Friday, 17 March 2023

White Dwarf - March Edition

White Dwarf is Games Workshop's premium Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing content every month – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Here’s what you can look forward to in the March issue:

WARHAMMER 40,000
- Flashpoint Herald of Misery: The Invasion of Lume IV
As the Herald of Misery enters the Lume System, Rhalion puts his plan into action. This Boarding Actions extravaganza offers a swathe of background and new rules – including rules for playing games in the conveyor carnage of a working manufactorum, with 6 bespoke Manufactorum Mayhem Missions, as well as full Boarding Patrol rules for Strike Force Rhalion, featuring two unique Enhancements and six Boarding Action Stratagems.

- Flashpoint Herald of Misery: The Tainted Ark
Grand Ark-itect Mark Bedford showcases the board he built for the Herald of Misery, including hints and tips on how to paint the space hulk's corrupted innards!

- Ground Truth
We provide analysis of another Arks of Omen mission, this time Hunt the Damned from Arks of Omen: Vashtorr.

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
- Flashpoint Rondhol: Blood Will Out
Korghos Khul and the Goretide carve a path across Ghur. There will be blood.

- Flashpoint Clash: Bark and Brine
Realm Rules and a campaign for underwater battles between Idoneth Deepkin and Sylvaneth. You need to read it to be-leaf it!

- Regiments of Renown
Mercenaries of great fame (or infamy) wander the Mortal Realms, selling their services to the Grand Alliances. Call upon a Regiment of Renown! Provides matched play rules and points costs for six upcoming products which allow Warhammer Age of Sigmar players from across all four Grand Alliances to field Regiments of Renown in their armies as allies.

- Fantastic Warhosts: Orruk Warclans
We’ve been assembling the best Orruk Warclans from around the studio to help with modelling and painting inspiration for your very own Waaagh!

KILL TEAM
- Duty and Survival
Te’cha’s kinband encounters many enemies within the confines of the Gallowdark.

- Excess Enemies
Grab your friends – we bring you rules for multiplayer Kill Team battles, including 6 all-new missions (3 each for 3 and 4 player games).

- Operation Briefing
Elliot Hamer takes us on a tour of a space hulk. Travel insurance not included.

WARCRY
- The Har Kuron Hurricane
Gryselle’s Arenai are back, this time in Warcry as Bladeborn Fighters, with fighter profiles for each of the 5 miniatures in the warband, along with unique reactions and abilities for use in games of Warcry.

WARHAMMER UNDERWORLDS
- Glory Points
Dave Sanders embarks on more Nemesis deck building, this time with Gryselle’s Arenai and Beastbound Assault.

NECROMUNDA
- The Battle for Sump City
The fate of Sump City is decided in part two of the studio’s Succession Campaign.

BLACK LIBRARY
- Grombrindal: Ancestor’s Burden – High Airs
The second part of the ongoing Grombrindal serial from Chris Thorsten continues as Kharadron pirates join the race to Karak Thorga.

SPECIAL FEATURE
- A Tale of Four Warlords
We begin the search for our next warlords. Let the challenges begin!

Each physical copy of issue 486 comes with a cardboard insert including seven Fighter and Ability Cards for using Gryselle's Arenai in games of Warcry, one White Dwarf Paint Recipe Card, and six Conveyor Belt cards for use in Warhammer 40,000 Boarding Actions games.

Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Prerelease

 

The first expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Scarlet & Violet Series arrives on March 31, 2023, but you can visit KD Games to start playing with it early! 

Starting March 18, 2023, we will begin selling the Scarlet & Violet Build & Battle Box, giving fans a chance to have a Prerelease battle and experience the latest expansion before its official release date.

The Prerelease format allows players to compete with a 40-card deck, with four Prize cards set aside at the start of play, as opposed to a 60-card deck with six Prize cards. This format is perfect for introducing new players to the exciting world of the Pokémon TCG with quick, fun games, and it also gives seasoned players a window into all that Scarlet & Violet has to offer. Due to a limited card pool and the variance of cards that can be acquired in a Build & Battle Box, Prerelease events are also a great opportunity to flex your creative deck-building skills.

Each Build & Battle Box includes four Scarlet & Violet booster packs and a 40-card ready-to-play deck featuring key cards from the new set, as well as one of four unique foil promo cards to boost your Prerelease deck. Depending on which promo card you get, you could add the high-energy Quaquaval, electrifying Pawmot, scrappy Hawlucha, or rambunctious Revavroom. Whichever promo you do end up with, it will certainly shape your Prerelease strategy!

Our events are as follows and are limited due to the size of the shop. All places must be booked in advance to guarantee that you will not be disappointed...

  • Saturday 18th March 2pm (12 players)
  • Tuesday 21st March 7pm (8 players)
  • Friday 24th March 7pm (8 players)
  • Saturday 25th March 2pm (12 players)

To book a place please head over to our website ... https://www.kdgames.co.uk/book-online

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Our top ten board game sellers of last year - Number 7!

Last year we had one of the best years for board games sales, but what were our top ten sellers? For the next few weeks we will take the time to look at each one and give you a brief overview of the rules.

Continuing today with a new edition to the shop last and one of two games from local game designers Gunpowder Studios...

Number 7


The magical kingdom in which 7 Moons is set, is woven richly into the game, giving players an immersive experience with them at the heart of the adventure.

You play royal emissaries, sent out by your monarch into the kingdom of Dragon Reach to ready your city for war against the approaching Shadow Army.

How will you raise enough gold to strengthen your city’s defences and recruit allies to fight with you? Will you trade resources on the volatile market, hoping for a healthy profit? Will you risk venturing into the lawless wilderness for its magical riches? Or will you embark on a quest in aid of others to earn your gold?

7 Moons is an easy to learn, fun to play game of strategy, acquisition and adventure in a mythical magical land.

Gameplay includes a nice mix of mechanics – trading, questing, journeying, building and combat – to keep things interesting and give players plenty of choice as to how their adventure plays out.

The Shadow Army is a tough opponent at the end of the game, but if you’ve planned and played well, your city will be fine. Probably. Possibly.

The Thursday Night Thing!!! (TNT)

Our TNT events on Thursday evenings will continue in to March and April.They will be a mix of casual games, beginner sessions, leagues and the occasional tournament.  

We will be continuing with Dreadball and Blood Bowl as our main systems as these are currently very popular. There will also be some D&D Attack Wing and X-Wing added into the mix.

Here is the full schedule for March and April. It is subject to change and the best way to keep up to date is on our discord channel ... 

MARCH 2nd        DREADBALL, BEGINNERS SESSION AND CASUAL PLAY
MARCH 9th         BLOOD BOWL, BEGINNERS SESSION AND CASUAL PLAY
MARCH 16th       X-WING AND D&D ATTACK WING, CASUAL PLAY
MARCH 23rd       DREADBALL, 
BEGINNERS SESSION AND CASUAL PLAY
MARCH 30th       DUNGEON BOWL, BEGINNERS SESSION AND CASUAL PLAY 

APRIL 6th            DREADBALL, THE LEAGUE BEGINS
APRIL 13th          
X-WING AND D&D ATTACK WING, CASUAL PLAY
APRIL 20th          LORDS OF WAR, CASUAL PLAY AND BEGINNERS SESSIONS
APRIL 27th          BLOOD BOWL, THE LEAGUE BEGINS

We should have May's schedule before Easter. If you have anything that you want adding to this then please let us know.