Foundations of Metropolis
Foundations of Metropolis
Publisher: Arcane Wonders
Item Code: AWGDTE17FM
MSRP: $49.99
Releases August 21, 2024
In Foundations of Metropolis, players will compete over three rounds to be the greatest architect in the city by purchasing deeds to empty lots and constructing new buildings on them. More complex buildings require more lots, but they will bring you even greater prestige. The player with the most prestige will be appointed Grand Architect! Gameplay is the same in this standalone game as in Foundations of Rome, but with polyomino pieces and a brand new theme.
Sabobatage: Tastea Expansion Pack
Sabobatage: The Boba Card Game — Tastea Expansion Pack
Publisher: MoCo Games
Item Code: MOC614065
MSRP: $20
Releases August 21, 2024
Tastea friends join the Sabobatage universe in this brand new expansion pack introducing new mechanics that enhance gameplay. A new draw pile called the Employee Roster allows the hiring of employees across the board allowing their special abilities to help you in your goal of building five boba drinks!
The Night Cage: The Shrieking Hollow
You awake in the dark with nothing but a candle and… Have you done this before? The déjà vu is less troubling than the change it implies. Was the ground always this unstable around you? When the tunnels crumbled into pits, did they always scream? And why does it feel like those screams are getting closer?
The Night Cage: The Shrieking Hollow
Publisher: Smirk & Dagger
Item Code: SND1018
MSRP: $29.99
Releases August 21, 2024
The Shrieking Hollow is an expansion that adds a new threat and a new space to explore within The Night Cage. Pits now connect prisoners to the Hollow, where The Other lies in wait. Over the course of play, The Other will rise up out of the Hollow and attack the prisoners, destroying any part of the maze it encounters.
If the prisoners are brave, they can leap into a pit and fall to the bottom of the Hollow where the dim light of their candles will stop its advance—temporarily. However, they can’t hold it back forever, and prisoners that stay too close to The Other will be attacked when it lurches toward the flickering light it despises. If you are looking to increase the dread and horror of the original game, The Shrieking Hollow is for you.
Circus Flohcati
In Circus Flohcati, players collect acts from the flea circus to score points, with the game containing ten types (colors) of acts, with acts being valued from 0–7 points. On a turn, you can choose one of the face-up cards on the table and add that to your hand or flip the top card from the deck and add it to the cards on display. If you flip an action card, you must take that action—often stealing a card from an opponent—and then your turn ends. If you flip a card of the same color as any face-up card, you instead discard the newly revealed card, and your turn ends with you getting nothing. Otherwise, you again face the same options: Collect a face-up card or reveal a new card.
Circus Flohcati
Publisher: 25th Century Games
Item Code: TFC57000
MSRP: $14.99
Releases August 21, 2024
If on your turn you have three cards of the same value in hand, you can play this trio on the table for a guaranteed 10 points. The game ends either when someone reveals that they have all ten acts in hand or when the deck has been exhausted. You score only for the highest-valued act of each color, so either avoid taking duplicate colors or ditch them in trios. If you have all ten acts in hand, score a 10-point “gala show” bonus. Whoever has the highest score wins. Editions of Circus Flohcati bear a player count of either 2–5 or 3–5, but they don’t differ in the rules or nature of the components.
Witchcraft!
Witchcraft!
Publisher: 25th Century Games
Item Code: TFC61000
MSRP: $24.99
Releases August 21, 2024
Witchcraft! is a fast-playing, card-driven solitaire game where you lead a coven of witches in a fantasy world where magic is real and so are the monsters. Building on the hidden/revealed mechanism of Resist!, you will decide when to use magic to defeat the challenges you face—revealing yourself to your fellow villagers and being imprisoned for witchcraft. As you complete missions and defeat enemies, you will try to prove to the villagers that magic is not evil and convince a jury that you are protecting the village. Three jurors will decide your fate, and their conviction is strong. Can you persuade them? Or will evil overcome you and the village?
