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Days of Wonder reveals Star Wars: Battle of Hoth boardgame

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After a bit of a tease, Days of Wonder has revealed Star Wars: Battle of Hoth, a new board game that allows you to play out one of the most iconic battles in Star Wars. You take command of the Imperial army or Revel forces and battle it out with miniatures.

Star Wars: Battle of Hoth is a new strategic board game, where you immerse yourself in an epic adventure and can relive the Battle of Hoth across 17 unique scenarios, with the option to include 6 charismatic leaders to influence the conflict, or dive deeper into the conflict by playing the 2 dynamic multi-scenario campaigns.

Designed for 2-4 players, the game takes 30 minute for ages 8 and up. It’s designed by Richard Borg and Adrien Martinot.​

We have no doubt this is the start of many more “battle” games like this to come in the future.

Days of Wonder teases a Star Wars/Memoir ’44 Board Game

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Board game publisher Days of Wonder took to their social media to tease a new spin on the popular board game Memoir ’44. It looks like we’ll be getting a Star Wars board game using Memoir ’44‘s mechanics.

Memoir ’44 is a historical board game where plays face off in stylized historical battles set during World War II.

It’s a popular and well-liked game with very good ratings and Star Wars should easily adapt to it allowing folks to recreate some of the series’ famous battles (looking like we’ll start with Battle of Hoth).

Star Wars/Memoir '44 tease

Asmodee Digital Releases Ticket to Ride on PlayLink for PS4

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All aboard! Asmodee Digital announced the launch of Ticket to Ride for PlayLink for PlayStation 4, available now for $19.99 MSRP on the PlayStation Store. With the new Ticket to Ride for PlayLink app on iOS and Android, players already have the best controller in-hand.

Simple, elegant gameplay and intense strategy come together in the critically acclaimed railway-themed board game gone digital, Ticket to Ride from Days of Wonder. The goal is simple – collect trains, claim railway across the map, connect famous cities and build the longest routes to win. Now with PlayLink functionality, Ticket to Ride is the perfect mix of digital and physical, putting social gameplay at the forefront, and automating the scores and progress.

Together players can use their Playstation 4 system to launch the main game on TV, and then grab their Apple iOS or Android devices to use as controllers. A dedicated app called Ticket to Ride for PlayLink enables the connection. Players can enjoy the game without any pesky pieces to keep track of… or any math!

Ticket to Ride brings the strategy of its board game origins to a faithfully recreated experience, unique to PlayLink for Playstation 4. The smartphone control system allows players to hide their next move from competitors, until it’s too late!

The Deluxe Edition of Ticket to Ride is coming later, complete with every map and expansion from the digital edition already available on mobile and PC. An exclusive map set in France that’s never been available before digitally will be available for the release. In fact, no maps have been playable with a smartphone as a controller, until now. Ticket to Ride on PlayLink is a first for Asmodee Digital.

Fantasy Flight Games Merges with Asmodee

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Asmodee-DOYAsmodee is gobbling up the game industry. The company has announced it will be merging with juggernaut Fantasy Flight Games. This is the second acquisition for Asmodee in six month. The company earlier this year acquired Days of Wonder.

Fantasy Flight Games brings a solid list of licensed games including Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Sid Meier’s Civilization, and Games Workshop’s various worlds. It also helps Asmodee get a further foothold into North America, as Fantasy Flight has a great infrastructure with which they can build.

In return, Fantasy Flight gets better access and distribution in Europe. Asmodee oversees has distribution companies in the UK, Germany and the Benelux countries. They also act as a distributor for other brands not their own in various European countries.

FFG-Logo-BlueFantasy Flight Games will continue to operate as a fully independent publisher in the Asmodee Group out of its Roseville, MN headquarters and Fantasy Flight CEO Christian T. Petersen will continue in his current position, while also becoming a significant shareholder of the combined entity.

Most games will not be affected, though some games that are a better fit for Asmodee may shift over to them and vice versa.

Days of Wonder’s Five Tribes is Here

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Five-Tribes-Box-enDays of Wonder has released Five Tribes, which debuted at Gen Con. The game builds on the tradition of German-style games. The game twists the “worker placement” genre, starting with the pieces already on the board. Players mus maneuver them through villages, markerts, oasis, and sacred places that make up Nagala. How, when, and where you dis-place these Five Tribes of Assassins, Elders, Builders, Merchants, and Viziers determine your victory or failure.

The game features 30 tiles depicted the Sultanate of Nagala, 22 Djinn, and 54 Resource cards. It also has over 100 wooden pieces, which includes 90 meeple which represent the 5 tribes. There’s also palm trees and palaces.

The game is designed for 2 to 4 players age 13+. Games should run between 40-80 minutes.

Five-Tribes-setup

Small World, A Spider’s Web and Royal Bonus in November

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Small World – A Spider’s WebDays of Wonder has announced new expansions for their popular game Small World. Two, Spider’s Web and Royal Bonus, will debut at the Essen Fair in October, and retail shelves in November. Royal Bonus was previously only available as part of the Small World 2 Kickstarter campaign.

At the same time, both The Necromancer Island and Leaders expansions, which have been out of print for years will also be available through game stores.

A Spider’s Web features entries from Andrew Capel, Alex and Bill Gurski, and Randy Pitchford, “Spiderine” backers from the Small World 2 Kickstarter campaign. It contains 3 new Races: Ice Witches, Skags and Slingmen; as well as 3 new Special Power badges: Copycat, Lava and Soul-Touch. This expansion comes complete with a plastic storage tray designed to store all the badges and tokens from A Spider’s Web, plus it includes room for all the additional recent Small World expansions. Retail Price is $15/€14.

The Royal Bonus expansion was previously available only to backers of the Small World 2 digital version of the game. It includes  3 new Race banners and tokens (Fauns, Igors & Shrubmen) and 3 new Special Power badges (Fireball, Aquatic & Behemoth). Retail Price is $12/€10.

Small World fans get another treat as Necromancer Island and Leaders, two additional micro-expansions for Small World that have been long out of print will be reprinted and available for $6/€5.

Asmodee Gets a Ticket to Ride

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Asmodee-DOYThis is news you might have expected to be announced at Gen Con, but a little over a week since the convention has ended it has been announced that Asmodee has acquired Days of Wonder in a merger. Days of Wonder will now be a wholly owned subsidiary of Asmodee.

That means Asmodee will now be adding to their line of games hits such as Ticket to Ride and Small World. This gives Asmodee a bigger presence in the U.S. game market as well as Days of Wonder’s digital game expertise. The company has found massive success with their Ticket to Ride app.

Asmodee’s North American and European operations are quite different. In North America, the company is the publisher for it’s own games. In Europe, the company owns distribution companies and sells more than just its own games.