A Star Wars themed Unlock! game has been announced, there will be a Disney-themed Munchkin coming later this year, and Thames & Kosmos has made My City available for pre-order.
June brings several dice games to Kickstarter, from one that has you creating beautiful works of art with milk and latte to another that puts you in the shoes of dwarves mining a mountain. There is even a game that features 3D stereoscopic artwork!
Designed by Reiner Knizia and published by Swiss gaming company Helvetiq, Kariba is an elegant little card game set at an African watering hole filled with animals of all sizes, from mice to elephants.
Renegade Game Studios has released a new deductive logic game, Back to the Future: Back in Time has been released, and The Op (USAopoly) has announced a deal with Asmodee to release licensed versions of Spot It!.
LOKI and IELLO’s cooperative, seafaring board game Kraken Attack has players desperately trying to protect their ship, repair damage, and fight off the Kraken and its many tentacles.
This game's ability to be defined as a 'casual game' might best be demonstrated by the story of how I, seasoned gamer that I am, was promptly defeated by a 7-year-old girl playing it for the first time.
WizKids has announced an English edition of El Maestro, Pandasaurus Games has made Ctrl available for pre-order, and Looney Labs has announced SpongeBob Fluxx.
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