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For all you miniature gamers and Star Wars collectors Fantasy Flight Games is release the above expansion pack in the forth quarter. The set is the “X-Wing: Imperial Aces Expansion Pack” and will have a suggested price tag of $29.95. The expansion pack comes with what you see above, but the miniatures are two TIE-Interceptors. One will be from the 181st Fighter Wing and the other one will be a Emperor’s Royal Guard TIE-Interceptor.
Here is another card game for the CCG collectors, but this one will also appeal to the Steampunk fans. Welcome to Koryo, which takes place in a steampunk alternate history universe were you are thrust into the political arena. The game is for 2 -4 players and will contain: 45 character cards; 10 event cards; 8 season cards; 8 victory tokens; 1 first player token; and a rule book. The artwork for the cards is provided by Stephane Gantiez and Ian Parovel. Koryo is coming to you from Asmodee and Moonster Games and it is slated for an October release.
Here’s one that might have some cross over appeal. Bushiroad is adding to it’s Weiss Schwarz trading card game with the set entitled Hatsune Miku Project Diva f. This will appeal to your CCG collectors, Hatsune Miku fans, and J-Pop fans. The set will have 100 cards and has a planned release date of November 1. The set will include gold foil chase cards and autographed cards by Saki Fujita, who voiced the vocaloid. The set will be sold in Trail Decks and Booster Packs. However, for the collectors that want the whole set seven of the cards are exclusive only in the Trail Decks, so you will need to get a Trail Deck no matter what for you gaming collection.
Koju Hoshino, President of Studio Ghibli, announced at the Venice Film Festival that Hayao Miyazaki will be retiring. Miyazaki’s latest animated film The Wind Rises will be his last film. Other films that everyone knows him by are Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and many others that are to numerous to list. His films have become classics in the animated world and Miyazaki is considered a Master and Champion of the animated film.
Upper Deck has announced that in 2014 they will be releasing an Alien Legendary Deck Building Game. There is no set artwork for the game or hard release date, but CCG collectors will probably want to sneak some extra money to the side to be ready for the games release to add to their collections.
Magic: the Gathering fans and CCG collectors alike will be interested in this bit of news. The next phase of the Magic game will be released in three parts. The first part will be entitled Magic: The Gathering–Theros and it will be released September 27. The set will be a 249 cards set that focuses on Greek mythology and will be available to purchase in Booster Packs, Intro Packs, Event Decks, and Fat Packs. The two other parts will be released in 2014. The second part is scheduled for a February release entitled Born of the Gods and the third part is scheduled for a May release entitled Journey Into Nyx. So everyone start making plans on how to work you budgets to obtain these new releases.
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For all you HeroClix fans, WizKids has announced the next Marvel HeroClix focus will be The Invincible Ironman. The gravity feed’s will be available on October 30 and booster packs on November 13. The set is slated to be a 60 figure set, three of the game pieces are pictured above.
This will be one you will want to consider for your gaming collection. Toy Vault, Inc. will be releasing Firefly: Out to the Black card game this coming October, with a suggested price of $24.99. Even though Firefly has not been in production for several years, it has become a cult favorite of science fiction fans.
File this under the “What” file. Yes currently zombies are everywhere and now we mean everywhere. Zombies are in Riverdale!?!!! For all you Archie fans that were clamoring for this, your wishes have come true. I joke, but who knows, Afterlife with Archie might be a big hit with a decent story. The comic will be done by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla and be published under the Archie Imprint. Thanks to ICv2 for providing this trailer for the new comic:
Later this year Amazon will be entering into the comic book publishing arena, with the imprint Jet City Comics. The imprint will focus on adaptations of novels written by high profile science fiction and fantasy authors. Some of the titles scheduled are: Meathouse; Wool; and The Foreworld Saga. The titles will be first available on the Kindle e-reader and later in print collected editions.