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CONTENTS: WIN 525/526 January/February 2019
Review:
Carcosa – Tile placement game for 1-4 players, ages 12+, by Nigel Kennington at One Free Elephant 2017, ca. 40-60 min
Carpe Diem – Tile placement and building game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Stefan Feld at alea / Ravensburger 2918, ca. 45-75 min
Teotihuacan – Worker placement in the rondel for 1-4 players, ages 14+, by Daniele Tascini and Dávid Turczi at NSKN Games 2018, ca. 90-120 min
Presentation:
Atlantica – Collecting game with cards for 2-5 players, ages 8+, by Christian Fiore and Knut Happel at Piatnik 2018, ca. 35 min
Bad Bones – Positioning game for 1-6 players, ages 8+, by David Flies at Sit Down! / Megalopole 2018, ca. 30 min
Banquet Royal – Positioning and memo game for 2-4 players, ages 7+, by Alain Rivollet at Bankiiiz Editions / Blackrock Games 2018, ca. 20 min
Bleib cool! – Party game for 2 or more players, ages 12+, at Hasbro 2018, ca. 30 min
Breaking Bad – Card-driven competition game for 3-8 players, ages 18+, by Thomas Rofidal and Antoine Morfan at Edge Entertainment / Asmodee 2018, ca. 60-120 min
Catalyst – Card management for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Martino Chiacchiera, Roberto Corbelli, David Fröjmark, Per Abrahamsson and Sergio Roscini at dV Giochi 2018 ca. 20-40 min
Concordia Venus – Supplement for / variant of Concordia for 2-6 players, ages 12+, by Mac Gerdts at PD-Verlag 2018, ca. 90 min
Cool Runnings – Race game for 2-4 players, agaes 8+, by Olivier Mahy at Ravensburger 2018, ca. 30 min
Curli Kuller – Dexterity game for 2-4 players, ages 4+, by Marco Teubner at Pegasus Spiele 2018, ca. 10-20 min
Das Maß aller Dinge – Estimating and guessing game for 2-6 players, ages 14+, by Arno Steinwender and Christoph Puhl at Game Factory 2018, ca. 20 min
Das Quiz der Erde – Quiz game for 2-5 players, ages 8+, by Géraldine Maincent at moses. Verlag 2019, ca. 30 min
Das verfluchte Piratengold – Collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 5+, by Pau Moré at Haba 2018, ca. 20 min
Die kleine Hexe Das verdrehte Memospiel – Memo game for 2-4 players, ages 5+, by Kai Haferkamp at HUCH! 2018, ca. 20 min
DownForce – New edition of Top Race, a race game for 2-6 players, ages 8+, by Wolfgang Kramer, revised by Rob Daviau and Justin D. Jacobson, at Iello 2018, ca. 30 min
EXIT Kids Code Breaker – Escape game for 1-4 players, ages 7+, at Kosmos Verlag 2018, ca. 15 min
Family Trade – Trade game for 2-4 players, ages 6+, by Kenichiro Kawaguchi and Noayuki Hirayama at Librage Co. / Japon Brand 2018, ca. 30 min
Festo! – Worker placement for 2-5 players, ages 8+, by Arve D. Fühler at Game Brewer 2018, ca. 60 min
Foppen – Trick taking game for 4-8 players, ages 8+, by Friedemann Friese at 2F-Spiele 2018, ca. 15 min
Forbidden Sky – Cooperative component placement and position game for 2-5 players, ages 10+, by Matt Leacock at Schmidt Spiele 2018, ca. 60 min
Franchise – Area control and majorities game for 2-5 players, ages 14+, by Christwart Conrad at Queen Games 2018, ca. 90 min
Fuji – Cooperative dice game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Wolfgang Warsch at Feuerland Spiele 2018, ca. 60 min
Hand Circus – Dexterity game for 2-4 players, ages 7+, by Justin Oh and Jungsoo Lee at Gemblo / HugMomHugin 2018, ca. 15 min
Hexroller – Dice game about areas, for 1 to 8 players, ages 8+, by Rustan Håkansson at Frosted Games / Pegasus Spiele 2019, ca. 20 min
Hochverrat – Simulation of a trial for 2 players, ages 13+, by Alex Berry at Frosted Games 2018, ca. 45 min
How to Rob a Bank – Positioning and collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Prospero Hall at Jumbo 2018, ca. 30 min
Jungle Race – Race game for 2-6 players, ages 6+, by Simone Luciani at Cranio Creations 2018, ca. 20 min
kNOW! – Quiz game using Google Assistant, for 3-6 players or teams, ages 10/16+, at Ravensburger 2018, variable playing time
L.A.M.A. – card shedding game for 2-6 players, ages 8+, by Reiner Knizia at Amigo Spiele 2019, ca. 20 min
Lost Cities Unter Rivalen – Card placement game with auction for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Reiner Knizia at Kosmos Verlag 2018, ca. 30 min
Memofant – Memo game for 2-4 players, ages 7+, at Piatnik 2019, ca. 35 min
Men at Work – Building and stacking game for 2-5 players, ages 8+, by Rita Modl at Pretzel Games / Plan B Games / Pegasus Spiele 2018, ca. 30 min
Minicity – Transport game for 2-4 players, ages 7+, by Teodoro Mitidieri and Leo Colovini at Piatnik 2018, ca. 35 min
Monster Diner – Card collecting game for 2-6 players, ages 8+, by Anna Voinova at HUCH! 2019, ca. 30 min
Monster Empire – Dice, guessing and collecting game for 3-8 players, ages 8+, by F. Ephraim at Freaky Design / Japon Brand 2018, ca. 40 min
Mountains – Set collecting game for 2-5 players, ages 8+, by Carlo A. Rossi at Haba 2018, ca. 20 min
Ohanami – Card placement in rows for 2-4 players ages 8+, by Steffen Benndorf at nsv 2019, ca. 20 min
Pictomania – Drawing game for 3-6 players, ages 8+, by Vlaada Chvátil at Czech Games Edition 2018, 30-45 min
Piepmatz – Card game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback at Lookout Spiele 2018, ca. 30 min
Pyjama-Drama – Memo game for 3-5 players, ages 3/6+, by Dirk Andreas Taube at Savas Takas / Logis 2018, ca. 15 min
Raids – Positioning and collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert at Iello / Hutter Trade 2018, ca. 40 min
Reef – Pattern formation for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Emerson Matsuuchi at Next Move / Plan B Games / Pegasus Spiele 2018, ca. 30-45 min
Scarabya – Placement game for 1-4 players, ages 8+, by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc at Blue Orange Games 2018, ca. 20 min
Schaben jagen – Logic puzzle for 1 player, ages 10+, by Marco Teubner at moses. Verlag 2018, ca. 10 min per card
Senators – Development game for 3-5 players, ages 10+, by Haig & Rikki Tahta at Ferti Games 2018, ca. 40 min
Space Freaks The Violet Morass – Expansion for the SciFi confrontation Space Freaks for 2-4 players, ages 14+, by Max Wikström at Lautapelit / Stronghold Games 2018, 60-90 min
Strandgut – Tile placement game for 2-4 players, ages 6+, by Hajo Bücken and Dirk Hanneforth at F-Hein-Spiele 2018, ca. 30 min
Takla – Construction and dexterity game for 2-4 players, ages 7+, by Roland Preuß at Steffen Spiele 2018, ca. 20 min
Talisman Legendäre Abenteuer – Cooperative fantasy adventure for 1-6 plyers, ages 8+, by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach at Pegasus Spiele 2018, ca. 40 min
Terraforming Mars: Colonies – Expansion for Terraforming Mars for 1-5 players, ages 12+, by Jacob Fryxelius at Fryxgames / Stronghold Games 2018, ca. 120 min
The Game Changers – Set of game modifications for 2-25 players, ages 8+, by Frank Quispel at Quined Games 2018, variable playing time
The River – Development game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Ismaël Perrin and Sébastien Pauchon at Days of Wonder / Asmodee 2018, ca. 45 min
Tramways Engineer’s Workbook – Collection of puzzles for Tramways, for 1-2 players, ages 12+, by Alban Viard at AV Studio Games 2018, ca. 30 min each
Über Stock & Stein – Cooperative dice game for 2-4 players, ages 7+, by Christian Fiore and Knut Happel at Schmidt Spiele 2018, ca. 20 min
Vollpfosten – Party game for 3-8 players, ages 7+, by Antony Proietti at Zoch Verlag 2018, ca. 20 min
Würfelgemüse – Dice game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Danny Devine at Board & Dice 2018, ca. 30 min
X-Code – Cooperative real-time game for 2-8 players, ages 10+ by Kasper Lapp at Amigo Spiele 2018, ca. 15 min
Gallery:
Bingolino – Dice game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Elisabeth & Günter Burkhardt at Schmidt Spiele 2018, ca. 15 min
Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss Ausflug ins Abenteuer – New edition of the roll & move game for 2-4 players, ages 5+, by Manfred Ludwig at Kosmos 2019, ca. 20 min
Finca – Placement game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Ralf zur Linde and Wolfgang Sentker at franjos Spieleverlag 2018, ca. 45 min
Level 8 Das Kartenspiel Junior – Set collecting game with cards for 2-5 players, ages 6+ by Susanne Armbruster at Ravensburger 2018, ca. 20 min
Mau Mau für Kinder – Version of Mau Mau for 2-5 players, ages 5+, at moses. Verlag 2019, ca. 5 min
Risky Dice – Dice game for 2 or more players, ages +, by Harald Havas at Piatnik 2018, ca. 30 min
Seals – Set collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Frank Crittin, Grégoire Largey and Sébastien Pauchon at Mandoo Games 2018, ca. 15 min
Timeline Classic – Ranking game for 2-6 players, ages 8+, by Frédéric Henry at Zygomatic / Asmodee 2018, ca. 15 min
Trivial Pursuit Familienedition – Trivia quiz game for 2 oder more players, ages 8+, at Hasbro 2018, ca. 45 min
Feature:
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