WOTC announced last week the company plans to reprint the first three books for 1st edition AD&D, the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual in premium limited editions. Of course, the company is charging what buyers would have considered a premium price back when the books first came out. Today, customers don’t bat an eye at paying almost double what the original books sold for back in the late 1970s/early 80s. We have taken pre-orders for two sets, I know of one store that has pre-orders for over a dozen and another that pre-sold 40 copies the first weekend after the announcement. Not bad, considering that WOTC will reprint the books in the original black and white, with the complete set retailing for just under $115. The fact that WOTC announced it will make a contribution (amount currently unknown) to help put into place the planned Gary Gygax statue in Lake Geneva for each book sold has probably helped sales as well. At the store, it certainly picked up interest in our collection of 1st edition AD&D books.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Pre-orders Please
When customers pre-order items, it really helps us gauge the level of interest in the game or book. The store puts in pre-orders 2-3 months ahead of the estimated release date of the game or book and, once we do that, we are committee to purchasing that quantity of the item from our distributor. Sure we can refuse to take delivery of it, but a store can only do that once before getting a reputation as an unreliable partner with suppliers.
In effect, stores gamble that we know what our customers want and in most cases, we are correct. Those stores that aren't, go out of business. However, pre-orders allow us to better gauge the level of interest in a product and we get very few of them on most new releases. Of the half dozen Pathfinder releases in January, and despite the fact that we have a comparatively large Pathfinder Society group, we had a pre-order for exactly one of them. Pathfinder modules sell very slowly, so we have moved to a special order only on them. Pazio mapping tiles and flip mats also move periodically. We sat on a number of the flipmats for several months before most of them sold so are loath to restock them heavily.
Similarly in the field of comics, we had a customer in recently asking if we had gotten in the new hardback collection of Teenage Mutant Turtles comics. Since we don't sell a lot of the comic off the rack, that indicates to us there is not much interest in a hardback collection of earlier issues. A pre-order on this book would have indicated there was and probalby encouraged us to order another one for the shelf.
Help us have the items on the shelf that you want to buy by either letting us know you are interested in it, or better yet, committing to a pre-order for it. That helps us manage our inventory better and lets us offer a more targeted selection to you.
In effect, stores gamble that we know what our customers want and in most cases, we are correct. Those stores that aren't, go out of business. However, pre-orders allow us to better gauge the level of interest in a product and we get very few of them on most new releases. Of the half dozen Pathfinder releases in January, and despite the fact that we have a comparatively large Pathfinder Society group, we had a pre-order for exactly one of them. Pathfinder modules sell very slowly, so we have moved to a special order only on them. Pazio mapping tiles and flip mats also move periodically. We sat on a number of the flipmats for several months before most of them sold so are loath to restock them heavily.
Similarly in the field of comics, we had a customer in recently asking if we had gotten in the new hardback collection of Teenage Mutant Turtles comics. Since we don't sell a lot of the comic off the rack, that indicates to us there is not much interest in a hardback collection of earlier issues. A pre-order on this book would have indicated there was and probalby encouraged us to order another one for the shelf.
Help us have the items on the shelf that you want to buy by either letting us know you are interested in it, or better yet, committing to a pre-order for it. That helps us manage our inventory better and lets us offer a more targeted selection to you.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Pazio Releases
Here's a list of upcoming Pazio releases for the next few months, courtesy of Alliance:
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PZO
1001
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Pathfinder Pathfinder RPG
Bestiary Box
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$34.99
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RPG
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5/16/2012
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The brutal beasts of the
Pathfinder Bestiary come alive on your tabletop with this box-busting
collection of 300 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying
Game or any tabletop fantasy RPG! Printed on sturdy cardstock, each pawn
contains a beautiful, full-color image of a nasty monster from the core
Pathinder RPG monster reference. The Bestiary Box is the best way to
ensure youÕve got the right creatures to push your Pathfinder campaign to
the next level!
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PZO
1002
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Pathfinder Adventure Path:
Rise/Runelords Ann Ed HC
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$59.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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The original Pathfinder
Adventure Path returns in this complete hardcover edition celebrating five
years of Pathfinder and 10 years of Paizo Publishing! Expanded and updated
to the current Pathfinder RPG rules, this unprecedented collection brings
together six classic Pathfinder adventures to create an entire campaign!
The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with a goblin attack and
takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track
a cult of serial killers, fight depraved backwoods ogres, stop an
advancing army of stone giants, delve deep into ancient dungeons to
reclaim weapons of unbelievable power, and finally go up against an
all-powerful wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop
city.
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PZO
1003
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Pathfinder Adventure Path:
Rise/Runelords Pawn Collection
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$15.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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Key monsters and NPCs from the
Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path come alive on your tabletop with this
collection of more than 100 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game or any tabletop fantasy
RPG!
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PZO
1104
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Visions/War Art of Wayne
Reynolds HC
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$29.99
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RPG
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5/16/2012
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Take a journey through the
amazing worlds of master artist Wayne Reynolds with Visions of WAR, a
retrospective of more than 10 years of work from today's leading fantasy
illustrator! Packed with full-color covers, interior art, and card art
from award-winning work on brands like the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game,
Dungeons & Dragons, World of Warcraft, Magic: The Gathering, and more,
this exciting overview includes behind-the-scenes stories about some of
fantasy's most exciting images, as well as gorgeous paintings you've never
seen before!
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PZO
1121
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Pathfinder Advanced Race Guide
HC
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$39.99
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RPG
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4/18/2012
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This definitive sourcebook for
the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game provides tons of new character options for
all seven "core" player character races. Additionally, the Advanced Race
Guide offers meaty sections on a dozen "spotlight" races that make
interesting and exciting player character options, such as goblins,
aasimar, tieflings, dhampyrs, drow, the elemental races from Bestiary 2,
and several others, and, for the first time, allows players to create and
play characters like merfolk, grippli, duergar, stryx, and every other
appropriate monster currently in the Pathfinder
game.
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PZO
3022
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Gamemastery Item Cards Skull
& Shackles
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$10.99
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RPG
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2/22/2012
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Lay claim to the high seas
with a scallywag's stockpile of weapons, magic items, and other plunder.
The riches of pirate kings and lost empires awaits discovery in the Skull
& Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path. This 54-card set of beautifully
illustrated, full-color item cards allows you to track your newest and
most dastardly treasures in vibrant detail.
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PZO
3023
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Gamemastery Buff
Deck
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$10.99
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RPG
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5/16/2012
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Track your hero's bonuses and
important status effects with the GameMastery: Buff Deck! This beautifully
designed accessory speeds up play and cuts down on rulebook consultation
during battles by laying out your character's relevant bonuses in an
easy-to-add format. From spells like bless, haste, and prayer to class
features like a bard's ability to inspire courage, the Buff Deck puts all
the details at your fingertips, leaving you to concentrate on smiting your
enemies!
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PZO
3024
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Gamemastery Face Cards
Rise/Runelords Ad Path
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$10.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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More than 50 key monsters and
characters put their best face forward in this gorgeously illustrated deck
designed for use with the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path. With space
on the back to record key information and the work of PaizoÕs finest
illustrators on the front, these Face Cards bring the friends and foes of
the original Adventure Path campaign to your tabletop, aiding immersion in
the game and letting your players look directly into the face of the
enemy.
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PZO
4036
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Gamemastery Map Pack Ships
Cabins
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$12.99
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RPG
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2/22/2012
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GameMastery Map Pack: Ship's
Cabin contains 18 full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by
cartographer Jason Engle, that combine to form a variety of seaworthy
locales fit for both pirates and privateers! These tiles also link up with
Flip-Mat: Pirate Ship. Locations include: Captain's Cabin, Officer's
Cabin, Sailors' Quarters, Cargo Hold, Galley, and
Bilge.
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PZO
4038
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Gamemastery Map Pack
Marketplace
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$12.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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This GameMastery Map Pack
contains 18 full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by
cartographer Jason A. Engle, that combine to form a variety of marketplace
configurations fit for both shopping and
chopping.
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PZO
8507
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Pathfinder Tales Song o/t
Serpent
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$9.99
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Novel
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2/22/2012
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by Hugh Matthews To an
experienced thief like Krunzle the Quick, the merchant nation of Druma is
full of treasures just waiting to be liberated. Yet when the fast-talking
scoundrel gets caught stealing from one of the most powerful prophets of
Kalistrade, the only option is to undertake a dangerous mission to recover
the merchantlord's runaway daughter - and the magical artifact she took
with her! Armed with an arsenal of decidedly unhelpful magical items and
chaperoned by an intelligent snake necklace happy to choke him into
submission, Krunzle must venture far from the cities of the merchant
utopia and into a series of adventures that will make him a rich man - or
a corpse!
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PZO
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Pathfinder
Tales City of
the Fallen Sky
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$9.99
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Novel
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4/18/2012
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Once a student of alchemy with
the dark scholars of the Technic League, Alaeron fled their arcane order
when his conscience got the better of him, taking with him a few strange
devices of unknown function. Now in hiding in a distant city, heÕs happy
to use his skills creating minor potions and wonders - at least until the
back-alley rescue of an adventurer named Jaya lands him in trouble with a
powerful crime lord! From Hugo Award-winner Tim Pratt comes a new
fantastical adventure set in the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying
Game.
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PZO
8509
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Pathfinder Tales
Nightglass
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$9.99
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Novel
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6/19/2012
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In the grim nation of Nidal,
carefully chosen children are trained to practice dark magic for the
greater glory of the Midnight Lord. Isiem is one such student, a promising
young shadowcaster who's dispatched on a diplomatic mission to the
mountains of the Devil's Perch, where he's meant to assist the armies of
devil-worshiping Cheliax in clearing out a tribe of monstrous winged
humanoids. Yet as the body count rises and Isiem comes face to face with
the people he's exterminating, lines begin to blur, and the shadowcaster
must ask himself who the real monsters are. From Liane Merciel, critically
acclaimed author of The River King's Road and Heaven's Needle, comes a
fantastical tale of darkness and redemption set in the award-winning world
of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
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PZO
9054
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Pathfinder Adv Path: Jade
Regent Part 6 - Empty Throne
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$19.99
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RPG
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War has come to Minkai! As
resistance rises against the Jade Regent's tyranny, the heroes must escort
their friend Ameiko to one final site - the Imperial Shrine on a hidden
island in the capital's harbor. Here they must seek the blessing of
Minkai's dead emperors if they hope to liberate the nation - but the Five
Storms and the Jade Regent have their influence, and hungry demons and
ravenous ghosts yet stand in their way! A Pathfinder adventure for
14th-level characters, The Empty Throne concludes the Jade Regent
Adventure Path.
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PZO
9055
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Pathfinder Adv Path: Skull
& Shackles Pt 1 - Wormwood Mutiny
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$19.99
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RPG
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2/22/2012
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The adventurers wake up in the
hold of a ship at sea, only to discover they've been press-ganged into a
crew of scoundrels, thieves, and buccaneers from the pirate isles of the
Shackles. When they're assigned to a captured ship as part of a skeleton
crew, the adventurers finally have a chance to stage a mutiny, but a
sudden storm strands them on an isolated island inhabited by strange
monsters? Can the adventurers survive the dangers of the island to
overthrow their cruel captors and take control of their own destinies? A
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 1st-level characters, this
volume launches the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path.
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PZO
9056
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Pathfinder Adv Path: Skull
& Shackles Pt 2 - Raiders of the Fever Sea
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$19.99
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RPG
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Now masters of their own ship,
the adventurers can become pirates in their own right, but they must first
rename and refit their stolen ship. But to be considered equals by the
pirates of the Shackles, they have to prove themselves worthy of the name.
When they discover a treasure map tattooed on a defeated pirate rival, the
adventurers go in search of buried treasure. If found, they'll have enough
plunder to return to the Shackles as true Free Captains! A Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game adventure for 4th-level characters, Raiders of the
Fever
Sea continues the
Skull & Shackles Adventure Path.
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PZO
9057
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Pathfinder Adv Path: Skull
& Shackles Pt 3 - Raiders of the Fever Sea
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$19.99
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RPG
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4/18/2012
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Now masters of their own ship,
the adventurers can become pirates in their own right, but they must first
rename and refit their stolen ship. But to be considered equals by the
pirates of the Shackles, they have to prove themselves worthy of the name.
When they discover a treasure map tattooed on a defeated pirate rival, the
adventurers go in search of buried treasure. If found, they'll have enough
plunder to return to the Shackles as true Free Captains! A Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game adventure for 4th-level characters, Raiders of the
Fever
Sea continues the
Skull & Shackles Adventure Path.
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PZO
9058
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Pathfinder Adv Path: Skull
& Shackles Pt 4 - Island of Empty
Eyes
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$19.99
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RPG
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5/16/2012
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Having won the Free Captain's
Regatta, the adventurers must now claim their prize - the uninhabited and
dangerous Island of Empty
Eyes. After exploring strange ruins and
fighting the island's monstrous denizens, the adventurers must host a
feast for their new peers on the Pirate Council. But a mysterious saboteur
threatens to disrupt the party! Continuing the Skull & Shackles
Adventure Path, Island of Empty
Eyes is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
adventure for 9th-level characters.
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PZO
9059
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Pathfinder Adv Path: Skull
& Shackles Pt 5 - Price of Infamy
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$19.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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The adventurers now have their
own island and port, but they'll need more than one ship to defend it. But
when a rival from their past sends a fleet to attack them, they must
defend their island home! Continuing the Skull & Shackles Adventure
Path, The Price of Infamy is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for
11th-level characters.
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PZO
9243
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Pathfinder Camp Setting
Distant Worlds
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$19.99
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RPG
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2/22/2012
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Explore the solar system of
the Pathfinder campaign setting with Distant Worlds! Along with extensive
gazetteers and maps of each of the numerous planets of this system
(including the war-torn Red Planet of Akiton, the undead world of Eox, the
primeval Green Planet of Castrovel, gas giants, asteroids, moons, and
more), this sourcebook includes guidelines for traveling from world to
world and exploring the dark depths of outer space. Rules for several new
monsters, alien races, and magic round out the otherworldly offerings.
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PZO
9244
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Pathfinder Camp Setting Isle of the
Shackles
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$19.99
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RPG
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This Pathfinder sourcebook
explores one of the Inner Sea region's most notorious realms -
the pirate isles known as the Shackles. Here, pirates from throughout the
region congregate, yet not all of the Shackles isles are civilized, even
by buccaneers and freebooters. Some hold ancient cyclopean ruins and lost
treasures, while others are infested with horrific monsters and savage
beasts. Isles of the Shackles explores these islands, providing dozens of
interesting and exciting sites for adventures and makes a perfect
companion to the Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path.
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PZO
9245
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Pathfinder Camp Setting Giants
Revisited
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$19.99
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RPG
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4/18/2012
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This Pathfinder sourcebook
explores the societies, ecologies, mythologies, and secrets of ten of the
most memorable races of giant-kind, including hill giants, stone giants,
frost giants, fire giants, cloud giants, storm giants, rune giants, marsh
giants, taiga giants, and cyclopes. Each chapter includes full statistics
for a sample leader or jarl, as well as new rules like feats, spells, and
magical items crafted not just by these towering monsters, but by those
who seek to fight against them.
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PZO
9246
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Pathfinder Camp Setting Lost
Kingdoms
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$19.99
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RPG
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5/16/2012
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Six of the most mysterious and
legendary ancient empires from Golarion's past cast a long shadow into the
present in this secret-packed Pathfinder sourcebook. Explore the
monolithic, jungle-draped ziggurats of the ancient cyclops ruins of
Ghol-Gan, walk among the towering, megalithic ruins of sin-shrouded
Thassilon, or seek your fate among the trap-laden pyramid tombs of ancient
Osirion, along with three other legendary realms. Each of the six lost
kingdoms detailed in this book come rife with adventure hooks, details on
ancient treasures, and statistics for the deadly guardians who lurk there
still.
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PZO
9247
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Pathfinder Camp Set Skull/Shackles Pstr
Map
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$19.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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Command the seas of the
Pathfinder world with the Skull & Shackles Poster Map Folio! Chart
your pirate empire on three huge, 8-panel poster maps - one of the pirate
city of Port Peril, the unexplored
Island of
Empty Eyes, and the
entire Shackles Isles region.
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PZO
9422
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Pathfinder Player Companion
Pirates/Inn Sea
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$10.99
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RPG
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2/22/2012
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Details on pirate strongholds,
from the tropical isles of the Shackles to the Varisian city of Riddleport and beyond, present a wide range of
options for freebooters, corsairs, scallywags, and even
government-sponsored privateers throughout the Inner Sea region. Pirate-themed
archetypes, new spells and magic, feats, piratical character traits, a
pirate slang primer, and more await plunder in this player-friendly
Pathfinder sourcebook!
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PZO
9423
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Pathfinder Player Companion
Blood of Fiends
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$10.99
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RPG
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4/18/2012
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They have been shunned and
feared by society forever. Born of tainted bloodlines and raised in
shameful secrecy, the tieflings of Golarion count among their ancestors
some of the greatest evils of the Great Beyond. Yet not all tieflings
succumb to the sinister compulsions of their evil blood - some strive to
rise above the stereotype and become heroes in their own right. This
Pathfinder sourcebook explores all that it is to be a tiefling, including
not only an extensive discussion of tiefling culture and society, but also
presenting numerous variations on the standard tiefling
character.
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PZO
9424
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Pathfinder Player Companion
Blood of Angels
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$10.99
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RPG
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6/19/2012
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Idolized and adored, but also
regarded with jealousy and envy, the aasimars of Golarion count among
their ancestors the greatest forces of good throughout the Great Beyond.
They are the descendants of majestic angels, beatific celestials, and
mysterious but kindly outsiders who have long sought to guide and protect
the mortal realm. This Pathfinder sourcebook explores all that it is to be
an aasimar, including an extensive discussion of aasimar culture and
society.
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PZO
9535
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Pathfinder Module Midnight
Mirror
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$13.99
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RPG
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In shadow-haunted Nidal, the
denizens of the Plane of Shadow intermingle with the common man. Now
people are disappearing, and it falls to the adventurers to stop the
terror. Faced with terrible shadow creatures, an unruly mob of scared
citizens, and an unpredictable creature of light, can the heroes undo a
greedy and uncaring noble's self-serving mistake? The Midnight Mirror is a
Pathfinder adventure for 4th-level
characters.
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PZO
9536
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Pathfinder Module No Response
From Deepmar
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$13.99
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RPG
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The island penal mining colony
of Deepmar off the north coast of Cheliax
has provided the infernal House of Thrune with a steady supply of valuable
crystals for decades - but now all contact with the island has ceased!
Sent to the isolated island to investigate, the heroes must explore the
eerily abandoned mining colony and the surrounding island to discover what
sinister threat has silenced the settlement. No Response From Deepmar is a
dungeon and wilderness exploration Pathfinder Module designed for
8th-level characters.
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PZO
9537
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Pathfinder Module
Moonscar
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$13.99
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RPG
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5/16/2012
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To astronomers and stargazers,
the unusual pale patch on the moon is known as the Moonscar. Many theories
abound as to the nature of this strange feature, yet the truth is a
terrifying legacy from the ancient past. When a renowned archeologist
disappears while investigating a strange mountaintop ruin, the adventurers
must follow the abductee through a mysterious portal into a land of lunar
madness and demonic nightmare - for what scars Golarion's moon is a blight
from the depths of the Abyss itself! The Moonscar is a Pathfinder
adventure for 16th-level characters.
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PZO
SQW30044
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Gamemastery Flip Mat Urban
Tavern
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$12.99
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Accessories
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Get ready for a barroom blitz
with GameMastery Flip-Mat: Urban Tavern! Pull up a stool at a high-scale
taproom on one side, or take your pick from a block of seedy taverns and
feast halls on the other - this durable accessory is perfect for both
danger and downtime in any tabletop fantasy
campaign.
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PZO
SQW30045
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Gamemastery Flip Mat Town
Square
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$12.99
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Accessories
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5/16/2012
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Fend off an invasion or throw
a festival upon this sweeping tactical map depicting the central square of
a fantasy town! Designed specifically for use with the opening encounter
of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game's Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path
but suitable for any urban engagement, this durable accessory sets a
central scene for any tabletop fantasy campaign.
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