Theros Foil Lands

We found a number of foil land promos for the Theros Beyond Death set. While they last, purchase 2 Theros Beyond Death or Throne of Eldarine Collector Boosters or 6 Modern Horizon boosters and get 1 of each color. That's a total of 5 cool looking foil lands.

Yet More DC Cancelations

These are not series getting cancelled but one shots and reprints of classic issues:

• Dollar Comics: Batman #13 (2013)
• Dollar Comics: Batman #450
• Dollar Comics: Batman #663
• Dollar Comics: Catwoman #1 (2002)
• Dollar Comics: Catwoman #1 (2011)
• Dollar Comics: Checkmate #1 (2006)
• Dollar Comics: Detective Comics #826
• Dollar Comics: Green Lantern #1 (2011)
• Dollar Comics: Dark Nights: Metal #1
• Dollar Comics: Green Lantern #29 (2008)
• Dollar Comics: Manhunter #1 (2004)
• Dollar Comics: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #1
• Dollar Comics: Wonder Woman #212
• Dollar Comics: Wonder Woman #14 (2005)
• Dollar Comics: Wonder Woman #206 (1987)
• DC Classics: Justice League #50
• Dollar Comics: Saga of the Swamp Thing #21
• Dollar Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 (1989)
• Green Lantern #76 Facsimile Edition
• Man-Bat #1 Facsimile Edition
• Batman #321 Facsimile Edition
• Flash #135 Facsimile Edition
• Titans Giant #2
• Flash Giant #5
• Swamp Thing Giant #5
• Teen Titans Go!/DC Super Hero Girls Giant #1
• Wonder Woman 84 Giant #1

Additionally, the series Manhunters: The Secret History has been cancelled. 

More DC Comic Cancelations

DC has announced the end of physical print run for the following:

House of Whispers ended its print publication with issue #20, released this month. Issues #21 and #22 will be released digitally (on June 2 and July 7, respectively), followed by a collection of the series' final arc. 

  

Lucifer ended its periodical publication with issue #18, released on March 18. Issues #19-24 will be released directly as a collected edition.  

 

There will be no print version for digital-first issues RWBY #7, gen:LOCK #6, and gen:LOCK #7. Collected editions of each series will follow.

More Marvel Comics Going Digital

Here are 4 more print Marvel titles that will finish their runs in a digital format. The complete runs will appear in trade paperback collections later

Wednesday, June 3:

• Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider #5
• 2020 Force Works #3
• Scream: Curse of Carnage #6

Wednesday, June 17:

• Valkyrie, Jane Foster #10

Opening

We plan to open up to non-appointment shopping this Friday but plan to limit the number of people entering the store to a maximum of 10 at a time. No appointment needed but please be sure to wear a mask. We will still offer parking lot and home delivery within 15 miles of Carbondale.

New comics

Just a reminder that New Comics hit the shelves today. had some Marvel, quite a few DC and even some Boom, Image and Aftershock titles show up

Memorial Day Service

Traditionally, Carbondale holds a Memorial Day service at Woodlawn Cemetary. This year, however, the city opted for a virtual one.You can find the video here.

Comics Moving to Digital

Here is the current list, as far as we know, of Marvel and DC series and mini series moving from print to digital. Most of them will have a print trade paper back collection later this year:

2020 IRONHEART #1+

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: THE BLACK CAT STRIKES #4+

HAWKEYE: FREEFALL #5+

STAR #4+

ANT-MAN #4+

AVENGERS OF THE WASTELANDS #4+

GHOST-SPIDER #9+

RAVENCROFT #4+

AMAZING MARY JANE #7+

SCREAM CURSE OF CARNAGE #6+

2020 FORCE WORKS #3

REVENGE OF THE COSMIC GHOST RIDER #5

TERRIFICS #29+

SUPERGIRL #41+

New Warhammer 40K Edition

Games Workshop announced a new edition of Warhammer 40,000 today. No word on when the new set releases but according to the company:

Customers may ask about Codexes, campaign expansions like the Vigilus series, Psychic Awakening and White Dwarf Supplements. All of these are valid with the new addition, as is all of our current miniatures range.

Helping the LGS Opportunities

If you want to help the game stores in your community, all of the publishers at this link are offering retailer support when you purchase a game off their website. When you make a purchase from the site, merely put the store's name (hopefully us but it can be any store) in the provided spot on the order form and the store will receive part of the purchase price. You get the game you want and help the store out during a time of crisis.

Ikoria Love Your Store Promotion

WOTC has informed us, and you probably, of the upcoming Love Your Store promotion. To get the Reliquary Tower card you buy Magic, how much we are not sure yet but it won't be a large amount. To get the Mechagodzilla Battle Fortress Card, you buy an in-stock booster box of any set. If you buy one now, we will make a note and give you the card when it arrives. You also get the appropriate BIBTB card for the box you purchase.

In addition, WOTC has said we can count new purchases of 6 Ikoria Pre-release kits toward qualifying for a BIBTB card and the Mechagodzilla card. So buy 6 pre-release kits and get the cards. In addition, if you want to spread out the purchase of the pre-release kits, just ask us and we will keep track of your purchases and award you your cards when you hit the 6 box total. Sorry but purchases made before May 23 do not count towards your totals. 

GW Price Increases

Games Workshop has announced price increases coming on about 440 items next month. Here is a handy list of all of the items in case you want to get any before the increase. A quick scan shows a lot of $100+ items on the list.

New Comics

For the first time in 2 months, new comics are on the shelf. We have already sold out of year Zero #1 but have more copies arriving next week. We are letting people in by appointment or you can call from the parking lot and, if no one else is currently shopping, we will gladly let you inside.

Magic Love Your Game Store Promotion

WOTC has announced a couple of more promotions targeting Magic Purchases coming in June, although we do not know the actual dates yet.

First, we will see another shipment of Mystery Booster boxes arriving.
2nd make a purchase of Magic and get a Reliquary Tower (one per customer)
3rd buy a booster box and get a Mechagodzilla, Battle Fortress card, on top of the regular BIBTB card.

Ikoria Alternate Art Packs

If you purchase 3 , 6 , 9 or 12 of the Ikoria Collector boosters, you will receive an alternate art promo card. Unfortunately, we will not receive them until later in the month  so we will keep track of any qualifying purchases of the boosters.

As you may or may not have heard, WOTC announced an error with English collector boosters.  The English collector boosters were supposed to contain a chance of getting the Japanese exclusive alternate art cards, but unfortunately they were left out.

To fix the error, WOTC announced they’ll be printing packs of the just Japanese exclusive cards and giving them to stores to pass out to customers at the time of purchase.  Here’s what I know:

·         These packs will not be available May 15^th at release, they’re expected to land to us in late May.

·         Each pack will contain 4 cards:  3 non-foil alternate art cards (Mysterious Egg, Dirge Bat, Crystalline Giant) and 1 foil version of one of the three

·         You will be given 1 sealed pack of alternate art cards for every 1 Collector Booster Box that you buy

·         These packs should be distributed as follows:

o   For every 3 collector booster packs a customer buys you give them one random card from the pack

o   If a customer buys an entire collector booster box you can give them the full sealed pack

Ebay

Been posting up items on eBay this afternoon . have about half a dozen new out of print RPGs listed now. You can check the eBay store here.

Updated List of Used Board and Card Games

Since We had a request for a list of the games we have, we will start working on posting them on the store blog.  Since we have seen the most interest in used board and card games, we will start with them here. Email the store at castleperilousgames@gmail.com, message us on FB or call the store for more information about a gameYou can pay for them via paypal to castlep@aol.com or by calling the store. Prices do not include tax which is an additional 9.75% and there is a $5 charge for shipping or delivery if the total is $25 or less. Listing has the publisher, title and price. If a game is not complete, there is a note after the price

Cardinal  Shark Tank The Game $14.99
University Games Smart Ass The Board Games $9.99
Sisters 2 What's A Dame to Do $14.99
RoosterFin Wild Dash $14.99
Parker Brothers Pictionary $19.99
CMON Krosmaster Arena $39.99
Out of the Box  Word on the Street Jr. $22
Briarpatch Astro Boy Saves the Universe $19.99
Level 99 Games War of Indines $19.99
Pressman Tri-Ominos  $9.99
Granna Civilizations $19.99
UberPlay Motley Fool Buy Low Sell High $14.99
Golden Anyone's Guess $9.99
Eagle Games Bootleggers $24.99
Pressman Tri-ominos  $9.99
HL Games Amuse Amaze (MENSA Select) $14.99
Rio Grande Games Ricochet Robot $29.99
WizKids  Heroes of Dominaria (missing one black token) $29.99
Portal Games Alien Artifacts $19.99
Grey Fox Games  Rising 5 Runes of Asteros  $19.99
Passport Game Studios  Kingsport Festival $19.99
AEG  Fantahzee  $14.99
Classic Games Cheers The Trivia Game $29.99
Awaken Realms Lords of Helas  $74.99
FFG Tide of Iron Fury of the Bear Expansion $39.99
FFG Warhammer Invasion Base Set (missing 1 damage token) $19.99
Golden Egg Games  Prime Time $14.99
NSKN Games Versailles $19.99
Waddingtons 4000 A. D  $24.99
Ravensburger  Master Labyrinth $24.99
Michael Glenn Productions Wheeler Dealer (no box lid) $19.99

Godzilla Cards in Ikoria

In case you are really wanting the Godzilla cards from Ikoria, here is how they are allocated, as far as I can tell.

1. One comes in each Ikoria Collectors Booster pack
2. One comes in as a box topper on each Ikoria  draft booster box
3. Godzilla, King of the Monsters, comes as the Buy it By the Box card with each Ikoria draft booster box.

Ikoria Collector Booster Promos

If you purchase 3 of the Ikoria Collector Boosters, you receive a random card from the Collector Booster promo pack. If you purchase a full box, you get a full promo pack. Unfortunately, due to shipping problems, we will not receive the promo packs for about two weeks so if you purchase the required number of booster packs, we will keep your name on file and contact you when they arrive.

Ikoria Release Date

Ikoria goes on sale this Friday. We will have pre-release kits booster boxes, boosters, Planeswalker Decks, singles and Bundles. However, due to the shelter in place order, you will not be able to come in and browse the singles. We will gladly tell you if we have a certain card though.

Ikoria Pre-release Tournament Kits

We will extend the special on the pre-release kits until Tuesday at 9 p.m. After that, we have to lock in our numbers.

GW Books

Unlike the rest of Games Workshop's product, its rulebooks are printed in China, which normally means , when a rulebook sells out, it can take from 2-4 months for a restock to arrive here. With the disarray that COVID-19 threw into Chinese production, book restocks have likely been pushed back 2-3 additional months.

Commander 2020

We have 10 sets of Magic Commander 2020 Decks arriving next week which go on sale on the 15. We are taking prepayment for the full sets at $169.99. With tax, that would be $186.56. We will not sell any single decks until we have satisfied interest in the complete sets.
Updated: we now have 7 sets available for sale

Star Wars RPG

Not sure what will happen with the Star Wars RPG. FFG, who was producing it, let go of most of their RPG staff, which primarily focused on Star Wars, although they did also produce the Genesys system, based on the Star Wars system and The End of The World RPG settings as well.

DC Comics for June 2

• Here are the books we expect to see from DC on June 2
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• Action Comics #1022 - standard and variant editions
• Batman/Superman #9 - standard and variant editions
• Birds of Prey #1 - standard and variant editions
• Catwoman #22 - standard and variant editions
• Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 - standard edition, 1940s - 2010s decades variant editions, and blank variant edition 
• Detective Comics #1022 -standard and variant editions
• Event Leviathan: Checkmate #1 - standard and variant editions
• Far Sector #6 - standard and variant editions
• John Constantine: Hellblazer #6
• Justice League Dark #22 - standard and variant editions
• The Last God: Tales from the Book of Ages #1 (please note this title was solicited as The Last God Sourcebook) 
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #104
• Shazam! #12 - standard and variant editions
• Swamp Thing Giant #4
• Wonder Woman #756 - standard and variant editions 

Southern Illinois Graduation

Are you a 2020 CCHS, SIUC or other Southern Illinois graduate? Congratulations! To help you celebrate, contact the store before the end of May to make an appointment to come select a free pack of Magic, Yu Gi Oh, Pokemon or Dice or a free Comic. One per graduate, you must call in advance to schedule an appointment and must wear a mask.

ROFL

ROFL is a fun group game designed by John Kovalic of Dork Tower fame. Players have to communicate to the guesser a pop culture phrase by using as few letters as possible. The fewer letters you use, and the earlier the guesser guesses the phrase the more points you score. Good party game for 2-6 people, although there isn't much competition with only 2 players.

GW Paint Prices

Looks as if people are running out of the GW primer colors Corax White and Chaos Black. Cans are selling for up to $45 online for a 10 ounce can. Unfortunately, unlike the miniatures, the paint runs out and we won't see any restocks until after GW opens up again. So far, the company has given us no idea when that might be.

Zen Killer

If you caught the From the Castle Vault video about Steve Jackson Games Killer, you know some about the game but did you know there is a version perfect for social distancing and online play called Zen Killer, which is entirely non-violent and in your head, which may make it the scariest version of Killer of all.
 here is how it works:

Select one person in the group to be the judge. That person determines the time frame in which the killing must take place, the budget for the killing and who each player's target is. Each player had to then develop a plan given those constraints for killing their target. Note that a time frame of a year and a Million dollars will generate more elaborate plans than $100 and three days. The judge sets a time frame for turning in the completed plans, say a week. The plans must be as detailed as possible with contingency plans included.

The judge rates each plan on a scale of 1 to 10 on the following criteria:

cleverness--how cunning and subtle is the plan and how well does it take into consideration the characteristics of the target.

workability--how feasible is the plan

undetectability--how likely is the killer to get away with it. How likely will any evidence be left.

The player with the most points, of course wins, and can become the judge for the next game.

Marvel to Start Releasing Comics Again

From the press release

As Diamond continues its efforts to reopen distribution for the retail community, Marvel will be gradually releasing print comics and trade collections on an alternating weekly schedule starting May 27 (see release and FOC schedules below). This balanced short-term schedule will allow everyone — industry partners, comic shops, Marvel, and our fans — to work through an incredible amount of change at every level while providing new product to purchase and giving retailers a clear plan to adjust their weekly FOC orders. Marvel comics going on sale May 27 will be Re-FOC’d by May 4.

* Starting July 15, Marvel will resume weekly releases for new comic titles and trade collections not previously FOC’d in the most thoughtful way we can, taking in all factors throughout the industry. Marvel will release more information on these titles at a later date.

o These new comics will be FOC’d for the first time on June 15; new trades will be FOC’d for the first time on June 1 (for on-sale July 22).

Marvel Comics Release Schedule (dates subject to change):

All variant covers directly related to the regular covers below will also be released.

Wednesday, 5/27 (5/4/20 FOC):

* AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 43 (FEB200924)

* AVENGERS 33 (FEB200982)

* MARAUDERS 10 (FEB200894)

* STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA 1 (FEB201023)

* VENOM 25 (FEB200939)

Wednesday, 6/3 (5/11/20 FOC):

* ASTONISHING X-MEN BY JOSS WHEDON & JOHN CASSADAY OMNIBUS HC (OCT191092)

* GHOST RIDER VOL. 1 TPB (JAN201057)

* MEPHISTO: [CLASSIC] TPB (JAN201070)

* SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK BY JOHN BYRNE OMNIBUS HC (OCT191099)

* SPIDER-MAN & VENOM: DOUBLE TROUBLE GN-TPB (JAN201078)

* SW DARTH VADER POSTER BOOK (NOV190977)

* THE AMAZING MARY JANE VOL. 1: DOWN IN FLAMES, UP IN SMOKE TPB (JAN201059)

* X-MEN VOL. 1 TPB (JAN201051)

Wednesday, 6/10 (5/18/20 FOC):

* BLACK CAT 11 (FEB200950)

* DAREDEVIL 20 (FEB201010)

* DEADPOOL 5 (JAN200984)

* EXCALIBUR 10 (FEB200891)

* MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN 17 (FEB200810)

* NEW MUTANTS 10 (FEB200892)

Wednesday, 6/17 (5/25/20 FOC):

* CONAN: THE BOOK OF THOTH TPB (JAN201065)

* DAREDEVIL BY CHIP ZDARSKY VOL. 3 TPB (JAN201061)

* DAWN OF X VOL. 5 TPB (JAN201049)

* IRON MAN EPIC COLLECTION VOL. 17 TPB (JAN201069)

* MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 20 HC (OCT191105)

* SILVER SURFER OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC (NEW PRINTING) (OCT191090)

* STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION HC (OCT191126)

* THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL: BIG SQUIRRELS DON’T CRY GN-TPB (JAN201080)

Wednesday, 6/24 (6/1/20 FOC):

* 2020 RESCUE 2 (FEB200910)

* CAPTAIN AMERICA: MARVELS SNAPSHOTS 1 (FEB200899)

* EMPYRE 0 AVENGERS (FEB200772)

* IMMORTAL HULK 34 (FEB200979)

* IRON MAN 2020 4 FLUORESCENT (FEB200905)

* SPIDER-HAM 5 (FEB200998)

* STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS 3 (FEB201029)

* THOR 5 (FEB200961)

* AMAZING FANTASY OMNIBUS HC (NEW PRINTING) (NOV190945)

* FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION: NAME IS DOOM TPB (FEB201069)

* IRON MAN: THE ULTRON AGENDA TPB (JAN201062)

* MARVEL-VERSE: BLACK WIDOW GN-TPB (JAN201075)

* MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE OMNIBUS HC (NOV190952)

* YONDU TPB (JAN201055)

Wednesday, 7/1 (6/8/20 FOC):

* DAWN OF X VOL. 6 TPB (JAN201050)

* EXCALIBUR TPB (JAN201053)

* INFINITY GAUNTLET MARVEL SELECT HC (DEC190973)

* MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 3 HC (NOV190949)

* MARVEL'S BLACK WIDOW PRELUDE TPB (JAN201074)

* TIMELY'S GREATEST: THE GOLDEN AGE SUB-MARINER BY BILL EVERETT - THE POST-WAR YEARS OMNIBUS HC (OCT191094)

* WHAT IF? CLASSIC: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 4 TPB (FEB201068)

* X-MEN MILESTONES: MESSIAH WAR TPB (FEB201064)

* YOUNG AVENGERS BY GILLEN & MCKELVIE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB (FEB201067)

Wednesday, 7/8 (6/15/20 FOC):

* BLACK PANTHER AND THE AGENTS OF WAKANDA 8 (FEB200985)

* DR. STRANGE 5 (FEB200965)

* EMPYRE 0 FANTASTIC FOUR (FEB200776)

* GHOST RIDER 7 (FEB200994)

* MARVELS X 4 (FEB200895)

* STRANGE ACADEMY 2 (FEB200849)

* X-FORCE 10 (FEB200893)

* X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS EXTENDED CUT 1 (FEB200885)

* AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY NICK SPENCER VOL. 7 TPB (JAN201056)

* IMMORTAL HULK VOL 2 HC (NOV190959)

* MARAUDERS VOL. 1 TPB (JAN201052)

* MARVEL MONOGRAPH: THE ART OF FRANK CHO TPB (JAN201071)

* MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN POSTER BOOK TPB (JAN201064)

* MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN (NEW PRINTING) (DEC190974)

* SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC (NOV190954)

* STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION: LEGACY VOL. 3 (JAN201076)

Used Board and Card Games

Since We had a request for a list of the games we have, we will start working on posting them on the store blog.  Since we have seen the most interest in used board and card games, we will start with them here. Email the store at castleperilousgames@gmail.com, message us on FB or call the store for more information about a gameYou can pay for them via paypal to castlep@aol.com or by calling the store. Prices do not include tax which is an additional 9.75% and there is a $5 charge for shipping or delivery if the total is $25 or less. Listing has the publisher, title and price. If a game is not complete, there is a note after the price

Cardinal  Shark Tank The Game $14.99
University Games Smart Ass The Board Games $9.99
Sisters 2 What's A Dame to Do $14.99
RoosterFin Wild Dash $14.99
Parker Brothers Pictionary $19.99
CMON Krosmaster Arena $39.99
Out of the Box  Word on the Street Jr. $22
Briarpatch Astro Boy Saves the Universe $19.99
Z-man Games Pandemic 1st Edition $29.99
Z-man Games  Pandemic On The Brink 1st Edition $24.99
Level 99 Games War of Indines $19.99
Pressman Tri-Ominos  $9.99
Granna Civilizations $19.99
UberPlay Motley Fool Buy Low Sell High $14.99
Golden Anyone's Guess $9.99
Eagle Games Bootleggers $24.99
Pressman Tri-ominos  $9.99
HL Games Amuse Amaze (MENSA Select) $14.99
Rio Grande Games Ricochet Robot $29.99
WizKids  Heroes of Dominaria (missing one black token) $29.99
Portal Games Alien Artifacts $19.99
Grey Fox Games  Rising 5 Runes of Asteros  $19.99
Passport Game Studios  Kingsport Festival $19.99
AEG  Fantahzee  $14.99
Classic Games Cheers The Trivia Game $29.99
Awaken Realms Lords of Helas  $74.99
FFG Tide of Iron Fury of the Bear Expansion $39.99
FFG Warhammer Invasion Base Set (missing 1 damage token) $19.99