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Arborea is a gorgeous Ghibli-esque board game about woodland spirits
The best-looking forest game since Root?
Essen Spiel 2021 Feed
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War of the Ring: The Card Game and Hunt for the Ring expansion delayed to late 2022, studio behind Lord of the Rings games confirms
Ares Games reveals plans for additional War of the Ring games after next year.
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Next Lost Ruins of Arnak expansion is a solo campaign
The Search for Professor Kutil continues.
Feature
Wonder Book looks the part of an imaginative kids game, but doesn’t play like one
Don’t judge a board game by its cover.
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Iron Forest is a grown-up spin-off from Ice Cool that features plenty of finger-flicking theatrics
A swish, not a flick
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Lost Cities designer’s Art Robbery is one of the hidden gems of Essen Spiel 2021 you shouldn’t miss
Play light robbery.
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Kingdomino Origins isn’t quite a full evolutionary step for the excellent board game series
Kings of the Stone Age.
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Far Cry Beyond board game bears little resemblance to the video game series
A far cry from what we wanted.
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Sherlock Holmes’ dog Toby gets his own board game in next year’s The Animals of Baker Street
Family-friendly investigation game penned with author Clémentine Beauvais releasing in October 2022.
Interview
Cowboy Bebop RPG lead designer on the anime adaptation’s ‘jazzy’ gameplay and satisfying cynical fans
“Haters gonna hate and we accept that.”
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The King’s Dilemma sequel The Queen’s Dilemma won’t release in 2022, will continue stories from first legacy game
Horrible Guild promises “levels of continuity” in follow-up to acclaimed story-driven board game.
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Ice Cool spin-off Iron Forest will let you flick and fire tiny robots into the air
Launching - quite literally - onto Kickstarter next year.
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Cockroach Poker series continues with bidding board game about grasshoppers
Hop into another insect instalment.
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What's new at the world’s biggest board game convention? The Dicebreaker Podcast is at Essen Spiel 2021!
The team chats about what we've seen during the first day of the German game fair.
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Cowboy Bebop RPG will let you play as the anime’s characters, won’t touch the movie or Netflix series
Players will be able to take control of the Bebop crew or create their own interplanetary bounty hunters.
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King of Tokyo and King of New York are getting a new sequel next year
Third in Richard Garfield’s monster rumble dice game series teased at Essen Spiel 2021.
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Azul: Queen’s Garden sprouts fresh ideas whilst sticking to its roots
Wake up and play the roses.
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Resident Evil’s new co-op card game is designed to feel like passing the controller as kids
Up to four players control either Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield together.
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What are the board games we’re most excited to play at Essen Spiel 2021? It’s the Dicebreaker Podcast!
Looking ahead to Root creator’s Arcs: Collapse and Conflict in the Void and back on Mysterium, Insider, Monikers and more.
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10 board games to look for at Essen Spiel 2021 - preview
The biggest board games at the biggest show.
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Deep Sea Adventure studio’s latest game Scout is out next month
Releasing at Essen Spiel ahead of wider EU and US launch.
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Essen Spiel 2021 to require proven COVID-19 immunisation or negative test for entry, will enforce mandatory face masks
“Masks will be mandatory at Spiel in any case, even if the government does not make it mandatory.”