USAopoly at GenCon 2017

USAopoly is continuing their magic streak this year at GenCon. First off is an entry into the magical world of Disney with this version of Codenames, specifically Codnames: Disney Family Version which was being demo'd in their booth. Codenames was a *huge* 2015 hit from designer Vlaada Chvátil. Codenames: Disney Family Edition keeps the Codenames gameplay, while featuring characters and locations from a variety of Disney and Pixar films, with words on one side of the cards and images on the other. As mentioned the game is only being demo'd at the booth and will be available for purchase soon. Continuing with their magical flare, USAopoly extended their winning streak with the release of the expansion to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle  namely the Monster Box of Monsters Expansion. Before mentioning a single thing about the booth, however, it's important to note that their demo area was, again, doused in theme with music playing and smoke brewing. The Monster Box of Monsters expansion is just that, an expansion, and requires the base game to play.

Venture into the Forbidden Forest with The Monster Box of Monsters, the highly anticipated expansion to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Play as Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville or Luna Lovegood as you face frightening creatures and challenging encounters. Beware of any wrongdoing that might earn you detention! Only working together to defeat the evil forces and protecting iconic locations will make the Wizarding World safe once and for all!

Much like the base game, there is much to be discovered on your own in this game and I don't want to spoil a thing. Pictured above is a small representation of some of the cards that will be featured. You'll have to deal with adding "junk" to your deck which will require spells to remove. Moving right along is Super Mario Bros the Power Up Card Game. In Power Up, players receive, every round, a secret level card at random, with these cards being numbered 1-12. After looking at their card, each player in order can swap their card with the one held by their right-hand neighbor. Will you get something better? Maybe! If someone has a castle card, they're immune from trade or disasters this round. After everyone has traded or passed, players can play "? Block" power-ups to affect their strength or others. Whoever has the lowest score in a round loses one of their life tokens, and if you lose all four life, you're out of the game! Both Power Up and Harry Potter are available for purchase at the USAopoly booth. And if that wasn't magical enough for you, there's always Golden Girls..... USAopoly is can be found in booth 149.