Casual Games

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.

Asmodee has announced Dixit Daydreams this month, Cryptozoic has released NHL Power Play Team-Building Card Game, and Fantasy Flight Games has announced a new Elder Sign expansion.

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Mayfair Games has released the pirated-themed game Gold Ahoy!, Asmodee has announced two new games in the Timeline series, and Brain Punch Games is releasing This House is Haunted through Kickstarter.

Game Salute has released Havok & Hijinks this week, Z-Man Games announces a new design for Carcassonne. and September saw the release of Diamonds.

USAoploy released Selfie, Fantasy Flight Games has released a party game titled The Last Banquet, and two new games are available from Game Salute.

This month brings a little bit of everything, including Tasty Minstrel’s first co-op board game, some fun looking party games, a unique cube building game, and 10 micro dice games that fit in one conveniently sized box. There’s definitely something for everyone on Kickstarter this month.

Portal Games has Imperial Settlers available for pre-order, Foxtrot releases a print-and-play of Lanterns and a new story telling game Rememory is now available to buy.

5Pax is a set of 10+ casual dice games that recently caught our attention on Kickstarter. We reached out to Dennis Consorte of Galliant Games to learn more about this game line and what players can expect.