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Magic the Gathering will have a release date of February 1 for it’s next expansion Gatecrash. The set will have 249 cards which will be available in Booster Packs, Intro Packs, Event Packs, Booster Battle Packs and Fat Packs. Wizards of the Coast is also planning to help sponsor some pre-release events January 26 and 27. So TCG gamers might want to check out their local gaming store to see if they will be hosting one of these events.
Here is another forth coming card game that you might be interested in if you are a fan of the TV series Castle. Cryptozoic Entertainment is going to release Castle: The Detective Card Game that can be played by 2 to 5 players. The suggested retail will be $30.00, but there is no release date as of this posting. Keep an eye on their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/Castle?ref=ts&fref=ts, and it will probably be announced their.
Paizo Publishing is working on two items for it’s Pathfinder Game. So here you go gamers and libraries that support gaming. Paizo is currently partnering with Mike Selinker and the design team at Lone Shark Games to create a deck building game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. If plans progress the first set will be based on the Rise of the Runelords and it will have over 400 cards. Paizo then plans to release another set of 110 cards on a bi-monthly schedule. There is no release date set for the card game yet. The second piece of news related to Pathfinder is that in April of 2013, Paizo plans to release Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Campaign. It will be a 256 full color hard cover book and has a suggested retail price of $39.99.
Cryptozoic Entertainment is coming out with a DC Comics Deck-Building Game. The deck will have 214 cards. Release date for the game is for December 2012 and has a suggested retail price of $40.00. So if any of the libraries out there are into card gaming and card gaming tournaments you might want to pick this set up.
If you remember at the first of the year we reported that Cardfight!! Vanguard was going to be released as a trail run here in the U.S. Evidently, this trading card game has become popular enough that Bushiroad has awarded UltraPro the license to produce and market Vanguard accessories which will include card sleeves, playmats, and deck cases. The expected release date is set for February 2013. If it has become popular in your area you might consider adding it to your library’s playing card tournament events.
This is for all your library’s Trading Card Gamers. Bushiroad will be releasing more Cardfight! Vanguard cards in January and February 2013. In January a new booster set, entitled Awakening of Twin Blades, will be released and then in February to trail decks will be released entitled Golden Mechanical Soldier and Maiden Princess of the Cherry Blossoms. You will want to pass this along to your TCG fans.
Let all your Pokemon fans know that the next Pokemon movie will be shown on Cartoon Network on December 8th. The movie is Pokemon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice. You will also want to put this on your purchasing list for when it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray. Thanks to ICv2 and pokemon, through YouTube for the following trailer:
There will be more Pokemon cards coming in November. Librarians that have gamers will want to pass this along. The cards are part of the Pokemon, Black & White: Boundaries Crossed expansion decks. There will be 140 new cards, 4 ACE SPEC cards, and 6 Pokemon-EX cards with this set. The cards will be available in theme decks and booster packs. So go out and “catch them all!”
For libraries that have Yu-Gi-Oh gaming there’s a new box coming out, Yu-Gi-Oh: Return of the Duelist. The pack is scheduled for release on September 25. It will come with three booster packs and 1 or 2 super rare cards, either “T.G. Hyper Librarian” or “Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction” card. The suggested retail price will be $9.99. Let your TCG gamers now so they can start looking for the boxes or this could be something the library uses as a give-away during one of the your Yu-Gi-Oh gaming events.
Librarians will want to let their trading card gamers (especially W0W gamers) know about the upcoming World of Warcraft promo card. Cryptozoic will be releasing the promo card “The Well of Eternity”, at participating retailers, on October 2. This promotion is to support the upcoming Timewalkers: War of the Ancients launch. Let your TCG gamers know so they can contact their retailers to see if the can pick up this card.