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HEADLINES:

• BGG announces 14th Annual Golden Geek Awards.
• Alliance Game Distributors to resume operations.
• "Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion" sinks its teeth into Target.
• Days of Wonder peddles "Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam."
• Vladimir Suchy's "Praga Caput Regni" to break ground in 2020.
• Renegade Games buddies up to "Clank!: Adventuring Party."
• Kickstarter lays off 40% of workforce.
• Dice Tower Dish's Corey Thompson digs into the state of tabletop Kickstarter campaigns and the trouble with game awards.

THE HOTNESS:

1. TINYforming Mars
2. Wingspan
3. Gloomhaven
4. Sapiens
5. HEL: The Last Saga
6. Mercado de Lisboa
7. Terraforming Mars
8. The Crew: The Search for Planet 9
9. Nemesis
10. Spirit Island

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Babylonia
• Yukon Airways
• Monster Mansion
• Colt Super Express

KICKSTARTER:

• Sea of Legends

LINKS:

• Find Corey Thompson at DiceTowerDish.com.
• Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler.
• We love feedback! Please leave any on our Official Thread.

HEADLINES:

• "Frosthaven" breaks another Kickstarter record.
• Hasbro reports substantial growth in games sales.
• Fantasy Flight announces "Arkham Horror: The Card Game - The Innsmouth Conspiracy."
• Capstone Games takes over publication for "Terra Mystica" and "Gaia Project."
• The OP announces "The Batman Who Laughs Rising."
• Gale Force Nine announces new expansions and an updated edition for "Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks."

THE HOTNESS:

1. Bargain Basement Bathysphere
2. Gloomhaven
3. Utopia Engine
4. Under Falling Skies: A 9-Card Print-and-Play
5. Supermarché
6. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
7. Wingspan
8. Terraforming Mars
9. Frosthaven
10. Arkham Horror: The Card Game

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Tang Garden
• Sonora
• Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (Third Edition)
• Traintopia

KICKSTARTERS:

• Clinic: Deluxe Edition - COVID-19 Pandemic
• Tapeworm
• Resident Evil 3: The Board Game

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler.

Check out TabletopGameTalk.com with former hosts Kitty & Chris.

We love feedback! Please leave any on our Official Thread.

HEADLINES:

• City of Games releases "The Isle of Cats Remote Edition."
• San Diego Comic-Con 2020 and Anime Expo 2020 cancelled.
• New "Magic: The Gathering" decks delayed.
• Game shop owner arrested for operating a non-essential business.
• The OP Games announces "Risk: Warhammer 40,000."
• This podcast is switching release days. Leave us your thoughts on our BGG Feedback Thread.

THE HOTNESS:

1. Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America
2. Canvas
3. Wingspan
4. Cloudspire
5. Gloomhaven
6. Barrage
7. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
8. Terraforming Mars
9. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
10. Spirit Island

KICKSTARTER:

• Final Girl
• Lords of Vegas: Underworld & Boss Bundle

LINKS:

• Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesse Wheeler.
• Listen to former hosts, Chris and Kitty, at TabletopGameTalk.com.
• Leave us feedback (or just say hi) on our BGG Thread.

HEADLINES:

• Amazon to resume stocking non-essential items from third-party retailers.
• Fantasy Flights postpones Organized Play events.
• Alliance and Diamond furlough employees. Execs take a pay cut.
• The OP announces "Trivial Pursuit: Horror Ultimate Edition."
• AEG and The OP announce "Smash Up: Marvel."
• CMON stock suspended due to audit issues.

THE HOTNESS:

1. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
2. Cloudspire
3. Forgotten Waters
4. Gloomhaven
5. Terraforming Mars
6. Wingspan
7. Nemesis
8. Spirit Island
9. Arkham Horror: The Card Game
10. Everdell

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Bees: The Secret Kingdom
• Musical Chairs
• The Mind Extreme
• Kingswood
• PQltistes free print & play (French instructions)

KICKSTARTER:

• Ankh: Gods of Egypt

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler

HEADLINES:

• Origins 2020 rescheduled for October
• BGG.Spring 2020 cancelled
• Mayday Games starts distributing NK95 masks
• Stonemaier Games announces new products on April Fool's that turned out to be no joke
• Fantasy Flight announces Arkham Horror (Third Edition): Under Dark Waves and Marvel Champions: The Card Game - The Rise of Red Skull

THE HOTNESS:

1. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
2. Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire
3. Forgotten Waters
4. Gloomhaven
5. Pax Renaissance
6. Air, Land & Sea
7. Terraforming Mars
8. Nemesis
9. Wingspan
10. Crypt

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Cosmic Encounter: Duel
• The One Hundred Torii
• Ripple Rush
• Aquelarre
• Crossed Words
• The Coldest Night
• One Small Step
• Inner Compass

KICKSTARTERS:

• Excavation: Earth
• They Live: Assault on Cable 54

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler

HEADLINES:

• Alliance Game Distributors halts payments to vendors

THE HOTNESS:

1. Frosthaven
2. Gloomhaven
3. Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
4. Corinth
5. Winter Kingdom
6. Terraforming Mars
7. Wingspan
8. Everdell
9. Spirit Island
10. The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• Unmatched: Jurassic Park - InGen vs. Raptors
• King of Tokyo: Dark Edition
• Planet Apocalypse

KICKSTARTER:

• Frosthaven

LINKS:

• You can follow Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler
• Check out the TabletalkGameTalk podcast with former hosts Chris & Kitty

HEADLINES:

• Fantasy Flight announces Investigator Starter Decks for "Arkham Horror: The Card Game."
• "Pandemic" designer Matt Leacock writes an opinion piece for the New York Times.
• Alliance Game Distributors temporarily shuts down operations, but ACD Distribution expects to keep running.
• Asmodee USA and Renegade Game Studios delay new releases.
• Fireside Games delay party game "Stringamajig" and their Kickstarter campaign for "Castle Panic: Deluxe Edition."
• The Tokyo Game Market event for April has been canceled.
• WizKids pulls out of Origins and UK Games Expo 2020.

THE HOTNESS:

1. Frosthaven
2. Gloomhaven
3. Everdell
4. The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
5. Terraforming Mars
6. Dark Ages: Heritage of Charlemagne
7. Arkham Horror: The Card Game
8. Wingspan
9. Pax Pamir (Second Edition)
10. Rallyman: GT

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• The Isle of Cats
• The Isle of Cats: Late Arrivals
• Core Connection: Rise of Atlantis
• VIAE: Roads of Rome
• Nevada City
• Starcadia Quest: Showdown
• Starcadia Quest: Build-a-Robot

KICKSTARTER:

• Trekking the World
• Moonshine Empire
• Lawyer Up

YOUR HOSTS:

• You can find previous hosts Chris & Kitty at TabletopGameTalk.com.
• And you can follow Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler.

HEADLINES:

• Origins Game Fair announces awards nominees for 2020
• 2020 Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction now live
• Z-Man Games announces "Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game"
• "Pandemic" is in the news

THE HOTNESS:

1. Gloomhaven
2. Pandemic
3. Dark Ages
4. Paris
5. Pax Pamir
6. Museum: Pictura
7. Rallyman: GT
8. Wingspan
9. Terraforming Mars
10. Everdell

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

• The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
• Oriflamme
• The Shining
• Staka
• The Big Book of Madness: The Vth Element

KICKSTARTERS:

• Mint Control
• Bold Made

LINKS:

What's new with you during the Coronapocalypse? Let us know on our BGG Thread.

Find Previous hosts Chris & Kitty at TapletopGameTalk.com.

HEADLINES

• Asmodee USA Distribution to distribute directly to retailers
• Asmodee clarifies its parts replacement policy
• Price increases announced for 27 Asmodee titles
• CMON Expo 2020 cancelled
• The Hulk is coming to "Marvel Champions: The Card Game"
• Uwe Rosenberg announces "New York Zoo"

THE HOTNESS

1. Pax Pamir: Second Edition
2. Nemesis
3. Gloomhaven
4. Spirit Island
5. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
6. On Mars
7. Rallyman: GT
8. Terraforming Mars
9. Museum: Pictura
10. Root

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES

• Afternova
• Trial of the Temples
• Robotech: Brace for Impact
• Robotech: Cyclone Run
• Stalingrad Besieged

KICKSTARTER

• Who Goes There? Second Edition
• Monuments
• Erune
• Rival Restaurants: Back for Seconds
• Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage "Game"

LINKS

We'd love to hear from you - feedback, suggestions, whatever - on our BGG Thread.

Find previous hosts Chris and Kitty at TabletopGameTalk.com.

HEADLINES:

• Plaid Hat Games claims its independence with "Forgotten Waters."
• "Ripple Rush" from Stronghold Games coming soon.
• "Chronicles of Crime" launches on Kickstarter.
• "Castle Panic: Deluxe Addition" to be Fireside Games' first Kickstarter.
• Emerson Matsuuchi streamlines social deduction with his latest design.

THE HOTNESS:

1. Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
2. Spirit Island
3. Nemesis
4. Viscounts of the West Kingdom
5. Marvel Champions the Card Game
6. Rallyman GT
7. Gloomhaven
8. Terraforming Mars
9. Museum: Pictura
10. Brass: Birmingham

NEW & UPCOMING GAMES:

• Gorilla Marketing
• Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness
• Stellar
• 7 Souls
• Karekare

KICKSTARTERS:

• Lost in Valhalla
• Ruins: Death Binder

LINKS:

Leave us feedback on our BGG Thread

Listen to previous hosts Kitty and Chris on TabletalkGameTalk.com