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• Polish publishing company Galakta will be releasing Marek Mydel and Paweł Szewc's Waste Knights: Second Edition in 2020. Waste Knights is a story-driven, post-apocalyptic adventure game for 1-4 players. Here's an overview of the game from the publisher:
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Waste Knights: Second Edition is a post-apocalyptic game of adventure and survival for 1-4 players inspired by cult classics of the post-apo movies and set in dystopian Australia destroyed by experiments of a powerful corporation. Each player becomes a rugged hero, traveling through the wasteland, facing unnatural weather and enemies forged in long-forgotten laboratories as well as experiencing adventures full of dramatic choices and disturbing characters.
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The game is adventure-based, with each adventure branching out into a number of plots revealed depending on the players' narrative choices. Each plot offers unique game mechanisms and stories that can be found in the "Book of Tales"; some of them are keyed to a particular adventure, some are generic, but all enable the players to immerse themselves in the setting and make decisions that change the world around them.
Since Waste Knights was originally released in 2015 by Badger's Nest, the designers have learned and grown a lot stepping up their game (so to speak), working with a new team to revamp Waste Knights with improved art, story, and gameplay while maintaining the same setting and post-apocalyptic vibe. The core of Waste Knights is story-driven with some adventures played cooperatively while others are played competitively. In either case, each adventure offers several narrative choices contributing to the game's high replayability and offering players a unique gaming experience.The game is adventure-based, with each adventure branching out into a number of plots revealed depending on the players' narrative choices. Each plot offers unique game mechanisms and stories that can be found in the "Book of Tales"; some of them are keyed to a particular adventure, some are generic, but all enable the players to immerse themselves in the setting and make decisions that change the world around them.
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• Tim Fowers' cooperative heist game Burgle Bros has a sequel in the works for 1-4 players — Burgle Bros 2: The Casino Capers — co-designed by Jeff Krause. In the original 2015 version of Burgle Bros, players are members of a crew trying to rob a highly secure building without getting caught. The building has three floors, each with its own safe to crack. Players start on the first floor and have to all open three safes, then escape to their helicopter waiting on the roof to win the game.
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In Burgle Bros 2, players try to take down a string of casinos during the day! While players still need to work together to explore the building without getting caught, nearly every other aspect of the game has been revamped to create an even more exciting experience. Burgle Bros 2 introduces gear to customize each player's toolkit, new rooms with a mix of crazy and challenging effects, hidden perks and pitfalls, and finales to ensure that each game concludes with a big twist ending. As players complete finales, they also get to unlock new content for future games.
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Goh recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new expansion (Endogenesis: Beyond) in addition to a new edition of the base game — Endogenesis (2nd Edition). The second edition features major improvements including a revamped ruleset, an all-new game mode, and balance changes for cards.
Here's what you can expect from the Endogenesis: Beyond expansion:
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The expansion will boast new monsters, powers, mechanisms, and a new fresh experience for the most seasoned players. Furthering the depth of gameplay is the updated version of the base game, featuring improvements inspired by the feedback and support of players who backed the original campaign.
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• Norweigan publisher Aporta Games will release Capital Lux 2, a standalone, streamlined sequel to Eilif Svensson and Kristian Amundsen Østby's Capital Lux. For those unfamiliar with this hidden gem filler that was originally released in 2016, here's a high-level synopsis from the publisher:
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The core of the game revolves around the following dilemma: Do you play character cards in your home base for points, or contribute them to the capital to benefit from their powers?
At the end of a round, you are not allowed to have a higher total value in your home base for any color than the current total value in the capital. Exceeding the limit will make you lose those cards. At the end of the third round, all cards remaining in your home base are worth points.
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The game therefore turns into an act of balancing on a razor's edge: Secure as many points for yourself without exceeding the capital's limit, always taking into account the current capital powers.
Capital Lux 2 adds a variety of new capital powers that can be mixed and matched allowing for a total of 256 unique power combinations, including one combination that plays as the original Capital Lux with the other 255 bringing brand new tactical challenges. Sounds like plenty of replayability to me! Though I have not seen updated artwork for Capital Lux 2 yet, I'm sure fans of Kwanchai Moriya will not be disappointed.At the end of a round, you are not allowed to have a higher total value in your home base for any color than the current total value in the capital. Exceeding the limit will make you lose those cards. At the end of the third round, all cards remaining in your home base are worth points.
The game therefore turns into an act of balancing on a razor's edge: Secure as many points for yourself without exceeding the capital's limit, always taking into account the current capital powers.
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Eclipse places you in control of a vast interstellar civilization. Explore new star systems, research technologies, and build spaceships with which to wage war. There are many potential paths to victory, so you need to plan your strategy according to the strengths and weaknesses of your species, while paying attention to the other civilizations' endeavors.
Eclipse is a "4X" game in which players command a human or alien species that explores, expands, exploits, and exterminates their way to victory. Over eight rounds, each player selects actions to achieve their goals, carefully managing resources, engaging in epic battles with one another and the Ancients that lie in wait. Only one will guide the galaxy toward the second dawn.
Here are some of the updates you can expect in Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy: Eclipse is a "4X" game in which players command a human or alien species that explores, expands, exploits, and exterminates their way to victory. Over eight rounds, each player selects actions to achieve their goals, carefully managing resources, engaging in epic battles with one another and the Ancients that lie in wait. Only one will guide the galaxy toward the second dawn.
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—New graphic design, while maintaining the acclaimed symbology of the first edition
—An introductory short story by award-winning science fiction novelist Johanna Sinisalo, providing rich background for the world of Eclipse
—A full line of Ship Pack 1 miniatures
—New miniatures for ancients, GCDS, orbitals, and more
—Custom plastic inlays
—Custom combat dice
—Fine-tuned gameplay
—An introductory short story by award-winning science fiction novelist Johanna Sinisalo, providing rich background for the world of Eclipse
—A full line of Ship Pack 1 miniatures
—New miniatures for ancients, GCDS, orbitals, and more
—Custom plastic inlays
—Custom combat dice
—Fine-tuned gameplay
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