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The Capsule Collector and the Azul Kids Played Codenames on Netflix for the Gunsen

tonyheth October 7, 2026

[imageid=9848748 medium rep]▪️ Czech Games Edition (CGE) announced Codenames Party! An all-new way to play Codenames. Now on Netflix! You simply need your phone connected to the tv as a controller. If you have Netflix, you are ready to go!

From the newsletter:

Alongside the new Party Mode, CODENAMES Party includes:

Classic Team Mode (2–10 players): The traditional CODENAMES experience, with teams competing to identify their agents based on one-word clues from their spymasters.
Case Studies (1–10 players): The mode that is tailored to everyone who prefers the guesser role in CODENAMES. Players compete with their friends in solving prepared puzzles.

CODENAMES Party is included with Netflix memberships at no additional cost, with no ads or in-app purchases.

▪️ Office Dog released Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo from designers Matthew O’Malley and Ben Rosset (Fromage & The Search for Planet X). This game plays 2-6 players and has a box playtime of 60-90 minutes. The race is on to complete 7 objectives first.

From BGG:

In Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo, Rokugan teeters on the brink of upheaval as the Great Clans—the Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, and Unicorn—clash for control of the legendary fortress, Toshi Ranbo. Once a strategic gem on the borderlands, the castle now stands at the heart of a war-torn battlefield, its banners contested by rival warlords seeking glory and vengeance. The air hums with the tension of drawn steel and elemental magic, as ancient shrines smolder and village alliances shift like the wind.

In this strategy game, players take on the role of ambitious daimyō representing one of the seven Great Clans: recruiting samurai heroes, drafting powerful orders, and building their clan’s military might and strategic influence. Through tactical maneuvers and clever engine-building, they strive to fulfill seven victory objectives—from capturing and holding the coveted castle to completing secret missions and claiming sacred locations. Only one clan will write its legend in the blood-soaked chronicles of Toshi Ranbo.

▪️ Azul Kids from asmodee is available now! From designer Michael Kiesling (Azul). This is a new stand-alone game for children and families. Designed with kids in mind ages 5+, Azul Kids plays 2-4 players in 20 minutes.

From the Asmodee Website:

Welcome to the mosaic workshop! Sit down at your workbench and choose a mosaic you’d like to create. Collect pieces from the bowls and place them on your board. The winner is the first player to complete their mosaic!

MY FIRST MOSAIC WORKSHOP: Welcome young artists to their very own workbench! Azul Kids introduces children to the world of strategy as they choose a mosaic to create and collect colorful pieces to fill their personal boards.

▪️ Capsule Collector will be one of many games found at Spiel from Korea Boardgames. Capsule Collector is a small box card game for 2-4 players and plays in 15 minutes. From designer Joohyun. Be sure to check out all the titles from Korea Boardgames!

From BGG:

Capsule Collector is a set-collection game for 2–4 players in which players compete to gather and open colourful toy capsules. Players draw cards from a deck and add them to a communal queue, then choose a colour and take all available cards of that colour to fill a 4×4 personal collection grid. Because cards are initially collected “capsule-side” up, players must strategically activate Action Tiles to flip them to their “toy-side” to score points. The game features a dynamic action system where the number of cards collected in a turn determines which tile is activated, and tiles are shifted after use to change the available actions for future turns. The game concludes when a player fills their 16-card grid, leading to a final scoring phase. Toys vary in rarity; for example, a colour set like red might contain three high-value “5-star” toys, five “3-star” toys, and ten “1-star” toys, which shifts the probability of a big score depending on the colour’s total card count. To maximize points, players must use “Open” actions to flip connected groups of the same colour or spend Open Tokens for individual reveal.

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