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Fantasy Flight announced that all products in the Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game will now be released in a non-random window box format. These products should be available in shops in the first week of August.

The goes the C in the CMG (Collectible miniatures game).

The initial set of the Mutant Chronicles CMG will turn into 14 different products, released over about 10-12
weeks, each containing between 3-4 figures with a price of $19.95.

I always found the collectible part of games a little like saying “Well, if you’ve got lots of cash you’ve got a better game”, it’s nice seeing companies trying to set a standard level of play for all players.

Also with collectible games there is a tendecy to have a lot of suboptimal product just to allow rares mega-rares and stuff, this way even the game designers can stop having to put out crap and concentrate on high level components.

This change makes me want to try Mutant chronicles to see what’s the deal :p

Another game I’m aching to try is War of the Ring [bgg|eBay] I was even waiting for the Deluxe edition to get it, but turns out the Deluxe edition isn’t just a revising of the game but an ultra pimped up version that will go for big bucks so no Deluxe version for me

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Origins 2008 is happening right now and the 34th Annual Origins Awards nominees are chosen (these are just the boardgame related nominees):

Board Game or Expansion

• Battue: Storm of the Horse Lords [bgg|eBay], by Jim Long (Red Juggernaut)
• Kingsburg [bgg|eBay], by Andrea Chiarvesio and Luca Iennaco (ElfinWerks)
• Last Night on Earth [bgg|eBay], by Jason Hill (Flying Frog Productions)
• Pillars of the Earth [bgg|eBay], by Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler (Mayfair Games)
• StarCraft: The Board Game [bgg|eBay], by Corey Konieczka & Christian Petersen (Fantasy Flight Games)

Traditional Card Game

• Bankruptcy [bgg|eBay], by Geoff Habinger and Coy Kissee (Tangent Games)
• Cutthroat Caverns [bgg|eBay], by Curt Covert and Justin Brunetto (Smirk and Dagger Games)
• Infernal Contraption [bgg|eBay], by Matt Wilson, Jason Soles, Kevin Clark and Erik Breidenstein
• Lifeboat [eBay], by Jeff Siadek (Gorilla Games)
• Race for the Galaxy [bgg|eBay], by Thomas Lehmann (Rio Grande Games)
• Zombie Fluxx [bgg|eBay], by Andrew Looney (Looney Labs)

Historical Board Game of the Year

• Age of Empires III [bgg|eBay], by Glenn Drover (Tropical Games)
• Asia Engulfed [bgg|eBay], by Rick Young and Jesse Evans (GMT Games)
• Athens and Sparta [eBay], by Tom Dalgliesh and Grant Dalgliesh (Columbia Games)
• Duel in the Dark [bgg|eBay], by Friedemann de Pedro (Pilot Games and Z-Man Games)
• Struggle for Rome [bgg|eBay], by Klaus Teuber (Mayfair Games)
• Tide of Iron [bgg|eBay], by John Goodenough (Fantasy Flight Games)

The winners will be announced tomorrow: Saturday, June 28. Take your bets ladies and gentlemen.

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Fans of Rio Grande games salivating for reprints can now rest as Rio Grande will be reprinting Race for the Galaxy [bgg | eBay] in July and Ra [bgg | eBay] including two player rules in September, no plans for the reprint of Goa yet.

Also if you’re dreaming of finding a job in the game industry, Fantasy Flight is in need of someone in the costumer service area, so if costumer service and games are your thing you might just have a good chance.

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Wizards of The Coast has reprinted the classic board game Acquire [bgg].

Though this commemorative run is cheaper than precedent runs this means the components aren’t of the same quality of previous prints.

On lighter and happier news, Munchkin Booty [bgg] from Steve Jackson has reached the printers.

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Here’s a slew of Rio Grande games and their release schedule:

Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm [bgg] and St. Petersburg Expansion [bgg] from June to August.

Bonnie & Clyde [bgg] from July to August.

Ra Dice game [bgg] from July to September.

Burger Joint [bgg] and Samurai Card game [bgg] from August to September.

New World: A Carcassonne Game [bgg] - August 2008

Mago Magino [bgg] and Carcassonne: Cult, War and Creativity [bgg] from June to September.

The Great American Railroad Game [bgg] from August to October.

Witch’s Brew [bgg] from June to Q3 2008

El Caballero [bgg] from June to who knows when.

Also Puerto Rico [bgg] will not have a new expansion for the time being.

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Fantasy Flight is brewing up Arkham league play. I’m quite interested in how all this will work out, but unfortunately for me I don’t have all the Arkham expansions so I can only play two scenarios

Here are the guidelines for participating:

• A team can consist of 2-8 investigators.
• All players can choose which investigator they would like to be.
• A player may not change investigators unless they are devoured during a game.
• Each scenario may be played multiple times, but a League Results form must be filled out after every time, and only the best result will be used.
• The first and second scenarios will be from the base game. Scenarios 3 and 4 will include elements from the Dunwich Horror. Scenarios 5 and 6 will include elements from The King in Yellow. Scenarios 7 and 8 will include elements from The Curse of the Dark Pharaoh and Kingsport. The final two scenarios will include elements from all the sets.
• Results will be posted and updated right here, on the Arkham Horror website.
• All forms need to be e-mailed to JR Godwin.

Also for Descent gamers who got a little bit disappointed with the last Descent contest, here’s a new one. this time it’s your writing skills on the line as you have to create a hero complete with bio and stats.

Here are the rules:

• All entries must be received by July 10th, 2008.
• Contest winner will be announced in the third week of July.
• Five entries max per person.
• Submitted character biographies and stats may be posted on the FFG website.
• Participants in this contest cannot be an employee of FFG.

Winner gets a Tomb of Ice expansion [bgg] and a  set of four promotional Descent figures.