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Asked about the acquisitions given R&R's typical focus on party games – such as the release in July 2012 of Pluckin' Pairs, DoubleTake and Pass-Ackwords – DiLorenzo said, "I've been wanting to expand our fledgling strategy line for a while, and in fact I have several new ones coming out over this year and next. I played both of these with Peter [Eggert] and really liked both the game play and the fact that these were two NEW (not retrofit) Knizia designs, so they were a good fit."
In addition to these titles, DiLorenzo has three additional titles due out in October 2012: HomeStretch, a horse-racing game; Attraction, an "action tabletop game"; and Hey Froggy, "#2 in the Anthony Rubbo 'Hey' series" following the release of Hey Waiter! in 2010.
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Mayfair will continue to support brick and mortar stores in our hobby trade. Estimates of usage for year one were much lower than needed to secure the license safely. We were in a quandary and when approached by Target, chose a path that would offer future less-stressed opportunities for the hobby trade and offer an excellent introductory or gateway product for broad market sales. The Target exclusive is only for end of 2012 and all of 2013. That's it in a nutshell – a terribly difficult decision.
• First a new edition of Up Front was announced by Valley Games; now Multi-Man Publishing apparently has an electronic edition of the Advanced Squad Leader rulebook in the works, according to Homefront Wargame Center. Time marches on!• Bacchanalia is a two- to three-hour role-playing/card game combination from designers Paul Czege and Michele Gelli and Italian RPG publisher Narrativa that will debut at Spiel 2012 in two formats: a regular card game in a box and a deluxe version that comes with a bottle of wine, the better to recreate the famed bacchanals of legend. Love the art nouveau look of the proposed cover art! (You can see that on the Bacchanalia website as the designers/publishers haven't uploaded images yet.) As for the game play, here's an overview:
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Bacchanalia is a narrative game for 3-6 people. Following the rules, each player creates a fictional character – a person accused (justly or not) of a crime against the empire and on the run with her lover. The game starts when the protagonists find themselves passing through Bertinoro, a settlement on the hills of Romagna by the Via Aemilia and close to the Ravenna port.
Unfortunately for them, in that torrid summer, Bacchus and his followers came down to this village surrounded by vineyards. Attracted by the excesses brought forth by intoxication, other gods manifest themselves; cruel Pluto, severe Minerva and the sensuous Venus will play with the destiny of mortals with all the thoughtlessness only gods can have. The player's objective is to reunite with her beloved and run away. Each player in turn draws a hand of cards and, based on the results of the draw, describes a scene from the story for her protagonists. Elements of the scene vary according to which god was more present in the draw. For instance, a scene dominated by Pluto will feature a violent crime in which the protagonist ends up somehow involved. Benevolent Venus reunites lovers. Bacchus brings thrill and excitement, and so on.
There is a clear winning condition – reuniting with the beloved and running away before your accuser catches you – but one player reaching it doesn't prevent other players from doing the same; multiple winners are possible.
In the chaos of the bacchanal, will the fugitives be able to reunite with their beloved and get to safety? Or will they meet a harsher end? Will they be caught by their accuser – or will they be lost forever in the rapture of the bacchanal?
Unfortunately for them, in that torrid summer, Bacchus and his followers came down to this village surrounded by vineyards. Attracted by the excesses brought forth by intoxication, other gods manifest themselves; cruel Pluto, severe Minerva and the sensuous Venus will play with the destiny of mortals with all the thoughtlessness only gods can have. The player's objective is to reunite with her beloved and run away. Each player in turn draws a hand of cards and, based on the results of the draw, describes a scene from the story for her protagonists. Elements of the scene vary according to which god was more present in the draw. For instance, a scene dominated by Pluto will feature a violent crime in which the protagonist ends up somehow involved. Benevolent Venus reunites lovers. Bacchus brings thrill and excitement, and so on.
There is a clear winning condition – reuniting with the beloved and running away before your accuser catches you – but one player reaching it doesn't prevent other players from doing the same; multiple winners are possible.
In the chaos of the bacchanal, will the fugitives be able to reunite with their beloved and get to safety? Or will they meet a harsher end? Will they be caught by their accuser – or will they be lost forever in the rapture of the bacchanal?
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