News Flash: Sagrada Expansions, New Z-Man Card Game
Three New Sagrada Expansions
Floodgate Games has announced the release of three new expansions for Sagrada. "We are excited to announce the next three expansions for Sagrada, The Great Facade Expansions! Named after the three facades of the Sagrada Familia; the Passion, Life, and Glory Expansions will each have modular elements that will add to your experience with Sagrada."
Source: https://mailchi.mp/floodgategames/announcing-3-new-sagrada-expansions
Miaui Available for Pre-Order
Z-Man Games has a new card game available for pre-order. "When everyone has chosen a card, all players flip their cards face up to reveal how deep they have chosen to dive into the lagoon. The diver with the highest number wins the deepest catch and takes the card from the bottom space of the lagoon. The diver with the second highest number takes the card from the middle space. Then finally the diver with the lowest number wins the shallow catch and takes the card from the top space."
Source: https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2018/10/23/announcing-miaui/
Potential Mice and Mystics Dreamworks Film
Jerry Hawthorne, the designer of Mice and Mystics, has posted a blog post about a potential Mice and Mystics movie from Dreamworks. "Dreamworks Entertainment is entering final negotiations on a movie based on my story game Mice and Mystics"
Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/82432/cats-out-bag
Cooperative Board Game Book
Meeples Together has launched on Kickstarter, a book about the how's and why's of cooperative board games. "A new book from the publisher of The White Box for people who play, discuss, critique, design, and love cooperative board games."
Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jefftidball/meeples-together-how-and-why-cooperative-board-gam
Games for Under $20
Troll in the Corner has released their annual list of games and geeky gifts that cost less than $20. "I put this list together originally to help people looking to buy good, fun gifts outside of their realm of experience, without spending an arm or a leg. If you’re buying a gift for a gamer and don’t want to get them another copy of Monopoly, well here you go."
Source: https://trollitc.com/2018/10/30/a-ton-of-games-and-geeky-gifts-for-mostly-under-20/
Nine Essential Essen Releases
I Play Red have summarized their nine favorite releases from this year's Essen. "Last but not least, this year's must have releases. I boiled it down to 9 releases and then kept finding more."
Source: https://iplayred.co.uk/posts/spiel-2018-essen-essential-releases
Reviews
The Island of Doctor Lucky (Purple Pawn): “I hate to say it, but The Island of Doctor Lucky isn’t as fun as the Kill Doctor Lucky games.”
Source: http://www.purplepawn.com/2018/10/second-look-kill-doctor-lucky-on-an-island/
Long Cow (Board Game Family): “A fun little romp of building, feeding, attacking and defending you herd of cows on your way to building the herd with the most points. It’s simple and quick and silly. And it might be a game your kids will love to play.”
Source: https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2018/10/building-cows-and-making-faces/
Ninjitsu (Board Game Quest): “A quick playing filler game that will slot in nicely with groups who like to play mind games with each other.”
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/www.boardgamequest.com/ninjitsu-review/index-https.html_gzip