April Showers bring May Flowers. Well, it's not rained much here and it's not scheduled to for a while. But while water isn't falling from the sky, PDFs are. Paizo is running their April Showers sale for all their digital products over in their webshop.

From the website:

All Paizo PDFs and digital products are 25% off through Sunday, May 2nd! Just click on the “On Sale” tab in your favorite sections of the Paizo Store and add it to your cart.

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Giant monsters and robots are battling all across the Earth, looking to either destroy it or save it. That's what's happening in Monsterpocalypse. And there's a new batch of releases coming out soon. What are these new figures capable of? That's what we get a look at in this preview.

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The time has come to return to the Masters of the 8th Dimension and the Legion of Mutates with a look at this month’s releases! This will be a jam-packed Insider, so let’s get right into it…

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Mantic Games is looking to get you a new edition of Firefight and they're asking for your help in making it all that it can be. The playtest is happening now and many players have already started to give feedback. As such, Mantic has started a new series, giving some notes about how the playtest is going.

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Hi all, for those who don’t know me I am Andy Sharp, and I am the lead designer for Firefight Second Edition. As you may have seen, Mantic is currently holding a public playtest for Firefight – and you can download the rules here.

I’ll start by saying thanks to you all for such a positive and enthusiastic response to the announcement of the playtest. It really has been fantastic to see so many of you join in and engage in the process.

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Plaid Hat Games continues to roll along with their Summoner Wars previews. The Vanguards had some archers shown off the other day. Today, it's a pair of units that like to get a bit more up close and personal. Take a look at another Common and Champion unit in today's preview.

From the article:

Welcome back summoners! The Vanguards have mustered for battle with their most powerful knights leading the charge!

Citadel Knights are powerhouse common units. They have very high life and excel at controlling enemy actions. Engage punishes any changes in positioning your opponent may want to do, and Protect ensures your key allies have nothing to fear on the battlefield!

Valna provides support to all things Vanguards. Drawing additional cards helps bolster many of the other citadel unit synergies laid out in earlier articles, as well as simply providing more options for summoning at the start of the turn. In addition,Valna will receive increased strength when she’s nearby your other citadel units. With Citadel Knights loyally offering their protection to Valna, you can expect this formation to be a tough one to crack!

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The world was destroyed in a nuclear war. Now, it's time for humanity to get back out there and see what's left. And the land of dust and giant monsters is getting bigger as Modiphius has several new Fallout: Wasteland Warfare releases available, including the new New Vegas expansion.

From the announcement:

Today we’re delighted to announce the pre-order release of the much anticipated wave of products for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, with the New Vegas Rules Expansion, NCR: Core Box, and Caesar's Legion: Core Box now available, plus the release of the awesome Robots: Robobrain which is shipping now!

 We also have three awesome bundles, the New Vegas NCR Forces Bundle, New Vegas Caesar's Legion Forces Bundle and the mighty New Vegas Hoover Dam Bundle to help you make the most of your investment and each includes sets that will not be available until June and July!

 All pre-orders are expected to ship next month, May 2021, and the New Vegas Expansion, NCR and Caesar's Legion core boxes should reach retail in late May.

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Play Dropzone Commander? Excited about all the figures that just got rereleased over at TTCombat? Then you'll also want to make sure you're playing the most up-to-date version of the game. TTCombat has posted a new rulebook that you can download now.

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We have so many units back in stock today, we thought we’d celebrate with some new rules!

So we’ve been busy behind the scenes tweaking and fiddling, and giving basically the entire game a once over. If you’re into Dropzone Commander in any way, this is a post you’re going to want to read.

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The biggest news is that there’s a brand new update for the Dropzone Commander digital rulebook today!

You can download the new version by going to the Resources page on the TTCombat webstore or Dropzonecommander.com or just click this handy link!

The newest version contains just a few small changes – literally some are just a few words. However, they change a whole load about the game. Of note:

• There’s a little bit on options for units. If a unit in a squad decides to upgrade or swap a weapon, every unit in the squad must do so in order to be armed identically. This was in here before, but it is a bit more specific now. We’ll see why in a minute.
• Infantry in Garrisons may now shoot Close Quarters weapons OR other weapons in a round, not both. No more shooting a missile launcher with one hand while fending off a Razorworm with the other!
• Searching for Objectives now takes both actions in a round (you may have seen this in previous experimental rules). This means you have to take a bit longer before you get your Objectives.
• Objectives can no longer be passed into or out of Garrisons. You can’t find your data packet and then drop the laptop out of the window onto the roof of a passing Battle Bus!
• The Indirect special weapon rule has been reworked. It now makes a lot more sense when firing blindly or firing while using a Scout unit to track line of sight. You essentially have 2 options: fire without aid and now Hull Down modifiers, but hit on a 5+ (before any other modifiers that is), or get line of sight from a Scout and use their full line of sight, Hull Down and all. Choose wisely!

There we go! A few small but really significant changes.

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Out at sea, size matters. And the fleets of Armada are getting themselves some massive reinforcements. Mantic has started taking pre-orders for a new, huge class of ship that'll be setting sail soon.

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You thought the Medium ships were pretty chunky! You considered the Large ships to be fairly massive. Well you ain't seen nothing yet because the new Extra Large ships are HUMONGOUS!

Take a look at that size comparison and try to tell us you're not drooling in anticipation. Your keyboard keys/phone screen are wet with slobber, don't lie! All four XL ships for the Basileans, orcs, dwarfs and Empire of Dust are available to pre-order from your local game store and the Mantic website NOW!

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While a few things are starting to get back to a bit of normal, we're definitely not there yet. As such, release schedules are still in a bit of flux. Games Workshop is having to move around their releases a bit, pushing them back.

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It’s still a pretty weird time for anyone making physical products and shipping them around the globe. There are loads of fantastic things on the way over the next few months, but we have to make some changes to when the next batch of incredible Warhammer releases come out, and we wanted to keep you up to date with everything that’s going on.

Everyone at Games Workshop is working really hard to get all of your orders to you in good time so you can continue to enjoy your Warhammer hobby, whether that’s via games-workshop.com or forgeworld.co.uk, your Warhammer store, or a friendly local gaming centre. With this in mind, over the next couple of weeks, there will be a short pause where we’ll have no new pre-orders. Have no fear, though – new releases will be coming your way before you know it.

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TTCombat had themselves a busy Friday. They've got a giant amount of Dropzone Commander restocks available. But they've also got new MDF terrain as they continue their Convent line. Head on over and check it all out.

From the announcement:

There are about 70 new products in store today! Yes you read that right.

It’s a lot!

We’ve got a massive Dropzone restock today, bringing back dozens of units that have been out of production for a while. We’ve also taken the opportunity to add some new variants as well!

We’ve also got the last round of Convent releases. There’s so much to go through!

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Rokugan is a land of warfare. The different clans wage conflict all over. And with the new Legend of the Five Rings RPG books available from Fantasy Flight, you can experience those wars in all new ways. Each book brings plenty of new history, options, and plot points for players and GMs alike. You can pick up your copies now.

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Fields of Victory contains three chapters overflowing with information about warfare in Rokugan, both past and present, as well as providing new gameplay and character-building options for players. The valiant Lion Clan has always taken great pride in their study of history, including their methods of preserving it, and so much of the information about famous Rokugani battles of the past is presented from the Lion Clan’s perspective.This book provides game masters with an arsenal of supplemental rules, tools, and guidance for staging grand battles in their own campaigns; meanwhile, players receive new character options through the introduction of the Badger Clan, ten new schools, and a variety of new titles and techniques to expand on existing player characters.

Once you’ve familiarized yourself with Rokugan’s traditions of warfare, you and your group can tackle the new Blood of the Lioness adventure. This exciting tale takes you and your fellow samurai from the iconic Akodo War College to a heated battlefield on Snow Plain, and the actions of your party could help protect the peace in Rokugan—or plunge it into the chaos of war.

Blood of the Lioness is a full 32-page booklet that comes with a double-sided map and a wide array of punchboard tokens to help convey the twists and turns of your adventures and battles in Rokugan.

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