New in the shop this February

White Wolf staff must be on some sort of performance enhancing drugs right now because they've published this week supplements for Werewolf and Promethean to join the very recent additions to the Mage and Vampire families we had a few weeks ago. Mind you the Warhammer franchise also gets a boost this week with Lure of the Lich Lord for WFRP and The Age of Arthur for Warhammer Ancient Battles. A sourcebook for Midnight and the World of Warcraft: Monster Guide round off the roleplaying releases.

As for board games they're small but well picked this week. Another Catan game the Struggle for Rome sits alongside a Medici reprint and a deluxe version of Kill Dr Lucky by Cheapass Games, even their deluxe stuff costs only £23, can't ask for fairer than that.

And we're happy to say that we've been able to restock on all WoW TCG as well as the excellent Ticket to Ride Europe and will soon have Dreamblade Chrysotic Plague singles on sale too. Read on for more info on this weeks releases...

Catan Histories: Struggle for Rome £35
The Romans rule over an enormous empire. But now, Rome holds its imperial breath. The empire is weak. Wild barbarian hordes surge across the frontier. You rule one of those Barbarian hordes. Your noble tribe is strong, but rival princes stand in your way! Are you wily enough to outmanoeuvre them? Will you have enough wealth from plundering to found your own kingdom? Your fate is in your hands: civilization is ripe for conquest! Will you forge a mighty new kingdom? Will you be the one to inherit the storied glory of Rome?

Medici £25
A reprint of the trading game by Reiner Knizia.

Kill Dr. Lucky Board Game £23
The Origins Award–winning board game from Cheapass Games comes to your gaming table in a new full-colour, high-quality deluxe edition featuring components on par with the best European board games. Kill Doctor Lucky pits 3 to 7 players against each other in a race to see who can kill Doctor Lucky. The trick is that all the other players want to do it first and will stop at nothing to prevent you from having the pleasure. And the old doctor has earned his nickname well: he's got more lives than Rasputin and an uncanny knack for dodging your best traps. But his luck can't last forever. Before the game is over, someone is going to kill Doctor Lucky—wouldn't you rather it were you?

Lure of the Liche Lord Warhammer FRP Sourcebook, Softcover, £15)
Beyond the lands of civilised men of the Empire, far from the wretched existence of Bretonnian peasants, and the subterfuge and treachery of Tilea, is a broken land, a land where a common man can be raised to a king on one day and find an ignoble death the next. These lands, the Borderlands, the Border Princes, or the Lands of the Renegade Crowns have been the site of countless battles, countless wars, of conquest and defeat. Most are content with the way things are in the Borderlands, but a new danger awakens from a long slumber, stirring once more and bringing with it horrors unimaginable. This danger is a Tomb King, a Liche Lord of unimaginable power, and though contained in his tomb, he works in the dreams and nightmares of those Princes who rule the region. It is just a matter of time before the Death Scarab stakes a claim to his lands once more. Lure of the Liche Lord is an adventure sourcebook set in the tempestuous lands of the Border Princes.

World of Warcraft Monster Guide
(WoW Sourcebook, Hardcover, £23)
The undead Scourge dominates Lordaeron and Northrend. Servants of the insidious Burning Legion summon demons. Naga strike from the depths, and troggs burst from dark places beneath the surface. To carve your name into legend, you must match swords, wits, skill, and spell with these and hundreds of other creatures. A sourcebook for World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, featuring over 200 monsters drawn from Blizzard Entertainment’s MMORPG, fully usable in the WoW RPG and other d20 campaigns.

Magnum Opus (Promethean: the Created Sourcebook, Hardcover, £15)
The Great Work. Lead into gold. Worthless into priceless. False fire into a mortal soul. This is the quest of every Promethean, but many roads lead to Mortality. Over the centuries, the Refinements have changed, new ones have been discovered and old ones lost, and secrets too terrible for the mundane world have been buried and covered in lies. The Created cannot afford to let these hoary legends go, however — not when one such legend might lead to completion of the Magnum Opus. A chronicle sourcebook for Promethean: The Created.

The Rage: Player’s Guide to the Forsaken (Werewolf: the Forsaken Supplement, Hardcover, £18)
The Forsaken have been pushed to the wall by their enemies. Now they push back. The tribes share their deadliest secrets with one another. Their packs teach one another the secrets of striking first and hardest. Around the world, the Forsaken reclaim what is theirs. Take an in-depth look at the tribes and tribe-less of the Forsaken, from their history and traditions to their weapons of war. Discover numerous new options for character development, from new Merits and Gifts to a more detailed explanation of Harmony and pack tactics. Includes information on playing the Forsaken at a larger scale, from pack alliances to details on Forsaken culture and concerns around the world.

The Age of Arthur £20
The Age of Arthur – Warfare in the British Dark Ages 400 AD – 800 AD is a source book for Warhammer Ancient Battles. This exciting period of British history saw the foundations of England, Scotland and Wales laid down by the warring Saxons, Romano-Britons, Welsh, Irish and Picts. Arthur himself may have led British resistance against the Saxons, but this supplement also focuses on the other great warlords of the age – including Cadwallon of Gwynedd, Vortigern of the Britons, and Ecgfrith of Northumbria – and their warbands.

This source book contains a suggested historical overview and chronology of the period, as well as 19 detailed army lists featuring:

•The Romano-British Civitates – including the armies of Vortigern, Ambrosius and the Bretons.
•The British and Welsh Kingdoms – including the kingdoms of Gododdin, Gwynedd, Strathclyde and Dumnonia.
•The Saxons – including Saxon raiders as well as the kingdoms of the Heptarchy.
•The Franks – the armies of the early Merovingians.
•The Picts – including the Northern and Southern Picts, and the enigmatic Attecotti.
•The Scots-Irish – including Irish raiders and the kingdoms of Dalriada and Ireland.

There is also a section on wargaming Arthur in history for those who wish to use the great hero in their armies! Accompanying each of the army lists are suggestions for collecting, painting and wargaming with the various armies that fought in Dark Age Briton.

Destiny & Shadow (Midnight Sourcebook, Softcover, £10)
The Erenlanders. Their land is conquered, their kingdom shattered. They are the defeated, serving the Shadow with backs bent and weary. But those backs are not yet broken. They carry more than just the burden of servitude: They also carry hope. The Erenlanders. The true children of the kingdom of Erenland. Their northern lands are haunted by the spectre of shattered pride, while the south is tangled in webs of intrigue. But in the heart of Eredane, a storm gathers. The legacy of a noble past is not forgotten, and secret forces now move to cast off the black shackles of the Shadow. If freed of their fears and doubts, will the people of Erenland rise united once more? Will someone rise to lead them? Uncertain times lie ahead in this land of destiny and shadow.