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In addition, the game features mission cards that have unique challenges based on the original Star Trek series as well as character cards so that players can assume the roles of Star Trek icons like Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock.
Now in late January 2016 at Spielwarenmesse 2016, Queen owner Rajive Gupta told me that Queen Games will no longer be partnered with Asmodee in the U.S., preferring to work independently and supply games directly to various U.S. distributors. Added Gupta via email: "After twenty years, for the first time in the company's history, we are pleased to announce that our games will be available to all distributors in North America directly from us." This change takes effect immediately.
• German publisher eggertspiele and U.S. publisher Stronghold Games have worked together on a number of releases, with the former developing the titles and the latter releasing them on the North American market (whereas Pegasus Spiele releases them in Germany). In November 2015, for example, Stronghold announced that it would release the Village series of games and expansions from Inka and Markus Brand and eggertspiele in the U.S., with Village and Village Inn due out in April 2016 and Village Port and My Village to follow in June.
Now Stronghold and eggertspiele have agreed to a "strategic partnership" in which Stronghold will release all future eggertspiele titles in North America. Thus, Wolfgang Sentker and Ralf zur Linde's Animals on Board — for which I posted a preview video recently — will also be available in North America from Stronghold in April 2016.
Looking ahead, Stronghold plans to release two other eggertspiele titles in Q4 2016. One of those is Great Western Trail, of which I know only the following description:
The other title, also due out Q4 2016, will likely be both welcomed and cursed by many people. Here's an overview of JÓRVÍK from Stefan Feld: