Fun:
- Contest! Tasty Minstrel Games is putting out a new game called Kings of Air and Steam. To celebrate hitting their Kickstarter goals, they are running a contest and offering to 1 lucky gamer immortalization of their face on the cover of the box. 14 people will also get the game for free. These are the same guys that brought us Homesteaders and the new hotness Eminent Domain. Answer their questions before November 27th to be eligible.
- Hysterical (and somewhat insightful) Dear Flabby advice column for gamers
- Strange Halloween costume – dress as a board game?
- Because board game humor is always better with animals
- For our French speakers, but this is funny in any language
- Thanksgiving-themed Race for the Galaxy card
- Don’t mess with a Jedi with gaming on his mind
- Pimp my Game: Wow, someone really decked out their Cleapatra SoA game with a really nice throne And the columns have been painted really nicely too.
- I won’t be at BGG.con, but they will be selling Meeple Jewelry. They look really nice!
New Games:
- Zombie Dice 2: Double Feature: Yes, there’s a new expansion for the family friendly game of eating human brains. 3 new dice and movie simulations – Big Summer Action Movie and Santa Claus Meets the Zombies. Not sure of the release date on this one.
- Fresco Card Game: No link yet, but expected end of Q1/early Q2 from Queen games
- Jungle Speed Raving Rabids: Expansion to the popular dexterity game. Now you have to possibly grab a character sitting on top of the totem or create rabbit ears on your head. Looks silly, but then again Jungle Speed tends to be (and that’s good!)
- Schlock Mercenary: This is in the Kickstarter phase so it is still seeking funding, but they have reached their goal of $25K. As you’d expect from the farcical webcomic, this one is a multi-player shooter set in the SM universe. Scenario books and dice come with, so I imagine this will probably align with an RPG-like board game such as Castle Ravenloft.
iOS:
- Games reduced in price in the last week: Medici ($1.99), Ra: ($1.99), Tikal ($1.99), Bohnanza ($1.99), Bang! ($2.99)
- Tigris and Euphrates is now out ($5.99). It’s got pass and play and online multiplayer available. Also an AI at different levels. I’m not a big fan of the game, as I know some people are, but this one is highly anticipated. Apparently there are a few bugs, but the fixes have been promised. At this point, the game is waiting for Apple to signoff, but that is apparently imminent.
- Keltis HD (Lost Cities-like game) released this week.
News:
- I mentioned a while ago that there was a new TV channel that was a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications. They are about to kick off a miniseries based on the board game Clue. They have other shows based on Scrabble and Life.
Happy Gaming!
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