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by W. Eric Martin The name of Laurent Escoffier's game 27 identifies what you will discover when you open the box: 27 game components, specifically 27 discs in four colors. What does the name tell you about gameplay? Nothing, but that's true for most ...

by W. Eric Martin - Aside from The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, which has been a runaway hit since its October 2024 release, Belgian publisher Repos Production released a trio of lighter titles in 2024: Pikit, Little Tavern, and Fairy ...

by Dani Garcia In 2022, I had a meeting with David Esbrí, who is responsible for Devir's original releases. He wanted me to work on a new game for the Kemushi Saga. I was given a lot of liberty to decide how the game should work, but a few key ...

by W. Eric Martin - On January 9, 2025, French publisher BLAM ! will release Celestia: Big Box, which collects the Celestia base game from Aaron Weissblum, the two expansions -- A Little Help and A Little Initiative -- all past promo items, and 3D ...

by W. Eric Martin - Jun Sasaki and Taiki Shinzawa's Maskmen from Oink Games celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2024, and to celebrate -- or in a case of complete coincidence -- Oink has released Disney Villains / Unknown Order, a Japan-only release ...

by Paolo Mori From the Ashes of Pocket Battles As with my previous designer diary on these pages, today I'm talking about a game that has its roots in an earlier one. Battalion: War of the Ancients, which debuted in November 2024 from Osprey Games,

by W. Eric Martin At SPIEL Essen 24, I met with Bert Calis from 999 Games for an overview of current and future releases. This Dutch publisher lacks a booth at that convention, but Calis is there to make deals with publishers, so I took advantage of ...

by W. Eric Martin - On November 19, 2024, Embracer Group announced that it intends to "contribute EUR 400 million to Asmodee through an equity investment upon the closing of the divestment" of mobile game developer Easybrain. From the press release:

by W. Eric Martin To follow up on the recent KOSMOS and AMIGO teasers, here's a peek at games that German publisher Ravensburger plans to release in early 2025. - On the heels of Cascadia Junior, German publisher Ravensburger has revealed that Ulrich ...

by Poon Jon I'm Jon from Malaysia, and Furmation of Rome is my first published game under my own company, nPips Games. Before you stop reading because cats+Rome doesn't mix, give me a chance to justify myself through the one-year journey I am about ...