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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! 

Empires of the North Egyptian Kings Unboxing and Deck Overview | Portal Games

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Unboxing the newest expansion for Imperial Settlers Empires of the North, Egyptian Kings by Portal Games. About Egyptian Kings is the fourth expansion for the very popular engine-building card game Empires of the North. It introduces two brand new Factions to the game, which can be played multiplayer or in solo mode. Play as Hatshepsut or Amenhotep and lead your Clan to victory! The Hatshepsut deck is designed around the concept of being located on the Nile Delta. The Clan introduces a new mechanism of assigning workers to Field cards to make them more fertile and effective. The Amenhotep deck is designed around the concept of the passing of centuries, and the sands of time. Locations in the deck decline and get discarded at the end of the round if the player doesn’t spend Resources to keep the card in the Empire.

Eleven: Football Manager by Portal Games Coming Soon to Gamefound

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Portal Games announced that draft page for our new game Eleven: Football Manager Board Game is live on Gamefound .  Eleven is a competitive strategy game for 1 to 4 players set in a world of sport. Your task is to manage and grow your own football club over the course of a season and outperform other teams. You will manage club budget, fan base, transfer players and hire additional staff, plan match tactics using a tactic board, invest in club infrastructure. All this to win games, climb up the league table and convince the club board you are the best club manager. Follow the project to get a special starting cards promo set for free with your pledge!

Dune: House Secrets by Portal Games Coming Soon

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Portal Games announced the release date for Dune: House Secrets, their story-driven cooperative adventure board game inspired by the upcoming film. The game will premiere on October 15 2021 at Essen Spiel, the world’s biggest fair dedicated to board games with over 150,000 visitors each year. The game will hit stores worldwide the following week.

Marvel Champions Wrecking Crew Scenario Pack Unboxing and Deck Overview | Fantasy Flight Games

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Opening the Marvel Champions Wrecking Crew Scenario Pack by Fantasy Flight Games. How do the Wrecking Crew scenarios work? About Since the four members of the Wrecking Crew decided to join forces, they’ve been a thorn in the side of every great Marvel hero, from Thor to the Defenders. Not just common thugs, the Wrecking Crew’s greatest asset stems from the magic imbued in team leader Wrecker’s Crowbar, granting each member immense physical strength and a mystical link between them. Now, the four members of the Wrecking Crew are breaking out of prison, and only you can stop them in The Wrecking Crew Scenario Pack for Marvel Champions: The Card Game! With 73 brand-new cards, this single scenario puts four villains in play at once, each with their own side scheme and deck. Can your heroes withstand the assault from Wrecker, Piledriver, Bulldozer, and Thunderball?

Marvel Champions Thor Hero Pack Unboxing and Deck Overview | Fantasy Flight Games

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Opening the Marvel Champions Thor Hero Pack by Fantasy Flight Games and providing an overview of how the deck works. About Join the fight for freedom with the Thor Hero Pack for Marvel Champions The Card Game! With the mythical hammer Mjolnir Thor has the power to defeat even the strongest of foes with legendary strength and power Like all Hero Packs the Thor Hero Pack includes a fully-playable deck right out of the box that includes 15 Hero cards 17 cards from the Aggression aspect and 8 neutral cards This deck allows you to harness the power of Thor who is rewarded for engaging and dispatching villainous minions from the field!

Top Pop Kickstarter Preview and Gameplay | Talon Strikes Studios

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Showing How to Play along with gameplay of the upcoming Kickstarter game Top Pop by Talon Strikes Games . About It is the 1960s. Soda pop has taken off as America’s go to drink. Instead of just getting the refreshing drink over the counter, the soda companies have bottled their sensational soft drink. These bottles are showing up in all of the major cities — in grocery stores and vending machines. As owner of a soda pop company, you need to make sure your that your product captures the market it deserves in all of the major cities and that it knocks out the competition leaving just one Top Pop. Top Pop is a card game where players are placing city cards onto the table and stacking bottle caps (which represent the company’s influence) onto the played cities on the table. At the start of the player’s turn, if their bottle cap is on a higher stack than the other players on a city card, that player collects that city. If not, they continue to try to gain dominance on city cards where

Zombie Princess and the Enchanted Maze by WizKids Coming Soon

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WizKids announced their upcoming release of Zombie Princess and the Enchanted Maze, a lighthearted game of undeath by Andrew Beardsley! Escape the Princess’ Bite in Zombie Princess and the Enchanted Maze.

TRAILS a PARKS Game by Keymaster Games Coming Soon to Target

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Keymaster Games has announced their next game in the Parks series Trails. Trails: A Parks Game will be available exclusively at Target on June 20th.

Paladins of the West Kingdom City of Crowns by Renegade Game Studios Coming Soon

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Renegade Game Studios announces in collaboration with Garphill Games, the City of Crowns, an expansion for Paladins of the West Kingdom , and the Paladin's of the West Kingdom Collector's Box. Increase Your Skills in Diplomacy and Rally Support! Expected release date is Sep 16th 2021.

Squire for Hire Combined Core Sets and 2 Squires Gameplay | Letiman Games

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Gameplay of Squire for Hire using two squires along with both the Core Set and Mystic Runes expansion by Letiman Games. About Expand your selection of loot-hauling squires with Squire Pack 1, the first character expansion pack for Squire for Hire and Squire for Hire: Mystic Runes. This pack includes 18 new Squire cards with a range of new item combinations and abilities to help manage your junk and give you a lot more variability with each play. Includes an equal number of compatible squires for both Core Set 1 and 2. Use any squire when combining both core sets!

The Isle of Cats Gameplay with Family Rules | The City of Games

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Playing The Isle of Cats by The City of Games with the family rules. Also don't forget to checkout The City of Games current Kickstarter for Isle of Cats Kittens + Beasts . About A competitive card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game for 1 – 4 players Manage resources as you explore the island, rescue cats, find treasures, befriend Oshax and study ancient lessons You are a citizen of Squall’s End and are on a rescue mission to save as many cats as possible before Vesh arrives. You must explore the island, rescue cats, gather ancient treasures and find a way to fit them all onto your boat before returning safely to Squall’s End. You’ll rescue cats and discover treasure. Cats and treasure are represented by tiles of different shapes that you must carefully place onto your boat. Try to keep families together, complete lessons and leave enough room to place the next thing on your boat. But watch out - returning to Squall’s End with a half empty boat isn’t going to look good

The Isle of Cats Unboxing | The City of Games

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Opening The Isle of Cats by The City of Games.  Also don't forget to checkout The City of Games current Kickstarter for Isle of Cats Kittens + Beasts . About A competitive card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game for 1 – 4 players Manage resources as you explore the island, rescue cats, find treasures, befriend Oshax and study ancient lessons You are a citizen of Squall’s End and are on a rescue mission to save as many cats as possible before Vesh arrives. You must explore the island, rescue cats, gather ancient treasures and find a way to fit them all onto your boat before returning safely to Squall’s End. You’ll rescue cats and discover treasure. Cats and treasure are represented by tiles of different shapes that you must carefully place onto your boat. Try to keep families together, complete lessons and leave enough room to place the next thing on your boat. But watch out - returning to Squall’s End with a half empty boat isn’t going to look good!