News Flash: Marabunta Announced, New Unlock! Extraordinary Adventures

Marabunta Announced
Space Cowboys has announced a new roll-and-write from Reiner Knizia, set for release on February 9. "Send your ants to conquer fertile regions and seize strategic hexes. Draw a tile, roll the dice, and split them in two pools. Your opponent chooses one of the two pools, and applies the results by marking the board. Then, you resolve the other pool!"
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1126307445251215&set=a.749751942906769

New Unlock! Extraordinary Adventures
The next game in the Unlock! series has been announced. "In Hollywood Confidential, players will delve into the gritty, dark underbelly of Golden Age Hollywood as they try to figure out what happened to their abducted boss. Restart offers players a pixelated adventure in a retro video game world. Finally, in The W.A.F.F. Odyssey, players blast off to a distant planet to unravel the mysteries of the new lifeforms they find."
Source: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55817/asmodee-reveals-new-unlock-extraordinary-adventures

Synapses Games Announces Finding Atlantis
Synapses Games has announced a new game, expected to be released this Spring. "Finding Atlantis is a heart-pounding deduction and exploration game designed for 1-4 players ages 14 and up. You will have to use deduction, strategic hand management, and stealthy hidden movement to claim victory. The race is on to be the first to discover the elusive lost city. "
Source: https://jeuxsynapsesgames.com/en/game/finding-atlantis/

Digital Board Game Pinball
Zen Studios has released board game-themed digital pinball tables, featuring Terraforming Mars, Gloomhaven, and Exploding Kittens. "Get ready for a game-changing experience as Zen Studios partners up with Asmodee to bring you three tables based on the best tabletop games. Step into a new realm of pinball, and remember, just like with the dice, a single flip can change everything."
Source: https://zenstudios.com/games/game-night-pinball-volume-1/

Lairs Announced
KTBG has announced their next game: Lairs. "You’ve worked hard to earn your spot in the Adventurers Guild, but one last obstacle remains. You must square off with a cunning rival guild hopeful in an exam of precarious paths that will test your skills at building a devious dungeon… and exploring one."
Source: https://www.kidstablebg.com/lairs

El Grande New Edition
A new edition of the classic board game has been announced and is set to be released on January 12. It is currently available for pre-order. "El Grande is set in 15th century Spain, at the end of the Reconquista. The players send out their caballeros to gain control over the 9 regions and become “El Grande”. However, everything depends on the location of the king — and majorities may shift in the blink of an eye."
Source: https://store.asmodee.com/products/el-grande

Reviews
Subastral (Board Game Quest): “Solidly fun for those who can’t get enough of set collection games.”
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/subastral-review/

Express Route (Coopgestalt): “A good pick-up and delivery game: it’s very strategic and keeps players engaged as they play. Be aware that this game really needs everyone to stay involved to win: if you wanted a cooperative game where you do your own thing, this is not the game for you!”
Source: https://coopgestalt.com/2023/12/08/is-this-how-amazon-trains-their-staff-a-four-way-review-of-express-route-a-cooperative-pick-up-and-deliver-game/

Apiary (Board Game Gumbo): “I predict that Apiary will make my top games of the year. I’ve enjoyed the game play that much, and the different factions to explore, unique way that the bees upgrade, and the production value in the game all contribute to making this one of the best games from 2023.”
Source: https://boardgamegumbo.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/honey-i-shrunk-the-game-board-apiary-review/