Aqua Romana

NOTE: This game is currently out of stock at our distributors, which means we don’t have copies in our stores and we can’t order it.

Aqua Romana is a German-style board game for two to four players. Players assume the role of experienced architects and use workers and master builders to build aqueducts that supply water to towns and cities during the age of the Roman Empire. The winner of the game is the architect that has accumulated the most points by building the longest aqueducts.

Players begin with a reservoir, a source for the water that will be carried in the aqueducts they build. A worker is placed on each exit of the reservoir. As an aqueduct is extended from this exit, the worker will move along the aqueduct’s length. Once an aqueduct is finished (described as “closed” in the game instructions), points are scored for the length of the aqueduct and the worker is removed from the game. This means each player has a limited number of workers, and thus the number of aqueducts they can build is also limited. (more…)

Recommended Picks for July 28, 2010

Hot Pick!
Ultimate Comics Mystery #1
Marvel Comics
(W) Brian Michael Bendis
(A) Rafa Sandoval
Cover by J. Scott Campbell

Now that the Ultimate Enemy has revealed his plan, the heroes of the Ultimate Universe search to discover their enemy’s true identity before any more damage can be done. Join the Ultimate heroes on a chase that will take them all over the world and beyond! Superstar creator Brian Michael Bendis and artist sensation Rafa Sandoval continue to thrill in the next segment of the Enemy Trilogy!

FC $3.99

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WALKING DEAD TP VOL 12 LIFE AMONG THEM
IMAGE COMICS
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

At long last, the survivors of ROBERT KIRKMAN and CHARLIE ADLARD’s acclaimed post-apocalyptic survival adventure find the hope they’ve longed look for. Can a town not yet ravaged by the horrors unleashed on Earth possibly be all it’s hoped for? Is there a far more sinister secret behind their newfound safe haven? Even worse, can people forever changed by the worst in humanity ever hope to get back to their old selves? The next chapter of the Walking Dead is set to change everything. Collects THE WALKING DEAD #67-72.

144 PAGES / BW $14.99

Comics Shipping July 28, 2010

PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases

Shipping This Week: 7/28/2010

Every Monday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop.

Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS

JUN101767 GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #126 PI
JUN100002 MARVEL PREVIEWS AUGUST 2010 PI
JUN100001 PREVIEWS #263 AUGUST 2010 PI

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAY100045 ABE SAPIEN ABYSSAL PLAIN #2 (OF 2) $3.50
APR100013 AVP THREE WORLD WAR #5 (OF 6) $3.50
APR100104 BUCK ROGERS LOGO MENS T/S XL $21.99
APR100105 BUCK ROGERS LOGO MENS T/S XXL $22.99
APR100087 BUCK ROGERS RAY GUN MENS T/S LG $21.99
APR100086 BUCK ROGERS RAY GUN MENS T/S MED $21.99
APR100088 BUCK ROGERS RAY GUN MENS T/S XL $21.99
APR100089 BUCK ROGERS RAY GUN MENS T/S XXL $22.99
APR100091 BUCK ROGERS RAY GUN WOMENS T/S MED $24.99
APR100095 BUCK ROGERS VINTAGE MENS T/S LG $21.99
APR100094 BUCK ROGERS VINTAGE MENS T/S MED $21.99
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The Goon Comic Con Trailer

Recommended Picks for July 21, 2010

Hot Pick!
Amazing Spider-Man #638
Marvel Comics
(W) Joe Quesada
(A) Paolo Manuel Rivera & Joe Quesada
Covers by Paolo Manuel Rivera

One Moment In Time Part 1 & 2. The questions have been haunting readers throughout Spider-Man’s Brand New Day, and now the answers are here in four double-sized issues! What really happened at the wedding of Spider-Man and Mary Jane? What does Mary Jane know about Spider-Man today? How did One More Day affect the Marvel Universe? Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera are here to pull back the curtain and fill in every blank…but the answers may come at a cost to all that Peter Parker loves. This 4-part arc will hold answers, resolutions, and set up the course of Spider-Man’s life for years to come. And in Part 2, it’s Mary Jane’s turn to come clean. What secrets has she been keeping? And who REALLY saved Aunt May? You may think you know the answer, but you’re about to find out the truth! Spidey Sundays backups by Stan Lee & Marcos Martin.

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ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON #1 (OF 4) (MR)
AVATAR PRESS INC
(W) Alan Moore
(A) Jacen Burrows

The all-new all-Alan Moore horror series spoken of only in hushed whispers for years is finally here! From the award-winning master of comics, Alan Moore, comes a brand-new tale of Lovecraftian horror that will leave you too afraid to close your eyes, but more afraid to open them! NEONOMICON, the sequel to THE COURTYARD graphic novel, is slithering its way onto shelves to take its place as a Great Old One of comics terror! Illustrated by Moore’s favorite demented artist, Jacen Burrows, NEONOMICON pulls no punches as every full-colored page is covered in nightmares brought to gruesome life! The story begins some years after the chilling events of THE COURTYARD, in a world where two young and cocky FBI agents are investigating strange— and familiar murders. They think they’ve seen the worst monsters in America, but as they pull up to the maximum security asylum where one Aldo Sax speaks in strange tongues, Agents Brears and Lamper may be beginning to suspect that they’re about to see something so much worse. But they cannot begin to imagine the creeping insanity that has already begun to pull them under… Alan Moore’s Neonomicon #1 is available with regular and Wraparound covers by Jacen Burrows.

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Comics Shipping July 21, 2010

PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases

Shipping This Week: 7/21/2010

Every Monday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop.

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DARK HORSE COMICS

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Vampirella Magazine finally reprinted!

Hey comic fans! Finally, the wait is over. Expect the old Vampy magazine issues out this September / October.

VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVE VOL 1 HC 

Price: $49.99

Diamond Order Code: JUL100912

In September 1969, Vampirella #1 debuted with a stunning cover by the legendary Frank Frazetta – and quickly made publishing history! The writers and artists that contributed during the magazine’s original run included Jose Gonzalez, Archie Goodwin, Doug Moench, Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor Smith, Esteban Maroto, Frank Brunner, Mike Ploog, Rudy Nebres, Richard Corben, Pablo Marcos, Wally Wood, and many more! Dynamite now collects this legendary magazine in a hardcover archive collection FOR THE FIRST TIME!

Featuring work by Forest J. Ackerman, Don Glut, Tom Sutton, Neal Adams, Ernie Colon, Billy Graham, Alan Weiss, Jeff Jones, and Frank Frazetta, Volume One collects the first seven terrifying issues of the magazine’s original run, reprinted in its original magazine-sized format, and features the very first Vampirella cover by the immortal Frank Frazetta!

Some Upcoming Comic Book Movie First Looks

First Look at Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern.

First Look at Odin and Loki with Thor from the upcoming Thor movie.

First Look at The Walking Dead Cast.

Thursday News Bits: Thursday July 15, 2010

  • Harvey Pekar – RIP
  • Scott Snyder is the new writer for Detective.
  • Marc Guggenheim is taking over as writer of Justice Society of America in October.
  • Tony Daniel is the ongoing writer / artist for Batman.
  • The team of writer Peter Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason will be reuniting as the regular team for BATMAN AND ROBIN, starting in November.
  • Marvel and Ed Norton have parted ways with conflicting reports as to why Norton won’t be the Hulk in the Avengers movie.

Mariko Tamaki Signing!

On July 15th, 2010 at 3:45 – 4:30 pm

At Comic Readers’ Downtown location #105 2125 11th Ave Regina, Sk

Mariko Tamaki, author of the graphic novels “Skim” and “Emiko Superstar” will be signing copies of her books at Comic Readers’ downtown location.

Mariko Tamaki is a Toronto writer and performer with an avid interest in freaks, weirdos, and other fabulous forms of human behaviour. In the past, Mariko has appeared on stage with a variety of performance troupes, including fat activists Pretty, Porky and Pissed Off, The Corporate Wet Nurse Association, and theatre misfits TOA. In addition to her work in theatre, Mariko has published collections of creative non-fiction: True Lies: The Book of Bad Advice (2002), and Fake ID (2005), and one novella, Cover Me (2000).

Come meet and chat with Miss Tamaki!

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