Title: Ooga Booga Studio: Full Moon Horror Director: Charles Band Writer: Kent Roudebush Released: 2013 Rated: R Genre: Horror Cast: Karen Black … Mrs. Allardyce Gregory Blair … Director Ciarra Carter … Donna Patrick Holder … Zero Charles Hutchins … Bum Dallas James … Angry Neighbor Stacy Keach … Judge Marks Corey MacIntosh … Officer Benny Maddox … Skeez Gregory Niebel … Officer White Kyle Quesnoy … Clerk Bob Ramos ... Read More »
Game Name: Bioshock Infinite Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Irrational Games Platform: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Year: 2013 Players: Solo Rating: M (for Mature) 17+ Retail Price: $59.99 Category: First person adventure shooter I’ll point out I’m not a fan of reviews which give away too much of the story of a movie, game, book or what have you as I think including spoilers is not only slipshod reporting but really ... Read More »
Title: Star Wars – Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Writer: Haden Blackman Artist: Agustin Alessio Cover Art: Dave Wilkins Pages: 110 Format: Hardcover Retail Price: $24.99 Release Date: April 10, 2013 As a true Star Wars fan, I’m sure you looked into many of the stories that have linked Episode III and IV. However, if you have not checked this one out yet, you are in for a treat. From Episode I-III, ... Read More »
Game Name: Dungeon Crawl Classics #0 – Legends are Made, Not Born Publisher: Goodman Games Author: Chris Doyle Year: 2005 Players: Two or more Ages: 12+ Playing Time: This will depend on what subplots the characters explore Pages: 32 Genre: Fantasy RPG adventure Retail Price: $6.99 PDF From the Goodman press release: “For the past few years, an ogre that lairs in a cave near the wilderness town of Dundraville ... Read More »
Game Name: Redshirts Publisher: Weaselpants Productions Designer: Jonathan “Skippy” Schwarz Year: 2012 Players: 2-7 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 30-60 Minutes Retail Price: $24.95 Category: Humorous Sci-Fi Card Game Components: 108 cards in two decks (Captain’s Log and Redshirts) Rule book From Weaselpants Productions: Everyone in the Galactic Space Corps knows that the most successful starship Captains go through junior-enlisted crewmen like a fat kid goes through cupcakes. Assemble ... Read More »
Game Name: Merchants & Marauders Publisher: Z-Man Games Designers: Christian Marcussen and Kasper Aagaard Year: 2010 Players: Two to Four Players Ages: 13+ Playing Time: 120 to 180 minutes Retail Price: $65.00 Category: Eurostyle game of traders and brigands on the High Seas in the Age of Piracy Contents: Game board 26 plastic miniature ships (5 different ship types) Over 250 cards (including 16 unique captains) Over 190 die cut ... Read More »
Game Name: Duel of Eagles: Mars-la-Tour, 1870 Publisher: White Dog Games Designer: Hermann Luttman Year: 2013 Players: Two Players Ages: 13+ Playing Time: 180 minutes or more Retail Price: $38.00 for the boxed edition, $28.00 for folio, $12.00 for PnP Category: Traditional hex and counter wargame Contents: • One 12-page, full-color Rules booklet • One 17″ x 22″ game map (two sections) • 165 thick, double-sided, multi-shaped game pieces • ... Read More »
Title: The Unauthorized Tarzan Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Writer: Joe Gill Pencils: Sam J. Glanzman and Bill Montes Inkers: Sam J. Glanzman and Ernie Bache Pages: 112 Format: Hardcover Retail Price: $29.99 with a limited edition of 250 copies featuring a tip-in signed by Glanzman available for $59.99 Release Date: March 20th From Dark Horse: A classic run of Tarzan comics, reprinted for the first time! In the 1960s, believing Tarzan to ... Read More »
Game Name: Kobolds Ate My Baby! Super Deluxx Edition Publisher: 9th Level Games Designer: Chris O’Neill and Dan Landis (with art by John Kovalic) Year: 2007 for the currently available edition Players: Two or more as it’s an RPG Ages: 13+ Playing Time: As long as you want to play because it’s an RPG; truthfully more of a pick up game to play from time to time Pages: 48 Genre: ... Read More »
Product: Wargamma Dungeon Builder Producer: Mr. Dandy Sculptor: James Hakola Year: 2013 Genre: Fantasy Miniatures Terrain Pieces Retail Price: Various, depending on the pieces From the official press release: Modular architecture and items to build nearly any dungeon you’ve been imagining! Scaled to suit 25/28mm miniatures and 1″ square dungeon maps. Also great as structures for your wargame battlefield. Many more options are in the design process now! Cast in high ... Read More »
Game Name: Android Netrunner – The Card Game Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Designers: Richard Garfield and Lukas Litzsinger Year: 2012 (Original game released in 1996) Players: Two players Ages: 14+ Playing Time: Thirty to sixty minutes Retail Price: $39.95 Category: Two player card game of attack and defense set in the cyberpunk world of Android Contents: Rulebook 134 Corporation Cards 114 Runner Cards 2 Reference Cards 2 Tracker Tokens and ... Read More »
Game Name: Rise of the Zombies Publisher: Dan Verssen Games Designer: Dan Verssen Year: 2013 Players: One to eight players Ages: 13+ Playing Time: Forty to ninety-five minutes Retail Price: $39.99 Category: Card game of zombie apocalypse survival Contents: 168 Game Cards 2 6-sided dice 8 Plastic Stands for Survivor Characters 1 Sheet of Counters 1 Digital Timer Rulebook Game Box As The Walking Dead continues to burn up TV ... Read More »
Title: Adventures Into the Unknown! Archives Volume 2 Hardcover Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Writer: Richard E. Hughes (Forward by Bruce Jones) Artists: Johnny Craig, Edvard Moritz, Charlie Sultan, Jon L. blummer, John Celardo, Robert Brice, Pete Gattuso, Bob Lubbers, R.S. Pious, and Pete Riss Inks: Edvard Moritz, Charlie Sultan, Jon L. Blummer, John Celardo, Robert Brice, Pete Gattuso, Bob Lubbers, R.S. Pious, and Harry Lazarus Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover Retail Price: $49.99 Genre: Pre-Comic Code ... Read More »
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