Rio Grande Games: News from Nurnberg
Jay Tummelson of Rio Grande Games reports:
The new year has started well and we are excited about several projects that are in the works.
Dominion continues to be very well received and is now licensed in 14 languages. In addition to the original five of English, German, French, Dutch, and Finnish, we have agreements for Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese, Korean, Polish, and Japanese. Most of these will be available in March or April as they will print with are scheduled reprint of the game. Work continues on the first expansion: Intrigue, which will release in April or May. We have also created two promo cards and many of our partners are planning versions for their languages. They are Envoy and Black Market and will be available through Board Game Geek beginning in early March.
We released Galaxy Trucker Big Expansion in January and Castle for all Seasons in February. We expect the upgrade packs for those who bought the first edition of Galaxy Trucker later this month and will publish details on how owners of the first edition can acquire them. The upgrade packs will make the basic game compatible with the big expansion.
Several games that sold out before the end of the year are now back in stock. These include Race for the Galaxy, St Pete expansion, Carcassonne: Inns & Cathedrals, Carcassonne: Traders & Builders, Zooloretto, and Pickomino. Others will reappear later this month: Race for the Galaxy: the Gathering Storm, Lost Cities Board Game, Galaxy Trucker, Chicago Express, Bausack, Bamboleo, and Niagara. Also releasing in February are: Bonnie & Clyde, Name of the Rose, and a new version of Big Box Carcassonne. This will be in the same size box as the previous, but with a different mix of the expansions. In March, we expect the return of Chicken Cha Cha Cha, Lost Cities Board Game, New World, a Carcassonne Game, Leader1, and Power Grid. We are currently working to reprint several games which have recently gone out of stock: St Petersburg, Power Grid: France/Italy, Power Grid: Benelux/Central Europe, Power Grid: China/Korea, Felix, Jambo Expansion, Princes of Florence, and Stone Age.
Ra is nearly done and will be release in the spring. Burger Joint, and Mogul are also close to complete and should also release in the spring.
Other games in progress are: Ra, the Dice Game, Samurai Card Game, Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium, Lemons & Lemonade, and Dominion: Intrigue. All of this will most likely release i the second quarter.
Other games on the horizon are three games from Hans im Glück (Maori, Finca, and Children’s Carcassonne, to be shown at Nürnberg), Priests of Ra (to be released at Essen, 2009), Dominion: Seaside (tentatively planned for Essen, 2009), The Heavens of Olympus, El Caballero (reprint), and a few more still too new to mention now.
We also will be offering the Envoy and Black Market promo cards for Dominion through Board Game Geek starting in March. BGG will be collecting a small amount to cover their costs and keep a bit for themselves as my way of supporting this great site.
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