Wildlands contains everything you need to dive straight into the frenetic fantasy world of Wildlands. Each skirmish sees players attempt to outwit, outmaneuver, and overpower their opponents as they fight for riches and glory, scoring points by defeating enemy characters and collecting treasure. Familiarity with your favored faction will help, but adaptability is the key to victory, as a semi-randomized set-up and double-sided board means that no two battles will tell the same tale.
"I've been designing games for a few years now and sometimes you wonder if you are just revisiting old designs and themes", said award-winning designer Martin Wallace. "Wildlands was an opportunity for me to do something off the beaten track: a fast-moving, tactical combat game with asymmetric special powers. I was very pleased when the design found a home with Osprey Games, who have done an amazing job of developing and refining the system, as well as applying an engaging thematic background. They did fantastic work with London, so I'm expecting this to be simply awesome when it finally hits the shelves."
• Renegade Game Studios has been lining up game releases left and right, with Aaron Vanderbeek's Castell bearing a Feb. 21, 2018 U.S. street date. In this game, players relive the Catalan tradition of building human towers over a year of festivals in different cities.
• Shem Phillips' Explorers of the North Sea: Rocks of Ruin, co-published with Garphill Games and due out in April 2018, allows you to add a fifth player to the game, while also giving you new captains and building types, along with cargo to salvage.
• J. Alex Kevern is no stranger on the Renegade roster, and his fourth title with he publisher is Prowler's Passage, a two-player game due out in May 2018. Here's an overview from the publisher:
In Prowler's Passage, you and a competing thief burrow into the city through a network of underground passages to grab valuable items while attempting to gain control of key districts. Steal the best items, create the longest tunnels, and control districts to become the premier prowler!