Teasers for Heat, Magical Athlete, Dixit, and Secret Museum

Publishers sometimes release a bit of information about upcoming games before they officially announce said games. Here are four such titles:

Magical Athlete: Second Wind

In mid-August 2026, CMYK creative director Alex Hague uploaded an updated rulebook for Takashi Ishida and Richard Garfield's Magical Athlete on BoardGameGeek, and included in that rulebook is this page about the unannounced standalone sequel Magical Athlete: Second Wind.

A CMYK rep tells me that Second Wind will be the same format as the company's original Magical Athlete — same number of racers, a double-sided game board, six dice — with you being able to mix racers and game boards as you like. Production has started, but CMYK hasn't announced the game because the company would prefer the game be closer to release before publicizing it. (Stonemaier Games acts similarly, typically announcing a new game only when it has reached the company warehouse, thereby guaranteeing the company can hit whatever release dates it announces.)

Speaking of Magical Athlete, in August Sugar Throw Theatre in Minnesota ran a live event called Magical Athlete: Stadium Showdown. Organizer Minnesota Fringe posted the opening of that event on YouTube:

Dixit: Disney Edition expansions

Libellud has revealed two expansion packs for Jean-Louis Roubira's Dixit: Disney Edition (or any Dixit base game), with Dixit Signature: Adventure & Mystery and Dixit Signature: Villains due out in Q4 2026.

Promotional images for Dixit Signature: Adventure & Mystery and Dixit Signature: Villains that shows the cardboard packs holding the cards, along with one card from each pack: Judy Hopps from Zootopia on a ball of string, and the boy who grows up to be Syndrome in The Incredibles. — Not sure what's up with the wording of that image on the right...

Secret Museum

In advertisements with the SPIEL Essen organization, Schmidt Spiele has revealed a new Matthias Cramer title that will be available at SPIEL Essen 26: Secret Museum. Here's the briefest of descriptions of this 2-4 player, 45-minute game:

The secret museum where the secret society meets is where you showcase rare artefacts, acquire new exhibits, and expand your collections. Simple rules and a high level of interaction through shared scoring ensure excitement in every game.

On the left: strange creatures and objects are depicted rising out of a book; on the right: 1. Choose a die and make your decision. 2. Acquire new exhibits... 3. Or enhance your collections. — Promo images for *Secret Museum* from Schmidt Spiele

Heat: Narrow Streets

On a Twitch stream with Un Monde de Jeux, starting at 1:43 Franck Lefebvre of Days of Wonder showed the next expansion for Asger Aleksandrov Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen's Heat: Pedal to the Metal, with Heat: Narrow Streets featuring racing tracks in Australia and Canada.

Heat: Narrow Streets will debut in February 2027 during the FIJ event in Cannes, France, similar to earlier Heat expansions.

A mock-up of the cover of *Heat: Narrow Streets*

The racetrack features many tight turns on the left side of the game board, then a long straightaway across the top, with the right side featuring multiple single lane chokepoints. — A mock-up of the Australia track for *Heat: Narrow Streets*

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