The good folks over at RPGshop.com, puveryors of RPGs, board games, card games and a fine selection of unusual dice arecurrently running a promotion that could net you a free copy of a minion games product. Simply type in this website (i.e The Fortress) name or URL in the checkout shipping instructions to be entered in their weekly giveaway.

Because they love the Fortress, they're also willing to give away a free copy of a minion games title to whoever wins this straightforward contest. To enter, all you have to do is make sure you're a registered user here at the fort and comment below this here article, letting us know what game you'd like if you win. If you've got a custom avatar, we'll count that as two entries. The choices are:

Five Fingered Severance

Grave Business

Those Pesky Humans

NITRO DICE

NILE deLuxor

Sturgeon

The lucky winner will be picked at random next Monday 8th of May.

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The Cold War. A dangerous time for the world. A dangerous time to be a spy… but that is exactly what being a spy is all about. As the shadowy clouds of intrigue and subterfuge settle across the globe you have been called upon by your country to obtain the Top Secret information that will ensure your country’s safety and supremacy. But not all is as it seems; your spies are difficult to control on a global scale, and even worse, there’s a Double Agent in your midst who threatens the entire mission!

Can you achieve your goals at the expense of your opponent, or will the entire operation collapse in a sea of Confusion?

ConnCon,  is a RPG and boardgame convention held in Stamford CT, March 18-20, 2011.

Their website ConnCon.com is now on line with current information, however pre-registration is not yet open. Weekend and daily badges will be available. The as yet unconfirmed price for a three day badge is $45.

We have received the following schedule from Mark Casiglio

Coraline: Beware the Other Mother is a cooperative card game for 1-4 players, based on the beloved stop motion animated film from director Henry Selick, best-selling author Neil Gaiman, and acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. It tells the haunting tale of a young girl's journey to an alternate version of her life, and her heroic return to reality. Now, you can bring this iconic story to your tabletop!

In the far reaches of space, the aliens of the cosmos vie for control of the universe. Alliances are constantly forged and broken in the pursuit of power as starships journey from planet to planet, ready to build colonies and battle foreign powers. Only one species can win dominance and ensure the survival of their people as they spread throughout the stars. Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Cosmic Encounter 42nd Anniversary Edition!

Cowboy Bebop – Deck-Building is a competitive deck-building game with 2 to 4 players in which you play one of the 4 members of the famous Bebop crew

Cryptozoic Entertainment has announced the titles and approximate release dates for two Hobbit board games, two Hobbit card games and one Lord of the Rings card game. All are based on the movies.

Following a hugely successful appearance at WonderCon, one of the largest pop culture conventions in the country, Cryptozoic Entertainment™, the premier developer of original and licensed games, and Capcom U.S.A., Inc. today announced a new partnership to create a boxed card game based on several major Capcom®properties, including Street Fighter®, Final Fight®, Rival Schools®and Darkstalkers®. Each brand will be featured in the upcoming deck-building game, combing the action of all four and offering nearly unlimited gaming excitement.

Cryptozoic Entertainment™, the premier developer of original and licensed games and Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), publishers of the award winning Legend of the Five Rings, today announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership to release new editions of AEG’s worldwide sensation, Love Letter. Leveraging their established relationships, Cryptozoic announced that the first editions to be released will be Adventure Time, DC Comics and The Hobbit.

In Crystal Palace, each player represents a nation during the first World's Fair of 1851 in London. To make sure that your country attracts everyone's attention, you are going to showcase spectacular inventions and recruit the brightest, most influential minds of your time!

Catlovers … stand free to worship aristocratic independence, self-respect, and individual personality joined to extreme grace and beauty as typified by the cool, lithe, cynical, and unconquered lord of the housetops.

~ H. P. Lovecraft

A silly game of insults for creative people.

On an uninhabited island in uncharted seas, explorers have found traces of a great civilization. Now you will lead an expedition to explore the island, find lost artifacts, and face fearsome guardians, all in a quest to learn the island's secrets.

Dark Darker Darkest is hitting kickstarter, under the flag of Queen Games.

Monster figures wreak havoc on Ticket to Ride cities around the world....

Los Altos, CA; Paris, France – January 4, 2011

Today, Days of Wonder announced Alvin & Dexter – A Ticket to Ride Monster Expansion that can be played on all Ticket to Ride maps. The two finely detailed monster figures of Alvin & Dexter turn any location they occupy into a City in Chaos – blocking routes from being built into or out of the city; and at game's end making any DestinationTicket to a city inhabited by either of them worth only half its normal point value.

Batman has discovered a Dark Multiverse and unleashed evil versions of himself upon our world!

Think of a secret word that is hard to crack, or be the first to find the secret word of others!

Osprey continue their run of potentially engaging titles with a new spin on World War 2 and the deck-building genre, slated for release this summer. The full press release is below - we obviously marketing spin so treat accordingly.

Democracy under Siege, a strategy game designed by Calvinus Games in 2010-2016, is now published by 4Dados (Spain) and is available in pre-order for Essen as announced here: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1599652/4dados-preorder-democracy-under-siege