Crooked Dice releases - SHIVA's Villainous Christmas Spree!

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**Howard A Treesong**

Looking forward to the Blakes 7 figures, hope for a whole set!!

**BrookM**

As far as I've heard not until October maybe. First up are these three for September:

**Padre**

I must confess my ignorance here... who are the three figures above supposed to be, or what TV series do they "pay homage" to?

Padre^.

**BrookM**

I'm clueless myself.

In other news, the first program guide is now on sale!

"The first of our Programme Guides is now in the Webstore. This PDF gives you all you need to know about Department X! 42 pages for £5 - plus a voucher off the future print version.

http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store5.html#pg-deptx"

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Having given it a quick read through I'd say it's a must-have for fans of this stuff. Good fluff in there, improved cast members, new cast members, new extras and a new scenario to boot!

**endtransmission**

The first one is Leo McKern who played Number 2 in The Prisoner.

The second one looks really familiar, but I can't quite place her. Probably someone else from the Prisoner; the outfit looks like the right era

**BrookM**

Our crooked compadres

Here are a couple of news items to help your bank holiday go with a bang.

Bank Holiday Bumper 7TV Deal

From right now until 31st August you can pick up a bumper deal of 7TV for only £25 +shipping! Get the 184 page hardback Core Rulebook, PLUS the PDF of the same PLUS The Menagerie and Rogues' Gallery PDFs. The PDFs download instantly, the rulebook will get posted using our standard Minion Mail®.! Click the link below to bag a bargain:

http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store5.html#bumperdeal

Department X Programme Guide out now!

Our Programme Guides will detail one 7TV cast in serious detail. The Department operates in secret, staffed by spies, oddballs and geniuses. They tackle all kinds of weird and unexplained cases, and now you can join them on the table. 42 pages of PDF with on and off-screen histories, background, locations and full stats for all the Department's notable staff. This PDF also includes an episode and 3 unique Department X Event Cards. Click the link below to go to the Store and join the greatest force for good in 'modern' England.

http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store5.html#pg-deptx

Stay Tuned!

Karl and Graeme

Crooked Dice Game Design Studio

www.crooked-dice.co.uk

**BrookM**

From the Crooked facebook page: "Final touches are being made to the SHIVA Programme Guide, so probably out next week."

They also revealed the following: "We will combine the casts into two volumes - Heroes and Villains - each containing three casts one of which will be exclusive to the print volume. Heroes will hopefully be out Jan/Feb 2013 and include Department X, The Man From 2000 and The Beat. Villains will be launched at Salute and will include SHIVA, The Argonauts and United Radionics. There are discount vouchers in the PDF volumes that you can credit against the print versions too as a thank you to those who purchased them in advance."

**BrookM**

And here's the September releases, two of which are inspired by the Prisoner, not sure about the mad scientist though:

(Sir) Benton Troad is the head of Project Time Lift, a government bureaucrat with many years experience. He is mainly responsible for keeping within the budget, and making sure things get done and people stay motivated. The appearance of the Man from 2000 keeps his assistant Miss Bambi Gascoigne busy as she logs every scrap of information the normally laconic Darius inadvertently lets slip about the future. Bambi also tries her best to keep Sir Benton out of trouble when he meddles in field affairs.

Argo's past is know only to a few but he made his name as a scientific genius specialising in robotics. Now he has turned his immense talents to the pursuit of wealth and ultimately power. The ultimate narcissist, he uses his self built mechanoid giants called Argonauts to commit criminal acts on an epic scale. Argo has harnessed the power of lightning with his shock gauntlets, making him dangerous to those who get too close.

As always, the special monthly deal can be found here: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store1.html#troadbambi

**BrookM**

Our second Programme Guide is out! SHIVA believes in evil in all its forms, striking from hidden locations across the world. The many deadly minions of SHIVA obey the will of the Guru without question, so beware! 42 pages of PDF detailing the episodes, behind the scenes & on-screen history, personalities weapons and equipment of SHIVA. From The Guru to the crazed Thuggees, get the stats you need as well as unique Event Cards and a new episode.

http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store5.html#pg-shiva

**BrookM**

From the Crooked Facebook page: "Today shall be known as Green Tuesday. We've received loads of updates on upcoming figures from various sculptors today: Future Freedom Fighter 2; Talos and Argonauts; and some more Minions with pistols and batons. You'll have to wait for piccies though! Mwah-ha-ha!!!!!!"

This means we can soon expect more Blake's 7 mini's, robots and new minions!

**Conrad Turner**

With this information (but no pictures) you are teasing us!

Wonder which will be "Future Freedom fighter 2"? I'd like Villa, or Gan, but I'm betting it's going to be Avon.

**Padre**

Conrad Turner wrote:
With this information (but no pictures) you are teasing us!

Wonder which will be "Future Freedom fighter 2"? I'd like Villa, or Gan, but I'm betting it's going to be Avon.

Avon would be great...

**Conrad Turner**

Avon would be the obvious second choice, although Jenna would be very appealing to me as the next release. Hope they publish a picture soon - although I am work-blocked so can't get onto FB to look for them as soon as they come out.

**BrookM**

I've checked their forums, they usually show off previews there, but alas, nothing as of yet. They did show off the Argonaut concept art a while ago:

**BrookM**

September newsletter can be found here: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/news/010912news.pdf

Recap: Two future freedom fighters (Blake's 7) are coming soon: Jor Drake and Golan Nag, curling tongs not included. (See newsletter for greens)

New security guards with pistols and batons! (See newsletter for greens)

And before X-mas we'll see the rise of both the Argonauts and Talos! (See newsletter for greens)

Following up on the Department X and S.H.I.V.A. program guides will be the Man from 2000 and the Argonauts program guides, these will hit us in a few months. The final print versions of each side will contain the Beat and United Radionics.

The 7th Voyage spin-off game is now being playtested thoroughly.

Finally, the Crooked website will see a revamp soon.

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**BrookM**

For those lazy rotters who couldn't be bothered to check the newsletter:

Don't know who these two chaps are, but I'm sure some Blake's 7 fans will enlighten me about that.

These guys I do know: CANNONFODDER.

**Conrad Turner**

The guy on the left is "Jor Drake", the one on the right is "Golan Nag"

OK, that's "Roj Blake" and "Olag Gan" if you wanted the names of characters from "Blake's 7".

And there was a rather funny system in place for the crew of the Liberator. Most of the men were known by their surnames, whilst the women were known by their given names.
"Roj BLAKE"
"Kerr AVON"
"Olag GAN"

"JENNA Stannis"
I can't remember if we ever heard Cally's other name.

The exception to this rule was "VILLA Restal", the male lockpick/thief character.

**BrookM**

Wasn't Avon one of the most popular characters around, due to him being a sarcastic harpy?

**Valek**

yeah, well he also becomes the head actor as blake dies in season 3 if im not mistaken...

**Conrad Turner**

I sincerely hope so!

It's unclear if Blake dies at the end of season 2 (The interstellar war) or not, but the sightings of him from then on may, or may not, have been faked. Certainly Servalan tries that trick during the final 2 seasons, but there are ways in which the final episode may also have been completely Blake-less.

**BrookM**

Avon's a future addition, all in due time as they say. Chances are they will release him to coincide with the Man From 2000 program guide further down the road.

**Conrad Turner**

So who do we recon is the next one? Jenna? Or villa?

**BrookM**

Preview of the October releases:

**BrookM**

Nothing too shocking, but new dice are available:

"We have splashed out and got new 7TV and 7ombieTV dice. Each set has 3 x 16mm dice with recessed spots on the 1 thru 5 faces, and printing on the 6 face:

The 7TV set comes in red, white & blue D6, with the 7TV logo on the 6 face.

The set is £2.25 for 3, they are available here: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store5.html"

**BrookM**

Jor Drake:

Golan Nag:

Minions with Handweapons:

They also have a new monthly deal up: "October's Deal of the Month is 6 Federated Security, Winterly, Travers plus both new Future Freedom Fighters for £22. Check it out on the homepage: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/"

**Conrad Turner**

I am so going to have to get Jor and Golan, I already have the Winterly/Travers pair and a set of Fed troops.

**BrookM**

From the Crooked Facebook: "With a bit of luck our new website should go live tomorrow…"

**BrookM**

First off, the new website has gone live! Check it out here: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/

Secondly, the October newsletter can be had here: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/news/061012news.pdf

For those work-blocked or too lazy to click it, a fast recap:

Coming soon: The first 7OMBIETV supplement! For Ghouls and Colleges will introduce a new star, the ghoul and cannibal extras!
Coming soon: New minions!
- An animal handler with torch and lead
- A two-man heavy weapons team (with RPG)
- Grenadier
Coming soon: New 70s style coppers!
Both sets will also get a newly sculpt guard dog mini!

December will see the release of the Argonauts and Talos! These may be cast in polyurethane to save on weight.

The new year will bring a new Tweedy and assistant, more policemen, simian soldiers, frogmen and A.R.C. moonbase crew in civvies!

Some of the models mentioned above can be found in the newsletter.

**BrookM**

Some November previews:

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**BrookM**

For Ghouls and Colleges is almost finished. Got some fantastic photos from Kev Dallimore yesterday, so should be ready for release on 31st. K@CD