Arcane Wonders has announced new strategy game Royals as the third game in its Dice Towers Essentials line.

Created by noted game designer Peter Hawes (Francis Drake, Triassic Terror), Royals is a political strategy game in which 2 - 5 players each control a noble family vying for supremacy in Europe. Players must strike a balance between political ploys which will advance other nobles, the use of intrigue and assassination, and deal-making between both allies and enemies. This is a fast-paced strategy game where planning is necessary to win, and backstabbing is a constant threat.

Royals will release in May. MSRP is $49.99.

The second game in the Dice Towers Essentials line is the abstract strategy game Onitama (see "New Game Joins Arcane Wonders' 'Dice Tower Essentials' Line"). Onitama releases in March.