New Game Round-up: Find the Replicant, Beat the Queen of Hearts, and Marvel at Splendor's Licensing

In Blade Runner 2049: Nexus Protocol, detectives, citizens, and Rick Deckard compete to figure out who is a replicant posing as a human. They know that one of them is a replicant, but not even the replicant knows who they are.

In this deduction game, you use your influence to meet contacts, gather information, and reveal evidence to identify the replicant. If you discover that you are the replicant, you have to scramble to conceal your identity and avoid early retirement.

Will you find the replicant, or will you be retired?

Asmodee's marketing gurus were able to catch the coattails of the recent Marvel movie franchise and will be offering up Splendor: Marvel, a retheming of the original. It looked to be almost all the same, except for two new aspects. The first person to collect three "Avenger Tokens" claims a tile worth three points. However, like Catan's longest road, the tile can be claimed by another player if they are able to collect more tokens. The second item is a new Thanos tile that can be claimed if a player has one of each of the five types of gem. This takes a bit of work as the green gems are only found on the more expensive cards. Claiming the Thanos tile ends the game and final scores are tallied. Expect to see it around Q1 of 2020.

Tea for 2 is an easy-to-learn, yet hard to master deck-building game set in Alice's Wonderland that combines easy rules and strategic play. To do battle, players simultaneously flip over the top card of their decks. The player with the highest card can use the card's effect or buy a new card for their deck! Players will collect hourglasses and tarts, and try to keep their hands on the pink flamingo to win!