News Flash: Astro Trash Announced, Blockbuster Gets a Party Game

USAopoly Announces Astro Trash
Astro Trash is a new real time, competitive dice game. "Rapidly roll the dice and follow the directives to clear your planet of the pieces being flung at you by neighbors to your left and right, who have their own sets of dice! Alert the table that you’ve done your planetorial duty by declaring “Clean!” the second you’ve out-trashed your opponents, then collect a Trash Trophy to flaunt your fastidiousness. The first player with three Trash Trophies wins the game!"
Source: https://theop.games/2019/06/astro-trash-available-now/

Blockbuster: The Game
Big Potato Games has released a party game themed around the old video rental chain Blockbuster. "In the Movie Buzzer Battle, both teams are given a topic, such as “Movies with dogs”. You start the 15s timer, yell out a relevant movie then whack the buzzer to reset the time. The other team is now in the hot seat and has to do the same[...]In Triple Charades Jeopardy, your team has to guess the movie, while you act it, use one word or quote from it."
Source: https://bigpotato.com/us/games/blockbuster-the-game

Thundergryph Games Announces Hats
Hats is a two to four player card game, based on Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter and set for release at Gen Con later this year. "Two to four players compete to acquire the most outstanding hats by exchanging cards in hand with cards on the tea table board. Each card exchange influences how each hat is scored. Naturally, at the end of the game, the player with the highest score will be declared the maddest!"
Source: https://thundergryph.com/hats/

When To Downsize Your Board Game Collection
iSlaytheDragon, in the next part of their series about board game collecting, looks at the question of when it's time to lose some games. "But since culling objects is even part of a cultural institution’s operation, like a museum, then it’s something we should consider for our own collections personally.  Here are some major parameters indicating that, perhaps, it just might be time for you to downsize."
Source: http://islaythedragon.com/featured/the-joy-of-curating-the-tipping-point/

Games that Play in Less than 15 Minutes
Screen Rant recommends ten games that play in fifteen minutes or less. "For parties, road trips, dates and good ol' killing time, sitting around the table with a two hour game isn't necessarily what you had in mind. These games can be won in less than 15 minutes, with very little set-up and easy concepts to learn for beginners."
Source: https://screenrant.com/board-games-15-minutes-less/

Clue Becomes a Comic Book
The classic board game Clue has been adapted into a comic book miniseries, Clue: Candlestick, the first issue of which was released last month. The AV Club takes a look, and reviews the release. "Shaw makes a comic about the board game, incorporating the map, the game pieces, and a set of rules."
Source: https://aux.avclub.com/clue-candlestick-turns-a-board-game-into-comic-book-br-1834996317

Reviews
Gridopolis (Board Game Quest): “A fun and easy to learn 3D abstract strategy game that your kids and family will enjoy.”
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/gridopolis-review/

Sutakku (Geek Dad): “I’ve had a blast, and it’s been a great game to break out when I’ve had two games going at game night and one group finishes before the other.”
Source: https://geekdad.com/2019/06/build-a-tower-of-dice-in-sutakku/

Invasion of the Cow Snatchers (Pixelkin): “The pick-up and deliver gameplay is simple but effective and multiple difficulty levels allow for proper scaling as kids master each puzzle layout. A lovely puzzle game for kids and families.”
Source: https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2019/05/clank-board-game-review/