LOKI and IELLO’s cooperative, seafaring board game Kraken Attack has players desperately trying to protect their ship, repair damage, and fight off the Kraken and its many tentacles.
This game's ability to be defined as a 'casual game' might best be demonstrated by the story of how I, seasoned gamer that I am, was promptly defeated by a 7-year-old girl playing it for the first time.
WizKids has announced an English edition of El Maestro, Pandasaurus Games has made Ctrl available for pre-order, and Looney Labs has announced SpongeBob Fluxx.
Pictures is a 3-5 player party game where players will use varying sets of items to depict one of 16 images in the hopes their companions can figure out what picture they are crafting.
The Op (USAopoly) has released a new family friendly card game, WizKids has announced a real time game that is set to be released this July, and Asmodee has released a free print and play Ticket to Ride expansion.
It is the elephant festival, and you must draft colorful elephant tiles and play them to your tableau, in an attempt to create large groupings of single colors and lots of elephants.
Who will be the new head of the family? Bid on plots of land, mines, and the family ranch — the player with the most money at the end of the game will lead the family.
Pandasaurus Games has released the follow up to The Mind, Gen Con Online has been announced, and Z-Man Games has released a free print and play of Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America.
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