Critical Gamers' July 2008 Gaming News Roundup

Another month of gaming down and five more to go. This month was pretty busy on the release front. The Settlers of Catan 4th Edition expanded with Catan: Traders & Barbarians, the new World of Warcraft Adventure Board Game was released, and the Merlin's Company Expansion finally ratcheted Shadows Over Camelot to eleven.

Meanwhile we're still ga-ga over the release of D&D 4th Edition last month. The first module was longer than we expected, which is good in many ways but we're lagging a bit behind on our progress through the second module Thunderspire Labyrinth. The third one is just around the corner, too -- the whole thing seems like more D&D content than we ever imagined, and if they keep on publishing top notch materials liek these, then D&D 4th edition should have some staying power in our group.

That's the bright side of the issue, now here's the dark: with the Closing of Gleemax, it seems as though Wizards of the Coast's digital department has fallen on hard times, and now the D&D Insider tools may be in jeopardy, too.

In other dark news we're still awaiting the release of Ticket to Ride Europe for Xbox Live Arcade, that was slated to ship on Wednesday. That's last Wednesday. Here's hoping it comes out sometime this month... though we probably shouldn't cross our fingers.

What We're Playing

• D&D 4th Edition, Keep on the Shadowfell, Thunderspire Labyrinth
• Ticket to Ride Xbox Live
• WoW TCG Hunt for Illidan
• WoW TCG Molten Core Raid Deck
• Texas Hold'em (yeah, you heard us).

Board Games

• Gleemax to Close Shop. Yikes.
• Axis and Allies Monster Anniversary Edition Details
• Shadows Over Camelot: Merlin's Company Expansion
• Ticket to Ride: Europe Comes to Xbox Live
• World of Warcraft The Adventure Board Game Hits Stores
• Game Table Online becomes Free Gaming Service
• Settlers of Catan: Traders & Barbarians Expansion
• Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries Coming This Fall
• Tribune - A Board Game of Roman Political Infighting
• Vikings Played Board Games in Death. No Seriously.

Card Games

• Game Table Online becomes Free Gaming Service

Collectable Card Games

• WoW TCG: A Brief Look Back on Two Years of Gaming

Gaming Culture

• Gleemax to Close Shop. Yikes.
• Vikings Played Board Games in Death. No Seriously.

Gaming News

• Gleemax to Close Shop. Yikes.
• Axis and Allies Monster Anniversary Edition Details
• Shadows Over Camelot: Merlin's Company Expansion
• Pandemic 2 - The Bug that Killed the World
• D&D 4th Edition Thunderspire Labyrinth Module #2 Hits Shelves
• World of Warcraft The Adventure Board Game Hits Stores
• WoW TCG: A Brief Look Back on Two Years of Gaming
• Settlers of Catan: Traders & Barbarians Expansion
• Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries Coming This Fall
• Tribune - A Board Game of Roman Political Infighting
• Vikings Played Board Games in Death. No Seriously.

Party Games

• Scene It? Box Office Smash! Announced

RPGs

• Gleemax to Close Shop. Yikes.
• D&D 4th Edition Thunderspire Labyrinth Module #2 Hits Shelves

Variants

• Ticket to Ride: Europe Comes to Xbox Live
• Scene It? Box Office Smash! Announced
• Game Table Online becomes Free Gaming Service

World of Warcraft TCG

• WoW TCG: A Brief Look Back on Two Years of Gaming

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