New Game Round-up: Daybreak for More Werewolves, Rockets and Cannons from Cappel & Fields from Rosenberg

New Game Round-up: Daybreak for More Werewolves, Rockets and Cannons from Cappel & Fields from Rosenberg
Board Game: One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
• Designer/publisher Ted Alspach of Bézier Games has announced a new title in his Werewolf world of games: One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak.

As you can guess from the title, ONUW Daybreak inhabits the same world as One Night Ultimate Werewolf (itself a reimplementation of Akihisa Okui's One Night Werewolf), with players each taking a hidden role, then possibly using their powers during a "night" period in which each player has their eyes closed. In the morning that follows night, the humans in the game — that is, those without a werewolf card — need to choose someone to lynch, and if they lynch a werewolf, they win; otherwise the werewolves win. (Except, of course, if the Tanner is lynched as he's kind of a suicidal recluse and wants to end his life. In this case, he wins all on his own.)

ONUW Daybreak introduces ten new character roles, and given this tagline — "No Moderator. No Elimination. No Villagers." — you can conclude that none of them are plain villagers. No, everyone has a special power this time, with three of the character names shown below. ONUW Daybreak can be played on its own with 3-7 players or combined with the original ONUW for games with up to ten players. Alspach notes that he plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the game on September 29, 2014, with delivery at BGG.CON (or to your home) in November 2014 being possible prior to the game's release in January 2015. Adds Alspach, "Some of the free extras for KS backers include alternative artwork for popular characters and even more roles."

Board Game: One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak

Board Game Publisher: Z-Man Games
Josh Cappel is best known in the board game industry as an artist, but he has two game design credits as well, including a co-designer credit for Wasabi! He will double that number of credits in the next year or two as Z-Man Games has signed two of his games for publication. From Cappel's announcement:

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Rescue Rockets is a rocket-flicking alien-rescuing dexterity game designed for kids and adults to play together, while Merchants & Marauders: Broadsides is a two-player pirate ship duel with blazing cannons! (Yes, this will be a spinoff from the existing amazing pirate board game Merchants & Marauders!) I've been focusing on game art for the last several years, but a refreshed passion for game design (thanks in large part to my colleagues in the Game Artisans of Canada) seems to be paying off!
Board Game Publisher: Granna
• Polish publisher Granna has announced an expansion for Filip Miłuński's dice game CV for release in October 2014. CV: Gossip gives players new ways to fight bad luck, even more opportunities to invest in happiness, and interactive rumor cards that will grant players new goals in life.

• Granna also has a new standalone game due out in October, with both titles surely showing up at Spiel 2014: Adam Kałuża's Mr. House, which has nothing to do with the medical-based TV show, but is instead something that sounds like a reality TV show brought to life. An overview:

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Which of us has thought about building their own house? Now we can construct our dream house from wood and cardboard in the game Mr. House!

The difficulty of doing so, however, will be much the same as in reality! Players must manage a budget and construction teams, buy materials on the market, and plan the sequence of work — all while time passes! In this economic, worker placement game, whoever creates the most beautiful home wins!
• One announcement that many people have been waiting for has finally dropped: Z-Man Games will release Uwe Rosenberg's Fields of ArleArle Erde for the German version debuting at Spiel 2014 from Feuerland Spiele — in English.

Board Game: Fields of Arle

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