Gone Cardboard: Bucephalus Games, Zombies, Poo and More

I’m back in business after a week’s sabbatical and have done a general update of Gone Cardboard, which lists newly released and upcoming titles from North American publishers. A few of the changes on the list:

• Due to the unexpected closure of a production facility, among other things, Bucephalus Games has pushed back the release date of several titles and removed a baker’s half-dozen more from its schedule. Save Santa will now be targeted for a Q4 2010 release date instead of appearing in 2009. Hope Santa can hold out until then.

• Bucephalus has licensed Reiner Knizia’s Merchants (aka Handelsfürsten) to Catalyst Game Labs, but that company hasn’t announced a release date for the title. Catalyst has said, however, that it will release Ergo and Poo: The Card Game by the end of December 2009. In Ergo you use the rules of logic to prove that you exist while trying to deny the existence of other players. (Wouldn’t Solipsism have been a better title?) In Poo, you’re a monkey flinging poo. Been there, done that.

• As noted in a recent news item, Wiz-War is back on the production schedule for a 2011 release, but the publisher has asked Jolly not to reveal its identity, so you’re left to speculate which company might want exclusive computer rights while also needing two years to bring the game to market.

  

• Steve Jackson Games will add a zombie game to its line-up in 2010, Zombie Dice. Here’s a brief description from the publisher: ”Zombie Dice is fast and easy for any zombie fan to learn, even non-gamers. The 13 custom dice are your victims. Push your luck to eat their brains, but stop rolling before the shotgun blasts end your turn!” Zombie Dice, for 3-8 players with a playing time of 10-20 minutes and a price of $13.13, is scheduled for March 2010, with Cthulhu Dice being released at the same time. In that title, which features a dozen tentacle-laden dice and a $5 pricetag, players try to swipe sanity from everyone else.

• FRED Distribution is distributing a handful of Spiel 09 releases in North America, with Tuonela’s Modern Society available now. Titles due to be available in December 2009 are Carson City (QWG), Day & Night (Mystics.nl), Luna Llena (Gen X Games), Opera (The Game Master) and Power $truggle (eggertspiele). (Note that Modern Society and Carson City are actually co-productions with FRED Distribution, as noted by the Gryphon/Eagle logo on the boxes.)

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