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2016 In Games
This page lists board game, board and card games, Wargaming, wargames, Miniature wargaming, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2016. For video games, see 2016 in video gaming. Games released or invented in 2016 *''Arkham Horror: The Card Game'' *''Beasts of Balance'' *''Cry Havoc (2016 board game), Cry Havoc'' *''A Feast for Odin'' *''Hero Realms'' *''Kingdomino'' *''Mechs vs. Minions'' *''Ophidian 2360'' *''The Oregon Trail Card Game'' *''Scythe (board game), Scythe'' *''SeaFall'' *''Secret Hitler'' *''Star Wars: Rebellion (board game), Star Wars: Rebellion'' *''Tak (game), Tak'' *''Terraforming Mars (board game), Terraforming Mars'' *''Trumped Up Cards'' Game awards given in 2016 * ''Mombasa'' won the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano. Significant games-related events in 2016 Deaths See also *List of game manufacturers *2016 in video gaming References {{Reflist 2016, Games Games by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SeaFall
''SeaFall'' is a board game designed by Rob Daviau and published in 2016 by Plaid Hat Games. ''SeaFall'' is a game of colonial era exploration which uses a legacy format, meaning the board and components change during each game, creating a different game each time and a story with a beginning, middle, and end. The game is played by 3–5 players, each of whom takes on the role of a province taking to the seas after a long dark age. Players explore the game board with their ships, revealing islands and other surprises. The game contains 430 entries in a Captain's Booke, a journal which is read in sections when players trigger in-game events called milestones. The story contains about 15 games' worth of content, with each game taking about two hours to play. The release of the game was originally announced in 2013, and its release was repeatedly delayed. Many called it the most anticipated board game of 2016, coming on the heels of '' Pandemic Legacy: Season 1'', an extremely popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Mackintosh
Jeffrey Ian "Jeff" Mackintosh (January 22, 1971 – September 24, 2016) was a game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games. Early life Jeffrey Ian Mackintosh was born in 1971, the son of Ian and Dorothy Mackintosh. Career Jeff Mackintosh joined the ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'' team at Guardians of Order in late 1999, and did the full color layouts for the second edition (2000) of the core rules. Guardians' super-hero RPG, ''Silver Age Sentinels'' (2002), was written by Mark C. MacKinnon, Mackintosh and Jesse Scoble. Graphic designer Adam Jury Adam Jury is a Canadian game designer and graphic designer working in the hobby games industry. He is the co-founder of Posthuman Studios. History Adam Jury is a graphic designer. Jury began his career as a freelance writer working with FASA Cor ... took over work on the licensed ''BESM'' books from Mackintosh in 2002. Jeff Mackintosh died from glioblastoma multiforme on September 24, 2016. References External links Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company's "Hasbro Gaming" division. Avalon Hill introduced many of the concepts of modern recreational wargaming, including the use of a hexagonal grid (a.k.a. hexgrid) overlaid on a flat folding board, zones of control (ZOC), stacking of multiple units at a location, and board games based upon historical events. History The Avalon Game Company Avalon Hill was started in 1952 outside Baltimore in Catonsville, Maryland by Charles S. Roberts under the name of "The Avalon Game Company" for the publication of his game ''Tactics''. It is considered the first of a new type of war game, consisting of a self-contained printed map, pieces, rules and box designed for the mass-market. Other war games published over the prior half-century, which Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Dott
A. Eric Dott was a publisher who was involved primarily in role-playing games and miniatures wargames. Career When Charles S. Roberts encountered financial problems in the early 1960s, he decided to get out of the publishing business and turned Avalon Hill over to its two biggest creditors: Monarch Services (his printer) and the Smith Box Company (his box maker) - Monarch Services, under president Eric Dott, would eventually become the sole owner of Avalon Hill. Avalon Hill published the third edition of Chaosium's ''RuneQuest ''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha. It was first publis ...'' in 1984, which Dott called the "Cadillac" of the Avalon Hill game line. Dott was the owner of The Avalon Hill Game Company before going public as Monarch Avalon, Inc. and its eventual sale to Hasbro. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Rush (illustrator)
Christopher Rush (April 6, 1965 – February 10, 2016) was an American illustrator for ''Magic: The Gathering''. In total, he illustrated over 100 cards for the series, including the most expensive card in the game, the Black Lotus. Most of his work for Wizards of the Coast was done on the earliest sets, where he also helped with various design and marketing issues, including the design of the symbols representing the 5 colors of mana. While the Pokémon TCG was still run by Wizards, Rush did the illustration for Promo Mewtwo #12, which was released in the April 2000 issue of ''Nintendo Power''. He was the first artist from outside Japan to have illustrated a Pokémon card, and remains one of the few. While working on art for Wizards of the Coast, Rush also worked as a Game Play Counselor at Nintendo of America in Redmond, Washington. He later continued to do freelance work, illustrating cards for various games and concept art for computer games and television. Rush died on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gathering
The Gathering may refer to: Film and television * ''The Gathering'' (1977 film), an American television film directed by Randal Kleiser * ''The Gathering'' (2003 film), a British thriller/horror film directed by Brian Gilbert * ''The Gathering'' (miniseries), a 2007 American thriller starring Peter Fonda * ''The Gathering'' (audio drama), a 2006 audio drama based on the television programme ''Doctor Who'' * The Gathering, a contest among immortals in the Highlander franchise * '' Babylon 5: The Gathering'', the 1993 pilot movie for ''Babylon 5'' TV episodes * "The Gathering" (''Gargoyles'') * "The Gathering" (''Ghost Whisperer'') * "The Gathering" (''Highlander: The Series''), pilot * "The Gathering" (''Outlander'') * "The Gathering" (''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'') * "The Gathering" (''Torchwood'') Literature * ''The Gathering'' (Armstrong novel), a 2011 novel by Kelley Armstrong * ''The Gathering'' (Carmody novel), a 1993 novel by Isobelle Carmody * ''The Gath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules, Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). It has been published by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro) since 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargaming, miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game Chainmail (game), ''Chainmail'' serving as the initial rule system. ''D&D'' publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, and also deeply influenced video games, especially the role-playing video game genre. ''D&D'' departs from traditional wargame, wargaming by allowing each player to create their own Player character, character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne England
Wayne England (d. 9 February 2016) was an English artist whose work regularly appeared in role-playing games, wargaming rulebooks and magazines and was used on cards for collectible card games such as '' Magic: The Gathering''. He died on 9 February 2016. Fellow ''Magic: The Gathering'' artist Christopher Rush died a day later. Works England produced interior illustrations for ''Games Workshop'' since Realms of Chaos books, many '' Dungeons & Dragons'' books, and did the cover for ''Lords of Madness'' (2005). He also produced artwork for other games such as '' The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game'' ( Wizards of the Coast) and '' Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' ( Hogshead Publishing and Black Industries), as well as for '' White Dwarf'' magazine. He illustrated at least 108 different cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jogo Do Ano
Game of the Year (abbreviated GotY) is a title awarded by various magazines, websites, and shows to a deserving game. Many publications award a single "Game of the Year" to a single title that they feel represents the pinnacle of gaming achievement that year. Organizations Organizations and publications who award board Game of the Year awards include: * Årets spel (Sweden) * As d'Or / Golden Ace *BoardGameGeek * Deutscher Spiele Preis * ''Games'' (magazine) * Gry-Planszowe.pl / Gra Roku (Poland) *Le Diamant d'Or * Mensa * Origins Award *Premio JdA (Spain) * Spiel des Jahres **Kennerspiel des Jahres **Kinderspiel des Jahres * Spiel Portugal (Portugal) Awards American Tabletop Awards These are winners of the American Tabletop Awards, a US-based board game award selected by a committee of board game media creators for games released in the previous calendar year. Early Gamers These are winners in the Early Gamers category, a category targeted at people new to board games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumped Up Cards
''Trumped Up Cards'' is a party game developed by Reid Hoffman to poke fun at then presidential candidate Donald Trump. It was modeled after the popular ''Cards Against Humanity'' card game and sold online. The game was featured on an episode of '' The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'' in which Hoffman was a guest. The game has also been covered by a large number of mainstream media outlets, including '' The New York Times'' and '' USA Today''. The game is licensed under a Creative Commons Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has release ... Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. References External links * {{Official website Card games introduced in 2016 Party games Dedicated deck card games Creative Commons-licensed games Cultural depictions of Donald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terraforming Mars (board Game)
''Terraforming Mars'' is a board game for 1 to 5 players designed by Jacob Fryxelius and published by FryxGames in 2016, and thereafter by 12 others, including Stronghold Games. In ''Terraforming Mars'', players take the role of corporations working together to terraform the planet Mars by raising the temperature, adding oxygen to the atmosphere, covering the planet's surface with water and creating plant and animal life. The game incorporates elements of resource management, engine building, and strategic planning. Players compete to earn the most victory points, which are measured by their contribution to terraforming and to human infrastructure. These goals are achieved by collecting income and resources which allow them to play various projects, represented by cards that increase their income or resources, build infrastructure, or directly contribute to terraforming the planet. The game was received positively by fans and critics, and received numerous awards. Gameplay Play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
