Ascension VR (Steam, Rift, or Gear VR) allows play of the deck-building game in a three-dimensional virtual environment with avatars representing the moves (and head motions) of other players.

Indie Boards & Cards’ bluffing game, Coup, is now available for Android. It can be played online cross-platform or in practice mode against AI.

Czech Game Edition expects to release a digital version of Codenames this year with online play available at launch.

A PC version of Ogre is in development by Auroch Digital. Steve Jackson’s game of nuclear-powered, armored combat should hit Steam in late 2017. It’ll be a hex and turn-based adaptation.

Neverwinter, the free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG, is now available on PlayStation 4.

Ubisoft has new Battleship and Risk games for XBox.

Ubisoft is also doing a version of Uno for XBox One, Playstation 4, and PC with voice and video chat.

The new The Game of Life 2016 Edition, available on iOS and Android, has full and fast-play modes.

Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy, already on iOS, will soon be available for Android and PC.

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Gloom: Fairytale makes a lot of sense when you sit back and think out it. Create custom collections from some of your favorite fairy tale characters which, of course, are miserable mirror images of what you know. Have the most miserable lot when the Unhappy Endings occur to win the game.

Gloom: Fairytale is a stand-alone game, and doesn’t require the original Gloom to play. It’ll be out in May for $24.95, and supports 2-4 players ages 13+.

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Tuesday at the GAMA Trade show, Renegade Game Studios and Steve Jackson Games announced a patnership to produce Munchkin Trading Cards. To be clear, these cards, available in the fall, are not a game, just trading cards of the kind with images on one side and character facts on the other. However, in addition to the typical sticker and autograph cards, inserted in to random packs will be actual unique playtest cards from the Munchkin game development team, new one-off rule cards, and original hand drawn sketch cards (at least one per box of 24 packs). While the total number of cards in a pack has not yet been set, MSRP per pack should be $3.50.

Also announced at the show were Munchkin Gloom from Atlas Games, Munchkin Smash Up from AEG, and Munchkin Zombies Walking Dead and Munchkin The Nightmare Before Christmas from USAopoly. The last is an October release and the rest are set for Gen Con.

Coming direct from Steve Jackson are Munchkin Steampunk (a hobby channel exclusive through December), Star Munchkin 3 (with a single extra card, for a total of 113, only in the first print run), and Munchkin Stocking Stuffers (a bundle of five Christmas-themed packs plus some gift stickers).

And possibly in the works are Munchkin vending machines, either for game cards or for tchotchkes, like mini figures and dice. At the moment, no concrete steps have yet been taken for these. However, the retailers at the show voiced strong support.

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