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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.
Here’s one for all you Collectible Card Gamers. Bushiroad has announced that in the August 13, Blu-ray release of Sword Art Online there will be a promotional card included. The card will have the image of Kirito and Asuna and will be usable in the Weiss Schwarz game. Sword Art Online anime will also start airing on Cartoon Network in August as well. So this release will be of interest to anime fans as well as gamers. Libraries that purchase this Blu-ray could us it as a give-a-way to draw interest in their anime collection and/or gamers club.
If you didn’t know Walking Dead has invaded the TCG realm. It is not the first horror TCG, and if you like the show it might be interesting to play. If you are a collector of TCG’s you will want to add this game to your collection. The suggested retail price is $15.00.
If you are a fan of the Weiss Schwarz CCG’s your summer is full of product. On July 19, Bushiroad will be releasing another Weiss Schwarz expansion set. This set will feature the characters from Sword Art Online. There will be 100 different cards and 5 autographed gold foil chase cards. Start saving your money to get all of these upcoming releases.
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/25818.html
Bushiroad will be releasing a booster expansion for it’s Weiss Schwarz collectible card game featuring Fate/Zero. The expansion set will include 100 different cards and will include gold foil chase packs. These chase packs will feature cards that are autographed by four Japanese voice actors from the Fate/Zero anime series. The booster packs are scheduled for an August 16th date. So start saving your money to pick up more cards for your CCG collections.
Bushiroad’s CCG Cardfight!! Vanguard will have a summer expansion set call Dazzling Divas. It is set for a July 26 release date and will have a “Bermuda Triangle” theme. So everyone that has an interest in collectible card gaming and/or host tournaments get ready for this new set to hit your local gaming/comic book stores.
For all the gamers out there this might interest you. With this game, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck Building Game, it could attract not just trading card gamers, but fantasy based gamers as well. The set has 226 cards, 6 oversized Hero cards and a rule book, put out by Cryptozoic Entertainment. The suggest price is $40.00 dollars. This might be one to pick up for your collection to have on hand to play with fellow gamers.
http://www.cryptozoic.com/games/lord-rings-fellowship-ring-deck-building-game
Stone Blade Entertainment will be releasing Ascension: Rise of Vigil expansion on April 3. It will contain 259 cards and will have a new type of card called a “Treasure” card and also a new “Resource” energy card. The suggested price is $39.99. Late summer the will be an Ascension Apprentice set that will allow new players to try the Ascension deck-building game at a price of $10.00 and then in late summer they will have Ascension Theme Packs for $4.99. So all you Deck-Builder fans be ready for you local specialty stores to get these in.
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/25314.html
More TCG news. New cards in the Pokemon Universe will be released on May 18. The set is Pokemon: Black and White – Plasma Freeze and will be a 110 card set that will include EX Cards, ACE SPEC Cards, Trainer Cards and others.
Upper Deck has announced that the Dark City expansion set, for the Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, will be released June 25 for a suggested retail price of $39.99. The 850 card set will include 350 new cards with 17 new hero cards. So if you, your patrons or your library is into trading card gaming, mark you calendars.