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Wacky Wizard Games Imprint and Three New Games Announced by @wwizardgames

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Wise Wizard Games announced the launch of Wacky Wizard Games, a new brand imprint focused on family-friendly, lightweight games. Three games are planned for release in 2024 as part of this new brand imprint: Star Realms Academy, Caution Signs, and Pack the Essentials. If you are interested and attending PAX Unplugged they will have prototypes of Caution Signs and Pack the Essentials. "We are super excited to be adding this new family friendly product line to our catalog. We wanted to maintain the focus of Wise Wizard Games on strategy card and dice games with geeky themes, and have created Wacky Wizard Games as an umbrella for lightweight games with a more whimsical, cute vibe," shared Debbie Moynihan, COO of Wise Wizard Games. Star Realms Academy Forge your own star realms, overloaded with cuteness! A kid friendly but still fun for grown-ups version of the popular Star Realms deckbuilding game for 2 players. A little less math, no reading necessary, but still tons of fun! 

New The Walking Dead RISK and MONOPOLY Images @PREVIEWSworld


If you haven't heard USAopoly the official licensee for Hasbro's games has announced a Monopoly and a Risk game based on The Walking Dead. The sets are available exclusively from PREVIEWS and will be at your local comic shops and online distributors. They have also just release a few new preview images of the game boards and pieces. You can check them out after the break.




"In RISK: The Walking Dead Survival Edition (MSRP, $69.99) it’s a fun, new twist on classic Risk game play.  USAopoly will debut a brand new map set in the southeast region of the United States where players battle and scavenge for their very lives. Players vie to be the dominant group of survivors in a post apocalyptic world infested by the undead. Contending for survival at every turn, gamers must not only fend off attacks from the living who compete for precious, limited resources upon which their survival depends, but they also must maintain their self-preservation from the unrelenting hordes of the undead that would feast upon them."

Zombies, referred to in The Walking Dead as "walkers," will populate areas of the map and will continue to randomly spawn at the start of each players turn. Spawning escalates at the start of each round providing increased danger for the players. When walkers spawn into an occupied territory the combat resolves immediately.

  • A deck of "Event" cards. At the start of each players turn, in addition to spawning walkers, an event card must be drawn and read aloud. These cards reference story events from The Walking Dead canon and provide players with challenges with potential rewards and penalties and create more overall suspenseful interaction.
  • A new deck of "Supply Cards" will add strategy, fun and flavor to this classic tabletop game.
  • The game duration mirrors that of RISK: 2210 in that the game ends and scoring occurs after a period of time and not with one player controls ever territory. This speeds up game play and minimizes the duration an eliminated player is “out of the game”. However, the ability to play classic RISK and the corresponding rules will be provided.
  • Gamers can expect a fast-paced game of attrition and survival in RISK: The Walking Dead Survival Edition, where this time — the last man standing wins!



"Despite its post-apocalyptic setting, MONOPOLY: The Walking Dead Survival Edition (MSRP, $49.99) delivers classic Monopoly wheeling and dealing game play.  Players vie for, and then must fortify, the prime real estate and resources that will sustain their lives. There's only one victor that will outlast the others - whether living or undead — when all is said and done. This completely customized game features six collectible tokens, optional speed play and a fight to the finish! 
The standard Monopoly pieces are given a unique spin to fit the world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead."

Currency has been replaced with Supplies. Houses are walls, Hotels are Guard Towers. Chance cards become Scavenge cards, and the Community Chest cards are Supply Chest cards. Income Tax has been replaced with Herd, the Luxury Tax has been replaced with Protection. Other changes include:

Tokens:

  • Katana
  • Rick's Hat
  • R.V.
  • Lucille (Bat)
  • Telephone
  • Bucket of Body Parts
Utilities:
  • Generator
  • Running Water
Railroads:
  • Horse
  • Motorcycle
  • R.V.
  • Truck
Brown Properties
  • Downtown Atlanta
  • Atlanta Survivor's Camp
Light Blue Properties
  • Cynthiana Police Department
  • Harrison Memorial Hospital
  • Rick's Neighborhood
Magenta Properties

  • Prison Block C
  • Prison Block A
  • Prison Courtyard
Orange Properties
  • Greene Family Farmhouse
  • Greene Family Barn
  • Wiltshire Estates
Red Properties
  • Downtown Woodbury
  • Woodbury Fight Arena
  • Woodbury Hospital
Yellow Properties
  • The Hunters' Base
  • Father Gabriel's Church
  • National Guard Station
Green Properties
  • The Kingdom
  • Sanctuary (Savior's Base)
  • Downtown Washington, DC
Blue Properties
  • Alexandria Safe-Zone
  • The Hilltop Colony

These changes puts players right into Robert Kirkman's world when they play MONOPOLY: The Walking Dead Survival Edition




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