News Flash: Audio Mystery Game Announced, More Horrified
Echoes: An Audio Mystery Game Announced
Ravensburger has announced a new game line that is played with the components in the box and an app. "Your job is to put the 24 parts of the story in the right order together. Each part is represented by an object (board or map) and its associated echo. Scan the objects with the app to hear the echoes of the past."
Source: https://www.ravensburger.org/uk/discover/echoes/index.html
More Horrified Announced
Ravensburger has also announced a brand new Horrified, featuring all new monsters and ways to defeat them. "Characters includes Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, the Chupacabra, the Banshee of the Badlands, and the Ozark Howler."
Source: https://bleedingcool.com/games/ravensburger-reveals-american-monsters-new-mystery-board-games/
Tetris Board Game Released
Buffalo Games has released a Tetris-themed board game. "An all-new tabletop strategy game for up to 4 players designed by Phil Walker-Harding. Each player drops tetrimino pieces into their own Matrix tower each turn. You know what to do. Another piece is up. Rotate. Rotate again. Move it and drop it… Score points by completing horizontal rows and racing to fulfill special challenges on achievement cards for bonus points!"
Source: https://buffalogames.com/tetris/
That Time You Killed Me Pre-Order
Pandasaurus has a new two-player, abstract, time-travel themed game available for pre-order. "You and your opponent are rival time travelers trying to erase each other from history. To prove you are the one true inventor of time travel, you must use your invention to find your enemy in time and murder them - before they get you!"
Source: https://pandasaurusgames.com/products/that-time-you-killed-me
James Bond Spectre Board Game
Modiphius Entertainment has announced a new board game that puts you in the shoes of James Bond villains. The game is set to release in spring 2022. "Players take on the role of one of the many iconic villains from the James Bond film franchise, competing with each other to become SPECTRE’s Number One."
Source: https://www.modiphius.net/pages/spectre
Reviews
Roll Player (Just Push Start): “Not only is there a brilliant puzzle in those stats, the way players draft the dice – balanced with the initiative at the market – even crushes the luck out of the game.”
Source: https://www.justpushstart.com/2021/08/roll-player-review/
The Tabletop Family (There Will Be Games): “This is a top tier game for me. Both games it pulls its inspiration from have delighted me for years, and now this game has, in many ways, replaced them both as my favorite of the three.”
Source: https://thetabletopfamily.com/between-two-castles-of-mad-king-ludwig-review/
Snakesss (Gaming with Sidekicks): “Snakesss is a familiar game in that it has elements of other party games we enjoy while mixing them in a different way.”
Source: http://gamingwithsidekicks.com/2021/08/10/game-review-snakesss/