WIN The Games Journal 479 May 2015

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Our reviews:
Cacao – Tile placement game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Phil Walker-Harding at Abacusspiele 2015, ca. 45 min
Cornish Smuggler – Resources management game for 2-5 players, ages 13+, by Henry Jasper und M.N.G. Collective (Alan Brokland, Rachel Dobbs, Russell Hughes, Peter Rosewall, Joe Sandles, Nick Thomas) at Grublin Games 2013, ca. 120 min
Die Staufer – Worker placement game for 2-5 players, ages 12+, by Andreas Steding at Hans im Glück Verlag 2014, ca. 20 min per player
Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Worker placement game for 1-4 players, ages 8+, by Michiel Hendriks at Portal Games 2013
Romolo o Remo? – Resources management game for 1-4 players, ages 14+, by Michele Quondam at Giochix 2013, ca. 180 min

Played for you:
7 Steps – Placement game for 2-4 players, ages10+, by Michael Kiesling and Reinhard Staupe at Kosmos 2014, ca. 30 min
27th Passenger – Deduction game for 3-6 players, ages 10+, by Christos Giannakoulas and Manolis Zachariadis at Purple Games 2014, ca. 45 min
Bang! The Valley of Shadows – Expansion for Bang! for 4-7 players, ages 8+, by Emiliano Sciarra at dV Giochi 2014, ca. 40 min
Blocks – Two abstract placement games – Kwinty and Turris – for 2 players, ages 8+, by Fred Horn and Steffen Mühlhäuser at Steffen Spiele 2014, ca. 30 min
Canopy Walk – Tile placement game for 2 players, ages 14+, by Dennis Kirps and Gérard Pierson at TF Verlag 2014, ca. 30 min
Colors of Kasane – Card game for 3-4 players, ages 10+, by Hinata Origuchi at Ouyuuan / Japon Brand 2014, ca. 30 min
Crash Cup Karambolage – dexterity game for 2-4 players, ages 6+, by Heinz Meister at Haba 2014, ca. 20 min
Das Spiel des Lebens Banking -Roll & move game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, at Hasbro 2014, ca. 45 min
Der 7bte Zwerg – Dice placement game for 1-7 players, ages 7+, based on the film, by Peter Neugebaueer at Pegasus Spiele 2014, ca. 30 min
Desperados of Dice Town – Dice game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc at Matagot 2014, ca. 25 min
Die Baumeister Mittelalter – Set collecting and placement game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Frédéric Henry at Studio Bombyx / Asmodee 2014, ca. 30 min
Die Siedler von Catan Das Alte Ägypten – Variant of Catan as a Limited Collector’s Edition, for 3-4 players, ages 10+, by Klaus Teuber at Kosmos 2014, ca. 75 min
Dino Race – Card-driven race and collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 6+, by Roberto Grasse at Ares Games 2014, ca. 20 min
Evolution – Card displaying game for 2-5 players, ages 10+, by Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre and Sergey Machin at Schmidt Spiele 2015, ca. 45 min
Frischfisch – Auction and placement game for 2-5 players, ages 12+, by Friedemann Friese at 2F-Spiele 2014, ca. 45 min
Greenland – Worker placement game for 1-3 players, ages 12+, by Phil Eklund, based on an idea by Philipp Klarmann, at Sierra Madre Games 2014, ca. 120 min
Hamsterbacke – Set collecting game for 3-5 players, ages 8+, by Francesco Berardi at Amigo Spiele 2014, ca. 20 min
Ifrito – Placement game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Andrea Mainini at Zvezda 2014, ca. 20 min
Joe‘s Zoo – Memo and spotting game for 2-5 players, ages 4+, by Wolfgang Dirscherl at Piatnik 2014, ca. 15 min
Kakerlaloop – Roll & move game for 2-4 players, ages 5+, by Inka and Markus Brand at Ravensburger 2015, ca. 15 min
Keyflower the Merchants – Expansion for Keyflower for 2-6 players, ages 12+, by Sebastian Bleasdale and Richard Breese at R&D Games / HUCH! & friends 2014
King Arthur smartPLAY Starter-Set – Adventure game with app for 1-4 players, ages 8+, by Reiner Knizia at Ravensburger 2014, ca. 45 min
King of New York – Dice game for 2-6 players, ages 10+, by Richard Garfield at Iello / Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2014, ca. 40 min
Kobayakawa – Card game for 3-6 players, ages 9+, by Jun Sasaki at Superlude / Iello 2014, ca. 15 min
Las Vegas Boulevard – Expansion for Las Vegas for 1-8 players, ages 8+, by Rüdiger Dorn at Ravensburger / alea 2014, ca. 75 min
Marchia Orientalis – Tile placement and development game for 2-5 players, ages 10+, by Stefan Risthaus at Ostia Spiele 2014, ca. 45 min
Mein erstes Bohnanza – Card game for 3-5 players, ages 4+, by Heike Kiefer, Hayo Siemsen and Uwe Rosenberg at Amigo Spiele 2015, ca. 30 min
Mission Silbenrätsel – Detective games using syllables, for 2-4 players, ages 5+, by Andrea Lehmkühler at Haba 2015, ca. 20 min
Mr. House – Building game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Adam Kałuža at Granna 2014, ca. 60 min
Ninja Taisen – Card duel involving dice, for 2 players, ages 8+, by Katsmasa Tomioka at Table Cross / MinimalGames 2014, ca. 20 min
Oh nein! Die Schnackelstein! – Sliding and collecting game for 2-5 players, ages 6+, by Carmen Kleinert and Klaus Zoch at Zoch Verlag 2015, ca. 20 min
Oh, Sultan – Deduction game for 5-15 players, ages 12+, by Alex Weldon at Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2014, ca. 45 min
Planet Steam – SciFi development game for 2-5 players, ages 12+, by Heinz-Georg Thiemann at Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2014, ca. 180 min
Robinson Crusoe: Die Fahrt der Beagle – Expansion for Robinson Crusoe: Abenteuer auf der verfluchten Insel, for 1-4 players, ages 10+, by Robert Masson and Ignacy Trzewiczek at Pegasus Spiele 2014, ca. 120 min
Roborama – Position game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Dennis Kirps and Gérard Pierson at Playthisone 2014, ca. 40 min
Roll for the Galaxy – Worker Placement with dice, for 2-5 players, ages 14+, by Wei-Hwa Huang and Tom Lehmann at Rio Grande Games 2014, ca. 45 min
Run, Fight, or Die! – Zombie adventure game with dice, for 1-4 players, ages 13+, by Richard Launius at 8th Summit Games / Grey Fox Games 2014, ca. 60 min
Särge schubsen – Dice and reaction game for 2-6 players, ages 8+, by Thierry Chapeau at Drei Magier Spiele / Schmidt Spiele 2015, ca. 15 min
Sau-Bande! – Action game for 2-4 players, ages 4+, by Ravensburger 2014, ca. 15 min
Scharfe Schoten – Trick-taking game for 3-4 players, ages 10+, by Arve D. Fühler at Zoch Verlag 2014, ca. 30 min
Sheep & Thief – Placement and collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, by Yuichi Sakashita at Power9Games 2014, ca. 30 min
Stern von Afrika – Roll & move game with resources management, for 2-5 players, ages 10+, by Kari Mannerla at Piatnik 2015, ca. 45 min
The Ravens of Thri Sahashri – Cooperative deduction game for 2 players, ages 10+, by Manifest Destiny / Japon Brand 2014, ca. 45 min
Träxx – Track extending game for 1-4 players, ages 8+, by Steffen Benndorf and Reinhard Staupe at nsv 2015, ca. 15 min
Von Drachen und Schafen – Collecting game using cards, for 2-4 players, ages 9+, by Nathanael Mortensen at Kosmos 2015, ca. 45 min
Wakanda – Placement game for 2 players, ages 8+, by Charles Chevallier at Blue Orange Games 2014, ca. 15 min
Zombeasts – Set collecting game for 2-4 players, ages 8+, by Kinjiro at HUCH! & friends 2014, ca. 20 min
Zombie 15‘ – Real-time adventure game for 2-4 players, ages 14+, by Nicolas Schlewitz and Guillaume Lemery at Heidelberger Spieleverlag / Iello 2014, ca. 15-60 min

New arrivals:
Die Biene Maja 1-2-3 – Dice and placement game for 2-4 players, ages 4+, at Studio 100 Media, ca. 10 min
Game of Thrones der Eiserne Thron Zeit des Raben – Extension pack cycle for Game of Thrones for 2-4 players, ages 13+, by Eric M. Lang, Christian T. Petersen and Nate French bei Heidelberger Spielverlag 2014, ca. 60 min
logicus D-Iced – Logic puzzle for 1 player, ages 7+, by Marek Zitnansky at HUCH! & friends! 2015, ca. 10 min
Mein erstes Memory – Memo game for 2-4 players, ages 2 ½ and older, by William Hurter at Ravensburger 2015, ca. 15 min
Meine ersten Spiele Blumenfee – Stacking game on shapes and colors for 1-3 players, ages 2+, by Christiane Hüpper at Haba 2015, ca. 10 min
MÄDN … Noch mehr ärgern – Expansion for the dice game for 2-6 players, ages 8+, by Frank Stark at Schmidt Spiele 2014, ca. 30 min
Shuffle Disney Monopoly Deal – Set collecting game with app for 2-5 players, ages 8+, by Hasbro/ASS Altenburger 2015, ca. 15 min
Story Cubes fright – Expansion for Story Cubes for 1 or more players, ages 6+, by Rory O’Connor at The Creativity Hub 2015
Top Trumps Marvel breaking bad – Card/Quiz game for 2 or more players from age 8 at Winning Moves 2015, ca. 20 min

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