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Z-Man Games Announces ‘The Staufer Dynasty’ Board Game
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Z-Man Games will release The Staufer Dynasty historic strategy board game to trade in December, after a premiere at Essen, as first reported by ICv2.com.
Designed by Andreas Steding (Firenze, Five Points: Gangs of New York, Hansa Teutonica), The Staufer Dynasty casts players into the role of travelers in the entourage of Henry VI, as he tours his kingdom and attempts to govern his empire, which runs from the North and Baltic seas south to Italy. Players place their envoys and nobles in positions of power in the six regions of the game, attempting to gain power and influence with the King over five rounds.
The box contains 119 tokens, 53 Privilege and Job cards, 111 wooden pieces, and a game board made of 9 tiles. The game is for 2 -5 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 90 minutes.
Tags: Board Games, Essen Spiel, Germany Trade Show, New Release, TableTop, The Staufer Dynasty, Z-Man Games
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‘Cthulhu Wars’ Coming in Q1 2015
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Game Salute will distribute Green Eye Games’ strategy/horror board game Cthulhu Wars to the trade in Q1 2015, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
The Lovecraftian big box game tied to the Cthulhu mythos raised more than $1.4 million from more than 4,000 backers in July 2013 and still holds a spot on the Top 10 Tabletop Game Kickstarter chart.
Players take the role of gods and alien races out to expand their power base in the earthly realm, as well as complete six tasks to acquire their faction spell books. On their turn players Gather Power, and in a series of Action Rounds, spend the Power to accomplish goals: moving units, battling others, summing monsters, building gates, awakening their Great Old One. Each faction has a unique set of monsters, special abilities, spell books and requirements, and there are multiple strategies open to each faction to accomplish them. The first player to accumulate 30 points on the Doom Track wins.
The box contains 64 miniatures including the 5 Great Old Ones (Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath, Hastur, The King in Yellow) which range in size from 20mm to nearly 180mm; as well as: 24 Cultist miniatures (six in each color: blue, green, red, yellow), 4 Deep Ones, 2 Shoggoths, 2 Starspawn, 3 Nightgaunts, 3 Flying Polyp, 2 Hunting Horror miniatures, 2 Ghouls, 4 Fungi, 3 Dark Young , 6 Undead, and 4 Byakhee.
Additional components include a map board of Earth (in two pieces, printed on both sides), 4 Faction Cards, 4 Power markers, 4 Doom track markers, 1 Ritual Annihilation Marker, a starting player tile, 24 Spell books, 12 Desecration markers, 22 Gates, a Player Hints & Tips guide, and a rulebook.
The game is for 2 – 4 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in 90 minutes. Green Eye Games plans to release additional factions and maps in the future as expansions, so the game will eventually support up to 7 players.
Tags: Board Games, Cthulhu Wars, Game Salute, Green Eye Games, Kickstarter, Lovecraft, New Release, TableTop
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Fantasy Flight Announces New ‘Netrunner’ Expansion
Monday, October 13th, 2014
Fantasy Flight Games will release the third deluxe expansion for its Android: Netrunner Living Card Game, Order and Chaos, in December, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
The expansion story focuses on the Weyland Consortium’s ambitions to take humanity to the stars, and the Anarch’s attempt to trash Weyland’s safeguards for that future. The 165-card set (three copies each of 55 cards) focuses primarily on the Anarchs and Weyland Consortium, though all factions will find use for the new ice, assets, programs and resources, including six different neutral cards. Both Anarch and Weyland factions gain three new identities for their decks.
Netrunner was the top hobby channel non-collectible card game in Spring 2014 and has been a top seller since it was re-launched in 2012.
Tags: Board Games, Expansion, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Game, Netrunner, New Release, TableTop
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Asmodee Announces ‘7 Wonders’ Expansion: ‘Babel’
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Asmodee will release a new expansion for Antoine Bauza’s 7 Wonders series, 7 Wonders Babel, in November, according to news website ICv2.com.
The 7 Wonders Babel expansion adds a new dimension to the card drafting and set collection game, centered around the construction of the nearby Tower of Babel and other monuments. Babel actually contains two expansions, which can be played individually or together, or combined with other 7 Wonders expansions.
At the beginning of a game, players draft quarter-circle tiles before drafting anything else. The tiles are “laws” that affect all the players while they are displayed after being played on the circular display wheel. They may be infinite resources from a single card, or an effect on how many points winners of military conflicts receive at the end of a round.
In the first expansion, players have the option of playing a new tile rather than collecting three coins, but once four tiles have been played, the next tile will cover the first existing tile (as the tower ascends), so laws can change throughout the game. Players also earn points at the end of the game depending on how many tiles they placed throughout the game.
The second expansion involves a laws card which is chosen at the beginning of each age, with tokens placed on it corresponding to the number of players in the game. The tokens are a tax on players who wish to play cards of a certain color, and as they are played, a player collects a token for paying the tax. If all the tokens are removed by the end of the round, players receive a bonus for tokens they collected, or conversely, if tokens remain, then players who did not pay the tax are penalized.
The box contains 1 Tower of Babel board, 24 Babel tiles, 15 Edifice cards, 1 Participation marker, Edifice chips, a score book and a rule book. The game is for 2 – 7 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 45 minutes. As an expansion, it requires the base game to play.
Tags: 7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Babel, Asmodee, Board Games, Expansion, New Release, TableTop
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WizKids to Produce ‘D&D’ Board Games Under License
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
WizKids has entered into a license agreement with Wizards of the Coast to publish a new Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System board game, with the first, currently untitled game planned for March release, according to news website ICv2.com.
WizKids posted a preorder sell sheet last month (which has since been removed) announcing details of D&D Adventure System Game #4. The game was touted as “(c)ontinuing the grand adventures of Wrath of Ashardalon, Castle Ravenloft, and The Legend of Drizzt,” which were all hot sellers in their day (Wrath of Ashardalon even made our Top 10.
The game will include multiple scenarios, quests and cooperative game play, and can also be combined with the contents of previous D&D Adventure System games. WotC Senior Manager of Dungeons & Dragons R&D Mike Mearls explained in an August interview with Clever Move that the rule set for future D&D board games will remain very similar. “That game system is very adaptable with different storylines,” Mearls said in the interview.
WizKids is not designing the game; the sales sheet states that “Wizards of the Coast… is designing and developing the game.”
The box will include 40 figures, 8 Hero cards, 4 Villain cards, 200 cards, 55 interlocking tiles, 4 double-sized interlocking tiles, 168 tokens, a 20-sided die, an adventure book and a rulebook. The game is for 1-5 players, ages 14 and up and plays in an hour. Release is planned for March 16th.
Tags: Board Games, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, New Release, TableTop, Wizards of the Coast, WizKids
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CoolMiniOrNot Announces Expansion to ‘Rivet Wars’ Miniatures Game
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
CoolMiniOrNot has announced three expansion packs for its fast-paced tactical military miniatures game Rivet Wars, releasing on October 3rd–Spearhead, War Room and Terrain Pack, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
Rivet Wars: Spearhead introduces new units to the game, which allow players to fight with fixed turrets, canine units and new infantry types. New heroes come with new abilities to defeat the enemy defenses.
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The box contains the 33 total models (16 Allied, 17 Blight). Allied forces include: Lt. Edwina Brasseldun, Lt. Macleod, Lt. Macleod (plug), 4 Mountaineer (two of each sculpt), 3 K9 Engineering Corps, 3 Guard Dogs, 2 Slammer Turret, and 2 M-20 Base; and the Blight forces include: Lt. Dora Rollen, Baron Munchen, Baron Munchen (plug), 4 Trench Raider (two of each sculpt), 3 Angriff Hundefuhrer, 3 Kampfhund, 2 Flamme Turret, and 2 Mark IV Mount. The box also contains 12 Shield markers and 16 Stat cards. As an expansion, the base game is required to play.
Rivet Wars: War Room comes with three new heroes for both the Allied and Blight forces, with new abilities and their own martial prowess to add new levels of strategy to the game.
The box contains Uncle Rivet,Terror Nova, and General Patston (in Power Suit) for the Allies; and Iron Chancellor, Cruel Minie, and General Romler (in Jeep) for the Blight. It also contains the Neutral character of Dr. Vorne. As an expansion, the base game is required to play.
The Rivet Wars: Terrain Pack includes six types of features and objectives to enhance the battlefield itself. The box contains 6 Bunkers, 6 Objectives, 6 Mine Fields, 6 Barbed Wire, 6 Tank Traps, 6 Allied Flag Markers, and 6 Blight Flag Markers. As an expansion pack, the base game is required to play.
Tags: Board Games, CoolMiniOrNot, Expansions, New Release, Rivet Wars, TableTop
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