News Flash: Carcassonne Safari Announced, Snow White Mining Game Released

Carcassonne: Safari Announced
This new standalone Carcassonne game is much more animal filled than the original. "As you continue exploring the plains, help the local wildlife by digging or expanding a watering hole. After placing a tile, you can choose to start digging a watering hole instead of placing a meeple. After the watering hole has been started, each new animal tile will score points."
Source: https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2018/10/17/announcing-carcassonne-safari/

Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Gemstone Mining Game Now Available
USAopoly has released Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Gemstone Mining Game. "Mining is as easy as pulling a gem from the provided Mine Bag, but watch out for whammies! For instance, Obsidian is worth zero points, and drawing two of these undesired items turns into an “accident” that sends you home empty-handed."
Source: https://www.usaopoly.com/blog/disney-snow-white-and-seven-dwarfs-gemstone-mining-game-available-now

Lords of Vegas Joins Z-Man Games
With Mayfair closed, Lords of Vegas has found a new home with Z-Man Games. "We are selling the existing Mayfair Games stock of the base game and the UP! expansion,  so if you’ve been waiting to get your hands on them, we’ve got you covered."
Source: https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2018/10/12/lords-of-vegas-joins-z-man-games/

Games for Halloween
Geek and Sundry suggests 6 games for a Halloween game night. "Simply grab your favorite scary snacks and drinks, cue the Halloween theme song, and get these games onto your tabletop."
Source: https://geekandsundry.com/six-scary-board-games-for-a-spook-tacular-game-night/

Helvetiq Announces Two New Games for Essen
Deal Maker will be a party game involving negotiation and speed, while Winston is a game about collecting the longest dogs.
Source: www.helvetiq.ch

Playford Games Announces Ancient World Multi Game System
The Ancient World Multi Game will be released at Spiel Essen 2018 and can be used to play twenty-five different games. "Each game takes only minutes to learn and provides a fun challenge for kids, families, and hobby gamers alike.  In the 40-page rulebook, each game comes with a story and symbols indicating the level of difficulty, social skills required, and degree of competition or cooperation."
Source: https://www.playfordgames.com/first-look-ancient-world-social-abstract-games/

Reviews
Fantastic Beasts Perilous Pursuit (Geek and Sundry): “As a play experience, there are moments of definite tension within the game – balancing the demands for defending yourself and your teammates while trying to capture the creatures and playing to your own character’s strength is an interesting balancing act.”
Source: https://geekandsundry.com/fantastic-beasts-perilous-pursuit-is-a-tense-but-accessible-game-for-fans/

Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy (Strange Assembly): “Given the fairly light-hearted nature of the game, I would suggest starting with the least “take that” option and then getting ‘meaner’ as needed. All other things being equal, a higher player count probably works best, playing into the game’s chaos.”
Source: https://www.strangeassembly.com/2018/review-truck-off-the-food-truck-frenzy

Paper Tales (iSlaytheDragon): “The complexity isn’t in the cards – that is as in drafting, iconography, special abilities or synergy – but in managing them effectively in such constricted space and tight resources.”
Source: http://islaythedragon.com/featured/review-paper-tales/