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New Game Round-up: Sherlock's New Look, Another Visit to Middle-earth & More

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• Moonster Games has posted images of the "Dragoon" clan from Gosu: Kamakor, due out late August/early September 2011 in Europe and one month afterwards in North America.

• Flying Frog Productions has released English rules (PDF) for Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game.

• Ystari Games posted sample illustrations from its new version of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective on its blog, mentioning a release date of late 2011 or early 2012.

• MTV Geek reports that at Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego, Steve Jackson Games revealed that it will release a Munchkin booster pack in Q2 2012 based on the web series The Guild.

• Looney Labs is releasing two promotional postcards on September 30, 2011: Star Fluxx: Android Doctor to tie into the release of Star Fluxx on the same day, and Fluxx: Press Your Luck, which can be used in any version of Fluxx.

• New games in the BGG database include:

-----* Alba Longa, from Graeme Jahns and Quined/Tasty Minstrel/HUCH – This game is not about one's desire for Jessica Alba, but rather about competition for dominance in early Italy. Technically, this is not a new game as the design was one of four winners of the 2009 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société, but now Dutch publisher Quined Games has picked up the title and further developed it, with two co-publishers also releasing the game.

-----* Lord of the Rings: Nazgul, from Brian Kinsella and WizKids – The players are all minions of Sauron and must work together to keep the Ringbearer from reaching Mount Doom. If they do, the player with the most VPs wins. If not, then they fall with their master...

-----* Frigiti, from Andrea Meyer and BeWitched Spiele – A combination dice/word game with bluffing elements

-----* [thing=103723]Merchant of Death[/thing], from Steve Finn through Doctor Finn's Card Company – Players use their agents to confiscate crates of weapons at various locations around the world.

-----* Prepotent, from Tom Russell and Numbskull Games – Due out before the end of 2011, this game combines horse breeding, betting and racing.

-----* Cookie Fu: Grandmaster Chi Battles, also know as Cookie Fu Fortune Decks, from Bryan Kowalski and Blue Kabuto – These decks come in three flavors (Chocolate Ox, Vanilla Hare and Coconut Monkey) that match those of the Cookie Fu dice game, but these decks can be integrated into the dice game or used on their own in a fast two-player combat game. Cookie Fu Fortune Decks will debut at Gen Con 2011, which opens in early August.
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I am excited to see the Cookie Fu: Grandmaster Chi Battles coming out. My buddy and I liked the game, but the fortunes were a pain to deal with. I made index cards of all the powers I had, but they were barely adequate.
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I would much rather see a game about Jessica Alba instead.
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mlochtefeld wrote:
I would much rather see Jessica Alba naked instead.


Fixed that for ya.
 
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Is Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective getting reprinted in English also?
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I've played the prototype for Alba Longa two years ago, after it co-won the competition. Graeme was kind enough to bring two copies to our game group one evening so everyone could give it a go. It was very well received.

I admit to being disappointed it was re-themed. It was the most thematic game based on ancient Egypt I had ever played or expect will ever play.
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I wonder if the LOTR: NAzgul game will be a Fury of Dracula-type game where everyone's on Team Evil tracking down an elusive Good Guy?
 
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The Sherlock Holmes illustrations look awesome. I hope an english or german version will also be published.
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Sadly, a reply from ystari to one of the comments states it'll be in French only...
 
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I would much rather see a game about Jessica Alba instead.

me too cry
 
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CraigRJ wrote:
Sadly, a reply from ystari to one of the comments states it'll be in French only...


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Very surprising, Sherlock Holmes is a pretty marketable household name.
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love Jessica Alba...wait..what were we talking about again? modest

Glad to see GOSU still has it's steam...can't wait for that expansion!
 
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