Rio Grande Games has announced that Caylus, which sold out almost immediately after its release late last year, will be back in print in late June.  Distributors we interviewed for the last two issues of the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games were uniform in saying that a lot more copies could have been sold had they been available, so the new printing will mean more sales for all concerned.  El Grande and Goa are also expected to be back in print in late June. 

 

Rio Grande also has five new games planned for release in June, including a new card game from uber-designer Reiner Knizia. 

 

Thurn & Taxis ($32.95, by Karen & Andreas Seyfarth) allows players to build a postal network in 17th century Europe. 

 

In Funny Friends ($34.95, by Friedemann Friese) fate selects the players' goals and changes them arbitrarily.  This is a 17+ game due to graphic content.

 

In Rum & Pirates ($39.95, by Stefan Feld), players become pirates and earn tiles, which are worth honor points. 

 

In Aqua Romano ($44.95, by Martin Schlegel), players compete to build aqueducts in ancient Rome. 

 

And Toppo ($17.95, by Reiner Knizia) is a fast-paced card game in which the first player to get rid of all of his/her cards, as all players play at the same time, is the winner.