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Asmodee Announces ‘Five Tribes’ Expansion
Monday, May 4th, 2015
Asmodee has announced a new release for its Days of Wonder game studio, the first expansion for Bruno Cathala’s Five Tribes, according to hobby industry news website ICv2.com. The Artisans of Naqala will release at Gen Con this August.
The expansion for Bruno Cathala’s “worker displacement” game introduces a new tribe to the game, the Artisans from the mountains of the Sultanate of Naqala. The Artisans are represented by purple Meeples, and their presence adds a new layer of strategy to the game. They can craft magic or precious items: some worth Victory Points, some which unlock special powers. They also bring new tiles (workshops, specialized markets, impassible chasm) and new Djinns to the game.
The box contains: 15 Wooden Tribe Meeples, 6 new Tiles (Workshops, Specialized Markets, and Chasm), 4 Tents, 4 Djinn cards (2 new & 2 revised), 6 Mountains, 18 Item Markers, 1 New Scoring Pad, 4 Summary Sheets and a rule booklet. As an expansion, it requires the base game to play. The game is for 2-4 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 40-80 minutes. MSRP is $25.00.
Tags: Asmodee, Board Game, Days of Wonder, Expansion, Five Tribes, Gen Con, New Release, TableTop, The Artisans of Naqala
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Queen’s Games Announces New Board Game ‘Greed’
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Award-winning game designer Donald X. Vaccarino (Kingdom Builder, Dominion)’s card-drafting game Greed was on display at the Queen Games booth at last week’s Gen Con, according to hobby news website ICv2.com. Another Kickstarter-funded project for Queen, it is expected to ship into the trade channels soon.
Queen Games USA’s Executive Director Keith Blume described the game. “You take the role of a late-60’s crime boss, and basically try to acquire the most wealth and become the crime boss of the city. That’s one that’s a little bit darker theme for us, relative to the usual family fair. It’s been getting a lot of play here.”
Players can invest in various legal business “holdings,” hire “thugs” to collect revenue, and engage in criminal activities against other players. Game play is simultaneous, with players drafting and playing cards each round at the same time. Greed can be played by two to five players and plays in about 45 minutes.
Queen’s Kickstarter drive for Greed gathered $26,208 in pledges from 822 backers ($31.88/backer average), well over the modest $5,000 goal.
Tags: Board Games, Donald X. Vaccarino, Gen Con, Greed, ICv2.com, New Release, Queen Games, TableTop
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New ‘Castle Panic’ Expansion Announced
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICV2.com.
During last week’s Gen Con fair, Fireside Games and creator of Castle Panic, announced the game’s next expansion, The Dark Titan. Fireside plans to release the expansion sometime in 2015, targeting a spring release, as first reported by hobby news website ICv2.com.
“It is a smaller expansion than Wizard’s Tower,” De Witt explained, CEO of Fireside Games. “It’s going to bring one new giant villain to the game, along with several smaller accomplices, and some new things you get to do: new cards, new tokens that are on the board that you get to interact with in a different way.”
The Dark Titan is designed to adjust the difficulty of the game to a level between the base game and the earlier Wizard’s Towerexpansion. It can be used with the base game or combined with Wizard’s Tower.
Tags: Board Games, Castle Panic, Fireside Games, Gen Con, ICv2, New Release, TableTop, The Dark Titan
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Passport Game Studios Announces Two New Board Games
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Passport Games has announced two upcoming games co-produced with Stratelibri: Kingsport Festival and Provincia Romana, according to hobby news website ICv2.com. Both are planned for mid-to-late October release.
Richard Dracass, Chief Business Officer at Passport Game Studios, described Kingsport Festival as “Kingsburg meets Lovecraft” with “that same mechanic that everyone loves from that game.” Kingsburg was nominated for several game awards, including an Origins award in 2008. The game is designed by Andrea Chiarvesio (Kingsburg, Arcanum) and Gianluca Santopietro (Letters from Whitechapel). In this horror game, players take the villainous role of cult leaders, out to dominate the city. Players need to reserve their sanity, overcome the investigators out to stop the cults, and overcome unexpected events.
The box contains 20 Elder God sheets, 16 building tiles, 5 player tokens, 110 cards,165 wooden pieces (6 scoring markers, 79 resource markers, 65 control cubes, 15 dice), a game board and rulebook. The game is for 3-5 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 90 minutes.
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Provincia Romana is an engine building, resource management game. Designed by Pierluigi Frumusa (Swordfish, Lupin the 3rd), players take the roles of governors of different ancient Roman cities (Forum Julii, Arelate, Loupian, Tolosa, Narbo Martius and Massilia), and must manage their city’s economy and resources: building temples and coliseums, seeing to the city’s defense, and forming agreements with the Roman Senate. The goal is to become the most prestigious governor and become the new Proconsul of a mighty Provincia Romana.
The box contains 242 cards, 6 player sheets, 18 wooden discs, 115 wooden cubes, a wooden pawn, a punchboard, a game board, and rulebook. The game is for 2-6 players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 100 minutes.
Tags: Board Games, Gen Con, H.P. Lovecraft, Kingsport Festival, New Releases, Passport Games Studios, Provincia Roma, TableTop
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Gen Con News: Brotherwise Games Announces ‘Boss Monster 2’
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
At Gen Con last week, ICv2.com caught up with Johnny O’Neal – co-founder and lead designer at Brotherwise Games, makers of the immensely popular Boss Monster card game. During the interview, Mr. O’Neal provided details regarding how well Boss Monster has sold (70-80,000 units nation-wide) and their plans to utilize Kickstarter.com to launch their iOS and Android Boss Monster games.
Original Boss Monster. Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
But perhaps most importantly, Mr. O”Neal announced that Brotherwise Games is currently developing Boss Monster 2, which they also plan to launch a Kickstarter for, with a planned Q1 2015 release to retailers (like Battleground Games & Hobbies!). He mentions that it will be a 160-card, all-new set including more variety and new heroes.
You can read the entire interview here.
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Tags: Boss Monster, Brotherwise Games, Gen Con, ICv2.com, Kickstarter, New Release
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‘7 Wonders’ Designer Announces New Board Game: ‘Samurai Spirit’
Monday, July 7th, 2014
Funforge, which is distributed by Passport Games in North America, will release the new cooperative board game Samurai Spirit, which will have a preview at Gen Con, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
Designed by Antoine Bauza (7 Wonders, Hanabi), players take the roles of members of a samurai squad cooperatively defending a farming village from bandits. Each samurai has a unique beast essence which is invoked as fighting intensifies, but that quality also bring the samurai closer to death while increasing their power. Over the course of three turns, players must decide if they will battle bandits, defend the village, or help other samurai. In the end, the village must have at least one undamaged farm with enough farmers to tend it for players to win.
MSRP and trade release for North America information were not announced. Funforge and Passport will preview the game at Gen Con.
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