Games in the pipeline

[mikekn]

I was just poking around Funagain Games, and noticed quite a few games available for pre-order that I'm going to have to pick up at some point.

First up are reprints of some classic games. Two of them are from publishers I've never heard of before, so that could be interesting.

Wiz-War (8th ed.) - Chessex
Titan - Valley Games http://www.valleygames.ca/
Talisman - Black Industries http://www.blackindustries.com/

With those three coming out again, I wonder how far behind a new version of Cosmic Encounter is...

New stuff I spotted that I'll probably pick up:
Red Dragon Inn
Zombie Fluxx
Carcassonne - Travel edition
Carcassonne: New World
The Good, the Bad, and the Munchkin

Also coming is a new edition of Plague & Pestilence, which has been out of print for a while.

Then there are the expansions...
Munchkin Cthulhu 2: Call of Cowthulhu
Ticket to Ride: Switzerland
Kill Doctor Lucky... and His Little Dog Too!
Illuminati: Bavarian Fire Drill
Paranoia: Mandatory !Bonus Fun! Card Game: Secret Societies

And for shadowpony there is: Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot - Ominous Onyx

Now to find more time for playing games :)

Comments

[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

Black Industries is the RPG wing of the Black Library, which is the publishing arm of Games Workshop, so not _really_ a new publisher for the GW game Talisman. Of course, I don't think Chutes and Ladd....er, sorry, Talisman is actually a _game_ per se... more like a toy.

[mikekn]

Ah! Thanks!

You've got me curious - why don't you feel Talisman is a game?

[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

Well, I just don't see how it is any different really than 'Lets each roll a die and high roll wins!'. Theres a lot of kurflufle around the die roll, but that really is it - the 'decisions' are, er...absent for the most part.

But it has great roleplay potential - lots of trash-talk, which is fun. Definitely a beer, beer, pretzels, beer and beer game.

[mikekn]

Ok, I can see your point, though I think that is simplifying it quite a bit. Yeah, there is a good deal of luck, but there is still a good deal of decisions to be made. It's not a strategy or tactics game by any means, but neither is it The Game of Goose with a new art.

[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

Hm...The way I recall, the only decision you ever make is "Left or Right", which is not really a tactical decision.