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 PROVIDENCE, RI (OCTOBER 25, 2019) – Thames & Kosmos, the company behind some of the top strategy and family-focused board games available on the market today, recently announced that the highly-anticipated Cities: Skylines board game is now available in the U.S. On the heels of its European debut at PDXCON in Berlin and SPIEL in Essen earlier this month, this physical board game version brings the city-building game off the screen and straight to tabletops, family rooms, and game cafes nationwide. Based on the best-selling video game by Paradox Interactive, Cities: Skylines is a cooperative board game experience where players work together to plan, build, and manage a city. Players begin with a blank canvas—a plot of land on which they must develop residential, commercial, and industrial areas, gradually creating new neighborhoods. The key to a successfully developed city is a happy population; as players decide how and where to build, they must consider a variety of factors such as the environment, crime, traffic flow, education, and financial resources. “Since its release in 2015, more than six million copies of the video game have sold worldwide and the active monthly user count remains strong today,” explains Andrew Quartin, CEO of Thames & Kosmos. “A large portion of the players who have been building the city of their dreams digitally for years also enjoy the analog nature of classic board games. This new edition caters to their inherent enthusiasm for the game and offers up some key variations that will also interest other board game fans. For one, the board game is completely cooperative: everyone has to work together to build a city as successfully as possible.” But it is not just the built-in audience of video game fans who have been looking forward to this new tactile version. The cardboard components beautifully integrate the game’s original graphics, while celebrated board game designer Rustan Håkansson skillfully executes the shift from digital to analog, generating widespread buzz within the board game community—and beyond. Quartin adds, “With gameplay that increases in difficulty as the game progresses, Cities: Skylines is a great choice for players of all experience levels including veteran gamers, newcomers, and families—it truly is a game that everyone can enjoy.” Cities: Skylines is now available for purchase at local toy and game stores and through online retailers such as Amazon for a suggested retail price of $49.95. Additional mass-market distribution is expected in spring 2020. To learn more visit Thamesandkosmos.com. About Cities: Skylines Cities: Skylines is a cooperative city-building board game based on the bestselling video game of the same name. Players work together as urban planners, designing and constructing a new, thriving city with a happy population. As you decide when and where to build, you must consider a variety of issues: How will your designs affect the environment? How will you manage traffic? Is there enough money in the treasury to keep your plans on track? Players must work strategically, keeping the satisfaction of their city’s inhabitants in mind. For 1 to 4 players | Ages 10+ | MSRP: $49.95 | Play time: 40-70 minutes About Thames & Kosmos Thames & Kosmos (T&K) was founded in 2001 with the mission of improving informal science education by publishing high-quality science and technology-related educational products for children of all ages. T&K’s mission has since expanded from its STEM roots to encompass other educational branches, including arts and crafts and early childhood learning, as well as the multitude of thinking and social skills that can be taught through board games and performative magic sets. T&K’s entry into the world of board games came in 2015 with the release of five games from the prestigious Kosmos line. Today, T&K’s game line includes more than 50 unique titles. These games build social skills, stimulate logical and strategic thinking, promote visual-spatial and math skills, cultivate physical coordination and manual dexterity, encourage family time, and inspire fair-mindedness, confidence, and honorable attitudes. T&K is headquartered in Providence, RI, and is the North American subsidiary of Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG.  Kevin looks at a bunch of board games launching on Kickstarter the second half of October 2019.
Oct 14 Tiny Epic Dinosaurs Oct 15 Block Happy Oct 15 Heroes and Gods: The Master of Dreams Oct 15 Jinja Oct 16 Zombicide 2nd Edition Oct 16 Village Attacks: Grim Dynasty Oct 20 Vector Wars Oct 21 Aeolis Oct 22 Clash of Minds: Holmes vs Moriarty Oct 22 Tiny Footprint Oct 22 Namiji Oct 22 Astroforce Oct 24 High Frontier 4 all Oct 24 Ronin of the Reach Oct 28 WAYK and TANGL Oct 28 Goldrush and Longhorns (Montana expansion) Oct 29 Titan (Relaunch) Oct 29 Migration: Mars Oct 31 Vengeance Expansion Oct 31 Genotype Oct 31 The Quick and the Undead Oct 31 Almanac: The Dragon Road Kevin looks at the new Honeybee expansion to Petrichor from Mighty Boards and APE Games
Melissa and Kevin review the new expansion to Wingspan. The European Expansion. Is it a Wingspansion or Eggspansion?
Will and Sara preview a new tile-placement game, from Flatout Games, called Calico. It's illustrated by Beth Sobel, has a very simple ruleset, but deep gameplay.
Kevin looks at a prototype of Cosmic Colonies from Floodgate Games. Check out the Kickstarter October 2019!
Will and Sara take a look at the new Fossilis game from Kids Table Board Gaming. It's got an interesting mix of components and mechanics, features some excellent artwork, and is coming to Kickstarter soon!
Will and Sara preview a new card game called Block Happy. It's an emotional roller coaster of card collecting and it's coming to Kickstarter soon.
Check out their campaign at: bit.ly/blockhappy Link to campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxtrotgames/planetx
Melissa teaches you how to play The Search for Planet X being published by Foxtrot Games. 1:28 Setup 3:25 Game Logic: The Principles of Astronomy 4:58 The Rules of Gameplay 11:36 Final Scoring 12:39 Expert Mode The official Search for Planet X How to Play video Link to campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxtrotgames/planetx
Melissa and Kevin look at The Search for Planet X from Foxtrot Games. Ryan and Katie take a look at Ax!om, a 2 player game of card combat by Mecacosm.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2041833939/axiom-arena-combat Will and Intern Dan preview the board game Pandemain: Traditional Farmers Bread. It's a worker placement game that's coming to Kickstarter soon.
Melissa and Kevin look at the new FunkoVerse Strategy Game line from Funko Games. Funko Pops in a game!
An artistic look at the components for Time of Legends: Joan of Arc by Mythic Games. Joan of Arc now comes with over 1,100 minis!!!
Mechanolith by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100879 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Kevin talks about the new kickstarter campaign for Time of Legends: Joan of Arc 1.5 being published by Mythic Games.
Katie and Ryan take a look at Munchkin: Warhammer -- Age of Sigmar edition.
Sara and Melissa review the new board game Ecos from AEG.
AEG provided a review copy of the game. Rule Update: You can remove a cube from a card if you are out of cubes. So that rule is similar to Augustus. Will and Liam check out the new Quest Kids board game from Treasure Falls Games. It's hopeful of being your kid's first taste at an RPG. Listen to our thoughts and then check it out on Kickstarter.
Kevin looks at the new board game from Days of Wonder!! Deep Blue
Ryan and Katie talk through God of War: the Card Game by CMON
Melissa and Sara share their top ten Roll and Writes Games.
Welcome to Dino World Roland Write Silver and Gold Yahtzee Fleet the Dice Game Brikks Railroad Ink Welcome To Cartographers Seven Bridges Lanterns the Dice Game Ganz Schon Clever and Dopplet So Clever Rolled West Imperial Settlers: Roll and Write Deadly Doodles On Tour Dizzle Melissa and Kevin look at Era Medieval Age by Eggertspiele.
Will and Sara review the new Ghostbusters: Blackout board game from IDW Games. It's a cooperative dice assignment game with a kickin' theme!
Will and Sara review Mattel's new Escape Room in a Box Flashback. There are a few SPOILERS in this one, but we tried to keep it to a minimum.
Campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/horriblegames/unicorn-fever?ref=a1ri0l
Kevin looks at a prototype of Unicorn Fever being published by Horrible Games. Check it out on Kickstarter. |
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