Captain's Log 7/26: A News Show

The Dice Pirates

Aaron and Ian debut a new show to bring you the latest in board gaming releases, expansions, and news! Check out the show notes for links to the games and news mentioned.

Upcoming releases

Z-Man Games and Blizzard announce World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a Pandemic-style game set in the world of Azeroth. Now available to preorder on Blizzard’s website

https://gizmodo.com/a-new-world-of-warcraft-board-game-sees-pandemic-spread-1847243316

Horrible Guild announced a follow-up to King’s Dilemma, the appropriately titled Queen’s Dilemma, featuring a new world map and promises of more tracks to manage and even wilder and more powerful event cards to keep players on their toes.

https://www.horribleguild.com/the-queens-dilemma/

Expansions

Catan: Treasures, Dragons, & Adventurers

(Catan Studios)

Between Two Castles: Secrets & Soirees

(Stonemaier Games)

News

Dice Tower announced their awards for 2020, with notable highlights being their GOTY - The Crew: Quest for Planet Nine (a co-op trick taking game in the same vein as Hanabi or The Mind)

https://www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-awards/2020

Spiel de Jahres winners announced

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/120501/micromacro-crime-city-wins-spiel-des-jahres-2021-w

Spiel de Jahres - MicroMacro: Crime City

Kennerspiel des Jahres - Paleo

CMON quietly announces through an update on the Marvel United X-Men KS campaign that they will no longer be selling or shipping Kickstarters to Norway, due to an update of their postal regulations.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/marvel-united-x-men/posts/3238975

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/oh32vj/cmon_no_longer_shipping_kickstarters_to_norway/

Three of the largest board game conventions, Essen Spiel, UKGE & Gen Con have announced that they will require either face coverings or proof of COVID vaccination

https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/essen-spiel-2021/news/essen-spiel-2021-covid-19-requirements-immunisation-masks#comments

https://twitter.com/SPIEL_Messe/status/1413491372523356166

https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/gen-con-2021/news/gen-con-2021-covid-19-face-masks-vaccination

https://gencon.blog/2021/07/08/june-july-health-and-safety-update/

https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/uk-games-expo-2021/news/uk-games-expo-2021-revises-covid-19-guidelines-to-make-tests-vaccination-and-masks-mandatory

Reiner Knizia cuts ties with Grail Games publisher due to a breach of contract

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/grail-games/news/knizia-cuts-ties-with-grail-games

https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/reiner-knizia-seeks-legal-action-against-grail-games

Watch it played & SU&SD both celebrate 10 years

- Intro and Outro Music - "A Robust Crew by Darren Curtis"