News Flash: Princess Bride Board Game Announced, Mysterium Park Pre-Order | Casual Game Revolution

News Flash: Princess Bride Board Game Announced, Mysterium Park Pre-Order

The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game

The Princess Bride Cooperative Board Game Announced
Ravensburger has announced The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game, a cooperative game for one to four players, set for release this October. "Navigating through six chapters charting the events of the film — each with their own special rules and requirements — players have to work together to progress, playing and discarding cards to remove obstacles along the way."
Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-princess-bride-board-game-is-an-inconceivably-good-1844687619

Pre-Order Mysterium Park
A standalone game, using a more condensed version of the Mysterium gameplay, Mysterium Park is set at a fairground where players attempt to unravel a mystery. "In this asymmetrical game, the ghost sends visions with illustrated cards. The psychics try to interpret them to exonerate the safe suspects and locations and, finally, seize the only chance to understand what happened a few years ago."
Source: https://store.us.asmodee.com/catalogue/mysterium-park_3070/

Flash 8 Released
IELLO has released real time puzzle game Flash 8. "Line up your electrons to get the current flowing, and frustrate your opponents in the process. To win, reproduce the configurations as fast as you can. That’s all!"
Source: https://iellousa.com/products/flash-8

Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Gets Early Release Date
Z-Man Games has announced that Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter will be released three weeks earlier than expected in the US. "In an effort to support FLGSs around the country, we’ve worked with our US distributor to offer our next game release, Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game, as a hobby-exclusive early release on August 14th—3 weeks ahead of schedule. Wide release for other retailers will proceed as planned on September 4th."
Source: https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2020/8/10/infinity-gauntlet-early-US-hobby-release/

Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Hijinx at Hell High Released
The fifth game in the card game series Epic Spell Wars has been released by Cryptozoic. "In the game, 2-6 players move up and down the Social Status Board, which ranges from the Ultimate Loser to Class President, and utilize the new keyword “Bully” as they try to annihilate their fellow Wizards."
Source: https://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/cryptozoic-announces-release-epic-spell-wars%E2%84%A2-battle-wizards-hijinx-hell-high

Reviews
Dungeon Drop (Board Game Geek): “An abstract take on the dungeon crawler genre that’s fun for families and makes a nice gateway game for new gamers.”
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/dungeon-drop-review/

Trekking the National Parks (The Board Game Family): “The board game has just the right balance of luck and strategy to give us a good challenge while still keeping it light.”
Source: https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2020/07/trekking-the-national-parks-game-review/

Looney Pyramids (Meeple Mountain): “For me, it was that combination of approachability mixed with games that did away with the requirement of a confined playing area (i.e., a board) that drew me to the Pyramids.”
Source: https://www.meeplemountain.com/articles/games-we-love-looney-pyramids/