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In a press release announcing the game and explaining the exclusive, designer and company owner Steve Jackson writes, "In the past few years, Target has done an amazing job with strategy games. They've brought our hobby to the mass market – Munchkin, of course, and other gamer favorites like Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride. The adventure game designers appreciate what Target has done to build up our category, and Munchkin Legends is a thank-you!"
• In a June 19, 2013 Facebook post, Alderac Entertainment Group notes that "soon we'll have some exciting announcements about several new games in our Big in Japan and Tempest game lines". In the comments section, the AEG rep later writes, "The first Tempest one deals with canals. The Big in Japan ones deal with... geisha, boats, and legacies. But not all at once (and that's not all the Japanese games we're doing either!)." So we've got Mai-Star, Sail to India, and Lost Legacy – at least that's what I'm guessing, and only Sail to India seems iffy.
• Designer Paolo Mori notes on a BGG thread that he's working on an expansion for Libertalia.
• As is his habit following the release of a Dominion expansion, designer Donald X. Vaccarino has posted a "secret history" of the cards in Dominion: Guilds, which debuted at the Origins Game Fair in mid-June 2013.
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• To start the ball rolling on news about titles due out at Spiel 2013 – the huge annual game convention in Essen, Germany – Italian publisher Cranio Creations is showing off a rough draft of the cover for its Dungeon Fighter expansion Fire at Will! (Poor Will...) A video showing off various elements from the expansion, which was recorded at an annual event held by German publisher/distributor Heidelberger Spieleverlag, is live on that expansion page. (HT: Meople's Magazine)
• Arnaud from Matagot has posted details on BGG of the oversized version of Antoine Bauza's Takenoko that Asmodee will sell at Gen Con 2013 and that Matagot will sell in Europe at conventions such as Spiel 2013. He later described the item's size and price as well. Eeep!
• Speaking of Bauza, French publisher Funforge has announced an expansion for his Tokaido that will debut at Spiel 2013 in October. For now all that's known is the Tokaido: Crossroads title, the release date, and what's visible in this image. If you plan to attend the Paris est Ludique fair the weekend of June 22-23, you'll be among the first to try out the game. If you do, rewrite my lousy placeholder game description!
• In another tease for its appearance at Paris est Ludique, Funforge posted this image from Eric Zimmerman's Quantum, which it also expects to release in time for Spiel 2013 in October.
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