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One of the best tools in gaming's arsenal to expand the range of people playing games is an engaging theme. A game may be incredibly well designed, but it's hard to tell that from the box, and so its theme often has to do the heavy lifting of drawing in potential players.

The Fall 2015 issue of Casual Game Insider is now in stock and available for sale! Print and digital versions are available.

Yay Games has released Sandcastles, Discover Explore Learn is hosting a giveaway of two Gamewright games, and board games are used to teach history.

IELLO has made Sapiens available for pre-order, Adventure Time Love Letter has been released, and a Boy Scout troop has designed a game.

IELLO releases the next game in their Tales and Games series, an official two player BANG! has been announced, and game recommendations for kids aged 3 to 5.

Previews for several games that will be at this year’s Essen, Victory Point Games is having a sale this weekend, and Looney Labs has announced Nature Fluxx. 

This is a month for fun thematic mechanics such as spiders joining cults and Krakens patrolling the oceans. Also, this month brings us the campaign for Tabletopia, a digital platform for playing and publishing board games.

Firefly Fluxx has been announced, Trivial Pursuit is set to be adapted into an app, and Looney Labbs is working on Mad Libs: The Game.

A new virtual system for tabletop games has been announced, Tasty Minstrel has announced that they have three new games about to be released, and Game Salute has launched a new monthly newsletter.