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February 18, 2014: Have You Been To Warehouse 23 Recently?

I don't know if you're aware (I mean, we have mentioned it), but e23 and Warehouse 23 have merged into a bigger and better store, like some sort of web-based Voltron. The new Warehouse 23 has all of your physical games and PDFs in one place. It's easier to browse and search, and should make the process of buying stuff from us quite a bit smoother!



There may still be bugs, even a week after launch. If you encounter any, please submit them. If you encounter any showstoppers, submit them and email orders@warehouse23.com for help if you need it.



We hope you enjoy the new store!



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Amazing Armor Assortments



Outfit your historical heroes easier, quicker, and with more historical accuracy than ever before, with GURPS Loadouts: Low-Tech Armor , only available at Warehouse 23. Download it today, and read it to knight!

February 17, 2014: Reminder: Steve At OwlCon!

Just a reminder that Steve will be at OwlCon this weekend. Come say hi! And if you miss him at OwlCon, be sure to check out one of his other appearances.



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: How Will You Transform Europe?



Will you raise an island from the sea so that you can rule over it, or will you use your powers in subtler ways?



Learn all you need in Ars Magica: Transforming Mythic Europe .



Available at Warehouse 23 .

February 16, 2014: Brian Interviewed On MFMA

Some of you know this; many of you do not: in addition to being the Marketing Assistant here at Steve Jackson Games, I'm also a game designer. I've done a lot of work for other companies, and I've even self-published. Sometimes people take notice of this, and sometimes they interview me. One such time was when Katie from My Friends Make Art sat down and did this video interview with me, about the games that I design. Check it out!



– Brian Engard



 



Warehouse 23 News: Ready For A Transylvanian Tryst?



What happens in Transylvania stays in Transylvania . . . especially in Mythic Europe! Learn about the struggle of light and dark in this exciting realm, with Ars Magica: Against the Dark – available as a digital download from Warehouse 23.

February 15, 2014: A Look Back To The Dark Ages Of 1991

Steve Cichon at TrendingBuffalo.com (great site name!) has posted a full-page newspaper ad for Radio Shack from 1991 and points out that almost everything on it is now handled by a smartphone that fits in your pocket. (Including one thing he doesn't mention: the newspaper itself.)



I freaking love the future.



– Andrew Hackard



Warehouse 23 News: Go Big!



With the Giant Battlefield Set for Ogre, you get four G.E.V.  maps to expand your battles even further.



Available only at Warehouse23 !

February 14, 2014: Announcements For May

May is fast approaching, and there's some great stuff coming up in that month! Want some more Munchkin Apocalypse ? There's the new Munchkin Apocalypse Kill-o-Meter and Munchkin Apocalypse 2 – Sheep Impact . Want something for Zombie Dice ? Check out Zombie Dice 3 – School Bus!

Munchkin Apocalypse 2 – Sheep Impact
It's The End Of The World . . . Again



Have even more fun bringing about the End Times with 106 new cards for Munchkin Apocalypse ! Arm your hardened survivor with the Patriot Axe and Ketchup Gas to take on the The Thawed Reich! Protect yourself with the Bomb Suit and Survival Manual, or the Antisocial Media will end you prematurely! Watch out for Disaster! Velocirapture! and terrifying new Seals like The Singularity! Play a new Class, the Daredevil, and thumb your nose at apocalyptic peril!



Sheep Impact is an expansion set; you will need Munchkin Apocalypse to play.


Zombie Dice 3 – School Bus
The living call it the School Bus. The zombies call it a lunch wagon.



Add the School Bus die to your Zombie Dice game for all sorts of craziness! The School Bus is full of tasty brains, but those kids are packing shotguns, too. You might find yourself chowing down on a brain buffet, chasing runners off the bus, getting run over, or getting double-shotgunned!



This is an expansion for Zombie Dice . It is not a stand-alone game.


Munchkin Apocalypse Kill-o-Meter



The best Munchkin fights are the ones where everyone plays cards to keep the levels bouncing up and down! But it can be hard to keep track. Now you'll never have to stop and recount again!



With the Munchkin Apocalypse Kill-O-Meter , whenever a card hits the table, you turn the dials to keep track of your new total. You don't have time to stop and count when the world is coming to an end . . .



The Munchkin Apocalypse Kill-O-Meter comes with two special Munchkin Apocalypse bonus cards – and since the dials can be read from either side, we put the munchkin survivors on one side and their foes on the other.




– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Infinite Worlds Of Adventure



Don't get caught unprepared at the crossroads of time and space; Pyramid #3/63: Infinite Worlds II has new rules for magic and pocket realms, plus exciting new worlds to explore. Set your chronometer to download it today from Warehouse 23!

February 13, 2014: Annie Maxine Clontz, Aka "Max," Administrative Assistant

Max is the mandatory Japan-fangirl at the office. She enjoys pretty much every geeky activity on the map, but tries very, very hard to limit herself to one online game obsession at a time. Her less-geeky hobbies include drawing, gardening, mixology, and playing pranks. The world only exists after consumption of large quantities of caffeine, and preferably with minimal human interaction until noon or so.



よろしく ね~!



– Max Clontz



Warehouse 23 News: Brraaaiiiinnnnsssss!!!



There are so many different ways to store brains: a coffee can, the fridge, on the mantelpiece.



Now you can store your brains in style with the brand-new Zombie Dice Brain Case .



Get yours from Warehouse23 today!

February 12, 2014: Get Out Of Trouble Like Never Before

You're a hero in an organization that expects you to get things done; wouldn't it be nice to call on them when you need help? Now you can. With GURPS Social Engineering: Pulling Rank , you'll be using the GURPS Rank advantage to get you out of jams like never before.



Building off ideas first presented in GURPS Social Engineering (which is useful but not required), this supplement lets you use your sway within the org to order up aid: get invited into places of interest, cut through bureaucracies, effect an official escape from bad situations, or call in an air strike. You can even ask for assistance when you don't know what would be useful! If you've got GURPS Social Engineering: Pulling Rank , you've got an ace up your sleeve that's even cooler and more versatile than a hidden firearm.



– Steven Marsh



Warehouse 23 News: Why So Gloomy?



Hide all your hopes and dreams from an uncaring world with the Munchkin Duck of Gloom .



It comes with a Munchkin card and, by special arrangement with Atlas Games , a new Munchkin-flavored Gloom card as well!

February 11, 2014: The New Warehouse 23

It's up! We've launched the new version of Warehouse 23. We're running a  Munchkin Fairy Dust Dice  promo to celebrate; go check out the full details!



Something to be aware of: none of the physical games on Warehouse 23 have ratings yet, even the really popular ones. The old version of Warehouse 23 didn't have a rating system so there was nothing to import.



And don't forget to log any bugs you find!



– Brian Engard



 



Warehouse 23 News: Stick Figure Mayhem!



Have you ever had the urge to start beating some know-it-all who really deserved it, but were held back by those frustrating social boundaries?



Let's Kill may help relieve that urge.



You play a psychotic killer bent on murdering the most people you can with anything you can get your hands on.



Get the attention of the media and see how far you can go.



Let's Kill features distinctive stick figure art and gruesome humor, and is intended for mature audiences.

February 10, 2014: New York In February Is Incredible!

The 2014 New York Toy Fair starts on February 16th, and this year I'll be at the show with our friends from PSI, running through the gauntlet of sales meetings and trying to avoid eating from every single amazing restaurant in the city. Joining me in the sales meetings this year is our new Events Director, Kali Dugan, while Ross Jepson, our Director of Sales, mans the booth and does his best to entertain everyone who stops by and asks the ever-popular: "What is Munchkin ?" Toy Fair is always an intense week of fun and productive talks, but it's the actual visit to the city that most excites me. (Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone that I enjoy this trip to NYC each February.)



At the show this year we'll show some completely new games during the meetings, and if things go very well then our zombies page will have a new addition before the end of the year. Wish us luck!



– Phil Reed



Warehouse 23 News: Storm The Palace!



Rally the townsfolk and take The Palace!



Revolution: The Palace! adds a new location and up to six can join the bribing, blackmailing, and backstabbing!



This expansion includes everything you need to add more 2 players to Revolution! .  There are also four new characters to bid on.



The new rules can be taught in minutes, and a complete game still takes less than an hour.

February 9, 2014: How We Use Twitter

We have an official Twitter account, which you might already be following. Whether you are or aren't, there's something you should know: we all use it. it's not one particular person who interfaces with the fans; a number of people at Steve Jackson Games use it throughout the day. We try to combat any confusion that might cause by appending our initials when we tweet. So, if you see -SJ, that's Steve Jackson. -AH is Andrew Hackard, -LB is Lenny Balsera, -BE is me. If you see initials you don't recognize coming from our Twitter account, go check out our Staff Info page and match the initials to the person; this'll also give you a good idea of what aspect of the company that tweet represents.



Another thing we use the Twitter account for is posting Steven Marsh's (-sjm) plot hooks. These all carry the #hook hashtag, and they're tweet-sized hooks for GURPS (or, really, any RPG you want to play).



Finally, the Twitter feed also posts links to every post in the Daily Illuminator, so it's also a good source for keeping current with what's going on with the company.



For all other official Steve Jackson Games Internet presence, check out The Official Word.



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Will You Answer The Call?



The dark god of death and magic has raised his most faithful servant - the Lich Lord - back to undeath! Heroes who survived the Tomb of the Lich Lord have been called back, along with daring new allies, to destroy the Lich Lord forever. But his new crypt is more dangerous, his minions more powerful, and the Lich Lord himself more terrible now that he possesses the dark god's sinister gift - the Scepter of the Shadow Plague.



Call of the Lich Lord is a two- to four-player Dungeoneer card game. Your character explores a dungeon that you build with map cards, while fighting monsters, completing quests, and leveling up along the way.



Call of the Lich Lord is the first Epic set for Dungeoneer , which lets you advance your favorite heroes from previous sets to higher levels, or play just with the new characters from this set who begin at 4th level! Call of the Lich Lord features 110 Dungeoneer cards, including Epic-level undead-themed monsters and six Epic-level heroes for your Dungeoneer game.