Board Game News Brief 4/22/2015

Posted Wednesday, 22-Apr-2015

 

New Star Wars Games of the Week…

With the new trailer for The Force Awakens released this week, there’s never been more excitement around Star Wars.  Fantasy Flight has marked the occasion with four new releases for the X-wing miniatures game, adding extra firepower to the Rebel Alliance, Empire and Scum and Villainy factions. As always, these fine looking models come with cards and counters to add them to your games of X-wing.

Sneak Peeks at Gathering of Friends

 

 

News from invite-only industry convention Gathering of Friends has provided an insight into upcoming games over the next few years.  Some familiar names were on show, including a new Through the Ages and a Galaxy Trucker expansion. But there were also exciting new games, including first person shooter Adrenaline and western shootout game Flick ‘em Up, giving gamers much more to look forward to.

Colt Express Grows

Ludonaute have revealed details of an upcoming expansion for Colt Express, the game in which meeples raid a fantastic cardboard train in the Old West.  It adds horses, hostages and a stagecoach to the fun.  But best of all, it lets you play the heroic Marshall, one man against a world gone bad.

Predator Deck Building Game

Between Game of Thrones¸ Android Netrunner and Doomtown, deck building games are all the rage.  But that’s unlikely to reduce the popularity of the upcoming Predator game. The designers have just announced that this is coming to the end of its test phase and will let you play the predators or humans from the first two films – action movie fans rejoice!

Quick Kickstarters

Following the path of One Night Werewolf, One Night Resistance promises a faster version of the game of spies and intrigue.

 

Already well past its funding goal, The Evolution Game System will provide updated and expanded versions of the award winning game Evolution.

 

If you’re a fan of anime then Golem Academy offers a card game full of anime art, action and puns.

 

Gareth Newton-Williams’s Periorbis, a worker placement game in which players set out to mine asteroids, already has great reviews and great production values on display.

 

Another science fiction game, Sky Relics offers a cool collection of spaceships and a chance to grapple for dominance with a mixture of arcane knowledge and far future technology.

 

 

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