Out of the Box Publishing Announces Three Fast Play Card Games—Review Copies Now Available Dodgeville, Wisconsin — Out of the Box Publishing launched the three newest additions to their extremely popular fast-play card game line late last year. Initial demand by retailers and consumers alike was so high that the company sold out immediately. Review copies are now available to members of the press. Super Circles™, 7 Ate 9™ and Run Wild™ test players eye-hand coordination at lightning speeds. A full game can completed in less than two minutes. “We love these fast play games, because they allow a child and parent to connect on a fun and educational level in just two minutes. That is something every family can find time for,” says Al Waller, President of Out of the Box Publishing. All three games come with a handy travel tin. SUPER CIRCLES™ The Radical Ring Race! 4…3…2…1…Blast off! Players race to play all their cards by matching colored rings on the previously played [...]

Yeesh. After a few months of major illness, a new system, no email and lousy timing, we're FINALLY getting back in order. Teribly sorry about reality getting in the way of your gaming pleasure. First, we're hunting spam out of the forums. Shhhhh.... We're hunting SPAMMERS. Secondly, March to Oblivion is in the works so stay tuned for more details. Finally, COMUNICON is coming up on Jan 30-31 at UNB, but at the SUB this year. Again More details and sponsor advertisements to come. Welcome back all

Damp, Dank Ruins Await . . . Just a note to update you on books that have been arriving at a steady pace during the past few weeks. More are at the printers! SHIPPING! THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO a brave human hero named Sir Tolwar was slain while leading an epic charge during the height of the Troll Wars. The body of the knight was never found but, because of his bravery, the tide of the war turned and Sir Tolwar became revered as a Saint. A brotherhood was formed that honored the knight, and they erected a shrine on the very site of the battlefield where Sir Tolwar was slain. They called themselves the Brotherhood of the Lance in reference to the weapon Sir Tolwar wielded on that fateful day — a golden spear called Kerok, the Trollslayer. IN SEARCH OF THE TROLLSLAYER is a classic roleplaying adventure depicting the quest for the recovery of that ancient spear. Also available as the TROLLSLAYER PDF [...]

Saint John Theatre Company presents The Taming of the Shrew in an irreverent parking-lot production It’s Shakespeare like you’ve never seen him. Unless you’ve seen him performed in a parking lot with a beer in your hand. Saint John Theatre Company is turning a classic on its head this summer with Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot), a boisterous and cheeky presentation of The Taming of the Shrew in the company’s Horsfield Street lot. In place of proscenium seating, there will be a tent, chairs, and cash bar. In place of elaborate staging and costumes you get knockdown drag-out fight sequences, dance numbers, and non-stop comedy. It’s Shakespeare for non-Shakespeare people, all under the summer sun this August. The outdoor project was born out of the theatre company’s recent renovation of their historical building on 112 Princess Street. Executive Director Stephen Tobias describes the concept as almost a no-brainer. “The idea really originated with the development of our loading dock area in the new production facility,” [...]

Leah Osterhaus Out of the Box Publishing, Inc. 262.642.5019 Leah@otb-games.com For Immediate Release July 28, 2009 Discussion and Distraction Equals Fun! – That’s Out of the Box’s Newest Game Word on the Street™! Dodgeville, Wisconsin – Forget the slow and serious word game . . . Out of the Box Publishing’s new game, Word on the Street, breaks all the rules for a fast-paced, dynamic new challenge. Word on the Street is an exciting “tug of words” between two teams. On each turn, one team flips over a category card. Then, before the time runs out, the team members must agree on a word that fits into that category and pull each letter of that word one lane closer to their side of the street. Laughter erupts as the opposing team tries to distract and confuse the team deciding on a word. If they don’t get all of their letters off the street, the other team might pull them back. The first team to pull [...]

Telegraph Journal Published Monday July 20th, 2009 Jane Barry For a community the size of Saint John to have a charitable organization specifically dedicated to unfolding the wonderful world of Shakespeare to us is a remarkable accomplishment. The Shakespeare Society of Saint John was founded in 2004 and registered as a charitable society in 2005 as a supporter of the Saint John Shakespeare Festival. Since 2002, the society has presented the classics: As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part One, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Tempest and All's Well That Ends Well to appreciative local audiences. Peter Walsh/Telegraph-Journal Sandra Bell, left, heads the board of directors of the Shakespeare Society of Saint John and Elizabeth Chase is the artistic director of the Saint John Shakespeare Festival. The groups partner to enrich Saint Johners’ appreciation one of the world's greatest playwrights. Dr. Sandra Bell, a professor of Renaissance literature at UNB Saint John, volunteers as the group's president. She says the society's mandate [...]

Just a quick line to confirm that we are doing a movie night at Cinema 10 in Saint John on McAllister Drive. We're set to show The Princess Bride at 11:30 PM, Saturday, September 5th. THERE WILL BE DOOR PRIZES!!! We'll be handing out propaganda for IR 8 - From Crazy 8s to Nuclear Devastation (and all points in between).  For goodness sake, read the material!  A number of these documents will be specially marked and the person who gets a marked document wins a prize.  Can it be any easier than that?  (Gosh I hope not!) Prizes include (from Spicer Smith & Cole) a men's and a lady's watch by Bulova  (for some reason I thought I picked up a lady's Citizen... senility is setting in I guess).  Anyway, you know Bulova doesn't come out a gumball machine.  We're also securing gift cards from Blockbuster videos, Empire Theatres and a personal favorite of mine, Mad City Comics on Charlotte Street for those last minute [...]

Philippe Landry Acadie Nouvelle It looks as though the lifespan of the PlayStation 2 (PS2) is coming to an end.  There are fewer games for this system.  Less than a half-dozen gems are released each month.  And most of them are launched on other platforms simultaneously. Even if Secret Agent Clank is one of those rare games meant exclusively for the PS2, it’s disappointing to see that even Sony doesn’t seem interested making an effort by launching, in my opinion, a game that should never have seen the light of day. In fact, Secret Agent Clank isn’t really exclusive to the PS2.  It’s actually a game that had appeared on the PSP  over a year ago, but which now sees its life extended by being launched on the PS2.  Given that I’ve already played the edition that appeared on the PSP, I quickly noted the differences between the two versions. Firstly, the edition for the PS2 isn’t different from the PSP edition.  The story is [...]

By Philippe Landry, reporter Acadie Nouvelle, June 6 2009 Thank you Metallica!  With the participation of this legendary group, the Guitar Hero series goes full out and reassures us that it can still surprise us, this in spite having lost ground to its competition, Rock Band.  Having also lost some of its luster thanks to some weaker showings (GH: Aerosmith), I think it’s clear that Guitar Hero isn’t ready to hang it up. The formula for this edition doesn’t stray far from the others of this series but the presence of a giant in the rock industry like Metallica permits the series to take flight once again, and millions of Metallica and metal fans have welcomed this edition with open arms. GH: Metallica lets players use all the instruments offered with GH: World Tour.  It’s therefore possible to pick your favorite band member while other players look after the rest.  It is still possible, however, to play a solo with one instrument at a time. [...]

A Gaggle of Licensees! The past week has seen an influx of numerous licensee releases, both near and far. From Keith Herber and Kevin Ross, the guys at Miskatonic River Press, we just received their first book NEW TALES OF THE MISKATONIC VALLEY, a collection of six Lovecraft Country adventures. Toward the end of last year Editions Sans-Détour, our new French publisher, came online and Call of Cthulhu is once again available in that language. Sometime ago we offered their core CALL OF CTHULHU rulesbook. Now we have the French-language KEEPER'S SCREEN and first supplement SECRETS OF NEW YORK. Our good buddies at Q-Workshop surprised us with some new sanity-stealing CALL OF CTHULHU DICE. We received physical copies of our recent monograph additions: MYSTERIES OF SUDAN by Jason Williams and MYSTIC ALLIANCES by Kamal Lombardi. Finally, long-time licensee Pagan Publishing has released their long-awaited Call of Cthulhu supplement MYSTERIES OF MESOAMERICA. This is a large campaign delving into the secrets of central America. Thanks for [...]