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Go on The Hunt with Salt and Pepper Games

The Hunt is a 2 player asymmetric card game from publisher Salt and Pepper Games . The title is designed by Matthias Cramer (known for Watergate , Rococo , and Glen More ) and Engin Kunter . Players take sides as the British Navy or German Kriegsmarine, as they duel for supremacy through card-driven hidden movement mechanisms, where deck knowledge is decisive. The Hunt features beautiful art from Albert Monteys (known for LUNA Capital , Resist! , and Gretchinz!) and is...

Meta's AI learns how to play Diplomacy

While Meta's (the parent company to Facebook) primary pursuit has been expanding into the world of virtual reality, it appears they're also teaching AIs how to play board games . AI is already beating humans at the classic games Go, chess, poker, and even DOTA 2. And recent advances allow natural-language processing to generate humanlike text and contextual conversations. The game of Diplomacy has 7 players try to take control of Europe, and most definitely relies on these skills. Each turn, players issue orders to move army and naval units, and follow discussions...

Schmidt Spiele brings its Masterworks to Mille Fiori

In 2021, German publisher Schmidt Spiele released Mille Fiori by designer Dr. Reiner Knizia and artist Stephen Lorenz . In Mille Fiori (Italian for “A Thousand Flowers”), players take on the role of glass manufacturers, managing every aspect of the production of stained glass works in order to make the biggest profit possible. Mille Fiori is a light card drafting game in which players use cards to place clear diamonds over the many scoring spaces on the board.

Schmidt Spiele has announced the release of the Mille Fiori: Die...

It's time to feed your people in Avalon Hill's Dungeon & Dragons: The Yawning Portal

If you’re familiar with the Dungeons & Dragons setting "The Forgotten Realms", you’ve probably heard the name “The Yawning Portal” before. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, The Yawning Portal is the name of a famous tavern that attracts two types of people, those hungry for adventure, and those who are just hungry.

In Dungeons and Dragons: The Yawning Portal , by designers Kristian Karlberg and Kenny Zetterberg , and published by Avalon Hill , players are the tavern’s staff tying to make sure that all the...

Fireside Games wants you to return to the tower. Castle Panic - The Wizard's Tower that is

In November 2022, Fireside Games released the second edition of its Origins Award Nominated game Castle Panic . Now, The Wizard’s Tower by designer/artist Justin De Witt , the first expansion to this new edition, is being released.

Thalgar, a friendly Wizard, has joined your team. As long as his wizard tower is standing, he will allow you access to a powerful deck of spells that you can use to help defeat the oncoming hordes of monsters. In addition, the game introduces a flame-based attack that can roast monsters...

Schmidt Spiele brings you to a New Eden (hope it survives!)

German based publisher Schmidt Spiele has announced a new game by Hadara and Crown of Emara designer Benjamin Schwer and artist Dennis Lohausen , titled New Eden . The oceans are rising and covering the Earth. The deep sea city “New Eden” is being built on top of a “White Smoker”, which generates supplies for the inhabitants. The city is constantly being expanded and enlarged through the use of black market upgrades, which can often do as much damage as the benefit they provide.

Each round, players...

Fantasy Flight Games teases and releases

In a December 2022 twitter video, Fantasy Flight Games teased Descent: Legends of the Dark - Betrayer's War which serves as Act II to the original release. Unfortunately, a title is all they teased and no release dates were mentioned. Descent: Legends of the Dark is the spiritual successor to Descent: Journeys in the Dark , however this dungeon crawler relies on an a software app to manage the game state and overall story, and 3d-terrain to bring immersion to the narrative. Descent: Legends of the Dark was originally announced to be part...

Schmidt Spiele brings us the Batman we deserve in Chaos in Gotham City

I don’t know about you, but when I think of Batman, I immediately associate him with trick-taking games. You don’t? Well lucky for me publisher Schmidt Spiele does. In Chaos in Gotham City , by Hadara and Crown of Emara designer Benjamin Schwer and artist Wollinsky , players are classic Batman villains (think The Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman, etc…) who are trying to cause as much chaos in Gotham as possible while avoiding encountering Batman.

Each round, players will be dealt 6-10 cards, based on player count. These cards...

IKI: Akebono expansion adds more Edo gameplay

IKI: Akebono is an expansion to IKI and introduces a new location to discover in Edo, Japan. The bridge of Nihonbashi expands the main street and offers players new opportunities where they can stop at the bridge and meet famous personalities from the Edo era such as Hokusai Katsushika (an artist well known for his stylistic wave painting called The Great Wave Off Kanagawa ), Sanyo Rai (a historian, artist, poet, and Confucianist philosopher), and Tokunai Mogami (a samurai, explorer, and geographer). Players can trade with...

Quilts and Cats of Calico on Steam

A digital adaption of Calico , an award-winning puzzle game for 1-4 players, was developed by Monster Couch and recently released on the Steam PC games platform. Quilts & Cats of Calico has players meet adorable cats and sew cosy quilts. The game supports competition against other players in multiplayer gameplay, though it can also be played solo as players delve into the story of a tailor travelling a war- stricken world while battling against a large corporation, threating the tailor guild, with varying levels of AI difficulty....

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