Targi: The Expansion Coming in English in 2020

Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary tale — in its 2020 catalog Thames & Kosmos, the North American branch of KOSMOS, has included a listing for an English-language version of Targi: The Expansion, which brings new elements to Andreas Steiger's two-player game Targi and which debuted in a German edition in 2016.

No release date is listed for Targi: The Expansion beyond 2020, but that's a more definitive date than at any time in the past from Thames & Kosmos, so for now we'll have to pull up to the oasis and await more details...

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