Free takes a look at five board games that are well worth adding to your collection. Playing and communicating amongst the creatures of the woods, Root, Everdell, Mice & Mystics, Familiar Tales and Creature Comforts have made the cut!

We are joined by Gareth from Warlord Games to go through how to play campaign games of Combined Arms. This board game can be used alongside Bolt Action, Victory At Sea and Blood Red Skies in order to play out big World War II campaigns.

Edition Spielwiese and Pegasus Spiele will be bringing the third instalment to the MicroMacro games, putting eyes to the table with more evidence to deduce!

Bringing three different bundles that will throw you deeper into the digital world of Talisman!

Terra Nova is a new board game coming to the tabletop soon from the folks at Capstone Games. This is a reimplementation and reworking of the hit strategy board game Terra Mystica which has been simplified to make it easier to dive into.

CMON has now gone live with Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City. Bringing brutal gang warfare across the neon concrete jungle of Night City.

It's OTT Weekender time! We get a look at the awesome fan expansion to Gloomhaven that is going to blow your mind. The Crimson Sales gives you loads more Fantasy dungeon-delving to enjoy if you've finished Gloomhaven and Jaws Of The Lion ahead of Frosthaven!

The creator of Cascadia, Randy Flynn, is taking us away from the wilderness of North America and into the heart of a Persian Bazaar with their new game. Tabriz has been getting a few sneaky previews ahead of a crowdfunding campaign in the near future from Crafty Games.

Players take the role of animals, conspiring and scheming to escape the confines of the zoo in secret. 

Entering Harry Houdini and The Genie of the Lamp into the Unmatched Arena, in the upcoming set: Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie. 

The first winner has been announced from the three categories, crowning Magic Mountain the winner for the Kinderspiel des Jahres award. 

Stronghold Games have announced that they will be releasing the next expansion ready for players to scout and chart into new territories.

Players will be taking to the rollercoasters and overpriced food, in Dice Theme Park, ready to be released next month. 

A brand new expansion set has been announced for Steamforged Games' Godtear. With pre-orders live for the fae being, Lily and her prickly woodland allies.

The team from Addax Games cut their teeth on a pretty impressive project, Crimson Scales, the unofficial expansion to Gloomhaven (endorsed by Isaac Childres!). They are now turning their attention to a brand new game that will be on Kickstarter soon, Rove.

With previous teases to what we can expect from the card-focussed title, the game is now open to the public to indulge in a pastel-coloured adventure. 

Clank! will be gaining a new publisher. Taking the deck-building adventure title away from Renegade Game Studios, and solely to Dire Wolf Digital.

Putting the safety of humanity first, Mantic is now live on Gamefound returning with a cooperative board game experience, with The Umbrella Academy The Board Game.

It's OTT Weekender time! It's a Disney extravaganza as Atomic Mass Games drop a bomb of releases for Star Wars: Legion and Marvel Crisis Protocol. If you fancy a baby Yoda to go with your Mandalorian or a Nick Fury for your Captain America we check them out and more.

Taking to a 3D globe, 1-4 players will be plotting out in a drywipe pen, hopping across to new locations tracking their trips and routes to plan ahead. 

Players are taking to the genre of Victorian Steampunk in a one-vs-many environment, rivalling a looming expert system threat against humanity. 

Bringing abstract art to the forefront, and encouraging good vibes and positive emotions. Taking control of the brain in Amygdala. 

Bringing together the bustling antics of the day in the life together with expansions included, brining the Village: Big Box in early 2023. 

Tempting fate and gambling on the lives of their crews, 2-6 players will be signing off their death wish and jumping into conflict with space itself. 

Libations is up on Kickstarter, encouraging story crafters to get creative with their fantastical drink orders!

SPECTRE: The Board Game is now live on the Modiphius Entertainment store, calling for intelligent villains to thwart the plans of the slippery spy, 007.

Announced over on the Childres' Twitter page, the Gloomhaven Miniatures Collection will be heading to the crowdfunding platform in early 2023.

If you're looking for a brand new Fantasy RPG board game then you might want to keep an eye on Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall which is coming soon from the folks at Incredible Dream Studios. 

The world of Warcrow expands even more with another preview from Corvus Belli as part of the Whispers Of Lindwurm. This time around, our intrepid traveller Hoopoe visits The Hegemony Of Embersig and meets one of their powerful wizards.

The team gathers around the tabletop to play a brand new board game from PHALANX, Bretwalda! Dive into a game of Dark Age strategy as you fight to claim the crown.

Legends of Sleepy Hollow brings the fearsome wonders of Ichabod Crane, in a cooperative adventure searching for his disappearance.

The world of Aughmoore has expanded, bringing a new expansion to the dungeon-crawling adventures now available in retail.

Calliope Games are working on less of a bee-centric venture, bringing a new edition this year to the tabletop.

Chilifox Games have announced a new 60s-themed board game title to be debuted at SPIEL '22!

Another fun one from the folks at Brotherwise Games! Castles By The Sea did really well on Kickstarter and now you can pre-order the game through their Backerkit. Fancy joining the little folk and crafting neat castles on the shoreline?

R&D Games are bringing a reimplementation of two different board games to the tabletop via Kickstarter right now. Keydom's Dragons takes Aladdin's Dragons and Keydom and offers you with a new game of pilfering treasures from dastardly wyrms!

Putting the adorable fruit bat as the face of the box; highligting the need for balance in the environment in The Atiwa Range.

If you are a fantasy adventurer who enjoys choosing your own path throughout your journey, the beginning of your next chapter awaits in Lost Ones. 

Nut Hunt is up on Kickstarter, putting devious squirrels at the forefront of their own board game title.

Mindclash Games are heading to Kickstarter with Septima. Combining fantasy and mythology, placing players at the helm of their own coven.

Cyberpunk 2077 is getting its own board game title, placing players dead centre of gang warfare in Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City. 

Alderac Entertainment Group has announced the start of their summer sale over on their social channels - bringing a host of board game titles!