by Steph Hodge
A heavy hitter today with these new releases
[imageid=6268503 medium rep]▪️ Coming this May we can expect to see The Queen’s Dilemma released by Horrible Guild. Many of you have played or heard of The King’s Dilemma, which was the first legacy game set in the Kingdom of Ankist. The Queen’s Dilemma is a follow-up sequel set hundreds of years later. It will use an improved card system and tell a whole new story through a legacy campaign.
From the newsletter:
▪️ a deeper ideology system, with opposing principles that constantly pull the kingdom in different directions
▪️ memorable council members with their own backgrounds, public alignments, and secret agendas that shape debates and long-term goals
▪️ an expanded economy and territory management system, where regions can rise in influence or fall into unrest, directly impacting negotiations and map development
▪️ a refined Dilemma Card System that unlocks envelopes and Mystery bags, introducing new events, rules, and components as your campaign evolves
▪️ new narrative layers built for a multi-session arc (up to 17 sessions, over 30 hours of gameplay), where every vote leaves lasting consequences and story threads carry forward
Each session runs around 90 minutes, and every vote leaves a permanent mark on the campaign: alliances will form, promises will break, and the kingdom will change according to your decisions.
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▪️ The Last Spell: The Board Game is a new release based on the Ishtar Games’ video game published in English by Ares Games. This game was successfully funded back in 2023 on Kickstarter from Tabula Games and has been fulfilled to backers and is now available for sale.
This is a cooperative tower defense campaign game, but you can play one-off missions as well.
From BGG:
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▪️ Mayfair Games joined forces with Alion – by Dr Ø to exlusively release Recall in the United States. Today is the scheduled retail release date, so you should be able to acquire it! This was a very popular title at BGG.CON Fall 2025 after its Spiel release.
Recall is brought to you by the designers of Revive (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, Anna Wermlund). The games have similar mechanics in a few ways, but the overall gameplay and feeling is completely different. For those who love crunchy Euros, you are in luck for this US release.
From BGG:
• Use a keycard to activate an action box, or
• Recall to produce resources and regain your keycards.
When you use a keycard, you activate the abilities of the keycard itself and the effects of the chosen action box. The chosen combination of keycard and action box will therefore determine what you get to do on your turn: populate the lands, move your followers, explore new regions, and build workshops, vaults, or monuments. During the game, you will improve your tribe by acquiring new keycards, upgrading your action boxes, or collecting ability stones and relics.
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