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Dyskami , a Canadian publisher that brought Upon a Fable to many tables last year, has just announced they will publish a new strategy board game by Game Artisans of Canada designer Micah Fuller. Game Artisans of Canada is a group where Canadian game designers can collaborate and play test to improve board game designs. Some of their past games include Belfort, Expedition: Northwest Passage, Haggis, and Wasabi! Warband will be a game for two to five players with a play time around 60 minutes. In Warband, players control different fantasy races that have rallied against...

Deinko Games and StuntKite Publishing have partnered to bring Patchistory to North America. Image from www.deinko.com

This civilization building game received a lot of buzz at Speil 2013. It is for two to four players with a play time 120 minutes. Patchistory plays over 15 rounds, broken into three eras and each round consists of phases taken in turn order. Players bid on land cards with money. After winning a card, the player patches that land card. Each land card is divided into colored sections and the card is placed...

Step aside 9th century pricing and Norse raiding... Vikings, designed by Michael Kiesling, orginally published by Hans im Glück game, has been picked up for a reprint by Z-Man games. This spring you can lead your Vikings to discover islands and claim your fortune. In Vikings, two to four players do not pillage each other but bid against them to buy tiles and Viking meeples. The main game board has a spinning roundel used for the offering each round. At the start of the round, an offering of 12 sets are placed around the roundel. A set...

Introducing the I.R.W Gal Gath'thong. This Romulan Bird of Prey joins the I.K.S. Somraw Raptor Class ship, U.S.S. Equinox Nova Class ship, and 4th Division Jem'Hadar Battleship. Wave 3 is currently set to release in February 2014.