Queen Games has shared information on their summer release schedule which includes seven games: Mighty Monsters, Liguria, London Markets, Risky Adventure, World Monuments, Geisterburg, and Super-Vampire.

Mighty Monsters is a semi-cooperative loot hunting card game releasing in June. The players take the roles of trolls, undead, aquatic animals, demons, insects and dragons, trying to sneak past King Edgar’s guards to loot the treasury. Players have to cooperate to overcome the guards, but the real goal is to have the most treasure at the end of the game.

The game is for 3 – 6 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in 35 minutes. MSRP is $39.99.

Liguria  is a standalone prequel to Fresco (see “'Kingdom Builder' and 'Fresco' Big Box Games”) releasing in June 2016. Players take the role of merchants who sail the Ligurian Sea to discover beautiful and exotic colors. Players engage in trading, conquering, and engaging in diplomatic relationships to gain prestige points. The player who has the best strategy and reacts quickest with smart tactical decisions will gain the most prestige and win the game.

The game is for 3 - 4 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in an hour. MSRP is $59.99.

Also releasing in June is the bidding game London Markets. Set in 19th Century London, players take the role of businessmen, trading in exotic goods from around the United Kingdom like china, soap, silk and coffee. The goal is to get the best prices in the various London markets and earn the most profit.

The game is for 3 - 4 players, ages 10 and up, and plays in an hour. MSRP is $59.99.

In August, the press-your-luck dice game Risky Adventure will release.  Players are adventurers trying to find rare artifacts in an undiscovered world. Each player assumes the role of three adventurers trying to roll the right dice combination to get equipment, artifacts and to find new exotic places. The trick is that players have to mark the items they want to roll for before they roll the dice.

The game is for 2 - 4 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in 45 minutes. MSRP is $49.99.

The building game World Monuments will also release in August. Players take the role of master builders, attempting to construct monumental buildings of historic significance. In every game, players chose one of four buildings and start constructing it from the ground up (the U.S. Capitol, Notre Dame, the basilica San Pietro, or the Taj Mahal.) Players earn points while building, and the builder with the most points when the monument is completed wins.

The game is for 2 - 4 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in 45 minutes. MSRP is $59.99.

Super-Vampire is also due in August. The family game takes place in a super-vampire’s 3-D crypt, where players take the role of “Gorlocs” keepers, the special garlic eating pets of the vampire. Evil Dr. Garlic has put garlic everywhere, and while the Gorlocs will eat it all, they don’t like to move on their own. So players must gather all the garlic and return to the tower before sunrise.  The game has multiple rules scenarios for good replayability.

The game is for 2 - 4 players, ages 6 and up, and plays in 20 minutes. MSRP $39.99.

Geisterburg is a cooperate children’s game that will release in August. Players take the roles of adventurous children’s ghosts, cavorting about the castle on a treasure hunt. One player gets to be Spooky, the blindfolded ghost, who takes a magnet to help them search for magical objects. However, there are adult ghosts also lurking about the castle, who don’t find the game very funny. The blindfolded Spooky is led around the castle by instructions, hoping to find all the magical objects before time runs out. The game has multiple rules scenarios for good replayability.

The game is for 2 - 4 players, ages 6 and up, and plays in 20 minutes. MSRP $39.99.

Queen Games recently announced an end to its distribution arrangement with Asmodee NA (see “Queen Games Ends Distribution Deal with Asmodee”).