by W. Eric Martin

▪️ The Malice of Light Adventures will be the debut title of new publisher Twin Tale Studios, which is owned and run by twin designers Adam and Brady J. Sadler.

The setting for the game comes from Brady Sadler’s six-book fantasy series “The Malice of Light“, with two books — The Acrid Sky and The Withered Roots — released to date. Here’s an overview of the game:

The Sadlers plan to crowdfund this title in 2026 on Gamefound, with five previews to date highlighting characters, miniatures, cards, and more.

▪️ UK publisher Modiphius Entertainment is adding a new title to its Fallout line of games that includes the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare miniature-based board game and its Fallout Wasteland Warfare Roleplaying Game.

Here’s an overview of Fallout: Power Play, a far more compact card game for 2-4 players due out in January 2026:

Welcome to Fallout: Power Play!, in which you control one of four factions from the Fallout universe: the Brotherhood, Raiders, the Enclave, and Super Mutant. You are all vying for control of locations within the Wasteland.

You will spend your turns attempting to gain the most influence in locations on the board, winning points at the end of each round for each location where you have the most influence. To gain influence, play agents into locations, play and complete quests (which come with other rewards as well), use “power play” cards to respond to opponents, and struggle against the Wasteland itself as each turn a randomly drawn card brings an unpredictable change to the game, from sudden atomization to a surly deathclaw rampaging through your home base. The first player to gain 10 points wins.

▪️ A video game getting its first tabletop adaptation is Ubisoft‘s fighting game Brawlhalla, which has been transformed into a 2-4 player card game by designer Manuel Rozoy. In late 2025, publishers Maestro Media and FLYOS ran a crowdfunding campaign for Brawlhalla: The Card Game, which is due out in the first half of 2027.

In this brawl game, each player has their own deck matching one of six legends. On a turn, you take two actions: move, delay, or attack, with the same action allowed twice. You’ll move around the 4×5 grid, launching light or heavy attacks against opponents depending on whether you’ve grabbed your unique weapon, ideally knocking them far outside the playing area to KO them.

You can play 1v1 matches, team matches, or a free-for-all, with varying modes depending on the length of game that seems ideal.