This week Stephen, Amanda, Linda, and Jon are here to talk about Disney’s Lorcana, a TCG set to compete with Magic and Pokemon, a Nintendo Direct, and much more!

Welcome to The Engaged Family Gaming Podcast. This is a show all about the great video games and board games you should play with your family

Introduction: We’re your hosts Stephen, Amanda, Linda, Jon

Each episode we’ll cover the biggest news in the gaming space that parents should know about!

This is Episode 288

Games of the Week

Disney’s Dreamlight Valley

Chonky Donky

Honorable Mention: Akropolis  (yay it came in)

Xenoblade chronicles

Relevant Releases

Video Game release calendar

Bear and Breakfast 9/15 Switch

Return to Monkey Island 9/15 Switch PC

Grounded 1.0 9/27 Xbox Game Pass

Hokko Life 9.27 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero 9/27 PS4, Switch, PC

Board Game Releases/Kickstarter

Kites 

Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/348096/kites

Hungry Monkey 

Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355735/hungry-monkey

Box Monster 

Link https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284299/box-monster

Ragnarocks

Link https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/328575/ragnarocks

Necromolds: Call to Arms expansion and reprint (live now to Oct 6)

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/necromolds/necromolds-call-to-arms-expansion-and-reprint?ref=project_link

https://www.backerkit.com/c/alex-hague/daybreak

The Big News!

North Star Games rebranding to North Star Games Studios!

Source: https://www.northstargames.com/blogs/northstarnews/northstar-announces-a-rebranding-and-a-new-direction

Ravensburger Announces Lorcana! A Disney themed MTG competitor!

Source https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23322262/disney-lorcana-ccg-trading-card-game-announcement-release-date-price

Source https://www.polygon.com/23342656/mtg-lorcana-disney-tcg-ccg-first-cards-mickey-stitch-elsa-robinhood-maleficent

September Nintendo Direct!

Source https://www.gameinformer.com/nintendo-direct/2022/09/13/everything-announced-during-the-september-2022-nintendo-direct

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom May 2023

Fire Emblem: Engage

Pikmin 4

Octopath Traveller 2

Kirby Return to Dreamland

Many, many farming games

EA/Motive Iron Man Game

Source https://www.ign.com/articles/iron-man-game-announced-by-ea-motive “The team is being led by Olivier Proulx, who brings experience working on past Marvel titles like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and is joined by a dedicated team of passionate industry veterans including Ian Frazier, Maëlenn Lumineau, and JF Poirier at the studio.”

https://www.ea.com/amp/news/all-new-iron-man-video-game

Introduction

Welcome to The Engaged Family Gaming Podcast. This is a show all about the great video games and board games you should play with your family

Each episode we’ll cover the biggest news in the gaming space that parents should know about!

This is Episode 287 Xbox Friends and Family!

Games of the Week

Splatoon 3

Silver and Gold

Temtem and Ooblets get 1.0 releases

The Big News!

Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family Plan

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/xbox-game-pass-ultimate/CFQ7TTC0HXBN

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/1/23333605/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-friends-family-pricing-confirmed

Relevant Releases

Video Game release calendar

Ooblets (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – September 1

LEGO Brawls (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – September 2

Biomutant (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S) – September 6

Temtem (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC) – September 6

Splatoon 3 (Switch) September 9

Board Game Releases/Kickstarter

The Great American Mail Race

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364679/usps-great-american-mail-race

Teeter Tower - Gamewright

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358051/teeter-tower

Akropolis

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357563/akropolis

Star Wars Villainous

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358800/star-wars-villainous-power-dark-side

My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358558/my-little-pony-adventures-equestria-deck-building

BREAK

Do You Feel Old Yet?

09/13/1985 - Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System. (This is technically an unconfirmed date. But still….)

The following movies turn 25 in 2022

Titanic, Disney’s Hercules, Men in Black

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It’s Stephen and Amanda and Linda too talking about video games and board games today, and go around the horn.

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It’s Stephen and Amanda talking about LEGO/Epic, Kingdom Hearts 4, and go around the horn.

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Stephen and Linda are here this week talking about all sorts of big board game announcements from Funko Games, Renegade Games Studios, and more!

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This week Stephen and Amanda are here to talk about Pokemon Legends Arceus and Safer Internet Day!

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Stephen and Linda are here for board game week! This week they talk about Dungeon Academy from The Op, Unbox Key to the Kingdom from Restoration Games, and then talk about how they evaluate Kickstarter campaigns!

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