EFG Podcast Episode 288 Mickey: The Gathering, a Nintendo Direct, and More!

Engaged Family Gaming Podcasts!

This week Stephen, Amanda, Linda, and Jon are here to talk about Disney’s Lorcana, a TCG set to compete with Magic and Pokemon, a Nintendo Direct, and much more!

Welcome to The Engaged Family Gaming Podcast. This is a show all about the great video games and board games you should play with your family

Introduction: We’re your hosts Stephen, Amanda, Linda, Jon

Each episode we’ll cover the biggest news in the gaming space that parents should know about!

This is Episode 288

Games of the Week

Disney’s Dreamlight Valley

Chonky Donky

Honorable Mention: Akropolis (yay it came in)

Xenoblade chronicles

Relevant Releases

Video Game release calendar

Bear and Breakfast 9/15 Switch

Return to Monkey Island 9/15 Switch PC

Grounded 1.0 9/27 Xbox Game Pass

Hokko Life 9.27 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero 9/27 PS4, Switch, PC

Board Game Releases/Kickstarter

Kites

Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/348096/kites

Hungry Monkey

Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355735/hungry-monkey

Box Monster

Link https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284299/box-monster

Ragnarocks

Link https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/328575/ragnarocks

Necromolds: Call to Arms expansion and reprint (live now to Oct 6)

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/necromolds/necromolds-call-to-arms-expansion-and-reprint?ref=project_link

https://www.backerkit.com/c/alex-hague/daybreak

The Big News!

North Star Games rebranding to North Star Games Studios!

Source: https://www.northstargames.com/blogs/northstarnews/northstar-announces-a-rebranding-and-a-new-direction

Ravensburger Announces Lorcana! A Disney themed MTG competitor!

Source https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23322262/disney-lorcana-ccg-trading-card-game-announcement-release-date-price

Source https://www.polygon.com/23342656/mtg-lorcana-disney-tcg-ccg-first-cards-mickey-stitch-elsa-robinhood-maleficent

September Nintendo Direct!

Source https://www.gameinformer.com/nintendo-direct/2022/09/13/everything-announced-during-the-september-2022-nintendo-direct

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom May 2023

Fire Emblem: Engage

Pikmin 4

Octopath Traveller 2

Kirby Return to Dreamland

Many, many farming games

EA/Motive Iron Man Game

Source https://www.ign.com/articles/iron-man-game-announced-by-ea-motive “The team is being led by Olivier Proulx, who brings experience working on past Marvel titles like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and is joined by a dedicated team of passionate industry veterans including Ian Frazier, Maëlenn Lumineau, and JF Poirier at the studio.”

https://www.ea.com/amp/news/all-new-iron-man-video-game