“When a mutant mercenary approaches his third decade, he begins thinking about where he’s been, who he’s stabbed, and what he’s got left to do,” says Deadpool. “And I realized that I couldn’t live another day without more likenesses in my own image.”

Little Red Riding Hood and Beowolf join the fray.

From Curt Covert of Smirk and Dagger:

Thought I'd keep you abreast of goings on here at Smirk and Dagger - as summer con season is here.

“They’ve just made the jump into hyperspace.”

   –Darth Vader, Star Wars: A New Hope

Upgrade your hyperdrive and prepare for the jump to lightspeed! The Star Wars™Dice app for Android and iOS has been updated to support both Imperial Assault and Star Wars: Armada!

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Feb. 6, 2019 – USAopoly®, a premier publisher of hobby, party, social and family board games and puzzles, and Games Workshop®, the world’s largest hobby miniatures company, best known for Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000, today announced plans to develop licensed versions of the critically-acclaimed adventure board game, Talisman.

Hamilcar - First Punic War is an expansion for the famous Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage. Designed by Mark Simonitch and John Rodriguez, Hamilcar takes you back to the First Punic War where Hamilcar (Hannibal's Dad), is running the show... and Rome isn't very happy about that!

Valley Games, who brought us killer reprints of AT/wargame classics Hannibal: Rome v. Carthage and Titan, are nearing the release of the reprint of Martin Wallace's Liberte.  They also sent us news on their upcoming releases, which appear to be shifting toward more of a Euro approach. 

A new card game from Reiner Knizia will be winging its way to you this summer from Victory Point Games.

Watch the trailer by clicking on the link below or visit my blog :

Village War is a card drafting, resource management, and spirit war game. The theme and narration are a combination of the history, folklore, myths, and our fantasy of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, Africa.

Hunted Cow Studios and Victory Point Games are pleased to announce their partnership to develop and publish digital versions of some of VPG’s most popular titles.

Hey look, a tennis game!

From Fantasy Flight News:

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce an exciting new product available at the iTunes App Store! With the WFRP Toolkit, you'll always carry a full set of dice for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay in your pocket.

With the WFRP Toolkit on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, you can have the convenience of a full set of WFRP dice at your fingertips. Its intuitive design ensures a seamless fit into your WFRP sessions; simply tap the dice you need, then shake your device to roll them! If you're looking for a deeper analysis of your rolls, the WFRP Toolkit delivers. Your results can be saved for future reference, letting you revisit your most spectacular successes and failures as you recall your perilous adventures later on.

I don't know anything about this game but the picture is kind of cool.

PRESS RELEASE

WarriorElite to release first in a series of
alternative tactical games mid October

Games company WarriorElite is set to launch their first alternative tactical game - War for Edadh (pronounced ed-ath), a game of battle - via their website in the early part of October this year.

Game creators, brothers Nigel and Lloyd Pyne, have spent over 10 years creating the game and getting it ready for market, drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing hobby games. It was when they first started making up their own rules to other people's games that first sparked a genuine desire to create tactical games that they felt could be a valuable contribution to the popular gaming market. A new and unique world has been created by the brothers to fire up the imagination and encourage strategic thinking - all the artwork has been kept in-house and was done by Lloyd Pyne.

Now the game has been through final and extensive play-testing they are set to launch. Nigel Pyne explained the evolution of their game, "The idea of playing a battle or wargame always had massive appeal to us but the investment in miniatures and the time required to paint them proved too much of a barrier for us. We've worked hard to provide games that are tactical and fun to play, have depth and longevity and really believe that this first release - War for Edadh - is a viable alternative to tabletop battle games".

The company intends to initially offer the game for sale via their website – http://www.warriorelite.com/ - which has been specifically designed to immerse the player in the World of Edadh and there will follow a series of non-random expansion packs to build armies with the introduction of further warring factions and troop types. In the meantime, the brothers are working on future games releases.   

Ares Games announces the first expansion for War of the Ring Second Edition--Lords of Middle-earth will focus on some of the most powerful characters appearing in "The Lord of the Rings", and is scheduled to release in September, 2012

War of Three Kingdoms: The Card Game, based on the hit SEGA video game, Sangokushi Taisen, is an immersive, tactical card game will allow two players to construct their own decks and control one of three factions as they wage war against each other for dominion over ancient China.

‘War Unleashed’ Available for Pre-Order

War Unleashed is now available to pre-order direct from WarriorElite’s website and will be available in stores towards the end of April 2010 – MSRP 13.99 GBP.

War Unleashed introduces large battlefields to the War for Edath game where strategy in deployment and out-manoeuvring the enemy is key. Rules for battle deployment, movement, fighting, support units and rear attacking are included in the book and a library of battlefields will be made available free to download from www.warriorelite.com. Gamers can just download, print and have a battlefield instantly set up.

War Unleashed also includes rules for running a campaign within a region of the fantasy world of Edath. Players can compete for domination in the region and over time can increase the abilities and levels of their troops, champions, etc.

War Unleashed also releases the full potential of champions and leaders in the game and gives players the chance to turn lost rounds into wins!

Finally, War Unleashed contains details on the world of Edath itself – its warring factions, history, supernatural, magic and more.

144 fully illustrated pages plus 8 colour plates. To play the War Unleashed rules, gamers just require a copy of the base set – War for Edath (aka. War for Edadh).

War Unleashed will be supported with regular additions to the library of battlefields together with many set scenarios and battle reports. Plus free to print Stratagem Cards!

Game co-creator - Nigel Pyne – described the scheduled release, “War Unleashed gives gamers the full tabletop battle game experience at an incredibly reasonable cost where large battles can be fought over the kitchen table in under an hour! As the title of the companion implies, War Unleashed broadens the scope of the War for Edath game and provides a new gaming experience.”

More details - WarriorElite's website