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Meeple Monthly: The Game Insider Magazine is published monthly and distributed by ACD Distribution to hobby game retailers everywhere. Meeple Monthly features articles written by insiders in the hobby gaming industry, sharing with you information you can't get anywhere else! Learn about what will hit the game shelves months ahead of time!

08/26/2026

🎲 Now Carrying: Die Hard Dice

The August issue of Meeple Monthly welcomes Die Hard Dice to ACD Distribution!

At Castle Die Hard, every player has a seat at the table. Known for thoughtful customer care, bold design, and a constant drive to innovate, Die Hard Dice creates accessories made to bring a little extra magic to game night.

A few of the products featured in this month’s Now Carrying section include:

• LifeLink Counter V2: Artifact Shard
SKU: DHDR0300010 | MSRP: $39.95
A redesigned version of one of Castle Die Hard’s most popular accessories, featuring dark iron plating, satisfying click-turning action, and a new screw-in magnet system.

• 7-Set: Mythica: Spellbinder Nightfall
SKU: DHDM0109070 | MSRP: $54.95
A solid metal RPG dice set with a bright platinum finish and hand-painted Aquamarine and Amethyst detailing.

• d20: Horizon Dire: Sanguine Call
SKU: DHDD0000100 | MSRP: $19.95
A hefty oversized metal d20 featuring graveyard artwork, a vampire’s castle beneath a blood moon, and translucent red inlaid numbers.

And that’s only a glimpse of the Die Hard Dice assortment now available through ACD Distribution.

📖 Read more about Die Hard Dice in the August issue of Meeple Monthly, then visit the ACD Distribution website to explore the full lineup.

Die Hard Dice products are available for preorder now!

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08/25/2026

🌊 From a simple card game concept to a cascading waterfall of chaos.

In the August issue of Meeple Monthly, designer Joseph Z Chen takes readers behind the scenes of creating Frenzy Falls alongside Cascadia designer Randy Flynn.

Inspired by the approachable, high-player-count feel of classic card games, Frenzy Falls challenges players to create spillovers, trigger chain reactions, bluff their opponents, and fight for control of each Pool. The result is a fast-playing card game that balances strategy with just the right amount of unpredictable chaos.

Frenzy Falls
💧 2–6 players
💧 Ages 10+
💧 30-minute play time

Retailers can order Frenzy Falls now on the ACD Distribution website! Read the full “Designing Frenzy Falls” article in the August issue of Meeple Monthly for a behind-the-scenes look at how the game came together.

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08/24/2026

Enter the World Dungeon.

The August issue of Meeple Monthly features an ad from Renegade Game Studios highlighting its growing Dungeon Crawler Carl Roleplaying Game lineup, based on Matt Dinniman’s bestselling LitRPG series.

Retailers can build out their Dungeon Crawler Carl assortment with the Core Rulebook, Starter Set, GM Screen, prepainted miniatures, and themed dice sets, giving both longtime fans and new players plenty of ways to enter the World Dungeon.

Order By Date: September 15, 2026
Release Date: November 23, 2026

Featured products:
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Core Book | SKU REN01186 | MSRP $65.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Starter Set | SKU REN02949 | MSRP $55.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: GM Screen | SKU REN01192 | MSRP $25.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Miniatures Set 1: Royal Court | SKU REN02992 | MSRP $65.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Miniatures Set 2: Enemies & Allies | SKU REN02993 | MSRP $65.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Miniatures Set 3: Mobs of Mordecai | SKU REN02994 | MSRP $65.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Carl’s Enchanted Big Boi Boxers Dice Set | SKU REN02950 | MSRP $25.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Princess Donut’s Enchanted Crown of the Sepsis W***e Dice Set | SKU REN02951 | MSRP $25.00
🐉 Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG: Smush Dice Set | SKU REN02952 | MSRP $25.00

Retailers, place your orders now through the ACD Distribution website, and check out the full ad in the August issue of Meeple Monthly.

08/21/2026

🖌️🕷️ FROM GREY TO GREAT!

The August issue of Meeple Monthly features a brand-new painting tutorial from Serg “Melancholy Minis” Hernandez, showing readers how to take the Spider Walker from One Page Rules’ Grimdark Future: Robot Legions Vanguard Expansion from primer to tabletop in less than 45 minutes!

Using just four Chronicle RPGs Techlon Tiger brushes and six paints, including colors from The Army Painter Historical Wave 3 Japanese and German Afrikan Army set, Serg breaks the process down step by step, from the first Gunmetal drybrush to those bright Electric Lime energy nodes.

It is a quick, approachable technique that hobbyists can easily follow along with, and retailers can help make sure they have everything they need to get started.

Read the full tutorial in the August issue of Meeple Monthly for Serg’s complete step-by-step instructions.

Order the model, brushes, paints, and supplies through the ACD Distribution website so your customers can follow along and bring their own Spider Walker to life!

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08/20/2026

THE TOONS ARE BACK: FlipToons Season 2

The August issue of Meeple Monthly takes a closer look at FlipToons Season 2 in a new article by Jess Carrier.

This stand-alone deck-building game introduces an all-new cast of characters, including aquatic actors, new card interactions, and mechanics that add fresh strategies to the familiar FlipToons system.

FlipToons Season 2 plays on its own with 1 to 4 players, but retailers can also pair it with the original FlipToons to support games of up to 8 players. With both titles available at the same MSRP, the two games make a strong companion recommendation for customers looking to expand their experience.

FlipToons
SKU: TWK1250 | MSRP: $19.95

FlipToons Season 2
SKU: TWK1252 | MSRP: $19.95

Read the full article in the August issue of Meeple Monthly for a closer look at what Season 2 adds, how the two games work together, and the new strategies players can explore.

Retailers can order FlipToons and FlipToons Season 2 now through the ACD Distribution website.

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08/19/2026

⚔️ INSIDE BACK COVER SPOTLIGHT: Pathfinder 2E: The Dead God’s Hand ⚔️

The inside back cover of the August issue of Meeple Monthly features an ad from Paizo highlighting Pathfinder 2E: Adventure: The Dead God’s Hand, arriving September 2, 2026 in both a standard hardcover and a limited Special Edition.

Designed for characters levels 1–6, The Dead God’s Hand sends adventurers beneath the city of Absalom and into the long-lost Sanctum of Aroden, where deadly dungeon exploration, ancient mysteries, and the legendary Test of Aroden await.

Based on Pathfinder Publisher Erik Mona’s long-running office campaign, this adventure gives retailers another compelling Pathfinder release to put on their radar for September.

For collectors and dedicated Pathfinder fans, the Special Edition upgrades the hardcover with faux-leather binding, metallic debossed cover elements, and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

📖 See the full Paizo ad on the inside back cover of the August issue of Meeple Monthly and learn more about what’s coming to the Pathfinder line.

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08/18/2026

🤠 NOW CARRYING: Bantam Planet!

We’re excited to welcome Bantam Planet to the ACD Distribution catalog!

Bantam Planet creates games and media designed to spark creativity, encourage introspection, and introduce players to the imaginative world of Bantam, a postbellum planet ruled by the Industrial League.

Retailers can now preorder Bantam West, the first title from Bantam Planet available through ACD. 🌵🎲

Bantam West is a 1 to 4 player adventure board game set in the Western town of Gallow Springs. Players step into the boots of one of four Deadly Strangers, working, fighting, building, and burning their way toward becoming the most Notorious name in town.

The game also introduces Bantam Planet’s Immersive Tabletop Simulator, or ITS System, giving players the freedom to explore a Western sandbox and create their own stories along the way.

📦 Bantam West
SKU: BNPBW1EENBGCR
MSRP: $75.00
Order By Date: November 1, 2026

🛒 Preorder Bantam West now on the ACD Distribution website.

Want to meet even more new additions to the ACD catalog? Head to the ACD Distribution homepage and read our latest blog highlighting five new companies now available through ACD, including Bantam Planet!

08/17/2026

🎲 Convention season: discover the games, hunt down the hottest releases, haul them all home… and then somehow find time to actually play them. 😂

The August issue of Meeple Monthly features a brand-new Dork Tower comic from John Kovalic, and this month’s strip captures a feeling the tabletop industry knows all too well: summer convention season.

From scouting exciting new titles to walking the exhibit halls in search of what everyone is talking about, there’s nothing quite like the energy of a game convention. Of course, the real challenge starts once all those new games make it home. 👀📦

John Kovalic once again puts a hilariously relatable spin on the hobby and the people who make it such a memorable community.

📖 Check out the August issue of Meeple Monthly to see this month’s Dork Tower comic and more!

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08/13/2026

🎉 NEW TO THE ACD CATALOG: AMEET PUBLISHING! 🎉

Please join us in welcoming AMEET Publishing to ACD Distribution!

Since 1991, AMEET has brought creative books and activities to readers around the world, and their partnership with The LEGO Group has helped bring LEGO-inspired experiences to families across the globe. 🧱

ACD Distribution now carries 12 LEGO Recreate Activity Card sets, featuring themes like Animals, Nature, Space, Magic, Ninjago Ninja Adventures, and more!

Each portable set includes:
🧱 25 LEGO pieces
🃏 30+ building challenge cards
🎲 3 different ways to play
💲 MSRP: $9.99

All 12 LEGO Recreate sets are available now through ACD Distribution!

And AMEET is just one of five new companies joining the ACD catalog! 👀

Head over to the ACD Distribution blog to meet all five new vendors, learn more about what they bring to the catalog, and discover new products to consider for your store.

📖 You can also find our newest vendors featured in the August issue of Meeple Monthly!

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08/12/2026

Inside Front Cover Spotlight: Invincible Superhero Roleplaying

The inside front cover of the August issue of Meeple Monthly features Invincible Superhero Roleplaying, bringing the action, drama, and unexpected twists of Robert Kirkman’s Invincible universe to the tabletop.

Players create their own superheroes and step into a world filled with epic battles, alien invasions, team-ups, alternate dimensions, complicated relationships, and tough choices. Whether they become a wisecracking speedster, super-genius inventor, grizzled vigilante, or something entirely their own, every hero has a story to tell.

Invincible: Superhero Roleplaying Core Rulebook is available now through ACD Distribution!

📦 SKU: FLFINV002
💲 MSRP: $57.99

Check out the full inside front cover ad in the August issue of Meeple Monthly, and stock up on Invincible Superhero Roleplaying today through the ACD Distribution website.

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