King of Tokyo: Halloween, which is subtitled "Collector Pack 1", includes two new monsters for use with the King of Tokyo base game: Pumpkin Jack and Boogey Woogey. What's more, each monster comes with its own set of eight Evolution cards – first introduced in King of Tokyo: Power Up!– so that each monster can mutate into an even more nightmarish version of itself!
King of Tokyo: Halloween also includes six orange-and-black engraved dice (to fit the Halloween theme, of course) and twelve new Power cards to be shuffled into the deck. These cards are all Costumes, a new type of card that provides a powerful effect, but which can be stolen by any monster that rolls three claws and rips the costume off of you.
Finally, King of Tokyo: Halloween includes an exclusive promotional card for the next King of Tokyo standalone game, which will be released in 2014.
King of Tokyo: Halloween also includes six orange-and-black engraved dice (to fit the Halloween theme, of course) and twelve new Power cards to be shuffled into the deck. These cards are all Costumes, a new type of card that provides a powerful effect, but which can be stolen by any monster that rolls three claws and rips the costume off of you.
Finally, King of Tokyo: Halloween includes an exclusive promotional card for the next King of Tokyo standalone game, which will be released in 2014.
Yes, another standalone game, but one seemingly titled along the lines of King of ..., with the last bit to be revealed once this expansion hits the market.
Multiple times in the sales sheet for this item, IELLO refers to it as "limited", as in "[t]his exclusive, limited pack". I have no idea what IELLO has in mind for the size of its print run, but the sales sheet notes that the game has been licensed to Heidelberger for the German market, Homoludicus for the Spanish, Hobby Japan for the Japanese, and so on. Don't let the single English-language edition get you down as each publisher of the KoT base game will undoubtedly have this item, too; I just don't have details of every edition yet.
It looks like we will have a new edition of one of our first and most famous games, Roads & Boats, ready for the Spiel Fair in Essen. It will be the 4th edition! (or even the 5th if like Jeroen Doumen you count reprints as well).
If you've been waiting for such an opportunity, now's the time to set aside one suitcase in order to carry it home from Germany!
• In September 2013, Mayfair Games plans to release Catan Scenarios: The Helpers of Catan, a set of ten character cards first released in Germany in 2010, then later rethemed and included in Star Trek: Catan. These character cards, which can be used with the base Settlers of Catan game as well as with the Seafarers expansion, provide players with a special bonus during play, and after a player uses a character, she can trade the card for another one to match her current needs in the game.
• Perepau LListosella's 1911 Amundsen vs Scott has completed fundraising on the Spanish site Verkami and will be available through Spanish publisher HomoLudicus at Spiel 2013. Here's a rundown of the game play, including an eye-opening second win condition:
In 1911, Roald Amundsen and four companions were the first human beings to stand at the South Pole. Using skis and dog sleds, they beat Robert Falcon Scott's British expedition by just a few weeks. Scott and his men reached the South Pole only to find Amundsen's Norwegian flag planted in the frozen ground. They died on their return journey not far from their base camp.
1911 Amundsen vs Scott is an asymmetric game for two players, with both of them trying to be the first to reach the South Pole. Each player takes a different route to the South Pole, with these routes consisting of a path of colored dots.
Each player has his own deck of 52 cards of four different colors, with the deck including special cards for its owner as well as cards to slow the opponent's progress. On each turn, a player can:
• Collect cards that are face up on the board, taking one card for free or taking 2-3 cards by first discarding 1-2 cards from your hand.
• Play cards from his hand to advance toward the South Pole, or play cards so that the opponent loses his way.
The first player to reach the South Pole wins; Amundsen also wins if Scott dies. If the second deck of cards runs out, both players are lost in Antarctica and lose the game.
1911 Amundsen vs Scott is an asymmetric game for two players, with both of them trying to be the first to reach the South Pole. Each player takes a different route to the South Pole, with these routes consisting of a path of colored dots.
Each player has his own deck of 52 cards of four different colors, with the deck including special cards for its owner as well as cards to slow the opponent's progress. On each turn, a player can:
• Collect cards that are face up on the board, taking one card for free or taking 2-3 cards by first discarding 1-2 cards from your hand.
• Play cards from his hand to advance toward the South Pole, or play cards so that the opponent loses his way.
The first player to reach the South Pole wins; Amundsen also wins if Scott dies. If the second deck of cards runs out, both players are lost in Antarctica and lose the game.
