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For the next article in our Rapid Reviews series, we highlight three new games with a wide variety of themes and mechanics, from battling illiteracy-spreading villains to delving into historical conflicts.

With the summer convention season coming to a close, many new games have crossed our radar recently. In this article, we highlight three great options from Pandasaurus Games, Flatout Games / AEG, and dV Giochi.

A sequel to the 2023 Spiel des Jahres Nominee Next Station: London, this new game brings a few different scoring elements to the table.

In this mystical pick-up-and-deliver gem from the designers of Sagrada, players will create trade routes in the vast regions of Mistwind Islands by harnessing the towing power of flying whales.

Using only other picture cards flipped to their yes or no side, try to get other players to correctly guess your secret picture.

Have your teammates talk you towards finding hidden objects while blindfolded, or throw an arrow over your shoulder at your opponent with the help of a mirror before they can steal the idol.

Which mean questions will you answer about your fellow players? This party game is all about answering some mean and some not-so-mean prompts.

Match the clue cards to the word cards. If your matches are correct, the last word card left will be the correct answer for the round!

Stack your snowballs and get ready for an impromptu snowball fight, in this dexterity-based stacking game.

Summon the mighty Cosmoctopus from the inky realms and compete to be the first to call him forth with hallucinations, forbidden knowledge, and ancient relics.