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SUMMER 2005 TRADE NEWS FROM STEVE JACKSON GAMES Super Munchkin e23: Electronic Game GURPS Fourth Edition Flies into Stores! Support for this Century Status Report Munchkin has parodied the Since its launch in January What can you expect from the classic dungeon, the kung-fu warrior, 2005, e23 has steadily built GURPS line in the third and fourth the space epic, and the creatures of a solid foundation of quarters of 2005? Read on . the night. Now it’s the superheroes’ high quality digital GURPS Banestorm is the Fourth turn! gaming products. With • Edition update of the world of Yrth. over 350 items from 15 The timeline has been expanded and publishers, e23 covers the spectrum updated, bringing long out-of-print from GURPS Fourth Edition support material (including free material such as and new GURPS Lite and the GURPS Magic characters Spell Charts) to d20 adventures and to fans of GM aides from such best sellers as this classic Ronin Arts and Goodman Games. world. Find long out-of-print GURPS books like China and Swashbucklers, and Be a Mutant, brand-new supplements like GURPS an Exotic, a Mysteries, written by Lisa J. Steele. Mystic, or a Surf on by e23.sjgames.com and • GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Techno. The higher check out our free samples. There is Wars explores a new milieu of your Level, the more Powers you never a minimum order, never an Traveller mythology – the Interstellar can have. From the low-ranked ones annoying copy protection scheme, Wars between the fledgling Terran like Psychic Blast and Beer Belch, to and always free updates! Confederation and the ancient Vilani empire. the abusive ones like Radioactive More Munchkin Shirts! Aura and Eye Beams, these Powers GURPS Space updates the After the success of the Munchkin • grant your character a jumbo-sized classic sourcebook of all things non- “Lovely Loot” Shirt last March, we boost – and they’ll need it! You’ll terrestrial. This is the ultimate tool kit decided to expand your wardrobe battle Generic Guy and The Fandom for Game Masters looking to build further! Now available is the Menace, as well as The Punster and realistic planets, star systems, or Super Munchkin “Momentous Triplicate Twit – and TAKE THEIR galactic empires . as well as those Unmasking” Shirt, featuring the art STUFF! With the Telezapinator, the just looking for inspiration for their of Super Munchkin! Also available Alien Wheep Gun, and the Ring of next “alien of the week.” Beaminess, no foe can stand before this holiday season will be the you! Munchkin Christmas Shirt. Both • GURPS Powers is possibly the Super Munchkin is a stand-alone grant the standard bonus of drawing most requested book since the launch game, completely compatible with extra cards, but each have their own of Fourth Edition. Written by Sean the entire Munchkin line, and is special powers! The “Momentous Punch and Phil Masters, Powers now available. Unmasking” shirt allows you to covers abilities that go far beyond escape a trap, and the Christmas mere mortals – superhumans, Shirt makes giving gifts worthwhile! earth-shattering psychics, even gods! STEVE JACKSON GAMES TM Star Munchkin Munchkins in space! Mutants, Androids, and Cat People try to avoid sci-fi death at the hands of Fanged Fuzzballs, Bionic Bimbos, and the fear- Munchkin some Brain In A Jar. Illustrated Go down in the dungeon. by John Kovalic. #1411, $24.95. Kill everything you meet. Backstab your friends and steal Star Munchkin 2 – their stuff. Grab the treasure The Clown Wars and run. Admit it. You love it. This award-winning card game, The Munchkins take to the stars – again! Star designed by Steve Jackson and Munchkin 2 brings the epic saga of The Clown Wars to illustrated by John Kovalic, life, except with better acting. #1418, $16.95. captures the essence of the dungeon experience . with Munchkin Blender none of that stupid roleplaying Munchkin Blender cards will enhance the anything- stuff. Munchkin is a gaming goes games where every deck is in play and no combo is phenomenon, a monster hit for the past four years, with no too strange. Why be a Super Munchkin when you can be signs of a let-up. #1408, $24.95. an Ultra Munchkin? #1424, $16.95. Munchkin 2 – Unnatural Axe Munchkin Bites! 112 more cards for the hit Munchkin . designed by It’s the World of Dorkness! Bring Steve Jackson, illustrated by John Kovalic. #1410, along your Coffin (+3!) and wield $16.95. The Sword of Beheading People Just Like In That Movie. Face the Banshee Munchkin 3 – Clerical Errors and the dreaded Were-Muskrat. #1419, $24.95. The third set of Munchkin cards adds Gnomes, Bards, and new foes like the Tequila Mockingbird. Illustrated by NEW! Munchkin Dice John Kovalic, of course. #1416, $16.95. Six pretty, jumbo ten-siders for tracking your level. Munchkin Fu One evil random-results table. 14 brand-new, never- before-seen Munchkin cards to add to any set. Add ’em The Munchkins are back, but up, and it’s just plain wrong – and you must have them! this time it’s chop-socky Hong #1442, $14.95. Kong action. It’s Samurai, Ninja, Yakuza, and Monks NEW! Super Munchkin against mooks, demons, and tons of poorly-dubbed bad Fly through the city. Smash the guys. Illustrated by Greg villains. Backstab your team- Hyland. #1412, $24.95. mates and grab their gadgets. Battle dastardly masterminds, devastating monsters, and invading aliens from the next Munchkin Fu 2 – Monky Business dimension – and TAKE THEIR STUFF! Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the dojo Illustrated by John Kovalic . here come more mooks, more mayhem, more monsters, and designed by Steve Jackson, more munchkins, more monks – especially more monks – this one is destined to be a in Munchkin Fu 2 – Monky Business. #1441, $16.95. blockbuster. #1440, $24.95. 2 NEW! Munchkin “Lovely Loot” Shirt NEW! Super Munchkin Wear your inner Munchkin on your sleeve, and on your “Momentous Unmasking” Shirt chest! The Munchkin “Lovely Loot” shirt is a high-quality Our previous Munchkin shirt was such a hit, we had to T-shirt bearing 4-color John Kovalic art, warning your do it again! fellow players of your true nature. Featuring the classic Wearing the Super Munchkin “Momentous Munchkin and the Unnatural Axe-wielding Munchkin Unmasking” shirt gives two in-play special abilities . Babe, this shirt has powers – wearing it* entitles you to the kind of abusive rules-tweaking that Munchkin players additional Treasure!** And, if you’re lucky enough to have love. Hide the shirt beneath it autographed by either John Kovalic or Steve Jackson, the another to escape from a bonus increases. Get them both to autograph it, and the Trap, or wear it openly bonus increases even more! to draw more cards! Available in a wide The full rules come range of sizes. #9137, with the shirt, $19.95. packaged so they can be read before it’s * On your torso. On the out- opened. And there’s an side. Right side out. extra bonus if the shirt’s ** For Munchkin games owner gets it autographed only. (It would be very by Steve Jackson or John munchkiny to try in other Kovalic! #9138, $21.95. games, though.) Coming Soon! Munchkin Bites 2 – Coming Soon! Munchkin Christmas Shirt Pants Macabre O Munchkin Shirt, O Munchkin Shirt, Munchkin is about beating How lovely are your powers! up monsters, taking their O Munchkin Shirt, O Munchkin Shirt, stuff, and sequels. Munchkin How lovely are your powers! Bites! is no different. Thus You get more cards in starting hand; were born . the Pants For giving gifts, bonuses grand. Macabre. O Munchkin Shirt, O Munchkin Shirt, Can you face the sonic How lovely are your powers. stylings of Ten Inch Tacks, (With apologies to carolers everywhere) and the chilling waddle of the Were-Penguin? Will you be This high-quality, full-color bludgeoned by Bad Fiction? shirt combines the classic And do you dare play the Munchkin with the new Race . the Mummy? icon of gift-giving: In addition to the always the Christmas tree! awesome art from John Kovalic, we have two guest Wearers of the shirt artists: Pete Abrams of Sluggy Freelance and Maritza can give an item away Campos of College Roommates from Hell. The jokes can for its bonus, even if they be blamed on Steve Jackson. couldn’t normally benefit It’s got 110 dark and evil new cards, plus two blanks to from it. create your own. This supplement is completely ’Tis the season . compatible with the original Munchkin and all its for Munchkin-ing! #9139, supplements and spinoffs. #1443, $16.95. $21.95. 3 Ninja Burger 2 – Sumo-Size Me! GURPS Character Assistant Be a ninja! Deliver fast GURPS Fourth Edition lets food! What’s not to like? roleplayers create any character And here are 72 more cards, they can imagine, from any time illustrated by Greg Hyland, or place. They can be customized to sumo-size your Ninja with hundreds of advantages, Burger adventures. disadvantages, and skills. It can More missions, delivering get a little complicated. everywhere from the top of Introducing GURPS Character the Empire State Building Assistant, created by Armin (and who might be placing Sykes! This new CD-ROM from THAT order?) to Hades! Steve Jackson Games has every More ninja! And more character creation rule from the Fourth Edition GURPS Fortune cards, including Basic Set. You can create any character, and print it out on new types: Goals, New an official Fourth Edition character sheet. GURPS Menu Items, and “enhancers” for your Character Assistant will also let you save and share Ninja Stuff! It’s not enough just to have a katana character files with other players.
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