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Game Geek, Issue 15, Mar 2011

An Avalon Games Product, All ri

reserved, Version 1.0, 2011

All comments, suggestions and

contacts can be made at…

Avalon Games,

[email protected]

Or visit

Avalon Games at…

www.avalon-games.com

Game design, artwork and layo

by Robert Hemminger

Some art by Sade and Art Fanta

Cover Art by Joe Calkins

Contents

Musing of the Avalon Stogie ................................................................................................

Behind the Game,

S&G ….. ……..........................................................................................................

Marks Musings ……………………………………………………………………………………

Junkyard Wars,

Strip #15 ......................................................................................................................

Coral Thrown,

Chapter IX ..................................................................................................................

Artist Spotlight ..........................................................................................................

Marks Musings …………………..………………………………………………………..

Geek Profile ……………………………………………………………………………………….

Maps by Claudio ………………………………………………………………………………….

Multi-Verse,

Panda ……………......................................................................................................Avalon Pathfinder

New Magic items ........................................................................................................

Battle Axe,

New Spell Cards …......................................................................................................

Leviathans

Expert Upgrades ………………………………………………………….…………………

Reviews .................................................................................................................................

Whats New ...........................................................................................................................

Cool Stuff ..............................................................................................................................

Arcana,

Shithmoora Heraldry ……...........................................................................................

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(order 2320893)

I always find it odd and even a bit confusing

when people take ownership of something. I

was talking to my friend who owns the local

game store and he was talking to me about his

customers and their loyalty. See there are two

game stores in the area, and one store’s

customers will not shop or play at the other

store. Each set has taken some sort of

ownership in their chosen gaming location.

They go as far as to even tell my friend how

to run his business some times, suggestingthat he stock set types of games over others,

for no other reason then the gamers at the

“Other Place” play those game.

This applies to game companies as well, its

fan become very possessive of what you

produce. This can be a bit scary for a

publisher, you want rabid fan, hell they are

who buy your stuff, but you don’t want them

to be so rabid that they try to tell you what to

do and what to produce.

In the end it’s sort of a marriage, the publisher

and the fan. Each has to respect the other and

give a little to get.


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S&G

For some time I had been working on small board games, quick and fun

little games I called Mini-Games. At some point though I found that I

was thinking about a skirmish game system, one that involved classic

monsters going at it in gangs. This was Monster Bash, the first S&G

Game. Quickly though I saw the easy use of the system and that a

generic version of the rules would allow play in just about any sort of

genre or setting. This was the beginning of S&G. At first I had planed

to only work up a single setting. I then moved into a fantasy setting

with Steel and Glory, and then into Super Heroes. Since that time I

have generated over 40 titles using this system and now have other

writers creating new and exciting settings for the system.

The goal early on with S&G was to create a set of rules once, so I could then deal more closely

with the setting itself and the various characters. This was always the fun part of game design

anyways, coming up with the idea and the “feel” of the game. S&G thus left me room to

explore all sorts of gaming location and setting without having to generate all new rules all the

time.

While working up the system I also want to keep it easy and simple, with a single set of dice

rolls controlling both the to hit factor in combat, but also determining the damage done. This

and a simple special ability system allowed an endless verity of possible characters and

situations.

S&G has always been fun, I even spent a whole year doing nothing but S&G settings, but as in

all things I run out of ideas after awhile, and so have opened up the system for others to create

their own settings and genres book. I hope that by opening it all up, we can generate some new

and exciting games.

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Avalon Games premier Sci-Fi system, Infinite Futures is fully compatible with Pathfinder.

Infinite Futures is a great system for running any type of Science Fiction game,

be it Hard Sci-Fi to Manga and more.

Fully compatible with Pazio’s Pathfinder RPG system, if you know and love Pathfinder then

you will for sure fall in love with Infinite Futures.

The system comes complete with several classes, races, several playable aliens, including Robots and

Androids. Skills, feats and gear based the Sci-Fi genre allows you to blast off into adventures right away.

Future expansions will add more aliens, monstrous beasts, gear and goodies.

Get ready to have a laser blast of a good time; Infinite Futures is here.


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Hi Mom!This is number 6, a Bot from the

Green Factory

Hello Dear, who is

this little green bot?

Umm, Hello.Number 3.

Yes Mom?

Prepare the scrappingmachine and turn this

Number 6 into spare parts.


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John DotegowskiWe have some great art for you this month from an artist who has developed a truly

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Mark’s Musingsby Mark L. Chance of Spes Magna Games

More Convention Gaming, or How to

Not Run an Event

Way back in Game Geek 4, I mused about my

experiences at OwlCon XXIX with my son GiantBoy. It was his first gaming convention, and it gave

me an opportunity to look at the experience with

fresh eyes. My Game Geek 4 musings focused

mostly on this advice for players: Be on time, use

prep time wisely, don't hog the ball or be a

wallflower, and roleplay before you roll dice.

This time I want to focus more on the other side of

the GM screen. Giant Boy and I arrived about an

hour before our first event was due to start. This

gave us plenty of time to get our registrationpackets, don our spiffy OwlCon XXX shirts, hang

official badges around our necks, and engage in

some people watching.

Our first event was "Scooby Scooby Doo, What

ARE You???" run in one of the latest iterations of

Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu. I got to play Fred.

Giant Boy was six of the Harlem Globetrotters,

including Curly, Sweet Clyde, and Bubblegum Tate

(those last two being 'ported in from Futurama).

The other three Globetrotters were unnamed,which struck more as lazy than funny. Four other

players filled the roles of Daphne, Velma, Scoob,

and Shaggy; the latter two were played with

impressive vocal imitations by their players. The

final player did a great job as Sheriff Don Knotts.

The event started more or less on time at 3:00 p.m.

Although it was generally enjoyable, two

convention GM no-nos reared their ugly heads.

Start on Time; Finish on Time

If an event is schedule to start at 3:00 p.m., then the

GM needs to start at 3:00 p.m. If an event is

scheduled for four hours, it needs to run for at least

very close to four hours. The people sitting at the

table almost all paid to be there, and if a GM short

changes paying convention-goers on their time,

that's a lot like stealing.

"Scooby Scooby Doo, What ARE You???"

started on time, but it finished nearly 90 minuteearly. There we were, all having a reasonably

good time roleplaying our respective cartoon

characters. Five of the six Globetrotters had be

mind-controlled by fungi from Yuggoth. We ha

rescued Snidley Moneybags from bloodthirsty

cultists on an alien planet. We had finally cor-

nered the spawn of Shub-Niggurath. More or le

without warning, the event ended. Daphne

unmasked the spawn, revealing first Old Man

Winters and then Nyarlathotep.

It wasn't even 6:00 p.m. Giant Boy and I had

been cheated out of more than an hour of gamin

fun. I cannot help but think that the Keeper

could've kept the game going for its full time h

he managed to follow this next bit of advice.

Prepare and Playtest

Our Keeper's prep for "Scooby Scooby Doo,

What ARE You???" was noticeably lacking. Th

character sheets had incomplete information

(such as missing stats) and appeared hastily

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he entire Call of Cthulhu mystery was minimally

utlined in the same hasty scrawl on a single page

f notebook paper. Torn scraps of paper marked

everal places in the rulebook, which was fre-

uently referred to without giving the sense that the

Keeper knew what he was looking for. It was

bvious the Keeper was making up a lot of it as he

went along, and the ingenuity of his improv skills

was quickly exhausted. Several incidents turned

nto hard core railroads where we players hadminimal to no chance to influence events. More

han once, the Keeper was just flat out dismissive

nd ignored or countermanded player intentions.

o provide one example, when a fungus from

Yuggoth abducted some of the Globetrotters, the

nly dice rolled were Spot Hidden checks, as if it

made any sense at all that a monster could enter a

rightly lit room and snatch three six-foot-plus

asketball players from under the noses of five

ther people without being extremely obvious.When Giant Boy had his remaining Globetrotters

ive chase, it quickly became apparent that no

ction could possibly affect any sort of rescue.

All of these -- the way too early ending, the

ncomplete character sheets, the overuse of GM

at, the insufficient notes for the adventure and

elevant rules -- indicate a lack of preparation on

he Keeper's part.

ince Giant Boy and I now had about two hoursefore our next event started, we settled into comfy

hairs, ate dinner, and engaged in more people

watching. While doing this, I noticed what might

ave been another convention GM no-no.

Keep Your Players in the Game

During "Scooby Scooby Doo, What ARE You???"

once got up to get a couple of drinks for Giant

oy and me. On the way to the cafe, I passed by a

able full of people playing Pathfinder. One of thelayers was a tall, dark-haired fellow with a poor

ttempt at a goatee. When our event ended way too

arly, Giant Boy and I settled into our comfy chairs

nd ate and watched people.

One person I watched was Poor Goatee Fellow. He

acked up his stuff, shouldered his backpack, and

eft the Pathfinder game table, not to return even

hough that particular event was still going strong.

his made me wonder: Why had Poor Goatee

Fellow left the game? Perhaps he just

got bored. Perhaps he had to leave the

convention. Or, perhaps, his character

was killed during gameplay and with

nothing left to do he had left the table

about an hour before his game actually ended.

Since I didn't see Poor Goatee Fellow rush out ofthe convention, it doesn't seem likely some

emergency had called him away from the table.

Other folks at the table looked like they were

having fun. So, via process of elimination in my

limited options scenario, Poor Goatee Fellow's

character had died during gameplay. Thus, with no

way left to participate, he abandoned the table. If

this is so, all I can say is, "Bad GM!"

As already pointed out, most people pay to game at

a convention. My payment creates certainreasonable expectations, such as the expectation

that I get to play the entire round for which I've

registered. If a player's character dies with more

than just a few minutes left to play, a good GM will

have a back-up plan. A good GM gives that player

another character, let's the player help run the

monsters during fights, et cetera. What a good GM

doesn't do is say, "Sorry about that. Better luck

next time."

Once Giant Boy and I finished dinner and people

watching, we strolled over to our second

convention game: "Crisis of Infinite Batmen" using

DC Adventures. This event started on time. It

ended on time. Everyone got to participate for the

entire period. The GM was obviously prepared,

understood the genre, and gave us players

opportunities to shine. I was Dick Grayson acting

as Batman. Giant Boy was Batman Beyond. Other

players were Kal-El Batman, Wolverine Batman,

Batwoman, and Cyber Batman. Owlman had

absorbed Bite-Mite's cosmic powers in an attempt

to rid the multiverse of all the Bruce Waynes. We

had to stop him during a climatic battle in Arkham

Asylum verus oodles of Jokers (including Lego

Joker!).

"Crisis of Infinite Batmen" was a well-run event

with only one identifiable flaw:


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We all know him, the Geek that will buy the newest thing, just

because it’s new. Yep he has a ton of games, most of which he hasnever even played. That’s not the point though, he will buy it, all

of it, if for no other reason then to say he has a copy of the game.

Long time member of Board

Game Geek, he always posts

a review of the newest game

he just bought.

Pile of new games, some he

hasn’t even opened.

Old promotional posters


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Available

now at

RPGNow, E-23,

Pazioand other

great online stores.


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Shuffler Maps and Tiles Modern and Sci-Fi Floors

by

Claudio

New Maps and Tiles by Claudio ofPaper Make It, all using his Shuffler

Map Maker version 2.6.3

(A great map and tile generator,

something worth having, its a great

tool for gamers and publishers alike)

This month we have the two parts of

a series of underground chambers

and hallways. A series of subway

tunnels and track now expand on theunderground theme

Claudio wanted us to make sure that

we let you all know that you may

contact him at...

[email protected]

and that Shuffler customers can

modify freely these maps. but;

1) Game Geek Readers can use the

map how it is (personal use only).

2) Demo Users can modify and print

the map, but the Shuffler Demo text

is always visible.

3) Shuffler customers can modify

and print it in a full way

(personal use only).

License: personal use only, free to

share among Shuffler customers.

The single maps are playable with

28mm miniatures.

You of course can find all of these

maps and the tiles in the Free Section

of this issue, and look to next issue

for more great tiles and the maps for

this series, they are sure to be good

gaming stuff.

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Multi-Verse

New a character for Warriors of the Four Circles.Yep we have a great new character for this great S&G setting.

Panda(Earth, Air)

While often overlooked as a threat, the warrior known as Panda projects a friendly appearance and

always carries himself with good humor. That is, until angered by a disrespectful opponent. Those who

enrage Panda once, seldom treat him poorly a second time.

Cost: 10

Attack: 4

Defense: 5

Strength: 3

Speed: 5/2

Movement: 4

Adrenal: 5

Will: 6

Health 14

Skills and Abilities

Martial Arts, Grapple and Soft Styles (See Grapple and Soft Styles)The Panda is a master of both the Grapple and Soft Styles and may use the abilities outlined in those

styles.

Panda's Shove (Special)

Whenever the Panda knocks an opponent prone, that opponent is knocked back one square as well.

Any time Panda throws or otherwise knocks back a character, that character moves an additional

square.

Munch, Munch, Munch (Special)

When Resting, Panda may use his miraculous ability to find food in virtually any environment. His potent stomach allows him to digest almost anything. Instead of regaining an Adrenal Point when

Resting, the Panda may choose to instead regain one point of Health.

Thick Skin (Special)

Panda's years of building up his body have left him with the ability to reduce damage by -1.


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BattleAxe

We thought we would add some magic to your Battle

Axe game, so here is another great school of magic you

can buy for arcane base characters.

All the cards are provided in the free section.

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Conjuration

Common

Have the spell caster make 4”

move

AndPlay another War Band Card on

this spell caster, or on one of hisor her summoned creatures

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for taking a rest break, or even to draw breath:

one in to the tunnels event piles on event, brawl

follows brawl at breakneck pace. Possibly literally.

Narrow twisty lava tunnels barely five feet high, a

very claustrophobic place in which to give battle,

particularly for Medium or larger characters. If

fighting unusually disciplined and determined

kobolds under such conditions was not enough,they have prepared a goodly number of traps as

well! The final cavern is big enough to stand up

in, complete with the 'Big Bad' ready to rant at his

victims and a truly nasty surprise ready to un-

leash...

Much of what is going on is keyed in to the GM's

map, and the rest is described succinctly in a clear

text that will enable the adventure to run smoothly

and at the pace intended without need to hunt for

anything, especially if you run adventures off alaptop, as it's printed in landscape. All the monster

stats are collected on a couple of pages after the

text, which works in this case as the same

creatures pop up frequently. However, detailed

encounter location notes are separate from the trap

information - the same traps are used in several

places - so some preparation will be necessary so

you know what you need to use when.

As well as the marked map, a second unmarked

one is provided along with a series of map tiles

suitably scaled for use with miniatures that cover

the entire complex. The unmarked map is of little

use, as the whole point of such a twisty, enclosed

maze of passages is that you never really get an

overview of it, just seeing the bit in front of your

nose - i.e. the map tile that's in play at the time.The map tiles themselves are admirable for the

purpose - quite claustrophobic sitting here at the

computer flicking through them, never mind in the

heat of the game. A large number of 'standees' for

the hordes of kobolds you'll need are provided,

useful as even if you do have kobold miniatures in

your collection, most of us don't have that many of

them!

If a relentless meat-grinder of a dungeon death-maze appeals to your group and gaming style, this

is a good one. If your characters enjoy more than

fighting, or you want them to have a good chance

of surviving, this may not be the best choice... yet

could prove a refreshing change to a campaign in

which there is more conversation than combat.


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Cool Stuff

Hellraiser

I love horror movies and a good horror

story, so it’s no surprise that I loveHellraiser. Now I have to admit I’m not

that great of a Clive Barker, fan. He’s

Ok, but I have other horror writers that I

like better. Still few have ever brought

to the silver screen a better monster, a

better fright then the Hellraiser character

Pin Head. Sure the series has

degenerated over the years, but it first

movie is still great.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you must havebeen raised in a cave, so go out into the

sun light and watch it right away, you

for sure will go hide back in your cave

once you have, fearful of the big bad

world outside.

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Cool Stuff

What’s New Previews

Map of the Month by Claudio


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Battle

xe

Summon

Beast

Conjuration

Common


move

And

Play another War Band Card on

this spell caster, or on one of his

or her summoned creatures

Or

Yellow 0, 1 or 2

Remain in Play


Battle

xe

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Beast

Conjuration

Common


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Yellow 0, 1 or 2

Remain in Play



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xe

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BeastConjuration

Common

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Beast

Conjuration

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Battle

xe

Control

Beast

Conjuration

Common


move

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Have any one creature the spell

caster controls make either a 4”

move or a melee attack

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xe

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Beast

Conjuration

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Battle

xe

Control

Beast

Conjuration

Common

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xe

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Beast

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Battle

xe

Aura of

Avoidance

Conjuration

Common

Battle

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Aura of

Avoidance

Conjuration

Common


move

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Yellow 1

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Or

Yellow 1

Remain in Play

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the spell caster


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Battle

xe

Banish

Conjuration

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xe

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Uncommon


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summed creature on the

battlefield


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Battle

xe

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Conjuration

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xe

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Monster

Conjuration

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Battle

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Conjuration

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Battle

xe

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Monster

Conjuration

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Battle

xe

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Conjuration

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caster controls make a 4” move

and then a melee attack

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xe

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Monster

Conjuration

Rare


move

And




Or


caster controls make a 4” move

and then a melee attack


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Battle

xe

Master

Summoner

Conjuration

Unique


move

And




Or

Have any all creatures the spell

caster controls make either a 4”move or a melee attack


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Avalon’s premier game system the S&G battle system allows you to play skirmish level

engagements, and do so with a fast, easy to learn system that also allows for endless

expansions and genres. With S&G you can fight battles between fantasy based elves and

orcs, or blast off into the cold hard future with space marines and aliens.

Major

Glory

Lamia

Gyea

Weapons and Armor

Weapons As mod Damage mod Notes____

Scimitar -1 +1 -

Dagger +0 -1 -

Warlord Grom

Special Abilities

Health


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