[Preorder] Mutants & Masterminds Third Edition

Mutants & Masterminds Third Edition
Mutants & Masterminds Hero's Handbook
Author: Steve Kenson

Since 2002, Mutants & Masterminds has earned its title as the World's Greatest Superhero RPG, inspiring countless game sessions and winning many awards for excellence. The M&M Hero's Handbook is the core rulebook of the game's third edition and it gives you everything you need to have your own superheroic adventures. The detailed character creation system lets you create the hero you want to play, choosing from a wide range of skills, advantages, and power effects. Customize your hero's powers with modifiers to create an almost endless range of superhuman abilities. Choose the complications your hero must overcome, earning you the hero points to achieve victory. You can also choose from one of more than a dozen heroic archetypes, customize as you like, and be ready to play in just minutes!

The streamlined system of game play requires only a single die roll and features easy to use rules. Play out an entire heroic adventure in a few short hours without long, drawn-out encounters. Plus the hero point system allows players to influence the flow of the story and pull off superheroic stunts in the best comic book tradition! Become a hero of legend with the Mutants & Masterminds Hero's Handbook!

256 pages, full color, softback, $32.95 MSRP, Releases Early March!

[Sale] Week 1 of our Super Clearance Sale: Feb. 27th to Mar. 5th

Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton's five Week Super Clearance Sale begins this week!

For five weeks we have TONS of clearance items on sale, and every week follow the special yellow tags to find specific Clearance items as part of a Buy One, Get One Free Sale!

From February 27 through March 5th, our BOGO Clearance Items are specifically-labeled miniatures, miniature game books, miniature terrain, trading card games, and collectible games. When you buy a specially-designated Clearance item, you can get a second specially-designated Clearance item of equal or lesser value FREE!

Note that all yellow-tagged Sale items are not necessarily part of the BOGO clearance; always look for the yellow-tagged sign nearby to indicate that it is a BOGO item!

Here's a partial list of the collectible card games on Clearance this week:

Anachronism Card Game
Bleach TCG
Chaotic TCG
Conan CCG
Dark Millennium CCG
Dragonball CCG
Dragonball GT TCG
Dragonball Z CCG
Dragonball Z TCG
DuelMasters TCG
Eye of Judgment TCG
Fullmetal Alchemist TCG
Horus Heresy CCG
InuYasha TCG
Kingdom Hearts TCG
Lord of the Rings TCG
Maple Story TCG
Race Day CRG
Star Trek CCG
Star Wars TCG
Stargate TCG
Transformers 3D BCG
UFS CCG
Vs. System TCG
Warhammer 40k CCG
Warlord CCG
Wars TCG
Young Jedi CCG

An incomplete list of the miniature games on clearance includes:

AeroTech2 (Select Units)
Arcana Unearthed
Arcane Legions
Babylon 5
Battlefield Evolution
BattleTech (Select Units)
Carnage
Combat Zone
Dark Heaven Legends (Select Units)
Darksword Miniatures
Dreamblade (Baxar’s War Only!)
Dungeon Crawl Classics Miniatures
Fantasy Encounters
Fleet Action
Foundry Miniatures
Gear Krieg Modern
GROPOS
HackMaster Tactical Miniatures
HeroClix (Select Expansions)
HorrorClix
Hundred Kingdoms (Select Units)
Iron Kingdoms
Iron Wind Metals (Generic Fantasy Line)
Mage Knight
Magnificent Egos
MechWarrior
Megaminis
Mighty Armies
Mutant Chronicles
Navia Dratp
Ral Partha (Fantasy Line)
Rezolution
Silver Age Sentinels
Starship Troopers
Void
WarGods
Warlord (Select Units)
Warmaster
World of Warcraft Miniatures Game

Note that in the case of most Reaper and BattleTech miniatures, only those that are on the clearance rack and marked with a yellow tag are on clearance, and are counted for the BOGO. The regular minis on the regular shelf racks are NOT part of the clearance BOGO sale!

Be sure to stop in often to see what other special deals we will have every day!

[Now Available] Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG 3D Bonds Beyond Time Movie Pack

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
3D Bonds Beyond Time Movie Pack

10 years after we first saw Yugi and his friends take on the forces of evil on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TV series, a new 3D feature film is arriving in North America. Paradox, a sinister time-travelling Duelist, is tearing through history, stealing the most powerful monsters of all time. Only the combined might of history’s greatest Duelists can stop him. Now Yusei must travel back in time to team up with Jaden and Yugi – to put history back on track!

Monsters stolen by Paradox are changed into evil “Malefic” forms. These new monsters can be Special Summoned by removing the original versions from your Deck or Extra Deck. The Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time Movie Pack gives you the chance to add 6 “Malefic” monsters to your collection, plus a few more surprises! There are nine total cards in the set.

Each pack contains 5 Secret Rare cards from the movie. Collect them all before time runs out!

$4.99 per pack

[Now Available] New Flip-Map, Give Me The Brain, Munchkinomicon, and Pathfinder

GameMastery Flip-Map
Village Square
Paizo Publishing
Cartographer: Corey Macourek

This portable, affordable map measures 24" x 30" unfolded, and 8" x 10" folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, GameMastery Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

The village needs protection, and only the heroes stand in the way of danger and destruction! Flip-Mat: Village Square sets the scene for a variety of rural settlement encounters, from saddling up to the local tavern bar, saying your prayers at the community shrine, or fighting your way into a conference with the village elders. As an added bonus, this Flip-Mat can be placed alongside other urban Flip-Mats to create a sprawling townscape!

$12.99 MSRP

Give Me the Brain
Steve Jackson Games
Game Design by James Ernest
Art by Brian Snōddy

You think working in a fast-food restaurant is hell? This place is worse. All the employees are zombies (that includes you). The jobs are repetitive and gross. The customers ask stupid questions. And all the zombies have to share a single brain . . . and they keep dropping it on the floor.

In Give Me The Brain by James Ernest (Lord of the Fries), all the players are zombies, shuffling and moaning through their horrible jobs. Whoever gets rid of all his jobs first will win. Every turn, you can do a couple of things . . . and, if you're sneaky, you can also push a job or two onto the other players.

The catch? Some jobs actually require a brain . . . and there's only one in the whole restaurant . . . and the zombies keep dropping it.

112 cards, die, and rulesheet in a 6" × 9" box.
MSRP $19.99

Munchkin
Munchkinomicon
Steve Jackson Games
Game Design by Steve Jackson
Illustrated by John Kovalic

It's the ultimate book of spells . . . the Munchkinomicon. But beware! If you aren't munchkinly enough, the Munchkinomicon will slip away and find a more suitable host. This set includes the Munchkinomicon and 14 of its deviously cheesy spells, like United I Stand, Eldritch Cleaver, and Unnatural Compulsion.

This is an expansion for ANY Munchkin game. It is not a stand-alone game. This is NOT a collectible or randomized set. Every Munchkinomicon pack is the same as every other.

15 cards. MSRP $4.99

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Pathfinder Adventure Path #42
Sanctum of the Serpent God
Serpent's Skull 6 of 6
Paizo Publishing
By Neil Spicer

In their lightless sanctuary, an army of serpentfolk gathers to bring the world above to its knees. The skull of the dead god Ydersius has fallen into the hands of his worshipers once more, and fanged fanatics now commence the rites to resurrect their slain deity. Only the heroes stand between the serpentfolk and their insane plot to unleash one of existence’s foulest tyrants once more upon the world. Can the PCs gather the weapons and allies they need to strike back against the snakes and slay their decapitated god once and for all, or will their failure to do so usher in the Age of the Serpent? Decide the fate of an entire world in this, the climax of the Serpent’s Skull Adventure Path!

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path includes:

• “Sanctum of the Serpent God,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 15th-level characters, by Neil Spicer
• Aids and advice to continue your war against the serpentfolk even after the climax of the Serpent’s Skull Adventure Path, by James Jacobs
• Secrets of the sinister snake cult of Ydersius, beheaded god of the serpentfolk, by Rob McCreary
• The triumphant conclusion of the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Robin D. Laws
• Five new monsters, by Jesse Benner, Rob McCreary, and Neil Spicer

Pathfinder Adventure Path is Paizo Publishing's monthly 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover book printed on high-quality paper. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

MSRP $19.99

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Pathfinder Module
Cult of the Ebon Destroyers
Paizo Publishing
By Matthew Goodall

An urban, wilderness, and dungeon adventure for 8th-level characters

A malignant cult has taken root in the mystical and magical realm of Jalmeray. Known and feared throughout distant Vudra, the cult of Dhalavei has expertly destroyed organizations and societies from within for millennia. Now a new sect of the sinister Cult of the Ebon Destroyers has its sights set on Thakur Kharswan of Jalmeray, and the magistrates and bureaucrats behind the throne must hunt down and eliminate the cult before the unthinkable happens. If only there were someone they could trust to behead Dhalavei's cult before the assassins do the same to their beloved ruler…

Cult of the Ebon Destroyers is an adventure for 8th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world’s oldest RPG. In addition to the adventure, this volume also features a brand-new monster and a gazetteer of the city of Niswan, capital of the Isle of Jalmeray.

Written by Matthew Goodall, the winner of Paizo Publishing's RPG Superstar contest, which allows unpublished authors to compete before a panel of celebrity game designers and legions of their peers for the chance to write a Pathfinder Module.

Pathfinder Modules are 32-page, high-quality, full-color, adventures using the Open Game License to work with both the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set. This Pathfinder Module includes new monsters, treasure, and a fully detailed bonus location that can be used as part of the adventure or in any other game!

MSRP $13.99

[Wednesday Comics] Comics On The Shelf Feb. 23, 2011

King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel #1

Abstract Studio
Echo #28, $3.50

Bongo
Bart Simpson: Toy Wonder #58, $2.99

Boom
Traveler #4, $3.99
Walt Disney’s Comics #716, $3.99

Boundless
Lady Death #2, $3.99
Lady Death #2, $6.00 (Art Deco Edition)

Dark Horse
Dethklok #3, $3.99
Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom #5, $3.50
King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel #1, $3.50
Kull: The Hate Witch #4, $3.50
Star Wars Darth Vader & Lost Command #2, $3.50
Star Wars: Legacy: War #3, $3.50

DC
Action Comics #898, $2.99
Detective Comics #874, $2.99
Gotham City Sirens #20, $2.99
Green Arrow #9, $2.99
JLA/The 99 #5, $2.99
Justice Society of America #48, $2.99
Power Girl #21, $2.99
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America TP Vol. 5, $19.99
Teen Titans #92, $2.99

Dynamite
Green Hornet: Blood Ties #4, $3.99
Green Hornet TP Vol. 1: Sins of the Father, $19.99
Green Hornet TP Vol. 2: Wearing O’ The Green, $19.99
Kato #8, $3.99
Queen Sonja #14, $3.99

IDW
G.I. Joe #27, $3.99
Spike #5, $3.99
Star Trek: Infestation #2, $3.99
Transformers: Dark of the Moon #1, $3.99

Image
Spawn: Architects of Fear, $6.99
Walking Dead Weekly #8, $2.99

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #655, $3.99
Astonishing X-Men #36, $3.99
Astonishing X-Men TP Vol. 6: Exogenetic, $14.99
Avengers #10, $3.99
Captain America #615, $3.99
Deadpool #33, $2.99
Deadpool Corps #11, $2.99
Deadpool Team-Up #884, $2.99
Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp #4 of 4, $3.99
Incredible Hulks #623, $2.99
Invincible Iron Man #501, $3.99
Iron Man 2.0 #1, $3.99
Iron Man/Thor #4 of 4, $3.99
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #11, $2.99
Namor: The First Mutant #7, $2.99
New Mutants #22, $2.99
Power Man and Iron Fist #2, $2.99
Punisher: In the Blood #4, $3.99
Secret Avengers #10, $3.99
Thor #620, $3.99
Ultimate Comics Doom #3, $3.99
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #154, $3.99
Uncanny X-Men #533, $3.99
Warriors Three #4 of 4, $3.99
X-23 #6, $2.99
X-Men #8, $3.99
X-Men Legacy #245, $2.99
X-Men: To Serve and Protect #4 of 4, $3.99

Alphabetical Order
Action Comics #898, $2.99
Amazing Spider-Man #655, $3.99
Astonishing X-Men #36, $3.99
Astonishing X-Men TP Vol. 6: Exogenetic, $14.99
Avengers #10, $3.99
Bart Simpson: Toy Wonder #58, $2.99
Captain America #615, $3.99
Deadpool #33, $2.99
Deadpool Corps #11, $2.99
Deadpool Team-Up #884, $2.99
Detective Comics #874, $2.99
Dethklok #3, $3.99
Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom #5, $3.50
Echo #28, $3.50
G.I. Joe #27, $3.99
Gotham City Sirens #20, $2.99
Green Arrow #9, $2.99
Green Hornet TP Vol. 1: Sins of the Father, $19.99
Green Hornet TP Vol. 2: Wearing O’ The Green, $19.99
Green Hornet: Blood Ties #4, $3.99
Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp #4 of 4, $3.99
Incredible Hulks #623, $2.99
Invincible Iron Man #501, $3.99
Iron Man 2.0 #1, $3.99
Iron Man/Thor #4 of 4, $3.99
JLA/The 99 #5, $2.99
Justice Society of America #48, $2.99
Kato #8, $3.99
King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel #1, $3.50
Kull: The Hate Witch #4, $3.50
Lady Death #2, $3.99
Lady Death #2, $6.00 (Art Deco Edition)
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #11, $2.99
Namor: The First Mutant #7, $2.99
New Mutants #22, $2.99
Power Girl #21, $2.99
Power Man and Iron Fist #2, $2.99
Punisher: In the Blood #4, $3.99
Queen Sonja #14, $3.99
Secret Avengers #10, $3.99
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America TP Vol. 5, $19.99
Spawn: Architects of Fear, $6.99
Spike #5, $3.99
Star Trek: Infestation #2, $3.99
Star Wars Darth Vader & Lost Command #2, $3.50
Star Wars: Legacy: War #3, $3.50
Teen Titans #92, $2.99
Thor #620, $3.99
Transformers: Dark of the Moon #1, $3.99
Traveler #4, $3.99
Ultimate Comics Doom #3, $3.99
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #154, $3.99
Uncanny X-Men #533, $3.99
Walking Dead Weekly #8, $2.99
Walt Disney’s Comics #716, $3.99
Warriors Three #4 of 4, $3.99
X-23 #6, $2.99
X-Men #8, $3.99
X-Men Legacy #245, $2.99
X-Men: To Serve and Protect #4 of 4, $3.99

[Now Available] Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game

Wrath of Ashardalon is a cooperative game of adventure for 1–5 players set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons.

A heavy shadow falls across the land, cast by a dark spire that belches smoke and oozes fiery lava. A cave mouth leads to a maze of tunnels and chambers, and deep within this monster-infested labyrinth lurks the most terrifying creature of all: a red dragon!

Designed for 1–5 players, Wrath of Ashardalon features multiple scenarios, challenging quests, and cooperative game play. This game includes the following components:

• 42 plastic heroes and monsters
• 13 sheets of interlocking cardstock dungeon tiles
• 200 encounter cards and treasure cards
• Rulebook
• Scenario book
• 20-sided die

$64.99 MSRP

[Wednesday Comics] Comics On The Shelf Feb. 16, 2011

Simpsons Comics #175

Archie
Archie & Friends #152, $2.99

Aspen
Fathom: Blue Descent #2, $2.99
Scourge #3, $2.99

Bongo
Simpsons Comics #175, $2.99

Boom!
28 Days Later #20, $3.99
Darkwing Duck #9, $3.99
Donald Duck #363, $3.99
Incredibles TP Vol. 5, $9.99
Mickey Mouse #305, $3.99
Stan Lee Soldier Zero #5, $3.99

Dark Horse
Magnus Robot Fighter #3, $3.50
Mighty Samson #2, $3.50

DC
Batman #707, $2.99
Booster Gold #41, $2.99
Brightest Day #20, $2.99
Doom Patrol #19, $2.99
Fables #102, $2.99
Green Lantern #62, $2.99
Outsiders #36, $2.99
Spirit #11, $2.99
Supergirl #61, $2.99
Superman Batman #81, $2.99
Superman Batman Torment TP, $14.99
Tiny Titans #37, $2.99
Wonder Woman #607, $2.99
Young Justice #1, $2.99

Dynamite Entertainment
Green Hornet: Year One #8, $3.99
Jennifer Blood #1, $3.99
Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World #8, $3.99

IDW
Angel #42, $3.99
Dungeons and Dragons #4, $3.99
G.I. Joe Cobra II #13, $3.99
Jericho Season 3 #4, $3.99
Transformers: Infestation #2, $3.99
True Blood HC Vol. 1 All Together Now, $24.99

Image
Twilight Guardian #2, $3.99

Marvel
Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #5, $3.99
Avengers Academy #9, $2.99
Captain America Man Out of Time #4, $3.99
Daredevil Reborn #2, $3.99
DeadpoolMAX #5, $3.99
Generation Hope #4, $2.99
Hawkeye: Blind Spot #1, $2.99
Hulk #30, $3.99
Iron Man Rapture #4, $3.99
Loki #3, $3.99
Marvel Girl #1, $2.99
Shield #6, $2.99
Silver Surfer #1, $2.99
Spider-Girl #4, $2.99
Uncanny X-Force #5, $3.99
What If? Venom Possessed Deadpool #1, $2.99
Wolverine #6, $3.99
Wolverine & Jubilee #2, $2.99

Viz
Shonen Jump March 2011, $4.99

Alphabetical Listing
28 Days Later #20, $3.99
Angel #42, $3.99
Archie & Friends #152, $2.99
Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #5, $3.99
Avengers Academy #9, $2.99
Batman #707, $2.99
Booster Gold #41, $2.99
Brightest Day #20, $2.99
Captain America Man Out of Time #4, $3.99
Daredevil Reborn #2, $3.99
Darkwing Duck #9, $3.99
DeadpoolMAX #5, $3.99
Donald Duck #363, $3.99
Doom Patrol #19, $2.99
Dungeons and Dragons #4, $3.99
Fables #102, $2.99
Fathom: Blue Descent #2, $2.99
G.I. Joe Cobra II #13, $3.99
Generation Hope #4, $2.99
Green Hornet: Year One #8, $3.99
Green Lantern #62, $2.99
Hawkeye: Blind Spot #1, $2.99
Hulk #30, $3.99
Incredibles TP Vol. 5, $9.99
Iron Man Rapture #4, $3.99
Jennifer Blood #1, $3.99
Jericho Season 3 #4, $3.99
Loki #3, $3.99
Magnus Robot Fighter #3, $3.50
Marvel Girl #1, $2.99
Mickey Mouse #305, $3.99
Mighty Samson #2, $3.50
Outsiders #36, $2.99
Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World #8, $3.99
Scourge #3, $2.99
Shield #6, $2.99
Shonen Jump March 2011, $4.99
Silver Surfer #1, $2.99
Simpsons Comics #175, $2.99
Spider-Girl #4, $2.99
Spirit #11, $2.99
Stan Lee Soldier Zero #5, $3.99
Supergirl #61, $2.99
Superman Batman #81, $2.99
Superman Batman Torment TP, $14.99
Tiny Titans #37, $2.99
Transformers: Infestation #2, $3.99
True Blood HC Vol. 1 All Together Now, $24.99
Twilight Guardian #2, $3.99
Uncanny X-Force #5, $3.99
What If? Venom Possessed Deadpool #1, $2.99
Wolverine #6, $3.99
Wolverine & Jubilee #2, $2.99
Wonder Woman #607, $2.99
Young Justice #1, $2.99

[Now Available] Pirate Fluxx

Pirate Fluxx
Looney Labs

Yarrr! Grab your cutlass! Fluxx has taken up a life of Piracy on the high seas, and you, too, can come along for the ride. Plunder from your mates, wear the prestigious Captain's Hat, and Surprise your enemies

Nothing says piracy like the ability to steal stuff, and the New Rule Plunder lets you do just that - every turn you can steal a Keeper from another player for free!

The Captain's Hat Keeper gives you multiple bonuses and privileges - but watch out for the Action Mutiny, which lets another player don the Captain's Hat wherever it may be!

Most exciting of all are the new Surprise cards which have a purple stripe, and may be played out of turn to cancel out certain other specific actions taken by others.

Number of Players: 2-6
Ages: 8 to adult
Game Length: 5-30 minutes
$16.00 MSRP

[Now Available] Pokémon: Call of Legends

Their names are legend: Raikou. Entei. Suicune. Lugia. Ho-Oh. Kyogre. Groudon. Rayquaza. Deoxys. Dialga. Palkia. And when Legendary Pokémon come together, only the greatest Trainers can control their might. In the Pokémon TCG: Call of Legends expansion, not only will you discover incredibly powerful Pokémon— including very rare “Shiny” versions of some of them—but you’ll also find exciting new Lost Zone effects to expand your game play choices. The Legendary Pokémon have gathered—are you ready to answer the call?

With over 100 cards in all, including an incredible roster of Legendary Pokémon cards, this expansion is the stuff legends are made of. Pokémon TCG: Call of Legends is now available at Chimera Hobby Shop!

10 cards per Booster
106 card Set

[Now Available] Alvin & Dexter, KoDT #171, Shadowrun WAR!

A Ticket to Ride
Alvin & Dexter Monster Expansion
Days of Wonder

Meet Alvin & Dexter - two detailed monster figures that bring their own special brand of chaos to cities across the Ticket to Ride landscape. Alvin (the Alien) and Dexter (the Dinosaur) are two wacky characters ready to help you stomp opponents and zap tickets in this fun expansion. But don't take them too lightly; they also introduce a devious new tactical layer to the game.

The last two players to start get to place the monsters in different cities on any Ticket to Ride map. It doesn't matter which map - Alvin and Dexter are just as adept at rampaging through London, Zurich or Stockholm as they are in New York or San Francisco. Once a monster moves in, it's now a City in Chaos - no one can build a new route into or out of that city until the monster moves on!

Players may move a single monster to a different city anytime during their turn by turning in 1 or 2 Locomotive wild cards and moving the monster up to 3 cities away for each card they discard. The player who moves Alvin (or Dexter) the most during the game will also earn a bonus. Any Destination Tickets that include cities that Alvin and Dexter occupy at the end of the game are worth only half their normal point value!

This is an expansion. An original copy of any complete board game from the Ticket to Ride series is required to play with the Alvin & Dexter Monster Expansion.

The Box Contains: 2 detailed monster figures; 40 Monster cards; 2 Bonus cards; and a multi-lingual rules booklet. $13.00 MSRP


Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #171
Kenzer & Company

"Better Gate Than Lever"

The Strips
High Stakes Joker Part II: It's a game of chance when sturm giants are involved.
Raising the Stakes: Will Johnny's gamble with sturm giants pay off?
All In: Johnny faces a little more competition.

The Lost Strips
Lost Strip: untitled ("The Assassin Who Came in from the Cold")
The GM "Strikes" Back: It's not just the players who are facing a dice audit.
The Dice Audit: Weird Pete performs some dice tests.
The Gift Dice: The dice audit tests are in.
Channeling Gary Part II: Who's really on "the other side"?
One-Two Punches

Feature Articles
Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth the Dwarf {SoloQuest} by Brandon Neff
Beyond the Book: From the Journals of Haarpang the Mage {HackMaster Basic} by Kenzer and Company

GameMaster's Workshop
Bait and Tackle: Generic Adventure Hooks and Encounters for the GM to run with
All Things Magic: Esarin's Collar {fantasy; systemless} by Kurt Evans
Casting Call: Happy Humblefeet {HackMaster Basic} by Kurt Evans
Deadly Trappings: Thrice Deadly Hallway {fantasy; systemless} by Kurt Evans
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Brandebnor Drelguldril, Sulat Pateris, Vikmir Esarin {HackMaster Basic} by Kurt Evans
Dungeons Ready to Occupy: The Home of Sulat Pateris {fantasy; systemless} by Kurt Evans
Rustlers of the Night: Subterranean Whisp {HackMaster Basic} by James Butler

Regular Columns
Game Mechanic: Home-Brewed Rules and Tweaks Playing without Magic Shops {for D&D/Pathfinder} by Frank Trollman
Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
Web Scryer: Podcasting Keeps Rolling surfed by Kenneth Newquist
Geek Fu Action Grip: Holiday Role-Playing gripped by Mur Lafferty
Gaming the Movies: Terriers by Jim Davenport

Reviews
Lost Game Safari: WarDogs! scouted by Andy Miller
Lookin' at Comics: Intervention Con scrutinized by Tony DiGerolamo
The “Indy” Game Scene: Maschine Zeit explored by Ashok Desai
Disks of Wondrous Power: Third Person Horror played by Rick Moscatello
Off the Shelf: Evermeet: Island of the Elves by Elaine Cunningham read by Paul Westermeyer
Board Squawk: Panzer General: Russian Assault, Chaos Isle, TactDecks boarded by Anthony DuLac
Brian's Picks: Please Stand By, Undead Avenue, Third World General

Departments
Cries from the Attic: Editorial of a Madman
Table Talk: Our Readers Talk Back
Friendly Local Game Store: The GuardTower
Weird Pete's Bulletin Board
Back Room at the Games Pit
Parting Shots

Other Toons
Dice Fiction by Caleb Wallace
Celebrity Hack by Caleb Wallace
Brutus the Barbarian by Caleb Wallace
Unnamed cartoon by Scott R. Krol

80 pages, $4.99, b&w

Shadowrun
WAR!
Catalyst Game Labs

The diplomats have failed. The tensions have only grown worse. Each side has pushed the other too far, so there’s nothing left to do but fight. At the border of Aztlan and Amazonia, war has broken out. The streets of Bogotá are being pummeled, mercenaries are being hired and killed in approximately equal numbers, and blood is being spilled in dark rooms to give strength to mages on the battlefield. Most importantly, runners are being hired by the score.

War! puts Shadowrun players into the world of open combat. From sabotage missions behind enemy lines to intelligence operations to small-squad mercenary tactics, War! provides the background information, gear, and rules players need to plunge into the chaos of battle. 184 pages, B&W, $29.99

[Now Available] Yu-Gi-Oh! Storm of Ragnarok

STORM OF RAGNAROK

Yu-Gi-Oh! Storm of Ragnarok:

• Introduces the new "Aesir", "Nordic", "Legendary Six Samurai" and "Symphonic Warriors" archetypes. 
• Includes further support for the "Scrap", "Karakuri", "Blackwing", "Six Samurai", "Mist Valley", "Elemental Hero", "Harpie", "Watt", "Vairon" and "Spirit" cards. 
• Features the three Polar Gods played by Team Ragnarok. 
• Features cards used by Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan, Brave, Dragan, and Harald. 
• Includes 100 cards: 1 Ghost Rare, 8 Secret Rare Card, 10 Ultimate Rare Cards, 10 Ultra Rare Cards, 14 Super Rare Cards, 20 Rare Cards, 48 Common Cards.
• 9 cards per pack, 24 packs per box

$3.99 per Booster Pack

[Wednesday Comics] Comics On The Shelf Feb. 9, 2011

SpongeBob SquarePants #1

Boom Studios
28 Days Later TP Vol. 3: Hot Zone, $12.99
Farscape #16, $3.99
Farscape TP Vol. 3: Gone and Back, $12.99
Farscape Scorpius TP Vol. 2: Glorious Basterds, $12.99
Starborn #3, $3.99

Dark Horse
Star Wars: The Old Republic TP Vol. 1: Blood of the Empire, $15.99

Dark Horse Manga
Oh My Goddess! #37, $10.99

DC
Adventure Comics #523, $2.99
All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #4, $2.99
Batgirl #18, $2.99
Batman and Robin #20, $2.99
Birds of Prey #9, $2.99
Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #1, $2.99
DC Universe: Legacies #9, $3.99
Deus Ex #1, $2.99
Doc Savage #11, $2.99
Flash: Dastardly Death of the Rogues HC, $19.99
Knight & Squire #5, $2.99
Superman #708, $2.99
Titans #32, $2.99

Dynamite
Green Hornet #13, $3.99
Warlord of Mars #4, $3.99

IDW
Dark Sun #2, $3.99
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #163, $3.99
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero TP Vol. 1, $19.99
Hundred Penny Press: Transformers #1, $1.00
Star Trek: Infestation #1, $3.99
Transformers #16, $3.99

Image
Haunt #13, $1.99
Haunt TP Vol. 2, $16.99

Marvel
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Circus of Damned Ingenue #2, $3.99
Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes #4, $3.99
Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #515, $2.99
Captain America: The Korvac Saga #3, $2.99
Deadpool Team-Up #885, $2.99
Heroes For Hire #3, $2.99
Incredible Hulks #622, $2.99
Invaders Now #5, $3.99
Invincible Iron Man TP Vol. 5: Stark Resilient Book 1, $15.99
Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four TP Vol. 5, $24.99
New Avengers #9, $3.99
Onslaught Unleashed #1, $3.99
Osborn #3, $3.99
Power Man and Iron Fist #1, $2.99
PunisherMAX #10, $3.99
Thunderstrike #3, $3.99
Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #1, $3.99
Ultimate Comics: Captain America #2, $3.99
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #153, $3.99
Widowmaker #4, $3.99
Wolverine #1000, $4.99
Wolverine #5.1, $2.99
X-Factor #215, $2.99

Previews
Toy Chest 2011 Catalog, $1.25

United Plankton Pictures
SpongeBob SquarePants #1, $2.99

Alphabetical Listing
28 Days Later TP Vol. 3: Hot Zone, $12.99
Adventure Comics #523, $2.99
All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #4, $2.99
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Circus of Damned Ingenue #2, $3.99
Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes #4, $3.99
Batgirl #18, $2.99
Batman and Robin #20, $2.99
Birds of Prey #9, $2.99
Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #515, $2.99
Captain America: The Korvac Saga #3, $2.99
Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #1, $2.99
Dark Sun #2, $3.99
DC Universe: Legacies #9, $3.99
Deadpool Team-Up #885, $2.99
Deus Ex #1, $2.99
Doc Savage #11, $2.99
Farscape #16, $3.99
Farscape Scorpius TP Vol. 2: Glorious Basterds, $12.99
Farscape TP Vol. 3: Gone and Back, $12.99
Flash: Dastardly Death of the Rogues HC, $19.99
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero TP Vol. 1, $19.99
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #163, $3.99
Green Hornet #13, $3.99
Haunt #13, $1.99
Haunt TP Vol. 2, $16.99
Heroes For Hire #3, $2.99
Hundred Penny Press: Transformers #1, $1.00
Incredible Hulks #622, $2.99
Invaders Now #5, $3.99
Invincible Iron Man TP Vol. 5: Stark Resilient Book 1, $15.99
Knight & Squire #5, $2.99
Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four TP Vol. 5, $24.99
New Avengers #9, $3.99
Oh My Goddess! #37, $10.99
Onslaught Unleashed #1, $3.99
Osborn #3, $3.99
Power Man and Iron Fist #1, $2.99
PunisherMAX #10, $3.99
Spawn #202, $2.99
SpongeBob SquarePants #1, $2.99
Star Trek: Infestation #1, $3.99
Star Wars: The Old Republic TP Vol. 1: Blood of the Empire, $15.99
Starborn #3, $3.99
Superman #708, $2.99
Thunderstrike #3, $3.99
Titans #32, $2.99
Toy Chest 2011 Catalog, $1.25
Transformers #16, $3.99
Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #1, $3.99
Ultimate Comics: Captain America #2, $3.99
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #153, $3.99
Warlord of Mars #4, $3.99
Widowmaker #4, $3.99
Wolverine #1000, $4.99
Wolverine #5.1, $2.99
X-Factor #215, $2.99

[Now Available] New Dungeons & Dragons Products

Shadow Over Nentir Vale
Dungeons & Dragons Fortune Cards

Encounter Fortune

Dungeons & Dragons Fortune Cards, sold in booster packs of 8 cards, give players fun new ways to survive the challenges of the D&D Encounters in-store play program, as well as their home campaigns.

These cards give characters fun, temporary benefits that feel different from the benefits gained from powers and feats, without adding undue complexity to the D&D game.

8 cards per pack, $3.99 MSRP per pack

Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen
A Dungeons & Dragons Accessory

The Dungeon Master's best friend

This accessory is a beautiful addition to the game table and the ultimate aid for Dungeon Masters.

The four-paneled screen is made of durable game board-quality card stock, with a lavish illustration on the outside and handy reference tables and charts on the inside. The landscape design allows Dungeon Masters to see and reach over the screen without difficulty. Dungeon Masters can keep their notes and die rolls hidden from the players while having all the important rules information at the ready.

$9.95 MSRP


D&D Gamma World Expansion Kit: Legion of Gold
A D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game Expansion

The radioactive wastelands of Earth are home to many bizarre and barbaric creatures. The apocalypse hasn’t exactly made the world a better place. It’s survival of the fittest. Time to build a new food chain.

This game expansion presents a menagerie of mutant creatures and a ready-to-play adventure. The monsters presented herein can also be pulled over and used in the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game.

This product includes: 160-page adventure book, including new mutant monsters and 4 sheets of die-cut mutant monster tokens, and a fold-out battle map.

$29.99 MSRP

[Events] February 2011 Event and Release Calendar

Our February 2011 Event and Release Calendar is now available; click on the image above to embiggen. Release images in the middle of the week are as close as possible to the actual release dates; release dates may vary from the location of the image. All release information and event information is subject to change without notice; if a major update occurs, we will update the calendar. For more information on all events, check our Event Calendar at our Facebook site.

[Event] World of Warcraft Love Is In The Air Tournament

LOVE IS IN THE AIR is a celebration of love and friendship during the month of February. Also, a celebration of those terrible chalk-like candy hearts that people think of as a gift, but are actually an insult to your taste buds. Who buys those things?! Really?

Format: Core Constructed

Day and Time: February 13th, be here at Noon.

Entry Fee: $2 (all proceeds go to providing booster packs for prizes)

Prizes: The first sixteen players to register for this event receive an exclusive "Kwee Q. Peddlefeet" gameplay participation card. The winner of this event is awarded a LOVE IS IN THE AIR playmat, in addition to booster packs. Second place will also be awarded booster packs; perhaps even third place might get boosters or a booster pack, but the number of booster pack prizes depend on number of participants. Another LOVE IS IN THE AIR playmat will be given out as a random door prize.

[Wednesday Comics] Comics On The Shelf Feb. 2, 2011

Savage Sword of Conan TP Vol. 9

Dark Horse
Hellboy: The Sleeping and The Dead #2, $3.50
Savage Sword of Conan TP Vol. 9, $19.99

DC
Batman Confidential #53, $2.99
Brightest Day #19, $2.99
DC Universe Online Legends #1, $2.99
Freedom Fighters #6, $2.99
Gotham City Sirens #19, $2.99
Jonah Hex #64, $2.99
JSA All Stars #15, $2.99
Legion of Super Heroes Annual #1, $4.99
Looney Tunes #195, $2.99
Scooby Doo Where Are You #6, $2.99
Superboy #4, $2.99
Superman 80 Page Giant 2011 #1, $5.99
Time Masters Vanishing Point #6, $3.99
Weird Worlds #2, $3.99

Dynamite
Green Hornet Strikes $6, $3.99
Kato Annual #1, $4.99

IDW
G.I Joe #26, $3.99
G.I. Joe Future Noir TP Vol. 1, $12.99
Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert #2, $3.99
Transformers: Infestation #1, $3.99

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #653, $3.99
Captain America: Hail Hydra #2, $2.99
Daken: Dark Wolverine #5, $2.99
Deadpool & Cable #26, $3.99
Doctor Strange: From the Marvel Vault #1, $2.99
Hulk #29, $3.99
Invincible Iron Man #500.1, $2.99
Iron Man Legacy #11, $2.99
Ozma of Oz #4, $3.99
Spider-Girl #3, $2.99
Thor: For Asgard #6 of 6, $3.99
Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates #5, $3.99
Warriors Three #3, $3.99
Wolverine: The Best There Is #3, $3.99

VIZ Media
Naruto Vol. 50, $9.99

Zenescope
Charmed TP Vol. 1, $12.99