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January 29, 2014: Get Munchkin Zombies 4 Early!

You probably noticed that Munchkin Zombies 4 – Spare Parts is coming out in March. Want it early? Of course you do! Well, there's a way to make that happen.



Your FLGS may have already ordered the Munchkin Zombies 4 Launch Kit . That's four copies of Spare Parts and two +6 Bags o' Munchkin Zombies , plus a couple of promo cards. If you're not sure if your FLGS ordered the Launch Kit , ask them. If they say "no", ask them why not?



You'll be glad you did.



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Burn, Baby, Burn



Burn In Hell is your ticket to the Permanent Pitchfork Party.



Collect hell's famous residents or build sets of the Seven Deadly Sins.



It's hellacious and fun!



Available at your Friendly Local Game Store or at Warehouse 23 .

January 28, 2014: New Magic, Personal Dimensions, More Worlds: It Must Be Pyramid!

There's one thing explorers of the limitless cosmos agree on: It has something for everyone. The just-released Pyramid #3/63: Infinite Worlds II continues this tradition by unleashing the boundless power of the alternate realities. With this tome, you can tinker with Jason "PK" Levine's new GURPS advantage-based magic system, or use the new expansion to carve out your own pocket dimension and really get away from it all.



You'll also get three new alternate timelines to explore, including David L. Pulver's weird-science-tinged look at WWII, and a setting whose scientists seek to harness the power of Banestorms. If getting lost in some shopping is more your speed, then Phil Masters' "Infinite Aisles" offers a cross-dimensional twist that melds world-hopping with mall-hopping.



Now is the time to book your out-of-this-world adventure or sign up to test strange new abilities! Grab Pyramid #3/63: Infinite Worlds II individually, or start your subscription today for many more months of suitcase-packed possibilities.



 



– Steven Marsh



Warehouse 23 News: A Paranoid's Paradise



Vie for dominance in this collectible card game from Atlas Games .



On the Edge Starter Deck POP contains five decks with 60 cards and a rulebook, everything you and four friends need to get started.



Cards in each player's deck represent the resources and inhabitants of the island that may be at their disposal - from contacts in the art scene to strange alien technologies.



Cards may be common, uncommon, or rare, and are numbered for collecting.



Designed by Jonathan Tweet and John Nephew.

January 26, 2014: Taking Internet Baby Names To The Next Level

Plenty of us have used the Internet as a source of names, whether for characters for our games or novels, or for actual human children who will soon be coming into our lives. Stephen McLaughlin, however, is taking things a step further: he and his wife are


– Brian Engard



 



Warehouse 23 News: A Time For Heroes...



In the Emerald Isle constant fighting convulses the countryside.



English lords push inward and the Church struggle with attempts to make it fit continental ideals.



If the native magi could stop fighting each other, they would resist.



Ars Magica: The Contested Isle now available at Warehouse 23 .

January 27, 2014: Now Shipping!

We've got two great games shipping in January: Munchkin Apocalypse: Mars Attacks! and Zombie Dice Deluxe !

Munchkin Apocalypse: Mars Attacks!



Mars Attacks! , the hit trading card series from Topps, is invading the world of  Munchkin Apocalypse ! In this 15-card booster, you'll battle Monster Bugs and the Heat Ray Saucer on your way to Level 10, with the help of new goodies like the Martian Zap Rifle and Giant Spiky Feet. But watch out for the new Seals – you could end the world with Reality TV! (It makes total sense to us.)

Zombie Dice Deluxe



Eat brains. Don't get shotgunned.



You are a zombie. You want braaains. More brains than any of your zombie buddies.



Zombie Dice is a quick game for any zombie fan (or the whole zombie family). The 13 custom dice are your victims. Push your luck to eat their brains, but stop before the shotgun blasts end your turn!



Play it at lunch (braaiiins!) or while you're in line for a zombie movie . . . !



This deluxe version includes a score pad and the plastic Zombie Dice Brain Case .



Play Zombie Dice on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Windows 7 Phone . . . free! Visit apps.sjgames.com/zombiedice for links.



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Get 'em Before They're Gone!



I'm talking about Munchkin Pins , we started out with six and we're already down to two.



Each pin gives you a +1 in combat.



Get the classic Tan with a Brown Munchkin head or brave the apocalypse with the Yellow with Orange Munchkin head.

January 25, 2014: Your Friendly Neighborhood Ninja Editor

Hello! I hear you all like to know stuff. Well, here's stuff about my pedigree, so to speak. Since 1994, I've been an editor or website producer in the roleplaying game industry. I started off as an editor at West End Games, then ventured forth to Lake Geneva to work on AD&D at TSR, Inc. When Wizards of the Coast acquired TSR, I made the trek to the Seattle area, where I had fun times working on Dragonlance: Fifth Age projects with an awesome team of creative folk. I picked up my first website production job while there, then pulled off my signature "ninja editor" move to vanish to Kansas City, Missouri. Until recently, I was primarily a contractor for Wizards of the Coast, but I have also worked with Kobold Press, Lone Shark Games, and Monte Cook Games. In fact, I still continue to work with these fine folk when I'm not doing fun projects for Steve Jackson Games. I'm a wee bit of a workaholic. Just a wee bit. Okay, maybe I'm understating the workaholic thing.



So, what do I do at Steve Jackson Games? I am your friendly neighborhood prepress editor. I am given an assignment, then I disappear for a bit and come back with a lot of questions. The wonderful and talented folk here answer my questions and then take my markings and guidance into the next stage of production. My goal is to help make projects better than they were before they landed on my desk. I'm also pretty good at draining pens dry and killing off stacks of sticky notes. Poor little sticky notes. They die brave and colorful deaths.



Oh, by the way, I've been here since late September. I'm sneaky that way. Ninja editor, remember? ::vanishes::



– Miranda Horner



Warehouse 23 News: Do You Want A Promotion?



We can't help with one at work, but what about your Munchkin .



Our Munchkin promotional cards have been popular giveaways for years, but they've been tough for some fans to track down. Worry no more!



Munchkin Gets Promoted has a dozen of our favorite promo cards and as an added bonus we included three NEW cards, never before available!



Available at Warehouse23 .

January 24, 2014: Giant Clone Troopers? I'll Take Two!

Anyone who follows my toy site, battlegrip.com , is well aware of my fascination with Star Wars Stormtrooper and Clone Troopers. Since first seeing Star Wars (we won't state a year, but it was when the movie first ran in theaters) I've had an unreasonable and unusual love for the Stormtrooper design, and that has impacted the toys and statues I collect.



And now, through the use of some magical pricing structure I cannot understand, Jakks Pacific is creating 31-inch tall Clone Trooper action figures . . . priced at only $30 each. These are amazing pieces featuring perfect sculpts, nice paint, and even limited articulation. I've got 6-inch scale action figures that cost $30 at the time, so whatever Jakks Pacific is doing to bring these in at such a low price I hope they can keep it up! Trust me, as a toy collector I can tell you that $30 for something of this size and quality is unheard of.



If you have any interest at all in these then find them now. I doubt the prices will stay this low forever.



– Phil Reed



Warehouse 23 News: Bring The Dreamlands To Your Table!



In Cthulhu Gloom , your make your intrepid investigators face the most terrible terrors and madness before helping them pass on to their inevitable doom.



In Unpleasant Dreams , the newest expansion for Cthulhu Gloom , you can bring the wonders and horrors of the Dreamlands to the game.



Can you survive the creeping chaos of Nyarlathotep?



Dive into your own unpleasant dreams to find out!

January 22, 2014: New Orleans Comic Con

Are you going to New Orleans Comic Con? So are we! We'll be at booth 1306 selling all sorts of Steve Jackson Games goodies (and maybe a few things you haven't been able to buy in stores before!), and running demos of Castellan  and  Chupacabra . Stop by and say "Hi," play a demo of Castellan , and enjoy yourself!



– Brian Engard



 



Warehouse 23 News: Lions And Tigers And Bears!

Swashbuckling Adventure in the Furry Age of Piracy



Sail the seas of high adventure with an untamed crew of rapscallions and ne'er-do-wells.



Detailed character creation rules let you portray any Furry Sapiens, including (but definitely not limited to) bears, birds, dogs, rats, bats, cats, lions, hares, weasels, wolves, minks, shrews, beavers, lemurs, lizards, squirrels, gazelles, horses, racoons, and even kangaroos!



What are ye waiting for matey? Grab your copy of Furry Pirates from W23 today!



The Power of PDF: Furry Pirates is also available as a digital download on our sister-site, e23!

January 23, 2014: Reviews!

Jeff Provine over at Blog Critics recently reviewed Munchkin Apocalypse , Chez Geek , and Castellan ! Spoiler: he liked them a lot! Here's an excerpt from his Castellan review:

Much of the fun of Castellan is in its theme of castle-building, and the blocks alone are enough to enjoy the medieval style. There is a distinct portion of the rules set aside to explain chivalry, a relic of a more civilized age. Players must be worthy of the title "noble" and should not "take advantage of trivial errors." Another player who sees a forgotten or unclaimed piece must point it out to his opponent as justice dictates. This is a far cry from other games, where taking every advantage possible is only rational.

Also, here's GeekDad's review of Munchkin Pathfinder !



Also also, check out this German review of Castellan on Brettspiele Report!



And finally, Board Game Tavern has a great comparison article that puts Zombie Dice up against Tasty Minstrel's Martian Dice!



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Sumo-Size Me!



Ring in the New Year and bring honor to your franchise.



Order Ninja Burger Secret Ninja Death Touch Edition from Warehouse 23 today in thirty minutes or less!

January 21, 2014: A Dark Room

A Dark Room  is an interesting thing. It's much more than it seems: part text adventure and part 4X civ-building game, and some of the most engrossing time spent watching numbers tick up as you wait for the ability to click a button again. Though it looks at first glance like a bare-bones spreadsheet simulator, the economy simulator is engaging and the text is interesting – sometimes haunting. It's like nothing else you've ever played while simultaneously causing you to recall the various things that clearly influenced it. Go check it out.



 



– Brian Engard



Warehouse 23 News: Identify Yourself!



As members of the Illuminati, you are instructed to wear the appropriate departmental EIP pins for easy and clear identification.



Do so at your earliest convenience.



Available only at Warehouse 23 .

January 22, 2014: Now Orleans Comic Con

Are you going to New Orleans Comic Con? So are we! We'll be at booth 1306 selling all sorts of Steve Jackson Games goodies (and maybe a few things you haven't been able to buy in stores before!), and running demos of Castellan  and  Chupacabra . Stop by and say "Hi," play a demo of Castellan , and enjoy yourself!



– Brian Engard



 



Warehouse 23 News: Lions And Tigers And Bears!

Swashbuckling Adventure in the Furry Age of Piracy



Sail the seas of high adventure with an untamed crew of rapscallions and ne'er-do-wells.



Detailed character creation rules let you portray any Furry Sapiens, including (but definitely not limited to) bears, birds, dogs, rats, bats, cats, lions, hares, weasels, wolves, minks, shrews, beavers, lemurs, lizards, squirrels, gazelles, horses, racoons, and even kangaroos!



What are ye waiting for matey? Grab your copy of Furry Pirates from W23 today!



The Power of PDF: Furry Pirates is also available as a digital download on our sister-site, e23!