News Flash: Zillionaires Road Trip USA Released, Fantasy Realms Deluxe Edition Pre-Order

Zillionaires Road Trip USA Released
Big Potato Games has released Zillionaires Road Trip USA, a new bidding party game for 2-5 players. "Buy up real, legendary roadside attractions from across the USA, before your fellow zillionaires get their mitts on them. [...] You’ll get 49 zillion dollars to try and snap up four properties in a row. All you need to do is outbid your rivals... without getting sucked into a bidding war."
Source: https://bigpotato.com/products/zillionaires-road-trip-usa

Fantasy Realms: Deluxe Edition Pre-Order
Fantasy Realms: Deluxe Edition from WizKids, is now available for pre-order. "In Fantasy Realms, you build your Realm, one card at a time, as you collect Beasts, Armies, Wizards, and more! Each card is unique and scores points based on the other cards in your hand. You start with seven cards, and each turn you’ll draw a new card from the deck or discard, and discard one card from your hand, always trying to improve your Realm! Whoever’s realm scores the most points is the winner!"
Source: https://shop.wizkids.com/products/fantasy-realms-deluxe-edition

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Released
Cryptozoic has released a new Batman solo board game, based on the comic books by Frank Miller. "Instead of traditional leveling up, this is a game of attrition. As Batman, you must come out of retirement and do everything you can to beat back a relentless tide of ruthless mutants, cops, and press looking to bring you down. Get ready to face villains like Two-Face, The Joker, and the leader of the Mutant Gang… as well as your powerful former ally, Superman!"
Source: https://cryptozoic.com/blogs/articles/dkr-availablenow

Terra Nova Announced
Capstone Games has announced Terra Nova, set to be released this October, with pre-orders starting June 28. "Terra Nova is a simplified version of the globally-acclaimed strategy game Terra Mystica. Choose from 10 different factions, each with different abilities. Spread out on the central map as skillfully as possible and achieve certain goals from round to round."
Source: https://capstone-games.com/board-games/terra-nova/

Catan – 3D Expansion Announced
Catan Studio has announced an expansion to Catan 3D, a deluxe edition to the classic board game. "Continue your adventures on the isle of Catan with the Seafarers and Cities & Knights! The three-dimensional expansion invites you to explore even more."
Source: https://www.catan.com/3d-expansion-seafarers-cities-knights

Twenty Best Harry Potter Games
Board Game Halv has published a roundup of their twenty favorite board games with a Harry Potter theme. "No film series better represents witches, magic and wonderment like this series that follows groups of kids and their work their way through a wizarding magic school and make it into the real world, where all of this exists. There were 8 original Harry Potter movies and so far 3 subsequent Fantastic Beast movies. These are the top 20 best Harry Potter board games."
Source: https://www.boardgamehalv.com/best-harry-potter-board-games/

Reviews
Sleeping Queens (Meeple Mountain): “You could squeeze this in on one end of your table while another person sets up the heavy game for the night. You can, and should, play this with your kids. The kids can play it with their grandparents. Gamers could play it. Non-gamers could, too.”
Source: https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/sleeping-queens/

Marvel Remix (Opinionated Gamers): “While it is clearly based on Fantasy Realms, Marvel Remix is most definitely its own game, and one that has been fun to explore.  The modern theming may also help this game get to the table with non-gamers as most people are familiar with the Marvel Superheroes.”
Source: https://opinionatedgamers.com/2022/05/25/dale-yu-review-of-marvel-remix/#more-54695

Mystery at Magnolia Gardens (What’s Eric Playing): “Overall, I thought Mystery at Magnolia Gardens was a pleasant mystery game! I think it’s been my favorite of the Hunt a Killer games I’ve tried, mostly because I felt like there was a nice emphasis on the puzzle aspects of it over just reading and collating information.”
Source: https://whatsericplaying.com/2022/05/09/mystery-at-magnolia-gardens/