Take on the role of Arkham’s bravest investigators who must step into the unexplored wilderness of the Amazon jungle and explore crumbling ruins, discover the secrets of lost civilizations, and stop a serpent’s curse before the world descends into chaos. In three new scenarios, you will battle horrifying serpent creatures, face stone monstrosities that come to life, and beat the ever-present danger of being lost to the jungle forever. Are your ready for a new challenge?

ACONYTE BOOKS AND MARVEL COLLABORATE TO PUBLISH NEW PROSE STORIES

Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Marvel Entertainment to create new prose stories based around an exciting roster of Marvel’s comic book characters. The first novels are slated to appear in Fall 2020, in trade paperback, ebook and audiobook editions.

Mayfair Games is proud to announce that Mayfair Games and CBS® have certified a license agreement for the publication of Star Trek: Catan™, the latest game in best-selling The Settlers of Catan™ family of board games!

Star Trek: Catan™ transports the timeless game play of The Settlers of Catan™ to the final frontier of the Star Trek universe. Designed by legendary Catan creator Klaus Teuber, this game features a randomized game board so the game is different each time you play.

Star Trek: Catan™ brings the beloved characters of the original Star Trek series to life through a series of support cards. Enlist the aid of ten classic Star Trek characters including Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty and Uhura as you settle and develop worlds necessary for the expansion and survival of the Federation.

Star Trek: Catan™ previews at Gen Con, Indianapolis in August 2012 and sold exclusively through U.S.A. based Target® stores beginning in the autumn. Hobby exclusive Star Trek: Catan™ products are also planned.

As of today, the management team at Mayfair Games, Inc. announces we will wind down game publishing. After 36 years, this was not an easy decision or one we took lightly, but it was necessary. Once we had come to this conclusion, we knew we had to find a good home for our games which is when we reached out to Asmodee.

As many of our customers already know, back in October while we were in Essen, we announced a reprint of Merchant of Venus, a Richard Hamblen designed game, after 18 months of discussions directly with Mr. Hamblen.

To our surprise, a day later Fantasy Flight Games also announced a reprint of Merchant of Venus.  Of course, under normal conditions, with licensing contracts granting exclusivity, this should not have been possible.  Fantasy Flight Games had obtained their license of the game from a different party, and of course neither FFG nor Stronghold Games was aware of each other's pursuit of this game license.

Days of Wonder has announced that that Memoir '44 expansions will be returining to stores by the end of this year.

The time has come. Names by 12/2, Gifts by 12/20.

YES YES Y'ALL, it's time for the holladaze and that means that it's also time for one of F:AT's most cherished and beloved traditions- "Let's See How Badly Barnes Can Screw Up Matching Up Two Names With Addresses On A List". Ho ho ho! No, that's not what it's called- it's SECRET SATAN 2012!

Join us for a "down home" diabolical Holiday celebration!

In 17^th century Bayern, nobles are willing to do anything to sate their hunger for milk and pickles

Minority game makers ban together to pen an open letter to retailers urging commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Enter the Miremarsh at your own peril...

Monolith, creators of Conan, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles and Mythic Battles board games, has announced controversial plans to use Kickstarter as a store front. They plan to produce 10,000 copies of Claustrophobia 1643, ship them to distribution centers, and then sell them via Kickstarter. Monolith says, "Many of our supporters will be able to play and manipulate the final product even before the campaign and all will be delivered within the six weeks that follow."

From the Privateer Press website:

While the Monsterpocalypse website has remained relatively quiet since the DreamWorks movie announcement, behind the scenes has been a constant flurry of activity as Privateer Press continues to work closely with our new partners defining the future of everyone’s favorite kaiju game.

In light of the success of the Monsterpocalypse battle miniatures game two-player starter released last October, Privateer Press has decided to move Monsterpocalypse into a new non-collectible format. Privateer Press will be releasing the first follow-up,Monsterpocalypse: Dangerous Monster Zone, in summer 2011. The expansion will feature figures from classic Monsterpocalypse series for the factions introduced in the core game. The new non-random format allows collectors and players to fill out their favorite factions easily, as each box will be clearly marked with its specific faction set.

(see: http://monsterpocalypse.com/news/dangerous-monster-zone-ahead)

Target continues to expand it's "Only-at-Target" exclusive board games.

On July 30th, Target announce that they will be "rolling out 130+ new games—including 95 only-at-Target finds" in the coming year.

Somehow I lucked up this month and pulled two AAA-releases for review instead of the usual cut-rate Wii crap I'm usually left with- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Killzone 3. And Bill Abner tries his hand at reviewing a tabletop game over at Nohighscores.com.

BUFFO THE BRAGGART IS HERE. 
Buffo is a brand new character you can print off and add to your 
Mythgardia set. Buffo tells us he is the greatest hero in the history of 
Mythgardia. Find out for yourself by visiting the Extras page on our 
websitewww.mythgardia.com

WHO’S WHO
There are some new additions to the Who’s Who on our Extras page,
including King Einar of Utgard and The Forty Thieves. Plus we dish more
dirt on J’Cabe. Prepare to be shocked. But whatever you do, DO NOT look
for information about the Guild of Master Assassins. Just don’t.

If you are new to the Mythgardia Extras page you will also find Optional
Rules, Party Rules, Score Sheets and Results Tables to print off, and much
else besides.

And THE MYTHGARDIA EXPANSION SET IS ALMOST HERE!

Bob is now on MySpace (Heaven help us!) and is posting a blog that includes the origins of Mythgardia and an exciting account of Mythgardia’s live launch at Claymore on August 1st. Gather your courage and go to: http://blogs.myspace.com/mythgardian

Remember the most recent entry is at the top, so to start at the beginning, scroll down to the bottom (as if Bob’s prose wasn’t confusing enough).

NEW FEATURES ON THE EXTRAS PAGE at www.mythgardia.com

CHARACTER SCORE SHEETS

You can print as many of these as you like. They have sections labeled for Luck, Stamina etc and come in two sizes:

A4, so you can use counters to keep track of your stats

A5 if you just want to keep using the golf pencils (You know you love them.)

NEW RULES

These are all optional (though the first is recommended). Give them a try to add even more zing to you game.

Plus Who’s Who In Mythgardia, Party Rules, Legend Results Tables, & Mythtalia - Myth or Metagame?  And as if that’s not enough there are

MYTHGARDIA IMAGES AT TALISMAN ISLAND www.talismanisland.com

On the front page of Jon New’s Talisman Island site you can see some brand new photographs:

1. The original prototype of Mythgardia/Legends

2. A picture of our demo game at Asylum Books and Games in Aberdeen

3. A preview of our forthcoming expansion set.

At last MYTHGARDIA, Bob Harris' long awaited sequel to his legendary game TALISMAN, is available to buy. It's a colourful and exciting game for 2-6 players, as well as being an exclusive collector's item.

Nanty Narking is a Victorian board game of wit and podsnappery by British game designer Martin Wallace, based on his acclaimed previous design "Discworld: Ankh-Morpork." Immersed deeply in the world of Dickens's and Doyle's literature, all game locations, events, and characters are now tied to real and fictional characters and places in Victorian London.