With Coronavirus impacting every aspect of life, that includes not letting people go to work. As such, it's hard to get new things made. In this case, it's WizKids letting us know what products they'll be delaying due to the outbreak. They've posted up a list so you can know what might be affected by these delays.

From the post:

Greetings WizKids Fans, Retailers, and Distributors,

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation evolves, our team is continuing to monitor and adjust our release schedule accordingly. We have made the difficult decision to hold on the following APRIL releases until further notice. As new information becomes available to us we will send updates.

(11 skus)      Marvel HeroClix Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures Wave 2

96014          D&D Icons of the Realms Figure Pack: Descent into Avernus: Arkhan the Cruel and The Dark Order

73962          Marvel HeroClix: Fantastic Four Cosmic Clash Starter Set (6-Figure Starter)

73507          Tournament at Avalon

87503          Ultra Deluxe 2D Arcade Mega Fighter

73049          Blade Runner 2049: Nexus Protocol

73979          DC HeroClix: Justice League Unlimited Booster Brick

73980          DC HeroClix: Justice League Unlimited Starter Set

73981          DC HeroClix: Justice League Unlimited Release Day OP Kit

73982          DC HeroClix: Justice League Unlimited Dice and Token Pack

 

 

In addition, at this time, the Ft. Wayne warehouse is not open and we cannot fulfill any orders. Please email us with any questions/concerns.

So, you've played all your games a couple dozen times and you're looking for something new. Well, why not have both a game you know and a new way to play it? That's what you get here with some new game modes for Marvel Champions from Fantasy Flight.

From the post:

Since its release last November, we’ve seen Marvel Champions: The Card Game grow and expand with new scenarios and new heroes, inviting you to play as Captain America, Ms. Marvel, or Thor, and battle threats like the Green Goblin or the Wrecking Crew.

Now, the developers are happy to introduce two alternate modes of play, giving you even more ways to experience the thrilling gameplay of Marvel Champions. You can download the updated Rules Reference (2.3 MB), which includes all the information on these new game modes, and for more information from developer Michael Boggs, read on! 

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Want to see what's in the Justice League Unlimited set for HeroClix? Well, WizKids has posted up a bunch of unboxing videos that you can check out. See just what sort of figures you'll find inside those boxes so you can be prepped when you pick some up for yourself.

From the post:

HeroClix Fans!

Watch as Scott Porter unveils figures from the upcoming DC Comics HeroClix: Justice League Unlimitedboosters!

Click the images below to begin the videos!

Want to get your hands on these figures before release? Register to participate in the DC Comics HeroClix: Justice League UnlimitedPre-Release Eventat your FLGS today! 

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Being able to fly. Having super speed. Having super strength. Being able to teleport. Telepathy. Whatever your super hero power of choice, you can build a character that can use it in Ascendant, the super-hero RPG that's up on Kickstarter now.

From the campaign:

The campaign's around 2x funded with 23 days left to go.

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WizKids' Organized Play events let players get some cool prizes, including minis they wouldn't be able to get elsewhere. They're currently showing off their Green Arrow and the Justice Society OP kit for HeroClix, including, of course, Green Arrow and some of his friends. Have yourselves a look.

From the post:

The Justice Society dates all the way back to the 1940’s in All-Star comics but remains as one of the most popular teams in comic history! This monthly op kit has long time Justice Society members Black Canary and Wildcat, as well as ally Green Arrow from the Seven Soldiers of Victory. Green Arrow focuses on ranged combat, while Black Canary and Wildcat get up close and personal! Collect them all for your Justice Society themed teams!

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Gamers, by and large, want to be the first ones to get the new stuff when it's released. They want the latest figures as early as they can. Well, if you're a HeroClix player, you'll want to know about WizKids' pre-release events for the upcoming Justice League Unlimited set for HeroClix.

From the post:

Attention HeroClix Fans and Retailers!

The Justice League is among the most epic and awesome teams to ever appear on the comic page or the TV screen. Justice League Unlimited is an awesome throwback to one of the most endearing eras of these treasured characters!

Justice League Unlimited will also feature never-before-seen Team Up cards! These cards will be a rare bonus 6th character card that come inside some boosters, and give you the option during team-building of using a super-charged version of the character if they show up with the right mix of their teammates!

Existing and new HeroClix fans will get to power-up their collection with fan-favorites and never-before-Clixed characters, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Darkseid, Static, Amazo, Blight, Batman Beyond, Captain Atom, Emil Hamilton, Booster Gold, and more!

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Many of us here in North America take a bit for granted that we can usually get the "new hotness" games pretty easily. But that's not always the case all around the world. Well, if you're in Europe and you've been having trouble getting WizKids games, you might be in luck. WizKids has new distribution partners over there and so their products should be more available to you.

From the post:

WizKids fans the world over can rejoice as the NJ-based developer, publisher and leader in pre-painted miniatures revealed plans to expand availability of their most acclaimed products through partnerships with three new European Distributors, beginning in Q1 2020.

These new partnerships include European distributors, PBM, HEO, and Hobby World Russia, who will initially offer distribution for WizKids’ portfolio of licensed products, including boardgames, RPG accessories, figures and tabletop miniatures games, expanding to all other product categories at a later date.

“With growing popularity and a strong European fanbase, we’re thrilled to offer even more options for our European retail partners,” said Justin Ziran, president of WizKids. “Our initial focus will be on the latest releases, with back catalog products joining the line-up in the near future.”

The recently announced distributors join existing full line WizKids partners and distributors, ADC Blackfire Entertainment GmbH, Asmodee UK, Asmodee Nordic, Extended Play, Intrafin, Kaissa, Pegasus and Cosmic Group.

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WizKids' OP kits for HeroClix are known for containing some great figures. The one they're showing off now revolves around some of the most well-known superheroes in the form of Batman and the Martian Manhunter. Together, they're taking on the mind-controlling Despero. Who will come out on top?

From the post:

Batman and Martian Manhunter team up to face one of the greatest enemies of the Justice League… Despero! Despero uses his mind controlling powers to cause havoc for the Justice League. Batman and Martian Manhunter both have references to when they were in the Justice League International comics as well! Collect them all for you Justice League and Injustice League themed teams!

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Captain America and the Avengers is the next HeroClix set that will be hitting store shelves. Want to get your hands on these new figures a little earlier than the release date? WizKids has you covered. They've posted up their pre-release tourney info. Find out where they'll be held near you and go grab some of the world's greatest super heroes and their dastardly foes.

From the post:

The mantle of Captain America serves as one of the driving forces against evil in many forms. Whether it’s been Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter, Isaiah Bradley, or others, they’ve been a demonstration of good people refusing to tolerate injustice or cruelty.

This 5-figure booster release features many fan-favorite sub-themes like the Avengers, Thunderbolts, S.H.I.E.L.D., Stark Industries, and the Masters of Evil, as well as the return of ClixFX bases included with Chase figures and Shifting Focus featuring Iron Man. Marvel fans who aren’t reading comics every week are still going to recognize and enjoy this set since it features lots of characters they’ll recognize from the MCU, like Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Happy Hogan, Ghost, Hawkeye, Pepper Potts, Ultron, and more!

Existing and new HeroClix fans will look forward to new figures to power-up their collection in addition to never-before-Clixed characters like Singularity, Roz Solomon, Azzuri, Arno Stark, Blackheath, Minotaur, Robbie Reyes, and more! Find new versions of beloved characters like the Immortal Hulk, Punisher War Machine, Earth X Thor, and some characters we haven’t seen in HeroClix in a while like Blade, Citizen V, and Jolt!

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This time of year, everyone's taking holiday photos. Of friends. Of family. Of food. Of decorations. Well, Knight Models wants to see a bit of Super thrown in there. They're holding a holiday photo contest over on their Social Media pages and they would love to have you enter.

From the announcement:

Our December photo challenge will start today, December 10th and the chosen theme will be "Christmas"!
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How to participate: during your duration use at least one knight models figure and answer this post with a photo, this must be related to Christmas. That does interpret the theme as you want!
We will choose among all the photos our favorites and after that step someone will be randomly selected. The winner will get one of our figures. To participate you must make sure to like on our facebook account @knightmodels and use the hashtag #knightmodelsxmas

*** NOTE: the winners will be selected and announced on our facebook account on Friday, December 13 This challenge is valid for all countries.

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The super heroes and super villains are hitting the streets. Fights are breaking out and it's chaos. Will it be the heroes that save the day? Or will the villains finally take over? That's up to you to decide in Marvel: Crisis Protocol, now available from Atomic Mass Games (already seen some pictures of my friends in other countries that've picked it up already. I'm not envious... I don't know what you're talking about...).

From the website:

Marvel: Crisis Protocol is a tabletop hobby miniatures game set in the Marvel Universe. Players assemble, paint, and collect an ever expanding line of highly detailed plastic miniatures representing iconic Marvel characters. Players choose characters from their collections to form their own Marvel inspired dream team and then pit their chosen forces against each other on an interactive tabletop where the very terrain itself can be thrown, crashed into, and destroyed during the super powered showdown.

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Knight Models recently announced the 3rd Edition of the Batman Miniatures Game. Of course, people want to know what the new model stats look like, especially from the character that has their name in the title. Batman. Have a look at the new stat card for the Caped Crusader.

From the post:

We’ve been working hard on the 3rd edition of Batman Miniature Game, to bring a new and exciting experience to your games set in Gotham City’s dark and twisted streets.

The new character card builds on the familiar elements of previous versions, but takes a bold and streamlined approach, optimizing the game elements to make them easier to reference, and play in a faster, more intuitive and more dynamic way. Key information is clearer than ever, reducing the amount of time spent cross-referencing with the rulebook.

While the design has been improved, the card retains the familiar skills and characteristics of previous editions, so existing players can easily get to grips with the rules.

In the coming days we will explain in more detail how the 3rd edition game mechanics work, so you can see exactly how the Dark Knight will tackle his foes. Stay tuned for more!

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Knight Models has announced that they're coming out with a new edition of their Batman Miniatures Game. Take to the mean streets of Gotham city and either work to clean up all the scum and riff-raff, or become part of the scum and riff-raff. Expect more updates and previews to come.

From the post:

What’s that? You want to go back to the mean streets of Gotham? Well, luckily for you the Batman Miniature Game 3rd edition is right around the corner. Over the coming days we will reveal more about this exciting new edition, as well as a host of new releases. Stay tuned for updates, and get ready for some surprises!

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No, the dials aren't going to be clear now on HeroClix figures. However, since the dials are printed on the back of the hero's stat cards, WizKids is going to be changing their game rules so that one player can look at another player's stat card whenever they want. Now, many games have such open information already. Now, it's just coming to the HeroClix world.

From the post:

Back in 2016 we described our plan for placing the HeroClix dial information on the front of the character card and allowing it to be visible to all players. This caused a lot of concern in the Clix Community, and ultimately, we made a less dramatic change to HeroClix character cards – one where we’d put the dial on the back so the controlling player could view their own dials.

With WWE HeroClix on the horizon, adding new Standard Powers to the PAC and hopefully an influx of new players into our game, we re-investigated the benefits of all players being able to view the combat dial on each figure.

As you may have heard us communicate at shows like Origins, WizKids World Championships, or Alliance Open House, one of our goals with products like WWE or The Orville is that we will attract people who aren’t already playing HeroClix. We know that many locations in the HeroClix community do a great job socially of welcoming to these people, and we’re sincerely appreciative of that. We believe that making the game easier to enjoy and understand is an important part of what we as a company can do to support players and retailers who are getting HeroClix newbies up to speed as invested players. Visible dials are a part of that. Starting November 6^th, 2019 (two weeks after the official North American release date for WWE HeroClix) the HeroClix tournament rules section about “Character Cards with Visible Dials” will be amended to say the following:

Character Cards with Visible Dials: A player may ask to view another player’s card at any time. Players should not spend an excessive amount of time reviewing character cards.

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Let's get ready to... not finish that phrase or I'd have to possibly pay a large sum of money.

Anyway, for those of you WWE fans out there that want to bring your larger-than-life wrestlers onto your tabletop, you'll want to look no further than the WWE Mixed Match Challenge starter set that WizKids is coming out with. It's everything you need to get playing, with four wrestlers, tokens, rules, and a ring in which all the slammin' action can take place.

From the post:

This contains everything you need to start playing HeroClix (Powers and Abilities Card, HeroClix rules, tokens, a map) and 4 WWE Superstars! This special starter set also includes a WWE ring that can be used in HeroClix! Combine this Starter Set with WWE HeroClix Expansion Packs (sold separately) for even more tabletop fun!

Superstars in the Mixed Match Challenge Starter include:

• Charlotte Flair
• Sasha Banks
• Finn Bálor
• AJ Styles

Expansion Pack Contents (Exact game components subject to change):

• 1 WWE HeroClix figure
• 1 WWE HeroClix character card

Prepare to bring fan-favorite WWE Superstars to your next HeroClix game in a big way! Build a team of your favorite superstars, battle against your friends, and become the champion! These figures will have a fresh-feel for HeroClix veterans and a rich thematic game play for beginners! WWE HeroClix even features NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PAC Powers, specific to WWE!

All WWE HeroClix are legal for modern play and 100% Compatible with existing HeroClix!

Can you smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllll what's on Mick Foley's hand? Probably. It's a sock after all, and I don't know how often he washes that thing.

If you're looking to get into HeroClix with the new WWE set, WizKids has a perfect place to do so. They've announced their The Rock 'n' Sock Connection Starter Set with some of the WWE's most iconic characters ready to hit the mat.

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This contains everything you need to start playing HeroClix (Powers and Abilities Card, HeroClix rules, tokens, a map) and 6 WWE Superstars! Combine this Starter Set with WWE HeroClix Expansion Packs (sold separately) for even more tabletop fun!

Superstars in the The Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection Starter include:

• The Rock
• Mankind
• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Triple H
• Ric Flair
• Shawn Michaels

Expansion Pack Contents (Exact game components subject to change):

• 1 WWE HeroClix figure
• 1 WWE HeroClix character card

Prepare to bring fan-favorite WWE Superstars to your next HeroClix game in a big way! Build a team of your favorite superstars, battle against your friends, and become the champion! These figures will have a fresh-feel for HeroClix veterans and a rich thematic game play for beginners! WWE HeroClix even features NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PAC Powers, specific to WWE!

All WWE HeroClix are legal for modern play and 100% Compatible with existing HeroClix!

Hands up everyone who used to watch the X-Men Animated Series. *raises hand* Yeah, it was a pretty sweet cartoon. And who can forget that blasting guitar intro? Anyway, if you want a bit of nostalgia and also to add to your HeroClix collection, you should check out the Marvel HeroClix: X-Men the Animated Series, The Dark Phoenix Saga (full names are fun!). This new set is available now.

From the post:

Marvel HeroClix: X-Men the Animated Series, the Dark Phoenix Saga comes to the tabletop in a BIG way. Based on the success of Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Infinity, Colossal Boosters are back! Each Colossal Booster will contain 4 standard size figures and a 2×2 Clix Base figure in EVERY booster! Discover new characters both small and large in this can’t-be-missed release! This set features all of the fan-favorite characters from the 1990’s X-Men animated serieslike Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Jubilee, and Morph! For the first time ever, Colossal characters will be Prime figures!Colossal figures in the set will feature some of the epic threats that the X-Men have faced ranging from Nimrod to the Dark Phoenix or the Shadow King! Not to fear, some of the X-Menhave found ways to be a colossal answer to evil, like Icemanand Vange Whedon.

The Marvel HeroClix: X-Men the Animated Series, the Dark Phoenix Saga Booster Set has over 80 new figures to collect:

• 12 Commons (Plus 1 prime rarity figure)
• 11 Uncommons (Plus 1 prime rarity figure)
• 10 Rares (Plus 1 prime rarity figure)
• 10 Super Rares (Plus 1 prime rarity figure)
• 6 Chases
• 10 Uncommon 2×2 Clix Base figures (plus 1 Prime)
• 10 Rare 2×2 Clix Base figure (Plus 1 Prime)
• 5 Super Rare 2×2 Clix Base figure (Plus 1 Prime)

Brick MSRP: $179.90

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Ooooh yeah! It's time to once more look at the upcoming WWE HeroClix set that WizKids is producing. These high-flying performers have some really wild moves, and translating all of that action to the tabletop is of the highest priority. It's with that in mind that WizKids is showing off their Advanced New Standard Powers that will be showing up on the figures. Check it out and make sure you've got everything planned out right.

From the post:

Hey HeroClix fans!

We are rapidly approaching the release of WWE HeroClix in October! Last time (here) we covered what new players need to know about WWE HeroClix to start clixing, and introduced our new standard powers, but we wanted to dive a little deeper for our experienced players. This set is unlike any we’ve ever done in HeroClix, and we know you may have some questions about how it fits into the larger HeroClix experience. We’re going to try and cover everything a current HeroClix player needs to know.

Let’s start with those new standard powers, 4 Speed and 4 Attack, giving HeroClix a slew of new close combat options. But first some quick notes for those of you who are counting:

–    8 new standard powers were created for WWE

–    16 standard powers were carried over from the original PAC

–    No new defense or damage powers were created (but that’s not to say they couldn’t in the future for WWE or any other new licenses…)

So, WWE has 24 standard powers… exactly half of the 48 standard powers we know and love.

You’ll note that on the PAC, the new powers have red rings around them. On WWE dials, these powers will be represented by circles (instead of squares) of the appropriate color.

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The Marvel Champions card game was one of the big announcements from Fantasy Flight during Gen Con. It seems so long ago, but we're still a bit out from the release, and I'm sure plenty of players out there want to know more about how the game works. Well, that's exactly what you're getting in this preview. See how the Player Phase works in this new cooperative card game.

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Ultron’s army of robot drones takes to the skies. Klaw uses sinister sound waves to cause mass havoc. Rhino rampages through mankind’s first line of defense. In these desperate times, heroes are needed to confront these villains and thwart their dastardly schemes once and for all!

Join us today as we preview the Player Phase in Marvel Champions: the Card Game!

Marvel Champions sees you and your friends step into the shoes of Marvel Heroes like Iron Man and She-Hulk as they team up to thwart a villain from enacting their evil schemes. The Marvel Champions: The Card Game Core Set presents you with five different heroes ready to take on three different villains and their dastardly plots. The Player Phase gives you a chance to show off your superhero skills by thwarting the villain's schemes, defeating their minions, assisting other heroes, and bringing down the bad guys!

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The city is under attack. Nefarious plots are afoot and evil supervillains are attacking. What's needed are for the world's greatest heroes to come to the rescue. And that's just what you'll be doing in Hour of Need, a new cooperative superhero board game coming soon to Kickstarter from Blacklist Games.

From the announcement:

The pages of Modern-day Superhero Comics are filled with heroes and villains doing battle across both reality and the shared inter-dimensional space of the Astrallacy. While nefarious villains seek power and material wealth, valiant heroes fight to defend those that are caught in the middle of these epic conflicts—it is these everyday people that make reality worth fighting for, and now is their hour of need!

Blacklist Games is thrilled to announce Hour of Need, a cooperative game of superhero action for 1–4 players (or up to 6 players with available expansions). Designed by Adam and Brady Sadler, Hour of Need is the latest installment in their line of Modular Deck System (MDS) games. Set in an original world inspired by modern comic books, Hour of Need puts players in the roles of diverse heroes attempting to thwart dangerous villains from carrying out nefarious deeds! 

Coming to Kickstarter on November 5th, Hour of Need features fast gameplay, highly-detailed miniatures, and a variety of modular fixed decks for heroes, villains, and issues, letting players create their own comic book stories in the MDS Comics world!

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There's a bevy of new DC Universe and Batman Miniatures Game figures available to pre-order from Knight Models. They've got new versions of classics like Superman and Robin, along with a rogues gallery of baddies like the Joker and Lex Luther, plus more. Pre-orders go until October 1st.

From the post:

New releases today!

We have a lot of new products on the web! These are the DC Universe products. They sure won't leave you indifferent!

You can make your pre-order until October 1st.

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Atomic Mass Games is bringing a new superhero miniatures game to your tabletops with Marvel: Crisis Protocol. But how will different characters work? You might've seen a stat card, but what do the numbers and symbols mean? In this preview, we get a look at exactly that.

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Greetings! And thanks for joining us again for another Atomic Mass transmission. We’re at part four of this series going over a basic introduction to Marvel: Crisis Protocol.

Our last couple of segments have had us look at two different characters and how we translated their personalities and abilities into the game. Today, we broaden our view and look at what a general character’s stat card looks like, how to read it, and most importantly, what it all means when playing Crisis Protocol!

Each character miniature comes with an accompanying card that lists all of the information (known as stats) you need to know about the character in order to use it during play.

Character stats are broken down in simple ways.

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The logistics behind getting gaming products out to you, the populace, are huge and complicated. And try as they might, sometimes things don't go as planned. Any small hiccup along the way can cause a change in when product is available. So, with that in mind, WizKids is sad to say that they are pushing back the release of the Marvel HeroClix: X-Men the Animated Series, the Dark Phoenix Saga set until the end of the month.

From the website:

Release Date Change: Marvel HeroClix: X-Men the Animated Series, the Dark Phoenix Saga

Greeting HeroClix Players!

As you may be aware, a category 5 storm, Hurricane Dorian, has been making its way through the Atlantic. Unfortunately, due to shipping delays caused by this storm, we have been forced to push back the release date of Marvel HeroClix: X-Men the Animated Series, the Dark Phoenix Saga Booster Brick, Fast Forces, Dice and Token Pack, and Release Day OP Kit in the US.

The new release date for the above items is Wednesday, September 25, 2019. 

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding at this time.

It's Friday. Gateway to the weekend. What will you be getting up to? Gaming? I'm going to guess gaming. Me? I won't be gaming. That's fine. Gaming doesn't always happen every weekend. Instead, I'll be getting up to some cooking. What might I cook? I've not fully decided yet, as I've yet to make my grocery list (I go shopping Saturday mornings). But I'm thinking I might give a try to some Chocolate Blackout Cake, or maybe some Banana Bread. Perhaps I'll try some Chicken Parm. We'll see. Maybe I'll just order a pizza and laze around the apartment. It's a mystery! But, before we get to those treats, we've got some bite-sized morsels of the gaming variety to snack on.

Today on the platter we have: Supers Ulimited Superhero Minis Up On Kickstarter, Kraken Dice Releasing Mulholland Sunset Dice Today, and Metallice Dice Games Summer Sale Happening Now.

Supers Ulimited Superhero Minis Up On Kickstarter

Welcome to Kitbash Games’ first Kickstarter – a campaign to fund production of the first wave of Supers Unlimited resin miniatures.

Supers Unlimited miniatures are designed to be size-compatible with many supers miniatures ranges and all characters will come with profiles for the Pulp City and Super Mission Force gaming systems!

Kraken Dice Releasing Mulholland Sunset Dice Today

Kraken Dice proudly presents Mulholland Sunset

Few places on earth can match the beauty of a sunset in the Golden State. Just like pulling over the the crest of Mulholland Drive at sunset and seeing the perfect blend of warm colors fill the sky as we continue our daily trek around the sun.

Metallice Dice Games Summer Sale Happening Now

🎲🎉 Save 20% OFF Site Wide With Our Flash Fall Sale! Buy Now and Save - Ends 8/25 at Midnight! 🎲🎉

The DC Universe and Batman Miniatures games are getting some reinforcements. There's a whole bunch of kits available for them over on the Knight Models website. Head over and put your name down on the list now and you'll be the first to get them when they launch on August 18th.

Solomon Grundy want pants too!

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New releases today!! 👏🏻👏🏻
👉🏻 Preorder now!!
👉🏻 Shipments from August 18

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