Fantasy Flight Games abandoned the collectible format for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, but that hasn’t slowed the expansions. The latest Asylum Pack of 40 cards is The Thing from the Shore and is part of the Summons of the Deep series emphasizing skill checks and an oceanic theme. Fantasy Flight is also now shipping Bag of Cthulhu with 30 Cthulhu game pawns in two sizes, for adding that little extra bit of ambience to your games. And just in case your sanity hasn’t yet been compromised, the company has posted a new video tutorial for the game on the product’s web site.

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Here’s a pretty set with detailed endangered parrots for $4790, if you want the enameled version below. There are two other versions on Grand Dawson’s site which are metallic and sell for $1000 less. A portion of the profits are donated to the Sustainable Furniture Council.

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AEG has posted several preview cards from the upcoming Celestial Edition set for Legend of the Five Rings; with the latest being the Crab Clan Stronghold, Shattered Peaks Castle.  Along with card previews, they are also delving into the ‘themes’, or playing styles, of each clan.  Several have already been posted.

Legend of the Five Rings, or L5R, is a card game based in Rokugan (stylized Japan).  Players employ various personalities (‘creatures’ in Magic parlance) to fulfill one of the game’s winning conditions that best suits their chosen clan:

• Military Victory by destroying your opponent’s provinces (their ‘home bases’)
• Honor Victory by gaining 40 Honor (the ’life’ of your clan)
• Dishonor Victory by causing your opponent to drop to -20 Honor
• Enlightenment Victory by bringing the titular five rings into play through special means (You become ‘one with everything’.  This is trickier than it sounds… much like real enlightenment.)

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