It was literally my last few steps of the convention. I was underground and headed south to my car when I came upon a brightly colored booth with assorted colorful pieces in bowls. The inhabitants (Sea Cow Games) issued a challenge. They could explain their upcoming game in 30 seconds. Challenge accepted! I stopped for a few minutes to check out Flock Together, a chicken-themed cooperative adventure, coming to Kickstarter on September 12th.
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Wise Wizard Games keeps the ball rolling with more Star Realms (Star Realms: Rise of Empire) and Hero Realms (Hero Realms Dungeons), but isn’t afraid to bring out completely new games. The superhero dice-building Kapow! smashes a quick comic-book fight into just a few minutes, while the deckbuilder Robot Quest Arena has players driving (and fighting) in fast playing robot-head to robot-head action.
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“A cooperative party game that will draw you crazy!”
In this party game, one player is the Critic, and their job is to guess the word which is being drawn by the Artists. The deck of word cards is shuffled and the Critic takes a card and places it in a stand, so that only the Artists can see it. The Critic now chooses a number between 1 and 6 (or uses some convenient common cubic randomizer object), and the number chosen determines which word will be used this round. If any of the Artists objects to the word (usually this is because you’re playing with kids and they aren’t sure of the meaning), then choose a different word.
Bézier Games was back in a “big” way (see below) showing off the upcoming Colossal Cat in the Box and the Maglev Metro map compilation Maglev Maps: Expansion Volume 1. Headed the other direction, the small box card game Scram! packs a 1v2 up to 3v3 team game into a handy, tiny box.
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“In KAPOW!, players go head-to-head in a classic explosive clash of good vs. evil. You choose to be a villain or hero, which determines your starting trait dice and unique abilities. You can gain additional blank “action dice” that have removable faces that that you customize to your liking to best enhance your character. Behind a player screen, you roll dice, then allocate them to attack, defense, and power-up abilities. The combination of choosing how to grow your dice pool, how to customize your action die faces, and how to use each roll leads to a satisfying, strategic showdown.KAPOW! Volume 1 contains six supers: Tough Nut, Elusivity, and Time Out are the heroes, while Victor Kane, Coquette, and Spoiler Alert are the villains. This set can be combined with KAPOW! Volume 2 to mix and match the characters or have up to four players in one game.”
Restoration Games was at the convention showing off its recently released game of car-filled dystopian future, Thunder Road: Vendetta. Feedback has been good and it was certainly in constant play in the booth. They were also showing the upcoming cooperative expansion/standalone to Unmatched, Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze.
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