News Flash: New Looney Labs Game, New Codenames Game Announced
Submitted by Naomi Laeuchli on 03/23/2026 - 13:32. Category: News
Seven Islands Coming Soon
Looney Labs has announced a new card game, set for release June 30. "You’ve been stranded on a tiny tropical island, which is connected to six others by rickety bridges that have yet to be located. The first team to reach the designated beacon wins a million bucks! How do you know which beacon to go to? Just look at the sail on the ship currently docked."
Source: https://www.looneylabs.com/games/seven-islands
Codenames: Critical Role Adventures Announced
Czech Games Edition has announced a new version of their popular party game Codenames. "The game is fully cooperative, with one player taking up the mantle of a game master (GM) and giving clues to their party members, leading them through perilous missions toward the final boss. Together, they can journey through three separate campaigns, each consisting of multiple branching missions. Every mission features its own goals, and rules that tweak the standard Codenames gameplay—requiring the GM and their party to adapt and think differently to overcome the challenges at hand."
Source: https://www.czechgames.com/games/codenames-critical-role-adventures
Super Auto Pets Card Battle Announced
Plaid Hat Games has announced a new card game, set to release later in 2026, based on the popular auto battler video game. "Easy to learn, fast-playing, yet highly strategic, this little game comes in a small box and has a small footprint on your game table."
Source: https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/2026/03/10/announcing-super-auto-pets-card-battle-1/
Cucumber Catastrophe Announced
dV Games has announced a new card game, set for release May 21. "A fast-paced and thrilling trick-taking card game played over four hands, each consisting of ten tricks. In each, players play a card from their hand: the second card determines the Rule of the round and establishes whether the trick will be won by the player who plays the highest or the lowest card. But be careful: the Rule can be broken at any moment, reversing the outcome of the trick!"
Source: https://www.dvgiochi.com/catalogo/Cucumber-Catastrophe/
Hachette Announces Mythologies
Hachette has announced it will be releasing Mythologies in the US. "Build your pantheon from the great mythologies! Summon deities and legendary creatures, build your pantheon and earn their favor! In Mythologies, you’ll journey through the beliefs of the world’s greatest civilizations."
Source: https://www.hachetteboardgamesretailers.com/shop/sm-mytho-en01-mythologies-en-64530
What's the Point? Coming Soon
Blue Orange Games has a new card game, set to be released soon. “A fast and family-friendly game where players collect sets of cacti to score points. Use action cards to outsmart your opponents — peek at their hand and steal with a See and Steal, or block their moves with a Stop card. Every turn is a chance to grow your points or sabotage someone else’s.”
Source: https://blueorangegames.com/games/what-s-the-point
Devious Announced
Smirk & Dagger Games has announced a new game, set for release April 15. "The game takes place over the course of five rounds where players must try to build a personal tableau with a single faerie from each of the faerie tribes. Higher ranking faeries provide more points, but taking on a second faerie from a tribe negates the score from the first faerie. If a player accumulates three faeries from a single tribe, they can have negative scores."
Source: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61918/smirk-dagger-will-release-devious
Reviews
Flip Pick Towers (Tabletop Games Blog): “Really a wonderfully fun family game that encourages creativity and teases your braincells just enough as you build a magical castle in a fairytale world.”
Source: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/03/14/flip-pick-towers-saturday-review/
Confusing Lands (Tabletop Bellhop): “If you are looking for a small box game that’s almost pocket sized, something that’s small and will easily fit in a coat, bag, purse or glovebox, and that’s quick to play but has lots of fun and engaging decision points you can’t go wrong with Confusing Lands.”
Source: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/confusing-lands-review/
Cozy Stickerville (Space Biff) “t’s unapologetically cozy, but it also makes good on its word. This is coziness not as a symptom of a culture in decline, or not only that. This is coziness as a shared moment between families. ”
Source: https://spacebiff.com/2026/03/16/cozy-stickerville/
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