These Retro Board Games Are Suddenly Back! | Board Game News

0:00 grand Tours rebirths and more than one sequel hello I'm Matthew welcome to watch it played and this is your board game news Renegade Studios the makers of the Power Rangers and GI Joe deck building games as well as classic League games such as fox in the forest and Arboretum and a great swath of Pop Culture inspired RPGs have announced that they will be bringing back axes and allies Robo rally diplomacy and squad leader the primary information that Renegade has provided so far about the upcoming plans to expand the world of axis and allies which I suppose would be Earth it doesn't matter it's off regardless it seems that starting next year Renegade will work with Hasbro on plans to produce all the versions of these brands for the hobby mass and Specialty markets Renegade said that this includes a brand new site for axis and allies and I've been speculating whether sight could mean a new website an online implementation a different map where they make the game I don't know I'm looking forward to finding out though but what I do know is that there's also plans for a world championship and fan involvement in selecting new themes to add to the line as they also reprint the older games in the series this news really took me by surprise but it makes sense that classic titles are being brought back to us people want and love these games so why

1:31 not reprint them first published around a thousand years ago in 1981 axis and allies depicts World War II at a grand scale full Global level up to five players can play on two different teams and there have been at least 15 games in the series so with more it seems to come starting next year at this time it's assumed that the other three titles will just be reprint and not updated versions though who knows that certainly could change also changing is the enigmatic World Through the Looking Glass the first game that helped make this video possible Wonderland's war from Druid City Games running right now on Kickstarter shards of Madness have caused the designs of Wonderland to erupt into war and allying with various wonderlandians and their artifacts can provide powerful rewards but at what cost well you'll risk looking into the chaotic grin of the Cheshire Cat when you drink the Hatter's Mercurial tea everything is on the table in Wonderland's War so follow the link in this video's description to find I'm back Wonderland Awards kicks start a campaign which is running now through October 28th additionally its place manager will be open after the campaign to accept late pledges but take the white rabbit's advice and don't be late Farm Rouge the excellent two to four player bicycle racing game from lauta pellet is getting both an expansion and a sequel next year this tactical game where each player controls a team of two Riders and utilizes the mighty power of slip streams to avoid exhaustion it's entering the next stage of the race with flam Rouge Grand Tour which introduces

3:03 multi-stage campaigns varying from short three-stage tours all the way up to 21 stage grand Tours and the expansion also includes new track tiles specialist stages and specialist riders that let you customize your decks but that's not all because at their SM Booth earlier this month they had an image displayed for flam Rouge BMX which is also due out sometime next year though they are keeping details for that one slightly more guarded for now Cyclades which turns out isn't a bicycle racing in game is getting a remake with the announcement of Cyclades 2 which is bit on the nose for my taste but it does get the point across the original two to five player Cyclades from Bruno Catholic and Ludovic Mel Blanc was a wonderful crossover game that makes Euro game mechanisms like auctions and set collection with a merry thrash star minis dice in combat it's great to truly excellent game set in the world of Greek myth as she's ready to be the first player to build two cities this remake has all the core of the original with a bunch of new tweaks upgrades and additions including modular map tiles which players use to construct the game board as a group to begin the game as well as rules changes such as you now needing to build three cities to win there's going to be a new track on the board for Heroes who will Aid you in the game until you need to sacrifice them you know which sounds pretty cool honestly with the whole project is going to crowdfunding next year dice Manor launched at Essence Spiel last month and I'll tell you what it looks pretty fun in this two to four player property development game world-renowned property

4:33 developers mundane manners are tired of making the same old boring dream homes which is a sentence that I'm sure we all can relate to but these corporate suits are looking to Rebrand and they challenge you their design is to dream big and create more lavish homes than ever imagined my dream home is just any home far far away from any other home over the course of rounds you'll be using dice hence the name to bid for blueprints earn advertising spaces collect inspiration tokens and give early tours of your place your Creations which will culminate with the grand opening where your hope to earn the most praise from the community which is a thematic way of saying the best house gets the most points this one looks great it's been likened to the excellent game Las Vegas with this use of dice slime all in on this one when it's fully available soon pandasaurus released a fairly cryptic post about an upcoming game from designer MS matsuchi who brought a century spice Road and foundations of Rome but it seems that they have partnered with Atlas to bring us Persona 5 royal card game Persona is a prolific line of jrpgs which normally include a group of students as the main cast a silent protagonist and fighting using personas which are the physical manifestations of a person's psyche and their subconscious that's used for combat a sushi cheesed out some things about the gameplay saying players will take on the roles of their favorite Phantom thieves and fight to change the

6:04 world in this Cooperative card based strategy game and the game is set to launch late next year so if you're one of the millions of persona fans out there and you like board games then it looks like you're in luck and you're also in luck if you're one of the tens of Chess fans who statistically speaking must be out there because joining us now is Chaz with a dive into a new publishing program that may have a ripple effect throughout the gaming industry asmode games Titan of the tabletop industry Setter of corporate Trends anagram of Mega sea domes as made has made headlines several times over the years first with their position on acquisition buying up dozens of game Publishers to pad their portfolio like a ton days of Wonder exploding kittens Space Cowboys Fantasy Flight games z-man games and others then they did it again more recently when they put their company up for sale at The Bargain Basement price of two billion dollars oh how I did scoff at the notion that a board game publishing slash just Distribution Company or whatever you call it could sell for two billion dollars oh I scoffed and I mocked and I was right because it was eventually purchased by embracer group for three billion dollars so ha I sure showed them so now what does the board game company that owns most of the other board game companies do as their

7:35 next move to create relationships with even more board game companies well this past week the answer to that question proved to be provided means for those board game companies to join the fold and take advantage of asthma day's publishing and distribution resources but yet announcing a new partnership Initiative for board game Publishers called Welcome by asthma day the premise of the program is to provide assistance to board game Publishers that they don't already work with or own outright by giving those Publishers access to a singular central point of contact within asthma day to help them develop custom solutions for their quote logistical distribution needs or in other words we put all our games all over the place so let us help you put your games all over our place too among other tools The Welcome by asthma Day program will host a website that Publishers can use used to pitch their games for consideration in the library of games that this program will support and established titles will have opportunities for licensing distribution translation and localization Services through the program now as skeptical as I am about anything that I don't fully understand or benefit directly from I have to admit that yeah a program that will help more games be translated into more languages so more people can enjoy them yeah that that actually that does sound pretty cool according to the asthma day representative that spearheading welcomed by asthma Day quote asmode has

9:06 built a robust organization of Studios that published some of the world's best games and with welcome to asthma day we will highlight the up-and-coming successes and make it that much easier for companies to connect and operate with our Global Network of Distributors now on the one hand this could certainly be a wise tactical move that provides a way for games developed by smaller and independent Studios to reach more people neat on the other hand though it could be seen as a way for asthma day to devise a method to distribute every single board game in the world even the ones they don't already own so down in the comments let me know what you think is this a cunning consumer convenience or a covert corporate control or both or neither or something else entirely that I didn't even think to write down you can tell that I put a whole lot of thought into this thanks let us know what you think thanks Chaz and also worth looking into is the other game that helped make this episode possible tidal blades Banner Festival from Lucky Duck gaming partnership with Druid City games where flags of all colors dance in the wind as nevarians converge to troll for the longer awake Banner Festival now join them to compete and claim victory in Tidal Bayes Banner Festival generate the most profits from your trading house by selling Goods befriending the right suppliers and making bets at the watercraft race with multi-use cards and

10:36 a dynamic trick taking system opportunities abound in this floating Market but only the keenish trader will prevail follow the link in this video's description to find tidal blades Banner festival at retail locations starting in mid-october and for pre-orders on the lucky duck games website now some quick fire news now Dreadful Meadows is a Halloweeny type game that I really like to look up coming to Kickstarter soon from Arceus games when a land of Tricks and Treats cookie confectioners competed to be this season's sweetest supplier in the game one to four confectioners will sew and grow Sinister seeds to create the most Bountiful candy crops through the top why am I doing this tile placement and resource confectioners and the game progresses your cultivate your candy feels to help you expand an experiment as you conjure up a crew of magical Sprites who lend a hand with their abnormal abilities this one is all about clever and World Time tile placement as each tile you place or activate the ones around it and they are to streamline play looks like it's right up my street so I'll be looking out for this project soon when it launches 25th Century games have announced the one to five player aguida where every summer the town of aguir in Portugal transforms into a beautiful arts festival with colorful umbrellas hanging above the streets and decorated lampposts murals and other insulations around the quaint city which is just like my town where once a year The Circus Comes and everyone liters in

12:08 the park players take on the role of Festival artists decorating the city streets with their own colorful umbrellas to attract the most tourists and as an artist which is a sentence I say a lot you will need to balance the requests of the city shops and tourists to create the most stunning arrangement of umbrellas especially as it's inspired by the real life Annual Festival in aguida Portugal called the umbrella Sky project and 20th Century games worked with the umbrella Sky project to illustrate the box cover and incorporate the annual tourist Maps into the game so Ian Livingston's Judge Dredd is being brought back by Rebellion unplugged so Ian was the co-founder of both the fighting fantasy line of Choose Your Own Adventure books as well as the co-founder of Games Workshop but he also designs games and his 1980 C2 Judge Dredd Is back where you are the law and under your watchful eye no one escapes Justice whether their crime is littering or murder sounds fair especially if he's patrolling my local park we are promised the ultimate two to six player Judge Dredd experience with updated rules and graphic design and the introduction of specialist judges who are unique playable characters equipped with powerful abilities as you head onto the streets of Mega City one to prove that you are worthy of the badge by bringing the angel gang judge death or like the assassin and other notorious law Breakers to Justice next year oh and what's that is that like some type of Open Mic type discussion show where we

13:41 answer board game questions it's only one way to find out I'll see you over there hmm