Sneth - looking forward to the mini pics. We did a few from "The Others" recently - they aren't amazing, but we're happy with them. Lots of larger detailed high quality stuff as the norm from CMON.
Our board gaming always slows in the summer - haven't done much lately, mostly light stuff. A few rounds of "Hive Mind", a very cheap, very simple to explain word game that is fun every time.
We played Terra and America from Bezier Games - both are fun, they are trivia games, Euro style. You get 3 actions and there are elements of area control, for a trivia game, this hits a lot of important things for board gamers.
We played EXIT: The Abandoned Cabin last week from Kosmos; in the "Escape Room" board game phenomenon. This series is harder than the spinmaster and thinkfun productions. Definitely recommend it and perfect for a group of 4. It plays up to 6, but that's probably too many. The puzzles were absolutely fun, creative, and difficult. It's a "one play" game, absolutely - you destroy about 1/4 of the cards as part of puzzle solving and you write on another 1/4. It took us 100 minutes on the nose and was fun throughout - highly recommend for $10 (miniaturemarket.com).