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Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure has won the Mensa Select Award

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San Diego, CA – Renegade Game Studios has announced that Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure (Amazon affiliate link) has been award the prestigious Mensa Select Award during the Mensa Mind Games event this past weekend. Each year, five games are chosen by Mensa members from across the country as the top games of the year. The Mind Games competition has been held annually since 1990.

Clank! is a deck-building game that challenges players to sneak to the depths of a dungeon guarded carefully by an angry and protective dragon. Each adventurer must collect at least one artifact in order to escape, but they must do so as quietly as possible to avoid attracting the attention of the dragon. Each careless sound draws her attention, and each artifact stolen increases her rage. You can only enjoy your plunder if you make it out of the depths alive!

Designed by Paul Dennen and co-published with Dire Wolf Digital, Clank! was released in October 2016. Following an extremely successful launch, it has been reprinted numerous times and recently expanded with Clank! Sunken Treasures. This new expansion adds a double sided board, new underwater mechanics, and additional cards to continue the adventure.

“We’ve had the joy of watching many new players experience Clank! and have found that the social and the logical challenges presented by this game are very rewarding. The Mensa Awards do a great job of celebrating the use of games to explore all the facets of our mental abilities,” states Scott Gaeta, President of Renegade Game Studios. “We’re honored to be presented with this prestigious award for the fourth year in a row.”

Gen Con 50 Badges Go On-Sale At NOON!

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Badges for the historic Gen Con 50 will go on-sale Sunday, January 29 at noon (Eastern) on gencon.com. 4-Day badges, single day (including Sunday Family Fun Day) badges, and Trade Day badges will become available for purchase at their discounted Pre-Registration prices. During Pre-Registration, attendees from the United States can choose USPS Priority shipping or 24-hour on-site Will Call pick-up. After Pre-Registration closes, badges will revert to their standard prices and must be picked up via Will Call.

Attendee badge prices for Gen Con 50 are the same as last year. Additional badge information can be found at gencon.com/attend/your_badge.

Cryptozoic Releases Spyfall 2 Card Game

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Cryptozoic Entertainment announced therelease of the card game Spyfall 2. Developed by leading Russian game publisher Hobby World, the sequel to the hit 2015 social deduction party game will come to the U.S. courtesy of Cryptozoic.

Spyfall 2 expands the first game, featuring 3-12 player capability, up to two spies, and 20 new locations. It is a standalone expansion, meaning players can play it by itself or combine it with the first Spyfall to make the experience even more complex and challenging. The game’s 20 new wacky locations include the Retirement Home, Candy Factory, and Prison. Players who get location cards also receive suggested roles for those locations that they can utilize for added fun. Whereas the first game only allowed for one spy and a maximum of eight players, the sequel increases the possibilities with up to two spies and 12 players.

Spyfall 2 is now available at retailers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $24.99.

Contents Summary:

240 Game Cards
20 Storage Bags
Rulebook

Product Details:

Number of Players: 3-12
Playtime: 10-20 minutes
Ages: 13+

SOURCE: Cryptozoic Entertainment

Plainfield Library Adds a Game Library

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Hey gamers, if you live in Plainfield we just heard some AWESOME news. On December 2nd the Plainfield Library launched a game library of games that you can check out and take home to play! What an awesome idea, and great opportunity to try games before you buy them.

If you do check out games, PLEASE take care of them like you would your own games. And make sure all of the pieces make it back to the library. It would be a real bummer if you opened up a game and all of the pieces weren’t there and in good shape.

Related, looking at their calendar, it looks like they also host a Pathfinder RPG on most Thursdays from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM for all ages and skill levels.

Aether Revolt is Live on Magic Online

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Aether Revolt arrived on Magic Online January 25th.

This release, we’re trying something different and eliminating Prerelease events in favor of offering our normal suite of events earlier. Why the change? Prerelease events on Magic Online have been a cornerstone of our releases for a long time. When most events were scheduled or queues, Prereleases made a lot of sense as standalone events that spotlight the new set and offer an experience similar to what you might find in your local game store. In a post-Leagues world, however, Prerelease events makes less sense as we place emphasis on players being able to play on their own schedule.

In addition, some players also expressed confusion about the events and their structures and how a Prerelease League differed from a friendly or competitive League that starts a few days later. Other players were frustrated because of their preference for competitive or friendly events, which were not always available with limited Prerelease offerings. Finally, we want to maximize the opportunities for players to play, and short Leagues like the Prerelease Leagues don’t provide enough time for some players to reliably join and finish their courses. This means they are excluded from the experience or have matches left to play when the League ends, which are feel-bads we want to avoid where possible.

Now with the change for Aether Revolt release, you don’t need to focus on the event calendar to try to decide when the events you like start. Instead, come January 25, you can just jump in and start playing in your preferred event! Our normal suite of Sealed and Draft Leagues for Aether Revolt will be available right after the downtime, and these Leagues will continue through Amonkhet.

Aether Revolt boosters will be added to prizes (see below) for Limited and Constructed events on January 25, and can be used to join Limited events as well. Aether Revolt will be Constructed-legal in Magic Online on January 25, and Aether Revolt items will be available in the Magic Online store starting on January 30.

For more information visit: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/aether-revolt-launches-january-25-magic-online

SOURCE: Wizards of the Coast LLC