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That's The Way The Cookie Is Blown To Bits By A Bazooka

Posted: November 11, 2005

Run For Your Life, Candyman! is a delightful children's boardgame gone horribly, horribly awry. As gingerbread men, you must escape your candy land before the reigning king sends you off to be eaten by children. If you want to make it out alive (or as alive as a man made of candy can be, anyway), it's gonna take guts, stamina, and a willingness to beat the sugar out of any of the other gingerbread men that dare get in your way.

Post(er) Mortem

Posted: November 10, 2005

For lovers of all things creepy, we offer the GURPS Deadlands: Varmints Cover Poster. Normally, people just hang such posters on the wall at Halloween. If you wanna have fun, though, keep it on your wall all year, then (just to confuse your friends and family) take it down during Halloween.

Welcome Back To The Stage Of History

Posted: November 09, 2005

Famous historical figures continue to beat the tar out of each other with the second set of Anachronism. You can get in on the antediluvian butt-kicking by picking up the Anachronism: Ramses II Vs. Genghis Khan - 2-Player Starter Game, and from there buy any additional antiquated warriors you wish.

The Envelope Please . . .

Posted: November 08, 2005

Game companies slave, night and day, to produce high quality, fun-filled, original games to entertain the masses. Hm. That didn't sound very convincing, did it? All right, we'll level with you: it's really about winning awards . . . any awards. Twilight Creations just seems to be the first to admit it, as evidenced by Award Show. Game design, award shows, monkeys. 'Nuff said.

Hide In Plain Sight

Posted: November 07, 2005

The only downside to being a ninja is that you can't tell anyone you're a ninja. The Ninja Burger: Dim Mak T-Shirt can make the point that you are not to be trifled with when it comes to delivering burgers anywhere in the world in 30 minutes or less. It's black, too, the official color sponsor of ninja everywhere!

Friends In Shadowy Places

Posted: November 05, 2005

The corps aren't the only players in the grim, cyberpunk dystopia of 2063. Policlubs want your support, cults want your devotion, and organleggers want . . . well, you. Shadowrun: Loose Alliances outlines the minor movers and shakers of the shadow community. They could be powerful friends, chummer, but that may be more power than you can handle . . .

Moving Markdown

Posted: November 04, 2005

We need to sell off a lot of stock before we move to our new HQ. To accomplish this, Steve Jackson Games has permanently marked down the prices of all the third edition GURPS softcover books. Take a look at our GURPS Page to find out if the book you've always wanted can be had for a mere $9.95!

The Big Book O' God

Posted: November 03, 2005

Ars Magica: Realms of Power - The Divine takes three major religion in Mythic Europe (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), breaks them down into their component parts, and gives you a look at what makes them tick. Which is God, mostly, but there are a few other bits and pieces you may want to know about.

Fantastic Shirts

Posted: November 02, 2005

The Mountain makes a variety T-shirts that showcase things like dragons, fallen angels, Celtic crosses, dragons, werewolves, and, well, more dragons. And hey, if you don't like any of the shirts we have, complain! We might just increase the number of designs . . .

Warehouse 23 Top Ten

Posted: November 01, 2005

Check out Warehouse 23's top selling items for October at the Warehouse 23 Top 10 page.

Good Advice Is Seldom Cheap

Posted: October 31, 2005

So crack open that wallet, Dungeon Master, because the Advanced Gamemaster's Guide is a veritable cornucopia of advice, variant rules, roleplaying guidelines, and other assorted thingamabobs that will help you be a better DM. You may think your "Lair of Big-Nasty Thingies And Stuff" campaign is perfect, but your players might just beg to differ.

Contents Under Pressure

Posted: October 30, 2005

All the danger and intrigue in the galaxy isn't strictly limited to the Babylon 5 space station. If you're looking for a little fun off-station, you may want to expose your players to The Athena Strain.

This Little Die Of Mine

Posted: October 29, 2005

Most everything reflects light. Chessex's Lustrous dice are no exception. In fact, they do it very, very well. We're sure you'll enjoy looking at them. We certainly do. We could just stare at them all . . .

Play Dead!

Posted: October 28, 2005

Never again shall you sit at the gaming table thinking "Oh great, we're out of zombie dog miniatures again." The Zombies!!! Bag o' Dogs!!! has 100 tiny, plastic, undead canines that are sure to come in handy while playing Zombies!!!, but will certainly work with any miniatures system. And here we thought wet dogs smelled bad.

Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The 'Mech

Posted: October 27, 2005

The Inner Sphere is ruled by the Great Houses and the Clans. Right? Well, as always, it turns out things are more complicated than they first appear. Classic BattleTech: Interstellar Players looks at the puppet masters of the BattleTech universe. You didn't really think the Secret Masters would just disappear some time in the next millennium, did you?