Discover New Witchstone Powers, Convert More Locations to Maglev Metro, and Expand All Things Board&Dice

Do you want more of what you already have? Game publishers are happy to accommodate you with a wide range of expansions for titles in their catalogs. Here's a round-up of 2022 expansions I've seen mentioned in passing, some of which have no more detail available right now beyond "This will exist":

• German publisher HUCH! has started publicizing its planned releases for the year, with one such item being Witchstone: Full Moon, an expansion for 2021's Witchstone from designers Martino Chiacchiera and Reiner Knizia.

Here's an overview of this late 2022 release:

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It's full moon in the magical world of Witchstone, and as everyone knows, witches and wizards develop very special powers during a full moon. Their abilities become more powerful, and the potion in their cauldrons even more effective.

The Witchstone: Full Moon expansion includes two expansion modules that can be used individually or together, one of which features new cauldron tiles for better chain reactions; 3D miniatures; and new special cards that among other things let you activate one of two special abilities each turn.

If you're not familiar with Witchstone, you can check out my written and video overview of this smart design here.

• Publisher Board&Dice seems to have an expansion in the works for all current titles:

—Mandala Stones: Harmony, due in March 2022, consists of a dozen new wild stones that allow you to create more combinations during scoring.
—Loot Box #1, also due in March 2022, contains variants and promo material for Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire, Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, Origins: First Builders, and Zapotec.
—Tawantinsuyu: The Golden Age is due out in August 2022.

• U.S. publisher Bézier Games has announced two expansions for 2021's Maglev Metro from Ted Alspach. In the game, players each build their own metropolitan rail system to deliver robots and passengers to their destinations, and as you deliver these riders, they unlock better actions and scoring opportunities on your personal player board.

In Maglev Metro: London & Paris, designed by Dale Yu, you must unlock districts on the London game board in order to build there, while in Paris you must anticipate union strikes that will shut down stations on the board during particular turns, possibly stranding passengers on your train who really want to exit.

Alspach's Maglev Metro: Mechs & Monorails takes the game to more fanciful locations, with the theme park-based Monorails allowing you to hitch rides with other players' trains as you attempt to score VIPs and new bonus cards and Mechs allowing you to take actions that wouldn't be possible with humans, such as non-stop passenger pick-up and delivery from a distance. (Humans really object to being catapulted to their final destination...)