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• In 2016, Z-Man Games also plans to release Richard Borg's Thunder & Lightning in 2016, with this game being a new version of 2000's Hera and Zeus that has larger decks and a different distribution of cards. Gameplay remains the same, though, with players laying out cards face down on a battlefield, using cards for their (now Norse instead of Greek) mythological powers, or challenging an opponent's card in their front line. If you remove all of the opponent's cards, prevent them from using their action points, or capture Odin's Crown or Ring (as appropriate), you win.
• In an interview on Tabletop Together, designer Andreas Steiger has confirmed that German publisher KOSMOS has signed a contract for a Targi expansion. An excerpt:
My latest change in the game convinced Kosmos at last. Shortly beforehand my editor told me that they would not publish the expansion for an expansion's sake, but only if the test players never wanted to play without it again. After a prototype weekend this spring, my editor contacted me and said: "The play testers told me they never want to play without the expansion again, so now we have to publish it!"
• Artana and designer Dirk Knemeyer have an expansion coming for Tesla vs. Edison titled Powering Up that allows players to build headquarters, hire female entrepreneurs, respond to (then) current events, and have up to six players at the table.
• "Harry Houdini is throwing a dinner party for the world's greatest magicians." Not a description I expected to see, but I'm at least intrigued enough to keep reading, especially when combined with the title Houdini's Poutini, this being the debut title from Molly Cooper and Andrew Stengele at Forced Perspective Entertainment. Here's more about the game:
Houdini's Poutini is a competitive game in which each player represents a group of five magicians. They must collect a combination of item cards with which they can perform magical escapes from the party. The Houdini card will mingle about the party, making it more difficult to escape the party without hurting his feelings. You must use your skills as a magician to get your entire group free from the party before time runs out and the poutine is served. When only one player remains or time runs out, anyone who was unable to escape must politely choke-down Houdini's ill-prepared Franken-dish.
A variation on rummy with a splash of Old Maid with lots of screwing over your opponents, Houdini's Poutini is a fast-paced and exciting card game for any with a strong mind and stronger stomach.