Rio Grande Games, a leading producer of board games for the U.S. market, has announced its release schedule for the next few months. Three new releases are planned for February. Corsari ($11.95), by Leo Colovini, is a pirate game in which players try to recruit the best players for their ships. In Alexandros ($32.95), also by Colovini, players act as Alexander the Great's generals. Hector and Achilles ($29.95), out of Rio Grande's new deal with Phalanx (see 'Rio Grande Gets U.S. Phalanx Games Rights'), is a Trojan War game in which each of two players commands one of the two armies in the war.
Four new games are planned for March and April. Goa ($32.95), by Rudiger Dorn, is set at the turn of the 16th century; players seek to build the most successful business. St. Petersburg ($27.95), by Michael Tummelhofer, is set in 1703, in the time of Peter the Great. The other two will be Marco Polo by Reiner Knizia, and Power Grid by Friedemann Friese.