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AEG Announces Planes

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On the trail of Trains, AEG announced Planes, a hand management, point to point movement game later this year. Designed by David Short, who also did Skyline and Ground Floor. This game puts you in the role of a group attempting to push your way through a crowded airport to reach your plane before takeoff. Other players families or groups, as well as neutral travelers will cause all sorts of congestion in the terminal, and may keep you from boarding. Featuring cards that affect the play and allow bonus scoring, as well as variable airport maps, Planes...

North Star Game Press Release

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From North Star Games... Kensington, MD - North Star Games, publisher of blockbuster party games such as Wits & Wagers ® and Say Anything ®, proudly releases a new party game designed specifically for kids: Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! is a hilarious game where players of all ages take turns giving each other surprising gifts. Some gifts are great, some gifts are not so great, and most gifts are down-right hilarious."We designed Happy Birthday! so kids can start playingthe moment they open the box." said Dominic Crapuchettes, North Star Games' founder...

LudiCreations Press Release

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Essen: A Board Game! ESSEN: A board game about selling board games & exhibiting at a board game fair. Following the success of Gear & Piston, Byzantio / Nekken and the 4th edition of Town Center, LudiCreations are proud to announce their next Kickstarter campaign; ESSEN. In this euro-style game for 1-4 players, you take on the role of a board game publisher that is exhibiting at the world's most famous trade fair. Designed by Harry-Pekka Kuusela, it is playable in 30-60 minutes, and can be played with up to 8 players by combining...

Coming May from Greater than Games

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Galactic Strike Force Galactic Strike Force is a cooperative, tactical, deck-building game in which two to six players each take control of a ship and a crew in defense of the galaxy! Dangerous opposition forces threaten to overrun the entire galaxy, and the players must not only build up their ships, but also work together tactically to stop them! However, this Strike Force is not made up of stalwart defenders, space cops or Volnethian Guardians. In Galactic Strike Force , you play as scoundrels, members of the galactic underworld! Smugglers, space pirates, gun...

Coming Soon from Passport Games

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Illusio 1896: As the pioneers of magic compete against each other to amaze the public,the most spectacular magic show of all times will soon happen and YOU want to win it! To achieve that, you’ll portray one of the ten magicians in competition and challenge your competitors with prestigious tricks. Illusio is a card game about mentalism, close-up tricks, illusions and other examples of magic at the end of the 19th century, where the magic arts held as much science as mystery. Which one of the great magicians trying to become Master of Illusion are you going...

Descent Expansion Announced

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Today Fantasy Flight Games released information on Manor of Ravens expansion for Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition. Expected release is third quarter of this year. Manor of Ravens will include new monsters (bandits and wraiths), heroes, and classes (Scout and Marshall) as well as a new mini campaign. The overlord finds plenty of new tricks with the two brand new Overlord classes included in Manor of Ravens . When using Enchanter cards, the overlord enhances his monsters, granting them a variety of powerful abilities until the heroes can find...

The Empire: 28mm Heroic Scale Medieval Fantasy Human Faction

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The empire is a modular 28mm heroic scale faction for a game of medieval fantasy massive battles. The boxes of regiments compose ten, fifteen or twenty units of hard plastic with a number of modular components to configure armies uniquely . The miniatures will come in plastic sprues , from which the components should be separated, glued and painted. Each box will also contain an instruction sheet in several languages and the corresponding bases.Our rules will be available for free on our website to anyone who wants to download them. The campaign is focused on unlocking...

Darklands: First Edition II

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In the dark lands, YOU command the hosts of man and beast that your ancestors once did for power, glory or just to survive... Darklands: First Edition II is really all about the creation of more units for the kindreds of Darklands so that each kindred can field hosts more effectively. To that end, the first eight stretch goals of this project are available to purchase right now and these are collectively known as the Units stretch goals for they comprise units to fill out your hosts. Each of these Units stretch goals will ONLY be...

Big Games for Small Pockets: Dice Hate Me's 54-Card Rabbits

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This is a star-studded six-pack of 54-card games created by seasoned designers for portable, crowd-pleasing fun. From Dice Hate Me Games. In November of last year, Dice Hate Me Games issued a challenge to the board game design community: Create an engrossing game using only 54 cards. Ultimately, these games would be judged by a group of playtesters and independent judges, and an overall winner would be chosen to be presented on Kickstarter and added to the Rabbit line of small Dice Hate Me Games titles . We figured we might...

Memoir '44 D-Day Landings expansion

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Days of Wonder have announced the following: We have a new Memoir '44 expansion we are announcing this Thursday. This expansion, commemorating the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, and the tenth anniversary of Memoir '44 includes 6 giant new BattleMaps in a new Extended Breakthrough format. The maps can even be placed side by side to create a giant board recreating the entire Normandy landings in a massive 12 player battle. The maps and accompanying punchboard and rules will come packaged in a cloth-bound, commemorative Briefing Folder. You can get more info at Days of Wonder site...

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