Archive for November, 2007

For the Love of Fluxx

November 20, 2007

A month or so back a customer recommended we carry a game called Fluxx by Looney Labs.
To be honest, I’d never heard of it. I know, I know. That’s terrible. I’d heard of Looney Labs, and have seen them doing their thing each year at Origins. But, I had never visited their booth (a mistake [...]

Some Mutant Chronicles CMG Info From Spiel07

November 16, 2007

Speaking of delays (see my previous blog entry), another long-delayed game that I’ve been looking forward to is the Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game coming in early 2008 from Fantasy Flight Games. This is FFGs first foray into the collectible market. The game was original due, I believe, in April of this year…but has [...]

Delays…

November 13, 2007

Delays are pretty common in the gaming industry, and the comic book industry for that matter. Release dates come and go, things get rescheduled.
A few posts back I was all giddy about it being November and the impending release of Confrontation: Age of the Rag’narok and the first Karman army releases for AT-43 (all from [...]

Boardgame Nites

November 6, 2007

Friday nights are now Boardgame Nite (BGN for short) at Alley Cat Games & Comics.
The goal of BGN is to provide an evening where folks can gather and game over their favorite boardgame, whether it be Monopoly or BattleLore, or Scrabble or Axis & Allies. You can bring a game from home or try one [...]

November, At Last!

November 2, 2007

I can’t believe it’s finally November. It seems like I’ve been waiting for this month to come for so long now. Why? Well, mainly for two gaming releases coming out this month from Rackham: the Karman for AT-43 and the new Confrontation: Age of the Rag’ narok pre-painted miniatures game.
Rackham sucked me in last winter [...]