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• Unpublished Prototype (Scramble for Africa)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.)