Captain‘s Log September 6th: Record Breaking RPGs

Aaron and Ian return for another update on Board Gaming. This week get ready for maze racing Dungeon Scrawlers, CMON announcing NFTs, and CATAN themed beers!

 

Releases

 

WizKids announces D&D Dungeon Scrawlers

https://wizkids.com/2021/08/19/race-your-friends-through-the-dungeon-mazes-of-undermountain-in-dungeons-dragons-dungeon-scrawlers-heroes-of-undermountain-coming-soon/

 

Pegasus Spiele releasing a sequel to last year’s smash hit, MicroMacro Crime City - Full House

https://pegasus-web.com/products/family-games/12542/micromacro-crime-city-2-full-house

 

Fantasy Flight announces A Game of Thrones: B'Twixt (plays like Between two cities, players with most power in weakest council win)

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/9/2/political-waltz/

 

News

 

Following the cancellations of Metal Gear Solid and Key & Locke, games publisher IDW Games is closing

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/idw-games/news/idw-games-closure

 

Champion Brewing announces a series of CATAN themed beers

https://table22.com/champion#membership-tiers

 

CMON partners with Monsoon Digital to release a series of NFTs 

https://www.cmon.com/news/cmon-partners-with-monsoon-digital-to-launch-an-nft-trading-platform

 

So far this year, 28 tabletop games (TTRPGs & board games) have raised over $1M each, with 6 being TTRPGs; previously only 4 had broken the million dollar threshold ever

https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/kickstarter/news/tabletop-games-kickstarter-stats-h1-2021

 

Record numbers of container ships off California coast

https://news.yahoo.com/record-breaking-44-container-ships-145905612.html

 

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