Headlines

• Kickstarter users are vigilant in detecting fraudulent products
• Monopoly gets a theme park style attraction
• Fandom buys Cortex
• Exploding kittens raises another 30 million dollars

Hotness

• Sanctum
• Horrified
• Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon
• Tiny Epic Dinosaurs

New/Upcoming Releases

• Big Dig
• Gates of Delirium
• Era: Medieval Age
• Sushi Roll
• Letter Jam
• Ecos: First Continent

Kickstarters

• Zombicide 2nd ed
• The Zorro Dice Game

Headlines

• A new standalone version of Gloomhaven is announced
• Wendy’s has a role playing game https://www.feastoflegends.com/images/Feast_Of_Legends.pdf
• Codenames gets another theme
• Game culture continues to cross into media

Hotness

• Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
• PARKS
• Marvel Champions: The Card Game
• Funkoverse Strategy Game
• Paladins of the West Kingdom
• Brass: Birmingham

New/Upcoming Releases

• Skulk Hollow
• Toy Story Obstacles & Adventures: A Cooperative Deck Building Game
• Dreams of Tomorrow
• Ghostbusters: Blackout
• Pralaya
• The Way of the Bear

Kickstarters

• Time of Legends: Destinies
• Calico

Headlines

• Cash Prizes for KeyForge
• Wingspan Expansion Announced
• Aeon's End Comes to Tablet

Hotness

• Tapestry
• Awkward Guests
• Wingspan: European Expansion
• Paladins of the West Kingdom
• Everdell
• Zona: The Secret of Chernobyl
• Rococo
• Nemesis

New/Upcoming Releases

• Hidden Panda
• Horrified
• The Menace Among Us
• Ceylon
• Paranormal Detectives

Kickstarters

• Root the Role Playing Game
• Labyrinthos

By the title you may have probably already guessed this is announcing an intermission to the show, but don’t worry, this is very brief.  This week and next. Kitty and I will be back at the beginning of October.

We apologize for the late notice, it wasn’t our intention to have to skip these weeks, but due to some unforeseen family issues and travel schedules, we just won’t have the time to prepare and record the show.

But I didn’t want to leave for two weeks without leaving you anything at all, so here is a 1 minute version of the normal show…

Headlines

• Gameboard-1 is the most recently announced digital board game platform
• Through the Ages gets an update
• The Hallmark Channel Celebrates it's 10th Anniversary with a Countdown to Christmas board Game
• Sam Healy is leaving the dice tower

Hotness

• Tapestry
• Black Angel
• Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
• Yedo
• Obscurio
• Aftermath
• Barrage

New Releases

• ArtSee
• Machi Koro: Legacy
• Homebrewers
• The King's Dilemma
• Point Salad
• Architectura

Kickstarters

• The Isofarian Guard
• Squire for Hire

Headlines

• Paranormal Detectives by Lucky Duck Games
• Terra Mystica: Merchants of the Seas
• Chocolate Factory
• RatVille

Hotness

• Tapestry
• Azul: Summer Pavilion
• Black Angel
• DUNE
• Underwater Cities: New Discoveries
• Barrage
• Mystery House: Adventures in a Box
• Kanban EV
• Gugong

New/Upcoming Releases

• Ragusa
• Bermuda Pirates
• Jaws
• Super Camelot
• Colors of Paris
• Legendary: A James Bond Deckbuilding Game
• Silver

Kickstarters

• The Board Game Book, Volume 2
• Carte Rouge — A Puzzle in 52 Parts

Headlines:

• The Digital Ludeme Project is Using AI to Recreate Rule Sets for Ancient Games (link: Ludii.games)
• Clue is Getting a Remodel (link: https://www.houzz.com/clue)
• The Mind: Extreme

Hotness

• Tapestry
• Successors
• Vampire: the Masquerade - Blood Feud
• Barrage
• Maracaibo (link: http://capsone-games.com)
• Undaunted: Normandy
• Hako Onna

New/Upcoming Releases

• Time Chase
• Pigasus
• Farm Rescue
• Old West Empresario
• Pinnacle
• Adventure Island

Kickstarters

• Shovel Knights: Dungeon Duels
• Windward

Headlines

• Monopoly Socialism Ed Starts Some Controversy
• Hasbro is Done With Plastic Packaging
• Contra, Bomberman, and Chocobos Are Coming to Tabletop

Hotness

• Tapestry
• Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set
• Quirky Circuits
• Rune Stones
• Merchants Cove
• Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated

New/Upcoming Releases

• The Artemis Project
• Lockup: A Roll Player Tale
• The Captain is Dead: Dangerous Planet
• Dune: The Board Game
• Horrified

Kickstarters

• Evil Dead 2: The Board Game
• Merchants Cove

Hotness

• Tapestry
• So, You’ve Been Eaten
• Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon
• Sleeping Gods
• Dune
• Black Angel

New/Upcoming Releases

• Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North
• Towers of Arkhanos
• The Walking Dead: Something to Fear
• Dragonrealm
• Welcome to DinoWorld
• Race for the Chinese Zodiac

Kickstarters

• Burgle Bros 2
• Pixel Demon's: REALM

Headlines

• GenCon numbers are in
• GenCon is over, so now it’s time to look toward Essen Spiel
• Board Game Geek gets a new logo
• Now a look at what’s going digital

Hotness

• Tapestry
• Ankh: Gods of Egypt
• Sleeping Gods
• Black Angel
• Roll for Adventure
• Ultra Tiny Epic Galaxies
• Marvel Champions: The Card Game
• City of the Big Shoulders
• Etherfields
• So you’ve been eaten

New/Upcoming Releases

• Sierra West
• Dead Man's Cabal
• Deadly Doodles
• Dizzle
• Passtally
• Scuttle!
• Tonari

Kickstarters

• Trudvang Legends
• Sleeping Gods

Headlines

• Fantasy Flight Announcements
• An Update to Zombicide
• Make a Wish and GenCon
• GenCon TV (link: https://mp3sandnpcs.com/home/gen-con-2019-announce-streaming-schedule)

Hotness

• Horrified
• Black Angel
• Edge of Darkness
• Terror Below
• Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
• Marvel Champions: The Card Game
• Machi Koro Legacy
• Ultra-Tiny Epic Galaxies

New Releases

• Roll For Adventure
• Imhotep The Duel
• ChronoTrek
• Zombicide: Invader

Headlines

• The Spiel des Jahres 2019 winners are announced
• IDW is talking orders for TMNT for CMON's Zombicide (link: https://zombicidetmnt.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders)
• The Diana Jones Nominees have been announced

Hotness

• Trudvang Legends
• Etherfields
• Black Angel
• Planet
• The North
• The King's Dilemma
• Just One

New Releases

• Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist
• Choose Your Own Adventure: War with the Evil Power Master
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - Defense Against the Dark Arts

Kickstarters

• One Small Step
• Knights of Glory
  

Headlines

• A new Alexa powered board game
• CMON is patterning with a company call Xplored to bring us the next generation of tabletop games
• There’s finally something to do with your Funko figures
•  Finally a quick digital round up.  And some bad news for Terraforming Mars.

Hotness

• Etherfields
• Love Letter (2019 ed)
• Pax Pamir (2nd ed)
• Middara: Unintentional Malum Act 1
• Yggdrasil Chronicles
• Set A Watch

New/Upcoming Releases

• Century: A New World
• Corinth
• Chill Out!
• Tiny Epic Mechs
• Crusader Kings
• Oh My Gold

Kickstarters

• Dice Throne Adventures
• Tasty Humans

Headlines

• A new edition and a new game for 7th continent
• Century Golem - Eastern Mountains is happening
• Gloomhaven will be on steam next week

Hotness

• Pret-a-Porter
• TINYforming Mars
• Sol Last Days of a Star
• Set a Watch
• Dune
• Deep Blue
• DinoGenics
• Through the Ages: New Leaders and Wonders
• Detective Club

New/Upcoming Releases

• Mindblock
• Beagle or Bagel
• Caravan
• Until Daylight
• Obscurio

Kickstarters

• Trial By Trolley

This episode is a little different from our normal shows.  This is all about the Dice Tower Awards that were announced yesterday, July 4th.

We'll be back to our normal format next week.

Headlines

• Game Toppers is doing a mystery giveaway
• D&D Essentials Kit exclusive at Target
• Big G Creative is bringing Kenny G to a board game
• The Starfarers of Catan is back as Catan Starfarers

Hotness

• Middara: Unintentional Malum
• Jaws
• Super Fantasy Brawl
• Dwellings of Eldervale
• Pax Pamir (2nd ed)
• Die Macher
• Altar Quest

New/Upcoming Releases

• Vinyl
• What? What!
• Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker
• Claim
• Among Thieves
• You caught me, there were only 5, not 6 like I said in the intro

Kickstarters

• Darwinauts
• Crypt X

Headlines

• Happy Gorilla Game Studios goes to Washington to talk tariffs
• Origins awards were announced last week

Hotness

• Little Town
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone The Game
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Board Game of English Magic
• Black Angel
• Star Wars: Outer Rim
• Endeavor: Age of Sail

New/Upcoming Releases

• Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write
• Sorcerer
• Lanterns Dice: Lights in the Sky
• Wordsmith
• Shikoku

Kickstarters

• The Refuge: Terror from the Deep
• Untamed: Feral Factions

Headlines:

• We’ll see A Toy Story Board later this year
• Metal Gear Solid: Day One Edition Board Game pre-orders are live (https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Day-One/dp/B07QLNVCRR)
• Origins 2019 is this weekend
• Happy Birthday Sydnie

Hotness:

• The Ancient World 2nd Ed
• The Isle of Cats
• Arraial
• Star Wars: Outer Rim
• Too Many Bones
• Middara

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Star Wars: Outer Rim
• Tuki
• Once Upon A Castle
• Slide Quest
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Board Game of English Magic
• Walls of York

Kickstarters:

• Dungeon Drop
• Waters Edge

Headlines:

• GenCon Badges are Selling Out
• A New Blockbuster Board Game
• Mike Selinker Writes an Opinion Piece (link: https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18652411/trump-china-tariff-board-games)
• Mystic Vale Makes it to Mobile and Gloomhaven comes to Steam

Hotness:

• The 7th Continent
• Batman: Gotham City Chronicles
• Etherfields
• The Ancient World 2nd Ed
• Titans
• Time of Legends: Joan of Arc

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Untold Adventures Await
• Super Punch Fighter
• Crisis at Steamfall
• For the Queen
• Realm of Sand

Kickstarter:

• The Dungeon Royal Board Game
• The One Hundred Toril

Headlines:

• Gen Con Pop-Ups (link:https://www.gencon.com/pop-up) 
• Dice Tower Award Nominees

The Hotness Review:

• Etherfields
• Terra Mystica: Merchants of the Seas
• One Key
• Alter Quest
• Star Wars: Dark Side Rising
• Nuke Your Neighbor

New Releases:

• High Risk
• Tales of Glory
• KeyForge: Age of Ascension
• Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Core Set and Curese of the Crimson Throne
• Waters of Nereus

Kickstarters:

• Fickle
• Tussie Mussie
• Papillon

Headlines:

• The Spiel des Jahres nominees are announced
• The Elder Scrolls will come to the tabletop this Christmas (link:https://www.modiphius.com/elder-scrolls.html)
• Asmodee now has a publishing arm
• Three new games are on digital

Hotness:

• LAMA
• Just One
• Wingspan
• The 7th Continent
• Carpe Diem
• Egizia: Shifting Sands
• Pandemic: Rapid Response
• Fabulantica
• Werewords

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Wacky Races: The Board Game
• U-BOOT
• Guradian's Call
• Monsters Vs. Heroes: Cthulhu Mythos

Kickstarters:

• Icaion
• Kodama 3D

Headlines:

• New Tariffs Target Games and Toys
• Space Invaders The Board Game
• Terraforming Mars is in Beta on Android
• The Gaming Goat No Longer Able to Sell Stonemaier Games

Hotness:

• Kanagawa: Yokai
• Egizia: Shifting Sands
• Tiny Towns
• The 7th Continent
• Europe Divided
• De Vulgari Eloquentia

New/Upcoming Releases

• One Key
• Punto
• Rat-a-Tat Roll
• Rebel Nox
• Dicium
• Troll & Dragon

Kickstarters

• It's a Wonderful World
• Dice Upon a Time

Headlines:

• Magic the Gathering is complicated (link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.09828.pdf)
• Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn is concluding its run
• Origins 2019 Preview is live (link: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/17/origins-game-fair-2019)
• Shards of Infinity is now on digital

Hotness:

• Noctiluca
• Clinic
• Super Punch Fighter
• Tiny Towns
• Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles
• Die Macher

New/Upcoming Releases:

• HellBoy: The Board Game
• Papua
• Battle for Biternia
• Monster Slaughter
• Dobbers: Quest for the Key
• Wooly Whammoth

Kickstarters:

• Starving Artist
• Matryoshka

Headlines:

• The Origins Award Nominees are Announced (link: https://www.originsgamefair.com/origins-awards-nominees)
• Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Adventure Game is Coming
• AEG Has Announced Some Changes (link: https://www.alderac.com/2019/04/25/publish-fewer-new-games)
• Charterstone is Coming to Digital

Hotness:

• Noctiluca
• Tiny Towns
• Terraforming Mars
• Batman: Gotham City Chronicles
• Dungeonology: The Expedition
• Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan (link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/04/29/meet-matt-calkins-billionaire-board-game-god-and-techs-hidden-disruptor/#4c25e85e6e77)
• The Island of El Dorado

New Releases:

• Subtext
• Godsforge
• Deep Space D-6
• Doppleganger

Kickstarters:

• Plague Inc: Armageddon Expansion
• CRYSTALLO

Headlines:

• A followup on the suspended Kickstarters from last week
• Steve Jackson Games releases their annual report (link: http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/)
• Stronghold games sues Plan B over Great Western Trail
• Zombicide is now on mobile

Hotness:

• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth
• Bloodborne: The Board Game
• On Mars
• Bunny Kingdom: In the Sky
• Anachrony
• Escape Plan
• Terraforming Mars
• Batman: Gotham City Chronicles

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Museum
• Noctiluca
• Rice Dice
• Filler
• Murder on the Cosmic Express

Kickstarter:

• March of the Ants: Empires of the Earth
• Maquis

Headlines:

• Mensa Announces the 2019 Mensa Select Awards
• Monopoly Lion King Releases for 25th Anniversary
• Game of Thrones Gets a Social Deduction Game
• Warhammer Champions Comes to the Switch 

Hotness:

• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth
• On Mars
• Folding Space
• Terraforming Mars: Turmoil
• Dungeonology: The Expedition
• Anachrony
• Hunt the Ravager
• Notre Dame
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Heritage

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Brides & Bribes
• Second Chance
• Nagaraja
• Cabo
• Space Gate Odyssey
• Downfall

Kickstarters:

• Anachrony: Fractures of Time
• Freshwater Fly: A Strategic Fly Fishing Game

Headlines:

• A new version of Love Letter
• Catan is coming to the Switch
• Board games are the best way to learn science (article link: https://boardgamesforlearning.com/research-games-learn-science/)
• Special style of board games getting more popular (article link: https://www.komu.com/news/special-style-of-board-games-getting-more-popular)

Hotness:

• Unpublished Prototype (Scramble for Africa)
• Sanctum
• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth
• Dungeons and Dragons: Waterdeep, Dungeon of the Mad Mage
• Batman: Gotham City Chronicles
• Escape Plan

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Jurassic Park: Danger!
• Bugs in the Kitchen
• Inuit: The Snow Folk
• The Rise and Fall of Anvalor
• Proving Grounds
• Planet

Kickstarters:

• Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time
• Roam

Headlines:

- No headlines this week, they have been replaced with the Golden Geek Awards spoiled at the bottom of the notes.

Hotness:

• Blood on the Clocktower
• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth
• Star Wars: Outer Rim
• Res Arcana
• Lorenzo il Magnifico
• Middara
• Museum

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Astro Drive
• Joust
• Magnastorm
• Impact: Battle of Elements
• Dream Catchers
• Incredibles Save the Day
• Sherlock Express
• U-BOOT
• Ring Master: Welcome to the Big Top

Kickstarter:

• Papillon
• Blume

Golden Geek Awards:

• Podcast: Ludology
• Print & Play: Orchard - A9 card solitaire game
• Wargame: Hannibal & Hamilcar
• Artwork & Presentation: Root
• Thematic Game: Root
• Innovative: Root
• Family Game: The Quacks of Quedlinburg
• Part Game: The Mind
• Card Game: The Mind
• Cooperative Game: The Mind
• Expansion: Scythe - The Rise of Fenris
• Solo Game: That's Pretty Clever
• Strategy Game: Brass - Birmingham
• Two Player Game: KeyForge
• Board Game App: Ganz Schon Clever
• Game of the Year: Listen or visit BGG to find out.  (Hint: It's on this list already.)

Headline:

• Timesunion.com looks at the growth of board game popularity (original article: https://www.timesunion.com/upstate/article/More-skill-than-luck-Board-games-are-coming-back-13722928.php)
• Cowboy Beebop is getting a board game
• Star Trek takes to flicking with Star Trek Conflick in the Neutral Zone
• China burns The Sassoon Files, a sourcebook for the Call of Cthulhu RPG

Hotness:

• Valley of the Kings: Premium Edition
• Cleopatra and the Society of Architects: Deluxe Edition
• Bus
• Inis: Seasons of Inis
• Folklore: The Affliction
• Oceans
• Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Dwar7s winter
• Underwater Cities
• Honga
• Saboteur: The Lost Mines

Kickstarter:

• Character Coins RPG Token Sets
• Handsome - An Elegant Wordgame
• Custom Game Mats by OvePowered

Headlines:

• The Golden Geek Award nominees have been announced (nominees link: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2170977/13th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced)
• Die Hard gets a board game
• Games Workshop announces Warcry
• Shards of Infinity digital is in open beta (sign up link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPwsYiFEVpIDE70oCLNEx_jOO1H2GGuej2uVFeIvq3U1E_7g/viewform)

Hotness Review:

• Dune
• Tsukuyumi: Full  Moon Dawn
• The Silver River
• Call to Adventure
• Root
• At the Gates of Loyang
• Die Hard
• Carnival Zombie

News/Upcoming Releases:

• Res Arcana
• Munchkin: Warhammer 40k
• Call to Adventure
• Dice Masters: X-Men Forever
• Istambul: Big Box

Kickstarters:

• No Pun Included, Season 3

Headlines:

• The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game gets a makeover
• Wingspan Designer sits down with the NY Times (article link:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/science/wingspan-board-game-elizabeth-hargrave.html)
• Unmatched is announced by Restoration Games
• Tides of Time is available on iOS and Android

Hotness Review:

• Wingspan
• Tiny Towns
• Root: The Underworld Expansion
• Passtally
• Claustrophobia 1643
• Arraial
• Glen More 2: Chronicles
• Key Market
• Age of Steam

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Bad Maps
• Senators
• The Neverland Rescue
• Fine Sand
• Laws of Robotics

Kickstarters:

• Root: The Underworld Expansion
• Copenhagen

Headlines:

• WizKids has announced a licensing partnership with Hasbro
• Quirky Circuits is the next map-book style game from Plaid Hat Games
• USAopoly accidently spoils the 2nd Talisman IP
• Galaxy Trucker comes to Steam and Tides of Time might release soon?
• The GAMA trade show is next week

Hotness Review:

• Terraforming Mars: Turmoil
• Wingspan
• Paladins of the West Kingdom
• Iwari
• Middara
• On Mars
• Architects of the West Kingdom

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Human Era
• Impact: Battle of Elements
• K'uh Nah
• Planet Apocalypse
• Smash City
• The Grimm Masquerade

Kickstarters:

• Graphic Novel Adventures, Season 2
• Roland Wright - A Simultaneous Roll & Write (& Erase) Game

Headlines:

• Board Games Are Not Just for Geeks Anymore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTOVCUF7MsA)
• USAopoly announces the first IP for Talisman
• Many upcoming releases were teased at the 2019 Festival International des Jeux in Cannes France
• Forbes covers 30 games from the 2019 New York Toy Fair (https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyrobertson/2019/02/21/30-amazing-board-games-not-to-miss-in-2019)
• The Castles of Burgundy is now on mobile

Hotness Review:

• Winterborne
• Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period
• Dice Forge: Rebellion
• Anachrony: Fractures of Time
• Waste Knights: Second Edition
• Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Solenia
• Time Breaker
• Supernatural Socks
• Chiyo's Secret
• Pirate Tricks
• Penny Lane

Kickstarters:

• Winterborne
• Throw Throw Burrito

Headlines:

• The Orville is coming to HeroClix
• Disney Villainous Wicked to the Core wins the Toy of the Year at the New York Toy Fair
• Wizards of the Coast releases a Stranger Things D&D starter set
• Evolution the video game gets an update

Hotness Review:

• Hate
• Waste Knights 2nd Ed
• Consumption: Food and Choices
• Root
• Res Arcana
• Coloma
• Terramara

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Vadoran Gordens
• Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth: An Expedition Game
• Tudor
• Bushido
• Ganymede

Kickstarters:

• Tiny Epic Tactics
• hexaGONE
• Aeon's End: The New Age

Headlines:

• Researchers at Baylor University study the effects of board games on couples
• Fantasy Flight has announced the next expansion to KeyForge
• Fantasy Flight announces Star Wars: Outer Rim
• North Star Games releases Evolution on mobile and steam

Hotness Review:

• Tiny Epic Tactics
• MegaCity: Oceania
• Sushi Roll
• Ghost Star
• Aeon's End: The New Age
• UBOOT

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Megaland
• The Great City of Rome
• Hokkaido
• The Game
• Fuji
• Herbaceous Sprouts
• KeyForge: Age of Ascension

Kickstarters:

• 1001 Odysseys
• Knitting the card game

Headlines:

• USAopoly will release two new licensed versions of Talisman
• T.I.M.E. Stories gets a robbot
• Steve Jackson Games is bringing back the 80's
• Wolfgang Warsch has a new game on Kickstarter

Hotness Review:

• The Castles of Burgundy
• Claustrophobia 1643
• The Quacks of Quedlinburg
• Alone
• Ghost Star
• High Rise
• In the Hall of the Mountain King

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Victorian Masterminds
• Narabi
• Black Skull Island
• Bumuntu

Kickstarters:

• Hyperspace
• PARKS: The Board Game

Headlines:

• Plan B Games announces Century: A New World
• Eggertspiele has announced Era: Medieval Age
• The Mind gets a soundtrack
• CMON launches the Munchkin Dungeon Kickstarter 
• Mystic Vale launches on Steam for PC

Hotness Review:

• Aftershock
• Prêt-à-Porter
• Era: Medieval Age
• Sleeping Gods
• DinoGenics
• Ganz schön clever
• Yokohama Duel

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Aeon's End: Legacy
• Blossoms
• Comanauts
• Star Trek: Conflick in the Neutral Zone
• Embark

Kickstarters:

• Gardens of Babylon: The Cascading Tile Laying Game
• Champions of Nexum
• Charty Party

Headlines:

• The Dice Tower is running their annual kickstarter
• There is a typo in Time Stories' Madame expansion
• Roll for the Galaxy is getting an expansion
• Dire Wolf Digital is bringing more games to digital
• The Legends of Andres is on iOS and Android

Hotness Review:

• The Board of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth
• Tuki
• Root
• Merchants of Muziris
• Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
• Treasure Island
• Iwari
• Battle of the Bards

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Kodama Duo
• Root - Riverfolk Expansion (reprint)
• Forum Trajanum
• Raiatea

Kickstarters:

• The Clowdus Collection
• Tsuro: Phoenix Rising

Headlines:

• GenCon Badges are on sale
• Restoration Games announces their next game
• Time of Triumph announced for KeyForge
• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth announced
• Gaming breaks records on Kickstarter

Hotness Review:

• War of the Worlds: The New Wave
• Wingspan
• Suburbia: Collector's Edition
• Onimaru
• Dopplet So Clever
• Neolithic
• New Frontiers

New/Upcoming Releases:

• Star Wars Legion, Priority Supplies Battlefield Expansion
• Concorida, the Venus Expansion
• Pathfinder Adventure Chest
• Teotihuacan: City of Gods
• Dragonfire Adventures: Ravaging The Sword Cost
• Arkham Horror LCG: The Circule Undone Deluxe Expansion

Kickstarters:

• War of the Worlds: The New Wave
• Suburbia Collector's Edition

Headlines

Neil Patrick Harris designs a board game

Tabletop Survey tells you what kind of gamer you are

Nine Year old goes pro in Go

Darwin Bromley passes away

Hotness

Wingspan

Inquisitor

Gloomhaven

Black Angel

New Frontiers

Nemesis

Terraforming Mars

Spirit Island

Root

Suburbia: Collector's Edition

New/Upcomming Releases

This War of Mine: Tales from the Ruined City

Vindication

Giant Queendomino

Space Crop 2025-2300 AD

Arkham Horror LCG: Return to Dunwich Legacy

Dixit 10th Anniversary Expansion

Kickstarters

Circadian: First Light

AVGhost Paranormal Investigation

Headlines

• Christian Peterson says farewell.
• Magic the Gathering is making it's way into mainstream podcasts.
• Carcassonne comes to the Switch
• Introducing your new Dice Tower News team

Hotness

• Wingspan
• New Frontiers
• Gloomhaven
• Terraforming Mars
• Root
• Spirit Island
• Underwater Cities
• Nemesis
• Teotihuacan: City of Gods
• Scythe

New/Upcoming Releases

• Concept Kids: Animals
• Fury of Dracula 4th Ed
• Mage Knight the Board Game: Ultimate Ed
• Munchkin: Harry Potter Deluxe
• Munchkin: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Deluxe

Kickstarters

• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
• Fences: A Tile Laying Game

In this episode:

News:

The winners of the 2018 International Gamers Awards Announced
Jasco and Lynnvander Studios to Revive Evil Dead 2

New Releases:

Tiny Epic Zombies
Exit: the Mysterious Museum

Coming Soon:

Cerebris: the Inside World
D&D Dungeon Mayhem

Kickstarter:

Viceroy: Times of Darkness
Project L

Help me with the news!
If you have good news for the show, send it to me!
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In this episode:

News:

NONE! HELP ME OUT!

New Releases:

Folklore: The Affliction
Gunkimono

Coming Soon:

8Bit Box
One Night Ultimate Super Villains

Kickstarter:

The Artemis Project
Tiny Epic Mechs

Help me with the news!
If you have good news for the show, send it to me!
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In this episode:

News:

Arkham Nights 2018 from Fantasy Flight Games
    Tickets at showclix.com
Tabletopia now on Android!

New Releases:

Coimbra
Reef

Coming Soon:

Betrayal Legacy
Sugar Blast

Kickstarter:

Horizon Zero Dawn
Microbrew

In this episode:

News:

Strong's National Toy Hall of Fame finalists announced
    Vote for a winner at www.toyhalloffame.org
Brain Games giving away trip to Antarctica
    Enter at www.icecoolantarctica.com

New Releases:

Spring Meadow
Dinosaur Tea Party

Coming Soon:

The Reckoners
Architects of the West Kingdom

Kickstarter:

Football Highlights 2052
For the Love of Board Games

In this episode:

News:

WizKids announces multi-year partnership with WWE

New Releases:

The Mind
Legendary Encounters: The X-Files Deck Building Game

Coming Soon:

Teotihuacan
Tales of Glory

Kickstarter:

A Thief's Fortune
Planetarium: Primordial

In this episode:

News:

Finalists for the 2018 International Gamers Awards
Tabletop Tycoon and Victory Point Games Merger

New Releases:

Clank! In! Space! Apocalypse!
Ultimate Werewolf Legacy

Coming Soon:

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig
Chronicles of Crime

Kickstarter:

Hellenica: Story of Greece
Starcadia Quest

In this episode:

News:

Gen Con Extends Contract with True Dungeon

Kickstarter:

Munchkin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Immortal 8 from Sorry We are French and Moonster Games

Coming Soon:

Starfleet Reinforcements Arrive for the Star Trek Adventures Roleplaying Game

New Releases:

3 New Releases from Ares Games:

Monsters vs. Heroes: Victorian Nightmares

Wanted: Rich or Dead

Age of Thieves – Masters of Disguise

In this episode:

News:

Fantasy Flight Games Signs On As Gen Con 2018 Co-Sponsor

Kickstarter:

Werewords Deluxe is LIVE on Kickstarter!

Of War And Men: WWII Card Driven Squad Based Strategy Game

NSKN Games is settling down with Dice Settlers on Kickstarter

Coming Soon:

Fantasy Flight Games announces Threads of Fate, its first mythos pack expansion to Arkham Horror: The Card Game – The Forgotten Age

New Releases:

Z-Man Games releasing mini-expansions for Terra Mystica, A Feast for Odin, Carcassonne & More

In this episode:

News:

Habsro launches their own crowd-funding platform, HasLab

Kickstarter:

Edge of Darkness from AEG reaches its funding goal.

Cryptozoic and Igrology Will Launch Kickstarter Campaign for Cult: Choose Your God Wisely

Coming Soon:

New games coming from Level 99 Games

New Releases:

Empires of the Void II from Red Raven games

In this episode:

News:

Gen con Selling Out Again! Extends Indy stay to 2022.

North Star Games Launches Happy Planet Games

Kickstarter:

Nauvoo Games announces the launch of The Reckoners board game

Coming Soon:

Cheapass Games is releasing two new games this month

Portal Games Alien Artifacts goes worldwide

New Releases:

From Fantasy Flight Games comes Eldritch Horror: Masks of Nyarlathotep

In this episode:

News:

Mayfair Games is closing its doors forever

North Star Games Adopts Unilateral MAPP and Restricts Amazon.com Sales Channel

Stronghold Games Unveils New Logo, New Staff Members, New Location

Kickstarter:

Greater than Games announces new Sentinels of Freedom digital game

Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers” Zooms To Kickstarter from Shinobi 7 LLC

Bézier Games Announces Werewords Deluxe

Coming Soon:

Cryptozoic Announces Release of The Arrival

New Releases:

Red Herring Games has announced a new postal subscription RPG

In this episode:

Kickstarter:

Tiny Epic Zombies from Gamelyn Games

Thunderstone Quest from AEG

Agents of Meyhem: Pride of Babylon from Academy Games

Coming Soon:

H.O.P.E the Board Game from Morning Players

Way of the Fighter - Super and Turbo from Ninja Division

Portal Games 2018 Releases:

Monolith Arena

Detective: A Modern Crime Game

Imperial Settlers: Amazons

Imperial Settlers: We didn't start the fire

Robinson Crusoe: Mystery Tales

Alien Artifacts: Discovery

New Releases:

Stuffed Fables from Plaid Hat Games

This Week in News!

Kickstarter:

Time of Legends: Joan of Arc

Coming Soon:

IDW Games has announced a new X-Files Game: Conspiracy Theory

Grimm forest from Skybound and Druid City Games

Clank! The Mummy’s Curse from Renegade Game Studios

New Releases:

Tokaido: The 5th Anniversary Edition from Funforge

Path of Light and Shadow from Action Phase Games

The Palace of Mad King Ludwig from Bezier Games

A retrospective on 600 episodes of Dice Tower News, and a farewell on Paul Owen's last episode

Gen Con 2018 Badges Now On Sale

Kickstarter:

The Red Dragon Inn 7: The Tavern Crew comes to Kickstarter January 17th

The Mansky Caper from Calliope Games Live On Kickstarter

John Carter of Mars - The Roleplaying Game from Modiphius Entertainment

Coming Soon:

Vengeance from Greenbrier Games

Grimslingers: The Northern Territory from Greenbrier Games

Of Dreams and Shadows: The Monster Within from Greenbrier Games

New Releases:

Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain from GMT Games

New releases The Carnies and Topiary.

March releases Container: 10th Anniversary Ed. and Herbalism.

Kickstarters Movable Type: 2nd Ed. and Elinor: The Deserted Valley

Stonemeier Games has announced the final expansion to Scythe

Live on Kickstarter now is Thunder in the East from Victory Point Games

Also Live on Kickstarter id Dwarv7s Winter

From Steamforged Games, coming in march is Dark Souls: The Card Game

The Arrival Board Game Coming from Cryptozoic in February

Aristeia! Core Collector`s Limited Edition from Corvus Belli

Esdevium Games becomes Asmodee UK.

Purple Brain Creations joins Asmodee.

Neuroscience research explains why some people can't separate real-world feelings from board games.

Twilight Creations leaves Mayfair Games.

March releases Bottle Imp, Shadows in Kyoto, and Rising 5: Runes of Asteros.

Kickstarters Stalingrad: Inferno on the Volga, Mythic Arcana, and Tank Chess

Kickstarter:

Postcard Dungeon from Joseph Limbaugh

Dice Wars from Brybelly

Coming Soon:

Sanctum of Twilight from Fantasy Flight Games

New Releases:

Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks from Gale Force 9

The Master’s Trials: Wrath of Magmaroth from AEG and Artipia Games

From Z-man and Asmodee comes Gaia Project

CMON partnership with Steve Jackson Games to produce Munchkin-themed board games.

Purple Pawn - Game Blotter highlights.

First Quarter releases Pioneer Days, Dokmus, and Tao Long: The Way of the Dragon.

Kickstarters Museum, Kill the Unicorns, and Nemo's War: Nautilus Upgrade

Elliott Returns to the Dice Tower News this episode! 

Osprey Games announced Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth

Origins Game Fair and True Dungeon have announced a three-year partnership

Two New Games Coming From WizKids In March 2018

Tripods & Triplanes now live on Kickstarter

War Room from Larry Harris has only two days to go

Scythe: The Wind Gambit from Stonemaier Games

Star Trek: Ascendancy – Borg Assimilation from Gale Force 9

Oink Games representation partnership with consolidator PSI.

TAGIE award winners "Soggy Doggy" and "Ship of Treasures."

Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year award nominees for Game of the Year and Innovative Toy of the Year.

New releases "Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time," "Santa's Workshop," and "Fallout."

Kickstarters "D-day Dice: Second Edition," "Ravine," and "Sorceror."

Elliott Miller returns to Dice Tower News.

Episode 600 will be Paul Owen's last episode.

Strong Museum inducts Clue to Toy Hall of Fame.

GTS Distribution forms exclusive North American partnership with Passport Game Studios.

First Quarter 2018 releases Council of 4, Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road, and Eldritch Horror: Masks of Nyarlathotep.

Kickstarters Folklore: The Affliction, Monster Slaughter, and The Great War: French Army expansion

Alex Yeager leaves Mayfair Games.

New releases "Mountains of Madness," "Mansions of Madness: Streets of Arkham," "Dragonfire," and "Empires."

Kickstarters "Jagged Alliance," "Perdition's Mouth," and "Root"

January releases: "Fields of Arle: Tea and Trade," "Deception: Undercover Allies," and "A Feast for Odin: Mini-expansion #1."

Kickstarters: "Time of Legends: Joan of Arc," "Monster Lands," and "Okko Chronicles"

New releases from Essen:

• Ex Libris
• Clank! In! Space!
• Azul
• The Climbers
• Meeple Circus
• 878 Vikings

Honorable mentions:

• Kepler-3048
• Cry Havoc: Aftermath

WizKids partners with Games Workshop on Warhammer 40K games.

University Games acquires Paul Lamond Games.

January releases "Noria" and "Indian Summer."

Kickstarters "RWBY" and "Near and Far: Amber Mines."

ChiTAG announces 2017 TAGIE Award nominations.

dv Giochi selects Gioco Inedito finalists.

Sony negotiates for "Catan" film rights.

New releases "Raiders of the North Sea" and "Quest for El Dorado."

Kickstarters "Resident Evil 2" and "ELO Darkness"

International Gamers Awards announces winners.

CMON promotes Jules Vautour to COO.

Passport and Thundergryph form distribution parnership.

Graf Ludo announces winners.

Toy Industry Foundation supports hurricane victims.

End-of-year releases "Terraforming Mars: Venus Next" and "Castles of Burgundy: Dice Game."

Kickstarters "Tiny Epic Defender: Dark War and Second Edition" and "7th Continent: What Goes Up Must Come Down"

Gamasutra projects board game market to grow 9% annually through 2022.

Chinese man suffers from Mahjong epilepsy syndrome.

New releases "This War of Mine" and "First Martians."

Kickstarters "Consentacle" and "Potato Pirates."

Ravensburger acquires ThinkFun

Pandemic Survival 2018 season starts

Coming soon: "Felicity: Cat in the Sack," "Nusfjord"

Kickstarters: "The Legend of Korra," "The Networks: Executives," "Cerebria"

Board game pieces establish female viking warrior as high-ranking officer.

Jerry Pournelle, SF author and wargamer, passes at 84.

Canadian Chess Championship odd situational ruling

New releases "Magic Maze" and "Sentient"

Kickstarters "Mint Delivery" and "Island of El Dorado"

Evil Hat Productions files for "Star Frontiers" trademark.

Goliath Games acquires Jax Games.

Fourth-quarter releases - Twilight Imperium 4 and Scythe: Wind Gambit

Kickstarters - Unstable Unicorns and Now Boarding

New releases: Whistle Stop, Port Royal, Alien Frontiers 5th Ed.

Kickstarters: Vegas Wits & Wagers, Numeracy Legends, Dare to Dream

Gen Con record-breaking attendance, three fall releases, three Kickstarters

CMON Canadian distribution arrangement with Universal Distribution, five new releases from Gen Con, and one Kickstarter project

Toy Industry Foundation hosts Play Your Part Chicago for at-risk youth.

CMON earns $1M profits on $21M in 2016 sales.

Target announces plans for 70 Target-exclusive board games.

ICO Partners analyzes five years of board game Kickstarter growth in contrast to other project categories.

Two Wednesday 9 August game releases

Two Kickstarter projects

Three October releases and five Kickstarters

Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres winners, three new releases, and three (plus one) Kickstarters

Dice Tower Awards, fall releases, and Kickstarter projects

White Wolf founder Stewart Wieck passes; Shiba Inu House wins Creative Child Magazine 2017 Kids Card Game of the Year; Foxmind acquires Funnybone; Plan B acquires Eggertspiele; Gen Con hosts Ascension World Championship; Gen Con sells out of four-day badges; two new releases and two Kickstarters

Ice Cool wins Kinderspiel des Jahres; three September releases; three Kickstarters

UK Games Expo attendance and awards, Origins Awards, Geek Chic closure, new releases, and Kickstarters

River Horse Games picks up Pacific Rim Uprising license, Steve Jackson Games stakeholder report reflects on 2016, Diana Jones Awards announces 2017 nominees, and the Toy Industry Foundation issues annual report - plus four Origins releases

Asmodee partners with Alliance Game Distributors; AlphaGo defeats world's top-ranked Go players; California law requires certification and record-keeping for five-dollar autographs; Stonemaier Games releases stakeholder report

Spiel des Jahres nominees, Hasbro quarterly earnings report, Asmodee acquisition of Rory's Story Cubes, Geek Fever Games acquisition of DPH Studioz, Galakta distribution partnership with Ares Games, CMON Minimum Advertised Pricing Policy, new releases, and Kickstarters

Nominees for Dice Tower Awards and Origins Awards, CMON and Steve Jackson releases next quarter, and dice and card game Kickstarters

New releases by Fantasy Flight, Pandasaurus, and Renegade; and three Kickstarters with miniatures

Passport international distribution partnership with Roll and Make, two summer releases, and two Kickstarter projects

Retail news, chess politics, Mensa Awards, new releases, anticipated games coming in July, and Kickstarters

Three new releases - two by CMON, one by Fantasy Flight - and three very different Kickstarter projects

UK Games Expo will host Fantasy Flight Organized Play European Championships, winners of the Japan Boardgame Prize are announced, and Renegade establishes international partnerships

Hasbro Gaming Lab announces its fall 2016 game design winner, a rare copy of Diplomacy is auctioned, and CMON has two new releases in the Arcadia Quest universe

Three industry news items, two June releases, and two big miniatures Kickstarters

Two industry personnel news items, two new releases, two Kickstarters

Board game industry news - two games of the year, three organized play programs, and more - plus a May release and a Kickstarter

Returning after a four-week break with industry news, a new release, and a Kickstarter

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