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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:
• 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.
• 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.