The Dragons of Tarkir is the third, and final, block from Tarkir. Hitting shelves on March 27th, it’s a large expansion, and the last set in Wizard’s current 3-set block system. Players can expect more from the Morph ability, as well as Dash and Bolster returing from Fate Reforged. There’s also world that three new mechanics will be featured, also.

Dragons of Tarkir will come in 15 card booster packs, Fat Packs, Intro Decks, and Event Decks.

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Game for Troops, a non-profit charity that sends games to the men and women of the US Armed Forces, has just received a sizable donation of games and is looking for soldiers to send them to. If you are actively serving in the US Armed Forces (at home or abroad) or you know someone who is, you can request a game by going here and filling out the form. The games are free and are shipped for free. They can even be shipped to APO/FPO addresses.

This sounds like an amazing service for our military folk, so spread the word and help Games for Troops get some games out to them!

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A co-production of Petersen Games and Historical Games Factory, Theomachy is a deck-building game that combines elements of mythology and Texas Hold’em Poker. Each player chooses to represent an ancient god, decides to call, raise or fold, and aims to stand as the absolute power in the final showdown.

In the current Kickstarter campaign, the game is divided into two sets, namely The Warrior Gods and The Ancient. The former includes pantheons from Celtic, Norse, Slavonic, and Lovecraft’s Great Old Ones, while the latter represents Greek, Babylonian, Egyptian, and Lovecraft’s Outer Gods. The two sets are different from each other but can be mixed and combined for play.

Theomachy plays 2 to 4 players (up to 8 players if both The Warrior Gods and The Ancient sets are used) in around 45 minutes. The campaign has now raised $38,911 over its initial $20,000 goal with 32 days to go.

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Released today, Yu-Gi-Oh! Dice Masters is a new Dice Building Game put out by WizKids. The two player starter set contains 44 dice, 22 cards, two dice bags and a rulebook for a suggested retail price of $14.99.

Play mats and additional dice packs are to follow soon.

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Fantasy writer R.A. Salvatore, best known for his novels based on the Forgotten Realms campaign in Dungeons & Dragons, just launched a Kickstarter campaign for the first expansion to his popular DemonWars: Reformation tabletop role-playing game, which was successfully funded on Kickstarter last August.

The AllHeart campaign is designed specifically for small-group, or even solo play, which is something rarely heard of in the world of tabletop RPGs.

R.A. Salvatore and his band of merry game makers is seeking crowdfunding to get the game ready for mass production. You can back the campaign with a base pledge of $25 for a digital copy, or $45 for a hardback book, plus a digital copy.

The game will feature a random dungeon generator, which will allow a player to create and play through an entire dungeon without the need of a game master.

The jousting system will allow players to set up and play through tournaments by using their character as one of the jousters. If the game consists of you and a bunch of NPCs, the results are determined by a single die roll.

The Fiefdom system allows the player to manage a small village, growing it into a full-fledged city.

These systems can be played as a stand-alone mini game, or incorporated into a DemonWars campaign. Players will need the DemonWars: Reformation Core Rule Book, or the DemonWars Basic Rule Book in order to play this expansion game.

Shipping is expected in November of 2015.

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Monte Cook Games is running a Recursion Design Contest for The Strange RPG. I’m not sure what a recursion is but the winner will have his published in an upcoming book, and get a $25 gift certificate to the company store.

iSlaytheDragon is giving away Hyperborea and other games to four winners.

Save 60% on all Troll Lord Games ebooks at DriveThruRPG.

For free shipping on all parts and accessories from HasbroToyShop.com, use coupon code “REFILLS25”.

Babyhaven is giving away Bean Boozled, the Jelly Belly spinner game.

Mama to 5 Blessings is giving away Feed the Woozle from Peaceable Kingdom.

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I don’t know if it’s a Kickstarter curse, or not, but this is the second roleplaying game coming off a successful Kickstarter project that just felt a bit too rushed. While Kromore’s world and mechanics are much, much better than my previously reviewed Traveller 5, the spelling and grammatical errors in the book were jarring. More than a few times I’d get in a good groove reading only to be halted by the how something was written, or by some other error. The first paragraph of the rules was enough to make me have to read it several times over to make sure it wasn’t just my eyes playing tricks on me.

That being said, the book impressed me in may ways. The world of Kromore, the characters, mechanics, art, and “completeness” of the book make me think that a bit more editing of the content would have made this system shoot out of the gate like a rocket. That magic system alone is worth the cost of the book.

The mish-mash of content in the book may turn off some readers, but I kind of liked all the options provided within. It brought me a certain sense of nostalgia, and it’s one I can certainly see running a campaign in.

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We’ve already warned you about Love Letter: Batman, but Alderac Entertainment will be releasing Love Letter: Batman, and Love Letter: The Hobbit too, in March for $10.99 each. Round up the villains of Gotham and lock ’em up in Arkham Asylum, or find The Arkenstone while avoiding the terrible dragon Smaug.

While I see the appeal of both versions, I’ll stick to my Love Letter – Kanai Factory Edition.

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Recently released by Dark Horse, is a standard deck of cards with art from Dragon Age: Inquisition.

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Late but not lost, WizKids plans to begin shipping next month Battle for Faerun, the first set of the Dungeons & Dragons Dice Masters line. Starter Sets will retail for $20 and include 44 dice, 38 cards, and two dice bags. There will also be $1 Foil Packs, with two dice and two cards each.

Battle for Faerun will include such iconic D&D monsters as dragons, beholders, stirges, and gelatinous cubes, plus of course, character dice in various classes, and even NPC dice (which have no levels or special powers).

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