What's new at Black Lion 10th July 2008

Agricola £45
In Agricola (Latin for “farmer”), you’re a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. On a turn, you get to take only two actions, one for you and one for the spouse, from all the possibilities you'll find on a farm: collecting clay, wood or stone; building fences; and so on. You might think about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rugrats? Players 1-5, Ages 12+

The Princess Bride: Storming the Castle Card Game £16
Face your opponents, cards against cards, in this fast paced adventure. Play one of the 4 major characters from The Princess Bride. With only a handful of cards, your wits and luck your goal is to storm the castle and save the Princess. Every game plays out differently giving you endless play options. Players 2-4, Ages 10+

Traders of Carthage £16
You are traders in the bustling commerce city of Carthage, buying goods at Market and selling them to overseas merchants. But if you want to prosper, be careful of pirates! Players buy goods or grab coins in the market while cards in the farm replenish the market. When goods are bought, ships move toward Carthage. When a ship reaches Carthage, a payday occurs, where that particular merchandise is sold. Any ships on pirate spaces get raided and you must discard cards with storage icons to try and save your merchandise. Achievement tokens increase the value of your merchandise and when someone has gotten 8 or more such tokens the game is over. Players 2-4, Ages 10+

Basic Roleplaying, BRP Rulebook, Softcover £22
Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying (BRP) is a core rulebook that gathers in one place the rules, modules, and options for one of the original and most influential role-playing gaming systems in the world. Basic Roleplaying is designed to be intuitive and easy to play. While character attributes follow a 3D6 curve, most of the other Basic Roleplaying mechanics are even simpler. Virtually all rolls determining success or failure of a task are determined via the roll of percentile dice.

Haiii-Ya! Cartoon Martial Arts, RPG Rulebook, Softcover £8
Outrageous Japanimation action bursts to life with Haiiii-Ya! Create your favourite anime character, then add martial arts styles, special attacks, signature quotes and moves, combat options, and a wide variety of hilarious chi powers like Star Energy Shuriken and Tsunami Water Smash! Increase in power and rank, then decimate your opponents in one-on-one or mass gladiatorial combat! All you need to play is this book and some six-sided dice. So don’t wait any longer... the fight is about to begin with Haiiii-Ya!

GM Item Cards: Essentials £13
GameMastery Item Cards: Essentials is a 110-card set formed from the out-of-print GameMastery Item Pack One and the follow-up Hero’s Hoard and Relics of War booster sets combined together for the first time ever. Essentials is the "starter deck" for the Item Cards line, and it contains everything you need to begin incorporating these easy-to-use cards into your fantasy roleplaying campaign. Inside each box, you’ll find treasure, armour, weapons, wands, and more!

Pathfinder #10: History of Ashes, d20 Adventure, Softcover £11
Forced to flee the city of Korvosa and pursued by sinister agents of Queen Ileosa, the heroes travel to the Cinderlands to seek out advice on how to defeat the ancient evil that has claimed their queen’s mind. Few living today know the truth behind this evil—and those who do are among the Shoanti barbarian tribes preparing to invade Korvosa. The PCs must earn the trust of three tribes in order to realize their goals and save Korvosa from a brutal war.

The Silver Ladder, M:tA Sourcebook, Hardcover £17
The Burden of Vision… It’s not about the lust for power. It’s about the need for a grander world. Enlightenment is the birthright of all mankind; the Supernal is there for all to grasp. Do you have a plan to take us there? No? Then step back and let us show you the way. This book includes details on the history, methodology and ultimate goals of the Silver Ladder. It also features the internal functions of the Silver Ladder, from initiation into the Cryptopoly to their complicated codes of law, as well as new spells, Artifacts, imbued items, Legacies and characters to pursue the shared dream of Hieraconis.

Expected on Friday 11th June
Against the Giants Huge Pack £15
This latest Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game release includes figures based on popular D&D game characters as well as monsters plucked from the pages of the 4th Edition Monster Manual and various D&D Roleplaying Game supplements. This set features huge-sized figures, including several iconic giants.

Each booster pack contains:
Eight randomized, pre-painted plastic miniatures, including one huge figure
A stat card for each figure, with D&D Miniatures Game statistics on one side and D&D Roleplaying Game statistics on the other
An Against the Giants set checklist