by Steph Hodge
Gen Con quickly approaches, and I have already gotten a bunch of emails promoting their August and Summer releases. Here are just a handful of games coming soon!
[imageid=8650802 medium rep]▪️ Portal Games (Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island, Neuroshima Hex) announced a partnership with 1 More Time Games (Challengers!) to publish Abroad for a Gen Con release. This is a travel-themed board game that will play 1-4 players in about 60-90 minutes.
From the Newsletter:
Abroad invites players to explore Europe through a rich collection of unique location cards, each tied to real places with distinct culture, history, and character. The game was designed by Rodrigo Rego and Danilo Valente — an established Brazilian design duo who previously collaborated on Landmarks — and published in partnership with 1 More Time Games.
The game’s immense variety of cards, combined with tight strategic decision-making, has drawn widespread comparisons to modern hobby classics.
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▪️ Brotherwise Games announced a new game for release this June called Shards of Creation. A trick-taking card game with a set collection element. For 2-4 players and takes about 30 minutes to play.
From the newsletter:
In Shards of Creation, harness the primal forces of Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere! This innovative trick-taking game is designed for players of all skill levels. Every Shard is an aspect of divinity: Autonomy, Cultivation, Devotion, Dominion, Honor, Odium, Preservation, and Ruin. Each is an entirely unique suit, with different values and abilities. Will you win by focusing on one Shard’s influence, or by forging a coalition of Shards? Shuffle up a different combination each time you play, making every game a new experience!
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▪️ From Oink Games, they announced a Gen Con release for North America. The Frozen Passage is a new cooperative card-laying game for 1-4 players and plays in 20 minutes.
From the press release:
Players work together to arrange three colors of cards numbered 1 to 9 in an inverted pyramid shape, starting from the bottom and aiming for the goal cards at the top. If all players manage to place all of their cards, everyone wins. However, there are specific rules for how the cards must be arranged. If you lose focus on your turn, you might steer the ship towards disaster. Since everyone’s hand is hidden, you must try to complete the path by predicting each other’s cards and helping each other out!
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▪️ There was another announcement from Oink that they are to release Compress at Gen Con as well. This plays 2-4 players in about 15-30minutes. This is Oink’s take on a memory game.
From the announcement:
“0, 1, 1, 0, 0…” You “record” these sequences of 0s and 1s by arranging cards on the table. However, you only have 8 “note cards” which act as hints to help guide you. As the sequence grows longer, “0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1…”, it’s time to flex those brainwaves of yours. You create your own recording rules, such as “a black 0 card represents two consecutive 0s” or “placing a white 1 card sideways represents 1, 0”, to keep track of the ever-expanding sequence.
Everyone takes notes differently. How will you do it? In Compress, you are the rulemaster!
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