"It's my call, I decide who gets a beat down... That guy needs a beat down."

~ Leo, Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Animated Series ~

Martial-Arts Action! Extreme Skateboarding! Pizza! Since crawling forth from the primordial ooze in 1984, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) have literally mutated into a worldwide, pop-culture phenomenon. Even today, these high-flying, evil ninja butt-kicking, sewer-dwelling Heroes in a Half-Shell continue to influence contemporary media with a blockbuster cinematic re-boot (with a sequel already in the works), a robust, top-rated animated series airing on Nickelodeon, a vibrant comic book presence via IDW and Mirage Studios, and, now, they’ve nunchucked their way straight onto the cover of the premiere game and hobby trade publication! (that would be GTM, for those in th’ know)

That’s right! TMNT is livin’ large and takin’ charge of the HeroClix and Dice Masters arenas, courtesy of WizKids! But, the action-packed antics don’t stop there! GTM takes you ringside and inside the squared circle of WWE Superstar Showdown, Gale Force Nine's pulse-pounding game of super rivalries, super slams, and superstars, while the Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess team-up to take on all comers in WizKid’s DC HeroClix expansion, Superman/Wonder Woman! Plus, boldly go on a Five-Year Mission with the crew(s) of the U.S.S. Enterprise as Mayfair Games’ beams up their latest offering from the Star Trek franchise, tackle media moguls in Data and Destiny, the fourth Deluxe Expansion for Fantasy Flight’s Android: Netrunner, hobnob with Golarion’s prominent (and infamous) denizens in Paizo’s Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Races, and Rob Daviau pushes the envelope (and panic button!) for Z-Man Games’ Pandemic Legacy. Toss in some insightful overviews of Cheapass Games' Stuff and Nonsense, Golden Egg Games' Historia, Mayfair Games' Murano, Modiphus' Mutant: Year Zero RPG, and Z-Man Games' Traders of Osaka from our steadfast reviewers and you’ve got an issue even a teenage mutant ninja turtle wouldn’t pass up (even on a double-dare and slathered with anchovies)!

Booyakasha, indeed!

[And, in our “Oops Department”, we’d like to extend our most sincere apologies to Eric Steiger for inadvertently not crediting him for the stellar Gravwell review in last month’s GTM. Sorry. Our bad. To make amends, we encourage all of our loyal readers to check out his examination of Golden Egg Games’ Historia.]

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Bringing you the future of gaming - one month at a time - GTM (Game Trade Magazine) is your one-stop monthly resource for the latest, up-to-the-minute product information in the world of games and hobby supplies! Packed with reviews, previews, product excerpts, exclusive scenarios, giveaways and collectible inserts from your favorite games and manufacturers, there’s no better source to feed your gaming needs!

GTM #186 is shipping to arrive in your store this week, and we encourage you to pass copies along to your gaming customers and hobby enthusiasts. And, point them (and your browser) to GTM's virtual hideaway at: www.gametrademagazine.com!