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Crowdfunding Campaign: Celebrate 10 Years with Adventure Time Card Wars

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Cryptozoic Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products have launched the Kickstarter campaign for the Adventure Time Card Wars 10th Anniversary. Fans can pledge now on Kickstarter.

Based on the “Card Wars” episodes of Cartoon Network’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning animated series, Adventure Time, the Adventure Time Card Wars tabletop games from Cryptozoic have been hugely popular with fans in the last decade, spawning over 10 product releases. The campaign brings together all six original packs into the new Adventure Time Card Wars: Ultimate Collection featuring nearly 500 game cards, with new game content to be unlocked during the campaign. In addition, fans can preorder the Deluxe Edition of the Doubles Tournament game, the Collector’s Storage Box, a playmat, card sleeves, and much more. 

Adventure Time Card Wars features easy-to-learn rules as two players go head to head, spending Actions to defeat their opponent and become the “Cool Guy.” Using a deck of 40 cards, each player plays Creatures onto their Landscape tiles to attack their opponent, Buildings to enhance their Landscapes, and Spells to gain an advantage. The first player who reduces their opponent’s Hit Points to 0 wins.

The Adventure Time Card Wars: Ultimate Collection at the heart of the Kickstarter brings together the six original Collector’s Packs: Finn vs. Jake, BMO vs. Lady Rainicorn, Princess Bubblegum vs. Lumpy Space Princess, Ice King vs. Marceline, Lemongrab vs. Gunter, and Fionna vs. Cake. Stretch goals throughout the campaign will reveal upgrades and additional content, including new cards.

Adventure Time Card Wars: Doubles Tournament (Deluxe Edition) adds teamwork to the core gameplay, as two players become Jake and Charlie as they battle two players who play as Grand Prix and Moniker. This Deluxe Edition includes additional Heroes and special packaging.

The Adventure Time Card Wars: Collector’s Storage Box can store every card ever released for the series, with room to grow in the future. It features an original piece of art by Robb Mommaerts on the cover.

The Adventure Time Card Wars 10th Anniversary Kickstarter starts today and runs until December 15, with pledge tiers starting at $65. Stretch goals, if unlocked, will add numerous additional cards and upgrades. Preorder items are expected to be delivered to backers in September 2024. 

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Games Spotlight

The Walking Dead: All Out War Miniatures Game returns in 2024

The game publisher Mantic teased it earlier this week but The Walking Dead is returning to the tabletop in 2024 with more The Walking Dead: All Out War.

Skybound and Mantic are relaunching the game with new waves of releases and continuing the storyline. The game left off with releases focused on the Whisperers and the Kingdom, so now it’s on to… the Commonwealth!

Mantic said it’s currently “looking at the best way to launch this wave, alongside bringing back the game itself.”

From the announcement, the Commonwealth wave will likely have a heroes pack from the story arc of comics and then a pack of Commonwealth troopers.

But, it’s not just that. There are further waves planned as well now that the license is renewed.

But, it’s not just new releases. Mantic is exploring how to get new players into the game and allow those who missed early waves to get those too.

Pre-orders are expected to go live in early 2024.

Launched in 2016, the game saw numerous releases with “waves” of miniatures that took players through The Walking Dead comic’s story and allowed players to pick and choose who, when, and where they wanted to play. Mantic announced in January 2022 that the game was ending as their license for it had ended at the time.

(via Board Game Today)

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Games Toys and Collectibles

Dungeons & Dragons comes to US stamps in 2024 to celebrate 50 years

The U.S. Postal Service announced four new stamp “subjects” for 2024 with more reveals to come. To celebrate 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons, 10 stamp designs will be released highlighting characters, creatures, and encounters from the “world’s greatest role-playing game.”

Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps and pane (which features 20 stamps) with existing illustrations. The original artists weren’t credited in the announcement.

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Sandstorm partners with Cation Arts for Primal Showdown

Sandstorm Comics and Cation Arts have announced their first partnership release with Primal Showdown, an all-new dueling card game, which will launch exclusively through the Kickstarter platform in 2024.

The game, which is being co-developed by Sandstorm and Mohamed Alqadi, whose previous credits include the massively successful All-Time Wrestling, which has now seen multiple record-smashing expansions, and One Earth; a game widely praised for its mission-centric approach to the fight against climate change, putting players directly into the environmental impacts of their decisions within the game to raise awareness around a global issue. Prior to that, Alqadi had developed Conqueror: The Final Conquest, which pitted players against each other as some of history’s great empires in a battle for global dominance. 

Each campaign was tremendously successful with the international gaming community, helping to put Abu Dhabi on the global stage for tabletop gaming and geek culture. Their unprecedented success today leads to the collaboration with the region’s exciting new comics art studio Sandstorm, led by Mo Abedin, and tapping resident artist Saroush Barazesh to take the gaming experience to the next level.

Cation Arts’ newest game Primal Showdown is inspired by some of the all-time greatest fighting games, as well as the most beloved parts of the All-Time Wrestling gameplay for an action-packed experience filled with drafting, rock-paper-scissors, bluffing, dice rolling, and push-your-luck elements, all in a battle of wits and strategy that can be played in under 5 minutes. The immersive world of Primal Showdown features over 25 unique characters, each impeccably designed by Saroush Bazaresh, and is guaranteed to delight gamers of all levels of experience with its quick action and easy-to-follow rules of play.

The game will debut at the inaugural Storm the Block event taking place on December 8-10 in Abu Dhabi, and attendees can register now for a tournament on the final day of the event at 3PM on Sunday December 10. Sign up here to reserve your spot!

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Comics Games

This Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle features comics, roleplaying games, and audio dramas

The wonders of the Whoniverse are at your fingertips with the Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle 2023, a massive bundle of Doctor Who comic collections, tabletop role-playing games, and audio dramas! Take your gaming group on a trip to Gallifrey and beyond with the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Rulebook and a TARDIS-full of adventures and supplements. Travel to the swinging 60s with two different incarnations of the Doctor in the comic collection Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords. Return to one of the most captivating settings from the TV show in the audio drama anthology Tales from New Earth. Get all this and more than 30 other Whovian treats, and help BBC Children in Need with your purchase!

The bundle features an $809 value and you can get all 36 items for just $18.

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This Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle features comics, roleplaying games, and audio dramas

The wonders of the Whoniverse are at your fingertips with the Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle 2023, a massive bundle of Doctor Who comic collections, tabletop role-playing games, and audio dramas! Take your gaming group on a trip to Gallifrey and beyond with the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Rulebook and a TARDIS-full of adventures and supplements. Travel to the swinging 60s with two different incarnations of the Doctor in the comic collection Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords. Return to one of the most captivating settings from the TV show in the audio drama anthology Tales from New Earth. Get all this and more than 30 other Whovian treats, and help BBC Children in Need with your purchase!

The bundle features an $809 value and you can get all 36 items for just $18.

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Comics Games

This Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle features comics, roleplaying games, and audio dramas

The wonders of the Whoniverse are at your fingertips with the Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle 2023, a massive bundle of Doctor Who comic collections, tabletop role-playing games, and audio dramas! Take your gaming group on a trip to Gallifrey and beyond with the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Rulebook and a TARDIS-full of adventures and supplements. Travel to the swinging 60s with two different incarnations of the Doctor in the comic collection Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords. Return to one of the most captivating settings from the TV show in the audio drama anthology Tales from New Earth. Get all this and more than 30 other Whovian treats, and help BBC Children in Need with your purchase!

The bundle features an $809 value and you can get all 36 items for just $18.

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Comics Games

This Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle features comics, roleplaying games, and audio dramas

The wonders of the Whoniverse are at your fingertips with the Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle 2023, a massive bundle of Doctor Who comic collections, tabletop role-playing games, and audio dramas! Take your gaming group on a trip to Gallifrey and beyond with the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Rulebook and a TARDIS-full of adventures and supplements. Travel to the swinging 60s with two different incarnations of the Doctor in the comic collection Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords. Return to one of the most captivating settings from the TV show in the audio drama anthology Tales from New Earth. Get all this and more than 30 other Whovian treats, and help BBC Children in Need with your purchase!

The bundle features an $809 value and you can get all 36 items for just $18.

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Comics Games

This Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle features comics, roleplaying games, and audio dramas

The wonders of the Whoniverse are at your fingertips with the Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle 2023, a massive bundle of Doctor Who comic collections, tabletop role-playing games, and audio dramas! Take your gaming group on a trip to Gallifrey and beyond with the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Rulebook and a TARDIS-full of adventures and supplements. Travel to the swinging 60s with two different incarnations of the Doctor in the comic collection Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords. Return to one of the most captivating settings from the TV show in the audio drama anthology Tales from New Earth. Get all this and more than 30 other Whovian treats, and help BBC Children in Need with your purchase!

The bundle features an $809 value and you can get all 36 items for just $18.

Categories
Comics Games

This Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle features comics, roleplaying games, and audio dramas

The wonders of the Whoniverse are at your fingertips with the Doctor Who Mixed Megabundle 2023, a massive bundle of Doctor Who comic collections, tabletop role-playing games, and audio dramas! Take your gaming group on a trip to Gallifrey and beyond with the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game Rulebook and a TARDIS-full of adventures and supplements. Travel to the swinging 60s with two different incarnations of the Doctor in the comic collection Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords. Return to one of the most captivating settings from the TV show in the audio drama anthology Tales from New Earth. Get all this and more than 30 other Whovian treats, and help BBC Children in Need with your purchase!

The bundle features an $809 value and you can get all 36 items for just $18.