ICV2 has managed to secure the first previews of the upcoming Star Wars miniatures set, Jedi Academy. You’ll need to go over to their site to check out the pics of the two minis (Darth Sidious, Sith Master and Grand Master, Luke Sykwalker – I’m not going to deprive them of the hits!). The pics are excellent quality and show fairly typical SW mini paint jobs (nothing special), but the pics also include the stat cards. Both of them look like solid characters, though Sidious looks insanely good for just 57 points. This set will probably be a must-have for collectors, covering a period of the Star Wars canon that has a lot of love from fans. Star Wars Miniature boosters (still) come with 7 pre-painted figures and (still) retail for $14.99 (US).

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Fear and Loathing is a mixed media art piece board game from J R Baldwin, loosely based on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (the book? the movie?).

The game comes with rules, die, pieces, and a board, as well as dozens of pill bottles filled with real and fake medicinal substances, dosage cards, and a few things in the display kit above that he’s not actually legally allowed to sell along with the game.

You can buy it for $5,500.

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In Accused, by sggc Twisted Winds, you (and the other players) have been charged with murder. Your job is to clean up any evidence that you may have done it and make the others look more guilty.

Each turn you have 5 gameplay options you can use. You can pay to move around, you can buy and sell cards to the deck, you can trade cards with other players, you can mug other players and lastly, you can discard guilt cards. May also require some negotiation skills. 3-8 players.

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Famous beatnik Jack Keroac was apparently so into fantasy baseball, he created an extensive collection of cards with fake teams and players.

He created fake newsletters, financial news, and contract disputes. He also did the same for imaginary horse racing games.

Just imagine what the beatniks would have made of RPGs. Oh man, to play D&D with Allen Ginsberg.

(source)

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Calgary, CA: A Jamaican DJ was attacked with a weapon, and killed, at a dominoes tournament. (source, source)

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