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Krosmaster: Arena Supplier in Canadian Provinces

Japanime Games has provided the following announcement: Japanime Games, along with their partner, Ankama Games, is pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement with a new Canadian distribution partner: Filosofia! As of May 30th, 2014, Filosofia Distributions will be the only supplier of Krosmaster: Arena and its related products in the Canadian Provinces. Filosofia will also hold the exclusive distribution rights to the French Edition of Krosmaster: Arena and its related products in that area. Eric Price, the President of Japanime Games is happy with this move. “Of our last two...

A Wild West Game on Kickstarter

Wanted: The Outlaws, from Bibliot Games, is a fast-paced card and dice game being Kickstarted now.

"You build a town from the cards, grab some loot and start Hiring Characters, Doing Jobs, and Reporting Tips!

You need Characters to do Jobs. Jobs give you the Loot to hire more Characters, and the Rep you need to win the game. Of course, if a job goes bad, your Characters are going to get shot at, and might even die. "

The Kickstarter site has a play-through video, plenty of stretch...

Island Surf - A Dexterity Game on KS

Well, surfing miniatures is nothing new. For the past several years, many chains (ie Wal-Mart, Target, etc) have been selling mini skateboards and bikes meant for kids to play with using only their fingers to traverse a multitude of obstacles. Well Tyler Tnsley, of Papercrafted.com has a campaign going on Kickstarter to fund a new dexterity game focused on surfing - using a variety of different marbles to represent water.

"Players race around a course of islands. On a player's turn, marbles are moved on the mat to make a wave and the surf board...

Wargaming Company Founder Passes Away

Konstantin Krivenko (Picture comes from ICV2)

Former military officer and designer of World War II: Barbarossa 1941 and Samurai Battles (co-designed with Richard Borg) Konstantin Krivenko passed away on July 5 due to a lung infection. Krivenko was the founder and Managing Director of the Russia-based wargaming and model kit manufacturing company Zvezda. A representative from Zvezda Games broke the news to the public with a post on Krivenko's Board Game Geek page: "With great sadness that we have to inform you that the founder and owner of our company, Konstantin Krivenko, passed...

Coming Soon - Sheriff of Nottingham, a Dice Tower Essentials Game

Yesterday evening, Scott Morris from Crits Happen announced that the Dice Tower Essentials and Sheriff of Nottingham have official internet "homes." The Dice Tower Essentials are a list of games from Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer for every gamer. Sherriff of Nottingham is a re-implementation of Robin Hood (2011). Designed by Sérgio Halaban, Bryan Pope, and André Zatz and published by Arcane Wonders , this medieval bluffing game has players scheming and negotiating to get the most points. In the game, the role of Sheriff rotates around...

Spielbox Magazine - Promo/Mini-Expansion

If you can get your hands on a current copy of Spielbox , there is a mini-expansion promo, the "Kebab Shop," for Istanbul included in spielbox 3/2014. Istanbul is this year's Kennerspiel award winner. The " Kebab Shop " is used in place of the bazaar and returns any number of assistants to the merchant stack or pay 2 Lira and use your family member at another place. Issue 4/ 2014, the next issue of Spielbox will have a special card for the game 6 nimmt, or Category 5. This issue will be available sometime...

Coming Soon - Ultimate Werewolf Deluxe Edition, New Expansion

Coming Soon from Bezier Games Ultimate Werewolf Deluxe Edition This Deluxe Edition also brings brand new roles including the Big Bad Wolf, Wolverine, Dire Wolf, Virginia Woolf and more! Contains more than 40 unique roles, 18 scenarios and a set of 80 fully illustrated cards. Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts is an expansion to the award-winning Ultimate Werewolf party game, where each player gets an additional unique special ability from over three dozen different artifacts. Contains 44 unique Artifact cards.

Lost Legacy - Shadow Thief Preview

Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) posted a picture of the Shadow Thief card on Facebook as a sneak peek of their upcoming Lost Legacy line of games. Lost Legacy is 16 card game from designers Seiji Kanai and Hayato Kisaragi played very much like Kanai's last microgame success, Love Letter. AEG will be releasing three themes that will have players bluffing their way to find the Lost Legacy card. In The Starship, Flying Garden, and Whitegold Spire players will draw the top card, choose one of the two cards and carry out the effect...

Coming Soon - Lord of the Rings LCG - The Valemen

Coming fourth quarter of 2014 from Fantasy Flight Games , The Valemen. This is the third chapter pack in the Wardens Cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game. Continuing with the cycle's major themes, The Valemen is going to offer players options to fight for the Iron Throne. Decks built around the Sand Snakes trait gain another tool for revenge in An Opening Gambit (The Valemen, 49). You may play this event immediately after you lose a challenge to choose a participating Sand Snake character you control. That character gains a power, and if...

Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Preview - Chaos Faction

Fantasy Flight Games gives us another look at their upcoming release, Warhammer 40, 000: Conquest. Due out later this year this two-player LCG is a game of interplanetary warfare in the gritty futuristic setting of Warhammer 40,000. By hurling you into a life-and-death combat for the Traxis sector, Warhammer 40,000: Conquest forces you to secure your hold over the sector’s key planets. You must balance the concerns of present battles and future conquests as your warlord leads your armies to glorious victory. To claim the Traxis sector, you must conquer or die. ...

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