• At Gen Con 2023, publisher Floodgate Games will debut Everything Ever, a party game for 2-10 players from Nathan Thornton (Green Team Wins, Medium). Here’s how to play:
In Everything Ever, you and your friends take turns listing things from categories like “Every Dinosaur Movie” or “Every Brand of Soap”. Two category cards are in play, and on your turn, you must say something that fits in one category and something that fits in the other, with both of those somethings not having been said previously. If you can’t think of something, you can play a category card from the three in your hand to cover the one you’re blanking on, then name something from that new category. If you can’t think of something for a category, you must take that pile as a penalty, then flip a new category from the deck.
If you say something that fits both categories at the same time, you can either discard one of your penalty cards or draw a new category card from the deck, then play a third category card to the table. (Once someone is penalized, drop back to two categories.)
Keep your friends’ iffy answers in check with judge cards, and win by collecting the fewest cards once the deck runs out.
• Fitting both categories is at the heart of Pun of Your Business, due out in 2023 from Eric Slauson (MonsDRAWsity) and Yellow Cab Games. An overview:
Combine cards from the grid to make punny business names, focus on the combinations required by the market research card in the center, and complete the objectives to win.
Thirty market research cards and randomized grids from the 300+ business cards make every game different. Simultaneous play means there’s no downtime waiting for turns, and you can play with groups big and small by teaming up for twice the fun.
• Turbo Kidz is a game for 2-6 players due out from Emmanuel Gauvain and Scorpion Masqué on September 6, 2023, but will be at Gen Con 2023 ahead of that date.
The back cover might be all you need to see to get a gist of the gameplay, but let’s include a description anyway:
Tear up the course on sixteen unique circuits, keep ahead of the pack with turbo boosts, and customize your car with gadgets to send your opponents spinning into the ditch while you zoom off to victory!