Alright, adventurers, we made it. 2019 is a memory, and the first light of 2020 is breaking across the horizon. Whether your year was full of critical successes, wrought with losing streaks, or balanced on the average, you have made it to the end of that gaming chapter. It is time for us all to take a moment and level up.
We hope your holiday season gave you a chance at a long rest, for your hit points to be restored, and your spell slots refilled.
During our break, we researched up and coming games and accessories in all areas of our hobby. Check out some of our anticipated releases for 2020!
Board Games

Spycon
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Hobby World
Spycon is a storytelling detective party game in which players split into two teams and take turns being the spy. The goal of the spy is to make their own team guess which costume they are wearing in such a way that the opposing team wouldn’t get it. In order to do this, the spy and their team use a special keyword as well as their quick-wittedness, limitless fantasy, subtlety, and impressive talent for mingling.
—description from the publisher

Project L
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Boardcubator
Project L is a fast-paced, tile-matching brain burner with triple-layer 3D puzzles and lovely acrylic pieces. Challenge your friends to a game of simple design but intricate gameplay that makes a lasting impression!
—description from the publisher

Calico
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Flatout Games
Calico is a puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats.
In Calico, players compete to sew the coziest quilt as they collect and place patches of different colors and patterns. Each quilt has a particular pattern that must be followed, and players are also trying to create color and pattern combinations that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also able to attract the cuddliest cats!
—description from the publisher

Tiny Epic Dinosaurs
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Gamelyn Games
In Tiny Epic Dinosaurs, breakthroughs in modern science have dinosaurs and humans existing side by side. This has allowed for a lucrative industry. Dino Ranching! Independent ranchers have begun farming dinosaurs to sell to the highest bidders for use in their high thrill theme parks. You are one of those ranchers. Do you have what it takes to out ranch your opponents and operate the most successful dinosaur farm!?
—description from the publisher

Fallout Shelter
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Build a better future underground in Fallout Shelter: The Board Game, a post-nuclear worker-placement board game for two to four players. Based on the hit mobile game from Bethesda Softworks, Fallout Shelter sees you take on the role of a vault officer fostering happiness among the citizens of your vault. With the election of a new Overseer looming, the officer who can gain the most happiness among the dwellers is sure to lock up the election and attain victory.
—description from the publisher

Mezo
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Kolossal Games
Mezo is an innovative game of area control for 2-4 players inspired by Mayan mythology. Take control of a powerful god, represented by a massive miniature and a unique tribe of followers. These tribes will clash for dominance, build step pyramids, and make sacrifices all in the name of their god.
—description from the publisher

Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Hans im Glück
The journeys of Marco Polo continue in Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan, an epic follow-up to The Voyages of Marco Polo. After traveling to Beijing, your travels now take you back to the West in the service of the Khan, sending you to the farthest reaches of his empire in search of wealth and fame.
Marco Polo II is a standalone game based on The Voyages of Marco Polo, and you don’t need the original game to play this one. This new journey will present unique challenges, with new and different actions, new scoring rules, and a new good: rare and valuable Chinese jade.
—description from the publisher

Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Studio H
In A Nice Cup of Tea, players compete to cultivate and harvest their own Tea Estates and assist in the building of the Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway, from Siliguri Town to ‘the summit’ at Ghum. Guided by the placement actions of their laborers, players can also use their harvested tea leaves to make Chai for their thirsty workforce to boost their actions even more! When the railway is completed, the player who has contributed the most to the railway, the building of the towns along the way and the most auspicious Tea gardens will be declared the winner.
—description from the publisher
Kid’s Games

Cloaked Cats
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Haba
Quick! It’s time to sharpen your claws and head to the Cloaked Cat ball! Players try to unmask each other among all the velvet-pawed guests. They’ll try to play their cat cards skillfully, draw the right conclusions, all while trying to reveal as little as possible about themselves. The player who can deduce the most information about the other players wins!
—description from the publisher

Mokuru
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Hit Point Sales
The Mokuru Card Game is a new type of board game. It not only challenges your skill and tactics, but often also your teamwork with other players. You will need to succeed tricks to climb your way to the grand master belt and become the next Mokuru Master. Be careful, other players can use action card on you and even steal points!
—description from the publisher

Misty
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Helvetiq
It’s raining outside. The windows are misty but covered in drawings — drawings you made!
In Misty, players receive cards representing different designs and keep one for their window. They then give the other cards to their neighbor. After nine turns, each player has a magnificent window filled with drawings that will come to life in front of them: the balloons float up, the vehicles roll out, and the parachutes come down. Only some of the drawings can earn you points, though. The most beautiful and valuable drawing is the flower, but watch out for the monster who keeps on trying to erase it.
—description from the publisher
Expansions

Treasure Island: Captain Silver – Revenge Island
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Matagot
After a first adventure full of twists and turns, Captain Silver takes shelter on an island he knows well: Revenge Island! Unfortunately, an English garrison controls the area, and soon after having concealed a precious treasure, Silver ends up in jail once again.
With a new island to discover and a new “The Tricks of Silver” module that includes new cards for Long John Silver — corrupt soldiers, worrying weather, a ghost twin… — it’s up to you to overcome his tricks and achieve your goals before he escapes from the English jails!
In addition to the new module for Captain Silver, the Treasure Island: Captain Silver – Revenge Island expansion contains new immersive components and two new maps: Revenge Island, and an original re-interpretation of the existing map.
—description from the publisher

Root: The Underworld Expansion
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Leder Games
New factions and battlefields join the world of Root!
The Underworld Expansion includes:
-The Great Underground Duchy: an imperial faction that mixes the flexibility of the Marquise with the escalating Eyrie Dynasties.
-The Corvid Conspiracy: a secretive faction that hatches plots directly into the hands of their opponents.
-Two new maps: dig tunnels on the mountain map or fight to control the ferry on the lake map.
—description from the publisher
Everdell: Spirecrest and Bellfaire
Estimated Release: May 2020
Publisher: Starling Games
Far beyond the comfortable borders of the Everdell Valley, deep in the mysterious and uncharted lands, adventure is waiting to be discovered. Spirecrest adds several exciting and challenging new mechanics and features to the Everdell base game, including:
- Weather cards that impose challenging limitations to overcome.
- Discovery cards let players encounter intrepid new critters and locations on their journey, providing unique new strategies and abilities.
- Big Critters are unique workers with interesting and helpful abilities, who also serve as trusty mounts.
The king is throwing an unprecedented year-long event to commemorate the 100th year since Everdell’s founding. Come one, come all, to the Bellfaire!
Bellfaire is a new expansion for Everdell that offers several different gameplay modules, including:
- Components and rules for 5-6 players
- Player powers and resource boards
- A Bellfaire board with a new Market location
- Garland Awards, which are shared endgame goals
- New Special Event cards
—description from the publisher

Roll Player: Fiends and Familiars
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Thunderworks Games
In Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars, players can add more depth to their hero by adding a familiar to their character. These creatures add more options during character creation and help each player explore the mechanics of the game in new and different ways.
Fiends distract the players and provide new obstacles along the path of creation.
A brand new set of Monsters give the players variety to the end of the game, while new Minions are added to the Minion deck that provide new and different goals for the players to reach.
New classes and Market cards provide even more variety to each game of Roll Player.
Again, players earn Reputation Stars by constructing the perfect character, but can explore new strategies and options as they ready their familiar while they sidestep the pesky fiends along the way.
—description from the publisher

Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
Estimated Release: Q3 2020
Publisher: Cephalofair Games
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is a standalone game that takes place before the events of Gloomhaven. The game includes four new characters — Valrath Red Guard (tank, crowd control), Inox Hatchet (ranged damage), Human Voidwarden (support, mind-control), and Quatryl Demolitionist (melee damage, obstacle manipulation) — that can also be used in the original Gloomhaven game.
The game also includes 16 monster types (including seven new standard monsters and three new bosses) and a new campaign with 25 scenarios that invites the heroes to investigate a case of mysterious disappearances within the city. Is it the work of Vermlings, or is something far more sinister going on?
—description from the publisher
Reprints

Kemet: Blood and Sand
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Matagot
With Kemet: Blood and Sand, immerse yourself in a more realistic Ancient Egypt. Here, Gods are powerful, masters of both the desert and the Nile delta. They challenge each other in violent battles and show no mercy. Get ready to become an Egyptian God, open the gates of your city, and let your troops sing the song of war to please you and claim your dominance as master of Ancient Egypt.
Kemet: Blood and Sand features new art and upgraded gameplay with new approachable rules that go beyond the 1.5 version of Kemet developed with the help of the BGG community. Free from the constraints of existing components, designers Jacques Bariot and Guillaume Montiage go even further in fine-tuning the Kemet experience.
The game also features a redesigned map with a twist, bigger and more detailed figurines, and other surprises.
—description from the publisher

Sheriff of Nottingham 2E
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Cool Mini or Not
In Sheriff of Nottingham, players take turns playing the Sheriff, looking for contraband goods, and the Merchants trying to stock their Stall with the best goods. The Sheriff can inspect any bag they want, but they must be careful, as they’ll have to pay a penalty if they find the Merchants were telling the truth.
This new edition includes updated rules, as well as expansions such as the 6th Merchant, Black Market, and Sheriff’s Deputies.
—description from the publisher
Card Games

Steller
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Renegade Game Studios
Space! For millennia, humans have marveled at the cosmos. Modern astronomy gives us valuable insight about what’s happening in the universe, but there is still a sense of wonder to be had in looking up at the expanse above us.
In Stellar, you are stargazers, calibrating your telescopes to bring into view celestial objects of various types — planets, moons, asteroids, interstellar clouds, black holes, even satellites — as you create a beautiful display of the night sky!
You have eleven rounds to play cards to your telescope and notebook, building a night sky tableau. After that, you’ll calculate your points, and the stargazer with the most point wins!
—description from the publisher

Marvel Champions: The Wrecking Crew
Estimated Release: February 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Since the four members of The Wrecking Crew decided to join forces, they’ve been a thorn in the side of every great Marvel hero from Thor to the Defenders. Not just common thugs, the Wrecking Crew’s greatest asset stems from the magic imbued in team leader Wrecker’s Crowbar, which grants each member immense physical strength and a mystical link between them.
Now, the four members of The Wrecking Crew are breaking out of prison, and only you can stop them!
—description from the publisher

Barkham Horror: The Meddling of Meowlathotep
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
he fur will fly in Barkham Horror: The Card Game – The Meddling of Meowlathotep! Inspired by the 2019 April Fools article, this 100% real, playable standalone adventure gives players the chance to step into the role of canine investigators hot on the trail of a catspiracy. Dogs all across town report seeing strange, unnatural cats prowling around Barkham, and each day more and more pigeons are going missing. You’ve picked up the scent of something big, and once you sink your teeth into a story, you just can’t let go. Perhaps if you investigate the areas of Arkham most plagued by these sightings, you can root out the cat‐monsters that dwell within and save your hoomans, your city, and the world.
—description from the publisher

Marvel Champions: Thor Hero Pack
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
With the mythical hammer Mjolner, Thor has the power to defeat even the strongest of foes with legendary strength and power.
Like all Hero Packs, the Thor Hero Pack includes a fully-playable deck right out of the box that includes 15 Hero cards, 17 cards from the Aggression aspect, and 8 neutral cards. This deck allows you to harness the power of Thor, who is rewarded for engaging and dispatching villainous minions from the field!
—description from the publisher

Conspiracy: Abyss Universe
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Bombyx
Plots and corruption abound in the perpetual darkness of the Abyss kingdom’s deep waters. At the Oceanic Senate Assembly, you are at the very heart of this permanent battle for power. Your opponents conspire tirelessly to gain influence. In order to organize your Senatorial Chamber, you must rally the most powerful Lords before your opponents turn them away.
Can you elude the plots of your rivals to establish your empire and reign supreme over the Oceanic Senate Assembly?
Conspiracy is the latest addition to the Abyss universe, but it is a new standalone game that is played separately.
—description from the publisher

Fight Your Friends
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Cold War Incorporated
Fight Your Friends is a fast-playing, deck-dueling game that includes a cast of amazing characters from indie comics. Use thirty gold to build a hand (crew) of ten fighters (friends), then go head-to-head with a friend through four rounds of fighting. In each round, you secretly select a friend from your hand and match them against your opponent’s. Through a paper-rock-scissors type of system, the friend with the best ratings in attack, magic, and defense wins the fight.
At the end of four rounds, you add up the gold value of your winning friends. If you end up with more gold than your opponent, you win!
—description from the publisher
Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Starships and Speeders
Estimated Release: February 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Jump to Hyperspace with Starships & Speeders, the essential collection of vehicles for Star Wars Roleplaying!
This 144-page sourcebook collects ships from all three Star Wars Roleplaying game lines and introduces a number of vehicles never before profiled. In addition to the crafts themselves, players and GMs will find advice and adventure seeds to help integrate each vehicle into their games. With more than 130 vehicles ranging from civilian speeders to mighty battleships, you’ll find the perfect vessel for any challenge that may arise!
This sourcebook is fully compatible with Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and Force & Destiny
—description from the publisher

Nibiru
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
Remember Your Past. Secure Your Future.
Nibiru is a science fiction roleplaying game of lost memories. Players take on the role of Vagabonds: amnesiacs lost in a massive space station, home to millions, where stories of drama and struggle are written on a daily basis. —description from the publisher

Mörk Borg
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Free League Publishing
Mörk Borg is a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG about lost souls and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness, or the last remaining riches in a bleak and dying world.
Who are you? The tomb-robber with silver glittering between cracked fingernails? The mystic who would bend the world’s heart away from it’s inevitable end? Confront power-draining necromancers, skulking skeletal warriors, and backstabbing wickheads. Wander the Valley of the Unfortunate Undead, the catacombs beneath the Bergen Chrypt, or the bedevilled Sarkash forest. But leave hope behind – the world’s cruel fate is sealed, and all your vain heroic efforts are destined to end in death and dismay. Or are they? Mörk Borg is a complete game in the OSR genre, that can be played as is or be picked apart for use in your own homebrew. The rules are easily made compatible with most of the editions of the world’s largest role-playing game.
—description from the publisher

Fate of Cthulhu
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Evil Hat Productions
A handful of years from today, the Great Old Ones arrive and plunge our planet into a nightmare of chaos. Twenty years later, a small and battered group of resistance fighters seeks to save humanity with a wild, last-ditch effort: use the extra-dimensional power of the Elder Gods themselves to time-travel back to our present-day and stop the Apocalypse. You are those one-way travelers from a dark future and their crucial allies from the present day, working together to save the human race from looming apocalypse. Armed with foreknowledge of Judgment Day, you must succeed at a series of vital missions aimed at restoring hope to the future.
But the clock is ticking. The corrupting influence of the Great Old Ones is sure to affect you before the end, twisting you slowly and inexorably into something alien and unrecognizable. Can you defeat the vast unknowable evils of the Great Old Ones before you become a monster yourself? Find out in Fate of Cthulhu!
—description from the publisher

Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide 2E
Estimated Release: Q3 2020
Publisher: Paizo
This 272-page rulebook showcases new rules for player characters, and adds more depth to a Pathfinder 2E campaign. It features new ancestries, heritages, and four new classes, which are an investigator, an oracle, a swashbuckler, and a witch. This book also includes more character options for classes found the Core Rulebook that include new unique backgrounds, feats, spells, items, and 40 flexible archetypes and multiclass archetypes.
—description from the publisher

Age of Sigmar: Soulbound
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Cubicle 7 Games
Explore the Mortal Realms in the first-ever tabletop roleplaying game set in the world of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
You are Soulbound: heroes chosen by the gods themselves to stand against the horrors that plague the Mortal Realms and tasked with preventing a new age of Chaos and Death. Forge your group from some of the most powerful heroes in the realms and face down roving bands of cannibals, legions of undead, and hordes of daemons in a desperate struggle for survival.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound contains everything you need to roleplay perilous adventures in the epic-fantasy setting of the Mortal Realms.
—description from the publisher

Zombie World
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Magpie Games
Zombie World is a card-based tabletop roleplaying game about survivors caught up in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, fighting against the living and the restless dead. The game is designed for easy, quick, and intense play, featuring more than 100 unique cards, multiple playmats, and a dry erase marker.
—description from the publisher

D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide: Wizards & Spells (Hardcover) (Preorder)
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Penguin Random House
An immersive illustrated primer to the enchanted beings, magic users, and spells of Dungeons & Dragons, the leading fantasy role-playing game.
This illustrated guide transports new players to the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons and presents a one-of-a-kind course on the wizards, sorcerers, and other magic-makers for which the game is known. Featuring easy-to-follow and entertaining explanations of how spells are created and used in the game, along with original illustrations of the game’s essential magical characters, this book shines a spotlight on the mystical side of D&D.
The perfect jumping-on point for young fans of fantasy looking to give D&D a try, Wizards and Spells also features prompts to encourage creative problem-solving skills in the dangerous situations that may be encountered in a Dungeons & Dragons adventure.
—description from the publisher

The Excellents RPG
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: 9th Level Games
IT’S TIME TO PRINCESS UP!
You’ve earned a sword! You’ve won a crown! Now you have a responsibility to help keep Awesome World awesome and safe. Are you PRINCESS enough?!
A game about being Excellent Princesses in an AWESOME cartoon world. Powered by Polymorph, The Excellents RPG features a unique ONE DIE PER PLAYER roleplaying system – that is perfect for new players and veterans alike. Each cartoon adventure is created by the players and Game Mistress working together. The Excellents is great for a one session pickup game or for an entire campaign.
—description from the publisher

Sentinel Comics RPG: Core Rulebook
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Great Than Games
Bound in high-quality leather with embossed foil ink on the cover, the Special Edition rulebook is a classy companion for your tabletop gaming experience. It also features exciting hero and villain art on the inside front and back cover pages, as well as four ribbons sewn into the binding, for keeping tabs on pages you frequently reference.
—description from the publisher

Warhammer Fantasy RPG: Enemy Within Collector’s Edition Vol 1 – Enemy in Shadows
Estimated Release: February 2020
Publisher: Cubicle 7
At the appointed time, we shall rise from our secret places and thrown down the towns and cities of the Empire. Chaos will cover this land, and we, the Chosen Servants, shall be exalted in HIS eyes. Hail to Tzeentch, Changer of the Ways! Njawrr’thakh ‘Lzimbarr Tzeentch!’
The Enemy Within Collector’s Edition contains the revised and updated Director’s Cut of one of the most highly regarded roleplaying campaigns ever written. It also includes five bonus Companion volumes filled with commentaries, additional material, new subplots and characters, and so much more.
—description from the publisher

The Lost Citadel RPG
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Green Ronin Publishing
Seven decades ago, there were cities upon cities; kingdoms and nations, the remains of ancient empire. Cultures at war, cultures at trade. Races with varying degrees of alliance and distrust. Humans, elves, dwarves, and others; magic and monsters, rare but real. Regions of desolation, certainly, but also regions of plenty; forests, farmlands, and fields. And so it was for millennia, through two dynamic ages the lorekeepers and scribes called Ascensions.
Until the world ended. Most call it the Fall, but whatever term a given people choose to use, it marked the point where everything – everything – changed.
Nations crumbled. Races died. Magic sputtered. Nature sickened. The Dead woke.
The Lost Citadel dark fantasy RPG draws players into the setting of Zileska, a land ravaged by death and undeath, where all that’s left of civilization has gathered behind the walls of Redoubt – last remaining city of the living.
—description from the publisher
Tabletop Miniature Games

The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
It is the time of the Dragonborn. Battle rages across the forests, plains and mountains of Skyrim as Imperials and Stormcloaks fight for supremacy. In ancient barrows, the restless dead rise from their sleep. Skeletons and fearsome Draugr jealously guard their treasures from bands of delving adventures.
The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is an adventure wargame set in the world of Tamriel. Gather your heroes and venture into Draugr-haunted tombs and ruins, searching for treasure and glory. Or, fight the Civil War as the Stormcloaks and Imperials battle for the future of Skyrim.
—description from the publisher

Age of Sigmar: Aether War
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Games Workshop
Enter a battle of madness, aethermatics and magic in Aether War – a massive battlebox that pits the ingenious Kharadron Overlords against the insidious Disciples of Tzeentch in fierce airborne warfare! Discover the lands of the Spiral Crux, assemble your armies, and do battle in the skies above!
This set contains two armies of miniatures, all for less than you’d pay getting them separately and including two characters currently only available in this set – the Endrinmaster in Dirigible Suit and Magister on Disc of Tzeentch. You’ll be able to build two armies right out of the box, then play through a mini-campaign with 3 narrative battleplans.
—description from the publisher

Targaryen Starter Set
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Cool Mini or Not
Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen rules her khalasar as Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea. Her influence and skill have made her one of the most powerful women in the world. No other faction boasts so many skilled cavalry, made even more so by Khal Drogo’s inspiring leadership on the battlefield. Ser Jorah Mormont, the banished lord from Westeros, lends western steel to their cause. And Illyrio Mopatis can be relied upon to tip the scales with a touch of gold or a subtle threat. While Daenerys Targaryen’s Dothraki may appear as little more than savages to western eyes, underestimating them is the last thing a foolish lord will do.
—description from the publisher

Battle Sisters and Retributors Unit Boxes
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Games Workshop
The troops of this devout Sisterhood are raised from infancy to adore the Emperor of Mankind and to believe in the utter righteousness of their cause. Their fanatical devotion and unwavering purity is a bulwark against corruption, heresy and alien attack, and once battle has been joined, the Sisters of Battle will stop at nothing until their enemies are utterly crushed.
The wait is almost over! The first multipart plastic kits for the Sisters of Battle – specifically, the Battle Sisters and Retributors – are up for pre-order this very weekend! Between them, these two sets can make up to four different units.
—description from the publisher

Crisis Protocol: Thor and Valkyrie
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Atomic Mass Games
Thor, Prince of Asgard, son of Odin the All-Father, wields the mighty hammer Mjolnir, which grants him command over lightning and storms. As an Asgardian, Thor is blessed with superhuman stamina, durability, and speed and stands as one of the strongest beings in the Universe. A stalwart member of the Avengers, Thor never rests in his fight to prove himself worthy.
The fierce warrior Valkyrie is leader of the legendary Asgardian Valkyrior, Odin’s personal unit of shield-maidens. Her Asgardian physiology grants her superhuman strength, stamina, and durability, but it is her extensive martial training and her skill with a blade that places her among the greatest fighters in all of Asgard.
—description from the publisher

Crisis Protocol: Loki and Hela
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Atomic Mass Games
Adopted son of Odin and half-brother to Thor, Loki Laufeyson has long coveted the throne of Asgard. A master of sorcery and illusion, Loki has earned his title as the God of Mischief. Though Loki has often fought against his brother Thor and many of Earth’s greatest champions, he has at times joined forces with them as well – when it serves his own ends.
As the daughter of Loki and the Asgardian Goddess of Death, Hela rules over the realms of Hel and Niffelheim, holding sway over the souls of all deceased Asgardians. With command over the powers of death, Hela has set her eye on expanding her dominion across the Nine Realms.
—description from the publisher

Crisis Protocol: Vision and Winter Soldier
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Atomic Mass Games
Originally created by Ultron to destroy the Avengers, the android known as Vision turned against his creator and joined Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Vision is able to alter his density, allowing him to phase through solid objects, and to augment his strength and durability to incredible levels. Using the solar gem in his forehead, Vision can synthesize energy from his surroundings and focus it into highly destructive energy blasts.
James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes fought alongside Captain America during World War II, before seemingly meeting his demise while on a mission. Years later, Barnes re-emerged as the brainwashed Russian agent known as the Winter Soldier. Eventually, after crossing paths with his old friend and partner Captain America, Bucky was able to shake off his Russian programming and reclaim his freedom.
—description from the publisher

Malifaux 3E: Resurrectionists – Carrion Fate
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Wyrd
Life and death always exist in a delicate balance, flowing endlessly from one tof the other in an endless cycle. Carrion Effigy sees this flux everywhere, and maintains it with gentle pressure where needed.
The Carrion Emissary knows the truth that the end was never truly averted. It carries this truth reverently like a funerary urn. Death is patient. It waits for life to catch up to it, all unknowing of what it races toward. The Carrion Emissary tells this truth to those prepared to hear it.
—description from the publisher

Malifaux 3E: Outcasts – Desolation
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Wyrd
Slumbering Tyrants are awakening and grasping at power as the residents of Malifaux – Human, Neverborn, and Gremlin alike – stand in stubborn defiance against them. With streamlined rules and an intuitive new hiring system, there’s never been a better time to cross through the Breach and into the world of Malifaux!
—description from the publisher

Infinity: Dire Foes Mission Pack 9
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Corvus Belli
To keep their primacy in the data banking business, Tunguska must sweep aside any competitor, even if that competitor is a covert parallel-financing operation of the Hexahedron. But PanOceania knows about the fight for primacy, and the Fusilier Indigo Richard Quinn is going to show it to DI Jelena Kovač and her Dragnet team.
—description from the publisher

Batman Miniatures Game 3E: Back to Gotham
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Knight Models
The mysterious city of Gotham has again among its streets its most iconic characters. The 3rd Edition of the Batman Miniatures Game has arrived with unique features never seen in previous editions.
In general, the game will be deadlier, faster, and easier to teach and learn since its mechanics are more visual. Also, the game maintains the spirit of crews and cooperation between their members to achieve victory.
Its elements have been thoroughly detailed to introduce you fully into this universe that is full of darkness, mystery, and action. In this way, you can create your own Batman adventure to your liking, customize the decks, and use large amount of cards that will be included in this edition.
Back to Gotham features scenarios, two complete crews with all-new models, markers, dice, cardboard rulers, all the cards needed to play, and a new detailed rulebook. A pack of general cards is also included so that miniatures from previous editions can be used.
—description from the publisher
Gaming Assecories
Dice
Metallic Dice Games: 16mm Resin Pearl Dice Poly Set
Publisher: Metallic Dice Games
Chessex Labe Dice: Wave 3
Publisher: Chessex

Munchkin Pathfinder: Goblin Dice
Estimated Release: March 2020
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
When goblins aren’t busy pillaging farms and slaughtering the defenseless…well, that’s never. But if they did have down time, they’d definitely play games with pretty dice like the ones in this pack. It also has four bonus cards for use with Munchkin Pathfinder (or any Munchkin game).
—description from the publisher

Munchkin Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Lightning Dice
Estimated Release: April 2020
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
They say lightning never strikes the same place twice…but how about six times? These supercharged dice will bring thunder to any Munchkin game…and they come with four new cards for Munchkin Warhammer Age of Sigmar!
—description from the publisher

Dungeon Survival Pack: Kitten Adventurers
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Kittens are mischievous and meddlesome, which makes them adorable dungeon adventurers!
Add the accessories from this Dungeon Survival Pack to any fantasy roleplaying game session and be the envy of the party.
You’ll get one 7.5″ x 7.5″ satin-lined drawstring bag in an eye-catching turquoise color and three different 5″ x 5″ blank journals, perfect for recording your campaign notes. Each cover is beautifully illustrated by the incomparable Katie Cook. Also included are three custom six-sided dice, two with kitty paw prints for the pips, and the third featuring kitten icons with the numbers one through six.
—description from the publisher

Dice Bag: Dice Dragon
Estimated Release: February 2020
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
If you know gamers, you know they love their dice. And because they love their dice, they love cool bags to carry their dice in. The Dice Dragon Dice Bag shows a dragon who is just as much of a dice hoarder. The Lar deSouza art will appeal to every gamer and the sturdy fabric bag holds approximately 100 dice…that should be enough for even the most avid collector! This dice bag also comes with two custom 16mm six-sided dice!
—description from the publisher
Meeple d6 Dice Set
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
TableTop Custom Cat Butt Dice
Publisher: TableTop Game and Hobby
Miniatures

Vampire the Masquerade Miniatures
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
Following the success of the roleplaying game line, Modiphius has announced a range of high-quality 32mm scale multi-part resin miniatures based on the iconic characters, clans, sects and antagonists of the Vampire: The Masquerade
Vampire: The Masquerade is the original and ultimate roleplaying game of personal and political horror. You are a vampire, struggling for survival, supremacy, and your own fading humanity—afraid of what you are capable of, and fearful of the inhuman conspiracies that surround you.
—description from the publisher

Halaster’s Tumultuous Template
Estimated Release: February 2020
Publisher: WizKids
There is magic in the air and spells are brewing! Spell assistance has arrived to help you on your greatest adventure yet with the latest addition to the D&D Icons of the Realms product line. This new collection of pre-painted fantasy templates is a great way to check the effective area of spells on your tabletop!
—description from the publisher

D&D Spell Effects: Mighty Conjurations
Estimated Release: February 2020
Publisher: WizKids
There is magic in the air and spells are brewing! Spell assistance has arrived to help you on your greatest adventure yet with the latest addition to the D&D Icons of the Realms product line. This new collection of pre-painted fantasy miniatures is sure to bring life to the tabletop or make a great collectible for your collection.
—description from the publisher
Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures: Gargantuan Skeletal Dragon

Publisher: WizKids
Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures: Hydra

Publisher: WizKids
Wizkids Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures: Raptors

Publisher: WizKids
D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures: Beholder Zombie

Publisher: WizKids
D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures: Mastif & Shadow Mastif

Publisher: WizKids
D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures: Female Dragonborn Fighter

Publisher: WizKids
Transformers Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures
Publisher: WizKids
Dungeons and Doggies: Volume 3
Estimated Release: January 2020
Publisher: Steamforged Games
Animal Adventures brings intelligent animal characters to your favorite fantasy role-playing game! Adventurers Unleashed: Volume 3 is the third in the series of Animal Adventures releases! It is a set of highly detailed miniatures combining some favorite dog breeds with the different classes of the fifth edition of the world’s greatest role-playing game!
- Fighter (Jack Russel)
- Monk (Greyhound)
- Bard (Cavalier)
- Paladin (Boxer)
- Ranger (Shiba Inu a.k.a. the Doge meme)
- Cleric (Pitbull)
—description from the publisher

Other
Ultra Pro Playmat: Epic Spell Wars – Studd Spellslammer & The Juice!

Publisher: Ultra Pro
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Mat

Publisher: Ultra Pro
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mini Character Mats

Publisher: Ultra Pro
Dragon Shield Magic Carpet XL

Publisher: Ultra Pro
Dragon Shield Nest

Publisher: Ultra Pro
Figurines of Adorable Power
Publisher: Ultra Pro
Marvel Champions LCG: 1-4 Player Playmat

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Marvel Champions LCG: Character Playmats
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Paint

Separatist Paint Set
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Bring the forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems to life with the Separatist Paint Set! With 10 essential colors to depict the troopers and vehicles of the Separatist Alliance – including two washes for adding rich depths of shading to your miniatures – this paint set is a perfect entry point for the beginning miniatures player.
–description from publisher

Republic Paint Set
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Bring the Grand Army of the Republic to life with the Republic Paint Set! With 10 essential colors to depict the troopers and vehicles of the Galactic Republic – including one wash and one gloss coat for adding rich depths of shading and a finishing touch to your miniatures – this paint set is a perfect entry point for the beginning miniatures player.
–description from publisher

Vallejo Model Color Set: WWII & WWIII – Utility
Estimated Release: 2020
Publisher: Vallejo
The water-based formula of Model Color has been specifically developed for adherence on difficult surfaces such as metal and plastic, but the product is not toxic, not flammable, and does not give off noxious fumes. Errors can be corrected immediately with water or alcohol. Model Color dries quickly to a matte, even, and waterproof finish. Exact drying time depends on the temperature and humidity of the environment, on the surface which has been painted, and on the thickness of the paint layer – although the colors are dry to the touch within minutes, the water content keeps on evaporating, and the paint does not acquire its true permanence until several weeks after application.
–description from publisher
Graphic Novels and Books

The Worldbuilder’s Journal of Legendary Adventures
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
From the writers of Dungeons & Dragons, this officially licensed journal with 365 writing prompts is the essential new tool both Dungeon Masters and players of all levels will enjoy using. This journal is your key to unlocking the backstories of your heroes, the motives of your villains, and the surprises that are hidden within the campaign narrative, helping you build a strong foundation for your next game night. Whether you’re new to D&D or a seasoned player, these questions will help you create new realms you never before imagined.
–description from publisher

Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria The Mighty Nein
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Critical Role
Journey through Wildemount alongside the motley group known as the Mighty Nein! Encompassing the first chapters of Critical Role’s second campaign, this tome illustrates the adventures of our unlikely heroes as they meet in Trostenwald, struggle through a heartbreaking encounter with the Iron Shepherds, and more. Featuring stunning works by artists from the Critter community, Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria — The Mighty Nein is a beautiful way to revisit the origin of the Mighty Nein through the perspective of Expositor Beauregard Lionett and the archivists of the Cobalt Soul.
–description from publisher

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons II: Painscape (2)
Estimated Release: Q1 2020
Publisher: Oni Press
Once upon a game, Rick, Morty and the Smith family went on magical D&D adventures…now, magical D&D adventures are coming to Earth, and no one will survive the Painscape! The world’s greatest role-playing game returns to plague the world’s most dysfunctional animated family! Fan-favorite dice dependent Jim Zub (Samurai Jack, Savage Sword of Conan) re-teams up with Eisner-nominated cartoonist +5 Troy Little (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Powerpuff Girls) to destroy Adult Swim’s pop culture juggernaut and the best-selling role-playing game that once used the term “THAC0.”
–description from publisher

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume 2
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Join familiar faces from Critical Role‘s smash-hit first campaign as their escapades in Stilben lead them toward new adventure–and a dire threat to Grog when he goes missing in the night. Tracking him down will see the party lose one member, gain another, and reveal parts of Grog’s secret past. But first, his friends have to actually find him.
–description from publisher

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume 2
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Oni Press
Rolled and Told Vol. 2 provides hours of pick-up-and-play campaigns designed both for players new to tabletop role playing and for those who have played for years. Every page is filled with beautiful illustrations, comics coinciding with adventures, and splash art from your favorite comic artists to inspire your players! Stop dueling gnomes in of “A Tale of Two Gnomes,” go on a solo adventure with Vesska in “Forest of Delusion,” and play the adventures “Ship of The Dead,” “Reginald’s Closet,” and many more!
–description from publisher

The Monsters Know What They’re Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Saga Press
In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away.
In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat.
–description from publisher

Wrath of N’kai
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Aconyte
Contessa Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief, arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a mound in Oklahoma, of curious provenance and peculiar characteristics. But before she can steal it, another party beats her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Arkham Historical Society, the Contessa makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences. Now, caught between her mysterious client, the police, and a society of necrophagic connoisseurs, she finds herself on the trail of a resurrected mummy as well as the star-born terror gestating within it.
–description from publisher

Curse of Honor
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Aconyte
Striking Dawn Castle defends the mountains between the Rokugan empire and the demon-haunted Shadowlands. When a mythical city is discovered in the forbidding peaks, Hida Haru, heir and sore disappointment to his family, seizes the opportunity to prove himself. His rash expedition ends in disaster – just one samurai returns alive, and Haru is lost. Before a power struggle can break out, Striking Dawn’s battle-hardened commander, Ochiba, is dispatched to rescue Haru. She succeeds against supernatural horrors, but Haru is… changed. Now, mysterious deaths and ill fortune plague his family. Something evil is loose and must be stopped, at any cost.
–description from publisher

Tales from the Crucible
Estimated Release: Q2 2020
Publisher: Aconyte
Welcome to the Crucible – an artificial planet larger than our sun – an ever-growing patchwork of countless other worlds, filled with creatures, sentient beings and societies stolen from across the universe by the mythical Architects. Across this dizzying juxtaposition of alien biospheres, the enigmatic and godlike Archons seek to unlock the secrets at the heart of the Crucible. Everyone else is just trying to survive… Explore ten tales of adventure in a realm where science and magic team up, of discovery and culture clash, featuring mad Martian scientists, cybernetic surgeons, battle reenactors, elven thieves, private investigators, goblins, saurian monsters, and the newly arrived human Star Alliance.
–description from publisher
Aconyte Books and Marvel Collaboration

About Aconyte:
“ACONYTE is the novels division of Asmodee Entertainment, to deliver on the Asmodee slogan: “Great games, amazing stories!”, and to create new and exciting content to be leveraged on further entertainment platforms as we strive to create truly global brands.
Our goal is to become the go-to partners for tie-in fiction for all the best pop-culture IPs.”
–description from publisher

Partnership with Marvel:
“Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Marvel Entertainment to create new prose stories based around an exciting roster of Marvel’s comic book characters. The first novels are slated to appear in Fall 2020, in trade paperback, ebook and audiobook editions.”
–description from publisher
What are you excited to see in 2020?
