Z-Man Games has provided North American release dates for its new board game titles that premiered at Spiel in Essen last month, as well as releasing info on Dungeon Petz: Dark Alleys, a previously unannounced expansion.
 
First up will be the dice-building architect game Blueprints, releasing the week of November 25th.
 
This will be followed the week of December 9th (or December 16th "depending on transport delays") by the release of Agricola World Championship Deck, Bruxelles 1893, Carcassonne--South Seas, Ginkgopolis : The Experts, Glass Road, Russian Railroads,  and the return of Ricochet Robots.
 
January 2014 will bring the release of Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends, as well as the expansion Dungeon Petz: Dark Alleys.  
 
The Dungeon Petz:  Dark Alleys expansion adds a whole new district to Dungeon Petz, along with new pets (including the Dire Bunny), cages and magic items.  Now players can hire an illegal worker or buy a pet on the black market.  The new items also allow players to play an extended game (6 rounds with four players, or 7 rounds with two or three players).

Designed by Vlaada Chvatil (Galaxy Trucker, Dungeon Lords), this expansion requires the base game to play.  The game is for 2 – 4 players, and plays in about 120 minutes.  The box contains 1 two-sided Progress Board extension, 1 two-sided Dark Alleys Board, 9 pets with rotating wheels , 10 plastic fasteners for Pet assembly, 9 plastic imps (2 in each color and one black), 3 cage tiles, 2 add-on tiles,  2 customer tiles, 2 exhibition tiles, 3 artifact tiles, 6 facility tiles, 8 accessory tiles, 4 permission tiles (1 in each color), and a rulebook. MSRP is set at $39.99.
 
The box contains 84 Being Cards, 24 Task Cards, 12 Flare Cards, 68 Double-Sided Cardboard Pieces, 12 Legendary Cardboard pieces, 4 Double-Sided Score Boards, a Double-Sided Game Arena and a rulebook.  MSRP is set at $64.99.  The game will release in January.