We're really passionate at Pandemonium about our books and games. Here are some products we're really into that we think you'll love too!
The List (See Descriptions and explanations below.)
Mira - Database Manager
Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory
Dominion Board Game
Gloom Card Game
The Yellow King RPG
Fawn - Ordering Manager
Button Shy Mini Games
Oath Board Game
Blood Rage Board Game
Marvel Champions and Arkham Horror LCGs
Ben - Wargames Manager
Darkness Card Game
Stargrave Wargame
Warhammer Underworlds Miniatures Game
Eddie - Magic Manager
Carnival of Monsters Board Game
Slow Lands From Innistrad Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow
Ikoria Booster Boxes
Tristan - Events Manager
The Goblin Emperor Book
A Natural History of Dragons Book Series
Thousand Year Vampire Solo RPG
Karyn - Dice & Minis Manager
Gemstone Dice
XL D20 Dice
Dragon Miniatures
Irenee - Marketing & Sales Manager
Wingspan Boardgame
DCC Dice
Mottainai 2-Player Boardgame
Ekphrastic Beasts 5E Monster Manual
Eleanor - Staff
Elatsoe By Darcy Little Badger
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
Tensorate Series By Neon Yang
Kat - Staff
A Natural History of Dragons Book Series
Book One of Bartemaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
Allegory Board Game
Story Cubes Game
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Mira - Database Manager
Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory
The Album of Dr. Moreau is a novel like no other. What if mad science-created animal-human hybrids turned out to be cute boys who could sing...and what if one of them murdered their manager in a locked room? This delightful mystery about a loveably freakish boy band will keep you guessing, not only as to the murderer but as to the secrets behind the band WildBoyZ and their creation. Who's your favorite teen sensation of the lot? (Mine is Matt the Megabat, the "funny one.")
Dominion is great for those who want to ease into the world of strategy games, but hardcore gamers will find it just as much fun! Build up the power of your medieval fief by acquiring all the industries and tools to make it work (plus money- can't forget money!) There's plenty of replay value, but if you want even more, there are as many expansions as you could possibly ask for!
Gloom is the perfect party game for those with an eccentric sense of humor! It's all about doing nice things for your fellow players and their grim Edwardian families...and making sure that the worst possible things happen to yours! Who can out-gloom each other in a gothic race to the bottom? Play it over a few glasses of blood-red wine and see!
The Yellow King is not just an rpg setting, but an entire series of interconnected, universe altering adventures! Starting in decadent 1890s Paris, moving to a World War that was very much not our own, going forward to a world trying to recover from the fall of a monstrous regime, and finally settling in a world that looks like our own but isn't quite, this rpg uses the stories from the classic horror collection The King in Yellow on a scale that is truly epic- and decouples them entirely from Lovecraft, who used some names from the stories himself. The Gumshoe system is the best there is for playing mysteries, so grab this box set and figure out the mysteries of reality itself!
Fawn - Ordering Manager
Button Shy makes small games light enough to be carried in your pocket, fast-paced enough to break out at any time, hand-designed by the developer for the perfect card game experience. They are all lightweight and simple to learn, good for players of any age, with art placing the games anywhere from graveyards to castles to the old west. Find the one that grabs your eye, and you won't regret it!
The stunning artwork of Oath sets it up in a magical ancient time that may not have existed in our world, but in which the players may create and control the destiny of a kingdom. Compete with your dueling political philosophies, put together for a night's game with your friends or ranging over many sessions playing a solo campaign. Enjoy one of the most beautiful and elegant strategy games on the market, however you want to play it!
Take your one last chance to earn fame in battle before the world is destroyed in Ragnarok, and lead your Viking armies to Valhalla! Against a fiery doomsday background, player armies wage war to improve the remaining lives of their own clans, dominate competing clans or send themselves off in glory. Cards representing the gods will suggest strategies, but remember- charging ahead is always better than lagging behind!
Marvel Champions and Arkham Horror LCGs
Living Card Games, or LCGs, are a twist on classic collectible card games. They start with a base set that's all you need to play, but you can always add packs to expand your options and deepen the plot of the game- and unlike usual booster packs, you'll know exactly what you're getting! There's an LCG for plenty of different properties, but Marvel Champions, with its packs for particular favorite heroes, and Arkham Horror, with its hardboiled investigators and mind-breaking monsters, are two of the most popular. Check them out and join the movement that's transforming modern card games.
Ben - Wargames Manager
This simple, addictive card game is perfect for any group of people or gathering. Set in ancient Northern Europe, the players are feuding druids who want to find and keep powerful magical relics for themselves. Collect the correct sets of cards through the various phases of play, and try to get the most relics within six rounds of play. Small and easily portable, bring Darkness to your next group night in!
A new, skirmish-sized wargame, Stargrave casts players in a science fiction world where they are not formidable soldiers but scrappy adventurers, looking to make money, evade enemies, and maybe even fight back against the oppressive society. Games can be strung together into a long campaign of varying missions, each one having an effect upon the next. Rescue slaves, steal treasure, or ruin the day of rival adventurers- if you survive, the next run will go better!
Warhammer Underworlds Miniatures Game
Warhammer Underworlds is set within the dark world of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar- a fantasy world eternally at war. Set on a smaller scale, Underworlds is the perfect entryway for players who don't have experience with the main game, but will prove an entertaining challenge for those who have, as well. Trapped in a city, often in close-quarters, experience urban warfare that is both elaborate and fast-paced, with board game elements such as cards and layouts to give a unique wargaming experience.
Eddie - Magic Manager
Carnival of Monsters Board Game
Carnival of Monsters is a magical experience in which players make their own menageries of monsters. These aren't your typical pets- they're unique and dangerous, and a grand collection is required to join the Royal Monstrological Society. By the time you present your monsters at the grand banquet known as the Carnival of Monsters, what will you have to show? The whimsical Victorian flavor of the game and the well-designed card-drafting mechanics make for a game session like no other.
Ikoria is a Magic the Gathering release all about big monsters! Get in on the action with a booster box, a huge collection of booster packs, each one with random Ikoria cards. A booster box will give Magic players all they need to build up a powerful deck of giant monsters, perfect for competitive play. And don't we all wish we had an army of behemoths at our beck and call?
Tristan - Events Manager
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The book that shook up and delighted the world of fantasy, The Goblin Emperor takes a staple villain archetype and completely reinvents it with an unexpected hero. The half-goblin Maia never expected to inherit his father's crown, but a series of assassinations abruptly put him in a dangerous world of schemes and politics...and perhaps gives him a chance to make things better, if he can survive that long. A compelling political fantasy with a loveable protagonist, The Goblin Emperor is one of the best high fantasy novels to come around in a long time.
A Natural History of Dragons Book Series
The Memoirs of Lady Trent, starting with A Natural History of Dragons, prove that dragons fit perfectly into period dramas right alongside corsets and waistcoats. In a pseudo-Victorian fantasy setting, Lady Trent has a scientific interest in the biology of dragons, and she will journey from stuffy libraries to deserts full of peril in order to study them. Written in a style that is equal parts delicate and thrilling, her adventures bring her from a young woman with an obsessive curiosity to the foremost expert of dragons of her era- and through reading the books, you soon will be too!
Thousand Year Vampire Solo RPG
The idea of solo RPGs may be a new one to most tabletop gamers, but this beautiful, intricate game will win you over. As the titular vampire, you'll tell a story via journaling, and it can last as many sessions as you want. React to the events that occur and see your character develop beyond anything you had planned. If you're looking for something moody, introspective and totally original, look no further!
Karyn - Dice & Minis Manager
Malachite, rose quartz, bloodstone- we have plenty of stunning gemstone dice for you to choose from! These dice are gorgeous, and will automatically improve the mood of any RPG you use them in. Real life treasure will put you one-up on your character, as long as you can take your eyes off them long enough to play.
Whether you're playing a wargame and need to count down turns or simply want the most important of your D&D dice to be easy to read and hard to lose, our 55mm 20-sided dice will come in handy. Check out our collection, with varieties that are as plain or as decorative as you want. Just don't give in to temptation to throw them when rolling an attack!
Who doesn't need a dragon in their life? Whether you're running a fantasy game and want to pull out a big monster to scare your players or just think your home decor needs a dragon (of course it does!) you've come to the right place to find them. Painted or unpainted, big or small, check out our supply of dragons to find the right scaly friend to take home with you.
Irenee - Marketing & Sales Manager
This instant cult classic was such a hit upon release that it became hard to find copies! With its beautiful art and elegant rules system, Wingspan took the unlikely boardgame premise of birdwatching and made it incredibly engaging. Players compete to attract birds to their wildlife preserves, learning about the creatures on the way (even if they’re adults!) Wingspan won all the awards and was even featured on NPR, and it actually lives up to the hype. Get it while we still have it!
Dungeon Crawl Classics brings back the feeling of super old school D&D, and their line of dice gives you all you need to play. The sets have super funky shapes designed to be cool and weird like traditional D7D Dice felt decades ago. Play them with any RPG system that requires dice, or take this as a chance to check out Dungeon Crawl Classics!
Mottainai Mini 2-3 Player Boardgame
Small and well-crafted, this game casts the players as acolytes at a Buddhist temple, doing their best to make sure everything runs smoothly and that there are always well-crafted works to sell to temple visitors. Cards are used for drafting and collecting sets, and while the game won't take all evening, it will take all your strategic skills. Despite its fast pace, there is always more strategy to discover.
Are you tired of finding the same monsters in every RPG supplement? Ekphrastic Beasts provides an entirely new menagerie of monsters. Artists of the weird have created stunning, hideous and altogether bizarre creatures, which have then been given descriptions and statistics perfect for Dungeons & Dragons. Surprise- and perhaps terrify- your players with something a bit more interesting than a gelatinous cube!
Eleanor - Staff
Elatsoe By Darcy Little Badger
This young adult novel tells the story of a girl with an affinity for necromancy; mostly she uses it to hang out with her ghost dog, but sometimes the dead have work for her to do. When her cousin's ghost tells her he was murdered, she must solve the mystery with her wits, her magic, and whatever help or teachings her loved ones can offer. When the necromancer is the heroine, you know a town has some serious secrets! This ended up on many best of year lists, and for very good reason.
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
Author of such terrifying novels as A Head Full of Ghosts and Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay's collected short stories show off his talent for very personal horror. The title story is an expansion of one told by one troubled sister to another in A Head Full of Ghosts, perhaps as a warning or perhaps as a trick. Tremblay's protagonists are wounded and vulnerable, and the horrors they face are ones that bring existential dread right through the page. If you are looking for a place to start with his work, look no further!
These groundbreaking fantasy novellas are now available in one volume, the perfect way for a reader to dive into a world of strange machinery, bizarre creatures, cosmic monsters, and the fate of empires tied to their revolutionary heirs. From its nonbinary youth to its Asian-inspired setting, this series reinvents the concept of epic fantasy. Come for the wonderful magic system, stay for the political worldbuilding.
Kat - Staff
The Amulet of Samarkand (Book One of Bartimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud
The start of an exciting children's series, The Amulet of Samarkand follows a young magician's apprentice as his ambition and drive to prove himself results in supernatural trouble he never imagined. The problem with summoning a djinni is that he may have goals of his own to pursue- and he's far easier to summon than to control! The magical London of the Bartimaeus Trilogy will draw in readers young and old, and the breakneck thrills won't let up.
Written by the brilliant poet of the band The Decemberists, Wildwood is the start of a trilogy that is as beautiful as a song. There is a secret world hidden from most human eyes, dangerous and mysterious but also enchanting. Delicately pretty illustrations by Caron Ellis bring this world of magical creatures to life. Once you've visited the Wildwood, you'll never truly leave.
Allegory is a clever little card game about storytelling. Players are rival storytellers composing mythological epics, one of which will survive the test of time. Which one will it be? Make sure your trilogy of stories contains an appropriate moral to reach a wide audience, and bid and collect sets of cards to pull it all together.
Rory's Story Cubes is the perfect party game for a creative group of any size and age. The cubes offer a series of images for each player to incorporate into a story, and of course every player may think of something different to tell from the same set of images! It isn't only a game of improvisation, however, but also a puzzle. Exercise your logical and imaginative sides to create a wonderful evening's entertainment.