The blog for news, events, releases and commentary from Castle Perilous Games & Books. located in downtown Carbondale IL. New posts every Monday and Wednesday.
Friday, May 22, 2026
Pokemon Stickers
while quantities last, buy Pokemon and get a free sheet of Pokemon stickers. We have Chaos Rising and Perfect Order booster packs in stock
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Trades
If you bring in a large quantity of cards, games, comics, etc to trade/sell, it will take us a while to get through them so if we are busy, we will ask you either to leave them here for us to go through or to bring them back later. It is also a good idea for you to call us ahead of time to see if we will make you an offer on the items and save you a trip. Since we are currently reworking our comic room, we are not looking to to buy any back issues until July. Boardgames we are currently overstocked on as well. We are always interested in role playing games, Magic and Pokemon cards. However, it is best to bring in small numbers of Magic and Pokemon, say 5 to 10 cards so we can get through them quickly and may you an offer.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Prismatic Evolutions 2
Got a few complaints on social media and a couple of 1 star reviews on google because of our price on the Prismatic Evolutions set. We would love to price them at the same price Game Stop and Wal-mart has them at and if anyone has a contact with the companes they buy prokemon from so that we can get them at the same cost, we would love to get them. Unfortunately, we have to buy them at what our distribution system offers them at and that is not a price that allows us to sell them at the same price that Game Stop and Wal-mart do.
Friday, May 15, 2026
Prismatic Evolutions
We managed to get in 4 of these. Our distribitutor offered them to us and we said "Sure". No idea if or when older Pokemon product will come back into stock. We do expect to have the Chaos Rising set available for purchase on May 22. Not sure as to quantities though so we will be limited people to 1 Elite Trainer Kit per purchase.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
T-shirts
T-shirts have been a really slow seller for us over the years so we are trying something different, a rotating selection of shirts from Armor Class 10. We will bring in half a dozen different designs every quarter so will have new shirts on the rack 4 times a year. The current selection is on the wall in the little monsters room if you want to take a look.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Disney Lorcana Wilds Unknown
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Damaged Comics
there was a printing issue with DC comics releasing this week, specifically Absolute Batman #20, Absolute Martian Manhunter #11 and Barbara Gordon Breakout #1. All of our copies of Absolute Batman and Absolute Martian Manhunter and most of our copies of Barbara Gordon Breakout are damaged. This is a nationwide problem with most stores reporting damages on all of their copies of those particular books. We are waiting to see how DC Comics wants to handle this and will let you know when we do.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Terror on Devlan
Games Workshop canceled our order of Terror on Devlan sets so we are working to find some for those customers that pre-ordered them. It may take longer and I doubt we will have them for release date but we will get them for those that pre-ordered.
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Deck of Many Morsels
The Deck of Many Morsels is a deck of 50 recipe cards containing recipies from the Heroes Feast cookbook with 10 new recipies and 25 new photographs, this is a convenient way to assist you in preparing recipies from the Heroes Feast cookbook.
Monday, May 4, 2026
GW new releases
New releases for 5/23> please let us know by noon May 5th if you want any. If you pre-ordered already, we have your numbers in
Kill Team dives into a new warzone with Terror on Devlan, a highly anticipated boxed set packed with brand new miniatures for the Tyranids and Astra Militarum, including the long‑awaited return of the Red Terror, now in plastic for the first time. This expansion also introduces an exciting new way to play, letting customers add heavy reinforcements or stage dramatic boss encounters in their games.
Alongside it comes the new Kill Team: Nemesis Operatives book, which allows customers to create their own boss‑scale operatives, plus two individual teams previously available in Kill Team: Shadowhunt, the Murderwing and the Celestian Insidiants.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Fake Pokemon Cards
There are large numbers of fake Pokemon cards out there. We have a few on display in our case, just so you know what to look for. The easiest "tell" is an off center back on the card. A real Pokemon card will have the border the same width all the way around. The texture of "foil" cards is also a giveaway. If the filing ir really smooth, it is likely a fake. also, if the card text does not make sense, it is likely fake. We had a customer bring in a foil Charizard card this weekend and the text referred to burning the opponent's elves. Of course, there are no elves in Pokemon


