Matt Leacock plays with climate change, "Monopoly" plays with the community, "Lost Cities" gets a roll and write, and the EXIT games get more puzzley.

TOP STORIES:

• "Pandemic" designer Matt Leacock developing "Climate Crisis."
• Z-Man Games cancels Pandemic Survivor Series 2021.
• "Monopoly" changing Community Chest cards.
• 2020 Dice Tower Award Nominees announced.
• "Little Town" designers expand operations with IELLO's "Little Factory."
• Get lost again with "Lost Cities: Roll & Write."
• Warchief Games announces "Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent" RPG.
• "The Galaxy's Most Wanted" join "Marvel Champions: TCG."
• "EXIT: The Game" adds jigsaw puzzles.
• "Hall of the Mountain King" gets a prequel in "Fall of the Mountain King" from Burnt Island Games.
• Quest-driven "Lands of Galzyr" from Snowdale Design coming to crowdfunding.
• Escape the "Zombie Princess" and unlock the secrets of the Sphere in "Free Radicals" from WizKids.
• Serve up the perfect "Square Meal" from Phantasio Games and Asmodee.

THE HOTNESS:

• Oath
• Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
• Cubitos

KICKSTARTERS:

• Wetlands
• Dealing Dungeons
• Night Market
• Monuments
• Clash of the Ardennes
• Stellaris: Infinite Legacy
• Robots Ate Our Pizza
• Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall
• Robinson Crusoe - Collector's Edition

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Annapurna (Fiat Lucre Games)
• Whatnot Cabinet (Pencil First Games)
• Imperium: The Contention (Contention Games)
• Ginkopolis (reprint from Pearl Games)
• Mekhane (Cranio Creations)

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This episode, GenCon is on, White Wizard gets wise, Lucky Duck has ducklings, and we all escape from Middle Earth.

TOP STORIES:

• GenCon 2021 is a go.
• France's As d'Or Awards announced.
• R&D Games teases new titles in the Key series.
• "Founders of Teotihuacan" announced.
• White Wizard Games renames to Wise Wizard.
• Asmodee to distribute ThunderGryph, Fantasia, and Tabletop Tycoon Games.
• Lucky Duck partners with GameTrayz and launches Lucky Duck Kids.
• Z-Man cancels Euro Classics line.
• "Villagers: Shifting Seasons" announced.
• Card game "TEN" coming from "Point Salad" designers.
• Celebrate 5 years of escapes with "EXIT: Shadow over Middle Earth" and "EXIT: Return to the Abandoned Cabin."
• GAMA officer, publisher, and retailer Brian Dalrymple passes.

KICKSTARTER:

• Everdell: Newleaf, Mistwood, and the Complete Collection
• Caper: Europe
• Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
• So, You've Been Eaten
• Valeria: Card Kingdoms - Darksworn
• Eternal Palace
• Catacombs & Castles 2E + Catacombs Black Box Expansion
• Three Sisters

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Red Rising from Stonemaier Games
• War Chest: Siege from AEG
• Steampunk Rally Fusion from Roxley Games
• Forgotten Waters: Kraken's Eye from Plaid Hat Games

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This episode, Plan B succumbs to the gelatinous cube that is Asmodee, BGG acknowledges more board game professionals, and Clank adds more exclamation points to space.

TOP STORIES:

• Asmodee purchases Plan B Games.
• AEG Pitch Project 2021 seeks submissions from amateur game designers.
• Restoration reveals winners of "Unmatched" Design Contest.
• Rule a D12-themed fantasy realm in "King of 12" from Lucky Duck Games.
• "Lorenzo il Magnifico" new edition to include all non-KSE content.
• Clone yourself and steal arcade games in "Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade."
• "Let’s Make a Bus Route: The Dice Game" announced.
• "Ecos: New Horizon" expansion adds new animals and landscapes.
• Roll and write your way to glory in "Drawn to Adventure."
• Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction currently on BGG.
• BGG adds new credit categories.

THE HOTNESS:

• Stellaris Infinite Legacy
• Super Fantasy Brawl
• John Company: Second Edition

KICKSTARTERS:

• Super Fantasy Brawl
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Board Game
• Meeples & Monsters
• Moonshell
• Silverwood Grove
• SINS: Celestial Energies - Expansion Box
• Stellaris Infinite Legacy

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Scarlet Witch Hero Pack for Marvel Champions: TCG
• Tacocat Spelled Backwards
• 7 Summits
• Excavation Earth

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This episode, Mark Streed from the Dice Tower co-hosts (Barry knows what he did), Terra Mystica gets fan made factions, COVID cancels more conventions, Small World’s Lost Tribes get a spotlight and Factories may become even funner.

TOP STORIES:

• "Tiny Epic Dungeon" changes its art.
• "Fantasy Realms: The Cursed Hoard" expansion announced.
• "Dune: Imperium" adds Arakeen Scouts
• "Terra Mystica" accepting fan made factions.
• Comicon 2021 cancelled.
• Dice Tower West 2022 dates announced.
• BoardGameTables.com to Kickstart 3 new games.
• Capstone becomes exclusive with ACD and Alliance distributors.
• "Super Skill Pinball: Ramp it Up!" announced.
• "Small World: The Lost Tribes' Crusade" free expansion.

KICKSTARTERS:

• Bandada
• Chamber of Wonders
• Orconomics (Second Edition)
• Stroganov
• Aeons End: Legacy of Gravehold
• Rabbit Rabbit: A Game of Superstitions
• Rome & Roll: Gladiators
• Root: The Marauder Expansion
• Factory Floor
• Tiny Turbo Cars
• Lawklivya: Vengeance
• Tiny Epic Dungeons
• Wutaki

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Genotype from Genius Games
• After the Empire from Grey Fox Games
• Maglev Metro from Bezier Games
• Dominant Species: Marine from GMT

SPECIAL REPORT:

• Barry Figrim’s "The Board Room" holds a meeting about risk benefit analysis.

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This episode, Stardew Valley takes over the podcast, several big titles get new editions, Red Raven Games gets a documentary, and Hasbro allows Wizards of the Coast to share IPs.

TOP STORIES:

• Dice Tower East 2021 cancels.
• "Secrets of the Order" expansion for "Arkham Horror 3E" detailed.
• "Ride the Rails: Australia & Canada" expansion coming from Capstone.
• Four new announcements from Funko.
• "Rat Queens" board game coming from Deep Water Games.
• Crafting Arzium documentary on Kickstarter.
• "Ragnarocks" coming from "Santorini" designer and Grey Fox Games.
• Hasbro restructures and "Magic the Gathering" getting licensed IPs.
• "Meeples and Monsters" coming from Ole Steiness and AEG.
• "Suburbia (Second Edition)" coming from Bezier.
• "Everdell" expansions "Newleaf" and "Mistwood" detailed.
• Gamefound announces "Robinson Crusoe Collectors Edition" and "Skyrim" board game.
• "Stardew Valley: The Board Game" announced.

KICKSTARTERS:

• Welcome to Sysifus Corp
• Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising
• Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns
• Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
• CAKES!
• Block and Key​
• Tiny Epic Dungeons
• Root: The Marauder Expansion
• Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold

THE HOTNESS:

• Stardew Valley: The Board Game
• Alien: Fate of the Nostromo
• Everdell
• Sleeping Gods
• City of the Big Shoulders
• Great Western Trail
• Tiny Epic Dungeons
• Root: Marauders
• Radlands

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Stardew Valley: The Board Game
• Tak 2nd Edition
• X-Men Mutant Insurrection from Fantasy Flight
• Code 3 plus Expansions
• Crisis Deluxe Edition
• Royal Visit from IELLO

CONNECT:

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