Privateer Press: Warmachine Mk II: Protectorate of Menoth

The Road to Salvation is Paved with the Skulls of Heretics

Driven by Menoth’s will, the Protectorate of Menoth wages a crusade against the other nations and lesser faiths of western Immoren. Powerful warcasters imbue their towering warjacks with divine might while masses of zealots, mighty Knights Exemplar, and ranks of disciplined Temple Flameguard stand ready to cleanse the stain of heresy wherever it may be found. Against those who carry
out the Creator’s will, there can be no hope of victory!

March forth with the hosts of the Lawbringer in Forces of WARMACHINE: Protectorate of Menoth, featuring:

• Complete faction rules and profiles for using all current Protectorate
  models in WARMACHINE Mk II.
• New troops to bring to the fight, plus the all-new warcaster Vice
  Scrutator Vindictus.
• An in-depth look at the history and structure of the Protectorate’s
  military.
• A painting and modeling guide to help you ready your forces for battle.
• Protectorate Theme Force lists and rules, which allow you to create
  armies based on specialized forces from the Protectorate of Menoth.

Let Your Righteous Wrath Burn the Unbelievers!

New Releases From Fantasy Flight Games

Rogue Trader: Lure of the Expanse

You are a Rogue Trader, an explorer with a sacred mandate to venture beyond the limits of the Imperium in the name of the Emperor. Whether you live the life of an outlaw privateer, or as a scion of an ancient noble line, as a Rogue Trader you have the power and the tools to challenge all rivals for supreme control of the riches lurking in the uncharted reaches of pace.

Now, you can bring the light of the Emperor to the darkest corners of the Koronus Expanse. Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming sourcebook for Rogue Trader,
Lure of the Expanse!

Lure of the Expanse features three adventures set amongst the unexplored stars beyond the Imperium. Wealth and glory await those with the courage to venture into the farthest reaches of space.

In Eye of the Needle, your Explorers will travel to the perilous port of Footfall to learn of a dark prophecy of long-lost riches. In The Heathen Trail, the Explorers find themselves on the path of uncountable riches… but they must cross the wild tracts of the Heathen Stars. Threats abound, but can the Explorers transform danger into rewards? Finally, in The World Beyond, the Explorers discover the location of the legendary treasure world. Now, can they prevail against a host of enemies?

This spring, explore the dark frontier of the Warhammer 40,000 universe with this collection of exciting adventures for Rogue Trader. Opportunity abounds. Will you answer the call of the Expanse?

Rogue Trader is a roleplaying game set in dark gothic far future of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe. Players take on the roles of explorers aboard a Rogue Trader’s ship, searching for profit and adventure while discovering new alien cultures and threats in the uncharted regions of space.

Call of Cthulhu LCG:
The Yuggoth Contract

…were the cries only in my mind? Could they have been a hallucination? Occasional flashes and brief moments of sight began
to intrude upon my consciousness. At first just a hazy, sickly green light, then a hint of movement flashing across the field behind the light.
-From Empty Sockets, part one of The Yuggoth Contract by Nate French

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the beginning of a new cycle of Asylum Packs for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game! The Yuggoth Contract will take players on a horrific journey into the darkness of their own minds….

The Yuggoth Contract features a new mechanic that allows you to drive your own characters to the edge of sanity in order to unlock devastating effects. What’s more, this exciting cycle introduces serpents, vile characters can manipulate themselves to take on new abilities!

The Yuggoth Contract is the first cycle to adopt the versatile new collation format, meaning you’ll receive three copies each of all twenty cards in one convenient purchase! Check out “The Best Just Got Better,” an article explaining the details of this exciting change, then get ready to enjoy Call of Cthulhu even more!

Also included in this cycle is a gripping new short story by Nate French. Tyler Scindere is a loner and anti-hero who, in the course of a contract gone horribly wrong, stumbles on a hellish pit of human suffering. Can he, along with an unlikely ally, find his way out, or will he remain trapped forever

Starting this spring with Whispers in the Darkness, you’ve been contracted to complete a job. Do you have the courage to risk your own sanity?

Based on the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and his literary circle, Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game takes two players deep into the Cthulhu Mythos where investigators clash with the Ancient Ones and Elder Gods for the fate of the world. The Living Card Game format allows players to customize their
gaming experience with monthly Asylum Pack expansions to the core game.

Image Comics To Release Ten $1 First Issues!

Starting in March, Image Comics will
release the first issue to ten ongoing series to introduce new readers to some of Image’s classic titles! Each of these 32-page issues will re-print the first issue of these comics in their entirety!

March 31:

• Youngblood #1
• The Walking Dead #1

April 7:

• Spawn #1
• Chew #1

April 14:

• Savage Dragon #1
• Age of Bronze #1

April 21:

• Witchblade #1
• Girls #1

April 28

• Invincible #1
• Proof #1

Don’t miss the great opportunity to discover – or re-discover – some of the best titles in comics!

Monsterpocalypse Series 5: Big in Japan

Privateer Press has announced that Monsterpocalypse: Big in Japan, the next expansion for its kaiju collectible miniatures game, will be released in April in Monster Boosters and Unit Boosters. It will include new iconic buildings from the Tokyo skyline.

Privateer is running two free with promotions to support the release. A limited edition Mega Mechathugrosh figure will be given free by participating retailers with purchases of one Big in Japan Mega Kit, which includes a case of Monster Boosters, a case of Unit Boosters, and a Mega Mechathugrosh figure.

Two free limited edition Mega White Dajan figures will be given to retailers with the purchase of a Big in Japan Launch Kit (six Mega Kits).

Want to keep up with the latest and greatest comics, graphic novels and games? This is the place! And if you see something you can’t live without (and you know there will be something), then please contact your local Dragon’s Lair to reserve your copies today!

In Brightest Day…

DC Comics has announced The Brightest Day, the follow-up to its highly successful crossover event, Blackest Night. The Brightest Day, which will debut in April, will include a 26-issue bi-weekly flagship series written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi with art by Fernando Passerin. David Finch, who recently signed on exclusively with DC, will provide covers for the The Brightest Day series.

But like Blackest Night, Brightest Day will not be limited to one comic title. It is an event that will spread its influence across a good portion of the DC Universe. DC has revealed on it’s The Source blog that not only will Johns’ Flash be included in The Brightest Day event, but that Titans will fall directly under Brightest Day, with Eric Wallace and Fabrizio Fiorentino coming on board starting with the Titans: Villains for Hire Special. Wallace and Fiorentino will assemble a new team of Titans that will include Tattooed Man and Cheshire operating under the leadership of Deathstroke the Terminator.

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Bluewater Announces ‘Fame’ Comics!

Bluewater Productions has announced Fame, a new ongoing comic series that will focus on culturally relevant celebrities and other pop culture icons. A preview issue featuring Lady GaGa will be released in time for Free Comic Book Day. Other celebrities up for the Fame bio treatment include Robert Pattinson, 50 Cent, David Beckham, and Taylor Swift.

Fame builds on Bluewater’s comic biographies of political figures, authors, and other celebrities. The company publishes ongoing bio series Political Power, Female Force, and produced a Michael Jackson: King of Pop one-shot in 2009.

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Changes Coming to Living Card Games!

Since its introduction well over a year ago, the LCG (Living Card Game) format has been immensely successful for FFG. Because of this popularity, FFG has been examining closely how to enhance this already strong product. As such, we have found a way to implement a suggested improvement to monthly LCG expansion packs.

We’re proud to announce that we will be enhancing our monthly packs by adopting a format that LCG customers have been requesting. Once this change is fully implemented, your monthly packs will include 60 cards made up of three copies each of 20 unique cards, and will retail for only $14.95!

This means that with one convenient purchase, you will be able to acquire three copies of each new card… at less than half the current cost.

DC Heroclix: The Brave & the Bold

NECA, which acquired WizKids in September, is planning to ship its first DC HeroClix product, The Brave and the Bold, in February of 2010. The expansion will add 55 superhero and supervillain characters to the game including 25 characters who have never appeared in the DC HeroClix CMG releases before.

The new series features some of the most exciting and dynamic figure sculpts ever produced for the HeroClix line. Some of the most famous DC Comics team-ups such as Flash/Green Lantern and Lex Luthor/Brainiac will be included in The Brave and the Bold expansion as well as new ?Alter Ego? figures that allow players to begin the game with a superhero in disguise and then change into superhero garb when danger threatens.

NECA is making The Brave and the Bold available in a ClixBrick that includes 10 booster packs shrink-wrapped together along with a mail-away form for an exclusive Batman/Catwoman Buy-It-By-the-Brick figure, which will have individual collector numbering and will be limited to 5,000 pieces.

Marvel $1 Comics

Marvel Comics has announced the launch of Marvel’s Greatest Comics a new imprint featuring the first issues of Marvel Collected editions for $1.00 starting in March of 2010.

The first title, Invincible Iron Man #1 will be released free to celebrate the new imprint!

Some of the other titels released in March will be:

• March 3: Invincible Iron Man #1 (free)


• March 10: Captain America #1 ($1.00)


• March 17th: Wonderful Wizard of Oz ($1.00)


• March 24: Thor #1 ($1.00)


• March 31: Punisher Max #1 ($1.00)

Free Comic Book Day Gold Books Announced

The Free Comic Book Day committee has released their Gold-tier list of free comics!

• Archie’s Summer Splash #1 (Archie Comics)


• Doctor Solar/Magnus (Dark Horse Comics)


• Fractured Fables (Image Comics)


• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #155-1/2 (IDW Publishing)


• Iron Man/Thor FCBD 2010 Edition (Marvel Comics)


• Kizoic Presents: Shrek & the Penguins of Madagascar (Ape Entertainment)


• Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock (Archaia Entertainment)


• Toy Story (Boom Studios)


• War of the Supermen #0 (DC Comics)


• Yow! The John Stanley Library (Drawn & Quarterly)

Don’t forget to mark your calendars! Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, May 1 2010!

Bruce Wayne Returns

Characters, especially long-running franchises, rarely stay dead in comics so it’s no surprise that Bruce Wayne will be returning as the secret identity of Batman in Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, a six-issue miniseries launching in April. DC revealed the new series on its blog, and writer Grant Morrison promoted it with an interview with USA Today on Wednesday.

Design sketches by Andy Kubert are included in the DC blog post; Morrison told USA Today that a different artist will pencil each issue, with Chris Sprouse handling art on the first issue and Frazer Irving likely to do the second issue.

According to Morrison in the interview, ‘the status quo of the Batman universe will be changed forever after this book:’

Small World Takes Game of the Year

Days of Wonder’s Small World took the Game of the Year title in Games Magazine’s 100 best games list for 2010, published in its December issue. “Best” winners included:

• Blox (Ravensburger/Funagain) for Best New Abstract Strategy Game


• Le Havre (Lookout/Funagain) for Best New Advanced Strategy Game


• Roll through the Ages: The Bronze Age (Fred) for Best New Family Game


• Amerigo (DaVinci/Funagain) for Best New Family Card Game


• Dominion and Dominion Intrigue (Rio Grande) for Best New Family Strategy Game


• Dixit (Asmodee) for Best New Party Game


• and Fields of Fire (GMT) for Best New Historical Simulation Game.

War of the Supermen!

Superman has left Earth in the hands of Nightwing, Flamebird, Mon-El and the Guardian.

The tensions between Earth and New Krypton are slowly rising. The winds of war between Earth and New Krypton are stirring.

As Dan DiDio has teased numerous times, 2010 is going to be a huge year for Superman. But just what is going on has not been revealed.

Until now. Welcome to the WAR OF THE SUPERMEN.

Like BLACKEST NIGHT, DC is launching WAR OF THE SUPERMEN on Free Comic Book Day with a free issue #0 on May 1, 2010.

Though DC is been very tight-lipped about the specific events of WAR OF THE SUPERMEN, they have announced they will be keeping the event very concentrated and with few, specific tie-ins, though it is possible several other titles will be affected by WAR OF THE SUPERMEN.

Upcoming Rio Grande Games Releases

Cardcassone

A card game version of the modern classic Carcassonne. Players use followers to claim rows of cards representing the roads, cities,
abbeys, and farmlands familiar to fans of the board game. MSRP is $29.95.

Vasco da Gama

This title was a surprise hit at the Essen Fair in Germany two months ago, grabbing the top ranking on the Fairplay Top 30. Players compete to gain wealth and prestige by equipping Vasco da Gama?s famous voyages in search of a route to India. $59.95 MSRP.

Krysis

A card game in which players control companies seeking to recover the artifacts of a collapsed fantasy civilization. $29.95 MSRP.

Alea Iacta Est

A dice game that pits would-be Caesars against one-another. Players use dice roll combinations to conquer provinces, gather resources, and conduct diplomacy. $34.95 MSRP.

Treasure Chest

A collection of 13 expansion sets for some of Rio Grande?s and Alea?s most popular games, including: Puerto Rico, San Juan, Louis XIV, Notre Dame, In the Year of the Dragon, Witch?s Brew, and The Princes of Florence. $29.95 MSRP.

Priests of Ra

Designer Reiner Knizia revisits one of his most popular games, creating a new version with a new title. Players bid for control of Egyptians of various professions while erecting a pyramid to glorify their sun god Ra. $34.95 MSRP.

Shipyard

Players take on the role of 19th Century shipbuilders competing for government and corporate contracts by designing their own ocean-going vessels and testing them in shakedown cruises of the canals. $59.95 MSRP.

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Incoming: Battle Missions!

How would your Imperial Guard army fare if called to fight in a lightning assault, more commonly associated with the Adeptus Astartes? Would you be able to mount a fighting withdrawal with a Tyranid horde? This March sees the release of Battle Missions, a new expansion book for Warhammer 40,000 that is packed full of scenarios and promises to test the generalship and tactical flexibility of every general to the limit.

Battle Missions is a fantastic gaming aid for every Warhammer 40,000 player. The scenarios featured within Battle Missions are all based on the styles of warfare preferred by the armies of the 41st Millennium. With thirty Battle Missions and three Special Missions there’s countless hours of exciting wargaming to be had.

Alongside the next expansion book we’re also set to unleash a slew of new miniatures for you to add to your armies, including new kits for the Space Marines, Orks and the Imperial Guard. Keep your eyes on White Dwarf, and the Games Workshop website for more.