Korea Board Games Releases Four New Tabletop Titles

Korea Board Games Releases Four New Tabletop Titles Including Avalon Big Box

Korea Board Games released four new tabletop titles on October 26, according to game.donga.com, expanding its catalog with party, card, and dexterity games.

The Tech TL;DR:

• Korea Board Games launched four new tabletop titles on October 26, featuring social deduction, card games, trick-taking, and dexterity formats.
• The lineup includes the expanded Resistance Avalon Big Box, which introduces over 10 new roles, modular expansions, and the Excalibur rule.
• Additional releases feature a K-pop-themed Uno variant, a suitless trick-taking game titled Oi Daenyangseup, and a compact plastic travel version of Crokinole.

Resistance Avalon Big Box Expansion Details

The headline release in the October 26 drop is the Resistance Avalon Big Box, a definitive edition of the popular mafia-style social deduction game. The title retains the core premise of players dividing into loyal servant and minion factions to deduce identities and execute quests, while layering on mechanical variables. The expansion adds over 10 characters to alter group dynamics and introduces role modules such as the Rogue, who exists simultaneously for good and evil factions, alongside the Wizard and Herald.

Additional rule sets modify standard quest resolutions. The Excalibur component allows a designated player to flip quest outcomes under specific conditions. Intrigue cards enter the mix to obscure or reveal character identities mid-game, altering the trajectory of deduction and psychological strategy.

// Pseudocode representation of Avalon role distribution logic
function assignRoles(players, expansionModules) {
    let roles = getBaseRoles(players.length);
    if (expansionModules.includes("Rogue")) {
        roles.replaceRandomWith(new RogueRole());
    }
    if (expansionModules.includes("WizardAndHerald")) {
        roles.addUnique([new WizardRole(), new HeraldRole()]);
    }
    return shuffle(roles);
}

New Card Games Introduce K-Pop Characters and Suitless Tricks

Alongside the deduction box, the publisher introduced Uno K-Pop Demon Hunters, applying intellectual property characters to the standard shedding card game mechanics. The rules follow classic Uno guidelines with the addition of a specialized “Wild Golden Honmun” card. When this card is played, all participants must discard a card featuring the Huntrix character from their hand.

The third release, Oi Daenyangseup, strips away suits—distinguished by picture or color—to build a trick-taking format driven entirely by numerical magnitude. Standard trick-taking requires following the initial card’s suit, but this game establishes its baseline through the relational hierarchy of the first two played cards. If the second participant plays a higher number than the first, subsequent players must also play higher numbers. Conversely, a lower second card forces a descending numerical constraint. Failing to meet these conditions alters the trick’s acquisition rules. Because taking tricks incurs cucumber penalty points, players must optimize card retention to avoid collecting penalty bundles.

Crokinole Light Uses Plastic Parts for Easier Transport

Rounding out the four-game release is Crokinole Light, a scaled-down adaptation of the classic dexterity disk-flicking game. Korea Board Games manufactured the board and disks entirely out of plastic, reducing overall physical dimensions to ease transport and storage overhead. The rule set has been streamlined specifically for two players, consolidating scoring mechanics into a single unified formula to simplify match resolution.

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