New Game Round-up: The Arab Spring Reborn in CLASH, More Beans from Rosenberg & Missions with the Navy Seals

CLASH: Jihad vs. McWorld is a game that focuses on the freedom of choice and its consequences. Inhabitants of countries affected by the Arab Spring form an intricate mosaic. Each little piece of this mosaic can change its location, influencing the history of the nation or even of the entire world. Which way will the "ordinary Muslims" sway? Will they choose the colorful, commercialized and secularized West or embrace traditional values of the religious East? Which of these philosophies will they use as a foundation for their own sense of happiness?

Players use tiles with images of the most important actors of the Arab Spring with the goal of changing the beliefs of the opponent's characters. Each element of the mosaic that's thus created influences the others, building a network of dependencies as complex as those in the real society. Adding new tiles continually destabilizes this temporary social order, dynamically changing attitudes of people involved in the revolution. When actors eventually fill the whole stage, the winner is decided, namely the philosophy endorsed by the majority of the characters. Unless one of the parties decides to go atomic first...

CLASH: Jihad vs. McWorld is a two-player logic game. Both players start the game with a set of seven tiles. During the game, they can also use five neutral tiles, randomly selected from a stack of 17, which adds variation to each game. Each tile shows a different Person/Event and has a different power. The players take turns placing tiles on the 3x3 square playing board. Each tile placed will either turn, destroy, or move one or more of the tiles already on the board. Whoever has the most tiles facing in his direction when all nine squares of the board are filled wins.

In Bohn To Be Wild!, players want to do what they've always done: Plant beans in their fields and sell them for as many coins as possible, while trading cards with other players to get around the restriction of not being able to rearrange cards in your hand.

Bohn To Be Wild! mixes things up, however, by including eleven new types of beans – including Jamaica, helmet and horse beans – rules for solo play, and special "wild" beans. Unlike the original German Bohnanza, this game allows for play with up to seven players.

You are a Navy SEAL. You are trained to confront terrorists and insurgents. You deal with hidden explosives, snipers and other unknown dangers. In the darkness of the ocean's depths or the vastness of the merciless desert, you expect the unexpected. You're on a mission. You work as a dedicated team, relying on the skills of expert marksmen and suburb tacticians. Careful planning and precise timing improve odds of success, but unforeseen events could jeopardize the mission.

Hooyah: Navy Seals Card Game is a cooperative game in which 1 to 4 players assume the roles of Navy SEALS trying to complete a real-life-inspired Special Ops mission. You either win or lose as a group. To meet the rigorous requirements of the mission, you must collect all of the Skills and Equipment cards required for each Op. All phases of the mission must be completed without the loss of life and before time runs out.