New Game Round-up: From Media to Games with Regular Show, Bravest Warriors & Video Game High School

New Game Round-up: From Media to Games with Regular Show, Bravest Warriors & Video Game High School
Board Game Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
• Cryptozoic Entertainment has the Bravest Warriors Co-operative Dice Game due out in July 2014, as noted in this BGGN post, but apparently it's not the only game company to snag a license for this animated TV series from Pendleton Ward.

In October 2013, Catalyst Game Labs announced a license to "publish collectable card games based upon Cartoon Hangover's Bravest Warriors and Bee and PuppyCat", Cartoon Hangover being the company that produces these shows. Catalyst describes the Bravest Warriors design, due out in 2014, as "an evolutionary card game...based upon the LevelUp system" from designer Greg Gorden. In more detail:

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LevelUp is a cooperative play card game with fractured story telling. Players — playing as the Bravest Warriors — will face a variety of threats grouped into Episodes. As the players determine which cards are faced, along with their character abilities they roll dice to defeat those challenges. As a challenge is defeated, the card is flipped over to reveal a reward, a trap, or perhaps an even more challenging villain! And as the Bravest Warriors advance, their cards flip-over, leveling up to unlock new strengths and powers!
The characters from Bee and PuppyCat would later join the gameplay of the Bravest Warriors game.

Board Game: Regular Show Fluxx
• While on the topic of animated series being adapted to games, designer Andy Looney from U.S. publisher Looney Labs has announced a licensing deal with Cartoon Network to create themed versions of their existing games. To start, Looney Labs plans to release Regular Show Fluxx in Q3 2014, with Mordecai, Rigby and other Regular Show characters and situations showing up on various cards. For those not familiar with the game, a summary:

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Regular Show Fluxx is a card game in which the cards themselves determine the current rules of the game. By playing cards, you change numerous aspects of the game: how to draw cards, how to play cards, and even how to win. At the start of the game, each player holds three cards and on a turn a player draws one card, then plays one card. By playing cards, you can put new rules into play that change numerous aspects of the game: how many cards to draw or play, how many cards you can hold in hand or keep on the table in front of you, and (most importantly) how to win the game.
Looney notes that the license is for both "Cartoon Network original properties including Regular Show, Adventure Time, [and] Gumball and classics such as Dexter's Laboratory and the Powerpuff Girls", and he plans to take full advantage of having access to all those playthings: "We're also excited to be working on a mash-up, multi-property Cartoon Network game that will take some of the most popular characters from cartoons past and present and combine them into one awesome game, also available this fall [i.e., Q4 2014]. So you'll be able to play with characters from NINE different Cartoon Network shows like Samurai Jack, the Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Gumball, Adventure Time, Regular Show and more."

Board Game: Video Game High School
• While not quite matching the format of the above two items, we also have Video Game High School from designer Isaac Vega and Plaid Hat Games, with VGHS being an action/comedy web series. Here's a rundown of the game:

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Video Game High School is an easy-to-learn board game for 2-4 players that lasts 20-30 minutes. Players take on the role of students from Video Game High School, a school where students prepare for a career in professional video games. Each student has unique player powers that they will use to their advantage as they select from a limited allotment of actions to train their gaming skills, take on challengers, and set high scores in various video games. The goal of the game is to climb the player ranks and become the top ranked gamer at VGHS.

No prior knowledge of the show is needed to play the game.

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