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Hasbro has announced Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins , a board game to introduce players to the world of Dungeons & Dragons. This cooperative game for 2-4 players puts familiar D&D concepts into the shell of a dungeon crawler board game.

In setup each player chooses their character and goes through multiple customization options. Then players embark on a journey across the modular board to encounter one of four boss enemies: green dragon, beholder, fire giant, or kraken. On the way to the boss, as players traverse the spaces on each tile, players take turns being...

Lead the reptilian Dragonkin, the amphibious Goblins, the insectoid Antids, or the arboreal Elves in the Gates of Mara board game. Its designed by J.B. Howell (co-designer of Flotilla) with stunning art by Nastya Lehn and produced by WizKids . The game features an upgradeable worker placement mechanism with a layered, area control mechanism. Gates of Mara supports 2-4 players, aged 14+, and plays in 90 – 180 mins depending on the number of players.

Players strategically position tribe members around the Realms and Gates and enchant...

Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) has announced Terra Incognita , an upcoming expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn .

Terra Incognita adds an exploration element to the game, where only part of the modular board is constructed at the beginning of the game. Players can devote movement to exploration to build out the rest of the board during the game. The expansion also increases the maximum player count from four to five, and adds ten new factions you can play. In addition to changing things outside your territory, the expansion also changes how your...

Grey Fox Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its latest title, Arcana Rising . The game was designed by Tim Armstrong, possibly best known for the game 2018's Orbis , with artwork provided by Yaroslav Radeckyi. Arcana Rising plays 2-6 players, ages 14 and up, and takes between 20-60 minutes depending on player count.

Arcana Rising is billed as "a drafting and engine building game of moons and magic." In the game, the players are magic students trying to both acquire artifacts and different spells in order to score the most points at...