The operation was planned as a minor reconnaissance across the Potomac to establish whether the Confederates were occupying the strategically important position of Leesburg. Publishers use these marks when books are returned to them.The Battle of Ball's Bluff was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861, in which Union Army forces under Major General George B. Remainder Mark - A remainder mark is usually a small black line or dot written with a felt tip pen or Sharpie on the top, bottom, side page edges and sometimes on the UPC symbol on the back of the book.If excessively worn, they will be marked as 'tray worn.' Flat trays for SPI games are not graded, and have the usual problems.If excessively worn, they will be marked as 'card worn.' The cardboard backing of miniature packs is not graded.In most cases, boxed games and box sets do not come with dice.Due to the nature of loose counters, if a game is unplayable it may be returned for a refund of the purchase price. Boardgame counters are punched, unless noted.Major defects and/or missing components are noted separately.Example, EX+ is an item between Excellent and Near Mint condition. A 'plus' sign indicates that an item is close to the next highest condition.When only one condition is listed, then the box and contents are in the same condition. Boxed items are listed as 'code/code' where the first code represents the box, and the second code describes the contents.Join Caleb on his adventures across the Megaverse, visit Phase World and meet an eclectic range of people from True Atlanteans and Space Wulfen to the Kreeghor and Cosmo-Knights. As he teeters at a crossroads, he has no idea what is speaking to him nor the power of the choice he is about make. But for Caleb Vulcan of Earth, the stories of the Cosmic Forge are unknown.

While it waits, the Forge sometimes reaches out to touch the few who are worthy, and gift them with the power of the cosmos.īecoming a Cosmo-Knight is something children across the Three Galaxies dream about.

A sentient force of magic and technology and life that, when misused but once, long ago, hid itself away, but watches and waits. A wonder capable of giving birth to a million galaxies. A world where transdimensional gates reach to hundreds of other universes.Īll of it is said to be the creation of the mythical Cosmic Forge. Now imagine not one, but three galaxies said to contain millions of inhabited worlds.Īt its center is Phase World, itself the commercial and technological center of the universe and terminus of all known spacelanes. The fabric of space and time is torn asunder and Earth becomes a nexus – a gateway – to countless alien worlds and the forces of magic and the supernatural.

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