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RECORD STORE DAY IS COMING SOON!
SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd
LIVE MUSIC FROM 12pm-4pm!
MANY SPECIAL VINYL RELEASES!
FOR A FULL LIST OF EXPECTED VINLY RELEASES, CLICK BELOW:
*We've ordered many on the list, but please note that RSD releases are limited, and therefore we may not receive all records on the list.
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BACK ISSUE BULLETIN
Our major back issue refill project continues! INCREDIBLE HULK, BATMAN, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, UNCANNY X-MEN and many more have been filled in with more to follow in the upcoming weeks! Looking for a title you can't find? Call Matt at (508) 755-4207 Sunday-Thursday and we'll probably be able to help you out!
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Troyes
(1-4 Players/90 mins.)
In
Troyes
, recreate four centuries of history of this famous city of the Champagne region of France. Each player manages their segment of the population (represented by a horde of dice) and their hand of cards, which represent the three primary domains of the city: religious, military, and civil. Players can also offer cash to their opponents' populace in order to get a little moonlighting out of them-anything for more fame!
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Dungeons & Dragons:
Tales of the Yawning Portal
Early Release!
When the shadows grow long in Waterdeep and the fireplace in the taproom of the Yawning Portal dims to a deep crimson glow, adventurers from across the Forgotten Realms, and even from other worlds, spin tales and spread rumors of dark dungeons and lost treasures. Some of the yarns overheard by Durnan, the barkeep of the Yawning Portal, are inspired by places and events in far-flung lands from across the D&D multiverse, and these tales have been collected into a single volume.
Within this tome are seven of the most compelling dungeons from the 40+ year history of Dungeons & Dragons. Some are classics that have hosted an untold number of adventurers, while others are some of the most popular adventures ever printed.
The seeds of these stories now rest in your hands. D&D's most storied dungeons are now part of your modern repertoire of adventures. Enjoy, and remember to keep a few spare character sheets handy.
For use with the fifth edition Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master's Guide, this book provides fans with adventures, magic items and deadly monsters, all of which have been updated to the fifth edition rules. Explore seven deadly dungeons in this adventure supplement for the world's greatest roleplaying game.
Tales from the Yawning Portal includes the following adventures:
- Against the Giants
- Dead in Thay
- Forge of Fury
- Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan
- Sunless Citadel
- Tomb of Horrors
- White Plume Mountain
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Eko
(2-4 Players/30-60 mins.)
In the desert of ekö, the rocks, sand, and wind come to life as ephemeral armies. Build your empire and extend your control so you can proclaim your victory. in this universe where not a single person will hear you, ever. Ekö is an abstract strategy game for up to 4 players. Use your pieces to build up your forces, establish reinforcement points, or capture enemy strongholds. As the game progresses and pieces form larger, stronger stacks to attack and defend, the playing area opens up providing new opportunities for the cunning general.
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Munchkin: X-Men
(3-6 Players/60-120 mins.)
Join the X-Men on a thrilling adventure to defend mankind from renegade mutants. Munchkin X-Men combines Marvel's beloved collection of X-Men comics with the role-playing fun of Munchkin.
In the game, players take on the role of students attending Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and team up with Professor X, Wolverine, and more super-charged mutants to take down the likes of Sabretooth, Juggernaut, and the almighty Magneto. The game includes 128 Door and Treasure cards, four player Role cards, four level trackers, game rules, and a custom die.
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Happy Salmon
(3-6 Players/2 mins.)
Happy Salmon is a simple, ultra-fast, very silly card game.
There are no turns. Players call out the action shown on their cards as fast as they can. When two players have a match, they celebrate by performing the action. Actions include the classic "High 5", the unifying "Pound It", the frantic "Switcheroo", and the delightful and bizarre "Happy Salmon".
Each time a player celebrates a match, they quickly discard a card. The first person to get rid of all their cards wins.
The "FIN-tastically" unique and cute fish pouch makes Happy Salmon perfect to take to camp, vacation or if you are just traveling upstream.
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Tak the Beautiful Game
Taken from the pages of Patrick Roth fuss's bestselling series the king killer Chronicle and made reality by renowned designer James Ernest, take is a beautiful two-player abstract strategy game boasting an elegant new design that feels like a familiar classic. The goal is simple: make a road connecting two opposite sides of the board. On their turn, players may place a stone in an empty space, move a stone to an adjacent square, or spread stacks of pieces along the board. Whether players win or lose, take offers a beautiful and elegant experience to players both familiar and unfamiliar with the king killer Chronicle.
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Telestrations: AfterDark
(4-8 Players/20-30 mins.)
Ages 14+
This is an adult version of the award winning Telestrations
. Gameplay is the same, but the word content has changed to more adult fare. Some of the word cards now include stuff such as "Anaconda", "Jackhammer", "Doggie Style", and "Human Centipede".
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Dungeon!
(1-8 Players/30 mins.)
In many ways Dungeon! is similar to Dungeons & Dragons, although much simplified and transformed into a board game. Players explore a dungeon that is divided into levels of increasing difficulty, fighting monsters for valuable treasure. As players venture deeper into the dungeon, the monsters become more difficult and the treasure more valuable. Several character classes each have slightly different fighting abilities - most notably the wizard, who can cast spells. Combat is simulated using dice; players roll the dice to attack a monster, and if unsuccessful, the dice are rolled to determine the effect of the monster's counter-attack.
The winner is the first player to bring a certain amount of treasure back to the Dungeon's entrance.
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Android Netrunner: Core Game
(1-5 Players/90-120 mins.)
Ages 12+
Android: Netrunner is an asymmetrical Living Card Game for two players. Set in the cyberpunk future of Android and Infiltration, the game pits a megacorporation and its massive resources against the subversive talents of lone runners.
Corporations seek to score agendas by advancing them. Doing so takes time and credits. To buy the time and earn the credits they need, they must secure their servers and data forts with "ice". These security programs come in different varieties, from simple barriers, to code gates and aggressive sentries. They serve as the corporation's virtual eyes, ears, and machine guns on the sprawling information superhighways of the network.
In turn, runners need to spend their time and credits acquiring a sufficient wealth of resources, purchasing the necessary hardware, and developing suitably powerful ice-breaker programs to hack past corporate security measures. Their jobs are always a little desperate, driven by tight timelines, and shrouded in mystery. When a runner jacks-in and starts a run at a corporate server, he risks having his best programs trashed or being caught by a trace program and left vulnerable to corporate countermeasures. It's not uncommon for an unprepared runner to fail to bypass a nasty sentry and suffer massive brain damage as a result. Even if a runner gets through a data fort's defenses, there's no telling what it holds. Sometimes, the runner finds something of value. Sometimes, the best he can do is work to trash whatever the corporation was developing.
The first player to seven points wins the game, but not likely before he suffers some brain damage or bad publicity.
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We received a bunch of great new LPs this week: soundtracks from Stranger Things, BeetleJuice, Hamilton, and Edward Scissorhands, plus albums by Sonic Youth, Colin Meloy, Circle Jerks, Miles Davis, Neutral Milk Hotel, Church, Black Joe Lewis, Conor Oberst, Radiohead, Beach Boys, Boston, Yusef Lateef, Yellowman, Desmond Dekker, Common, Captain Beefheart, Bob Marley, Don Cherry, Michael Jackson, Kanye West, etc...
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Comic Character Ipod Trivia
Congratulations to Mike Walsh for guessing last weeks trivia as Elmer J. Fudd (millionaire, he owns a mansion and a yacht.)
Crown by Jay-Z
Pep by Repeat
Burgers and Fries by Tommy Overstreet
"S" by Tesa
"I've always wondered how to play in the weekly trivia contest?
What are the rules?"
Our Ipod trivia is pretty simple. We'll pick a character from either comics, movies, television or video games and choose song titles that give a clue to the characters identity. The clues are always part of the song title so don't get hung up on the artists names. Email your guesses to [email protected] with the word trivia or newsletter in the subject. Players who answer correctly have their names placed in a hat and randomly picked for our $10 store credit prize. Credit expires within 30 days of the Newsletter release announcing the winner so head on down and collect it right away. Remember to ALWAYS include your FULL NAME and where you would like to pick up the prize (Worcester or Fitchburg) in your email. Further details are in the fine print below.
If you think you know the answer to the trivia question, send your guess via e-mail to [email protected]
, and you could win the prize! Please put your real name in your message so we know who you are and designate which store you will be spending the credit. Prizes must be claimed by the winner within 30 days of winning. Only one prize per person will be allowed per every 4 weeks. That's Entertainment will be the sole judge of the correct answer, even if more than one answer could be correct. Submit only one answer per e-mail please.
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Sonic Boom Metal Sonic action figure
Eggman beware, the Blue Blur has arrived! This hardy and highly-detailed 8" vinyl Sonic action figure features multiple points of action articulation and includes a hover-board accessory.
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Featuring the Star Laboratories logo from the Flash TV series. This dishwasher safe mug is perfect for a fine cup of any hot or cold beverage you like. But if you're like H.R from season 3, a hot mug of coffee would do just fine!
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Kotobukiya expands their lineup of Bishoujo statues based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics with the God of Thunder as you've never seen her before: Behold the mighty Thor! Based on a new character interpretation and illustration by master illustrator Shunya Yamashita! Stands 30 cm (nearly 12 inches) tall in 1/7 scale. Thor holds Mjolnir over her head, ready for battle. Display alone or alongside other Marvel Bishoujo statues from Kotobukiya like Loki
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History records many great pairings. Death and taxes. Peanut butter and chocolate. Cats and cheeseburgers. Now we've smashed up Munchkin with Smash Up! Smash Up is the game where each player smashes two weird factions together and tries to crush all the others. The factions in this set are Munchkin races and classes: Orcs, Warriors, Halflings, Clerics, Dwarves, Elves, Thieves, and Mages! All the factions have different powers, and every team-up is different. This set may be played by itself, but all the factions are fully compatible with your existing Smash Up sets. There are also two brand-new card types. Monsters lurk around the bases, and Treasures give you new rewards when you smash a base!.
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Tak the Beautiful Game
Taken from the pages of Patrick Roth fuss's bestselling series the king killer Chronicle and made reality by renowned designer James Ernest, take is a beautiful two-player abstract strategy game boasting an elegant new design that feels like a familiar classic. The goal is simple: make a road connecting two opposite sides of the board. On their turn, players may place a stone in an empty space, move a stone to an adjacent square, or spread stacks of pieces along the board. Whether players win or lose, take offers a beautiful and elegant experience to players both familiar and unfamiliar with the king killer Chronicle.
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Runequest RPG
This is the first RPG that started it all for Chaosium. It defined the d100 role-playing experience, with skills instead of levels, no experience points, no character classes, and having a game tied into a deep mythic background: Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha.
Steve Perrin and Ray Turney worked with Greg to produce a rule system like no other before it, where a single swing of a sword could decide a combat. Everyone can use magic, wear armor, use any skills, or wield any weapon, as each player decides.
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NEW RELEASE AND EMPLOYEE PICK
TRADES AND HARDCOVERS
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Zelda Twlight Princess Manga Vol. 1
Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!
Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards' power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light.
Link once trained in swordsmanship, hoping to protect the world of Hyrule. After a fateful meeting, he sought out the anonymity and peace of life in a small village. But danger and adventure always find heroes to set things right, and when the dark minions of the King of Shadows threaten his new home, Link answers the call!
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Wolverine Vs the Marvel Universe
Wolverine takes on all comers in a collection of his classic brawls with Marvel's finest! Sparks fly as Adamantium claws strike Captain America's shield! Wolverine and Daredevil battle over Bushwacker! Spider-Man's world is forever changed in an espionage thriller! Wolverine renews rivalries with a gray Hulk, has a nightmarish showdown with Venom, and tackles Avengers, New Warriors and more -but his mighty melee with Thor will be legendary! And, in an incredible tale, Logan faces the entire Marvel Universe when a deadly plague transforms everyone -human and superhuman -into savage, cannibalistic predators.
COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL 8, DAREDEVIL (1964) 249, SPIDER-MAN VS. WOLVERINE, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 340, WOLVERINE (1988) 134, WOLVERINE VS. THOR 1-3, MARVEL UNIVERSE VS. WOLVERINE 1-4, MATERIAL FROM MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) 117-122
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Archie Meets KISS HC
The COMPLETE, DELUXE edition of the entire ARCHIE MEETS KISS storyline, plus more bonus material than ever!
The biggest band in rock history invades Riverdale! When the Archies find their town overrun by monsters because of a spell gone wrong, can rock legends KISS save the day? Sabrina the Teenage Witch is also featured adding a magical touch to this epic crossover. Prepare for the craziest match up in Archie history since Archie Meets The Punisher! This collects all four parts of the storyline, reprints of the variant covers by Francesco Francavilla, and a foreword by Gene Simmons.
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We stock a wide selection of Record Players and Record Collecting supplies! 45 boxes, record sleeves, liners and cleaners! Everything a Vinyl Junkie could ask for!
Stop in and check out our new in stock box of LP's!
We have some great new titles in stock now like:
Beatles - Abby Road
John Lennon - Shaved Fish
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
Plus many more!
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Magic the Gathering Drafts every Wednesday starting at 6:00 pm
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Magic the Gathering FNM every Friday starting at 6:00 pm. Please visit our Facebook events pages for further details.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT FITCHBURG:
Sunday March 26th - Warhammer 40K Kill Team day
Never played Warhammer 40K? This is a great entry point requiring only small teams! Beginners welcome!
This event is free.
Saturday April 8th - Dicemasters Rainbow Draft
Entry Fee: $12 (plus tax)
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Format: Rainbow Draft - Using 12 packs per player. After drafting, players build teams with max of 8 cards and 20 dice.
Each player must bring 2 Basic Action Cards, Basic Action Dice, and 8 Sidekick dice.
Swiss rounds. Each round is best of three with a 50 minute time limit. Players take 5 more turns when time is called.
Prizes: We have some special cards on hand as prizes. TBD
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DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #8 (OF 9)
DC COMICS
(W) Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello (A) Andy Kubert & Various (CA) Andy Kubert
Baal's Kryptonian army has invaded Themyscira. Wonder Woman and the Amazons will show them why that was a deadly mistake.
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MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Alex Maleev
* Doom comes face-to-face with two of his most mortal enemies. Faces he never thought he would ever see again. This is a big turning point issue for Infamous Iron Man.
* His reputation is on the line. Can Victor keep on the redemptive path even in the face of total adversity?
* Will he even want to?
Rated T+
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MOONSHINE #6 CVR A RISSO (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Eduardo Risso
"MOONSHINE," Part Six-END OF STORY ARC! In the final chapter of the opening story arc, old scores are settled and much blood is shed as gangster Lou Pirlo finally comes face to face with the monstrous werewolf that's been hunting him for months!
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IMAGE COMICS
(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples
From the worldwide bestselling team of FIONA STAPLES and BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, "The War for Phang" is an epic, self-contained SAGA event! Finally reunited with her ever-expanding family, Hazel travels to a war-torn comet that Wreath and Landfall have been battling over for ages. New friendships are forged and others are lost forever in this action-packed volume about families, combat, and the refugee experience. Collects SAGA #37-42.
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DC COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Minkyu Jung (CA) Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund
When Dick, Wally, Donna and Garth awaken in an unfamiliar place, they find themselves face-to-face with their mentors: Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman! Allied together against a common foe, the mentors and protégés must race against the clock to unlock the secret of their current predicament and save the planet from an alien invasion!
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MARVEL COMICS
(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) Ken Lashley & Various (CA) Ardian Syaf
RESURRXION BEGINS HERE!
In the wake of their war with the Inhumans, the X-MEN are at a crossroads. Where do they go from here? Luckily, one beloved X-Men has the answer to that question: Xavier's dream comes full circle as KITTY PRYDE returns to the X-Men, ready to lead them in their mission to protect a world that hates and fears them. The next chapter of the X-Men's saga starts here!
Rated T+
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Click below to see a list of
next week's comic book releases.
Please note that we may not order every comic book on the list for our store shelf, but if there is a book you're interested in, please send in a special order request to Pete ([email protected]).
We also offer comic book subscriptions. Our service is free!
We will reserve the comics you want every week in a personalized mailbox at our store.
We only ask that you purchase your comics from your subscription box at least once a month.
Call a store associate for more details
508-755-4207
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That's Entertainment | 244 Park Ave. | Worcester, MA | 508-755-4207 | [email protected] |
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