Casual Games

Fireside Games has released Bears! Trail Mix’d, a new app named Gamenauts has been released that should help with your board game shopping, and GeekDad is hosting a giveaway.

Longhorn is a western-themed strategy game that is as smart as it is fun. Two players are pitted against one another as rival cattle thieves. Players move for their opponent, so the amount of player interaction is intense.

Gamewright has announced Rolling America, deduction game Spyfall was released last week, and Alderac Entertainment Group is set to come out with Dice City this October.

Potions. Deception. Magical apothecary powers. Apotheca, by Knapsack Games, is an upcoming casual strategy game that takes a simple pattern matching mechanic and adds to it a mystical theme and detailed artwork.

This month brings several new dexterity based games to Kickstarter to test your ability to flick objects across the board towards various targets. Another popular theme this month is dice games, so if you enjoy press-your-luck gameplay, you’ll be in luck.

Hasbro will soon be releasing the game Pie Face!, Foxtrot has announced a new game, and Lanterns: The Harvest Festival now has a solo variant.

WizKids has announced plans for new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tabletop games, Gloom will be getting a digital adaptation, and Alderac has posted a preview for their new Smash Up expansion.

 IELLO has released a casual dungeon crawler game, the nominees for 2015 Spiel des Jahres have been announced, and iSlaytheDragon has posted a preview of Origins.

You are a mage at the Arcane Academy trying to trap all kinds of mystical and magical creatures. Using your expert spell blending skills, you must cast the best spells to capture the most creatures and earn the title of Master Capturer.

Hasbro has announced a new Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader board game, the Titan Series has made it's crowdfunding goal, and Rio Grande Games will be releasing My First Bohnanza.