Invincible: The Hero-Building Game Swoops Into Action This Summer

Skybound Tabletop, in partnership with Dire Wolf, announced today that a new strategy board game, Invincible: The Hero-Building Game, will be available from Friendly Local Game Stores everywhere on July 11th. Pre-orders are available now!

Invincible: The Hero-Building Game lets players team up as Invincible, Atom Eve, Rex Splode and Robot in story-driven co-op battles to unlock unique powers and kick some villain ass. 

The Guardians of the Globe are dead. So the fate of the world rests with you – a team of teenage newbs still trying to figure out how their powers work. You’re gonna need to learn some moves, and fast, or a whole lot of people are going to die.

Cryptozoic Launches Adventure Time Card Wars 10th Anniversary Kickstarter Campaign

Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of tabletop games, trading cards, and collectibles, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, today announced the launch of 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.

PAX Unplugged 2023: Exhibitors Revealed

PAX co-show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade have revealed the first list of exhibitors for PAX Unplugged 2023, returning to the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Friday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.

The forces behind some of the biggest names in tabletop gaming will set up shop on the expansive expo hall, including Ravensburger (Disney Lorcana), Games Workshop (Warhammer 40,000), R.Talsorian Games (Cyberpunk franchise) Magpie (Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG), and Cephalofair (Gloomhaven RPG). 

PAX Unplugged 2023 Badges on Sale Today

Badges for PAX Unplugged 2023, the most attended tabletop gaming convention on the East Coast, are going on sale today at 12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET. Three-day and single-day badges are now available for $85 and $$40 respectively for the event taking place in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Friday, Dec. 1, to Sunday, Dec. 3.

Toy Fair 2020: Prepare Your Bodies for Anchorman: The Game - Improper Teleprompter

Live on Kickstarter.com, and being shown for the first time at New York Toy Fair, Anchorman: The Game - Improper Teleprompter is an adult party game from Barry & Jason Games and Entertainment based on Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's hit comedy, which also stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, David Koechner, and a host of other comedians.

The game is inspired by Ron Burgundy's susceptibility to read whatever is written on the teleprompter, no matter how strange or inappropriate. Players compete by sabotaging other anchors' news stories with ridiculous magnetic words and phrases to try and get them to laugh while reading the news.

Magic the Gathering Doc Coming from Creators of The Toys That Made Us

The Nacelle Company, the people behind The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us, have partnered with Cavegirl Productions and X-Ray Films to announce they are producing a documentary about the iconic collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. The movie, Igniting the Spark, The Story of Magic: The Gathering, will explore the game’s history, explosive growth, and enduring popularity.

Magic: The Gathering, the world’s most popular strategy card game, was created by mathematician Richard Garfield in 1993 and is published by Wizards of the Coast (Dungeons & Dragons), a subsidiary of Hasbro.

The Magic: The Gathering franchise has more than 38 million fans in over 70 countries. Over the years, Magic has evolved from a niche card game into a world-wide phenomenon boasting international tournaments, ever-expanding sets, and enthusiastic collectors.

Wet Hot American Summer: The Roleplaying Game

Put on your cut-off shorts, wail on your acoustic guitar, and make sure you've got your 20-sided die, because The Devastator, America’s only all-humor press, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund an officially licensed role playing game (RPG) based on the classic comedy film WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER.

Approved by WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER co-writer and director David Wain, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: FANTASY CAMP is an old school tabletop RPG that allows fans to play as a camper, counselor or staffer, such as Coop, Beth or Gene, and experience one insane day at Camp Firewood. Hump a fridge, end up at a secret pizza party, or save the camp from a renegade piece of Skylab, just like in the original film!

Batman: The Animated Series Almost Got ’Im Card Game by Cryptozoic

Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of board games, trading cards, and collectibles, and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment, announced the release of the Batman: The Animated Series Almost Got ’Im Card Game. The 5-8 player social deduction game is based on the classic “Almost Got ’Im” episode of Batman: The Animated Series in which Gotham City’s most infamous rogues play poker and tell stories about almost defeating Batman, not knowing one of them is actually Batman in disguise. Players take on the roles of various DC Super-Villains of the Caped Crusader, one of whom is secretly Batman. The action centers around participants gathering the poker cards needed to activate special abilities. The Super-Villain players use their abilities and guile to try and figure out which of them is Batman, while the Batman player tries to defeat the Super-Villains before they discover his or her identity.

NYCC 2016: The Walking Dead: All Out War Miniatures Game

We cover more than our fair share of toys here at Idle Hands, so it was inevitable that we would zero in on the newest collectibles at Image Comics while scouring the floor at New York Comic Con 2016! These folks aren't known for releasing a great many fantastic plastics, but their Saga comic action figure boxed set is 100% drool worthy and this year's NYCC exclusive Lying Cat statue was painfully hard to resist. While making whimpering sounds up against Lying Cat's Plexiglas enclosure, something caught my eye at the far end of the booth and I ran over to investigate. Greeting me was a very pleasant man and a tabletop miniatures game called The Walking Dead: All Out WAR!!! Let's check out what was inside...

Fathom Events Brings Dungeons & Dragons: Live to Local Theaters

Set to be a critical hit (I see what u did there), “Dungeons & Dragons: Live From PAX West” comes to U.S. cinemas live on Sunday, September 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. CT / 7:00 p.m. MT / 6:00 p.m. PT, presented by Fathom Events, Dungeons & Dragons and Wizards of the Coast. The PAX West convention sells out quickly year after year and the D&D Live Game is a big draw, with fans sometimes waiting in line for hours to watch it. This year, fans will have a chance to see the legendary group of D&D adventurers called Acquisitions Incorporated, led by acclaimed Dungeon Master Chris Perkins, on the big screen. This one-night live event includes a behind-the-scenes look at building the Dungeons & Dragons adventure and creating the set pieces, starting 30 minutes before stated show time, plus commentary from Perkins, as well as an exclusive adventure booklet for attendees.

Blizzard to Hold Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Tournament with Good Gaming

GOOD GAMING, has secured an officially licensed Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Amateur Open Tournament with Blizzard Entertainment.

The tournament gives gamers of all levels the opportunity to test their competitive skills and battle for a chance to win over $10,000 in cash and prizes. Qualifying rounds for the Good Gaming $10,000 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Amateur Open are scheduled to begin Friday, December 19th, 2014.