January 2008 Archives

ZombieSmith Sale Extended

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The ZombieSmith has extended their January Sale (everything 15% off) through Sunday night.  If you're waiting to pick up some of the products on that site, you may want to stop waiting now.

 


New Thomarillion Releases

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Thomarillion has added three new items to their catalog today.  Pictured below are The Enchanted Mirror, Trollrage, and The Bonecrusher.  For ordering and more details, see their site.

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Upcoming Wargames for PC

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The Wargamer's Jim Zabek has posted a few interesting press releases on the site today, including:

 Men of War Announced

 Shadow Harvest Announced

 Championship Gaming Series 2008 Schedule

 Dungeons & Dragons Online Update + Screens

 Enders Game To Become A Game

 3000 AD Screenshots

 


Privateer Releases Withershadow Combine Images

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Privateer Press released images of the Withershadow Combine miniatures on their web site today, as pictured in the screencap below:

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Phalanx Releases Italia in English

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From the Phalanx games web site comes the following news:

Phalanx has released two games in English language only. Besides Revolution: The Dutch Revolt this was Italia by Andres Steding in October 2006.

Italia brings to life more than eleven centuries of Italian history, ranging from 330 BC to 820 AD. Italia is divided into two parts: Italia I is designed for three players, and covers the history of ancient Italy until 80 BC and the rise of the Roman Empire. Italia II is designed for four players and begins with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 390 AD and explores the history of Italy until 820 AD. In Italia a player does not only lead one nation but several.

Italia is based on the Britannia system, however, it contains enough fresh elements. The game box contains 1 game board, 30 nation cards, 624 cardboard game pieces, 2 player aid cards, 6 dice, 2 note pads, 1 rules booklet and weighs an impressive 2.5 kilos.

Italia is excellent value for fans of the Britannia series.

To the Italia page 

 

 


New Pardulon Releases for 02/2008

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The Pardulon web site has released images of its upcoming releases of resin terrain products for February 2008:

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The Story Behind Lost Empire Immortals

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From the Paradox Interactive web site comes the following news about Lost Empire Immortals, a game they plan to release in March 2008 for a suggested retail price of $29.99 (US).

New York, USA (January 31, 2008) Leading strategy publisher Paradox Interactive launched today a new trailer for their upcoming 4x space strategy title, Lost Empire Immortals, giving gamers full background of the storyline.

The title, set for a worldwide release in March 2008, offers a unique scope where the largest game map of choice includes more than 5 000 stars to conquer.

The title will be simultaneously released for digital download on GamersGate.

Download here. Do you recognise the voice?!

 Read more about Lost Empire Immortals
Release: March 2008
Suggested retail price: 29.99 USD

 

 


Free Item from Old Kingdom Games

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From the Old Kingdom Games web site comes the following announcement of a free item available online:

Character Sheets:
d20 System The Nightmare War

Free to download - this collection of 2-page character sheets for the d20 System version of The Nightmare War includes customized sheets for the main character classes:

  • Engram
  • Phobetor
  • Psychometabolic
  • Telemechanic
  • Vagrant
Sheets are in PDF format. ...read more

New Items at Noble Knight Games

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The Noble Knight Games web site lists the following new products:

Spacemaster - Privateers
Type: Softcover
Stock #: ICE4500 
Condition: EX
» click here for more detailed information

 

Ralph Bakshi's Wizards
Type: Softcover
Stock #: WHT-3001 
Condition: Fair
» click here for more detailed information

 Sovereign Stone (d20)
Type: Hardcover
Stock #: SVP3001 
Condition: EX-
» click here for more detailed information

 Dark Conspiracy
Type: Softcover
Stock #: GDW2100 
Condition: Fair
» click here for more detailed information

Corps (2nd Edition)
Type: Softcover
Stock #: BTRC7101 
Condition: VG
» click here for more detailed information
 

 

Sword and Fist
Type: Softcover
Stock #: WOC11829 
Condition: Fair
» click here for more detailed information

Upcoming Mongoose Releases

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According to Mongoose Publishing's web site, the following new items are due to be released in February 2008:

Glorantha: Dar Happa Stirs (20 GBP)

RuneQuest: Land of the Samurai (15 GBP)

Traveller: Mercenary (15 GBP)

Necromantic Arts (15 GBP - no link available at press time)

RuneQuest Monsters II (20 GBP)

Conan: Secrets of Skelos (20 GBP)

RuneQuest: The Baileoisin Chronicles (15 GBP)
 


Troll & Toad Stocks Up on Warmachine

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Troll & Toad has stocked up on Privateer Press' Warmachine figures, rule sets, and paints.  Having seen many of the figures in person, I agree with their assessment that "these figures are awesome looking"!

They also have a selection of AT-43 miniatures (which are pretty impressive because they sell pre-painted!).

 

News from Newbold World

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The Newbold World site lists the following updated news items today:

News Flash 6 : The fifth in this year’s series of charity auctions and sales is currently up on ebay. It is a magniificent vignette created by Ana of Chest of Colours and you can have a quiet look at it in our gallery here.

News Flash 5 : The Second Figure Sculpting Event of 2008 is now underway and you have the chance to win £50 GBP for yourself and £50 GBP for Children in Need. Major conversions and scratchbuilt items are as welcome as full scupts and there is a bit of a weird option for anyone who fancies donating a couple of sculpts to our worthy cause. You can check out all the details here. And you can check out the winner of our First Event  here.

News Flash 4 :  The Second Artwork Event of 2008 is also up and running and once again you have the chance to win £50 GBP for yourself and £50 for Children in Need. You can check out all the details here and check out the winner of our First Event here.

 

 


ICE's January 2008 Newsletter Online

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The January 2008 edition of Iron Crown Enterprises' newsletter is online.

Some highlights:

 

  • Express Editions #6 is finished and up for sale
  • The Combat Companion page is coming, and this upcoming Rolemaster product will include 3 new professions, a whole new armor system, weapon styles, and new combat tables.
  • Improvements are coming to the online store.

 For more details click the link above to read the newsletter in its entirety.


New Products at GFI

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Game Figures Inc. has listed 3 new products for January:

 

NWF: 15mm Baluchi Command
 $4.50 
NWF: 15mm Pathan Advancing
 $4.50 
NWF: 15mm Pathan Skirmish Fire
 $4.50 


 


Citadel 2008 Catalog Released

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Games Workshop's U.S. Online store announced the release of Citadel Catalog 2008 today (part code 60049999101).

According to the site, "The 2008 Citadel Catalog is an indispensable full-color showcase of the most finely sculpted miniatures in the world. Every model in this massive tome has been painted by the renowned 'Eavy Metal team. Inside the catalog you'll find details of the full range of models for Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of The Rings, as well as all of Games Workshop's rulebooks, army books, codices, terrain and hobby supplies."

 


Battlefront Feb and Mar 2008 Releases

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Battlefront's web site lists the following upcoming releases for February and March 2008: 


February's New Releases
 
In Shops February 9
FW205 Monty's Meatgrinder (72 pages)
BRAB04 3rd Canadian Divison (Army Box)
BR205 Defrocked Priest (x2)
BR710 British Artillery HQ

In Shops February 23
GE253 Sd Kfz 251/9D (7.5cm)
GE887 Hans Von Luck
GE573 12.2cm FH316(r) howitzer (x2)

March's New Releases
 
In Shops March 15
GEAB05 21. Panzerdivision, StuG batterie Army Box
BR726 Heavy Mortar Platoon
GE245 U304(f) leSPW half-track
GE251 Sd Kfz 251/2D (8cm)

In Shops March 20
BBX13 5.5" Heavy Artillery Battery
GE214 S207(f) (PaK40) half-track
GE127 7.5cm or 10.5cm (Sf) 39H assault gun


 


D&D 4th Edition News

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EN World has published an article entitled "D&D 4th Edition News" which might be of interest to you Dungeons and Dragons fans.

 

 


Prepare to be Inundated!

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I took a break from Gamer Hotsheet starting around mid-December.  This was in part due to being very ill (some sort of flu bug) and in part due to a need to figure out a future direction for the site.

I started the site with the idea of, in essence, re-creating the dealer rooms at Origins and GenCon.   That is, I wanted you to be able to come here any day of the year and have a pretty good idea what new games your favorite company is putting out, what new miniatures are released, what RPG supplements you can pick up, etc.  That meant that I needed a way to identify when new things came out. 

I found a freeware program called "Page Update Watcher" that did a pretty good job of tracking changes to the news pages and product lists on about 600 game manufacturer and game news sites.  In around 5-10 minutes it could scan those sites and tell me where I might find news.  About 20% of the time, it was wrong.  The other 80% of the time it was right, but if the site's layout changed dramatically it would be unable to adapt automatically and would permanently report that site as "unchanged".  Unless I happened to be on the ball and notice, for instance, that I wasn't seeing anything new from a company, I effectively stopped reporting about them.  That wasn't good.

I invested pretty much the entire year's ad revenue in a new product, a shareware tool called "Check & Get" which does a far better job of monitoring web sites than Page Update Watcher is capable of.  As a result, I'm staring at another 86 potential articles to post on the site tonight.  Check & Get is helping me in another way, which is that it highlights the part of the page which changed since the last scan, making it easier than ever for me to determine if a particular change is really something newsworthy or not.

Since it appears that I'm going to be covering more news than I was in the past, I'm going to have to break the job down a little better.  Toward that end, I've broken the list of 600 game sites down by name, into five alphabetized chunks.  Each weeknight I'm going to try to cover just one chunk of sites.  That should make the task more manageable and allow me to keep this site pretty current without breaking my back writing 100 articles a night.

There are several of you who've submitted articles for the site in the past.  I expected the server software to notify me that articles had been submitted, but it wasn't doing that.  As a result, I didn't know to check in your articles.  Those of you who have submitted legitimate articles in the past have been upgraded to "publishers" on the site and are now allowed to make your articles go "live" when you're ready without my need to review and approve.

If any other readers would like to become regular contributors, email me and let me know and I'll set you up also.  The email address to use for this particular request is my first name (mike) followed by my last name (salsbury), followed by an at sign, then "gmail.com".  That address should reach me any weekday and should result in a pretty rapid response.

As always, thank you for your continued readership of this site, thank you for patronizing our advertisers when they offer products of interest to you, and, well, thanks for keeping the gaming hobby alive!

 

 

 

New Combat Zone Chronicles Items

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Combat Zone Chronicles has listed a number of interesting new articles recently, including the following:

Incident in Sierra City January 2008
A multi-player demo game

Some Buildings January 2008
Matakishi-inspired buildings

Our Contributors January 2008
Who's Who in the CoZoChron

Shoot to Kill January 2008
When excessive force is not enough

Sprue Madness January 2008
The best part of some kits

Shadowrun Arsenal Due in March

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The Catalyst Game Labs site has announced a street date for the Shadowrun Fourth Edition book, Arsenal.  That date is March 18, 2008. 

According to the announcement on their site, "Arsenal covers everything a runner team needs, from weapons and armor to advanced electronics and spy toys to the latest state-of-the-art drones.  it also covers the intricacies of the black market and drug trade and provides advanced rules for combat and martial arts, mixing your own chemicals and explosives, and modifying your weapons and vehicles."

 


Real Military Videos Online

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Combat camera veteran John Corry, now a television producer, left the military in 1990.  He collected numerous films for history documentaries, and noticed how many people seemed interested in watching them.  With the permission of the US Dept. of Defense, these films are now available online at RealMilitaryFlix.com, a site Corry has put together in conjunction with RealFlix Media LLC.

The site features footage from World War I to date.  If you have an interest in seeing real military action recorded live, you may want to check out the site. 
 


New Barbarian Hero Mini from Assassin Miniatures

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Below is the new Barbarian Hero miniature from Assassin Miniatures, part number AS03-07CG.  It's limited to 200 pieces.

Assassin Miniatures' Barbarian Hero Miniature

Updated Alnavco Pricing

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The Alnavco web site lists updated pricing for a number of products, including the following:

NAVIS NEPTUN NEW AND RECENT
144AN            $43.50          CHESTER 1915
201N               $87.50          ISE 1917
1367B             $36.50          SELFRIDGE (DD-357) 1944-45
1399G             $19.50          MUNSEE (ATF-107)
1681                $17.50          FUGAS, Soviet Minesweeper 1939
2340                $72.50          ROANOKE (CL-145), U.S. CL 1956
 NF77               $ 7.50           P-38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING
FB74               $10.75          Consolidated PBY Coronado, U.S. Seaplane
FB77               $ 7.50           P-38 LOCKHEED LIGHTNING
H14                 $87.50          Drydock for full hull models, End Pieces(2) approx. 250'x90'

SPIDER NAVY
51ANV            $104.50        EMDEN 1914
1003V             $199.50        SCHARNHORST 1940
1040V             $149.50        NURNBERG 1940
1104V             $194.50        QUEEN ELIZABETH 1943   
1212V             $222.50        TAIHO 1943
1213ATV        $234.50        SHOKAKU 1942 (CAMO)
1224V             $224.50        JUNYO 1942
1230V             $159.50        TONE 1941
1300ATR        $289.50        MISSOURI (BB-63) 1945 (Camo & Rigging)
1300AV           $209.50        MISSOURI (BB-63) 1945
1301V             $174.50        ALABAMA (BB-60) 1943      
1324ATV        $174.50        SANTEE (CVE-29, Camouflage)
1336AV           $172.50        SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25) 1944                  
1393ATV        $182.50        CIMARRON (AO-22) 1943 (Camouflage)
SUPERIOR UPGRADES
A140               $29.95          NEW JERSEY (BB-62) 1968
 
ARGOS ARRIVALS
AS43/990        $ 82.50         INGERSOLL (DD-990)         
AS49A            $ 19.50         JIMMY CARTER (SSN-23) 2005    
AS50/55          $ 65.50         ELROD (FFG-55) PERRY Class 1985
AS99               $ 42.50         NANTUCKET (LV-117) Light Vessel, U.S. 1930    
AS101             $ 23.50         OHIO (SSBN-726) U.S. 1981
AS102             $112.50        SAN ANTONIO US AMPHIB SHIP, 2001  
 *AS105          $ 56.50         AMATOLA, MEKO A-200 SAN Frigate F-145 2007
ASM02           $ 69.50         ROBERT W. STEWART, Great Lakes Tanker 1950
ASR03            $ 23.50         KURSK K-141, SSBN 1995
 *ASR12         $ 23.50         BRYANSK, K 117 Delta IV class Submarine 20
AZ07               $ 16.00         HH-60F Jayhawk, CG Helo, (2)         
AZ26               $  6.50          FR Main Rotors, Black, (For AZ15/A/B, AZ16A/B, AZ40)
AZ54               $ 16.50         Oshkosh LKW Truck (4)
* NEW RELEASES

And more... see their site for details.


Attack Vector: Tactical Shirts

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Master artist Charles Oines recently added several T-shirts to his Cafe Press store.  These shirts feature spaceship designs from Attack Vector: Tactical.  The newest designs added feature the Haifeng Corvette, Lafayette Light Cruiser, Di Gleria Heavy Cruiser, and Ataturk Light Cruiser.  Click here to check them out.

 
 


New Ministry Building from Amera Plastic Mouldings

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Amera Plastic Mouldings has released a new plastic terrain piece, item Z41 The Ministry Building. The smaller photo below may not do it justice, as this looks to be a nice terrain piece. It is available both with and without a base.


Amera Plastic Mouldings' Z41 The Ministry Building (Future Zone) Wargame Terrain  

News from Anglian Miniatures

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From the Anglian Miniatures site comes the following news item:

Saturday 19th January 2008-Assault Guard greens Pictures Posted

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS

First release of 2008 will be the assault guards, 3 packs of them, and a Soviet Advisor pack for the Republicans. I have posted some pictures of the greens in the gallery section. Once again, Paul Hicks has worked his sculpting magic, the figures are very nice indeed.
Expect to have these out in metal for the beginning of February.

Polymancer Announces New Acquisitions

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(MONTREAL)—Polymancer Studios is pleased to announce that due to recent expansions and corporate acquisitions its various companies will fall under the title of the Polymancer Group of companies.