- Interaction Point Games has received The Toy Man Award of Excellence, the eChoice Award, and The Toy Man Seal of Approval for its Knock Down, Drag Out game. They also received an eChoice Award and The Toy Man Seal of Approval for Third & Long: The Football Card Game.
- Level Zero Games reports great success at Gen Con and the availability of Node, their hacker game where players compete to dominate powerful corporate servers. It’s priced at a very reasonable $18 with free shipping.
- Sirlin Games is taking pre-orders for their Puzzle Strike Bundle and Puzzle Strike Upgrade Pack.
- Star City Games is taking pre-orders for Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas Duel Decks. Their From the Vault: Legends Singles are on sale.
Archive for Card-based Games
Card Game News – August 30, 2011
Category: Card-based Games |
Card Game News – August 21, 2011
- The Mage Wars web site proclaims their visit to Gen Con a huge success. That’s hard to argue with. Their booth was busy every time I passed by it, and the demo area in the board game room had a list of over 300 people who had signed up to try it. Not bad for a game you can’t even buy yet!
- The Shadowfist web site lists the winners of the 2011 Shadowfist events at Gen Con.
- Wizards of the Coast is looking for a Senior Business Manager – Marketing.
Category: Card-based Games |
Gen Con 2011 – Thursday/Friday
I picked up my badge Thursday morning and got some coffee. Heard people saying it took them 2-3 hours in line to get event tickets. Given the length of the line, I believe that. When I got in it later that afternoon it took only 35 minutes. Unfortunately, by then over half the events I wanted to take part in, including some with 100 seats, were sold out. My fault for not pre-registering and going in on a press pass I guess.
I ended up only getting one event on Thursday, a seminar on writing for RPGs. I spent most of the afternoon taking photos in the Exhibit Hall which I will post later. I spent a lot of the evening reading some excellent material by Michael A. Stackpole on how to write fiction. It included some of his short stories.
Friday morning I played two introductory games of Days of Wonder’s WW II board game “Memoir ’44″. I’ll post more about it later, but it is simple game to learn and seems to have a lot of replaybility.
Attended Mike Stackpole’s seminar on plotting a novel. Showed him a shirt I had made after Origins with a quote from one of his seminars: “You’re the author… suck it up and write!” I didn’t get to talk to him long but I think he appreciated it. He smiled at me and said “very good”.
This evening I played Steve Jackson Games’ “Munchkin Zombies” card game. It is essentially the same mechanic as the other Munchkin titles, with more of the same Kovalik artwork and the same twisted sense of humor.
I’m scheduled to play Fantasy Flight’s “Dust Tactics” later tonight. I expect it will be fun, since Fantasy Flight’s games tend to be good (at least those I’ve played or demoed).
Card Game News – July 29, 2011
- Birdcage Press has released two new card-based memory games. One features North American birds. The other covers backyard birds.
- Digital Alchemy has released a Hack-n-Slash Action Resolution Deck through RPGNow, as well as a set of Hack-n-Slash Item Cards.
- Fireside Games will be releasing their Bloodsuckers game on August 3 through brick and mortar retailers.
- Giochix.it is offering a 25% pre-release discount on their two newest releases (Upon a Salty Ocean or Forgotten Planet) until October 10.
- Khalsa Brain Games has a few limited edition midnight blue card playing mats available on eBay.
Category: Card-based Games, Game Deals | Tags: Birdcage Press, Digital Alchemy, Fireside Games, Forgotten Planet, Giochix, Hack-n-Slash, Khalsa Brain Games, RPGNow, Upon a Salty Ocean
Card Game News for July 13, 2011
- Giochix.it is having a a pre-release offer for pick up of their games at the company’s booth at the Essen Fair later this year. Titles are being offered at 25% off.
- The Spoils is looking for Article Writers for their site.
- Khalsa Brain Games announced that their Charcoal colored mats are back in stock.
- The Shadowfist web site announced that the July issue of The Inner Kingdom is available for reading, and that it includes all the winning decks from Origins and the latest entry in the on-going Shurikens and Six Guns fiction.
Category: Card-based Games, Game Deals |
Card Game News–July 2, 2011
Bent Castle Workshops has its Numbers League game available as an app for the iPad.
Eden Studios has released the introductory adventure The Waking Dead for the game All Flesh Must Be Eaten.
Cambridge Games Releases Barons
Cambridge Games has released Barons by Thomas Colthurst. This is a game for 2 to 6 players aged 11 and above. It takes about 60 minutes to play. The game mechanics are described as simple but with a surprising amount of depth in the strategy and tactics which players can employ. A video overview of the game is available at the link above.
Upcoming Titles from Eagle Games
Eagle Games currently has a number of games available for pre-order on their site, including:
- Number Please: A collection of seven different math games played with dice.
- Railways of the World – The Card Game Expansion: This is a card game adaptation of the popular board game of the same name. Pre-orders include a free set of trains for the 5-player expansion.
- Railways of the World Event Deck: Adds layers of complexity to the basic board game and its expansions.
- Reverse Charades Junior Edition: A twist on the classic charades game where the team has 60 seconds to act out as many words as one team member can guess.
- Defenders of the Realm – Hero Expansions 1, 2, and 3: Each of these contains 4 new heroes and 6 global effects cards.
- Age of Steam Expansion – Moon and Berlin Maps: These are new expansions for the popular Age of Steam board game.
- Mirror, Mirror: Each player is a prince who is trying to deliver a love letter to Princess Persephone, and stop his rivals from doing the same. There catch is that there are 8 decoy letters and only one real one.
- Montage: This is a partnership word game for 4 players.
Category: Board Games, Card-based Games | Tags: Defenders of the Realm, Eagle Games, Mirror Mirror, Montage, Number Please, Railways of the World, Reverse Charades
Card Game News Blitz
Here are the card game news items I found today:
- Blue Kabuto plans to debut Cookie Fu Fortune Decks at Gen Con 2011.
- Fireside Games plans to be at Origins 2011 to show off their upcoming Bears game, run demos of Castle Panic, and sell a limited supply of advance copies of Bloodsuckers.
- Gozer Games has released Vampire Werewolf Fairies following a successful Kickstarter campaign.
- Icepack Games is giving away promo cards they printed for this year’s conventions to those who order the Trade Fleet or Big Bag of Schwag game.
- Interaction Point Games will be at Gen Con Indy 2011 in booth 1954. They will have a number of events throughout the convention and participating in the Con Quest convention game.
- Plaid Hat Games is taking pre-orders for Dungeon Run, which is expected for an August 2011 release.
- Rightfast.com says that the Empire Cards game is gone for good.
- The Spoils Second Edition is planned for June 27th release.
Category: Card-based Games, Game Deals |
Blue Kabuto Cookie Fu Fortune Decks Coming
Blue Kabuto has announced that they will release Cookie Fu Clan Fortune Decks at Gen Con 2011 in August. Each deck contains easy to learn rules, all Cookie Fu base rules, all Chi actions, all Clan specific moves, and new Ally and Clan cards. There are 56 cards in each fixed deck, and each deck has a suggested retail price of $9.99.
Free Promo Card with Order at IcePack Games
The IcePack Games web site says that they over-ordered on their 2011 Promo Cards and have some left over. According to the post on their site, “From now until we run out we will send you a Promo Card for Trade Fleet or Big Bag of Schwag when you order that game.”
Category: Card-based Games, Game Deals | Tags: Big Bag of Schwag, Icepack Games, promo card, Trade Fleet
Gozer Releases Vampire Werewolf Fairies
Gozer Games released Vampire Werewolf Fairies on May 16, 2011. The game was funded using the Kickstarter service. It’s a sequel to Zombie Ninja Pirates, and is described as a quick, fun game for the whole family.
You can purchase the game directly from Gozer Games or via your local game store.
Mayfair Shipping The Struggle for Catan
Mayfair Games announced that their The Struggle for Catan card game is ready to be shipped to stores for a June 2, 2011 release. This fast-paced game has players managing resources to build settlements, cities, city improvements, etc., to generate victory points. As in The Settlers of Catan, the winner is the first one to acquire and play 10 victory points. It’s intended for 2 to 4 players aged 10 and up, and plays in about 45 minutes.
Lifeboat Gets Weather Deck Expansion in June
Gorilla Games is releasing a Weather Deck expansion for their Origins Award nominated Lifeboat card game in June. This expansion includes 10 unique new cards that will increase the depth of the classic game, adding the dimension of the weather to this "survival at sea" title. The MSRP on the expansion is $5.00 US.
Icepack Offering Complete Transmogrification Set
Icepack Games is currently featuring its Complete Transmogrification game package, which includes the original Transmogrification game and its two expansions, Advanced and Epic Transmogrification, at a 34% savings.
In Transmogrification, 3 to 5 players take on the role of shape shifters. By using attacks and assuming the shape of beasts, the shape shifters do battle to see who will win.
The package includes 25 Form Cards, 25 Advance Form cards, and 60 Combat cards. It is currently priced at $25.00.
Category: Card-based Games | Tags: card games, Complete Transmogrification, Icepack Games, shape shifter game, Transmogrification
FFG Posts Preview of Rune Age
Fantasy Flight Games has posted a preview of Rune Age, their upcoming deck-building card game set in the Runebound Universe. The game uses the deck-building mechanic combined with a scenario-based design to improve replayability.
Category: Card-based Games | Tags: card game, deck-building, Fantasy Flight Games, FFG, Rune Age, Runebound
MTG Phyrexia Pre-Release Announced
The Wizards of the Coast page announced the pre-release of its upcoming Phyrexia set for Magic: The Gathering. These events will give players the opportunity to try the expansion a week before it goes on sale. Players will also receive an exclusive Sheoldred, Whispering One promo card while supplies last. The events will take place May 7-8, 2011. For more information see the announcement on the WotC web site.
Category: Card-based Games | Tags: card games, Magic The Gathering, MTG, Phyrexia, pre-release, Sheoldred Whispering One
Card Game News Bites–April 16, 2011
Following are some news bites for card-based games:
- Briarpatch has released: Dino Duel Mini Game, "Mirror, Mirror Princess Matching Mini Game", Stack-o-Saurus Card Game, Fancy Nancy Card Game, and I Spy GO FISH Card Game.
- Fireside Games posted pictures and video of the production sample for their upcoming Bloodsuckers game.
- Gamers Rule announced the release of Dungeon Deck Quest Expansions.
- Icepack Games has released the second expansion pack to their Transmogrification card game.
- Interaction Point Games announced some of their Gen Con 2011 plans, including releasing one or more new Kingdoms of Legend books.
- Plaid Hat Games announced the upcoming release of Dungeon Run and plans to have its Summoner Wars: Master Set out in June 2011.
- RealmsMasters Game Forge has a bundle deal on its Chaos Isle card game. For $37 you get the Chaos Isle: Zombi Deck Core Game, the Fresh Meat expansion, Reinforcements Expansion, and The Lunatics expansion. You also get the Rise of The Creator player interactive enhancement.
- Sirlin Games is taking pre-orders for Yomi: The Complete First Edition and Fantasy Strike Super Bundle.
- The Spoils card game web site announced a chance for you to get paid to go to Gen Con this year, as well as some hints about the cards that will appear in their second edition.
- Wizards of the Coast announced the Magic: The Gathering 2012 product lineup on their web site in a press release. It includes a Core Set for the trading card game, and Duels of the Planeswalkers 2010 on XBox/PC/PlayStation.
Board Game News Bites–April 14, 2011
Following on the heels of yesterday’s post of a series of small news bites about board games, here are more for today:
- Fundex Games is featuring "Gassy Gus" this month, a game where you feed Gus all sorts of gaseous foods from broccoli to baked beans. The goal is to feed Gus all your food without him breaking wind.
- Games for the World has reduced the price of its World Cup 2010 card game to GBP 1.95 plus packaging and postage.
- Garphill Games is featuring Capek, a 2-4 player card game released in February in which players work for a robotics company and are competing to complete their robot first and win.
- Gen42 has released Army of Frogs for the iPad, iPod, and iPhone.
- Gut Bustin’ Games, creators of Redneck Life and Trailer Park Wars, is taking pre-orders for a new board game entitled "Oh Gnome You Don’t".
- Hot Stove Games is moving all their products over to Lulu.com for sale and shipping.
- KenMGames posted a free downloadable game "Behind the 8 Ball" which combines math and pool.
- Knight Works appears to have put Shadow Wars 2nd Edition on hold for a bit and is working on a Wild West themed game about area control and resources.
- Looney Labs is shipping Pirate Fluxx now.
- Mayfair Games’ "The Catan Dice Game" is shipping to retailers and distributors. It’s expected to hit store shelves on April 21.
- Merlin’s Games and Books is taking orders for a couple of new CDs and two games "Mister Rice and Lady Sushi" and "The Rice Queen Game".
- Minion Games has released four new print and play games for 2011: Grave Business, Dice – Street Racing, Five Fingered Severance, and Nile.
- Nethercottage Games released Blocks & Bombs for the iOS and Android.
- The Numbskull Games web site is featuring its newest release, Blockade Runner, a Euro style resource trading game.
- Out of the Box announced "Shake ‘n Take", a game about capturing aliens that are on the loose.
- Pair-of-Dice Games has released R.U.M.B.L. (which is short for RoboUltimateMechaBattleLeague), a game in which players battle robots in an arena and try to defeat the other players.
- Replay Sports Games is accepting pre-orders for the 1975-76 ABA season, has new 2010 baseball products available, a 1993 yearbook for baseball, and more.
- Rio Grande Games has released Famiglia, Glen More, Power Grid: Russia and Japan, and Zooloretto: The Boss.
- Sands of Time Games announced that their Catacombs board game has sold out of its first print run. The second run will ship alongside two expansions: Catacombs: Cavern of Soloth and Catacombs: Dark Passageways.
- Simply Fun Games has added several family titles to their line, including Share a Berry, Telling Time With Tibbar, Tibbar’s Tangrams, Clover Leaf, and Bringing Down the House.
- Smart Zone Games has added Trickey Monkey and Cobra Twist to their line.
- Sophisticated Games has released The Hobbit board game by Reiner Knizia. In it, players are competing to win as much treasure as they can, while Smaug the Dragon closes in on LakeTown.
- Spiral Galaxy Games is taking pre-orders for the second edition of Alien Frontiers.
- TableStar Games has its Scoops (ice cream) card game available in print form and on iOS devices.
- Tasty Minstrel Games has been giving away a free game each Friday.
- Wattsalpoag Games announced that their first expansion set for Jet Set, entitled Distant Lands, will be released this spring.
- White Wolf currently lists two upcoming titles: Night Horrors – Unbidden and Glories of the Most High
- Winning Moves Games has released The Game of Life: It’s a Dog’s Life, a canine take on the classic game of Life.
- Zombie Buddy Productions has released a line of "post-apocalyptic wear" that appears to consist of brightly colored fishnet clothing. Not my thing, but if it’s yours, go for it…
That’s all we have for you now.
Fun Q Games Releasing Befuzzled
Fun Q Games‘ web site says that their upcoming game "Befuzzled" will be available in Spring 2011. In Befuzzled, players take turns flipping over cards with different shapes printed on them. There are actions associated with each shape. If you’re the first to perform the correct action when a new card comes up, you score a point. The game is designed for 3-8 players ages 7 and up. Playing time is 30 minutes.
