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SPIEL 2016 XVII: Mythic Battle: Pantheon, Unlock!, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Tokyo Ghoul, and B-Movie Showdown

SPIEL 2016 XVII: Mythic Battle: Pantheon, Unlock!, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Tokyo Ghoul, and B-Movie Showdown
Board Game: Mythic Battles: Pantheon
• We're nearing the end of game preview videos at SPIEL 2016, with this one being one of the longest we shot, but given all of the material in Mythic Battles: Pantheon — not to mention the seemingly endless supply of expansions that draw in every character from Greek mythology — the length is not really a surprise. This game is a re-creation of Benoit Vogt's Mythic Battles, with everything being upsized and vividly produced by co-publishers Mythic Games and Monolith.





Board Game Publisher: Space Cowboys
• Escape rooms were a big thing at SPIEL 2016, with three different companies presenting their own play-at-home versions of this trend, and even more are coming, with Cyril Demaegd from Space Cowboys here presenting his take on the concept: Unlock!. This item, due out in Q1 2017, will include three different escape room adventures as well as two tutorials that allow players to learn all the rules by playing rather than reading the rules. A companion app is required for, in Demaegd's words, roughly 10% of the game, with the app providing clues (if needed), ambiance, and verification of a successful escape.





Board Game: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
• Demaegd also explained what's happening with the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective line, which was rebooted by Ystari Games in 2011 and is now moving to Space Cowboys, with the partly new, partly reprint Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures arriving at stores in Q1 2017, followed by a revamped SHCD in Q2 2017, and a collection of the individual expansions released by Ystari coming at a yet-to-be-determined date.

Ludonova's Watson & Holmes from 2015 is also being released as part of Space Cowboys' Sherlock Holmes line of games, with the French version hitting shelves on December 2, 2016 and the English version coming later.





Board Game: Tokyo Ghoul: Bloody Masquerade
• The little that I know of Tokyo Ghoul, a hidden role board game coming from Don't Panic Games, is contained in this brief video shot during SPIEL 2016. When time is running short on a Sunday at a convention, you take the teaser, then move on to what's next.





Board Game: B-Movie Showdown
• Don't Panic Games, in cooperation with co-publisher Volumique, was also previewing B-Movie Showdown, with co-designer Farid Ben Salem running through the basics of gameplay and presenting some of the factions that will face off in this two-player game.

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