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 their pre-November prices.
Board Games
[some may be Card Games, as the uk wholesaler no longer reliably distinguishes between these two]
- Bridge Troll - NEW GAME available 8th July 2009 ukL 21.99
everyone is, of course, guarding their bridge with utmost care, throwing stones at travellers who might injure their charges - and homes - when they're not collecting cash from them - or even, upon occasion, eating them.
- but beware the Billy-goat, Gruff!
for 3-6 Players, Ages 10-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- Cluedo: Travel Edition - NEW Re-STOCK GAME in 1st July 2009 ukL 5.99
The Classic boardgame of Enquiry, Deduction & (hopefully correct) Accusation of the Murderer of Doctor Black with the Instrument, the Location, and the Precise Details of the Crime
One Hinged Gameboard Box (full-colour card gameboard fits into position once opened), closes up and holds game board, cards, pieces, detective notebook pad, rules & dice), One Pad of Detective Notebook Sheets, The Rules, 6 Player Pieces, 6 Weapon tokens, 21 Cards and the Murder Envelope.
The Detective Game for 3-6 Players Ages 8-96 (known in merkia as Clue) in a sturdy plastic travel-sized boxed set
- Connect 4x4 - NEW EDITION GAME available 8th July 2009 ukL 19.99
adds a further layer to the classic vertical boardgame, allowing third & 4th players to join in, and the lines to snake from one side to the other (and back again, besides
for 2-4 Players Ages 8-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- EuroRails - Re-Stock GAME available 8th July 2009 ukL 32.99
classic railways game using the Empire Builder system. includes crayons and wipe-clean gameboard
for 2-6 Players Ages 12-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- Formula D Expansion 2: Hockenheim & Valencia - NEW GAME EXPANSION available 1st July 2009 ukL 19.99
n.b. expansion for the main game, probably not playable without it (or Formula De) -
- Ideology: the War of Ideas 2nd Edition - NEW Edition GAME in 1st July 2009 (was announced for 10th June) ukL 39.99
[1st edn new in 19th January 2005; out of print and out of stock for c. six-eight months or so]
Each Player represents one of the most powerful ideologies of the modern world: Capitalism, Communism, Fascism, Imperialism, & Islamic Fundamentalism; beginning with one global region completely under their sway, each attempts to gain control of further regions by use of Military, Economic, and/or Cultural Influence Cards, and their ability to forge - and break - strategic alliances;
revised and enlarged Second Edition Contents: 300 Influence, 85 Advancement, 43 Region & 5 Large Player Cards; 80 Counters, 1 Turn Order/Diplomacy Chart and the Rulebook and [i think more than one] World Map. illustration implies small/miniature "bulldog" clips or similar would be useful for players to keep their copies of game reference material, etc, but are not included; Rulebook includes Variant Game Rules and also Variant Ideologies for four of those included;
"mit deutschen reglen" (includes rules in german)
Designed by Andrew Parks for 2-5 Players, Ages 12-96; Playing Time 60-120 Minutes (usually); can take longer
"To Take Over The World, All You Need Is An Idea"
- Livingstone - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 29.99
explorer-prospectors compete to amass the best collection of gemstones from along the Zambezi, and win the favour of the Great White Empress
for 2-5 Players Ages 8-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- Loony Bin - NEW GAME available 22nd July 2009 ukL 22.99
game of deduction set in a mental asylum, where players compete to be the first to heal all the patients in their ward
for 3-7 Players Ages 12-96; no estimate of playing-time notified by wholesaler
- Maori - NEW GAME in 1st July 2009 ukL 26.99
explore your own tropical islands and endeavour to build up your huts and palm plantations; trade for boats with cowrie shells and use them to find further islands, and so increase the size and wealth of your colonies
5 Player Boards, 1 Explorer & 5 Small Ships, 30 wooden Shells, 97 Island Board Tiles (players' islands are built up on their boards from this pool) , and the Rules
designed by Gunther Burkhardt for 2-5 Players Ages 8-96; 30-45 Minutes Playing-Time
[i thought this was a new edition of an older game, but the only copyright date on the box is 2009 - ppint.]
- Martians!!! - NEW GAME/EXPANSION in 22nd July 2009 ukL 22.99
they've come, and they're taking over the world!!!
stand-alone game for 2-6 Players Ages 10-96; no estimate of playing-time provided by wholesaler
Zombies!!!
- MidEvil Deluxe - NEW OMNIBUS available 22nd July 2009 ukL 29.99
collects the main game and its two expansions; includes 100 Skeletons
for 2-6 Players Ages 12-96; no estimate of combined playing-time notified by wholesaler
- MidEvil: Bag o' Skeletons - NEW ACCESSORY in 22nd July 2009 ukL 7.99
100 New paintable plastic Skeletons, variously moulded in blue, rose and light buff plastic, intended for use with the
MidEvil game and its expansions, but may just possibly found to be of use in other games, too - even with
Zombies!!!
- MidEvil Deluxe - NEW OMNIBUS available 22nd July 2009 ukL 29.99
collects the main game and its two expansions; includes 100 Skeletons
for 2-6 Players Ages 12-96; no estimate of playing-time furnished by wholesaler
- Monopoly Travel Edition - NEW Reissue in 22nd July 2009 ukL 5.99
folding red-plastic box which opens out to support the card game-board (or have it attached to it, using its paper-protected self-adhesive side), title deeds,lists of Chance & Community Chest tasks, taxes, gifts & opportunities, plastic houses, hotels, (paintable) playing-tokens & player keys, 3 d6 dice, zip-lock bag for the individual smaller pieces, and the Rules; all contained in side-opening stout cardboard box
for 2-6 Players Ages 8-96, playing-time not indicated, but from c. 1 hour (unless using fast-play rules of one sort or another)
- Mystery of the Abbey - NEW Re-Stock GAME in 8th July 2009 (New edition game in 1st September 2005; New game in 2004) ukL 34.99
now includes the expansion, Pilgrim's Chronicles;
2003 Top Toy Guide (Today's Parent); Favourite Game of the Year 2004 (Breit & Board); 2004 Traditional Games 100
The Abbey of the Knights Templar is ordinarily a haven of tranquility for road-weary pilgrims; and so it was, when you arrived there last night. Now it's a hubbub of wild rumour, for the broken body of Brother Adelmo has been found at the foot of the cliffs: can the nimble-footed brother have slipped and fallen - or was he murdered?
Players collaborate, plot, intrigue and double-cross as well as compete, as they move, question, formulate hypotheses and rule them out as each gathers further information, until they feel confident enough to test them - and perhaps become the first to solve the Mystery of the Abbey!
Contents: 90 Game Cards, 50 Suspect Sheets, 6 Monk Miniatures cast in stone resin; A Deductions Notebook for each Player; 3 wooden Monk Dice; the Map Game Board & the Rules Booklet, and one Tin Bell to ring for Mass.
Designed by Bruno Faidutti & Serge Laget for 3-6 Players, Ages 8-96; Playing Time 60-90 Minutes
- Neuroshima Hex: Babel-13 - NEW GAME EXPANSION available 8th July 2009 ukL 29.99
includes 2 new armies, terrain tiles and campaign rules; no further details advised by uk wholesalers
for 2-4 Players Ages 10-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- Pitch Cars: Expansion 4 - NEW GAME EXPANSION available 15th July 2009 ukL 34.99
adds the third dimension - and multiple levels - to the Pitch Cars racing circuits you may design (and build);
n.b. expansion for the main game, not playable without it:
- Pitch Cars available 15th July 2009 ukL 39.99
the previous three expansions may well also be available -
- Mini Pitch Cars available 15th July 2009 ukL 24.99
[this edition may not be physically compatible with the full-size game & expansions - pp.] -
- Risk: Balance of Power - NEW GAME in 8th July 2009 ukL 19.99
this new two-player game restricts conflict to the battle for Europe; with increased rewards for bold moves, updated map-board
contents: deck of 30 game cards, 3 sets of coloured units, 2 capitals, 9 cities, 6 dice, the gameboard, parts sheet and the rules, with "basic training" easy-to-learn introductory game, plus those for the "command room" fast-paced capture, claim and dominate, full game
for 2 Players Ages 12-96; no estimated playing-time advised, but my guesstimate'd be to allow an hour or so, depending upon the players' ages - especially for the first time
- Sherwood Forest - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 38.99
build your hideouts well, plan your raids with care, and above all, do your best to avoid the sheriff; for the forest is full of rival gangs: and everyone wants to scramble their way to become top robber band, giving away to the poor more than any other
for 3-9 Players Ages 9-96; no estimated playing-time advised
- Tales of the Arabian Nights - NEW GAME available 25th July 2009 ukL 44.99
adventure in the worlds of Sinbad, and of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; travel throughout the lands of the tales of Sheherazade of the Thousand Nights and One Night, that she told to keep her beloved sultan spellbound - and to keep her head;
but unfortunately, the wholesaler has resisted revealing what players in this game are endeavouring to do, or how it is won - or even if it is won.
for 2-6 Players Ages 12-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- Trivial Pursuits Bite-Size: Food & Wine - NEW GAME/EXPANSION available 22nd July 2009 ukL 7.99
600 New Questions in cheese sector-shaped plastic box, with rules and d6 die
the "TP" board isn't essential to use of these as a quiz game, if you have/derive rules for who asks whom what, and for keeping score
- Trivial Pursuit Team - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 24.99
designed for team play; no further details of this edition of the trivia quiz game advised by uk wholesalers
for 2 or more Players Ages 12-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- Tumblin' Dice - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 59.99
- Tumblin' Dice: Medium - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 39.99
appears to be a dice flicking variant of shove ha'penny: aim to score high, and also to knock your opponents' dice from the board; no further details advised by uk wholesalers
for 2-6 Players Ages 6-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
- see the full listing of Board Games in (& some of those available to order.
- (and see also 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.)
Family Games & Accessories
- Dixit - NEW GAME available 1st July 2009 ukL 29.99
players take turns as storyteller, whilst the others bid as to which card matches that in the storyteller's hand
for 3-6 Players Ages 8-96; no advice as to playing time furnished by wholesalers
- Guesstures - NEW GAME available 1st July 2009 ukL 19.99
high-speed charades in which you must act out the words on your four cards before the action timer eats them!
for 4+ Players Ages 8-96; no advice as to playing time furnished by wholesalers
- Play Doh: Favourite Foods - NEW EDITION GAME available 22nd July 2009 ukL 5.99
includes moulds, tools & accessories, a themed playmat and a special box
nor player numbers [but 1-??], minimum suitable age, nor lifetime of "Doh" advised by uk wholesalers
- Who would Win? - NEW GAME available 1st July 2009 ukL 16.99
pairs take turns drawing character cards, and then you have 20 seconds to argue why your character would win against the other; everyone else votes as to who has argued the more convincingly
for 3+ Players Ages 13-96; no advice as to playing time furnished by wholesalers
Non-Collectable Card Games & Accessories
- Anima: Beyond Good & Evil - NEW PACK available 8th July 2009 ukL 19.99
first stand-alone expansion for Anima CCG - NEW GAME also available ukL 19.99
which appears not to be a collectable card game
- Are You the Traitor? - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 11.99
the Evil Wizard has disguised himself as the Good Wizard, and the party must choose which of these apparently identical sorcerers they'll give the Magic Key
a game of bluff and deception for 4-10 Players Ages 13-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers; advised by them as a boardgame, but this is unlikely at the rrp...
- By Golly! - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 14.99
the Chickens were training quietly for the Chicken Olympics - but now all the other animals've got in on the act
for 2-6 Players Ages 5-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers; advised by them as a boardgame, but this is unlikely at the rrp...
- Court of the Medici - NEW GAME available 8th July 2009 ukL 7.99
in which representatives of your noble houses must be sent to the Court of Cosimo I de Medici, Count of Tuscany, in order to build up your influence - and eliminate your rivals
for 2 Players Ages 12-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
would appear to be a card game -
- Dominion: Intrigue - NEW GAME EXPANSION due in 1st, may be in 8th July 2009 ukL 34.99
adds 25 new Kingdoms and a complete set of Treasure and Victory Cards
for 2-6 or 8* Players Ages 8-96; no effect on playing-time advised by uk wholesalers
[* - up to 8 players at two tables, or up to 6 at a single game]
n.b. expansion/game for the Dominion boardgame, playable without it by experienced Dominion players, or with the basic game therein:
- Dominion - NEW Re-STOCK GAME EXPANSION due in 1st, may be in 8th July 2009 (New game in 29th October 2008) ukL 34.99
as your parents before you, you are monarchs ruling over pleasant little kingdoms of trees and rivers - but they're all too small: and, unlike the others, you've dreams of bettering yourselves - you've ambitions; you each desire a Dominion.
in every direction lie freeholds, fiefs and feodums, small areas of land ruled by petty lords, all fighting one another, feedstock to your civilizing them under your banner and your control; you must hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up the ancestral castle, and still fill up your treasury's coffers to overflowing - before every other monarch racing you to the same ends does!
contents: 500 illustrated Game Cards and the Rules
designed by Donald X. Vaccarino, development by Valerie Putman & Dale Yu, for 2-4 Players Aged 8-96; c. 30 Minutes Playing-Time; artwork & layout by Matthias Catrein
no details provided by uk wholesalers
- Gambit 7 - NEW GAME available 15th July 2009 ukL 19.99
a trivia game in which players answer the questions in secret, and then bet on who they think has the right answer
for 3-21 Players Ages 7-96; no playing-time advised by uk wholesalers; advised by them as a boardgame, but this is unlikely at the rrp...
- Gloom: Unfortunate Expeditions - NEW GAME EXPANSION in 1st July 2009 ukL 11.99
introduces the Bumpersnoots, a family of intrepid - formerly intrepid - explorers, who've faced misfortune across five continents, but these days the colonel is far more likely to be found at car-boot sales and flea markets, hunting bargains, and Lady Bumpersnoot's struggles, to be with High Society; but she still loves to entertain...
the Bumpersnoots' Towering Treehouse is included as a Residence for use with Unhappy Homes (the first expansion)
55 new partially-transparent "cards" to add new Morbid Modifiers, Evil Events and Depressingly Untimely & Unusual Deaths to your game of competitive unhappy families...
the third expansion for Gloom, increasing everyone's opportunities to inflict doom, indignity, despondency and tragedy upon their Gloom families; n.b. requires possession of [or by? - pp.] the original game, and optionally either or both of the earlier expansions (the Towering Treehouse card requires possession of the first expansion for play):
- Gloom
You control the fate of a family of eccentric misfits; your goal is sad, but simple: to make your characters suffer the greatest tragedies possible, such as being Swindled by Salesmen, or Pursued by Poodles, whilst doing your little best to cheer up your opponents' with undesired happinesses, before they pass on to a well-deserved respite: their deaths.
The partially transparent cards, with their most appropriately Goreyesque illustrations, variously obscure or reveal the Gloom (or Happiness) inflicted by the cards below them; may the most miserable soul win!
Designed by Kenneth Baker for 2-4 Players, Ages 8-96 [no estimated playing-time indicated]
- Gloom: Unhappy Homes
New Morbid Modifiers, Events, Untimely Deeds and a whole new family of the artistes of Le Canard Noir, whose creative endeavours always end in disaster; plus five Residences, and a new species of card, the Mystery. 55 extra cards for Gloom, above, which enable the addition of an extra player.
n.b. expansion requiring use of the main game, above
- Gloom: Unwelcome Guests
Add Morbid Modifiers to your game of Gloom! and Extra Evil Events! not to mention Depressingly Untimely & Unusual Deaths!
and introducing an entire New Family to the Fun: "Boils" Malone's Mob (including their Broken Arms Hotel, for use with Gloom & Unhappy Families, the first expansion set).
the second expansion for Gloom, above; n.b. requires possession of [or by? - pp.] the original game
- Heroscape: Boosters Set 2: NEW GAME EXPANSIONS available 1st July 2009 ukL 9.99 each
Braves & Brawlers, Dividers & Defenders, Dwarves & Repulsors, Heroes of the Moon Tribe
n.b. expansions for the main game, probably not playable without it (or Formula De) -
- Heroscape: Boosters Set 2: NEW GAME EXPANSIONS available 1st July 2009 ukL 9.99 each
minimum order (any three of the four) applies: Braves & Brawlers, Dividers & Defenders, Dwarves & Repulsors, Heroes of the Moon Tribe
n.b. expansions for the main game, probably not playable without it (or Formula De) -
- Long Shot - NEW GAME available 8th July 2009 ukL 42.99
bet, buy and strategize as the horse race unfolds
for 3-8 Players Ages 10-96; no other details supplied by wholesalers
- Playing Cards: Ben 10 Playing Cards - NEW DECK available 15th July 2009 ukL 2.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
themed, standard 52-Card 4-suited deck
- Playing Cards: Hello Kitty Playing Cards - NEW DECK available 15th July 2009 ukL 2.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
themed, standard 52-Card 4-suited deck
- Race for the Galaxy: Rebels vs. Imperium Expansion - NEW GAME EXPANSION in 1st July 2009 ukL 19.99
expansion focus is as per title; and increases possibilities of player interaction by adding takeover rules for military worlds
for 2-5 Players Ages 12-96; no further info provided by uk wholesalers
not playable without:
- Race for the Galaxy
build the most prosperous and powerful Space Empire fastest, by becoming the most skilled round-by-round user of Worlds, Technological & Social Developments, and at the manipulation of which Phases occur, in which order, to gain the greatest advantage in the race to build up your Civilisation
5 World Start, 28 (Four Sets of 7) Player Action, 8 Experienced Two-Player Game and 109 Game Cards, 28 Victory Point Chips, 4 Summary Sheets and the Rules
designed by Tom Lehmann for 2-4 Players Ages 12-96; 30-60 Minutes Playing Time
also available is the first expansion:
- Gathering Storm Expansion
with the fall of the ukL vs. the us$, now got to customer order: i understand it is a good expansion for 2-4 players, as well as adding 5th & 6th, but it's packaged in a box small enough, to have made ukL 17.99 look expensive to browsers, let alone the current rrp. :-(
adds a 5th Player, Game Cards (&c.), and fresh ways to expand your universe to the main game
- Settlers of Catan: Artisans & Benefactors - NEW GAME EXPANSION in 8th July 2009 ukL 4.50
30 New Game Cards, focusing on the morale and happiness of your settlers; the seventh and final expansion for the main card game, not playable without it (see below)
- Settlers of Catan Card Game: Revised Edition
Use your cards to create the map of your own medieval principality, and then explore & settle new lands, gaining further resources through play (and also luck), using these resources & gold to develop your realm. As you expand your settlements you choose whether & when to recruit knights, fight tournaments & use politics, in defence of your demesne; Cunning, Skill and a dash of Luck are required by a would-be master of Catan
120 Cards, Card Almanac, one Production & one Event Die, one wooden Knight & one wooden Windmill Tokens, and the Rules
Designed by Klaus Teuber for 2 Players Ages 10-96; Playing Time 60-120 minutes;
Settlers of Catan is also the name of an excellent
boardgame with a number of intriguing expansion sets - and also variations based upon the original game's principles (by no means necessarily re-using its game mechanics)
- Settlers of Catan Card Game Expansion Set
Six Game Expansions in 205 New Cards & Rules with which to add Knights & Merchants, Dragons & Wizards, Science & Progress, Intrigue & Politics, Trade & Change and Traders & Barbarians to your Settlers of Catan Card Game one at a time or - eventually - all together
N.B. not playable without either the Settlers of Catan Card Game - NEW, REVISED EDITION or both the first edition of the Settlers of Catan Card Game and the Settlers of Catan Card Game Update Kit, below
- Settlers of Catan Card Game UPDATE KIT
20pp Rulebook & 90 New Cards; 40 adding Barbarians & Merchants, and 50 revised cards to swap for those in the first edition of the Expansion, which will update your old set of the Settlers of Catan Card Game (or Game & Expansions) to the new game
2008 onwards: now got to specific customer order - so long as available (as being of limited interest to any not already owning the first edition of the game)
[the first edition of the Settlers of Catan Card Game is out of stock & out of print; with a 40-60 minutes playing time, the revised edition is by all accounts a much better game, so this update kit raising the old game to the revised game seems a pretty good idea - pp.]
- and see the Card Games Page for all those in IMT's current stock (& those advised newly/again available to order in the last three years).
Munchkin non-collectable Card, Board and Role-Playing Game Accessory
- Munchkin T-Shirt L & XL available 29th July 2009 ukL 16.99 each
not just a fashion statement, i read - which is fortunate, as the wholesaler's refrained from advising the colours;
"Munchkin" above the blocky-headed war-hammer and chainsaw-toting Munchkin beloved (or something) by many, above "steve jackson games" in smaller caps.
# and Munchkin T-Shirts confer significant advantages in the
Munchkin Non-Collectable Card Game (and their expansions) upon their wearers...
- Munchkin T-Shirt L & XL available 29th July 2009 ukL 16.99 each
Collectable Card Games & Accessories
- Call of Cthulhu: Bag of Cthulhu - NEW ACCESSORIES in 8th July 2009 ukL 13.99
6 larger and 24 smaller ink-washed, dark grey-green plastic replicas of Henry Anthony Wilcox's Horror in the Clay squatting Cthulhu, from H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu
so far as yr hmbl srppnt can tell, these would be equally well usable for play with/in just about any other cthulhoid game, decorating a mantel, or the suitably-coloured sugar icing upon a birthday, cthulhumas or similar special occasion-honouring cake.
- A Game of Thrones: A Time of Trial Chapter Pack - NEW PACK available 8th July 2009 ukL 8.99
second fixed (20 New & 20 previously available) 40-Card expansion for AGoT: King's Landing
and see the full A Game of Thrones CCG availables listing
- Legend of the 5 Rings: Celestial Edition Starter Deck - NEW DECK due in 8th, then 15th, actually in 22nd July 2009 ukL 9.99
display contains one each for the nine major clans: Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Spider & Unicorn Clans
- Legend of the 5 Rings: Celestial Edition Booster - NEW BOOSTER due in 8th, then 15th, actually in 22nd July 2009 ukL 2.99
five boosters for ukL 14.00
fully prepaid boosters display (36 boosters) [rrp ukL 107.64] for ukL 91.99
(as ever, plus postage if bought by mail-order)
New Base Edition; the war of Dark Fire is over, and the Empire is only just beginning to count the cost; the North lies devastated, the libraries ruined and stables destroyed, the ancestral homes razed to rubble, the improvements of centuries of husbandry destroyed, the accumulated knowledge of the ages lost...
and even as the masses rejoice in the heart of the Empire, troubled rumour and report is beginning to circulate of entire villages found empty, lifeless, with crops untended and livestock rotting in the fields.
at least all is quiet on the Great Wall in the South, as it has been for a year and more now...
- Magic the Gathering: 2010 Core Set: Fat Pack - NEW FAT PACK in 16th, on-sale date 17th July 2009 ukL 29.99
the fat pack is likely to include: a fantasy art-decorated deck box, 8 MtG: 2010 Core Set Boosters, a 40 Card Basic Land pack, spin-down life-counter and full-colour illustrated Players Guide to this 249 (advised as 50% New, 50% Old-Time Classics!) Black-Border Card Set, an excerpt from an MtG novel, and possibly a Magic "Learn to Play" guide
- Magic the Gathering: 2010 Core Set: Boosters - NEW BOOSTERS in 16th, on-sale date 17th July 2009 ukL 3.49
minimum order (18 Boosters) applies
- Magic the Gathering: 2010 Core Set: Intro Pack - NEW INTRO PACK available 17th July 2009 ukL 9.99
minimum order (4 of Intro Packs from a display of six) applies
each of the five varieties contains a ready-to-play 41-card deck including one premium foil card, a 15-card booster pack, a "Learn to Play" guide and a Strategy Insert
- Pokemon 4-Pocket Casemade Album - NEW ACCESSORY available 22nd July 2009 ukL 4.99
- Pokemon 4-Pocket Pages Refill Pack - NEW ACCESSORY available 22nd July 2009 ukL 1.99
- Pokemon Lenticular III 4-Pocket Portfolio - NEW ACCESSORY available 22nd July 2009 ukL 4.99
- Vampire: the Eternal Struggle: Ebony Kingdom Booster - NEW BOOSTER due in 27th May 2009, did not arrive; now expected during June. or July... ukL 2.49
Special Offer: fully prepaid booster display pack (36 boosters) rrp ukL 89.64
(as ever, plus postage if buying by mail-order)
expansion including 60 New Cards in 11-card booster packs
see also the Vampire: the Eternal Struggle CCG full stock & availables listing
- World of Warcraft: Fields of Honor Booster - NEW BOOSTER in 1st July 2009 ukL 2.99
["Honor" = "Honour" in english, of course - pp.]
five 11-card boosters for ukL 14.00
fully prepaid display (24 boosters) [rrp ukL 71.76] Offer Price
all-new cards introducing a new Honour theme, with Honour-based locations, and focusing on battlegrounds, and introducing Death Knight Weapons and Armour; will also include three new randomly inserted Loot Cards and a whole new way to play:
Warrior Gulch rules: use existing WoWcraft CCG cards with the alternate rules set, which will be included on some UDE Points Cards; Fields of Honor will include randomly-inserted Horde & Alliance Flag Cards to promote the new rules-based game
and see the full World of Warcraft CCG stock & availables listing
- Yu-Gi-Oh: Duellist Pack Yugi Booster - NEW BOOSTER in 15th July 2009 ukL 1.99
expansion of 2 Ultra Rare (1:15), 4 Super Rare (1:5), 7 Rare (1:1), and 17 Common Cards and 10 Strategy Cards (1:1); includes new artworked Summoned Skull, & Dark Magician Girl; plus Mirror Force, Marshmallon and more in this 30-Card Set
contains 5 cards per booster [which, being in merkinese, is spelled "Duelist"]
- Yu-Gi-Oh: Raging Battle Special Edition - NEW PACK available 3rd July 2009 ukL 8.99
minimum order (4 packs) applies
no information supplied by wholesalers as to contents of the pack, as opposed to the individual boosters
- Yu-Gi-Oh: Gold Series 2 Booster Pack - NEW Booster PACK available 3rd July 2009 ukL 17.99
each identical pack contains 25 Cards including 3 Gold Rares
see also Yu-Gi-Oh CCG stock listing (also lists availables, and no longer availables)
- Yu-Gi-Oh: Retro Pack 2 - NEW Box PACK due in 29th July 2009 ukL 8.99
contains 3 Booster Packs plus 1 exclusive Card per Box, including "Gorz, Emissary of Darkness", previously hard-to-find monster & promo Cards, and core Cards from classic themes such as "Gravediggers" & "Warriors"
and see the full range of Yu-Gi-Oh CCG stocked & availables listing, with listing of no longer availables at end
- Gormiti: Atomic Foil Bag - NEW PACK available 15th July 2009 ukL 2.49
minimum order (18 bags) applies
each contains 1 character, 1 playing-card and 1 collector's leaflet; each character has a number printed on its foot and when battling, the player with the highest combined number wins
and see the Gormiti CCG "advised available" listing; more than these may well be available
- Top Trumps: Cricket - NEW DECK available 15th July 2009 ukL 2.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Top Trumps: Ice Age - NEW DECK available 15th July 2009 ukL 3.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Top Trumps: Marvel Heroes - NEW DECK available 15th July 2009 ukL 3.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Top Trumps: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - NEW DECK available 15th July 2009 ukL 3.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Top Trumps: Bugs 3D - NEW DECK available 8th July 2009 ukL 3.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Top Trumps: Horrible Histories 3D - NEW DECK available 8th July 2009 ukL 4.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Top Trumps: Power Rangers - NEW DECK available 8th July 2009 ukL 3.99
minimum order (8 decks) applies
- Bakugan Carry Case - NEW ACCESSORY available 29th July 2009 ukL 9.99
includes 1 Bakugan; the case holds up to 18
- Bakugan Character Pack - NEW ACCESSORY available 29th July 2009 ukL 7.99
includes one Bakugan Marble, 2" Collectible Figure and 1 Metal Gate Card
- Ben 10 Alien Force (Temporary) Tattoos - NEW ACCESSORY available 29th July 2009 ukL 0.99
minimum order (24 packs) applies
includes 3 tattoo sheets in each packet with glow-in-the-dark [luminescent, fluorescent or possibly phosphorescent?] tattoos guaranteed in every packet; over 72 temporary tattoos to collect
- Dinosaur King: Colossal Quad Pack - NEW PACK available 29th July 2009 ukL 11.99
contains 3 Set One & 1 Colossal Battle Boosters, 2 Colossal Rare Dinosaur Egg Cards, and 1 Beginner's Guide
see also the Dinosaur King CCG availables listing
- Magic the Gathering: Alara Reborn, Black Lotus II, Lotus Bloom, Duel Deck Box - NEW ACCESSORIES scheduled available 28th August 2008 ukL various
variously, deckpro[tector] packs (packs of ~100 protectors for individual cards) ukL 5.99 each, minimum order three; deck boxes ukL 1.99 each, minimum order three; 9-Pocket Portfolio (1-ofs) ukL 6.99 each;
plus, possibly not M:tG, Angel Manga: Blue deckpros ukL 3.50 each, minimum order eight; Angel Blue or Gold Deck Boxes ukL 1.99 each, minimum order four of one type;
also Nesting Tin Deck Boxes (1-off) ukL 3.99 each [i'm unsure how one box can "nest" - ppint.]
- And see the range of CCGs stocked & availables page, with link to the advised-available-but-not-currently-stocked ccgs listing page
Monsterpocalypse Collectable Miniatures Game
- Monsterpocalypse: Series 3: All Your Base Monster Booster - NEW PACK available 1st July 2009 ukL 12.99
featuring the new Morpher type: four smaller figures that become one giant monster
contains 4 random Morphers, 1 new ability reference card, and 1 corresponding Mettamorph Monster Hyper form
- Monsterpocalypse: Series 3: All Your Base Unit Booster - NEW PACK available 1st July 2009 ukL 11.99
contains 4 random Units and 1 random Installation
Collectable (?) Stickers & Album
- Super Mario Galaxy Sticker Pack - NEW available 1st July 2009 ukL 0.50
minimum order (34 packs) applies
fully prepaid display (50 packs) [rrp ukL 24.50] for ukL 21.99
(as ever, plus postage if bought by mail-order)
featuring images from the eponymous nintendo wii game
- Super Mario Galaxy Sticker Album - NEW available 1st July 2009 ukL 1.99
25 Designs of Gamer T-Shirts
in sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL; ukL 14.99
size XXXL; ukL 17.99
size XXXXL; ukL 19.99
which i have one opportunity to order: and the deadline for orders is 22nd July 2009, for delivery in August: get your orders in!
asterisked titles seem to be typographical only (i.e. without artwork): further details including illustrations should be available on
offworld designs' website [n.b. this is a link to an external website and no responsibility is or can be accepted for its content, nor for any site it may provide links to - ppint.]
- AC/HP separated by lightning flash; above armour class - hit points; above vlarge d20 with 20 forwards (and only numbered side) (45008)
- All Gave Some - Serenity Valley - Some Gave All [if there's a reference, i'm afraid it whooshes - pp.] (19004)
- Canned Lunch dragon with cloaked and armoured hero in one clawed hand - can-opener in t'other (3000)
- cephaloPod shady cthulhoid with high-lit iPod... (45005)
- Cosplay Slacker* (45037)
- CSI: Dungeon with chalk-outlined chalk dead-wyvern-type silhouette figure (3014)
- Cthulhu for President: Elder 2008 Party: The Stars Are Right! around Cthulhu, and framed by clawed wings 3016()
- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons: for you are crunchy and go well with ketchup with dragon between the two halves of the quote looking anticipatorially carnivorous at two treasure chest-bearing adventurers (11005)
- Dork Tower: Gamers for Personal Hygiene with cartoon + "eeek!" (or somesuch similar horrified expression) (40017)
- Dork Tower: Will Game for Food with cartoon (40009)
- [Epic Mount]* (5003)
- Fools! I Will Destroy You All! - Ask me how!* (6004)
- Geek Orthodox* (7006)
(and not "Greek Orthodox" - mea culpa... - ppint.)
- I [silhouette of King Kong batting at biplane whilst holding onto Empire State Building's flagstaff for balance] NY (45043)
- KFC: Kids for Cthulhu: Tentacle Licking Good! with Great Cthulhu centrally (11000)
- Miskatonic University: where the stars are always aligned and great M.U. symbol/seal (13004)
- Mr. Natural
[n.b. not Robert Crumb's classic comic character]
- My God, It's Full of Stars under illustrative artwork (45040)
- My Little Cthulhu [awww... chthweet!] - cute, with rainbow and hearts, too (40020)
- O - M G - W T F - S T F U - (etc) Eye Chart (45016)
- Roll the Dice... It Builds Character* (18002)
- u lag irl* (21001)
- Weekly Stress Chart stress level vs. days spent working with idiots (with graph building from Su through F, back down on Sa) (45025)
- Yin-Yarr! beneath piratical version of yin-yang symbol (45014)
- You're not Just Wrong. The Rules Also Say You're a Dick! with smiling square rules lawyer (45013)
n.b. i'll not be ordering these for shop stock, unless strong and convincing arguments are used.
Board, Role-Playing Games, War Games, Card Games & CCG Comics, Magazines
- Against the Odds Vol.7 #1 - NEW ISSUE available 8th July 2009 ukL 29.99
magazine examining military history from many different aspects: war, & war-gaming periodical of military historical analysis from a broad-based perspective, including economic, political, religious, & social aspects, as well as battlefield analyses & simulation design issues, order of battle research, rules-writing & graphic techniques
got to customer order
- Captain's Log #39 - NEW ISSUE available 22nd July 2009 ukL 13.99
the Star Fleet Battles space-war and rp game and Federation Commander space-war game periodical
- The Crusader Vol.5 #19 - NEW ISSUE available 22nd July 2009 ukL 2.99
Chivalry & Sorcery RPG periodical,
whose illustrated articles range from the simple and everyday-usable, through the uncommon and the ultra-high power gm's concerns, ready to run adventures, dungeon maps, new monsters, game reviews, humour, original fiction and more.
- Fire & Movement #149 - NEW ISSUE
war games periodical
- Knights of the Dinner-Table #152: Warp Factor 5 - NEW ISSUE comic-zine - in 8th July 2009 ukL 3.99
wonderfully funny monthly comic depicting the trials and tribulations, the triumphs and the tragedies, and the social lives of a group of role-players, their games-master, weird pete the FLGS-keeper and squirrelly; plus the doings of The Black Hand Gang (and the two groups' occasional interactions); plus news, views, reviews, and readers' letters; plus generic and Hackmaster RPG-specific support material - this issue introduces the new Hackmaster Basic EPG system; "and more..."
see also the listing of The Knights of the Dinner-Table comic, and links to the Bundles of Trouble and Tales from the Vaults collections
- Kobold Quarterly #10 - NEW ISSUE
general d20 System OGL & 4E rpg periodical, articles on whose website show a decided slant towards the "adventuring" style of game; definitely not stuffy
- No Quarter #25 - NEW ISSUE available 8th July 2009 ukL 4.50
Privateer Press' Productzine (or "house magazine") bi-monthly for Warmachine, Hordes, & Iron Kingdoms, their wargames & rpg zine
currently got to specific customer order
- PS 238 #39 - NEW ISSUE school for superhero kids comic available 15th July 2009 ukL 2.99
- Strategy & Tactics #257: Chosin: X Corps Escapes the Trap - NEW ISSUE wargames zine including a full war game (usually) (or else a major expansion for one) in each issue - available 1st July 2009 ukL 17.99
plus background material for the featured game, and for others; plus in-depth articles upon matters liable to be of interest to war-gamers; plus news, reviews, "and more..."
see also the listing of Strategy & Tactics, giving featured game where this has been advised
- Wargames Illustrated #261 - NEW ISSUE available 8th July 2009 ukL 4.00
- World at War #7 - NEW ISSUE available 29th July 2009 ukL 16.99
Decision Games' war games periodical
articles: The Battle of Yelnia; The Churchill Conspiracy; Okinawa; plus the featured war game, Greek Tragedy, and the accompanying article, The Italian Invasion of Greece, 1940
- And See also the Magazines & Misc. Page for current stock and other available titles (plus more "etc.")
D&D other Fantasy World Novels
- Buried Tales of Pinebox, TX - NEW ANTHOLOGY trade p/b available 1st July 2009 ukL 8.99
a dozen tales of horror set in this sleepy little east texas town (wholesaler does not indicate aught further)
- Dark Sun: The Cerulean Storm - NEW EDITION trade p/b available 8th July 2009 ukL 9.99
final book in the Prism Pentad
- Forgotten Realms: The Pirate King - NEW EDITION 1st p/b in 8th July 2009 ukL 6.99
Transitions #2
- Forgotten Realms: The Crystal Mountain - NEW TITLE First Edition p/b in 8th July 2009 ukL 6.99
The Empyrean Odyssey #3
- Magic: the Gathering: The Purifying Fire - NEW TITLE trade p/b available 1st July 2009 ukL 12.99
no further details supplied by wholesalers
- Origin of the Specious - NEW TITLE softcover available 8th July 2009 ukL 13.99
a not entirely serious exploration of the evolution of the gamer...
by James 'Grim' Desborough & Johnny Nexus
- And see the full listing of the Dragonlance Novels page,
the Eberron Novels page,
and the full listing of the Forgotten Realms Novels page, etc.
Role-Playing Games and accessories
- Aces & 8s: Shattered Frontier: Fools Gold - NEW ADVENTURE available 22nd July 2009 ukL 9.99
a strange influx of gold nuggets has aroused the interest of the townsfolk of Lazarus; but is all that glitters truly gold?
Aces & 8s: Shattered Frontier RPG
- d20: Age of Cthulhu: Madness in London Town - NEW ADVENTURES available 22nd July 2009 ukL 8.99
1920s era in which a long-forgotten god is awoken on Salisbury Plain. includes player handouts, detailed maps and pre-generated investigators. no further details supplied by wholesalers
- Call of Cthulhu: Terrors from Beyond (1920s & 30s) - NEW ADVENTURES due in 1st, arrived 8th July 2009 ukL 19.99
six adventures: "Ghost Light" by Gary Sumpter: the Hallowsay Light has been dark for several consecutive nights, and the safety of shipping near the Orkney island is at risk; nothing is known against the keepers of the Hallowsay Light, except that one of them whittles childrens toys from driftwood, one is an amateur poet, and Donald Graham, the Principal Lighthouse Keeper, plays the melodeon;
and whilst there are locally rumours abounding regarding the island, including that of the White Lady, there is nothing to suggest any of these has concrete existence; and nor has there been any permanent population upon the isle, save that of the lighthouse keepers, though neolithic man raised stones and left obscure carvings to bear witness to his presence.
three from the m.v. Helios, bringing the relief keeper, supplies and letters on its scheduled trip, volunteer to accompany Archie Finlay, the new lighthouse keeper, onto Hallowsay and to investigate the reason for its failure and provide what help the keepers may require; but what will they find?
"A Method to Madness" by John Almack: revised from that version originally presented at Necronomicon October 2001, Tampa, Florida (merkia)
in which the investigators start off inside Wormwood, a private mental asylum in New England, to which (rightly or wrongly) they have been committed - some several years hence, and some only very recently, as a result of their accidentally or otherwise causing some obstruction to the fungi/mi-go's half-completed scheme...
being inmates of the institution, they are of course at something of a disadvantage; not only are they short of resources (save for what they may improvise), but any outside contacts they may have left doubt their sanity - as, indeed, do most of them themselves, as often as not.
"Death by Misadventure" by Glyn White; wherein visitors to a recently violently (and inexplicably) deceased wealthy art collector's private collection find much to intrigue them, and decide to investigate; the trail leads to Ravensby Abbey in the Lincoln fens, and thence to the wizard, Joseph Crascall of Wisbech, apparently descended from the infamous 17th Century sorcerer of the same name.
"Grave Secrets" by Brian Courtmanche; in which once local, now educated investigators are called in by the new doctor to see whether they can plumb the depths of a dark mystery in the hamlet of Stafford, Rhode Island, that seems to've claimed the life of yet another child of the Bell family every other month - to which the increasingly superstitious, puritanical locals are beginning to attribute to supernatural causes.
"The Dig" by Brian Sammons, in Arkham, Massachusetts; ideal for launching an Arkham Miskatonic University-prohibition era-set campaign;
from thirty miles west of Arkham, and the tiny community of Dunlow, the student Stephen Cambpell came to the Miskatonic University to study archaeology, where he eventually told Dr. Adam Carris about the strange inscriptions to be found in stones in the hills behind his father's farm - markings he'd always believed to be Indian, but which his teacher is stunned to discover aer in Tsath-yo, a long-dead hieroglyphic writing from ancient Hyborea.
a summer vacation dig is promptly organised, and Dr. Carris raises no objections to his colleague from the MU Anthropology department joining in with a small contingent to study a small group of the Wammic, a reclusive tribe, living nearby, and to explore how the Hyboreans might've survived in prehistoric America; but he finds it a bit much when Dr. Amanda Nelson manoeuvres to climb aboard with a party, to study the local botany - it isn't very long since their on-again, off-again relationship finally collapsed.
and why does Professor Burlington keep his excavations only a mile or so beyond the camp a secret? and what - if anything - might the local legend of a giant wild man, the Dunlow Creature, have to do with anything?
and "The Burning Stars" by David Conyers. what happens to investigators when they're driven insane? what happens when they've become so mad, they don't know they've lost their hold on reality? and what happens, when all but one of them is killed in the most gruesome and bloody manner by the vary cause of that insanity?
the investigators in this adventure come back to consciousness in Elmwood Military Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (a US US Army Hospital), in October 1930;
and the surviving investigator doesn't know what has happened to him, what he might've discovered or done; and he's sufficiently plausible, that his friends agree to help him retrace his steps, try to discover quite what occurred during his lost week's worth of memories, and to take things from there.
it's Haiti, centre of the dark religion of Voudoun, and it's Halloween; what could possibly go wrong?
the adventures/investigations include pre-generated characters for modification or immediate use as-is, and photocopyable player handouts as appropriate.
and see the full listing of the Call of Cthulhu RPG
- Castles & Crusades: A6 Of Banishment & Blight - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 1st July 2009 ukL 6.99
the lands below his icy keep languish frigidly under the sway of the Lord of Frost, and only your party of heroes can encompass the end of this permanent winter
for 3-6 player characters of levels 6-8
see the Castles & Crusades RPG listing; there is also a freebie intro to the system and setting available at present
- Chimeara Universe: Hellhounds Companion Book - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 1st July 2009 ukL 15.00
reveals the dark secrets of The Immortals' South Pacific islands, as featured in george t. singley's Hellhounds comic [- and in South Pacific? - pp.]
for the Chimeara Universe RPG
- Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition: Divine Power - NEW SOURCEBOOK in 22nd July 2009 hardcover ukL 19.99
new archetypical builds for Avenger, Cleric, Invoker & Paladin Classes, new Character Powers, Feats, Paragon Paths, and Epic Destinies; plus rules for Rival Domains
- D&D 4E: Eberron Campaign Guide - NEW SOURCEBOOK in 22nd July 2009 hardcover ukL 26.99
described by wholesalers as a "magical, film noir setting"
- D&D 4E: Eberron: Seekers of the Ashen Crown - NEW ADVENTURE available 22nd July 2009 ukL 16.99
stand-alone adventure to take characters from 2nd up to 5th level. no other information provided by wholesaler
- D&D 4E GSL: Scarred Lands Swords & Sorcery: Creature Collection - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 22nd July 2009 ukL 16.99
the 3/3.5E Swords & Sorcery monsters converted to 4E
- D&D 4E GSL: The Quintessential Rogue - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 22nd July 2009 ukL 15.00
new origins, additional powers, Paragon Paths, Feats, Weapons, mundane and magic items, all created specifically for the conscientious rogue...
- D&D 4E GSL: Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 ukL 26.99
updates the very first D&D campaign to 4e rules. no further details supplied by wholesalers
Dave Arneson has recently died, alas; but he did know that the work on his creation was complete, and the updated book scheduled
and see Dungeons & Dragons 4E RPG plus links to GSL material
- D&D 4E GSL: Forgotten Heroes: Scythe & Shroud - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 ukL 13.99
introducing Death, as a power source, and detailing four classes that draw upon it: the Assassin, the Deathwarden, the Necromancer and the Spiritsworn
and see Dungeons & Dragons 4E RPG plus links to GSL material
- D&D 4E GSL: Counter Collection: Epic 1 - NEW ACCESSORY available 22nd July 2009 ukL 19.99
400+ double-sided card counters covering all the Paragon tier monsters from the Monster Manual
- D&D 4E GSL: Counter Collection: Paragon 1 - NEW ACCESSORY available 22nd July 2009 ukL 22.99
400+ double-sided card counters covering all the Epic tier monsters from the Monster Manual
- Hero: Champions: Book of the Machine - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 ukL 23.99
guide to everything Mechanon, one of the setting's deadliest villains
and see the full listing of the Hero & Champions RPGs, sourcebooks etc.
- World of Darkness: Changeling the Lost: Swords at Dawn - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 hardcover ukL 24.99
the wars and conflicts of the Lost, including new rules for Talecrafting, Fate and Entitlements. no further details supplied by wholesaler
for the Changeling the Lost RPG (and earlier editions' listing), and sourcebooks, settings, plus links to the other World of Darkness RPGs etc.
- CthulhuTech: Dark Passions - NEW RE-ISSUE SOURCEBOOK in 8th July 2009 ukL 14.99
the Migou encroach from frozen Alaska, the Rapine Storm batters against the Great Wall that was built to protect China - but not from this - and sinister cults erode the New Earth Government from within.
fight fanatical suicide bombers dedicated to the destruction of civilisation, and the death of our alien brethren; test your own inner self-control to destruction in the lure of forbidden psychic pleasure; and all the while, gnawing away at your inner fortitude is this certain knowledge: Something Out There is intent upon ravaging your dreams, your worlds - and even your nightmares!
detailed treatment of cults, and how the New Earth gov handles them; includes eight new cults, plus story hooks.
and see the full listing of the CthulhuTech RPG
- Earthdawn 3rd Edition Player's Guide - NEW Edition RPG CORE BOOK available 29th July 2009 hardcover ukL 25.00
revised edition of the original system, and everything players need to take their characters from the First to Eighth Circle
- Earthdawn 3rd Edition Gamesmaster's Handbook - NEW Edition RPG CORE BOOK available 29th July 2009 hardcover ukL 25.00
on running games, using the system, and information on Barsaive
and see the Pathfinder RPG system, campaign settings, sourcebooks and adventures
- Exalted 2nd Edition: Scroll of Heroes - NEW SOURCEBOOK in 22nd July 2009 ukL 21.99
mortal characters in the Age of Sorrows: whilst the Exalted have amazing powers, those not so blessed by the gods also create legends from their lives
see full listing of current Exalted 2nd Edition (and 1st Edn.) RPGs
- Hero: Lucha Libre Hero - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 ukL 19.99
enter the frenetic, noisy and highly lucrative world of the masked Mexican wrestlers; and where there's that much money and fame, there's monsters, mobsters, gangsters as well - double-dyed villains
and see the full listing of the Hero & Champions RPGs, sourcebooks etc.
- Hero: Thrilling Adventures - NEW ADVENTURES available 29th July 2009 ukL 17.99
fifteen Pulp Action adventures plus notes on creating your own expeditions into the Unknown
and see the Hero & Champions RPG system, campaign settings, sourcebooks and adventures
- World of Darkness: Mage: the Awakening: Tarot - NEW ACCESSORY available 22nd July 2009 ukL 29.99
the new Mage 78-Card Tarot Deck; suitable for rpg story or stand-alone use as a tarot deck; no further details - even artist[s?] - notified by wholesaler
see full listing of current Mage: the Awakening (and earlier Mage: the Ascension) RPGs
- Mutant City Blues: Hard Helix - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 22nd July 2009 ukL 11.99
four ready-to-play case files by Robin D. Laws to puzzle your local Heightened Crimes Investigative Unit
- Mutants & Masterminds: Warlocks & Warriors - NEW SOURCEBOOK in 1st July 2009 ukL 19.99
rules, character types, power suggestions for superheroes in the Sword and Sorcery lines
for the Mutants & Masterminds RPG and sourcebooks, settings, etc.
- Noctum: Vivisection - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 ukL 8.99
nineteen creatures; what they get up to, and how to kill them. no further details supplied by wholesalers
and see the dark Noctum RPG
- Palladium: Nightbane Survival Guide - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 22nd July 2009 ukL 13.99
survival in a world of conspiracy, dark forces and monstrous invaders for heroes who transform into monsters, to fight them and so fend off the Nightlords. no further details supplied by wholesalers
- d20: Pathfinder: Dungeon Denizens Revisited - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 1st July 2009 ukL 14.99
64pp updating of classic fantasy rpg monsters for the forthcoming Pathfinder RPG system
- d20: Pathfinder: Impossible Eye - NEW ADVENTURE available 22nd July 2009 ukL 13.99
in which the mysterious City of Brass is visited; for characters level 11-13; for the forthcoming Pathfinder RPG system
- d20: Pathfinder J5: Beyond the Vault of Souls - NEW ADVENTURE available 24th June 2009 ukL 9.99
Soul Gems have been stolen from the Goddess of Death's hidden vault, and scattered across the Planes; can your party retrieve them before the God of Oblivion heeds the call?
for 9th level characters
- d20: Pathfinder Companion: Quadira: Gateway to the East - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 24th June 2009 ukL 7.99
detailing the eponymous country and Katheer, city of a million caravans, its capital
also includes new feats & traits for player characters (and presumably for non-player characters as well)
and see the Pathfinder RPG system, campaign settings, sourcebooks and adventures
- d20 Pathfinder/generic accessory: Crypt of the Everflame Dungeon Flip-Mat - NEW ACCESSORY
complete dungeon laid out over a huge [no dimensions advised by wholesalers - ppint.] double-sided, dry or wet erase pen-compatible tactical mat
and see listing of Map Packs, Flip-Mats, Map Tiles, and the like
- RuneQuest: Ralios - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 1st July 2009 ukL 5.00
expands the core campaign setting beyond Safelster into the rest of Ralios' lands, including Vesmonstran and the Eastern Wilds. no further details supplied by wholesalers
and see the full listing of the RuneQuest RPGs
- d20: Spycraft: Shadowplay - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 22nd July 2009 ukL 15.00
Spycraft Declassified: collection of articles including new feats, classes, cutting-edge weapons & gear, advanced combat actions, tricks and more
- d20: Star Wars Saga Edition: Rebellion Era Guide - NEW SOURCEBOOK in 22nd July 2009 hardcover ukL 22.99
in-depth information on the Rebellion and its Heroes, plus new Character Options, Ships & Equipment
see full listing of Star Wars Saga Edition RPG and earlier editions and earlier West End Games system Star Wars rpg stock listing
- Traveller Pocket Edition RPG - NEW Re-Stock RPG CORE BOOK back in 22nd July 2009 ukL 15.00
the complete core book in convenient digest format
- Traveller: Central Supply Catalogue - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 22nd July 2009 ukL 25.00
arms and equipment, from vehicles through weapons to evening wear
see full listing of current Traveller RPGs and earlier Traveller RPG editions/systems rpg stock listing
- Traveller: Alien Module 1: Aslan - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 29th July 2009 ukL 25.00
create these leonine characters, use them as patrons of your group's party (or some within it), and/or allow them to explore their sphere of space - cautiously; theirs is a mighty empire...
- Traveller Book 5: Agent - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 8th July 2009 ukL 15.00
from secret government spy to freelancer, expanding the Agent character career; including new equipment and options
- Traveller: Hammer's Slammers - NEW SETTING SOURCEBOOK available 1st July 2009 hardcover ukL 25.00
the world of David Drake's eponymous future mercenaries, providing history, timeline, equipment, tactics, rules, careers and a series of missions
for the Traveller RPGs
- Victoriana RPG 2nd Edition - NEW Edition RPG available 22nd July 2009 hardcover ukL 34.99
new edition of the alternate Victorian steampunk rpg with all-new system, expanded setting, and introductory adventure
- generic accessory: Dungeon Tiles: Stone Finish - NEW ACCESSORY
2 x 5" x 5" (c. 12.7 x 20.5 cm), 2 x 4" x 4", 4 x 3" x 3", 2 x 2" x 2" room, and 6 x 5", 6 x 4", 9 x 3", 6 x 2", and 15 1" Corridor (all x 1") stone-finish plywood tiles all marked with 1" squares
and see listing of Map Packs, Flip-Mats, Map Tiles, and the like
- generic accessory: Art of Wor: The Grand Bazaar Tile Set - NEW ACCESSORY available 15th July 2009 ukL 14.99
designed for the use in miniatures skirmish and war games
- generic accessory: Art of Wor: The Stone Bard Inn Tile Set - NEW ACCESSORY available 15th July 2009 ukL 14.99
designed for the use in miniatures skirmish and war games
- generic accessory: Art of Wor: The Underworld Cave Tile Set - NEW ACCESSORY available 15th July 2009 ukL 14.99
designed for the use in miniatures skirmish and war games
these are described by the wholesalers as battlemats, but appear to be tile sets, as titled, printed in full colour with a dry-wipe surface, over a foam base similar to that of computer mice mats
- d20/generic accessory: Pathfinder: Legacy of Fire Item Cards - NEW ACCESSORY available 8th July 2009 ukL 9.99
designed for the eponymous Pathfinder RPG adventure path but usable in other games
- and see listing of Map Packs, Flip-Mats, Map Tiles, and the like
- and see also the full listing of Role-Playing Games
UK Free Role-Playing Day 2009
20th July 2009
there's a box of ten different rpg adventure freebies this year; with the remaining freebies from Free Role-Playing Days 2007 & 2008, this raises the number of different rpgs supported this year by IMT' to about two dozen;
they include introductory adventure (including quick-start rules) for Geist: the Sin-Eaters, the new rpg from white wolf; an introduction to the new edition of
Dragon Warriors RPG; the
Pathfinder RPG Bonus Bestiary; Castles & Crusades introductory adventure (with quick-start rules); The Troubleshooter Reference Manual for
Paranoia; Hero's Bane RPG quick-start rules & intro adventure; Hero Lab demo; Corporation: Grab the Cache; a fantasy adventure from Polymancer Studios; an adventure for the new Warhammer 40K RPG, Rogue Trader; Khyber's Harvest, an adventure and floor-plans for the world Eberron, designed for use with
D&D4E;the Hollow Earth Expedition adventure's the same as last year's and there're also copies of the intro to Heirs to Olympia from 2008, plus half a dozen more;
see the full listing of this year's freebies from which to make your choice...
rpg gms interested in running an rpg adventure open to new players "locally" * to tie in to this free rpg day - get in touch with me at IMT to arrange details;
people who'd like to try a "taster" game, whether to find out what these role-playing games are all about, or maybe to get/get back in touch with others playing, are equally welcome to come in, phone in or email contact information.
rpg games masters and mistresses are invited to browse the free games day box and choose up to three or four different freebies to run at your leisure;
your & your players' written (emailed?) feedback on the games is most definitely invited by IMT.
mail-order customers are welcome to join in, adding up to four different freebies to an order, but will need to pay any marginal cost of postage.
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Miniatures
Players Handbook Heroes Series 2
and Star Wars Miniatures Game
- D&D Players Handbook Heroes Series 2 - NEW MINIATURES PACKS
1 Arcane, 2 Divine, 2 Martial and 1 Primal Heroes Pack per display set
minimum order (4 packs from the display set of six) applies
each pack contains 3 pre-painted plastic minis (that can all be seen without opening the packs) plus an exclusive Power Card
- D&D Players Handbook Heroes Series 1 - NEW Distribution MINIATURES PACK
Series 1 packs are now available to order singly:
there are 2 Arcane, 1 Divine, 2 Martial, & 1 Primal Heroes Packs
- Jedi Academy Booster - NEW
contents of each booster not advised by wholesalers and possibly not completely randomly drawn from the 40 miniatures in the expansion (which includes Cade Skywalker, the Dark Woman, Darth Maul & Qui-Gon Jinn, ), neither
War Games and accessories
- Anima Tactics: Alius - NEW FIGURE available 15th July 2009 ukL 9.99
for the Light Faction
- Anima Tactics: Fire Demon - NEW FIGURE available 15th July 2009 ukL 9.99
for the Dark Faction
- Anima Tactics: Wissenschaft Agent - NEW FIGURE available 15th July 2009 ukL 7.99
for the Neutral Faction
- Battlefield Evolution: Warbirds of WW II - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 1st July 2009 ukL 20.00
aircraft for every military force featured in BE: World at War from every period of the war
- GD '42 - NEW GAME
and the GD division fights desperately for survival against the entire Soviet 3rd Mech Corps
- The Hell of Stalingrad - NEW GAME available 22nd July 2009 ukL 49.99
first in a series of card-based games with four decks representing the various forces, locations and resources in and reaching the ruined city. no further details provided by wholesaler
- Lock'n'Load: Heroes of the Blitz Krieg [sic] - NEW EXPANSION available 15th July 2009 ukL 44.99
relives the May 1940 Battle of France, with play by the Germans, French and Belgians
n.b. expansion requiring the main Lock'n'Load game for play
- Memoir '44 - NEW Re-Stock GAME in 8th July 2009 (New game in 2004) ukL 39.99
International Gamers Award-Winner 2004
Wargamer 5-Star Award for Excellence
Learn - and then use - the different strengths of your Infantry, Paratroop, Armour, Artillery and perhaps Resistance Units, and how to take best advantage of terrain, to develop and successfully carry out your plan to invade - or defend - the World War II landing beaches in Normandy
144 Axis & Allies Playing Pieces, 36 Obstacles, 44 Terrain Tiles, 60 Command Cards, 9 Summary Cards, 2 Card-Holders (Racks), the double-sided, colour-printed, hex-ruled Battle-Map Game Board, 8 Battle Dice and the 32pp Rule Book & Scenario Leaflet - includes a bonus team-play Memoir '44 Overlord Scenario
Designed by Richard Borg for 2 Players or Teams of Players (up to 4 a side) Ages 8-96; 30-60 Minutes Playing-Time
uses his Command & Colours system, as do the Merkin Civil War Battle Cry, the fantasy BattleLore, & the Classical Punic Wars (Rome & Carthage) Command & Colours: Ancients (and its Greek & Persian expansion) war boardgames
- Air Pack - NEW Re-Stock EXPANSION PACK in 21st August 2008 (New in 5th December 2007) ukL 34.99
from the Battle of Britain in 1940 through the bombing raids deep into Nazi Germany, and those over Japan in 1945, the war in the air had a sometimes crucial effect upon the outcome of campaigns, and of World War II as a whole
contains pre-painted miniature aircraft and the Air Rules
n.b. expansion requiring the main Memoir '44 game for play
- Memoir '44: Battle Map Set 2: Tigers in the Snow - NEW GAME EXPANSION available 10th June 2009 ukL 14.99
includes the title scenario, Operation Market Garden (Arnhem), 2 Operation Overlord (D-Day Allied Invasion of Europe) Scenarios, 6 Tiger Tanks, scenario rules, terrain & unit summary cards, and historical background
continues with the new format in which obstacles and unit positions are printed upon the terrain -
- Campaign Book Vol. 1 - NEW SOURCEBOOK available 11th March 2009 ukL 24.99
50+ new scenarios plus advanced campaign rules; not playable without main game
- Eastern Front
contains 24 T-34 Tank, 6 Z1S-3 Gun, 42 Red Army Soldier Miniatures, 4 Obstacles, incl. Dragon's Teeth & Snowed-in Bunkers, 44 New Double-Sided Ravine, Ruins, Snowy Forest, Marshes & Frozen River Terrain Tiles, 10 Round Markers, incl. Medals, Minefields & Battle Stars, 14 Special Unit Badges, incl. Cavalry, Combat Engineers, Ski Troops & Snipers, 8 Historical Scenarios, incl. Operations Barbarossa, & Typhoon, the Winter War against Finland & the Battle of Stalingrad, and that of Kursk, in Overlord Format; plus New Rules including the infamous Political Commissar Rule, and a Political Commissar Marker -
"in the soviet army, it takes more courage to retreat than advance." - Joseph Stalin, 1942
n.b. expansion requiring the main Memoir '44 game for play
- Mediterranean Theatre - NEW GAME EXPANSION in 29th October 2008 was ukL 24.99
British and Empire/Commonwealth Forces in North Africa [presumably also the Wehrmacht and Italian armies - ppint.]
n.b. expansion requiring the main Memoir '44 game for play
- Operation Overlord - NEW GAME EXPANSION in 29th October 2008 ukL 24.99
expansion with all the things necessary to play Normandy Invasion games except the scenarios: i'm told by the wholesalers this is designed to make use of the Overlord Maps from the Memoir '44 main game
- Pacific Theater
contains 6 Type 98 75mm Anti-Aircraft Gun, 12 Type 95 "Ha-Go" Light Tank, 48 Imperial Army Infantrymen Miniatures, 44 New Double-Sided Rice Paddy, Cave Complex, Jungle, HQ Supply Tent, & Hospital Terrain Tiles, 10 Round Markers incl. Minefield, Targeting Cross-Hair, Camouflage, Battle Star, & Medal Tokens; introduces new weapons: Flame-Thrower Tanks & Mobile Artillery; 4 New Obstacles, including Rope Bridges, Destroyers, & Aircraft Carriers, 18 New Special Forces Badges incl. the Chindits, the [Merkin] Marines & the Giretsu, and 8 Historical Scenarios incl. Invasion of Wake Island, the Mountain Jungles of Guadalcanal, the Japanese counter-attack on Guam, & the Invasion of Iwo Jima; from the Japanese-infested jungles of Burma (now Myannmar) to the most isolated Pacific island atoll; and the landing at Peleliu in Overlord Format
"the best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself." - Douglas Macarthur
n.b. expansion requiring the main Memoir '44 game for play
- Terrain Pack - Re-Stock GAME ACCESSORY again available 29th October 2008; again available 8th July 2009 ukL 21.99
(different from:)
- Winter/Desert Board - Re-Stock GAME ACCESSORY again available 8th July 2009 ukL 14.99
- Campaign Bag - NEW Re-STOCK ACCESSORY and EXPANSION available 11th June 2008; again available 8th July 2009 ukL 29.99
designed to hold 2 complete copies of the main board game plus all current expansions.
it also includes a large format countryside map in the "Breakthrough" format with, on its other side, a ready-to-play battle map, Breakthrough to Gembloux
n.b. bag plus double-sided game map that is not usable without at least one set of the main Memoir '44 war boardgame
- A Most Dangerous Time - NEW GAME available 1st July 2009 ukL 49.99
Oda Nobunaga fought virtually the whole of Japan from 1570 to 1584 CE, to make himself undisputed master of the land
- Quest for Annihilation - NEW GAME available 1st July 2009 ukL 23.99
thoroughgoing examination of the role and mechanics of battle in the "unpleasantness between the states" (the merkin civil war)
- RAF: Lion vs. Eagle - NEW Edition GAME available 29th July 2009 ukL 59.99
solitaire classic in a new version, containing 3 complete games: control Fighter Command or the Luftwaffe in the solo games, or take on a live opponent and choose sides in the new two-player version
for 1-2 Players, ages nor likely playing-times advised by wholesalers
- Shattered Sword: Army Decks - NEW GAME EXPANSIONS available 1st July 2009 ukL 11.99 each
54-Card Barbarian, Dwarf, Orc, & Undead Army Decks with instruction books for the tabletop fantasy wargame, which is presumably available (unless all that's required is a deck each, plus the rules booklets/leaflets)
- Wings of War: World War II Aces' Aeroplanes - NEW MINIATURES available 29th July 2009 ukL 10.99 each
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire - Falkowski
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire - Le Muserier
- Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire - Vybral
no advice supplied by wholesalers as to the mark number of these; and "Muserier" might perhaps be a tyop for "Mesurier".
[i wonder whether merkin WWII-gaming enthusiasts in general've not heard of adolph "sailor" malan, roland robert stanford tuck, pierre clostermann or even douglas bader - mentioned because of their having been tolerably successful second world war spitfire pilots... - ppint. (tuck and bader also flew the hawker hurricane during WWII, of course; and clostermann, the tempest V: but unless/until these aircraft are included in the WoWar range...)]
- Messerschmitt Bf109 - Balthasar
- Messerschmitt Bf109 - Adolf Galland
- Messerschmitt Bf109 - Werner Molders
no advice supplied by wholesalers as to the mark number of these
- Grumann F4 Wildcat - Black
- Grumann F4 Wildcat - Galer
- Grumann F4 Wildcat - McWorther
no advice supplied by wholesalers as to the mark letter or further variant number of these;
the british services' designation for the type was originally the "Martlet 1"; happily the american name was adopted a little later
- Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (Zero or Zeke) - Kaneko
- Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (Zero or Zeke) - Saburo Sakai
- Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (Zero or Zeke) - Shindo
[the official allied code name for the Mitsubishi Navy Type Zero Fighter was "Zeke" - the "Type Zero" derives from the "00" year date-ending of the design in the japanese calendar, and is by far the most famous designation of the aeroplane - ppint.]
[the A6M3 (iirc) - the more powerfully re-engined version of the same airframe - 's allied code name was "Hap", rapidly reassigned "Hamp" after several "Haps" were reported to general "Hap" Arnold as having been shot down in flames... - yr. hmbl. srppnt:-)]
finely detailed, pre-painted miniatures each with variable-altitude stand, with manoeuvre deck; made for
Wings of War but may be of interest to non-players of this game
- Dacian War Host Box Set - NEW Boxed Set of MINIATURES available 15th July 2009 ukL 20.00
30 miniatures on sprues; victims of an unprovoked assault by the Romans, who were intent upon a war of extermination for the wealth of gold, silver and other treasure the Dacians had amassed; they put up one of the toughest struggles the legions ever had to face.
[Dacia, north of the Danube, occupied most of what is now Romania - plus some]
- Pike & Shotte Firelocks - NEW Boxed Set of MINIATURES available 15th July 2009 ukL 12.00
18 miniatures on sprues
- 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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