Let& #39;s start with something easy: the new Oinks. I am always amazed how much stuff they put in the small boxes. The new components in In a Grove are extra nice and Dokojong looks great.
I am beyond excited about The Spice Factory Murdercase. It is murder mystery game using the sense of taste! Gotta bring your own cheese or ham and then you can start (after reading a thick booklet in Japanese). Their previous game Gaming Spice was one of my favourites of 2020.
Top Guild has you collecting people from various professions that are all doing different things. I liked that in games like Villagers and this looks cool as well.
Komanose Techno is a simple dexterity game of dropping your pieces onto a spinning plate. If they stay there when the spinning stops you score them. I think this will be a joy to play with my son.
Pinocchio& #39;s Nose is a bluffing race game with an unusual color palette.
Contrast is a 2 player abstract game in which the movement options of a piece change depending on which space it stands on.
In Grim Poker players try to build Poker hands but the coins they need to pay with share the same spaces as the cards on the player boards.
Amatano Ritual is a limited communication co-op game in which one player performs one of 36 rituals/languages included. Loved the author& #39;s previous game Relicers.
Magnolia is a strategy card game in which players try to build a 3x3 grid with their cards, taking care of synergies of adjacent cards. By the author of Paper Tales and with stunning art by Tori Hasegawa.
Tetsujin Heavy Industries is a fighting game of robot sumo wrestlers. By Pawn, the author of Shephy, Blade Rondo and publisher BakaFire.
Snowsmash Clan is a family version of FOGSITE which won the Game Market award a couple of years ago and which I enjoyed quite a bit.