• In terms of previously unannounced titles coming from Horrible, there's Railroad Ink from Hjalmar Hach and Lorenzo Silva, a 2-6 player game that can be played with more if you combine it with more copies. An overview of this Q2 2018 release:
The more cities you connect, the more points you score at the end of the game, but you lose points for each incomplete route, so plan carefully! Will you press your luck and try to stretch your transportation network to the next city, or will you play it safe and start a new, simpler to manage route?
Railroad Ink comes in two versions, each one including two additional dice sets that add new special rules to your games. Ranging from lakes and rivers to keep in mind while planning your routes, to meteor strikes and volcanoes to deal with and avoid, these special rules can spice up things and make each game play and feel different.
In the game, players represent the various factions that lead the government of the kingdom: merchants, scholars, priests, etc. Players draw cards from the common deck and experience the game story unfold. Each card they draw poses a problem the council has to solve on the king's behalf. As members of the King's inner circle, the players' decisions shape the story of the game and determine the fate of the kingdom. They have to discuss, bargain, and take decisions that will affect the history of the realm by causing cards to be removed from the deck permanently or adding new cards to it.
Players have to keep the kingdom going while also trying to advantage their own faction. This power struggle may lead the kingdom into war, famine, or riot — or it could generate wealth and well-being. It will depend on your choices! The thing is, each decision has consequences, and what is good for the kingdom as a whole may be bad for your faction. Will you act for the greater good, or think for yourself?
Players roll their dice simultaneously, trying to obtain the symbols they need to advance through the level. The first player to stop rolling will also play first! Move, jump, fight, grab coins and collect lives while trying to survive the hazards of the level (and your opponents)! Spend your hard-earned coins to buy items and gain new abilities! A frantic race to the end goal full of trickery and chaotic fun!
While playing, you get to know the powers and abilities of your opponents during your centuries-long struggle, but they do the same with you — and you can never know which new tricks they may have added to their arsenal since your last encounter!