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[19 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Preorders for VOLUSPA and VAMPIRE EMPIRE Start Monday, May 20

PRESS RELEASE:
Stronghold Games is pleased to announce
Preorders for these 2013 Summer Game Releases:
Völuspá
and
Vampire Empire
will open tomorrow, Monday, May 20 , 2013
at noon Eastern time!

You know that getting new games is not only for the Winter Holiday Season… And we all need to get some new games for our Summer fun, right?
So, go get your lunch (East Coasters) or your breakfast (West Coasters), and come join us tomorrow as we celebrate the first of our 2013 Summer New Game Releases!
PREORDERS for our first 2013 Summer Game Releases will open:
Monday, May 20, 2013
at …

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[15 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Walter Koenig joining Mayfair at Gen Con 2013

Mayfair Games and Gen Con are ecstatic to announce that for the second year in a row, a science fiction legend will be joining us in Mayfair Land at Gen Con 2013!

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[13 May 2013 | 2 Comments | ]
The Game Pit: We’ll be back soon.

Apologies to all for our recent gap between shows. This is due to an injury to Ronan (he’s on the mend now) but we’ll be back very soon with an episode on all things Kickstarter.

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[12 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
PRESS RELEASE: Stronghold Games Announces its 2013 Origins and Gen Con Convention Releases

Stronghold Games is proud to announce its 2013 summer convention season new game releases. The following games will debut at these conventions

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[9 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
HEX: Shards of Fate

I would be the first one to groan about hearing about another trading card game (even though I admit this one looks cool), but this might be the future of board games in general (I know some of you won’t have your cardboard taken from your cold dead hands). From my trip to Seattle last year I spent some time at Microsoft offices, and seeing coffee tables with embedded touchable screens left the impression that card board games might not be around for ever. Will games start heading in this direction in the future or will there be two separate worlds of gaming heading our way. This is the beginning of that debate and you will decide it!

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[2 May 2013 | 2 Comments | ]
BATTLEFRONT MINIATURES TO TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTION OF DUST TACTICS

Dust Studio today announced that Battlefront Miniatures will become its publishing and distribution partner for the Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare miniatures game lines. Fantasy Flight Games, Dust Studio’s current publishing partner for those games, will transition sales and marketing activity to Battlefront Miniatures on June 1st, 2013.
“Dust has had a wonderful few years, during which we have seen the game’s community grow exponentially,” said Dust creator Paolo Parente. “Both Dust Studio and Fantasy Flight Games have evolved
significantly during our relationship, and we now mutually feel that we are both …

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[17 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
“A Study in Emerald” A new Martin Wallace Game!

At the beginning of the game you are assigned a secret identity, which will either be that of a Restorationist or a Loyalist. Your identity matters as it determines what you need to do to achieve victory.

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[16 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Battlestar Galactica: Daybreak Expansion is coming!

The Daybreak expansion for Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game brings humanity’s plight to its gripping climax. With two supplemental game boards and hundreds of cards and tokens, Daybreak invites players to undertake desperate missions, struggle under the constant threat of mutiny, and bargain with Cylon Leaders driven by motives of their own!

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[11 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
D&D Encounters: New Season Returns to Neverwinter!

Wizards of the Coast announces the next season of D&D Encounters – and a D&D first! Returning to the famed city of Neverwinter, the Storm Over Neverwinter season begins today and runs through June 5.
 
For the first time ever, D&D Encounters features higher level starting play! Players can begin this season at 4th level and use any official 4th Edition materials to create their character. Players also have the option to play through Storm Over Neverwinter as either a D&D 4th Edition adventure or as part of the D&D Next …

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[25 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
HEROES OF NORMANDIE! Expansion on Kickstarter

Heroes of Normandie is a squad/platoon sized game. As in Frontiers, the game is about opposing two armies controlled by a pair of players. These armies, German on one side and American on the other, are made of infantry, tanks and of course, heroes.