August 2010 Notable Toys — All

Innsmouth Horror introduces several new game concepts to the Arkham Horror board game, including personal stories unique to each investigator as well as the Innsmouth Look. Innsmouth Horror also adds 16 new investigators, eight new Ancient Ones, two new Heralds, Epic Battle cards for the new Ancient Ones, over 30 new monster markers, plenty of new encounters, and an expansion board featuring the town of Innsmouth. Overall, this expansion adds over 300 new cards to the base game. Innsmouth Horror requires a copy of Arkham Horror to play. GAME CONTENTS: 1 Rulebook, 1 Game Board, 16 Investigators 8 Ancient Ones, 2 Heralds, 272 Cards ,49 Tokens. Playing time is two to four hours for this one- to eight-player game.

Return once more to H.P. Lovecraft's vision of New England, this time to explore the dream-haunted shores of misty Kingsport, a city where the dimensional barriers are at their thinnest. This place also has powerful guardians, so perhaps the investigators will find someone or something willing to help them in their battle against the Ancient One. This expansion adds a new game board and over 300 new cards to add to the Arkham Horror game.

A dangerous cult has risen in Arkham. Meeting in secret, these heretics and madmen consort with dark powers and offer up sacrifices to the Ancient One, while hordes of vicious monsters descend on the the town. It’s up to a small band of investigators to infiltrate the cult and learn from these dark rituals, yet even the most pure-hearted may find himself corrupted in the process. Will their efforts be enough to stop the Ancient One from awakening, or will the investigators succumb, one by one, to the blasphemous seduction of its Herald, the Black Goat of the Woods? The Black Goat of the Woods is an expansion for the Arkham Horror board game. This small box expansion adds new cards, investigators and cards to enhance the Arkham Horror Game.

A new play is coming to Miskatonic University, and anyone who's anyone will be there for the opening performance. However, there's something sinister about this play, and the people who see it come back a little ... different. As if the investigators didn't have enough to worry about before, now they must deal with the mind-warping effects of the King in Yellow, a play that tells a tale of madness and horror, opening a door for the Tattered King to enter through. This expansion pack features over 160 new cards.

The supernatural disturbances that plague Arkham, Mass., are not limited to that unfortunate place. The town of Dunwich is only a short train ride from Arkham, and if anything it is a darker, more frightening place, with its own secrets and its own perils. It looks like the investigators are going to have to protect two towns now instead of just one; if they ignore the dark forces that are stirring in Dunwich, they'll have to face the wrath of the Dunwich Horror. Dunwich Horror is an expansion to Arkham Horror, complete with an extra board and the entire town of Dunwich, accessible via train from Arkham. There are plenty of new rules and new components, usable either with or without the Dunwich board addition. This pack includes over 20 new monster tokens, dozens of new items and skills and new encounters, totalling over 300 new cards in all. Arkham Horror is a cooperative game for one to eight players.

It seems harmless enough. Just a room full of dusty old antiquities, dug up from some old tomb in Egypt. Miskatonic U's faculty are all a tizzy, of course, but why did Professor Armitage go all pasty-white when he saw the Pharaoh's sarcophagus? The weirdness didn't start until the next night ... Curse of the Dark Pharaoh is the first expansion for Arkham Horror. Focusing on the thematic game play, art and strange tales of the original game, this expansion includes 166 new cards in all.

Arkham Horror was originally published by Chaosium, Inc. in 1987. This updated edition features new artwork and graphical design (including a new gameboard, counters, cards, and playing pieces) as well as revised and expanded rules from the game's original creator, Richard Launius. Players select from 16 unique playable investigator characters, each with unique abilities, and square off against the diabolical servants of eight Ancient Ones. Arkham Horror is a cooperative game for one to eight players and can be played in two to three hours.

Compiled by distinguished conflict historian Dana Lombardy (Streets of Stralingrad), the Tide of Iron: Designer Series is a hardcover collection of 20 scenarios crafted by today's most famous wargame designers. Using the mechanics of the Tide of Iron base game, these design masters have crafted the first volume in one of the most exciting collections of wargaming history. A copy of Tide of Iron is required to play. Rick Nauertz, sales associate for Fantasy Flight Games, told TDmonthly, "The Tide of Iron: Designer Series is an incredible addition to the Tide of Iron base game, offering a whole new level of depth and historical context for players to enjoy." Features: Scenarios vary from short, fast-play skirmishes to massive tactical battles. Historical backgrounds and anecdotes for each scenario written by the scenario designer. Several scenarios incorporate the North Africa Days of the Fox Expansion. One epic scenario which requires two copies of Tide of Iron for a massive, multiplayer experience.

Across the Mediterranean lie the deserts and mountains of North Africa where soldiers of the British and German armies fight the greatest war in human history. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads a brilliant offensive against Commonwealth forces, far exceeding his orders and earning himself the nickname "The Desert Fox." This first expansion for Tide of Iron features the introduction of the British army and the North African campaigns, including new terrain tiles, new rules, new units and new scenarios.

June 6th, 1944 marked a red-letter date in the Second World War. Better known as D-Day, the 6th marked the beginning of Operation Overlord, the Allied battle plan coordinating a major offensive against German forces at Normandy, France. Here, on the beaches of Normandy, the Allies would either gain the foothold they needed to bring down the German war machine, or suffer a devastating defeat. "The Normandy Campaign Expansion expands the Tide of Iron base game by allowing players to recreate Allied beach landings against fortified German defenses. Players can also push past the beaches into the bocage, where soldiers fight in the dense hedgerows of the countryside," Rick Nauertz, sales associate for Fantasy Flight Games, told TDmonthly.

This TIDE OF IRON base game focuses on the American and German armies in Northern Europe in the years 1944 and 1945. Each game is played as a single scenario, either chosen from the included scenario guide or created by the players themselves, over a map constructed from modular, double-sided game boards and terrain overlays. The game play is designed to be fast-paced, smooth and surprisingly deep, as players must take and hold vital objectives on the game board and decide how best to use each and every unit under their command. It includes 12 hard mounted modular game boards, More than 100 U.S. and German plastic infantry units and squad bases, dozens of AFV such as the Panzer IV, Tiger and Sherman tanks, dozens of German and U.S vehicles such as M3A1 Half-Tracks, GMC CCKW 353 Transport Trucks and Opel Blitz Trucks, more than 100 Operation and Strategy Cards, and hundreds of tokens, dice and other components. Rick Nauertz, sales associate for Fantasy Flight Games told TDmonthly, "Tide of Iron is the definitive board game of WWII squad-level combat. With streamlined, scenario-driven gameplay and an attention to historic detail, Tide of Iron is sure to delight every fan of tactical, historical wargaming." 

Prepacked by the dozen, each peace sign pendant hangs on an adjustable black satin cord. Each pendant is multicolored which makes for a bright and fun piece of jewelry.

This Woven Silver Beaded Bracelet Display comes with 96 bracelets in an assortment of green, pink, light blue, dark blue, purple, and black bracelets with silver beads on them. Each bracelet is individually tagged with a UPC barcode (022902764347), for quick and easy display.

Fun, tie-dye fimo adjustable sliders.  Each dozen comes pre-packed in an assortment of hot, bright colors - light blue, dark blue, black, pink, yellow, and green bracelets.

Each butterfly pendant hangs on an adjustable rainbow colored satin cord. Available in a variety of different color butterfly pendants (purple, pink, yellow, and green) and rainbow cords, and watch as two UV beads change colors in the sun.

The dark and mysterious Professor Snape is replicated in this action figure. The figure comes dressed in Snape's outfit from the "Harry Potter" films and comes with a background featuring images from the movies.

This boxed set features a 7" Harry figure in battle with Lord Voldemort.

The cunning and aristocratic Death Eater, Lucius Malfoy, is replicated in this action figure. The figure features a wand, cane and display base.

These sporty wooden toy cars feature streamlined shapes and realistic brightly colored "windows" and "tires."

This sporty wooden toy car features a streamlined shape and realistic green "windows" and "tires."

This sporty wooden toy car features a streamlined shape and realistic bubblegum-pink "windows" and "tires."

This super-soft oversize plush is 12" tall and even wider than that for extra huggability.

This super-soft plush measures 8" tall and is even wider than that for extra huggability.

Girls can dress up any Groovy Girl doll in the Daydream Doctor outfit for imaginative pretend play. The outfit comes with a artist apron, paint pallet, brush and hip pink purse. Dolls are sold separately.