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4 GAME TRADE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2006
COVER STORY
Bloodletting! The Brujah, Malkavian, Tremere, and Tzimisceraise the competitive stakes in the Sabbat sect for WhiteWolf’s Vampire: The Eternal Struggle 3rd Edition! 09
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Retailers: For wholesale inquiries, please contact Michael Webbat (410) 602-8000, or email [email protected]
T a b l e o fCONTENTS
PREVIEWS
GIVEAWAYPtolus Prize Pack!80
INTERVIEWV:TES Lead Designer L. Scott Johnson
by Robert Goudie11
REVIEWSOut of the Darkness CD from Midnight
Syndicate; and Rinngz from Blue Orange Games reviewed by Marc Shayed77
PERSPECTIVESConventional Wisdom
by Todd A. Kaylor79
PRE-ORDER SECTIONSGAMES
ANIME
BAZAAR
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The Tree of Swords Chapter 1: Coin-Claiming Time
Castlemourn Fiction by Ed Greenwood
ORIGINAL FICTION
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UFS SlugFestFisticuffs! Fighters from around the nation duke it out at Origins and
Sabertooth Games’ Universal Fighting System championship tournament!by Sabertooth Games
Marvel Heroes Board GameExcelsior! Fantasy Flight Games brings the super-powered, comic book world of
the Marvel Universe to the board game arena with Marvel Heroes!by Fantasy Flight Games
Why Do I Play Dark Millennium?Join the ranks of the Warhammer 40K elite with
Sabertooth Games’ Dark Millennium CCG!by Fred Ehrhart
Empire BuilderTrainspotting! Blaze an enterprising rail trail to the future in Empire Builders.
by David Landes
GameMastery: Campaign WorkbookTake Note! Paizo Publishing’s Campaign Workbook
is the perfect portable player companion. by Joshua J. Frost
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Let there be WAAAGH! Green Ronin brings Games Workshop’s gothic and Chaos-fraught dark future to the roleplaying platform with Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay!
by Black Industries
Dreamblade: Baxar’s War ExpansionDreamweavers! What nightmares may come from Baxar’s War, the latest
expansion to Wizards of the Coast’s Dreamblade CMG!by John Siadek
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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle3rd Edition Overview
By Oscar Garza
FEATURESD&D Icons
Dungeons & Dragons Assistant Brand Manager Linae Foster givesthe skinny on Wizards of the Coast’s mammoth D&D Icons line.
by GTM Staff
Pieces of Eight: Pirate Battles on the High Seas
Avast, me hearties! Adventure and glory await in Pieces of Eight,the rousing combat game of rival buccaneers on the high seas.
by Michelle Nephew & Jeff Tidball
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Conflict. Whether resorted to contest sovereigntyand dominion, or to resolve differences, or defineprinciple and conviction, or to make a stand for thegreater good, conflict is a crucial recourse.Fortunately, not all forms of conflict are waged on awar-torn, embattled front — in fact, many areengaged in an arena limited only by the scope ofour imagination, where the spirit of competitionsupersedes, and in that perspective, Game TradeMagazine excels.
For example, in this month’s cover story, GTMexamines the bad blood stirred among the Kindred inan overview of White Wolf’s Vampire: The EternalStruggle 3rd Edition, complemented by an insightful interviewwith V:TES Lead Designer L. Scott Johnson. Not to be outdone,GTM keeps your competitive edge honed with articles focusing onAtlas Games’ Pieces of Eight, the Baxar’s War expansion for Wizardsof the Coast’s Dreamblade CMG, Fantasy Flight Games’ Marvel Heroes BoardGame, and the upcoming Green Ronin and Games Workshop epic, collaborative undertaking —Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay!
Additionally, we’re elated to welcome best-selling author and ORIGINS and Gamer’s Choiceaward-winning creator Ed Greenwood to the pages of GTM with the first, original, action-packedchapter of a four-part Castlemourn chronicle entitled “The Tree of Swords!”
So, the stage is set! En garde!… and enjoy!
PUBLISHERAlliance Game
DistributorsEDITOR/ DIRECTOR
OF ADVERTISING Phyllis Opolko
MANAGING EDITOR/ ADVERTISING MANAGER
Andrew SmithART DIRECTOR
Matt BarhamPRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Andrew RaymanCOPYWRITER
Todd A. KaylorADVERTISING ACCOUNT REPS
Phyllis Opolko, Andrew Smith
Submissions should be sent to Andrew Smith
All Submissions become the property of
Game Trade Magazine, unless areturn request is in writing,including a self addressed
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All titles and artwork are trademarked and copyrighted of their respective owners
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE1966 Greenspring Dr., Suite 300 Timonium, MD 21093 Phone 410.560.7100Fax [email protected]
Call for advertising Info: 410.560.7100
© 2006 Alliance Game Distributors and respective copyright holders. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of Alliance Game DistributorsAll rights reserved.
Printed in Canada.
FOREword
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