The Speicherstadt: $45

Designer: Stefan Feld
Players: 2-5
Playing Time: 45 Minutes
Ages: 8+

The Speicherstadt, Hamburg’s warehouse district, is a thriving a busy place.  You’re the head of a large trading house, and there is plenty that needs doing!

In The Speicherstadt the game play follows the simple pattern of supply, demand, purchase, loading and income.  In the supply phase, trade cards become available and ships are loaded up with goods such as coffee, tea, carpets and rubber.  During the demand phase players take turns placing workers over the cards.  The worker placement system makes for some very interesting choices, as the number and order of workers dictate the cost and purchase preference order for the cards.  Players can place workers in order to force a player to pay more, or even to bump a card out of the price range of a lower placed player, as well as for the simple desire to purchase a card.  The object of the game is, of course, the acquisition of points, and the trade cards are really the meat of the game, allowing many and varied interactions between goods, money, cards and points without losing any simplicity.

Settlers of America, Trails to Rails: $55.00

Designer: Klaus Teuber
Players: 3-4
Playing Time: 120 Minutes
Ages: 12+

Settlers of America is the next release in the Catan Histories line.

The 19th Century has arrived and Americans are heading west. Wagon trains are forming up and heading out to settle new lands and build new cities. These new cities will need railroad lines to bring in new people and necessary goods. Some head west for the adventure, some to start a new life, still others to find work.

Look west to make your fortune. As the population grows, resources will dwindle and the smart money seeks new sources and new markets. Finance your settlers as they head west to build the cities of tomorrow. Link these cities with rails of steel and operate your railroad to supply the townsfolk with goods. To the west lie lands to settle and fortunes to be made!

Settlers of America: Trails to Rails utilizes the familiar Catan hex-tile grid to present a map of the United States. Players collect and trade resources, in order to purchase, migrate and build settlements, forge railroads and acquire locomotives. Railroads are used to distribute goods to the interconnected cities. As westward locations are settled, old sources of resources deplete. The addition of gold adds to the depth of play and increases options for the players.

Hordes Primal mkII: Hardcover: $44.99, Softcover $29.99

The new version of the core HORDES rulebook is in!  In HORDES, even the earth trembles as towering warbeasts born to fight and trained to kill hurl themselves at their foes in a frenzy of claw and fang that churns the battlefield into a writhing sea of carnage. Within the bloody fog of war, their battle leaders seize this unbridled rage and from it forge momentous weapons to wield against their enemies, knowing only the strongest, fastest, and most cunning will survive.

Take control of a powerful warlock and his horde of fierce warriors and monstrous warbeasts in this fast-paced and aggressive 30 mm tabletop miniatures battle game set in the foreboding wilds of western Immoren, home of the Iron Kingdoms.

*HORDES: Primal Mk II thrusts you into this savage world with:
*Complete core rules for the HORDES tabletop miniatures game
*In-depth histories of the non-human nations of western Immoren and the conflicts that have shaped them.
*Detailed profiles and rules for the powerful warbeasts and soldiers of the Trollbloods, Circle Orboros, Legion of Everblight, and Skorne.
*An instructional painting and hobby guide that will show you how to bring your tabletop battlefield to life.

August White Dwarf: $9.00

This month White Dwarf covers the upcoming Daemon releases for Warhammer and Warhammer 40k.

Games Workshop Daemon Prince: $33.00 – Releasing August 7^th

The mightiest servants of the Dark Gods are blessed with monstrous power and life unending amongst the Daemon hosts of Chaos. Each Daemon Prince was once a devoted servant of Chaos, whose actions in life have earned him blessings beyond counting and elevation to daemonhood.

This set contains one multi-part plastic Daemon Prince which can be armed and armoured for either Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000. This 45-piece set includes: three head variants, three different weapon arms, wings and a host of other assembly options. This set also contains both a 60mm round base and a 50mm square.

Games Workshop Pink Horrors: $24.75 – Releasing August 7^th

Pink Horrors are gibbering, malicious servants of Tzeentch, vile parodies of their sorcerous master. On the battlefield they band into packs of brightly coloured Daemons and unleash their powerful magics upon the enemy, blasting the foe with the eldritch fire of Tzeentch.

This set contains ten multi-part plastic Pink Horrors. This 55-piece set includes all of the components needed to assemble a musician, standard bearer and champion. Also included are ten 25mm round bases and ten 25mm square bases, enabling you to assemble the Pink Horrors for use in either Warhammer 40,000 or Warhammer.

Games Workshop Seekers of Slaanesh: $24.75 – Releasing August 7^th

The Seekers of Slaanesh are the outriders of the daemonic hosts, Daemonettes who ride upon swift and deadly Steeds. Seekers can cover vast distances at unbelievable speeds; they are an excellent flanking force, able to deftly outmanoeuvre almost any foe.

This set contains five multi-part plastic Seekers of Slaanesh. This 59-piece set includes ten different Daemonette heads, two different Slaanesh icons, and a host of other optional components. Also included are all of the pieces needed to assemble a champion, musician and standard bearer. This set also contains five Warhammer 40,000 Bike Bases and five 25mm x 50mm bases, enabling you to assemble your Seekers for use in either Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000.

Plot Twist Cards: $10.99

Ready for a whole new way to roleplay? Draw a Plot Twist Card and guide the adventure in directions limited only by your creativity. Plot Twist Cards open up a new experience of shared storytelling, providing players with ways to suggest new events during an adventure or get help when they need it most. Each of the deck’s 51 cards presents a different theme that the GM and players, working together, can weave into the game’s narrative, as well as related rules effects. With Plot Twist Cards, everyone can help tell the story and enjoy being surprised by new and unexpected turns of fortune.

GameMastery Plot Twist Cards add a new storytelling element to roleplaying games, allowing players to bring their own twists to an adventure’s plot. Each card provides a minor story-altering idea along with a few options players can either use as presented or take inspiration from to craft similarly themed suggestions that affect in-game events. Every Plot Twist Card can be interpreted in countless ways, allowing players to suggest minor alterations to a game’s events that a GM might add or adapt however best fits the story’s needs. Such alterations might bring about an added bit of luck to improve the situation for the PCs or up the ante to create even greater challenges—it’s all up to the players and their Game Master!

Icons Superhero Roleplaying: $29.99

What kid raised in recent generations hasn’t pretended to be a superhero at some point: worn a cape, “flown” around, bounced imaginary bullets or shot “blasts of power” from hands or eyes? Why not? After all, the superhero is the perfect modern fantasy: powerful, respected, and loved by the public, but with a message of responsibility, duty, truth, and justice that appeals to parents as well as kids. In countless comic books (and now “graphic novels”), cartoons, and live-action television shows and films, superheroes continue to thrill and capture our imagination while also celebrating some of our better qualities. Who wouldn’t want to be a hero?

With ICONS, you can be!

Steve Kenson, the designer of the best-selling Mutants & Masterminds delivers a superpowered new role-playing game, inspired by the fast-playing old-school games and the new generation of narrative role-play! Within its pages are complete rules for character creation, abilities and powers, random adventure generation, a rogue’s gallery of villains, a complete adventure and all the superheroic action you can handle!