I do love a good apple cider. I can't wait for the fall to get here when it'll be readily available. In the meantime, I'll just have to dream and think of it while talking about Scrumpy: Card Cider, a new deck-building card game that's up on Kickstarter now. mmmm, cider...

From the campaign:

In Scrumpy: Card Cider, you become the owner of your own cider-making company as you race to sell the most cider before your competitors, in this innovative and highly replayable, deck manipulation game for 1 - 4 players.

This fresh and crisp strategy game reinvents the deck-building genre with multi-use cards that have can be either played for their action or tucked face-down to become one of the 5 resources in the game.

Rather than trashing cards to optimise your deck, manipulate your cards to ensure your most powerful abilities cycle through and into your hand, whilst keeping the ones not as useful to your strategy tucked as resources.

The game's up and over its funding goal with 12 days left to go.

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The last year and change has been hell on release schedules, which can get messed up in even the calmest of times. Pandasaurus has been wanting to get Umbra Via on your tabletops for a while now, and they've finally managed to get it out there. Umbra Via is now available down at your LGS.

From the announcement:

After a few weeks of frustrating delays, release day has finally arrived for Umbra Via! We are so excited to bring this award-winning title to game tables everywhere.

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I know some gamers that like the game systems that they like and those are the ones they're going to play and that's it. And, hey, play the games you want to play and all, but it can sometimes limit what you're able to do. Thankfully, many companies are ready to help out by bringing their acclaimed settings to a system that's pretty universal. That's the case with Free League Publishing and Ruins of Symbaroum. It takes their Symbaroum setting and gives you a 5th edition D&D format for it. The project is up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

The acclaimed setting of Symbaroum has enticed and fascinated fans of tabletop roleplaying games since the launch of the game in 2016. Now this dark and mysterious world welcomes an even wider audience, with the production of a Player’s Guide, Gamemaster’s Guide and Bestiary adapted for 5E, published under the Open Gaming License. Note that you will need the core 5E rulebooks to fully enjoy Ruins of Symbaroum.

The campaign funded almost instantly, so it's on through stretch goals for the next 22 days.

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In the grimdark future of 40k, there is only war. As such, you're gonna need some weapons. Games Workshop is looking over the weaponry of the Adeptus Mechanicus and how they've changed over time.

From the article:

Warhammer 40,000 is full of cool and characterful guns, from the humble lasgun and the iconic bolter to the weird and wonderful weapons used by xenos species and Chaos forces.

Among the armies of the Imperium, the Adeptus Mechanicus have more than their fair share of awesome guns, and their new codex has made many of these deadlier – and more fitting of their tremendous background – than ever before. Let’s take a look at some of the key improvements.

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Yesterday, I was like, "I thought it should be Wednesday by now." This morning, I was like, "already Wednesday? Wow." Just goes to show how our perception of time is funny sometimes. Anyway, as we rush our way (or take our time) through the week, I'm feeling peckish. I'm gonna nosh on a bite-sized gaming story. Today on the platter we have:

New Semi-Precious Dice Avaialble From Kraken Dice

Looking to get a head start on your mother's day shopping, we've got all new semi-precious sets so you can show mom what a gem she is with these new dice sets.

TTCombat's got some new releases coming out this week and they wanted to make sure you saw what they had in mind Check out their latest update so you can know what to save your nickels for.

From the preview:

It’s Tuesday again, which means we’re going to spoil some of the new releases hitting the shelves this weekend. It’s a big one, hold on…

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With all the different mechs out there in Battletech <whoop! whoop! whoop!> yes, thank you, Giant Robot Alert, it's good to know what enemy tech is capable of and knowing how to recognize them. Catalyst Game Labs has released Recognition Guide Vol. 13 over in their webshop.

From the website:

The third cycle of Rec Guides kicks off with Vol. 13! We’ll be releasing one new volume each week through Vol. 18 on June 18.

Now Available: Recognition Guide Vol. 13

PDF Only – $3.99

The march of technology across BattleTech’s eras is relentless—but some BattleMech designs never die. Each installment of this PDF-only series not only includes a brand new BattleMech or OmniMech, but also details Classic ’Mech designs from both the Inner Sphere and the Clans, now fully rebuilt with Dark Age technology (3085 and beyond).

Allowing beloved units redesigned for the BattleTech: Clan Invasion crowd funding campaign to be competitive on “modern” battlefields, this series also includes in-universe development notes, battle histories, notable pilots, and record sheets for each ’Mech. Released as a series of 24 PDF-only documents through the end of 2020 and early 2021, many ’Mechs featured in this series will be collected in print upon its completion.

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A new pamphlet for Necromunda called House of Faith is coming out soon. As one would expect for the religiously fervent, they have a love of the purifying nature of flames. In this article, Games Workshop takes a look at these fiery weapons.

From the article:

Alright, sit down and shut up. As you all know, it’s a lot easier to police the underhive when we have some kind of consistency. Well, chance would be a fine thing – one month it’s fire, then the next it’s water. This month, things are heating up again as the Redemptionists are rising up and the peoples of House Cawdor are crawling out of their dark little corners.

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The new pamphlet House of Faith is out soon. I expect you all to read it thoroughly to get ready for the surge in House Cawdor activity. Remember if there’s one thing stronger than faith in the underhive, it’s a Subjugator’s SLHG pattern assault ram – you can’t pray if you’ve got no teeth. Now get out there – the underhive isn’t going to police itself!

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All good things must come to an end. This is the final preview for the Polar Dwarves for the upcoming Summoner Wars releases. However, it's not the final curtain, as there's yet another faction to check out afterwards.

From the post:

Welcome back summoners! Today is the last preview for the Polar Dwarves, rounding out their army with more ranged fighters.

Frost Mages have taken a page out of Nadiana’s book with their Frost Bolt ability. While Frost Mages only get benefits from adjacent structures, their low cost and high life values make them a great fit for a growing glacial empire. Once you have built up enough magic and structures, Frost Mages can pave the way for a perfectly placed Nadiana!

Finally, we have Jarmund, the last champion of the faction. Jarmund is a purely offensive champion looking to land attacks to boost up and use his signature attack, Ice Shards! The more overwhelmed your opponent is by your structures, the more devastating Ice Shards can be. Having Jarmund ready to turn your labyrinth of structures into a deadly trap is one of the most rewarding plays in the Polar Dwarves deck, so be on the lookout for this power!

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Chilly Con Carnage is the new expansion for Riot Quest coming soon to Kickstarter from Privateer Press. It'll be bringing along a whole bunch of figures, including a new boss fight in the form of Karchev merged with the Deathjack. In this preview, we get a look at just how he'll work, along with cards for a bunch of the other figures.

From the article:

It’s time for carnage… Chilly Con Carnage!

The hunt for epic loot in the Wintertime Wasteland continues with Chilly Con Carnage arriving on Kickstarter April 20th!

The latest expansion includes a wintery blizzard of new models, play modes, and more! Check out last week’s expansion preview for stat cards and more from the expansions below.

A new Boss Fight (Malvin was getting all the glory).

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