As I had noted on Feb. 12, 2026, while at the 2026 Spielwarenmesse toy and game fair I had asked German publisher frechverlag whether it had news of an English-language version of the Spiel des Jahres-nominated party game Krakel Orakel from Die 7 Bazis, and a representative had said, no, nothing at this time.
Well, practically the first thing I saw today, Feb. 14, when walking through the front door of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to attend Toy Fair NY was a display case from Ravensburger featuring Mind the Lines, the aforementioned unannounced English-language version of Krakel Orakel, which is due out in Q3 2026.
The other item featured in that case — Rush Hour Duel, which is also due out in Q3 2026 — is precisely what you would expect it to be: Two players set up their cars in the same arrangement, then race to be the first to get their red car to escape the grid. You could already do this with two copies of Rush Hour, of course, but the funky plastic device tries to avoid arguments over who finished first by closing a gate across the opponent's exit route as soon as your red car hits a trigger between the boards.
I also got to check out Pikachu's butt for the first time in six years, so that's something.
