Title: Boardgame News: Boardgame Collective 6
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Happy new week! Here are a few interesting new game announcements and new Kickstarters I’ve spotted. I’m particularly interested in the new Sushi Go! game, as I’ve always enjoyed the original, and I’m a huge fan of Xenoshift, so really eager to give that expansion a go!

New Game Announcements

Thunder & Lightning will be a new release from Z-Man games this year. Largely a reskin of Hera and Zeus, replacing the Greek gods with Norse gods, as well as some minor rules tweaking and polishing.

Players lay out their cards face down on the battle field and challenge their opponent’s cards in their front line, while using their respective God’s powers and boons.

Suchi Go Party! has been announced as a larger variant of the popular Sushi Go!, both in content and player size. Here’s the official synopsis;

Sushi Go Party! is a party platter of mega maki, super sashimi, and endless edamame. You still earn points by picking winning sushi combos, but now you can customize each game by choosing à la carte from a menu of more than twenty delectable dishes. What’s more, up to eight players can join in on the sushi-feast. Let the good times roll!

SOL is the second game release from French publisher Catch Up games from Pierre Buty. Here’s the official run down:

Land your crew on the island of SOL, a highly colorful but forgotten island in the Atlantic Ocean, then pit your skills against another team to find and (more importantly) leave the island with the treasure of the God of the Sun.

In SOL, players divide into two teams: adventurers vs. conquistadors, with each team having three or four characters. Each character has movement, fighting, and search skills; inventory for two or three items; and a unique special ability for use in the advanced game.

On a turn, all of the characters on one team act first, one after another, then the opposite team goes. During your turn, use your action points to move your character and search on the island. If you meet someone from the other team, you can fight them, whether to steal the treasure or simply to set them back. When you search, you might find move and fight tokens to save for the future; flags that let you claim a dock on the island to make it easier to leave; or clues to the treasure. The clue tokens let you play cards, and those cards determine where the treasure will be found — ideally in a spot more advantageous for you than the other team.

Once the final clue has been found, the treasure is up for grabs, with a team needing to having one of its characters possess it on a dock to which they have access at the start of their turn. Thus, holding it isn’t enough as the other team can possibly steal it away on their turn.

New Crowdfunding Projects

XenoShyft: Dreadmire : Partner up with your friends to survive wave after wave of horrific aliens in this cooperative deck-building base-defense game!

Medici : The classic board game by Reiner Knizia is back in an all-new English edition adorned with stunning artwork by Vincent Dutrait!

King’s Forge: Glassworks : A classy new expansion for King’s Forge. Gather and craft items with a new material… glass!

Pocket Neon City RUMBLE : Dynamite comes in a very small package in this pocket-sized, gem-infused fighting card game! Featuring fighters from World of Indines!

GOB’Z’HEROES – The Game : A Board Game clash where Gob’z try to be heroes… …everything is allowed, including the most ludicrous attacks…!!

More Game Upgrade Kits by Meeple Source! : Premium upgrade kits for Orléans, Mice & Mystics, Glass Road, Lewis & Clark, Arkham Horror, Brew Crafters, Imperial Settlers & more!

Club Zen & Don’t Get Eated: The T.C. Petty Experience : Two modern board/card game classics from legendary designer TC Petty III – one with cute animals and the other with cute friends!

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Kharrak

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Kharrak loves and owns a lot of boardgames, which have over time mutated him into a being solely sustained by schadenfreude and dice. Hopelessly addicted to Fantasy Flight card sleeves, and fears the inevitable intervention by geek friends.

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