Tim Walsh, inventor of Blurt and TriBond (over 1,000,000 sold in its first 4 years alone [1]), and author of Timeless Toys and Wham-O Super-Book, is working on a new book and a film.

The book is 101 Games. He’s soliciting suggestions for great games, and Eurogames appear likely to secure a prominent place in the book.

Tim is also collaborating with director Ken Sons on a film about the toy industry, called Toyland.

[1] Make sure you don’t pay too much for them.

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4Kids is pushing hard against the recession, and wants to make its current flagship product – Chaotic TCG – a success, come what may.

Their latest pitch is Chaotic beverages in four flavors:

• Dragon Fruit (Caffeine-Free) / Power Pulse / Inspired by Chaor
• Blood Orange / Mind Strike / Inspired by Rath’tab
• Grape Punch / Elixir of Tenacity / Inspired by Maxxor
• Kiwi Melon – Sour / Fearocity / Inspired by Lord Van Bloot

If you know what all that means, lucky you. Each drink costs $2.50, or you can get 4 for $10 with a free booster pack. Each drink’s tab has a code on the inside that does something on the site.

We are confident that both Chaotic fans, as well as consumers new to the brand, will find that this product provides a fun, healthy, thirst-quenching experience. – Carlin West, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions & Development, 4Kids Entertainment

(source)

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Hell of Stalingrad can be pre-ordered from Clash of Arms games. It’s the first game of a new card game series called “War is Hell”.

HoS is a card driven war game simulating WWII urban battle, and comes with 196 counters, representing German and Russian generals, commissars, storm troopers, grenadiers, NKVD, T34s, forts, StuGs, and commandos.

It can be played as a 30 minute basic game, or a 3 hour 4-player campaign. Costs $65. They’ve also got a number of other new games and pre-orders available on their site.

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Mayday Games is known for its animeeples, but now it has published its first game: Hagoth.

Hagoth is from Mormon game designer Mike Drysdale (who has a rules outline up on his blog) with artwork from Scott Wakefield. It’s supposed to be a simple game, in the lightness category of Bohnanza.

Build ships and sail them north to earn victory points. First to 25 wins.

Pre-order at $4 off and get 100 card sleeves for free.

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