Comic List Highlights (8/29/2012)

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Aug 252012
 

Every member of The Avengers is pretty dang cool, but there’s only two of them that get to carry around sweet weapons. And one of them is coming into the store this Wednesday.

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So, for any little ones out there looking to be the good Captain this Halloween, you might want to swing by and shield up this coming week. Coming straight from this summer’s biggest blockbuster, these kid’s sized Captain America shields are based directly off of the official design and made of sturdy plastic for all your nazi smacking needs. I wouldn’t recommend trying to deflect any bullets with it, though.

One of the summer’s other big comic films also has a swanky collectible coming out this week and that’s the sweet Amazing Spider-Man Movie Statue to the right. Based off of the well-desined costume redux from the film, this statue is shaped in the dynamic window strattling pose so often struck by the web-slinger. The kisser here, though, is that this baby is cheap, cheap for a statue of this size. So, spin a web line on down to Pulp and snag your friendly neighborhood Spidey.

If eight seasons isn’t enough for you, the Supernatural trade paperback coming out this Wednesday will sooth your aching nerd-bone. Written by Brian Wood, that’s right the Brian Wood of DMZ, Massive, Ultimate X-Men, and Local, and drawn by KC local Grant Bond, this miniseries is a cross-ocean road trip starring Sam Winchester as he explorers the UK in search of an alluring femme fatale ghostie. As the previous Supernatural collections have sold quickly and gone out of print for extended periods of time, you’ll be best off if you grab a copy as fast as you can.

This week is a big one for DC as four annuals launch this Wednesday directing their books into bold, new directions. Green Lantern, Detective Comics, The Flash, and Superman may be the four oversized reads hitting shelves, but it’s Aquaman that gets the coolest cover. Celebrating Seth Green’s DC Robot Chicken Special airing on September 9th, Aquaman #12 receives a special Robot Chicken variant cover where the oft-insulted character finally gets his due.

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New Game Stuff (6/1/2012)

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Jun 012012
 

I’m probably the only person left alive who remembers this, but there used to be a line of rubbery action figures called Food Fighters. Each figure was a common piece of food (chicken leg, taco, hamburger) but personified as a soldier. Cryptozoic, makers of the Walking Dead board game, may have had those action figures battling around their subconscious when they created their newest card game, Food Fight. Within the game, players draft tasty combatants to enact war in battlefields like Watermelonloo and Spaghettis-Burg. Two to six players can build their armies and lay down powerful combo attacks on all their flavorful foes.

Mr. Scott…please beam down…all…the..Redshirts. If you’re, in any way, familiar with the classic sci-fi series such a line might emanate from, then you’re also well aware those crew persons are not coming back. The new Redshirts card game capitalizes on that very notion by providing a game where two to seven players command a ship with the main intention of murdering every last redshirt aboard. Looney, Munchkin-like fun and mayhem applied to Star Trek, peoples.

Haggis, not just a delious dish made of sheep’s intestines any more. Thanks to Indie Boards & Cards, Haggis is also an addictive card game. Taking form and function from classic card games like Tichu and Big Two, Haggis would be falls into the category of climbing card games where players fit to be the first with an empty hand. Best part, though: you can wear a kilt while you play.

Anyone up for seconds?

Planechase has returned! This casual format began the cycle that recently ended with the Commander decks that were released last year. As Planechase is a casual format, you can actually play your Commander deck in the format as well as any other deck you would like to play. Up to four players choose decks then play against each other while being effected by the Planechase and Phenomena cards. These cards get placed based on dice rolls and come with damaging or rewarded effects. Four different decks come with ten Planechase cards as well as a regular 60 card deck.

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New Game Stuff (4/13/2012)

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Apr 132012
 

You’ve caught the . And the only prescription is more cowbell…no that’s something else.

The only prescription for Horse Fever is actually fixing races, buying off jockeys, and borrowing money from the mob. Or, at least, that’s the case in the new game…Chicken Pox…okay, no, it’s called Horse Fever. Players control gamblers looking to get rich of each race in three different formats of play. These play levels, set-up as easy, medium, and hard, are a board game version, a family game version, and a party game version of base play. So, you can get into the game however you choose, then work up to a higher level of difficulty as you go along.

Expanding upon the base Ghost Stories board game, the new Black Secret version of the game increases the terror of the original game by kicking the number of players up to 2-5. And that extra player gets to control the villain of the game, Wu-Feng. The other players must face off against his ghost armies and spells, but have magical mantras, which increase by with the level of play, to protect them. If you’re into the original game or Last Night on Earth, give the new Ghost Stories: Black Secret at try.

Space will not be the final frontier for Marvel Heroclix, but it will be one of the most awesome. The new Galactic Guardians Heroclix set hit stores today, full of new cosmic figure goodness for your Heroclix collection. Focusing on characters like Silver Surfer, Nova, Dr. Strange, and Galactus, this new set comes in regular boosters as well as Super Boosters which contain a colossal figure. Collect them all to flesh out your forces with the power cosmic!

If you enjoy your roleplaying dark, demented, and Lovecraftian, you’ll need to pick up the Carcosa RPG hardcover. Made specifically for adults, this system is compatible with old school fantasy adventure games, offering 800 encounters to enact. Come prepared for bone-chilling horror and violence, as this game delivers the gruesome.

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