Furnace
Hobby World/Arcane Wonders
2-4 players, 30-60 minutes
This hybrid engine-building and auction bidder was a fast seller at Gen Con. Though it was technically released on a very small scale at the end of 2019, Arcane Wonders helped bring it to a wider global audience at Gen Con.
Cascadia
Flatout Games/AEG
1-4 players, 30-45 minutes
The minds behind Flatout Games continue to create awesome ti le puzzle games, and Cascadia is no different. Blending a spatial puzzle with building patterns, Cascadia offers both strategy and beauty in a simple-to-play but hard-to-master game.
Luna Capital
Devir Games 1-4 players, 45 minutes
Devir has been a publisher on the rise for quite some time but 2021 is certainly their coming out party. Luna Capital is a big part of that, offering city building with both tile and card laying combined with engine building as people play corporations trying to fulfill the parameters needed to build the lunar capital.
ArchRavels
XYZ Game Labs
2-4 players, 30-45 minutes
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