Street dates and crowdfunding heat collided this week: Asmodee's November Week 1 wave, The Pokémon Company's Nov. 6 TCG drop, Captain Games' late-October pirate euro, and a Wonderbow Gamefound that funded in minutes. Here are eight new board and card games worth knowing on Nov. 9, 2026.
Ranked for holiday interest, not sales. Facts were checked on publisher and retailer pages.
1. Blood Rage: Valhalla Viking clans rage into the afterlife — the week's biggest strategy box.
Tabletop Tycoon's standalone sequel puts 3 to 5 players (ages 14+, about 90 minutes) in a post-Ragnarök battle for god favor, with card drafting, shifting god powers and the Rainbow Bridge module that can link a classic Blood Rage session to Valhalla. Asmodee USA lists $124.99 and places the title in its November Week 1 pre-order collection; Asmodee Canada's product page shows Week 46 (Nov. 9).
2. UNLOCK! Short: Assassin's Creed A $9.99 Renaissance escape you can finish in one sitting.
Space Cowboys' licensed Short Adventure casts 1 to 6 players (ages 10+, about 45 minutes) as initiate Gabriella in 1503 Pisa: 32 cards, a companion app, and one compact box. Asmodee USA lists $9.99. The title sits in Asmodee USA's November Week 1 pre-order collection.
3. Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Delta Reign The Nov. 6 expansion wave retailers could not keep on the shelf.
The Pokémon Company's Nov. 2 product calendar and Nov. 6 press alert put Mega Evolution—Delta Reign on sale Nov. 6, 2026, led by Mega Rayquaza ex and a new Legendary Stadium mechanic. The Elite Trainer Box (nine boosters, Kyogre promo, sleeves and dice) is the practical hobby entry; Target's listing showed $59.99. Booster Bundles and display boxes share the same street date. Which box to buy? See our Delta Reign buying guide.
4. Kelp: Shark vs. Octopus — Offshore Offspring Crowdfunding lightning: Wonderbow's expansion hit its goal in under seven minutes.
Wonderbow's Gamefound campaign for the Offshore Offspring expansion (plus Amazing Adaptations and a Deluxe base reprint) launched Nov. 3, 2026. The project page lists 2 players, about 45 minutes, ages 10+, and showed the funding goal reached in 6 minutes 59 seconds; when checked for this article the live campaign reported well past the €8,000 goal. Requires the Kelp base game. Box art shown is the English edition.
5. Tea & Rum Pick the Crown or the pirates — only two players leave as winners.
Captain Games' dual-victory euro (2 to 4 players, ages 14+) has you place and remove workers across five rounds while chasing either Crown (blue) or People/pirate (red) victory points — and the table can finish with two winners. Asmodee USA lists $59.99. Asmodee Canada labels the street date Oct. 30, 2026 / Week 44 (Oct. 26). Play-time listings disagree (Asmodee USA 30 minutes; Canada 90–120; Captain Games 30 minutes per player), so treat duration as session-length, not a single fixed number.
6. Deluxe Mahjong Set A wooden classic for the holiday table, not another licensed reskin.
Professor Puzzle's Deluxe Mahjong Set is a four-player (ages 10+, about 45 minutes) wooden tile classic listed at $69.99 on Asmodee USA and included in the November Week 1 pre-order collection — a gift-ready stocker beside the week's flashier launches.
7. Blood Rage: Valhalla — Road to Helheim More gods, monsters and the new Ram Clan for the Valhalla table.
This Tabletop Tycoon expansion (3 to 5 players, ages 14+, about 90 minutes) adds the Ram Clan, three gods, twelve monsters and 100+ cards. Asmodee USA lists $89.99 and, when checked, stated a Nov. 6, 2026 release; it requires Blood Rage: Valhalla.
8. Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection The anniversary UPC riding the same Nov. 6 wave as Delta Reign.
Also dated Nov. 6, 2026 on Pokémon.com: the 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection (Day or Night), with playmat, sleeves, deck box and 30 booster packs including a special etched Classic Collection pack. Target listings for related 30th Celebration SKUs showed collector pricing up to $249.99 during the street-date window. Figure Collections (Mew / Mewtwo) and the Ditto Premium Collection share the date. Video: a Delta Reign Elite Trainer Box opening from the same Nov. 6 wave.
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Writer's Bio: Michael Felix Baines writes about board games, card games and puzzles for TDmonthly, along with the weekly toy industry jobs roundup. For games, he looks at setup time, how the rules land with new players and whether a game holds up after a few rounds. For jobs, he gathers open roles from toy companies and retailers into one easy list, with links straight to each posting. Read more articles by this author
Writer's Bio: Michael Felix Baines writes about board games, card games and puzzles for TDmonthly, along with the weekly toy industry jobs roundup. For games, he looks at setup time, how the rules land with new players and whether a game holds up after a few rounds. For jobs, he gathers open roles from toy companies and retailers into one easy list, with links straight to each posting. 
