New Game Round-up: Two Titles from Steffen-Spiele, Rules from Eggertspiele and IELLO & Richard Garfield Gives You Power

Soluna is a simple and fast-playing brain teaser for two players.

The game consists of twelve double-sided discs; each disc has one of four space-themed symbols (sun, stars, moon, comet) on one side and a different symbol on the other side. At the start of play, the tiles are scattered on the table, creating twelve stacks that are each one tile high. On a turn, you take one stack and place it on another stack that is either (a) the same height or (b) topped by a tile with the same symbol. Stacks cannot be divided. Players take turns until one player cannot make a move; that player loses the game and the other player wins.

Soluna is nearly identical to the earlier Bruno Faidutti game Babylon, but the double-sided discs create a new starting set-up for each round. The first player to win four rounds wins the game.

A shoal of colorful fish tumbles onto the table. The players cast their nets. A handful of dice is all they need to catch the fish. The player who throws matching colors can land one of the coveted medallions with a fish trio. Which additional dice can players throw? Which trio is the easiest to catch? A fisherman's luck helps, but only risk-takers and strategic throws of the extra dice will help players land the biggest haul in their nets.

Pescado is a fast-moving and entertaining dice game – not everything is left to chance.