Boldo's
Armory After 6 years of dedication to Boldo's Armory, founding member Pat
Ludwig is moving to Georgia to pursue different career options. We at Boldo's
would like to wish him the best and will miss him very much. Pat will continue
to be a member of the business as the master of our virtual store but will be
unable to grace our actual store. We are committed to continuing his work in
promotion of Board games and hope to retain the excellent working relationship
with him that has helped make Boldo's Armory so successful.
We will miss
you.
Sincerely, Boldo
Boldo's Armory Congratulations
to Boldo who has qualified for Pro Tour New York based on his Standard rating
(the tournament is Masques constructed). Now, the question is, what cretureless
deck can he construct in that environment.
Steve Jackson (March
31) Coming in June from Steve Jackson Games, the GURPS version of In Nomine
and the reprinting of GURPS Robots.
Fantasy Flight (March
30) Fantasy Flight made it official with the announcement that Doomtown:
Range Wars, the first Disk-based game set in the Doomtown environment, will be
released in July. Eight outfits will be in the game, including the Whatleys, the
Collegium, the Wretched and the Morgan Cattle Company.
Decipher
(March 30) Star Wars CCG Third Anthology will be released in early-May. This
new box will include one light and one dark side Special Edition Starter Deck,
two limited Jabba's Palace packs, two Unlimited Premier packs, and six new cards
(five light side, including a new objective and one dark side objective).
Steve Jackson Games (March 30) It's now official...Steve
Jackson will associate with Pinnacle to produce GURP's products in the Deadlands
universe. The first, Weird West, is due in the fourth quarter of this year.
Iron Crown Enterprises (March 30) ICE has new modules for
Silent Death (More Than Valor in April and House Colos in May) and Spacemaster
(Vehicles Manual in April and Robotics Manual in May).
Decipher
(March 29) The Star Trek CCG expansion Blaze of Glory, is effectively sold
out by Decipher and there are no plans at this time to produce any further cards
for the set.
Ultra-Pro (March 29) Ultra-Pro, maker of all
those popular card sleeves and page protectors for cards, is now making
green-backed sleeves to go along with clear, black and red. Word is that the
hologram has also been moved to make it easier to see stats in the lower left
corner.
Wizards of the Coast (March 29) SAGA goes
AD&D...There is talk that products like Dragonlance and Alternity will be
converting to third edition rules set. Ryan Dancey, WotC VP, has also stated he
would like to make the essential D&D rules set available as a free license
for people to create and (gasp!) even sell thier own work based on the system.
GAMA (March 29) The Game Manufacturers Association met last
weekend in Las Vegas (exactly what type of gaming were they doing?) and a number
of new products were announced. Last Unicorn will be producing a Dune RPG,
Cheapass continues it's fascination with body parts with The Great Brain
Robbery, and Avalon-Hill has a Star Wars boardgame on tap (is this really where
the A-H legacy is going?). A-H also was showing the new Cosmic Encounter for the
first time.
Amarillo Design (March 29) Star Fleet Battles
Module T (Tournament Rules and Ships) has gone to press and should be in stores
in about three weeks. The new edition incorporates all of the changes over the
years, adds six new ships (Non-cloaking Orion, Frax, Flivver, ISC Medium, Hydran
Tartar, Jindarian), contains two new scenarios and provides tournament tactics.
Eternity (March 28) Coming soon from Eternity:
Babylon 5: Wheel of Fire - April 17
Tomb Raider CCG: Big Guns - April 24
Wheel of Time CCG: Dark Prophecies - May 29
Terminator CCG - July 2000
Babylon 5: War Without End - Summer 2000
Babylon 5 Collectors Set - Summer 2000
Games Workshop (?)
(March 28) GW is not always forthcoming with information on their games, but
we have the great source Portent.Net for all the latest rumors. It's reported
that there will be new races in the new edition of Fantasy, including Albions
and Cathayans.
On the 40k front, a new skirmish title for 40k is rumored
by the name of Inquisitor. Miniatures are supposed to be 54mm and the emphasis
is supposed to be on characters.
Eden Studios (March
27) Eden's All Flesh Must Be Eaten RPG has sold out of its initial printing
and will be back in stock in four to five weeks with errata updates.
Pinnacle Entertainment (March 27) The Deadlands universe will
be expanding if rumors from the GAMA convention are true. First comes a
Deadlands set for Fantasy Flights Disk Wars. That may be followed by a GURPS
supplement from Steve Jackson Games.
TSR (March 27) The Palace of the Silver
Princess has been released online. This module was originally recalled in
1981 just after its release because a TSR exec objected to a drawing. By the
time it was rereleased the module was significantly rewritten by Tom Moldvay.
Definitely worth a look! More classic modules are being planned for release
online --HaVoC
There are rumors of
a AD&D Third Edition preview at Origins, three weeks before it's release.
Games Workshop (?) (March 23) According to Portent.net, new
Warhammer 40k products will include Space Wolves (March/April), Landraider
(April/May), Codex Craftworld (May/June), Codex Armageddon (June-August) and
Space Maraine Scout Bikes (August/September). All releases are just rumors at
this point.
Wizards of the Coast (March 23) Wizards has
entered the ring...the legal ring that is...by filing suit against the World
Wrestling Federation (WWF) and Comic Images for stealing the design of Mike
Fitzgerald who designed their new WCW based wrestling CCG. Evidently, Fitzgerald
had originally discussed the ideas with the WWF, but the declined to sign him
on.
Decipher (March 23) Star Trek:CCG fans will be able to get
a new card (U.S.S. Jupitar) if they purchase Activision's new Star Trek: Armada
computer game.
Wizards of the Coast (March 22) Wizards is
bringing Arena/Pokeleague/Quickdraw League into the Legends of the Five Rings
universe with the Empire League. It will be the standard six week length, but
will add the twist of featured factions that will have special objectives.
GMT Games (March 22) GMT has officially announced Renier
Knezia's and Don Greenwood's Galaxy. The game is like their Titan: The Arena
(eight races, ten ships with values from 1 to 10) but they're promising many
subtle differences. Also new to their "Games 500" list is Confederate Rails
(Railroading during the Civil War), Ukraine '43 and Decision at Kasserine (new
wargames).
Wizards of the Coast (March 22) Wizards has
announced that the cardface change for Magic will not be pursued at this time.
Wizards of the Coast (March 21) Pokémon Team Rocket is
currently slated for April 24th. Also recently released is Base Set 2 with
reprints from the original set and Jungle.
Iron Crown (March
21) Just when you thought Iron Crown was gone, here comes a new bunch of
releases. April brings a new card game, Orcs & Trolls, where you get to play
the Orc trying to gather treasure and have to deal with those pesky Elves &
Dwarves. Also in April, More than Valor for the Silent Death game.
Flying Buffalo (March 21) Talk about strange combos, Flying
Buffalo has an expansion set of cards for Nuclear War that are used while
playing Mayfair's India Rails. Draw the right card, nuke a city, delay an
opponent.
News of the Gaming World (March 7) It is being
reported that Renier Knezia is designing a game based on the Lord of the Rings
Trilogy. Early reports say that it's a little different for his style with
several maps and (would you believe) a die.
DCI (March 1) The
March 1 Banned and Restricted announcement was made with the only change being
the addition of Dark Ritual and Mana Vault to the banned list for Extended. In
addition, all cards have been removed from the watch list. The changes are
effective April 1.
Wizards of the Coast (March 1) It looks
like the "Classic" name for Type I and 1.5 tournaments is changing. The Wizards
ratings site is now listing it as Vintage.
