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W. Eric Martin
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Apex
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• WizKids reports that Vlaada Chvátil's Mage Knight has sold out at the publisher level, which means that copies might be available at distributors and stores, but once those supplies run out, no more copies are available – at least not for now. WizKids does note that "[d]ue to this overwhelming response, a second production run of the game is assured. We are also excited to announce plans to release the game in German, Czech and other languages as details are finalized."
• Designer Filip Miłuński says that an expansion is in the works for the 2010 release Magnum Sal with an intended release date of Spiel 2012. Miłuński and publisher Gry Leonardo are soliciting ideas for new tool cards in a contest on the publisher's website with a submission deadline of January 15, 2012.
• Andrea Meyer at BeWitched Spiele reports that the 2010 release Freeze - from Meyer and co-designer Hans-Peter Stoll – will be released in 2012 by Ravensburger under the name Bühne frei (something like "Open Stage").
In other news from BeWitched Spiele, the first print run of Frigiti is nearly sold out, with a second printing in the works. Meyer also notes that she's working on an expansion for Frigiti and a variant for her much loved Hossa.
• In his Spiel 2011 report, designer Michael Schacht mentions three titles that he showed at the convention that should be ready for public display at the 2012 Nürnberg trade show: a Zooloretto dice game, Expedition Africa and Mondo Sapiens, a Mondo spin-off game of which first images of which are available on Schacht's website. Note that all of the game names are working titles and not final.
• No, it's not a game, but gamers might still be interested in Realm Coins (Kickstarter link) by Michelle and Matthew Kloth. The pair are using the Kickstarter project to raise funds to mint coins – yes, out of real metal – with a gold, silver or copper finish. Says Kloth in a note to me about the project, "BoardGameGeek made up 50% of our contributions. Boardgamers seem to really love the idea of upgrading their games with metal 'gold', silver', and 'copper' coins." The KS project, fully funded after only 48 hours, runs until January 16, 2012.
• A few details have come out about 7 Wonders: Cities, the next expansion for Antoine Bauza's best-selling, world-conquering, award-dominating design, namely that it includes "optional team rules, a new type of card (black, representing the remains of cities), and new cards of old types (two new wonders, new guild and leader cards associated with black cards)", to quote from the game description here on BGG. (A description I edited earlier today, so like some pompous jackanape I'm effectively quoting myself. Sheesh.)
In any case, Thomas Provoost at Repos Production passed along artwork-in-progress for some of the cards. I've included two below, and four others are posted on the game page.
Preliminary artwork for "Brotherhood of Thieves" and what I've translated as "Dive" (originally "Tripot")
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Preliminary artwork for "Brotherhood of Thieves" and what I've translated as "Dive" (originally "Tripot")
