It’s a big year for gamers, puzzlers, and Disney fans.
Ravensburger and The Walt Disney Co. are celebrating their 140 and 100th anniversaries respectively this year. For the occasions, the two companies are coming together to expand their line of licensed games and puzzles, and the new offerings debuted at Spielwarenmesse in Nuremberg, Germany this week.
Some of the games the companies are releasing this year include Disney Around the World, a board game coming out in August where players need to travel through different lands and stamp their passports; Disney Villains: The Card Game, which is available now where players can cast curses, sabotage opponents, and compete to the baddest of the bad; and Disney WordARound by ThinkFun, a game coming out in March where players have to quickly read the three Disney-themed words on the circular cards.
It wouldn’t be a full Ravensburger launch without puzzles. The Disney Castle Collection includes 10 1000-piece puzzles which feature inside looks at each Disney Princess’ castle. The collection features castles from The Little Mermaid, Frozen, Cinderella, Aladdin, and more. Star Wars is also represented in this year’s drop with Villainous puzzles, puzzles inspired by the board game where the Dark Side completes its missions. The collection highlights some of the best Star Wars villains, including Asajj Ventress, Moff Gideon, Kylo Ren, General Grievous, and — of course — Darth Vader. The Disney Princess puzzles are available now and the Star Wars Villainous puzzles drop later this month.
Ravensburger previously collaborated with Disney on puzzles from Moana, Frozen, Finding Nemo, Cars, and more along with the Disney Villainous board games.
For more on Ravensburger’s 2023 product lineup, check out the next issue of The Toy Book — aka The BIG Toy Book — landing Feb. 28!
