Friday, May 23, 2008

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Mystical Parlor Games


MILWAUKIE, OR—Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising and
Dark Horse Comics are proud to present two magical products that are
sure to provide hours of sleepless slumber parties this fall. Joss
Whedon's mythology comes alive with the official Buffy the Vampire
Slayer Tarot Deck and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Conversations
with Dead People” Board!

Named for an award-winning episode from Season Seven of the BVS
television series—and written by Buffy Season Eight: Wolves at the
Gate author Drew Goddard—the Buffy the Vampire Slayer
“Conversations with Dead People” Board is a great game for fans,
in this world and the next, to communicate with each other about
life, death, and other mysteries. In the tradition of the Sunnydale
Hellmouth, through which countless entities gained entry, fearless
souls can let voices from the other side guide the planchette along
the board to spell out the answers to their queries. Folks can
channel their inner Willow and hone their witchy skills, providing
hours of fun for the whole séance! Accompanying the game board and
planchette, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Conversations with Dead
People” Board includes an exclusive, comic-style instruction book
featuring sequential art by Buffy SeasonEight guest illustrator Paul
Lee!

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck was written and conceived by
renowned tarot writer Rachel Pollack, author of twelve books on the
tarot, including the renowned 78 Degrees of Wisdom. She teams with
long-time Buffy artist Paul Lee to create this fully painted 78-card
deck, drawing on characters, themes, and legends from all eight
seasons of Whedon's masterpiece. This special deck was created by
Pollack not merely as a collector's item, but as an actual, working
tarot deck: the cards come with a book explaining their divinatory
meanings and use. The traditional symbols of the tarot are
reinterpreted through the vision of Whedon's Buffy universe.

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer “Conversations with Dead People”
Board and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck will both be available
in September 2008 and retail at $14.99-$29.99

About Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and
Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox
Broadcasting Company, as well as third-party lines. The division is
aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of the top
suppliers of prime-time entertainment programming to the broadcast
networks.

About Dark Horse Comics
Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how
integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling
medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant.
In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller,
Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, and comics legend Will Eisner, their
highly successful line of comics and products based on popular
properties includes Star Wars, Aliens, Conan, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, and The Incredibles.
Today Dark Horse Comics is the third-largest comic-book publisher in
the U.S. and is recognized as the world's leading publisher of
licensed comics material.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have this thought that entertainment corporations could make more money with the gaming side of tarot than they would always stressing the fortune telling aspects. Buffy is good for that type of tarot, but in France where tarot is recognized as a game there are all kinds of pop culture tarots. There's even been a Disney tarot published for game playing in France. If American companies knew what the French know about tarot cards, that they could be used for card games, tarot could be like all the different versions of the Monopoly boardgame on the market. We could buy tarot decks based on Star Wars, Elvis, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, the Simpsons, Scooby Doo and much more!