prints, LLC, and its flagship print on demand online application www.PrintWarcraft.com, was formed with
the single goal of creating products individually designed and approved by the user. Focused on combining new rendering
technology with high quality physical products, Heroic Prints challenges all users to Print What You Play!

About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® series, Blizzard
Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and
publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard
Entertainment’s track record includes eleven #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-
gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active users.
Media Contact: For images please contact: Carol Knight: 760-436-5424; csknight@sbcglobal.net

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 The Perfect Holiday Gift: Yoga for the Wii™ System
Featuring Top Model Anja Rubik
Pre-order now at: www.yoga-game.com
Toronto, Canada — Still looking for that perfect holiday present? We’ve got the
perfect gift idea: “Yoga”, the world’s first true Yoga game for Wii™. It helps you focus on
your spiritual and physical wellbeing, balance and serenity, right in your own living room.
A wonderful gift for young and old – and perfect for people who want to stay fit and
healthy, and relax at the same time. Yoga practitioner Anja Rubik, one of the world’s top
models, will guide you through the game.
In late November, DreamCatcher Games and JoWooD will
release the first true-bred, 100% Yoga game. This unique game offers
interactive Yoga training sessions in seven huge levels showing
authentic Asian locations and buildings. No matter if you’re an
experienced Yoga practitioner or new to this practice, Yoga for the
Wii system will help you understand each Asana in detail and help
you create your own individually customized training plan. An
interactive Yoga Guru will support you throughout your training
efforts, and famous Yoga practitioner Anja Rubik – ranked #3 in the
world’s top model list – will guide you through the central parts of
the game and tell you some of her personal Yoga secrets. Using the
Balance Board, players also receive important feedback on how well they’re doing in Balance and Breathing exercises. (Of
course, Yoga can also be played without a Wii Balance Board.)

“Yoga for the Wii System” as a holiday present:

With the new Yoga game (retail price set at an affordable $39.99 USD) you not only get a great game presented by one of
the world’s most successful models. She is also an experienced Yoga practitioner herself and has provided a plethora of useful
hints and tips on Yoga. “Yoga” is a completely new way of gaming suitable for all the family: Soothing and strengthening the
body, spirit and mind, and relief from the stress of everyday life – who could refuse such an offer in today’s fast-paced world?
You won’t even have to leave your home – and explore beautiful Asian locations while learning Yoga.
That sounds like the perfect gift for someone you know? Then write it down on your shopping list now, or pre-order now
at www.yoga-game.com

Impressions from the Gamescom Gaming Industry Fair:

•  With Yoga, JoWooD brings an ancient art of relaxation and well-being to your living room: The combination of breathtaking graphics
and the option to use the Wii Balance Board™ accessory allow for unprecedented gaming pleasure.
•  Yoga encourages players to relax after a stressful day!
•  Yoga deliberately ignores the conventions of the traditional Sports game genre, instead focusing on wellbeing, body awareness
and relaxation.
•  Does everything have to get faster, tougher, harder all the time? No! De-celerate your everyday
Trademarks are property of their respective owners. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo.

Pre-order at: www.yoga-game.com

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 Montreal International Game Summit: Political, Economic
and Social Momentum for the Industry
Montreal — The Montreal International Game Summit
closed Tuesday November 17 2009 on an uplifting note.
The yearly gathering of video game industry professionals,
which took place at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure
Hotel on November 16th and 17th, has attracted over 1,500
participants from all related sectors and from throughout the
world, as well as around a
hundred industry decision-
makers who took part in
the Business Lounge, an
exclusive space entirely
dedicated to business
development.
The sixth edition of
this event has shown that the recent dazzling growth of the
video games industry has brought forth several issues - not
only related to its development, but also regarding its place in
a global economic, political, social and cultural ecosystem. For
example, regions in the rest of the world have modeled the tax
credit system initiated by the Government of Quebec. Former
Premier of Quebec, Bernard Landry, arrived at the Summit
to explain the original vision of his government when they
launched the program. As for the current government, the
Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export
Trade, Clément Gignac, opened the event by emphasizing
the importance that games occupy in the development of
Quebec.
Among the key Summit moments, Yoichi Wada,
President and CEO of Square Enix, demonstrated the faith
of the Japanese giant in our local industry. The event has
also distinguished the industry in terms of social awareness.
For one of the rare times in its history, the leaders of major
studios have discussed social responsibility and sustainable
development - during a seminar presented by Samson Bélair/
Deloitte et Touche - proving that our industry can innovate
while taking due notice of the global issues which flow beyond
its boundaries.
Finally, around 80 panelists, all experts in one of the five
domains defined by MIGS (business, arts, design, production
and technology), have articulated their views on new business
models, best practices, technological developments and new
artistic tendencies. The Exposition Zone and the Business
Lounge have also facilitated increased networking, a vital
activity for a growing industry.
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Major partners
MIGS, presented in collaboration with Telefilm Canada,
relies on the support of Eidos-Montreal as a Gold Sponsor,
High Road Communication for public relations and as a Silver
Sponsor, on Artificial Mind and Movement, Autodesk, Bug-
Tracker, EA and Ubisoft as
Bronze Sponsors, on the
Governments of Canada
and Quebec as public
sector partners and on
the continuous support of
numerous other sponsors
and media partners.
About MIGS
MIGS was created in 2004 to serve members of the video
games industry, which currently employs more than 7,000
people in Quebec. It aims to develop the transfer of knowledge
and expertise, raise the international profile of the Quebec
video games industry and cultivate information sharing and
dialogue among industry stakeholders. A specialized, top-tier
event, MIGS covers a broad range of fields, including artistic
creation, design, production, programming and business.
About Alliance numérique
Alliance numérique, Quebec’s digital industry network,
is dedicated to the sustained growth and competitiveness of
the industry. Its members come from the sectors of gaming,
eLearning, Internet services and applications and mobile
phones. It is a gateway for anyone seeking to work with
professionals in the field of interactive digital content.
Sources:
Wendie Godbout
High Road Communication
514-908-0110, extension 311
wgodbout@highroad.com
Marie Claude Bernard
Alliance numérique
514-848-7177, extension 226 or 514-451-2079
mcbernard@alliancenumerique.com
 Empires Of Steel released!
The full version of EMPIRES OF STEEL has just been
opened for download today!
If you have pre-ordered a copy, you have been notified by
email earlier this morning that you can download your files. If
you have not pre-ordered, you can now order the full version
of the game for $45. Delivery options include Download
Only, Mail Delivery Only, and Download & Mail Delivery.
Hardgoods consisting of a CD will be ready for shipping
within 7-14 days.
If you have the free beta demo, you will not be able to
upgrade your game to the release version (v1.0.196). You will
need to purchase a full version in order to do that.
The release version of the game comes with countless
improvements, bug fixes, new features and a revised interface
that are the result of YOUR excellent community feedback
from the free beta demo! The full game version removes
any restrictions on playing maps, using the editor and other
reduced features that were present in the demo. You can play
any map, including randomly generated maps or those created
in the full-featured editor; you can create new rulesets and
unitsets to simulate specific time periods; you can swap mods
and files with the built-in community File Sharing; and you
can play multiplayer with up to 10 people using the unique
in-game chat and lobby.
Don’t miss one of the most innovative global domination strategy games available today!

Click here to purchase your copy now

Click here to download free beta demo

Announcing Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943! And video teaser

Battlefront.com and 1C Company
proudly announce the next major
release in the Theatre of War series
of authentic World War Two tactical
combat simulation – Theatre of War 2:
Kursk 1943!
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 is a
completely new game and does not
require any of the previous games to play!
The Battle of Kursk lasted for forty nine days, from July 5
until August 23, 1943 and has made its way into history as the
biggest armored battle of WWII, and in fact of history. It was
the last armored strategic offensive the Germans were able to
mount in the east. The resulting decisive Soviet victory gave
the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
Theatre of War 2 : Kursk 1943 boasts many new features
for the first time in the series, such as brand new multiplayer
modes and a built-in campaign
generator, allowing users to create
random missions on the fly!
The game features over 20 new
story-based missions with historical
military commanders such as
Major General Walter Hoerlein and
Lieutenant General Ivan Chistyakov.
40 types of military weaponry (including air defense guns,
missile launchers, and mortars), new vehicles and thirty
types of small arms will be available in both the single player
campaigns and the brand new multiplayer modes.
Theatre of War 2 : Kursk 1943 is already in late beta
stage and is planned to be released, exclusively from www.
battlefront.com, by the end of January/early February!
Official game web site: http://www.battlefront.com/
kursk

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 PT Boats – game manual online!
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-
based publisher for superior war and strategy
games and one of the internet’s largest
wargaming communities, and Akella, one of
Eastern Europe’s leading development and
publishing houses, have just posted online the
full official game manual for their upcoming “PT
Boats: Knights of the Sea” naval simulation!
Fans awaiting the international English
release of the game are now able to read up
on the game mechanics, and can familiarize
themselves with the various controls and
functions for both the direct control of ships
and weapons, as well as the 2D and 3D tactical
modes.
The game itself will be released, as usual,
with a fully printed game manual for easy reference, and the online manual is made public ahead of the release as a teaser
and service to the Battlefront.com community!
Direct link to the game manual:
http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&book_id=14
Official Game web site: www.battlefront.com/ptboats

About the game

“PT Boats: Knights of the Sea” is a full-blown naval simulation, and more: combining key elements of a strategic, tactical
and action simulator, the game allows the player to control each crew member separately - or command whole groups of ships
in a strategic layer!
“PT Boats” fully supports DirectX 10 and multi-core processors. System requirements and the recommended system
configuration is listed below.
“PT Boats: Knights of the Sea” is currently in beta and localization stage and will be ready for release later this year,
2009. The english language version will be available in North America and Europe only from www.battlefront.com, via direct
download or as a hardcopy with fully printed manual and DVD box by mail for $45 (plus S&H if applicable). A free demo will
be available around the time of release as well.
The official game site with more details about the game, screenshots, videos, discussion board and future announcements
is located at www.battlefront.com/ptboats

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 Tech News from ZDnet
Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don’t ask READ FULL STORY
Microsoft
Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264 percent
If you go shopping online for
Windows 7, you'll find OEM Can the best-selling category of the PC market really be
System Builder copies at just a fad? A junky joke? A stunt to prop up the PC market
significant discounts from created by Intel? Not quite. Netbooks may be panned but
full retail prices. Microsoft’s consumers are still buying them. by Larry Dignan
own web sites and support READ FULL STORY
forums give conflicting,
confusing,often inaccurate Pimp my iPhone: Apps for storing, editing and reading files
information about these
products. What’s an Pimp my iPhone. Apple has made it unnecessarily difficult
honest consumer supposed to use the iPhone and iPod touch for file storage. Here are a
to do? by Ed Bott couple of my favorite apps for storing, editing and reading
READ FULL STORY files on the iPhone. by Jason D. O’Grady
•  Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation READ FULL STORY
•  Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
•  White Paper: 7 Steps to Migrate From Windows XP to The cost of climate change inaction: $7.4 billion
Windows 7
•  Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7 SmartPlanet: Ever wonder about the business and
•  Study claims netbook users dissatisfied with Windows 7. Are financial impact that climate change could have on the coastal
you? United States? A new report indicates that $7.4 trillion in
assets could be at risk if the global sea level rises 20 inches.
Google makes Chrome OS open source READ FULL STORY
•  Lessons learned from the largest-ever single-city kidney
Contrary to rumors, Google exchange
did not release a beta version of •  Large Hadron Collider breaks speed record; now world’s
its much anticipated Chrome ‘highest energy particle accelerator’
operating system today. And •  New thin, flexible, light battery could bring intelligence to
nothing is coming anytime soon: wallpaper, clothing
the final version is at least a
year away, the mega giant web Pondering a rogue cloud; Will platform providers cave to
company said. But there was business, government interests?
some significant news…
READ FULL STORY Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain played the
•  Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS contrarian when it comes to cloud computing: Is the cloud
details revealed really the backbone of the future we want? Do we all want to
•  Gallery: Chrome OS revealed be slaves to a tethered device? by Larry Dignan
•  Google’s Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps? READ FULL STORY
•  Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
•  Special Report: Chrome OS Facebook hits 350 million user mark; Nukes regions

Microsoft search share continues its slow upward crawl
The October comScore numbers are in and Microsoft has
inched upward for another month with its Bing search engine.
Bing’s growth came at Yahoo’s – not Google’s – expense,
however. by Mary Jo Foley
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivered an open
letter to his customers, noting that the company was officially
going to ditch regional networks. Facebook also has 350
million people using it. by Larry Dignan
READ FULL STORY

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 TGC announces Sacraboar
Berlin publisher brings rapid fantasy strategy game into stores worldwide.
Berlin, December 2nd 2009. TGC – The Games Company
announces the worldwide release of the real-time strategy
game Sacraboar for PC today. The retail version impresses
with a wide range of exclusive bonus content such as brand
new missions and the great game soundtrack.
With all your tactical abilities and a huge fantasy army
in Sacraboar you hunt for trophies in the ground-breaking
“Capture-the-Pig” mode and steal the valuable objects from
your rival’s camp. Thanks to an intuitive resource management
system you don’t waste any time with tedious construction
phases or complicated base setup. Instead you can directly
round up your troops and bring together a powerful force
enabling you to overcome your opponent as early on in the
game as possible. The integration of role playing elements
also allows specific updates of your units with special abilities
like mighty spells.
The all in all over 90 exciting missions and enthralling
league- and cup-competitions in the multiplayer mode build
the framework for that rapid as well as addictive strategy
game which is planned to be released in the first quarter of
2010.

Benjamin Bezold
Senior PR Manager
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fax: +49 30 526853 004
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Benjamin.Bezold@the-games-company.com

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DC Comics is picking up the slack
on game-based comics that has been
ignored by most of the other major
publishers. We look at the Gears of
War graphic novel this week and find
great artwork, a compelling story and
lots of page-turning action.
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review/item.asp?id=1141
DiRT 2
Even with the death of Colin McRae, his series continues
to thrive, though with more of an X-games feel. DiRT 2 gets it
right, and looks amazing at the same time. In fact, this is one
of the best racing games to come out this year, and perhaps
the best road rally title ever.
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The Warriors: Street Brawl
The Warriors: Street Brawl, now available for Xbox Live,
is taking aim at The Warriors cult hit movie, though less
successfully than the original Rockstar Games title.
Even at $10, this one is a bit of a stretch. Hardcore Warriors
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fans are likely to be more disappointed than satisfied this
time out.
http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=1139
Podcasts: A Modern War
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 hit the ground like a bunker-
buster bomb, igniting both love and extreme controversy.
Infinity Ward even tasked players with participating in a
terrorist attack, something sure to stir up strong emotions.
We tackle the game in the lounge.
http://www.gameindustry.com/podcast/item.asp?id=44
GiN Playmate: New Games, Old Debates
Chella takes issue with some mainstream reviews of
Modern Warfare 2 performed by theatre critics with no
inherent understanding of the game industry. Sigh. It’s what
we've come to expect from the mainstream. At least you have
the The GiN Lounge’s review this week to fall back on!
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Stock Market: A Happy Holiday
Spurred forward by an early start to the holiday buying
season and lots of top tier releases, the GiNDex holds about
even this week. And a good black Friday could really turn this
economy around. We could even see 9K by year’s end!
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 The Creators of Didier Ze Mime Launch New
“Whack-A-Mime” Game
The first made-in-Quebec web series featuring an iPhone
and iPod touch application
Montreal — Today, a mere few weeks after launching the
” Ze Mime” web series, FarWeb.tv’s team is unveiling a brand
new game called “Whack-a-mime". The game marks for the
first time an application based on a made-in-Quebec web
series is developed for the iPhone and iPod touch[1] products.
Available free of charge on Apple’s App Store, “Whack-a-
mime” is a revamped version of the classic “Whack-a-mole”
game. Ze Mime fans use their finger to hit all the mimes
coming out of holes in the ground, but beware! This being
a politically correct game, players must make sure to protect the baby seals and
pandas that appear on the screen at the same time as Didier. Based on the new
Ze Mime character, whose “brilliant” ideas always end in disaster, the game was
designed to allow fans to have some fun while killing time… and mimes.
With their retro and somewhat naïve look, the ultra-slick aesthetics of the
“Whack-a-mime” game and the funky appeal of the characters popping out of the
ground have a cartoon-like quality that captures the playful nature of FarWeb.tv.
“We are delighted to have obtained Apple’s approval for this game. We were quite
inspired when we set out to create it and we are already hard at work on version
2.0. I hope that all DZM fans out there will enjoy pointing a finger at Ze Mime
!", said FarWeb.tv’s President and Art Director Robert Boulos. Available in both
French and English, “Whack-a-mime” is the latest addition to a series of games
currently featured on the the Ze Mime’s web site, namely Mimeory, Stop the Mime
Invasion and Demimer. FarWeb.tv is currently developing new applications.
All Didier Ze Mime online games are available at www.zemime.com/games.

About FarWeb.tv

Created in 2008, FarWeb.tv is synonymous with brandtertainment. The

company specializes in the production and distribution of entertainment-based
video content on new broadcasting platforms (such as the Internet, mobile
phones, digital advertising networks, airline companies, closed-circuit TV), while
also relying on more traditional networks (television and film).
The company focuses on short, formatted productions and relies on social networking and crowdsourcing in order to
develop content and reach ever more demanding viewers. Among other things, FarWeb.tv is developing an inventory of silent
productions that provide the company with a competitive edge in various international markets.

Information:

Sylvie Savard, Annexe Communications

514 844-8864, ext. 201
ssavard@annexecommunications.com

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 Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO add – on released!
Theatre of War 2 CentauroThe Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO add-on has just been released today!
Grab it while it’s hot! And we have a surprise for you, too*
CENTAURO is available immediately for download and costs just $25. An attractive new bundle of
the base game Theatre of War 2 plus the CENTAURO add-on is available as well at the reduced price
of just $50!
Hardgoods will be available for shipping within 14 days. Downloads are available immediately.
Theatre of War 2 CENTAURO is an expansion to the WW2 tactical ground combat simulation
Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 and is dedicated to the Italian 131st Armored Division “Centauro” and
the battles it took part in North Africa, starting from December 1942 until mid-May 1943. Some of the exciting new features
include new desert and mountain landscapes of North Africa on ten brand new maps accurately reconstructed according to
historical documents, ten new military vehicles such as the Semovente M40 tank destroyer, the Carro Armato M13/40 medium
tank or the Autoblinda AB 40 armored car, and much more.

*In addition to the new Centauro Division campaign and the standalone missions, a suprise bonus US campaign is included
as well! Follow Stuart tank commander Sergeant Alan Mitchell through a number of missions at the Kasserine Pass!

Click here to buy your copy now

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 TGC takes off with Ikaro
TGC announces worldwide release of high-speed air racing game Ikaro for PC
Berlin — The Games Company announces the release of
the unique air racing game Ikaro today. Instead of squeaking
wheels PC gamers expect in Ikaro turbulent neck-and-neck
duels with agile microlights. TGC assigned the Italian studio
Magic Dream Games with its development offering racing
fans a completely new game experience. The worldwide
release is scheduled for the first quarter 2010.
On as much challenging as varied air courses pilots fight
against each other. Thereby you cross tremendous dusty
canyons and impressive cities or pass with breakneck stunts
the checkpoints over a moony island. A dynamic weather
system adds even more excitement to the race. Suddenly
starting snowfall or an upcoming thunderstorm can bring
your certain believed pole position in great danger.
In addition to the extensive career mode Ikaro also comes
up with an adrenaline loaded multiplayer. Up to 6 players
start their engines either via LAN or internet and compete
against each other with their microlights. Here the integrated
worldwide ranking incites you to maximum performance.

Benjamin Bezold
Senior PR Manager
tel.: +49 30 526853 202
fax: +49 30 526853 004
cel +49 170 2191223
Benjamin.Bezold@the-games-company.com

TGC - The Games Company Worldwide GmbH

Ehrenbergstraße 19
10245 Berlin
Germany
http://www.the-games-company.com/

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 Online Business Models Could Unleash the True Value of
Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto
At DFC Intelligence we often get the question whether there are any pure play public video game companies worth
bothering with outside of Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard. Surprisingly, among companies strong in North
America and Europe the pickings are slim. Nevertheless, one of the first companies that comes to mind when a discussion
turns to buying a portfolio in the video game industry is Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO).
The problem with Take-Two is simple, the company is almost completely dependent on the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
Prior to launching Grand Theft Auto IV in April 2008, Take-Two stock soared to a high of $26 to $28 a share where it remained
for several months after the launch. A year later the stock (like most others) had plummeted to the $5 to $6 range. However,
by early November, Take-Two’s stock had rebounded to over $11 a share. Clearly there is an issue to how much a company like
Take-Two is worth.
One thing that is for sure is the
rebound in Take-Two stock in recent
months has not been due to financial
performance to date. Take-Two has
had a dreadful performance both in
the year to-date and also in the last
reported fiscal quarter which ended
July 31st. Of course, the main culprit
is that in 2008 Take-Two had Grand
Theft Auto to carry the day.
Clearly Take-Two’s value is largely
dependent on the GTA franchise. So
how much is a franchise like Grand
Theft Auto worth? In 2008, Take-
Two Interactive was the subject of a
hostile takeover bid from Electronic
Arts at a price that valued the
company at nearly $2 billion. EA was
primarily after GTA with a secondary
interest in basketball and some other
sports franchises. Take-Two fought
off the takeover bid, only see their
market value fall below $500 million
a year later. Today the market value
of Take-Two is headed up towards
$1 billion again. Investors are clearly
seeing value in GTA that is separate
from the reality of Take-Two’s actual
financial performance.
From DFC’s perspective a franchise like Grand Theft Auto is a potential goldmine in the right hands. There is all kinds of
potential to gain additional revenue streams from GTA. The success of products like Zynga’s Mafia Wars shows not only the
hunger for crime games, but also new ways to monetize the genre.
Grand Theft Auto titles have historically been lavish affairs with releases few and far between. However, there is now
the opportunity to deliver GTA products in more frequent episodic releases between major product launches. On October 29,
Take-Two launched an add-on pack of downloadable content (DLC) to Grand Theft Auto IV, The Ballad of Gay Tony. This
pack was exclusive to the Xbox 360 as a $20 download.
Clearly the release of The Ballad of Gay Tony had a major impact. When analyzing GamerDNA data on Xbox 360

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usage, the audience
for Grand Theft Auto
IV quadrupled nearly
overnight with the
release of The Ballad
of Gay Tony.
In short, Grand
Theft Auto alone is a
franchise that should
be generating World of
Warcraft like numbers
of over $1 billion a
year on a consistent
basis. The question
becomes: is Take-Two
the right company to
take it to that level? Or
would a franchise like
Grand Theft Auto be
better off in the hands
of either 1) a larger
publishing goliath or
2) a more innovative
player familiar with
online monetization
techniques?
The fact that
Electronic Arts was unable to enter areas like mobile games and social games without buying its way in (through purchasing
respectively Jamdat and Playfish), gives one little confidence that EA could bring much to the table. Instead, a company like
Take-Two seems ripe to partner with or merge with a smaller startup that has know-how which Take-Two lacks.
What Take-Two does know how to do is get products into physical retail distribution. Take-Two got its start in distribution
and its Jack of All Games division is still going strong. In fiscal 2008, Take-Two generated over $300 million in revenue from
distribution. For the first nine months of 2009, Take-Two’s distribution revenue was down only 9% versus a 58% decline in
publishing revenue. This distribution muscle can be very attractive to an online company that lacks a way to go to physical
distribution. Retail is still an important part of the business, for the release of Gay Tony, Take-Two also released a $40 retail
pack that included previous DLC.
One thing that will be interesting to see is whether Take-Two’s financials get a lift in the fourth quarter which ends
October 31. In the last week of the quarter, Take-Two released not only the GTA DLC, but also the game Borderlands from
Gearbox Software. Based on DFC Intelligence analysis of Xbox 360 user data we think that in just its one week of availability in
October, Borderlands moved between 500,000 to 600,000 units just in the U.S. Borderlands could finally be the new franchise
Take-Two needs to go beyond Grand Theft Auto.
In the end, the story with publishers like Take-Two Interactive is that there main value lies primarily with 1) the untapped
potential of their key franchises and 2) their ability to get big products through the retail channel. Where Take-Two needs help
is realizing the untapped potential to expand a franchise like GTA to online revenue sources. Meanwhile, there are plenty of
companies with online know-how but no ability to get a product into distribution.
For more information about DFC Intelligence reports please go to our individual reports page. For more information on
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 News from Reflexive Arcade
Escape the Museum 2
Help David reach his wife and daughter, who became
trapped in the museum across town, after a devastating
earthquake rocks the city. Navigate the treacherous streets,
risk life and limb at every step, and figure out the best possible
path with the help of an unlikely stranger. David must reach
his family before nightfall, can you help him?
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Gardenscapes
Create the perfect garden! Comb the rooms of a gorgeous
mansion for hidden items and restore a once stunning garden
to its former glory. Choose from tons of garden accessories
to customize the garden to your taste. Become part of the
city’s community and compete in the “Best Garden” contest
as your amusing and witty butler, Austin, is there to assist.
Become an outdoor decor pro in this cutting hedge game!
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