What's new at Black Lion 18th October

Busy busy busy this week. 6 boxes of stock came in with another one to be delivered tomorrow morning. So here we go with an enormous list of new and shiny things to tempt you.

Order of the Stick Adventure Game: The Dungeon of Dorukan (£27)

Why just read about foolish and incompetent adventurers when you can be one yourself? Dive head first into the world of the inexplicably popular fantasy gaming webcomic. Take on the role of one of the six daring adventurers as you explore each room of the mysterious Dungeon of Dorukan in this hilarious satire of the fantasy genre. But beware, for the evil undead sorcerer Xykon awaits you at the bottom of the dungeon, and he has nothing better to do than focus on wiping the floor with your sorry butt...

• Train your character in a variety of shticks from their personalized deck. Each of the six different playable characters is a different experience!
• Build the dungeon as you go - never the same game twice.
• You choose which monsters other players will face in battle, but watch out, the monsters may band together and turn the tables on you.
• Trade unearthed loot with other players for cooperative play - or stab them in the back and run off with theirs.

For 2-6 players | Ages 12+ | 3+ hours | Includes over 500 full-colour cards!

OotS2: No Cure for the Paladin Blues (£17)

The Order of the Stick is back in action (and in colour!) in this second volume compiling the popular fantasy gaming satire webcomic in convenient book format. Watch in amazement as The Order of the Stick, everyone's favourite band of hopelessly incompetent adventurers, leaves the dungeon behind (probably a good idea, considering they blew it up anyway) and ventures out into the great outdoors. Thrill to encounters with bandits, dragons, assassins, and perhaps the most terrifying of all--paladins! Watch in amazement as the Order of the Stick finds itself caught between the forces of Good and Less-Than-Good as their stupid little adventure turns into a stupid epic adventure to save their very world! What's in No Cure for the Paladin Blues, you ask?

The Algernon Files 2.0
(Mutants & Masterminds Sourcebook, Softcover, £16)

The Algernon Files is a compilation of heroic and villainous NPCs designed to give a GM and his players additional resources for the Mutants & Masterminds game. It includes over 100 write-ups for NPCs of varying power levels, as well as maps, new rules, new powers, and new feats.

Script Crypt v1: Psychos & Sickos
(Horror Rules Sourcebook, Softcover, £11)

A must-have supplement for Horror Rules! Eight complete adventure scripts, plus new Bad Guys, Cast, artwork, Sequel Suggestions and more.

Out of the Darkness
(Traveller Sourcebook, Softcover, RRP £18)

Out of the Darkness, is a complete 168 page guide to Charted Space in the year 1248. A century after the Third Imperium tore itself apart in civil war and dragged the rest of Charted Space down into ruin, Humanity still teeters on the brink of extinction. But now there is hope. For emerging from the darkness are the powers of the New Era; the Fourth Imperium, the Terran Commonwealth, the Freedom League, the Zhodani Concord and many others.

Bearers of the Flame
(Traveller Sourcebook, Softcover, £18)

Bearers of the Flame presents complete details on the Fourth Imperium, successor to the tragic Third. A century after the fall of the Third Imperium, the Fourth Imperium is the bright hope for the future of Charted Space. Leading the fight against the genocidal Dominate, forging trade corridors through the Wilds or rebuilding shattered worlds, the Fourth Imperium stands at the forefront of the great reconstruction.

Under the Red Moon
(HeroQuest Sourcebook, Softcover, RRP £13)

This second volume of the Imperial Lunar Handbook details the spiritual Lunar Way in all its contradictions and certainties. Look past the facade of evil and decadence and deep into the brilliance and liberty of the great Empire.

Universalis Revised RPG
(Universalis Rulebook, Softcover, £12)

You and your fellow players will create a complete story, introducing characters and taking turns guiding them through a world you create while developing the plot as you play. You'll use the game's unique resource system to compete for the privilege of telling the story the way you want it told while simultaneously collaborating to create the best story possible. Suspense comes from never knowing what plot twists the other players will throw at you.

Warmaster Ancient Armies
(Warmaster Supplement, Softcover, £18)

Warhammer Ancient Armies is a supplement to the Warmaster Ancients rule set for ancient wargames. It includes 20 new armies for the Warmaster Ancients game, a comprehensive section on fighting campaigns, and additional new and amended rules of play. The rules for campaigns describe a territory based campaign game suitable for tournament, club or casual use.

Shadows of Mexico
(World of Darkness Sourcebook, Hardcover, £17)

They say the blood sacrifices never stopped. They say pyramids underneath Mexico City house vampire cults. They say werewolves prowl the border with the U.S. They say mage society self-destructed there, and now foreign treasure-hunting wizards are plundering the country’s artifacts. They say a lot of things. Find out the truth for yourself.

Sector Zero
(Paranoia XP Adventures, Softcover, RRP £5)

Just as ‘Code 7’ is Troubleshooter dispatchers’ jargon for a mission that promises certain death, so ‘Sector Zero’ is Alpha Complex slang for punishment duty. Troubleshooters ‘sent to Sector Zero’ face a dispiriting assignment nobody else wanted.

Reavers of Vilayet
(Conan Sourcebook, Softcover, £5)

When you are caught up in the struggle of empires across the sea, for which side will you raise your sword? For the thieves and pirates of the kozaks, or for the rich lords and slavers of Turan? Cut a path of death and steel through the bloody waters of the Vilayet Sea, hero, but remember - older civilisations once stood on the shores of that cursed ocean...

Legendary Heroes
(RuneQuest Sourcebook, Hardcover, £15)

This book is a guide to how to aspire to be, creating and play as Legendary level heroes in the Runequest game setting. It will explain what it takes to count a character amongst the ranks of the legendary, and what it takes to survive there. We will give both players and Games Masters the tools they will need to add Legendary Heroes to their existing chronicles.

Ticket to Ride USA 1910 (£12)

Ticket to Ride USA 1910 is a new card expansion for the original Ticket to Ride board game. It consists of 181 new large format cards (the same size as Ticket to Ride Europe and Märklin), that include: 35 new Destination Tickets, a new GlobeTrotter bonus card for completing the most tickets, plus a complete replacement deck of all the cards from the original game deck. Also included is a new rulebook that gives Ticket to Ride players three new ways to play the game including 1910 rules - games using only the new Destination Tickets; the Mega Game, featuring all the tickets; and Big Cities, which uses only tickets to certain large cities. Ticket to Ride - USA 1910 is packaged in a distinctive, 2-piece metal box.

DreamBlade Game Mat (RRP £20)

DreamBlade Game Mat is a high quality, durable, great-looking vinyl mat, perfect for staging your battles in the Dreamscape. The DreamBlade Game Mat comes in a sturdy polycarbonate tube for easy transport and storage.

Pirates Accessory Pack (£8)

The Pirates “Booty Finder” Two Player Accessories Pack is a must for all players of WizKids’ Pirates constructible strategy game! This accessory contains Two “Home Port” marker flags to mark each player’s Home Island and ten “Explored” tokens to mark each explored isle. The Booty Finder is a remarkable measuring tool to determine moving distance and shooting distances during your games! Made from a clear blue acrylic plastic, long and short lengths are clearly marked on this spyglass shaped distance finder.

Vampire: Dark Influences (£10)

There is a World of Darkness much like our own. Hidden from humanity by a veil of deceit, the vampires of this world play games of intrigue, politics and betrayal. Your Prince among the undead has declared that he will go into torpor, the rest of ages, and will choose a successor before he passes. The vampire who wins the support of the most allies before dawn will be declared the new Prince. Vampire: Dark Influences is a game for two to five devious players who forge bonds, win favours and break vows to reign supreme over the night.

Enjoy people!

Lucy