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Sometimes the best way to intervene in someone's bad behavior is to bring it out in the open for discussion. Intervention is a new adult party game, now on Kickstarter, that explores all kinds of bad habits and hypothetical situations.

Healthy eating is something that kids ought to learn at a young age, and the more tools parents have to teach it, the better. Qetchup, by startup publisher WebCracker Inc., is a small card game aimed at kids that encourages them to create sets of healthy foods while discarding the junk food. The first player to create a balanced meal from each food group (Veggie, Protein, Fruit, Juice, and Carbs) and discard any extra cards is the winner.

AEG has announced a new variation for Love Letter, R&R Games’ new railroad-themed game Spike is available for pre-order, and a new Dominion expansion is expected in 2015.

Rio Grande Games releases dice game Rattlebones, several sites suggest board games for Halloween and Fireside Games has released Munchkin Panic.

Renegade Game Studios is a brand new game publisher that came seemingly out of the blue, yet has completely sideswiped us with their line of games. We wanted to know who was behind it, so we reached out for an interview.

Foxtrot Games is a recently-launched independent publisher who is delivering some great products for casual gamers. We were curious to know who is behind Foxtrot Games and how they got started, so we reached out for an interview.

This month brings real time fun (five minutes to save the earth from meteors!) and interesting components (a deck of cards printed on dice) as well as great artwork and mechanics. It’s a strong month for Kickstarter games, with unique ideas and a lot of independent publishers.

A special collector’s edition of Settlers of Catan is available for pre-order, Steve Jackson Games has announced two Garbage Pail Kids-themed games, and Rio Grande releases Temporum this week.

Playing games is not only entertaining, which is in itself a benefit and needed in order to be a “normal” person, they also teach life-skills, contribute to physical well-being, and help the gamer overcome nerves in real-world situations.

The Fall 2014 issue of Casual Game Insider is now in stock and available for sale! This is also our first issue to debut at many Barnes & Noble locations across America.