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Unmatched Heads to the Buffyverse with Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Up for Pre-Order

Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Designed by Justin D. Jacobson and Rob Daviau with art by Heather Vaughan, Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is available for pre-order through Mondo and GameNerdz.

Restoration Games‘ latest entry in their “dueling game series,” is a highly asymmetrical miniatures fighting game for two or four players. Each hero in Unmatched is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise, but just when you’ve mastered one set, new heroes arrive to provide all-new match-ups.

Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer features a double-sided board with your choice of battlefields – Sunnydale High or The Bronze, where four iconic combatants will join the fight with their accompanying sidekicks: Buffy & Giles or Xander, Angel & Faith, Spike & Drusilla, and Willow & Tara.

This edition of Unmatched brings new unique abilities rooted in the Buffyverse mythos: Sidekick Choice, Dark Hero Powers, Blind Boosts, and Shadow Tokens.

It retails for $50.

Dig Deeper with the First Standalone Expansion for Detective

Detective: Dig Deeper

Portal Games is opening up the pre-order for Detective: Dig Deeper, the latest expansion for Detective.

Pre-orders for the game open May 8th, 2020.

Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game is the highly acclaimed cooperative game. Dig Deeper is its first stand-alone case in the Signature Series.

It’s written by Rob Daviau, Dig Deeper will transport players to an American town in the ’70s, where the players’ goal will be to solve the mysterious death of a local politician.

Like the base game, it’s for 1 to 5 players and uses modern tools to enhance the investigation, which now includes an all-new interactive interrogation mechanism!

Set for release June 4, the game retails for $15.

Portal Games Announces New Games for 2020

Brand new spy game: Vienna Connection

In this exciting stand-alone game inspired by the game mechanics of Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, you will take on the roles of CIA agents sent to Europe in 1977 during the Cold War to investigate a mysterious death of James Werner, an American citizen murdered in Vienna.

Vienna Connection

Solve new cases in Detective: Season One

In this new stand-alone game inspired by Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game you will find 3 stand-alone cases that can be played in around 90 minutes each. Each of the cases has a different setting and style. Due to a shorter playtime and simpler family-friendly rules, the cases are perfectly tailored for a mystery game night.

Detective: Season One

First case in the Signature Series of Detective: Dig Deeper written by Rob Daviau

This dripping with theme case will transport you into the American town in the 70-ties, where you will investigate the mystery of the death of a local politician.

Detective: Dig Deeper

2 new expansions for Empires of the North: Roman Banners & Barbarian Hordes

Empires of the North is getting even more new clans! Each expansion will introduce 2 new factions and their individual decks with unique abilities and game mechanics. All expansions combined with the base game will give you as many as 12 different factions to choose from.

Empires of the North: Roman Banners
Empires of the North: Barbarian Hordes

New meta-expansion for Imperial Settlers: Rise of the Empire

This new meta-expansion will ad a completely new layer to the game by introducing an open-world campaign setting. From game to game your empire will advance reaching new eras, goals, technologies, discoveries, and provinces. Imperial Settlers: Rise of the Empire expansion will include 220 new cards divided into 3 types: Provinces, Goals & Achievements, Technologies & Discoveries. Growing a civilization has never been so captivating!

Imperial Settlers: Rise of the Empire

Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write App

With the Roll & Write app, you will be able to play the game on your mobile when you’re on the go. Initially, the app will support solo play in which you will develop your own roll & write civilization to gather Victory Points and Stars that you will spend to gain access to more buildings improving your engine. The app will also introduce multiplayer mode at subsequent updates.

Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write App

New Kickstarter campaign for Robinson Crusoe: The Book of Adventures

In 2020 Portal Games will launch a new Kickstarter project – Robinson Crusoe: The Book of Adventures. The almanac will consist of new Robinson Crusoe scenarios ranked by their level of difficulty, complexity, and theme. The Book of Adventures will offer scenarios suited for every audience – for playing with children, for a fun family game, but also really heavy scenarios for experienced players.

Robinson Crusoe: The Book of Adventures

Betrayal Legacy is Out Now

After much anticipation and excitement, the latest “legacy” game is here! Betrayal Legacy is out now and available everywhere! Based on the award-winning Betrayal at House on the Hill and designed by Rob Daviau (Pandemic Legacy, Risk Legacy, Seafall)Betrayal Legacy is a unique experience offering you the chance to create the iconic house’s story through decisions and actions taken in the game.

With its history shrouded by wild-eyed ravings and the scrawling of madmen, it was thought that no one would ever know the unholy origin of the house on the hill. Until now. The history you tell is one you create.

Beginning in 1666 and traveling through time to the year 2004, players take on the roles of several generations of families obsessed with the house whose actions in one game carry forward into future games. Every journey through the legacy campaign will be unique and unpredictable making each group’s experience different. Once the campaign is complete, you’ll be left with a fully re-playable, customized board game. Designed for 3-5 players ages 12+, Betrayal Legacy retails for $75.