Following are some quick "news bites" for the board game industry from the past couple of months:

• Three Crowns Game Productions (3CG) reports that sales of their Plan West and Konigsberg ’45 titles surpassed their expectations, with only a few of each still in stock.  They have Tannenberg 1914 in the plans for April-May 2011 and need help deciding what to work on.  Pre-orders will help with that.
• 4th Street Software released the 1974 version of 4th Street Football (board game and computer game versions), shipped the 2010 4th Street Baseball season, the 1956-57 4th Street Hockey season, and the 1983-84 hockey season.
• APBA Games is taking orders for their 2010 Baseball season card set, and has a number of other new products available.
• Asmadi Games has reduced prices for Innovation, Whack a Catgirl, and Gold Thief for 2011.
• Briarpatch Games has added several new titles, including Fancy Nancy Fabulous Fashionista, Goodnight Moon My World ABC Game, I Spy Memory Mini Game, Madeline at the White House, Pirate Brawl Mini Game, and Tic Tac Turn.
• Buffalo Games has released "Gotcha!", a board game where players race to hit the buzzer every time they see another player breaking the rules.  Players put new rule cards in play on their turn.  Reminds me of a drinking game I once played…  Buffalo is also working with Tyson foods to promote "Great Games, Great Food" where you can get $2 off a Buffalo Games product.
• Burley Games released "Take It Higher!" at Essen Spiel 2010, a game co-authored by Peter Burley and Reiner Knizia.
• Cactus Game Design, makers of the Redemption game, is offering a free Priests booster pack with every web site order (according to their home page).
• Cambridge Games posted an interesting story of what it’s been up to for the last 3 years, which should be required reading for anyone thinking of starting a game company.
• Catan.com announced that Catan Seafarers is available for iPhone.
• Cheapass Games has published a free and revised version of Deadwood.
• Clash of Arms Games has announced some price reductions, including Sea of Dragons, Convoy/Deadly Waters, Baltic Arena, Mighty Midgets, Harpoon4 Rules, and more.
• DK Simulations has released four titles for the Android platform, including Barbarossa Android, Korean War, Yugoslavia 1941, and Rommel in Africa.  The prices are very reasonable, reviews are good, and some of the titles are free (or introductory versions are free).
• Dr. Finn’s Games released "Biblios (a.k.a. Scripts and Scribes)" where players take on the role of an abbot in a medieval monastery competing with others to amass the greatest library of sacred books.
• DreamPunk Productions received their print proof for their upcoming Stork game.
• Drumond Park has released several new titles for 2011 including Articulate Your Life, Box of Shocks, Dino Bite, Eggheads, His and Hers, Oginov, and The Million Pound Drop Game.
• Eagle Games is taking pre-orders for a variety of Defenders of the Realm pre-painted minis.
• Elfin Werks is offering a free Strada Romana Mini-Expansion and a free Lungarno Mini-Expansion.
• Evertide Games announced that Lords of Scotland is on sale, and can be found cheaply at places like Thought Hammer, Funagain Games, and Cool Stuff Inc.
• Eye-Level Entertainment is looking for fans of their Nature of the Beast game to help them design some new cards in 2011.
• FamilyTimeFun Games is releasing Racers Ready in April 2011.  This game "tests a family’s coordination and teamwork."
• Shadow Hex Games is testing Zombie Chess, a zombie apocalypse themed chess game.

That’s all I have time for tonight.  Hopefully I will be able to post more soon.  I have dozens more of these updates to share.