New Game Round-up: Ride with the Sons of Anarchy, Trek with the Borg Queen & Restock with Finn, Jake and Marvel Superheroes

New Game Round-up: Ride with the Sons of Anarchy, Trek with the Borg Queen & Restock with Finn, Jake and Marvel Superheroes
Board Game: Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem
Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem is due out in June 2014 from Gale Force Nine, publisher of the previous media tie-in titles Firefly: The Game and Spartacus: A Game of Blood & Treachery. The game description is minimal at this point, but here's what we have for this 3-4 player game that carries a 60-minute playtime:

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In Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem, players take the role of rival biker gangs out to control territory to reap the monetary rewards of controlling contraband. With each turn, new tiles are laid, which represent new territory, and clubs attempt to control that space by placing members of their gang (represented by tokens of Members on bikes, and Prospects who are on foot) in that space. However, other players can challenge for right to territory, which will lead to conflict; negotiate, threaten and ally with rival gangs when it serves your needs, but be wary of the inevitable knife in the back. The game is about making and breaking alliances, and the gang with the most money at the end of six turns wins.
Grim Bastards is a promo clubhouse card due out at the same time that allows a player to control "The Grim Bastards Motorcycle Club" instead of one of the four clubs in the base game.

Board Game: Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem – Grim Bastards

• In John Kovalic's Double Feature, due out in June 2014 from Cryptozoic Entertainment, players are presented with two cards that feature items from different categories — Character, Genre, Location, Production, Prop, Scene, Setting, and Theme — and must name films that include both items.

• Alliance Game Distributors is giving a May 2014 restock date for Cryptozoic's two Adventure Time: Card Wars boxed sets — Finn vs. Jake and BMO vs. Lady Rainicorn — which blew through stores like a summer storm when they first appeared in February 2014. Before those arrive, however, the Adventure Time: Card Wars – For The Glory! booster packs — which require one of the base sets to play — will be released on April 23, 2014.

Board Game: Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men
• Along the same lines, WizKids Games has preemptively announced a restock of Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs X-Men before the game has even hit the market on its announced date of April 23, 2014. From the announcement: "Due to the high demand for more inventory, we are pleased to announce that we are reprinting Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs X-Men. This Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs X-Men restock will be available in May-June 2014..." (This BGG thread notes that online retailer Cool Stuff Inc. "will be receiving less than 10% of [its] total order" for MDM:AvX starter sets.) What's more, the WizKids announcement follows up with news of what's next in the game series:

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Capitalizing on the incredible success of Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs X-Men, we are pleased to announce the second set of Marvel Dice Masters, The Uncanny X-Men! Marvel Dice Masters: The Uncanny X-Men features fan favorites like Wolverine, Magneto, Cyclops, Iceman, Psylocke, the Sentinels and more! With gameplay that supports two players in epic dice battles, Marvel Dice Masters: The Uncanny X-Men will be available in both starter sets (MSRP $14.99) and foil pack boosters (MSRP $0.99) in stores everywhere [Q4] 2014.
Board Game: Star Trek: Attack Wing
Board Game: Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island – Voyage of the Beagle (Vol. 1)
• WizKids Games also has (at least) three expansion packs for Star Trek: Attack Wing due out in September 2014 as part of its Wave 8 releases, each with a $15 MSRP. These packs are Borg Queen Vessel Prime, Independent Val Jean and Federation U.S.S. Enterprise-E.

• Alliance lists a May 2014 release date for both Clash of Cultures: Civilizations from designer Christian Marcussen and Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island – Voyage of the Beagle (Vol. 1) from designers Heuser, Masson and Trzewiczek, with both titles coming from Z-Man Games. Michael Kiesling's Vikings, another Z-Man release, has a May 21, 2014 release date.

James Ernest notes in a newsletter from Cheapass Games that he's working on a card game version of his 2002 release Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition. Those curious about the game that was can download a print-and-play version from the Cheapass Games website.

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