News Flash: Mega Mouth Released, Origins Award Winners

New Lip-Reading Party Game
Big G Creative has released Mega Mouth, a new party game built around lip reading. "Draw a category card, hold the mega-magnifier up to your mouth, and silently speak to your teammates. Don’t say the words out loud!"
Source: http://www.biggcreative.com/games/mega-mouth/

Origins Award Winners
The 2020 winners of the Origins Awards have been announced. You can see the full list of winners on their website. "The Origins Awards were presented for the first time at the very first Origins Game Fair in Baltimore in 1975. The purpose of the awards is to recognize excellence in game design, and increase awareness and sales for the nominees, winners, the Origins convention, and hobby games in general."
Source: https://www.originsawards.net/origins-award-winners

King of Tokyo or New York Monster Pack
IELLO has announced a Cthulhu-themed Monster Pack expansion, compatible with both King of Tokyo and King of New York. "Each Monster Pack introduces a new game mechanic compatible with the entire King of Tokyo/King of New York series which enables the players to come up with new strategies ever more mischievous!"
Source: https://blog.iellousa.com/king-of-tokyo-you-know-who-it-is-cthulhu

Animix Released
Blue Orange Games has released new animal themed set collection card game, Animix. "Animals you collect score points based on the animals left in the center of the table at the end of play. Each animal scores points differently, so plan ahead to collect the perfect mix to win you the game!"
Source: https://www.blueorangegames.com/index.php/games/animix

Scott Pilgrim Deck Builder Released
Renegade Game Studios has released, Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Card Game, a new deck building game. "Double-sided cards add extra choices and deeper strategy!"
Source: https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/scott-pilgrim-precious-little-card-game

Munchkin: Critical Role Coming Soon
The OP and Steve Jackson Games have announced Munchkin: Critical Role, set for release this February. "Fans will have a choice of playing any of the main characters from the famous adventuring party, each with their own special abilities."
Source: https://theop.games/2020/10/munchkin-critical-role-board-game-coming-soon/

Reviews

Fruit Picking (What’s Eric Playing): “I think it shines quite nicely as a family game mostly targeted at having something fun to do with newer gamers, since it doesn’t rely a ton on complex math, but it’s still fun to move the seeds around even if you’re not sure what you’re doing.”
Source: https://whatsericplaying.com/2020/10/05/fruit-picking/

Cloud City (BoardGameQuest): “A very light tile-placement game with an eye-catching and thematic dressing.”
Source: https://www.boardgamequest.com/cloud-city-review/

Hocus Pocus: The Game (Geek Mom): “Once you’ve got the hang of it however, it is a lot of fun, and holds its own through many replays.”
Source: https://geekmom.com/2020/09/come-little-children-and-play-hocus-pocus/