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Return to Andor in Late 2026
▪️ On its Instagram page, KOSMOS has started revealing games due out in the second half of 2026, including German-language editions of Tag Team: Arthur's Legacy, Moustache, Panorama, Cascadia: Alpine Lakes, Cities: City Achievements and Theaters, and Flip 7: With a Vengeance.
One of the two original titles announced so far is Die Legenden von Andor: Die Ewige Kälte – Das Licht der Dunkelklinge ("The Legends of Andor: The Eternal Frost – The Light of the Dark Blade"), an expansion for Michael Menzel's The Legends of Andor: The Eternal Frost that features new characters, new magical items, and two new legends featuring an ice giant and the eponymous Dunkelklinge.
The other is Das Spiel der Vögel ("The Game of Birds"), a game based on _The Book of Birds_ , the third collaboration between artist Jackie Morris and writer Robert Macfarlane, with the previous two also being adapted as games: The Lost Words Card Game and The Lost Spells Card Game. In Morris' words:
> The book took seven years to make, and centres around the seven wonders of birds, with seven species between each wonder. We had not intended it to take so long, but somehow from its conception it changed, grew, in size and content. Sometimes this is how books are.
While the two previous games came from Robert Hyde, _Das Spiel der Vögel_ is the work of Michael Rieneck. At the start of a round, dice are rolled, with white dice granting advantages, black dice restrictions. You'll take birds cards from the game board into your hand for use as actions or placement in your display. Each bird features a wonder — nest, flight, feather, egg, beak, migration, or song — and ideally you can collect three cards of each wonder.
Thames & Kosmos UK has already announced an English-language edition of _**Birds**_ — or _Birds Card Game?_ — but not the _Andor_ expansion. Thames & Kosmos in the U.S. has announced neither title.
▪️ In an April 21, 2026 Facebook post, Sébastien Dujardin of Pearl Games showed off a first look at **_Tempestia_**. No clues for now beyond this intriguing image..
▪️ Asmodee North America has passed along its June 2026 release calendar, and continuing the trend I noted in an early April 2026 post, few of the items listed originate from asmodee studios. In brief:
* June 5 brings five designs of Bicycle playing cards from U.S. Playing Card Co. and five Star Wars: Legions expansions from Atomic Mass Games.
* June 12 has one Marvel: Crisis Protocol expansion from Atomic Mass and ten items from Maestro Media related to Eric M. Lang and Ken Gruhl's Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid, including the US$175 Collector's Edition.
* June 19 has another four _Star Wars: Legion_ expansions; Joel and Rafael Escalante's Alto from Helvetiq (which I wrote about in January 2026); Cross the Line from Joe Barron, Brady Peterson, David Yakos, and Gray Matters Games; and Kristen Mott's Moana: Gifts from the Ocean from Maestro Media.
* June 26 has only Edge Studio's Arkham Horror RPG: The Thompson Files.
Out of twenty-nine items, only eleven come from within asmodee (via Edge and Atomic Mass), with none of them being standalone games.
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