News Flash: Aerion Announced, Ravensburger's Christmas Giveaway

Aerion Announced
Z-Man Games announces Aerion, a new game in the Oniverse series of games. "Aerion is a solo/cooperative game for one to two players. Your goal is to build six airships to create the most beautiful fleet in the Oniverse. By rolling dice and managing your resources, you must find the best blueprints, materials, and crew for each ship. Can you build the best fleet in time?"
Source: https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2018/12/12/announcing-aerion/

Ravensburger's Christmas Giveaway
Ravensburger is hosting twelve days of Christmas giveaways.
Source: https://www.ravensburger.us/start/ravensburger-advent-calendar/index.html

Dized Kickstarter Campaign
Dized, the board game rules teaching companion app, has relaunched their Kickstarter campaign. "Dized is the ultimate companion app: it adapts to your preferences, letting you skip the rulebook and play board games right away!"
Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dized/dized-the-best-way-to-learn-board-games-0

Smithsonian’s Top Games of 2018
Smithsonian.com has recommended their ten favorite games that were released in 2018. "We sat down with some board-game industry experts (and fans) to find out the best board games of 2018."
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ten-best-board-games-2018-180970986/

Ars Technica Gift Guide
Ars Technica has posted their 2018 ultimate gift guide. "For 2018, we've updated our massive 10,000-word guide by adding new entries, deleting others, and generally just bringing things up to date with our current recommendations."
Source: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/12/ars-technicas-ultimate-board-game-buyers-guide-2018-edition/

24 Affordable Board Game Christmas Gifts
Actualol has released a video with inexpensive board game gift suggestions. "My family joins me to recommend affordable board games you can buy as Christmas gifts."
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdxE2rvzrIw

Reviews
Raccoon Tycoon (iPlayRead): “Raccoon Tycoon is that rare gem of a game - an accessible, economic game. The turns run smoothly and quickly due to it being one single action. Unlike most economic games, it has beautiful artwork, however, it still has tough decisions to be made.
Source: https://iplayred.co.uk/games/raccoon-tycoon/walkthrough

Santa’s Workshop (iSlaytheDragon): “I was totally charmed by Santa’s Workshop, even with the few shortcomings in components. The game weight is perfect for us, allowing us to play on weeknights and with family/friends who aren’t major gamers.”
Source: http://islaythedragon.com/featured/review-santas-workshop/

Just One (The Opinionated Gamers): “Admittedly this is a quick game, but it was such fun! It’s really good to see how people create clues that help and where they link to the target word and at the same time do the second guessing that everyone else has commented on. Super fun.”
Source: https://opinionatedgamers.com/2018/12/10/nathan-beeler-review-of-just-one/