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Oh the Sweet Summer Card Games Continue!

by Steph Hodge

[imageid=9419162 medium rep]▪️ After the hit game Confusing Lands was released in 2024, Envy Born Games decided it was time to expand it with Confusing Lands: Icebound Isles. This new game is completely standalone, but if you want to combine the decks, you will create an epic game! If you are a fan of 2-player games, I think this will be right up your alley. This game plays exactly 2-players in about 10 minutes.

From the BGG Page:

In this clever card game, players create their own wacky floating landscapes in the sky! Discover towering snow-capped mountains, trace icy rivers, and maybe even spot a brave little deer wandering through the frost.

Players take turns drafting and placing cards featuring unique symbols and scoring conditions. Once each player has played 8 cards, they tally points from a single shared scoring condition along with the scoring conditions within their own finished landscape. The player who crafted the most brilliantly confusing (and highest scoring) frozen world wins!

▪️ Hey, another game that is both standalone and an expansion! This time we have Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy which can expand Tag Team. In the box you will find 6 new fighters, all characters from the Arthurian Legends, which includes Excalibur! Scorpion Masqué also teased the 3rd Tag Team game coming soon, “hinting at the arrival of an iconic franchise from the world of video games.”

From the newsletter:

Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy can be played on its own and is 100% compatible with all existing and future Fighters. Players who own the first game can now put together their ideal duo from the 18 available Fighters to create up to 153 explosive teams and unprecedented synergies.

[Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy will be showcased at Gen Con, with an exclusive pre-sale at the Hachette Board Games USA booth #2435.

▪️ Happy Camper just announced a small card game called Beach Bandits. Seems to be a perfect Summer snag. This game plays 2-4 players in about 15 minutes.

From BGG:

Just in time for beach season comes this brand new Happy Camper card game! Join a flock of greedy seagulls in a beak-to-beak showdown to see who can grab the tastiest beach treats! Simple to learn, packed with sneaky strategy, and featuring hilarious art – Beach Bandits makes the perfect summer travel gift!

It was also wicked cool that Happy Camper had an amazing offer in their newsletter to send one game from their catalog to a Summer Camp of your choice. The submissions are now closed, but I thought I would mention it. Make sure to follow them for future updates and cool offerings like that.

▪️ Looney Labs just announced a small card game called Seven Islands. This is a game for 1-4 players and will take 10-30 minutes. The race is on!

From the press release:

Seven Islands is a card game that is an island-hopping race of changing goals. You and a friend are contestants on a reality show! You’ve been stranded on a tiny tropical island, which is connected to six others by rickety bridges that have yet to be located. The first team to reach the designated beacon wins a million bucks! How do you know which beacon to go to? Just look at the sail on the ship currently docked. Better get there quick before a different ship comes in!

“While Seven Islands is a new game, it has a lot of the same DNA as some of my other games, such as Fluxx, of course, plus a bit of Zarcana/Zark City, and a take on teleportation from Fluxx: The Board Game. Yet, Seven Islands has its own unique combination of these popular game elements which make it a new experience folks can easily get to the table!” – Andy Looney, game designer and co-founder of Looney Labs

In other news:

▪️ If gaming on the computer is your jam, a big Summer Steam Sale is happening and tons of favorites from Dire Wolf are on sale like Dune: Imperium and Ark Nova. You can check out the Dire Wolf collection here.

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