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A quick reminder: you only have a week to take advantage of Warehouse 23's special February promotion! Every order of $75 or more placed in February will receive a Fairy Dust Handbag of Holding, while supplies last (and well over half of them are gone!). And every order gets The Official Munchkin Bookmark of Sparkly Good Monster Mayhem!
Don't wait for the sparkly goodness to vanish back into Fairyland . . . order today!
-- Andrew Hackard
Warehouse 23 News: Trouble Is In The Air . . .
Control a group of Lovecraftian protagonists in Cthulhu Gloom. It's fully-compatible with Gloom and all its expansions!
Did you know we have online Flash demos for Munchkin, Revolution!, Cthulhu Dice, and Zombie Dice? Head over to our Flash Demos page and take a look! And then send the link to your friends so you'll have someone to play with . . .
-- Andrew Hackard
Warehouse 23 News: The Sparkly Good Fairy Wants You. . .
. . . to add her to your existing Munchkin game! Pick up Munchkin Fairy Dust Dice and you'll get four brand new Fairy Dust cards and two sparkly pink dice!
February 20, 2012: Drive The Hottest Rides, Or Journey With Classic Conan!
Over on e23, we've got two releases for your digital digestion. Our first offering is an assortment of ambulatory options, presented in Pyramid #3/40: Vehicles. This issue includes expanded options for mecha built using GURPS Spaceships, a collection of fantasy-themed GURPS vehicles plus the cutting-edge port that manufactures them, a selection of the fastest modern cars in the world (again, with GURPS stats), and more. With articles by David L. Pulver, Matt Riggsby, Kenneth Peters, and other fine authors, you're sure to find something to get your motor running!
If you'd prefer to roam Hyboria looking for trouble on foot, we've got you covered there as well! GURPS Classic: Conan Beyond Thunder River is an epic solo adventure that pits you against the Pict horde. In addition to the 560 entrail-eviscerating entries that make up the adventure, this supplement also includes maps, a collection of nine Hyborian creatures, and GURPS stats for Conan at age 40.
Whether you're looking to peel out in one of the world's fastest sports cars or to cause some monster's slow and painful demise, we have something for your enjoyment this week. Adventure awaits!
Warehouse 23 News: Spies Like Munchkin
Eliminate the opposition, play with self-destructing gadgets, and change loyalties faster than you can change Headgear. Play Munchkin Impossible today!
February 19, 2012: Play Arts Kai Action Figures At New York Toy Fair
One of my favorite booths at New York Toy Fair was Square Enix, with their Play Arts Kai series of action figures. These 9-inch-tall figures have great articulation, incredible sculpting, and tight paint work. Even more important than the style and design of the toys, though, is the fact that the Play Arts Kai series includes characters drawn from sources ranging from Batman to Metal Gear Solid. Now that I own a handful of these action figures (I've been picking these up for a little over a year now), I got even more out of the Square Enix booth than I have at earlier Toy Fairs.
Since many of you couldn't make it to the show to see the Square Enix booth, I've done the next best thing and created a photo set at Flickr. Click through for over 40 photos of Play Arts Kai toys, but don't blame me if you immediately run out and pre-ordered the Armored Batman.
-- Phil Reed
Warehouse 23 News: It's Fuzzy AND Purple!
Who said tentacles should only be green? Have you actually met Cthulhu? Grab a Purple Plush Tentacle exclusively from Warehouse 23!
Incredible? Fabulous? Awesome? Super? I'm trying to settle on the perfect word to describe my New York Toy Fair experience this year, but no matter how hard I try I can't describe the show with only one word. It was productive -- I got a lot of useful feedback on our Castellan packaging mockup -- and insanely fun. From meeting with buyers from major chains to the friendly G4 crew to getting the chance to spend time with friends, I cannot think of a single bad thing to say about my week in New York. Except maybe to say that it's now over . . . I never get enough time in New York.
What I know for sure is that I had a great time Wednesday night at dinner. Liegh, Monica Valentinelli, and I were joined by Mike, David, and Brian from Haywire Group, and Kali and Chris from Dark Horse Comics for some tasty Italian at . . . well, I have no real idea where we were. All I'm sure of is that I failed to get us into Five Napkins (sorry, gang, I'll make reservations next time).
And one last important point of information: Yotel is my new favorite hotel in the world, and the next time I have to hit the Big Apple I'm totally staying there. When the worst part about your hotel is that there's a robot in the lobby, then you know that you have found the greatest hotel in the world.
-- Phil Reed
You boasted you were the best hunter -- now you have to prove it. Play Nanuk!
New for May, six new colors of Cthulhu Dice and more Munchkin level counters!
Cthulhu Dice
Serving Cthulhu is fun . . . except for all those other cultists out to get you. So get them first!
Cthulhu Dice lets you drive your rivals mad . . . very, very quickly. Players take turns rolling the big, beautiful, custom 12-sided die, embossed with tentacles, Elder Signs, and more. Destroy your opponents' sanity! Better yet, steal it. But watch out for Cthulhu -- when he comes up, he takes sanity from everyone! 18 glass Sanity marbles are included. Lose all your marbles and your're mad. The last sane cultist wins . . . unless everyone goes mad together. Then Cthulhu wins!
Cthulhu Dice plays in 5 to 10 minutes, and is fun for 2 to 6 players.
One large custom die, 18 glass marbles, baggie, and rules. Stock #131327, UPC 8-37654-32158-4. $6.95.
+6 Bag o' Munchkin Level Counters Set 2
Stop Carrying All Those Pennies!
Six more big, easy-to-read level counters for Munchkin . . . in six more great Munchkin flavors! And of course there's a special rule!
Special Rule
If you are using a level counter that matches the set (or one of the sets) you are playing, start the game at Level 2 rather than Level 1! Roll the die before the game. The high roller gets to pick his level counter first. If the order matters after that, go in descending order of rolls.
Six level counters in a plastic bag. Stock #5541, UPC 8-37654-32151-5. $9.95.
Warehouse 23 News: Lock Up Those Braaaaaaiiiiinnnnnnnssssss!
Where do zombies store those tasty, tasty brains? In the Munchkin Zombies Meat Lockers!
My January ended, and my February began, with a ten-day trip to Houston. It started with the Halloween Expo, a big trade show for the Halloween industry. Which is far huger than I'd realized, even though I'm a big Halloween fan. We had never gone before, but the theory was "We have some zombie games . . . and we have a fuzzy tentacle . . . surely Halloween stores cannot survive without these things . . ."
We learned a lot at the show, and one lesson is that Halloween stores can probably survive indefinitely without dice games or even fuzzy tentacles. It's a big, big business, and most of it is in costumes. But some of the buyers were a tiny bit intrigued by what we had to offer, so maybe, just maybe . . .
We also saw about three different things at the show that might make good promo items, so even if we never sell a thing to the Halloween stores, it wasn't a wasted trip. But (a) I think we will find a market, at least for Zombie Dice, and (b) time spent in recon is never wasted.
After the Expo, Phil came back to Austin. I stayed in Houston for Owlcon. I always have fun there. This time, I not only got to play a lot of Munchkin and Cthulhu Dice, but I got a session in a Battletech pod, courtesy of Tiffany at Roll2Play. The Houston MIBs were great, as always. And it was nice to walk around the campus. A lot has changed in 35 years.
The photo is an attempt to capture the whole trip in one shot. If it's strange, well, so was the trip. That's me in an Owlcon shirt, wearing a pair of steampunk goggles from the Munchkin fans at Elope. (Plug: one of the bigger costume companies, with a lot of very spiffy stuff. The text on the goggles' hanger card shows they really get steampunk. "Whether you are modulating your steam engine or battling evil Victorian barons piloting larger-than-life mechanical beasts . . ." End plug. I like these people.) The copy of Half Horse, Will Travel is because I was showing it off there. So you should come to Owlcon, and see stuff a month before we release it. I'm just saying.
And the pumpkin? That was a Halloween Expo gift from the folks in the next booth, a startup company named Pumpkin WoW. They have improved the noble art of pumpkin carving . . . and this was their first finished display model ever . . . and it's an artificial pumpkin, so I can put it up every year, and I will. Thanks, guys!
-- Steve Jackson
Warehouse 23 News: Lock Up Those Braaaaaaiiiiinnnnnnnssssss!
Where do zombies store those tasty, tasty brains? In the Munchkin Zombies Meat Lockers!
