Bananagrams is another newcomer to word games, where players try to make words in front of themselves as quickly as possible.

Majesco Entertainment will be creating a version to play on Facebook, entering the now burgeoning space of “games that are not Scrabble” on Facebook.

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Gormiti is a new toy brand from (update) Italy but popular in the UK. From the Squidoo page:

Gormiti – The Invincible Lords of Nature are small characters engaged in a struggle to conquer the Island of Gorm.

The magnificent island of Gorm was once inhabited by peaceful, nature loving people until Magmion, the Lord of Magma destroyed everything they knew. By awakening the sleeping volcano Fire Mountain, Magmion destroyed the entire island and all of its inhabitants.
Only the wise Old Sage survived and using his extraordinary powers he gave life to new creatures to rebuild their once great island. From the natural elements the Old Sage created the Gormiti tribes.

The Gormiti have magical powers taken from the tribes they are linked to:

Earth -Yellow figures
Forest – Green figures
Sea – Turquoise figures
Air – Blue figures

Magmion created the bad volcano tribes – Magma and Lava (Red figures). Which heroes will emerge in this titanic struggle? Who will survive and rule the island of Gorm?

Following a bunch of blister packs and playsets, you can now buy Gormiti – Island of Gorm, which is some sort of game. It’s not clear exactly what sort, but it might be something like Heroscape???

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Parent Talk is a new discussion starting game that plays something like The Dating Game.

One of a couple tries to pick the answer his or her partner will pick. The main point is to raise awareness of attitudes toward various parenting issues.

And, as seems to be in vogue, it comes with a promotional video:

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WizKids is offering new campaign options for the Solaris VII series of MechWarrior miniatures. The free materials include Campaign Rules, a Campaign Tracking Sheet, and a set of new Rally Cards. The cards add interesting maneuvers, trick shots, and battlefield mishaps.

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Reality Deviant Publications brings Cyberpunk to the True20 roleplaying system with a new setting book. Interface Zero includes expanded rules for computers, viruses, cybernetics, and other classic elements of the genre. With the game players may confront the New Chinese Mandarinate, the Theocratic UCSA, the ancient triad lodge masters, and anarchist hackers.

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