VariousAlice Jovanée (she/her) is a commerce writer, and she has been writing about gaming and tech since 2005. Prior to Polygon, she worked at publications such as The Verge.While Amazon’s Prime Day doesn’t kick off until tomorrow, Target is hosting an excellent sale on board games, movies, books, and more that you’ll definitely want to check out. From now through Oct. 12, Target Circle members can get a third item free when they purchase two other eligible items of equal or greater value. While this deal is restricted to members, joining Target Circle is free, and grants you access to free two-day shipping in addition to exclusive discounts and promotions.There are literally thousands of eligible products included in this sale spanning movies, tabletop RPGs, books, and plenty more. Here, we’ve picked out some of our favorites from different categories and listed them below.Polygon’s Top PicksBest TTRPG books on saleBest Blu-ray movies and TV shows on saleBest books on saleBest TTRPG books on saleCandlekeep Mysteries$30$5040% off$30An amazing collection of 17 stand-alone adventures, Candlekeep Mysteries is a more thoughtful addition to Dungeons & Dragons designed for sleuths up to level 16.Read More$30 at AmazonThe Deck of Many Things$77$10023% off$77The Deck of Many Things is a hardcover book and deck of 66 cards to help GMs craft an array of randomly crafted adventures.Read More$77 at AmazonJourneys Through the Radiant Citadel$26$5048% off$26Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel features 13 standalone adventures with a variety of themes ideal for players new to Dungeons & Dragons.Read More$26 at AmazonAcquisitions Incorporated$30$5040% off$30Created in partnership with the artists and writers from Penny Arcade, Acquisitions Incorporated includes adventures and source material to set up your own retrieval agency in the Forgotten Realms.Read More$30 at AmazonFever Knights$27$5046% off$27$27 at TargetGrimtooth’s Old School Traps$50$50$50 at TargetPathfinder Book of the Dead$35$5030% off$35$35 at TargetMordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse$33$5034% off$33A supplementary tome for Dungeons & Dragons, Monsters of the Multiverse adds over 250 creatures for you to fold into your adventures in addition to 30 playable Species for player characters.Read More$33 at Target$45 at AmazonBest Blu-ray movies and TV shows on saleAndor: The Complete First Season Steelbook$56$56$56 at TargetUHF 35th Anniversary Edition$28$28$28 at TargetThe Crow$24$24$24 at TargetBarbie$23$23$23 at TargetDune 2-Film Collection$45$45$45 at TargetPrey$28$3928% off$28$28 at AmazonTop Gun 2-Film Collection$27$27$27 at TargetThe Last Of Us: The Complete First Season$27$27$27 at TargetBest books on saleThe Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box Set$249$32523% off$249The three-volume, leatherbound set of hardcover books features over 50 paintings and drawings by artist Alan Lee, in addition to removable art cards and a pair of fold-out maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien himself.Read More$264 at Target$249 at AmazonThe Lord of the Rings Illustrated$47$7537% off$47The single-volume hardcover includes thirty color illustrations, maps, and sketches (all produced by the author) sprinkled throughout its 1,248 pages. Inside, you’ll also find a pair of removable, fold-out maps of Frodo’s journey and of Middle-earth produced by his son, Christopher.Read More$47 at Target$47 at AmazonDune Saga Deluxe Hardcover Box Set$80$15047% off$80A striking, hardcover collection of the first three books in the Dune saga which includes some amazing cover art in addition to an illustrated poster inside its dust jacket.Read More$80 at AmazonThe World of Critical Role$18$3549% off$18$18 at TargetDungeons & Dragons Lore & Legends$28$5044% off$28Lore & Legends is an illustrated guide to the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons explored through interviews, artwork, artifacts, and commentary from its creators.Read More$28 at Target$28 at AmazonDungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana Box Set$62$12550% off$62A visual guide to the history of Dungeons & Dragons, the Art & Arcana box set contains paintings, sketches, and illustrations dating back to its inception in 1974.Read More$70 at Target$62 at AmazonThe Skyrim Library Box Set$71$11035% off$71$71 at TargetThe Walking Dead Compendium: Volume One$34$6043% off$34$34 at TargetThe Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia$22$4045% off$22If you want to become an expert of everything Zelda, let this official encyclopedia on the franchise be your guide to Hyrule’s creatures, weapons, items, and more. Just note that the Switch era titles (Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom) aren’t included.Read More$22 at Amazon$22 at Target
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Read moreHelldivers 2 developer Arrowhead’s CCO Johan Pilestedt has popped up on Discord again, this time to tease the effects that the studio believes the next balancing update it has in the works will have. In short, it sounds like a big change is being targeted, with the aim of brining the game a lot closer to the kind of experience many vocal players have suggested they’d prefer.While there’ve been plenty of Major Orders to be getting on with while you wait for info, Arrowhead’s generally kept its cards pretty close to its chest in terms of specfics regarding updates that’ll be coming as part of the ongoing 60-day plan it outlined last month. That said, studio CCO Johan Pilestedt has been getting back to answering player questions in the game’s official Discord, with his latest foray into the s…
Read moreNeed even more fighting games in your collection? Capcom Fighting Collection 2 should help out with that.Capcom announced a brand new Fighting Collection during today’s Nintendo Direct, adding in some more, underrated fighting game classics to your ever-growing collection. There’ll be eight games in total in the collection, and includes: Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER, Project Justice, Power Stone, Power Stone 2, and Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein. These ones are definitely more for the hardcore fighting game fans, but still, Capcom’s commitment to keeping its back catalogue alive is still worth commending.Capcom Fighting Collection 2 – Announcement Trailer – …
Read moreThe Black Ops 6 beta, which kicked off over the weekend, has been a little polarising. Call of Duty players are split on the new changes to movement and time to kill. And though many are having fun with the new body shield/hostage mechanic, there’s been a lot of complaints about game feel in the beta’s first couple of days.One thing that everyone agrees on, however, is just how incredibly slow weapon levelling in the beta has been. It’s so slow, in fact, it feels like a bug.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings You’re not imagining things; it really does take multiple games to unlock even a basic set of attachments for your chosen weapon. The good news is that the weapon XP earn rate in the Black Ops 6 beta is, indeed, not the on…
Read moreDragon Ball Daima finally has a release date, and it sounds like fans of the series are in for a good October.It’s generally always a pretty good time to be a Dragon Ball fan, but October 11 in particular is going to be a very good day to be one. It was already known that Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, the return of the fan favourite Budokai series, was set to launch that day, but as reported by Mantan Web, Dragon Ball Daima, the newest anime based on the classic franchise, is coming October 11 too. It’ll be airing on Fuji Television at 11:40pm JST, which obviously isn’t much help for the international audience, but it’s still good to know that it’ll be airing in just over a month’s time.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Yuichi Nakajima, head of progr…
Read moreThe creative director of Star Wars Outlaws has seen your complaints about some of the early stealth missions, and promises some changes are coming.Probably one of the most universally hated mechanics in games is stealth. Don’t get me wrong, a good stealth game like Metal Gear Solid or Dishonored makes playing sneakily fun, but when it’s in games where stealth isn’t the entire point, it can sometimes end up being a bit frustrating, particularly when there are moments that you can instantly fail. Star Wars Outlaws is the most recent game to fall victim to this, but luckily it sounds like some improvements are coming in a patch some time in the near future.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The game’s creative director Julian Gerighty was recently asked…
Read moreAstro Bot has been delighting many a player with all of its cameos and references, and it seems like a few more could be on the way.For better or worse, Astro Bot is essentially a massive love letter to PlayStation games past, though it does feature plenty of characters that aren’t exclusive to the platform (though frequently have a strong connection to). There are a ton of cameos featured in the game, from classics like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, to the more recent Sony tentpoles like God of War. And as spotted by VGC, the game’s credits, there’s a list of thanks to various developers like Konami and Sega, as well as more, because of their respective appearances in Astro Bot. Except oddly, there are also a few mentions of titles that don’t make any kind of appearance in the game in cameo …
Read moreWelp, not everything from the ’80s can make a comeback, as Apple’s Time Bandits series has already been cancelled.A couple of months ago, the first season of Time Bandits started airing on Apple TV+, but I doubt most of you knew that because clearly it didn’t do well enough to be renewed for a second season. As reported by Deadline, the iPhone maker’s streaming service has decided to not go ahead with a second season about a month after the last episode was released. If this comes as a surprise to you, I’m not really sure why, as on Metacritic the show sits at 66/100 on the critics side of things, with only 4.6/10 on the user score. That’s not a great start for a first season of television, especially in an era where shows need to be massive hits to have any chance of getting renewed.To se…
Read moreTo the surprise of absolutely no one, Hollywood appears to have taken the wrong lesson from Barbie’s success (it only worked because there was an interesting creative vision behind it), and now we’re facing an even deeper sea of slop built around brands. Up next: Cola Wars, from acclaimed producer Steven Spielberg and with comedy master Judd Apatow in the director’s chair.To be fair, Deadline’s report states this will be a movie based on the true story behind the Coca-Cola and Pepsi conflict, but who the hell cares anyway?To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Spielberg will produce the project, which had been in development for a while at Sony, through his Amblin Entertainment banner. It was bought “as a pitch” for $1 million-plus earlier this year by t…
Read moreThe somewhat-awaited launch of Final Fantasy 16 on PC is here, nearly 15 months after the game’s initial release on PS5. The PC version arrived on Tuesday, available for purchase on Steam and the Epic Games Store.So far, the reception has been… fairly lukewarm, even compared to the already small blip its predecessor, Final Fantasy 15, achieved at its launch – at least looking at it through the Steam prism.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings In its first few hours of release, Final Fantasy 16 peaked at 16,947 concurrent players on Steam (via SteamDB), which is a fairly low turnout for such a high profile game. That figure started out even lower than that, and grew over the course of several hours, before it plateaued. It may well grow toda…
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