Welcome to Purple Pawn, covering games played around the world by billions of people every day.

Since not everyone peruses through Diamond Distribution’s monthly Previews catalog (partly because only comic book fans realize that it has a pretty healthy games section), we’ve decided to give everybody a look into what’ll be hitting your store in November!

  • Memoir ‘44: Mediterranean Theater is one we’ve covered before, but its nice to see it show up in the solicitations (along with the Overlord Expansion).
  • Fans of the old Call of the old Call of Cthulhu CCG have reason to rejoice with the release of the new fixed set version: Call of Cthulhu LCG Core Set.  For those who missed out, this is a great card game with some very innovative mechanics.  They’ll also be releasing two fixed expansions (“asylum packs”): The Horror Beneath the Surface and The Spawn of the Sleeper.

With the imminent release of the Munchkin Quest board game, Steve Jackson Games is offering a premium for preorders. Those who order through Steve Jackson’s online store, Warehouse 23, will receive a Munchkin Quest Gold Piece, a Promo Coaster, and Promo Set 1. In the game, the bearer of the Gold Piece has the special ability of never being broke. Promo Set 1 adds the Troll Booth to the game, including the Troll card and standee.

But that’s not all the news on Munchkin Quest. It seems that interest in the game, even before its release, has been so great that Steve Jackson is already preparing an expansion for January. Munchkin Quest 2: Looking for Trouble will include more monsters, 18 more rooms, and enough components to add two more players to the game