New Game Round-up: Multiplying Sentinels, Raging Vikings, Avenging Heroes & Flicking Bandits

Pretzel Games aims to publish high-quality dexterity games that you can always play with a pretzel in hand. This studio plans to release two games per year starting at Gen Con 2015. These games will include only wooden pieces in an expertly crafted wooden box. The Pretzel Games studio will release games you can play inside with a group of friends, as well as games to enjoy outside during a backyard barbecue.

In this game, each player fields one of the superhero teams, with each hero — Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Kang and more — being represented by custom-tooled dice; each team must be composed of 15 dice, and a player can "purchase" dice only from his team. Each hero also has one or more character reference cards, which show the special abilities for the characters based on the die rolls. Different versions of these cards will be available in booster packs, allowing for more customization of your team. Players use these dice to collect energy, recruit new heroes, and battle head-to-head. In addition, each player brings two basic action cards to the game, which are placed in the center of the table; both players can purchase these cards. A player wins once the opposing player has been reduced to zero life.

"Life is Battle; Battle is Glory; Glory is ALL"

Blood Rage is an epic Viking board game of pillaging, fighting, and questing for 2-4 players, with each player representing a mighty clan of Vikings, who have been released from the halls of Valhalla and endowed with the gifts of the gods themselves to pillage the remains of Midgard as it burns during Ragnarok.