In more detail, Frontier Skies consists of four seasons, spanning a total of twelve rounds of play. Each round consists of four phases: market, adventure, trade and draw. During the market phase, players compete in an open market to purchase new and upgraded parts for their airship. Purchasing new ship parts improves speed, attack power and cargo capacity, giving players special bonuses and extra space to carry valuable discoveries.
In the adventure phase, players embark on a new journey by revealing the top card in the adventure deck. The trade phase allows players to trade discoveries with each other, deciding which are worth keeping and which should be sold off to gain gold and free up cargo capacity for their next adventure. During the draw phase, players activate special abilities, gain an additional discovery, and compete for end-of-season and end-of-game goals which reward players with even more gold.
At the end of the final round, each player calculates their total value to find out which captain has amassed the greatest riches!
• German publisher Argentum Verlag plans to release Aaron Haag's Yunnan at Spiel 2013. The design was a finalist at the 2013 Hippodice game design competition, and here's a summary of the gameplay:
With a strong, developed trading empire, a player will earn many victory points and with those points victory.
• U.S. publisher Twilight Creations has a new Zombies!!! release planned for July 2013: Zombies!!! 12: Zombie Zoo, which wil include 90 zombie animals. Here's a description of the setting: