Ichor(2025)
Bitewing Games
Design: Reiner Knizia·Art: Tyler Miles Lockett
Ichor is an asymmetric strategy game where one player controls Greek gods while the other commands mythological monsters in a battle for supremacy. Each character has unique once-per-game abilities, creating varied gameplay with strategic depth similar to games like Santorini.
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Iliad(2025)
Bitewing Games
Design: Reiner Knizia·Art: Harry Conway
Iliad is a two-player tile-placement strategy game by Reiner Knizia that reimagines the Trojan War as a tactical duel between Achilles and Hector. Players select tiles from their hand and place them on the board to compete for majority control in rows and columns in this draw-one, place-one set collection game.
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Vantage(2025)
Stonemaier Games
Design: Jamey Stegmaier·Art: Valentina Filic, Sören Meding, Emilien Rotival
Vantage is an open-world, cooperative, roguelike adventure game where 1-6 players explore an entire alien planet from first-person perspectives. Each player has a unique 'vantage' card showing their view of the world with six different actions coded to skills like move, look, engage, help, take, and overpower. The game features 801 location cards and nine storybook manuals, creating a narrative sandbox experience reminiscent of Choose Your Own Adventure books.
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Speakeasy(2025)
Eagle-Gryphon Games
Design: Vital Lacerda·Art: Ian O'Toole
Set in 1920s Manhattan during Prohibition, players take on the role of mobsters working under Lucky Luciano to build and manage their own speakeasy empires. The game combines worker placement and card management as players navigate alliances, rivalries, and police interference while competing for territory and influence across Manhattan's districts.
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The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship(2025)
Z-Man Games
Design: Matt Leacock·Art: Jared Blando, Cory Godbey, Tori Hasegawa
A cooperative board game based on the Pandemic system where 1-5 players each control two characters from the Fellowship, working together to protect Frodo and battle enemies at pivotal locations. The game adapts Matt Leacock's proven Pandemic mechanics to create an immersive Middle-earth adventure focused on the fate of the Fellowship.
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Galactic Cruise(2025)
CrowD Games, Kinson Key Games, Dranda Games, Asmodee USA, HIT Games
Design: T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, Koltin Thompson·Art: Ian O'Toole
Galactic Cruise is a worker placement game where players build and launch shuttles to send guests on luxurious space vacations. Players compete over 3 years to build the most successful space cruise company, managing resources and developing their fleet through an expanding network of actions.
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Tag Team(2025)
Scorpion Masqué
Design: Gricha German, Corentin Lebrat·Art: Xavier Gueniffey Durin
Tag Team is an auto battler combined with a deck-building game where players draft two fighters from twelve available characters, each with unique techniques. Players build their decks over the course of the game and execute sequences of attacks automatically in this arcade fighting-inspired experience.
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Parks (Second Edition)(2025)
Games7Days, Feuerland Spiele, Keymaster Games
Design: Henry Audubon·Art: Josh Emrich, Lisk Feng
Parks Second Edition is a celebration of the U.S. National Parks where players explore all 63 national parks through hiking and collecting memories. This enhanced second edition features all-new artwork, expanded gameplay with camping modules, and incorporates the best elements from five years of Parks expansions with new bonuses, wildlife, and gear.
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The Old King's Crown(2025)
Eerie Idol Games
Design: Pablo Clark·Art: Pablo Clark
A large-scale strategy board game of skill and intrigue set in an ancient, crumbling kingdom where players are heirs vying for control of a vacant throne. The game features card-driven conquest mechanics with heavy emphasis on bluffing, blind bidding, and tactical maneuvering as players attempt to claim locations and outmaneuver their opponents.
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Magical Athlete(2025)
CMYK
Design: Richard Garfield, Takashi Ishida·Art: Angela Kirkwood
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where players draft racers with wacky, game-breaking abilities and compete in roll-and-move races. Originally published in 2003, this 2025 edition features updated rules by Richard Garfield while maintaining the pure chaos and excitement of athletes with special powers competing in foot races.
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