Straying a bit further from its focus on the Munchkin card game (but not too far), Steve Jackson Games is shipping out its first expansion to Munchkin Quest—the board game. Looking for Trouble adds traps to the base game, as well as components for up to six players and new monsters, rooms, weapons, and equipment. The company has also set a release date of April for Revolution!, the board game we previewed for you back in August. This is one definitely worth paying attention to. It features the meaningful strategy of a modern designer game, while being family game-like easy to learn and quick to play.

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The fine folks over at Bell of Lost Souls posted this little piece pointing out that the British pound has been falling against the US dollar in the last month – and this might be great for gamers in the US.  Their post focuses mostly on the Forge World set of models, but with a ratio of 1:1.37 right now, we wondered what other games might be cheaper than ever for yankee gamers.

• Uncharted Seas is a great fantasy naval combat game that’s been popular with the D6 Generation folks – and at these rates, you can have the starter set (which has four full fleets and the rulebook!) for just $137 US (not counting shipping) – that’s 40 models and the rulebook folks…
• Or how about Warlord Games‘ Celtic horde boxed set?  300 Celtic warriors for about $205 US?
• Or how about painting services like Wargame Innovations where a 28MM miniature can get the showcase treatment for 10.27….err..maybe we should stick with importing miniatures…

What deals is the sagging economy offering you?

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Up in Teesside, UK, the local youth assistance program Fairbridge created an oversided board game after receiving a grant from Barclay’s Community Investment Programme.

The board game is called “Game of Bod”, and it aims to help kids make informed decisions about managing their money.

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In the new game LOL from Discovery Bay Games, players draw letter tiles and create text message phrases in a crossword-style grid.

Other games forthcoming from DBG:

• Crush – a push-your-luck dice game
• Hink-Pink – a boxed version of the traditional game of Inky Pinky
• Locale – a follow up to DBG’s The Origin of Expressions, here you get to make up stories about strange place names.
• Smart Darts – throw a dart and answer a trivia question about the category you hit
• Twisted Tales – a gothic themed version of Once Upon a Time
• Vampires Rise – a gothic themed version of Werewolf (aka Mafia)
• Two Bridges – a pub-styled dice game
• Two Bridge: Dragon’s Gold – kids version of the above

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The Berkshire Eagle features the North Berkshire Game Group and their recent game workshop at a local library. Pimps for The Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, and Rumis, among others.

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Game night at the Aletheia Church in Harrisonburg, VA. They get 20 people once a month to play Apples to Apples and Disney Monopoly. (someone in Harrisonburg want to drop in on them and introduce some other games?) (source)

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With the company’s latest release, Majestic Twelve Games brings together Starmada, their Universal Game of Starship Combat, and Iron Stars, an alternate Earth history setting post-failed Martian invasion. Starmada: Iron Stars (see how they cleverly worked those two titles together) is a supplement with background on the Great Powers’ squabble over left-behind Martian technology, as well as new Starmada options such as faceted shielding, crew-killer weapons, etheric movement, and critical damadge.

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