New Game Round-up: Cool Mini Or Not Preps Dogs of War & Updates on Upcoming Games

New Game Round-up: Cool Mini Or Not Preps Dogs of War & Updates on Upcoming Games
Board Game: Dogs of War
Cool Mini Or Not has revealed its next game project: Paolo Mori's Dogs of War, produced in co-operation with Spaghetti Western Games. Here's a rundown of the setting and gameplay:

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Dogs of War is an elegant game set in a steampunk-influenced renaissance universe. Noble houses engage each other in a series of fierce battles, and it's up to the players and the Dogs of War they control to deploy their private armies in support of whatever house they wish to favor. Clockwork knights and imposing war machines shift the tides of war as they enter the battlefields, but the interest of their Dog of War captains actually lie in the rewards offered by each noble house to its supporters. Each Dog of War has a special ability that helps them claim influence, win battles, or betray the house to which they've sworn allegiance!

Dogs of War is not a game of pure military power, but rather a game in which deception and betrayal often lead the way to a decisive victory. The goal for the Dogs of War is to earn the most power by the end of the game. Thanks to thoughtful game design and development, there are many ways to achieve this, like defeating other captains in battle, getting rewards from the Houses you help, amassing gold and troops, and most importantly, gaining influence with the most successful Houses.
The publishers plan to launch a Kickstarter project for the game in the near future, but those who want more details now can watch this 50-minute gameplay video:



Board Game: Samurai Sword: Rising Sun
Board Game: Imperial Settlers
Board Game: Gold Ahoy!
Board Game: Ascension: Theme Pack – Samael Claus
Samurai Sword: Rising Sun, released by dV Giochi in Europe in April 2014 and previewed on BGG in February, is due out in the U.S. in May 2014.

Ignacy Trzewiczek's Imperial Settlers, announced in this BGGN post, will debut at Gen Con 2014 in August, the first title from Portal Games to debut in the U.S. at the same time it's released in Poland and the first appearance by Portal at a U.S. game convention.

• Stephan Herminghaus' Gold Ahoi!, first announced on BGGN under the title Opal, will be released by Lookout Games in May 2014.

• To follow up on this April 19, 2014 BGGN post, Stone Blade Entertainment has now revealed the contents of the four Ascension: Theme Packs that it plans to release on May 14, 2014, and as a number of BGG users suspected these packs are indeed a new presentation of cards previously released as promotional items. Thus, I've removed the separate Ascension: Theme Packs listing from the BGG database and created new versions for the existing BGG listings of these four items: Leprechaun, Rat King, Rat Queen and Samael Claus.

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