DULCE
1-4 players | 30 minutes.
A game combining elements of Century: Spice Road and Stardew Valley, Dulce challenges players to cultivate the necessary ingredients to create sweet treats in each player's factories.
EXIT: THE GAME
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: SHADOWS OVER MIDDLE-EARTH
1-4 players | 45-90 minutes
The popular Exit series of escape room puzzles joins forces with The Lord of the Rings franchise to put players in the role of hobbits to carry out a mission given to them by Gandalf.
TERRACOTTA ARMY
1-4 players | 90-120 minutes
Don't let the playtime fool you minus a bit of difficulty with final scoring, Terracotta Army is a very accessible and intriguing worker placement game where players are collecting resources to build and place the famed statues used to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang in his death.
BOOP.
2 players | 20-30 minutes
Everyone likes cats, and plenty of people love abstract strategy games, so boop. hits that wonderful middle ground for so many. Players are trying to line up three of their kittens in a row to get them to become cats, and then must get three cats in a row. But every time a new kitten is placed on the bed, every cat is moved one space away. This game is cute and thinky.
COMING SOON
These are games coming to crowdfunding or hitting retail shelves within the next year that had their unveiling at Gen Con.
THE FOX EXPERIMENT
This is the newest game from Wingspan designer Elizabeth Hargrave (with help from Jeff Fraser).
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