Return to Jamaica, Build Rail in Imperial Steam, and Struggle with The Queen's Dilemma

• French publisher Space Cowboys has announced a new edition of Jamaica, a racing-and-fighting game from Malcolm Braff, Bruno Cathala, and Sébastien Pauchon that first appeared in 2007 from Swiss publisher GameWorks.

Cathala has stated that this version contains only two changes: a redesigned rulebook and "the shortage rule (about which I continue to receive questions 14 years later) has been simplified".

• Italian publisher Horrible Guild has announced a sequel to the 2019 release The King's Dilemma from Hjalmar Hach and Lorenzo Silva, with The Queen's Dilemma being an interactive narrative legacy game that uses "the same Dilemma Card System to bring players into another adventure set in the Kingdom of Ankist".

Here's a short description of the game, which is still being developed and currently has no release date:

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Much of the gameplay of The Queen's Dilemma will be focused on a big map of the kingdom. Players will take control of different regions, and manage them. There will be several resources to gather, with different uses, and players will be able to exchange them to construct buildings and other personal improvements.

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The tense voting sessions and tough decisions that made The King's Dilemma such a huge success will still be there, right at the center of the experience, but their outcomes will involve more than resource tracks going up and down this time. Event cards will have more varied effects, too, having an impact on specific regions.

•U.S. publisher Capstone Games has announced an October 2021 release for Imperial Steam, a 2-4 game that plays in 120 minutes from Alexander Huemer, whose only previous design is Lignum, the second edition of which Capstone released in 2017.

Here's a concise description of the game from the publisher:

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The Industrial Age is starting to boom. You are in need of more workers for your factories, and you also need more workers to build railroad tracks to expand your railway network. This, in turn, will enable you to deliver the goods from your factories to cities with high demand — but be sure to earmark goods for fulfilling profitable public contracts because when the connection to Trieste is made, your net worth is all that matters.

Imperial Steam is a highly strategic yet accessible economic and logistics game that sees you making difficult decisions as you manage your business's operations while navigating fierce competition to ensure your victory!

Yep, that's it. Perhaps this picture supplies a bit more of what you might want to know...