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Stronghold Games on Bear Valley, Stellar Conflict, and Working with Publishing Partners

Stronghold Games on Bear Valley, Stellar Conflict, and Working with Publishing Partners
Board Game: Bear Valley
• Unlike at Spielwarenmesse, at NY Toy Fair I record only a few videos because (1) I'm on my own, which makes it tougher to record things, (2) publishers at the fair tend to focus on mainstream-friendly games rather than hobby games, and (3) publishers with hobby games were recorded at Spielwarenmesse (such as Asmodee and IELLO) or have nothing more than demo boxes to show off (such as Upper Deck).

That said, I did make plans to meet Stephen Buonocore in order to preview a couple of titles coming from Stronghold Games, starting with Carl Chudyk's Bear Valley, a card game in Stronghold's Pocket Line that seems quite unchudykian at first glance — and possibly even at second glance. I'll need to actually play the thing a few times to know for sure, but that will come later. For now, here's an overview of the game:





Board Game: Stellar Conflict
• Bear Valley is due out in the U.S. in April 2016 at the same time as game #3 in Stronghold's Pocket Line: Stellar Conflict, which is a re-imaging of James Ernest's ye olde Light Speed in the Among the Stars universe, with players building a fleet and fighting a battle in minutes.





Board Game Publisher: Stronghold Games
• While at NY Toy Fair 2016, I also took the time to ask Buonocore to elaborate on Stronghold's "strategic partnership" with eggertspiele, which was announced in Feb. 2016, and the general practice of how and why publishers partner with one another.

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