News Flash: New Pandasaurus Games, Meeple Towers Released

New Games from Pandasaurus
Pandasaurus has four new games coming in October, all available for pre-order. Ohanami (from the designer of The Game), The Game: Quick & Easy, Gods Love Dinosaurs, a new tile placement game from the designer of Magic Maze, and Robots, a Kinderspiel des Jahres nominee.
Source: https://pandasaurusgames.com/collections/shop/products/gods-love-dinosaurs-1

Meeple Towers Released
WizKids has released new tower building game Meeple Towers. "In this abstract 3D building Euro game from designer Aaron Holland, players take on the roles of contractors building high-rise towers for Meeples to work, live, and play in! Players will take turns playing action cards in order to place worker meeples, supports, and new levels onto the tower!"
Source: https://wizkids.com/2020/08/26/build-the-high-rises-of-tomorrow-in-meeple-towers-available-now/

Apollo Released
Buffalo Games has released Apollo, a cooperative game about launching NASA moon missions. "Play as Mission Control or an Astronaut. Both sides must work together and strategize to complete flight stages, overcome obstacles, repair the spacecraft, and keep communications clear. It is the team that determines if the mission is a success or failure."
Source: https://buffalogames.com/apollo/

Ramen! Ramen! from Japanime Games
Japanime Games has announced a new card game, set for release this November. "A stand-alone ramen shop inspired game for 1-4 players striving to sell not only the most bowls of ramen but also the most delicious bowls of ramen."
Source: https://japanimegames.com/blogs/press/press-release-ramen-ramen

Mandala Stones Announced
Board and Dice has announced Mandala Stones, expected to be released in 2021. "Arrange colorful stones to create a stunning work of art together with your friends. However, while there are many creators, there can be only one winner. Influence artists, positioning them cleverly on the main board, to form towers out of collected Stones, which you then display onto the mandala board at an opportune moment to score Victory Points."
Source: https://boardanddice.com/our-games/mandala-stones/

A Candy Land Cooking Show?
Classic children's board game Candy Land is being adapted by the Food Network, and being turned into a competitive cooking show. "Food Network has started production on its latest competition series Candy Land, a show that will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and based on the classic board game by Hasbro."
Source: https://www.cbr.com/candy-land-reinvented-cooking-game-show-hosted-kristin-chenoweth/

Reviews
Escape Tales: Low Memory (Meeple Mountain): “My favourite escape room puzzles are math and logic ones so a game that focuses on these kinds of puzzles is right up my alley. On top of that, I find the story and its progression over the course of the game very engaging and the endings make all the hard work so satisfying and worthwhile.”
Source: https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/escape-tales-low-memory-review-the-entire-history-of-you/

Ripple Rush (What’s Eric Playing): “I’m always happy to see another roll/flip-and-write come around, and if you’re looking for something quick and simple to bust out, I think you may enjoy this one!”
Source: https://whatsericplaying.com/2020/08/24/ripple-rush/

Break In: Alcatraz (Opinionated Gamers): “On the whole, I really liked the experience.  It seems that the company is new to the escape room genre, and there are some rough edges – all noted above – but none of them were gamebreaking. ”
Source: https://opinionatedgamers.com/2020/08/11/dale-yu-review-of-break-in-alcatraz-spoiler-free/