Social deduction / hidden identity games have been seeing a rise in popularity in recent years. Some of our favorites include One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Good Cop Bad Cop, and Coup.
Fireside Games has announced their first new release of 2018, Thames & Kosmos has announced two new games in their Exit line, and a company is in the middle of Kickstarter fraud allegations.
This month brings the latest game from Restoration Games to Kickstarter, with a game that includes a truly impressive board. Also this month we have Green Couch Games with their latest card game, and two different looks at nightmares and dreams.
In Hardback, word-building meets deck-building, and players have to count their pennies in order to buy new letters to create new words, to earn prestige, and move up in the world of books.
A new Avengers-themed board game has been released, IELLO is hosting a photo contest, and BoardGameGeek has posted a roundup of fun, board game themed April Fool’s jokes.
There are yetis and avalanches, oxygen to manage and perilous heights, and you don’t even know where the summit is. Will you beat the others in a race to the top or be left behind?
Calliope’s press-your-luck game puts you in the role of a mountain climber in this casual dice game about overcoming the odds and the mountain.
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