N.B: the main "interesting games" wholesaler has warned that, with the fall of the ukL from us$2 to ~us$1.50, the cost prices and therefore the ukL rrps of games imported from merkia are going to be rising by ~30% above their pre-November 2008 prices; this is unavoidable.
some of the new, higher ukL prices have already begun to feed through, so if there are games, sourcebooks, expansions and adventures already in stock (or available) that you know you want, please don't leave buying them too long, or the prices could easily be (roughly) one third higher than they are now...
Board Games
may include Card Games, as the uk wholesaler no longer reliably distinguishes between these
- Ad Astra - NEW GAME available 9th September 2009 ukL 44.99
guide one of the five human factions exploring - and colonizing - the galaxy, discovering mysterious relics of long-lost alien civilizations as you do so;
designed by Bruno Faidutti & Serge Laget, whose previous games include Mystery of the Abbey
no further details supplied by uk wholesaler;
for 3-5 Players Ages 13-96; c. 60 Minutes Playing-Time (thanks, Joy)
- Descent: Quest Compendium - NEW SCENARIOS COMPENDIUM available 9th September 2009 book ukL 19.99
contains 16 challenging and deadly scenarios designed by Monte Cook, John Kovalic, Keith Baker, Mike Selinker, and others
n.b. these game expansions are not playable without the main game:
- Descent: Journeys in the Dark new game in 2005 ukL 59.99
Play one of a band of daring adventurers delving the depths of dark dungeons, where you must confront, avoid or escape deadly traps, many malevolent monsters, including Giants, Hell Hounds, Skeletons, Demons and Dragons, and come away laden with gold, armed with magical weapons and powerful artifacts - if you survive...
contains 80 (20 Hero & 60 Monster) Plastic Miniatures, 20 Hero Sheets, 10 Plastic Door Stands, 10 Door, 39 Treasure, 49 Prop, 6 miscellaneous & 1 Town Markers, 12 Training, 4 Hero Turn, 16 Hero Order, 24 Fatigue, 24 Conquest, 32 Threat, 52 Coin & 55 each Wound & Effect & 1 Compass Rose Tokens, 180 Game Cards, 1 Breath Template, 1 Quest Guide, 12 Custom Dice, 1 Rulebook and 61 Map Pieces - so the Dungeon is designed afresh, every game.
designed by Kevin Wilson for 2-5 Players Ages 12-96; 2-4 Hours Playing Time
- Well of Darkness New game expansion in 15th November 2006 ukL 38.99
Deep in the bowels of the world lies a chasm that was sealed, over a millennium ago; bound within it is a force of Evil so great, that if it were to be set free, it would plunge the world into a thousand years of darkness...
On your way to this challenge, you must battle your way through dank and dangerous corridors, trapped temples and volcanoes, facing scyything blades, thundering cascades of boulders, and boiling-hot lava, kobolds, the blood-sucking ferrox, and indomitable golems.
Heroes - and six New characters are included - will find new and greater Skills & Treasures to make use of, including six New Relics and a New Kind of Potion; the Overlord, however, gains the ability to customise his deck before every game, preparing new and potentially devestating Trap, Event & Spawn challenges for the Heroes.
n.b. not playable without the main game, immediately above
- Altar of Despair - NEW Re-PRINT & Re-STOCK New re-print in 2008; New game expansion in 24th January 2007 ukL 40.99
Long Ages Ago, Man worshipped a Malevolent Power, a Great Evil that lurked in the Shadows Beyond the Light [well, "he" would, wouldn't he? - pp. *g*]; now, he works to reawaken his dark master ["typical!"] once more - and, if he is successful, it will mean the end of all that is beautiful, all that is worth calling wonderful, and all that is worthy of loving, and protecting. so, once again, it is necessary to take up arms, and to go into battle to defend the world against those who would enslave it forever.
6 New Heroes & 5 New Varieties of Monster, New Skills & Treasures, plus a Host of Deadly New Tricks & Tactics for the Overlord, including Relics & Dark Glyphs
n.b. expansion requires the main game, above, for play
- The Road to Legend NEW GAME EXPANSION in 9th April 2008 ukL 40.99
in the darkest of nights burns the glimmer of hope: when foul Overlords rise up to blot out the sun and enslave all things to their infernal will, great heroes also rise up to oppose them: now it is your turn to be those heroes
deadly new powers & plots for the Overlord, and terrible new Lieutenants, new storylines and new campaign rules, new terrors to explore and adventures to be found - swinging ropes, nourishing fountains, sheltering trees, all mapped out; new silver & gold power dice for heroes - and monsters - of incredible power
n.b. requires the main game, above, for play
- Descent Miniatures:
- Dar Hilzernod - NEW available 9th September 2009 ukL 11.99
- Gata the White Death New available 15th April 2009 ukL 7.99
- Kar-Amag-Atoth - NEW available 9th September 2009 ukL 7.99
- Kratz the Plague - NEW available 9th September 2009 ukL 11.99
- Krieg the Relentless - NEW available 9th September 2009 ukL 7.99
- Lady Eliza Farrow - NEW available 9th September 2009 ukL 7.99
- Lord Merrick Farrow New available 15th April 2009 ukL 7.99
- Sir Alric Farrow New available 15th April 2009 ukL 7.99
- Slaggorath - NEW available 9th September 2009 ukL 7.99
- Thadd the Destroyer Miniature New available 15th April 2009 ukL 11.99
replace your Descent playing tokens with these pewter miniatures
- Endeavour - NEW GAME available 9th September 2009 ukL 38.99
running your own empire gives you command of its strategic financial, industrial, political, colonial and military development - and you have to balance all these calls upon your resources better than everyone else, overall, to win
for 3-5 Players Ages 12-96; no playing-time advised by wholesalers;
c. 90 Minutes Playing-Time (thanks, Joy)
- Order Up - NEW GAME available 9th September 2009 ukL 22.99
collect pizza toppings, and then drive around the map-board delivering orders
the player who matches the most correct toppings to the greatest number of orders wins
for 2-4 Players Ages 6-96; no playing-time advised by wholesalers;
20-40 Minutes Playing-Time (thanks, Joy)
- See also the full listing of Board Games in (& some of those available to order.
- (and see the full listing of War Games for IMT's current stock, & some of those available) for IMT's current stock, as the boundary between these categories is somewhat fuzzy.)
Non-Collectable Card Games & Accessories
may include Board Games, as the uk wholesaler no longer reliably distinguishes between these
- no new/newly re-issued or re-stocked game advised for distribution this week;
See the range of Card Games stocked & availables page, including all the games advised available to order over the past four-five years as well as those currently in stock
Collectable Card Games & Accessories
- A Game of Thrones: Tales from the Red Keep - NEW CHAPTER PACK available 4th September 2009 ukL 8.99
40 (20 New and 20already-issued) fixed-Card Chapter Pack
see also A Game of Thrones CCG availables listing (also of no longer availables)
- Universal Fighting System: Tekken 6 - NEW Booster PACK available 9th September 2009 ukL 3.99
minimum order (18 booster packs) applies
designed by world champion James Hata, includes Kazuya Mishima, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, King, & Christie Moneiro, and is advised compatible with all other
Universal Fighting System CCG releases
- and see the range of CCGs stocked & availables page, with link to the advised-available-but-not-currently-stocked ccgs listing page
Forthcoming Collectable Card Game Expansions
- Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Fat Pack - NEW FAT PACK due in 2nd October 2009 ukL 29.99
each contains a players guide, 8 booster packs, a basic land pack, a learn to play insert and an excerpt from Path of the Planeswalker [and probably a 20-sided spin-down life counter]
- come in and order yours, if you want to be sure of one the week they're released
- Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Booster - NEW BOOSTER due in 2nd October 2009 ukL 3.49
15-cards per booster;
fully-prepaid display box of 36 boosters rrp ukL 125.64 for
- Magic the Gathering: Zendikar - NEW INTRO PACK scheduled available 2nd October 2009 ukL .99
minimum order (6 Intro Packs) applies
each contains a premium card, a booster pack, a 40-card pack [possibly basic land??], a learn to play insert and a strategy guide
- Magic the Gathering: Zendikar 9-Pocket Portfolio - NEW ACCESSORY scheduled available 2nd October 2009 ukL 5.99
- Pokemon Trainer's Collection - NEW BOX scheduled available September 2009 ukL 16.99
minimum order (8 boxes) applies
each contains 3 Foil Promo Cards and 4 EX- and 2 Diamond & Pearl Series Boosters
Board, Role-Playing Games, War Games, Card Games & CCG Comics, Magazines
- Wargames Illustrated #263 - NEW ISSUE available 9th September 2009 ukL 4.00
with a north african theme this ish.
the Wargames Illustrated listing for current stock and other issues possibly still available to order
- And see the Magazines & Misc. Page for current stock and other available titles (plus more "etc.")
D&D other Fantasy World Novels and RPG-related Non-Fiction
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition - Forthcoming Titles; publication due end of this month and next month
- Dungeon Master's Guide 2 - FORTHCOMING SOURCEBOOK scheduled for 19th September 2009 hardcover ukL 19.99 (not yet published)
drop in to order yours, to be sure of it the week it's released
This Week's Role-Playing Games and accessories
- Alpha Omega: The Encountered Vol.1 - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 26.99
over 200 new creatures illustrated in full colour, with rules, templates and encounter advice
see the Alpha Omega RPG
- Battletech: Strategic Operations - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 ukL 34.99
the rulebook that expands the scope of the Battletech game to cover everything required for the conquet of a complete solar system
- Battletech: Jihad Hotspots: 3076 - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 16.99
articles & intelligence reports plus new rules & equipment as the war plot-line begun in Blake Ascending develops
and see the Battletech Game (and sourcebooks, adventures, etc)
- d20 Fantasy Craft RPG - NEW RPG available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 30.00
[no details of this new rpg world supplied by uk wholesalers]
- GURPS 4E: Ultra-Tech - NEW Edition SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 ukL 19.99
the SFnal equipment & rules book now in softcover
- GURPS 4E: Psionic Powers - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 ukL 12.99
ready-to use mental power packages built using the Powers system
and see the GURPS 4E, 3E, etc. RPGs (and their sourcebooks, adventures, etc)
- Traveller: Judge Dredd RPG - NEW SOURCEBOOK/RPG available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 30.00
a new version of the Dredd-fully violent, ad-hoc "justice"-dealing comic crew translated to rpg, but n.b. this one requires the main rulebook from the current
Traveller RPG (also listing of its and other editions' sourcebooks, adventures, etc);
the previous Judge Dredd RPG includes its system in the rpg book, and has a lot of good source material and adventures) available now...
- Paranoia: Troubleshooters - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 25.00
new rules to ignore, new missions to inspire (but inspire what, precisely, citizen?), published here in honour of the rpg's 25th anniversary
see the Paranoia RPGs (and their sourcebooks, adventures, etc)
- d20 Pathfinder Adventure #25: The Bastards of Erebus - NEW ADVENTURE available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 12.99
in which crime, corruption and poverty are all compounded by a shadowy curse: can your party fight back against at least the first two, sufficiently successfully to make a start on the third?
#1 in the new story arc [title of arc not advised by uk wholesalers] set inthe city of Westcrown, erstwhile capital of the demon-ridden country of Cheliax
for 1st level characters
- d20 Pathfinder Adventure #24: The Final Wish - NEW ADVENTURE available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 12.99
adventure #6 in, and climax of, the Legacy of Fire story arc: can Katapesh be saved from both a fiery tyrant and the resurrection of a living apocalypse?
for characters levels 14-15
- d20 Pathfinder Adventure B1: Crypt of the Everflame - NEW ADVENTURE available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 8.99
new would-be heroes must retrieve a part of the ever-burning fire from the shrine for their coming-of-age ceremony, but they discover only corpses, and animated skeletons awaiting their arrival; what has happened - and can your young lions put wrongs to right?
for 1st level characters; and note:
- Flip-Mat: Crypt of the Everflame Dungeon - NEW ACCESSORY available 29th July 2009 ukL 9.99
the complete dungeon laid out over a "huge" [no dimensions advised by wholesalers - ppint.] double-sided, dry or wet erase pen-compatible tactical mat
- d20 Pathfinder: Cheliax, Empire of Devils - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 6.99
a whole nation bound in service to the demonic, from its shadowy ex-capital of Westcrown, to the dark citadel at the black heart of its current capital, Egorian; with many new character options for use in this setting
and see the Pathfinder RPG (and its sourcebooks, adventures, etc)
- Mutants & Masterminds: Mecha & Manga - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 hardcover ukL 19.99
including new rules and character options to match the ott levels of power in manga
- M&M: Pocket Ultimate Power - NEW Edition SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2009 ukL 16.99
corrects known errata, elsewise small-format version of the original edition
see the Mutants & Masterminds RPG (and its sourcebooks, adventures, etc)
- generic/dice accessory: Stone Fininsh Dice-Rolling Tower - NEW ACCESSORY available 29th July 2009 ukL 16.99
faux stone-effect, in tray, with three internal baffles and crenellations!!! to ensure everyone's dice-rolls truly are as random as they're meant to be...
- and'll also make it a bit less of a bore, re-collecting and repeatedly rolling really mind-numbing numbers of dice in such games as require this of players, mentioning nor Axes, nor Allies, nor Dice Pools, nor Story-telling... - ? - ppint.
[no dimensions advised by wholesalers - pp.]
- and see also the full listing of Role-Playing Games
War Games and accessories
- Panzer Grenadier: Fall of France 1940 - NEW GAME available 9th September 2000 ukL 49.99
stand-alone game covering the six week-long World War II Battle of France in spring 1940
- Warmachine: The Retribution of Scyrah - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2000 hardcover ukL 29.99
- Warmachine: The Retribution of Scyrah - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 9th September 2000 ukL 22.99
softcover edition of the above, detailing the forces of Ios fighting desperately to save their god
mage-hunters and the legendary Dawnguard, they strike against the magic of the human kingdoms with Myrmydons, warjack-like constructs
- See the full listing of War Games for IMT's current stock, & some of those available to order.
- (and see also the full listing of Board Games in (& some of those available) for IMT's current stock, as the boundary between these categories is somewhat fuzzy.)
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