The first title in the series is The Godfather Card Game, due out in August 2015, but no details of the gameplay, designer, etc. have been announced. As for other games in the series, a press release from IDW Games notes that "[t]he games will range in length and complexity, and take place in a variety of locations and timelines spanning the trilogy of films. Gamers can look forward to rising to power and doing everything they can to stay on top in a cutthroat world. These games will truly be an offer The Godfather fans can't refuse." They had to get that last line in there or it would void the licensing contract.
• In somewhat more expected licensing news, IDW Games has announced a similar deal with Temple Street Productions for a line of games based on the Orphan Black television series. (Parent company IDW Publishing moved nearly a half-million copies of the first issue of an Orphan Black comic in February 2015, although an unknown number of those copies sold via a LootCrate exclusive so that number isn't indicative of how many readers the comic might have.) Here's a short description of the first title in this series, due out July 2015:
#GAMMA2015 announcement: Introducing the @OrphanBlack card game! pic.twitter.com/nZ0zTR13Hl
— Pandasaurus 🐺 Preorder The Wolves! (@Pandasaurusgame) March 18, 2015
• IDW Games and publishing partner Pandasaurus Games are releasing a new edition of the Antoine Bauza and Corentin Lebrat title Ali, first released by Libellud in 2012, under the name Open Sesame in June 2015. Here's a rundown of that game:
• Machi Koro: Millionaire's Row, the English version of the Machi Koro: Sharp expansion for Machi Koro, is also due out in June 2015 from IDW/Pandasaurus.
• Finally from IDW/Pandasaurus comes Machi Koro: Deluxe Edition, as depicted in the following tweet from Rodney Smith of Watch It Played, who's checking out upcoming games being shown at the GAMA Trade Show:
Machi Koro deluxe will be a limited release for Christmas with base set and expansions, with some bonus items. pic.twitter.com/ngvKZmGQGE
— Watch It Played (@WatchItPlayed) March 18, 2015