News Flash: Red Rising Announced, Disney Villainous Expansion Released

Stonemaier Games Announces Red Rising
A collector's edition is available for pre-order and will ship in April, while a standard version will be released a few months later. "A hand-management, combo-building game for 1-6 players (45-60 minute playing time). You start with a hand of 5 cards, and on your turn you will deploy 1 of those cards to a location on the board, activating that card’s deploy benefit. You will then gain the top card from another location (face up) or the deck (face down), gaining that locations benefit and adding the card to your hand as you enhance your end-game point total."
Source: https://stonemaiergames.com/games/red-rising/

New Disney Villainous Expansion
Disney Villainous: Despicable Plots has been released. "It features Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Lady Tremaine from Cinderella, and the Horned King from The Black Cauldron."
Source: https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/no-one-fates-gaston

Brew Announced
Pandasaurus Games has announced Brew, set for release this June. "Players must choose how to use element dice—either to take back control of as many seasons as possible in an area control game or to procure goods at the local village in a worker-placement game. Recruiting woodland creatures and brewing potions can help offset chance die-rolls or create an engine to help you tame the lands."
Source: https://pandasaurusgames.com/products/brew

Hack & Slash Released
Steve Jackson Games has released a new fantasy themed dice game. "Choose a quest and roll the dice! You may win fame, and even recruit a new comrade for your party. Or you may fail, and slink back to the Tavern."
Source: http://www.sjgames.com/hackslash/

Cooperative Alien Game Announced
Ravensburger has announced Alien:  Fate Of The Nostromo, a cooperative survival game. "The game features five “final missions” that are triggered once the players complete their primary objectives.  Each mission has its own requirements for success, which the players must complete simultaneously."
Source: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47692/outwit-xenomorph-alien-fate-nostromo

Review of Castle TriCon
Board Game Quest has posed a review of Castle TriCon, a new kind of online gaming convention with a virtual world. "After logging in to Castle TriCon, you appear as an avatar in a virtual world."
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/castle-tricon-necessity-breeds-ingenuity/

Reviews
Silver and Gold (Board Game Quest): “This is a good game for a family gift or for someone who really enjoys spatial games, but don’t expect this game to come off the shelf frequently.”
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/silver-and-gold-review/

Tiny Epic Dungeons (GeekDad): “If you like dungeon crawls and you’re up for a challenge, consider exploring Tiny Epic Dungeons. It’s bigger than it looks from the outside!”
Source: https://geekdad.com/2021/02/kickstarter-tabletop-review-losing-myself-in-tiny-epic-dungeons/

Metro X (The Board Game Family): “It’s not full of complicated rules to remember or things we need to look up. We just open, shuffle, and play. And each game lasts only about 15 minutes.”
Source: https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2021/02/metro-x-board-game-review/