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Days Of Wonder
Days of Wonder is a board game publisher founded in 2002 and owned by Asmodée Éditions, Asmodee Group since 2014. Days of Wonder distributes its games to 25 countries. It specializes in German-style board games and has branched out to include some online games. Days of Wonder has published games in several languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Russian, and Greek. Days of Wonder was co-founded by Eric Hautemont, Mark Kaufmann and Yann Corno. History Days of Wonder was founded in 2002 by Mark Kaufmann, Eric Hautemont and Yann Corno. It released its first game, Gang of Four in 2002. In March 2004, the company released Ticket to Ride (board game), Ticket to Ride, designed by Alan R. Moon. In 2004, Ticket to Ride was awarded the Spiel des Jahres. In 2006, the company released a digital version of Ticket to Ride. Also in 2006, the company's game ''Shadows Over Camelot'' was named the Best Fantasy Game at the 2006 Spiel des Jahres. In 2009, ''Small World (board game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseville, Minnesota
Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. It is one of two Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities suburbs that are adjacent to both Saint Paul and Minneapolis (the other is Lauderdale, Minnesota, Lauderdale). The land comprising Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, and southern Roseville was unincorporated area, unincorporated until Roseville incorporated in 1948 and Falcon Heights and Lauderdale incorporated in 1949. History Roseville's land was originally settled by the Santee Sioux, Dakota and Ojibwe peoples. The first white settlers came in 1843, and the Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans left the area by 1862. Rose Township was established in 1858; it was named after one of the first settlers, Isaac Rose. The township included the areas now known as Roseville, Lauderdale, and Falcon Heights, as well as parts of present-day Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis. The area saw rapid g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Marly
Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''Charivius''. Anglicized forms are Harvey and Hervey. Its Old Breton form was ''Huiarnviu'' (cf. Old Welsh ''Haarnbiu'' ), composed of the elements ''hoiarn'' ("iron", modern Breton ''houarn'', c.f. Welsh ''haearn'') and ''viu'' ("bright", "blazing", modern Breton ''bev''). Its common Celtic form would have been ''*isarno-biuos'' or ''*-ue(s)uos''. Recorded Middle Breton forms of the name include ''Ehuarn, Ehouarn, Houarn''. The name of the 6th-century saint is recorded in numerous variants, including forms such as: ''Houarniault'', ''Houarneau''; as the name of a legendary Breton bard, the name occurs in varians such as ''Hyvarnion, Huaruoé, Hoarvian''.''Bulletin Archéologique de l'Association Bretonne '' t. 4 (1884)p. 206 People with the given name ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Lübke
Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârlău Commune, Covasna County, Romania * Marcus, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Marcus, Iowa, a city * Marcus, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Marcus, Washington, a town * Marcus Island, Japan, also known as Minami-Tori-shima * Mărcuș River, Romania * Marcus Township, Cherokee County, Iowa Other uses * Markus, a beetle genus in family Cantharidae * ''Marcus'' (album), 2008 album by Marcus Miller * Marcus (comedian), finalist on ''Last Comic Standing'' season 6 * Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Marcus Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Marcus & Co., American jewelry retailer * Marcus by Goldman Sachs, an online bank * USS ''Marcus'' (DD-321), a US Navy destroyer (1919-1935) See also * Marcos (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colosseum (board Game)
''Colosseum'' is a board game by Markus Lübke and Wolfgang Kramer, published in 2007 by Days of Wonder Days of Wonder is a board game publisher founded in 2002 and owned by Asmodée Éditions, Asmodee Group since 2014. Days of Wonder distributes its games to 25 countries. It specializes in German-style board games and has branched out to includ ... and illustrated by Julien Delval and Cyrille Daujean. In the game, players attempt to attract the most spectators to the events in their arena. Gameplay The game is played in rounds, each round consisting of five phases (except the last round, when phase 5 is not played). In each round, one player is the first player, who does every phase first. The first player changes every round. Each player has an arena where the events are performed, and starts with two possible events to perform. Every event requires a different combination of asset tokens, small squares depicting various people, animals, and objects that would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovic Maublanc
Ludovic is a given name and has also been a surname. People with the given name A * Ludovic Albós Cavaliere (born 1979), Andorran ski mountaineer * Ludovic Ambruș (born 1946), Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics * Ludovic Arrachart (1897–1933), French aviator * Ludovic Assemoassa (born 1980), French-born Togolese football defender * Ludovic Asuar (born 1976), French footballer * Ludovic Auger (born 1971), French road bicycle racer * Ludovic Augustin (born 1902), Haitian Olympic sport shooter B * Ludovic Baal (born 1986), French Guianese football left back * Ludovic Batelli (born 1963), French football goalkeeper * Ludovic Blas (born 1997), French football midfielder * Ludovic Boi (born 1989), Mauritian-Australian footballer * Ludovic Booz (1940–2015), Haitian painter and sculptor * Ludovic Bource (born 1970), French composer * Ludovic Boulesteix (fl. 1990s), French slalom canoer * Ludovic Bruckstein (1920–1988), Romanian writer * Ludovic Bruni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleopatra And The Society Of Architects
''Cleopatra and the Society of Architects'' is a board game by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc, published in 2006 by Days of Wonder, illustrated by Julien Delval and Cyrille Daujean. In the game, players attempt to become the richest architect that survives the building of Cleopatra's palace. Gameplay Players take turns collecting resources or building pieces of the temple, thereby earning talents. The game can be played by 3-5 players, and takes about an hour to play. Certain actions, such as playing special character cards, will cause a player to gain corruption tokens. Corruption tokens can be removed by making offerings to the gods, whereby each player secretly chooses a quantity of talents to offer. The player who offers the most talents loses three corruption tokens, while the players who offer fewer talents receive varying amounts of corruption. At the end of the game, the players with the most corruption tokens are fed to Cleopatra's crocodile. The surviving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Stahl (game Designer)
Daniel Stahl (born 1971) is an American game designer best known for creating German-style board games. In 2002, his game '' Pirate's Cove'' (with Paul Randles) was published by Amigo Spiele in Europe (under the name Piratenbucht) and then in the United States by Days of Wonder. A former member of the ImagiNation Network, He became a webmaster in 1994 and later created Alphastrike.com, a BattleTech trading card game fansite. He was also an online producer at Wizards of the Coast during the Hasbro acquisition where he managed development for the Star Wars: TCG, and MagicTheGathering.com websites. He was a member of the Xbox 360 and Zune launch teams while working at Microsoft and later went on to work for Cryptic Studios where he was a game producer on Champions Online and Star Trek Online. On July 1, 2010, the current Executive Producer, Craig Zinkiviech, for Star Trek Online announced he would be leaving Cryptic/STO. At this point Daniel Stahl became the executive producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Randles
Paul Joseph Randles (December 16, 1965 – February 10, 2003) was an American game designer who designed German-style board games. Early life Paul Randles was a native of Seattle, Washington. Career Randles began his career in game development at Wizards of the Coast, where he worked on board games and card games including ''RoboRally'', ''The Great Dalmuti'' and ''Xena'' & ''Hercules''. He worked as a brand manager at Wizards. Randles left Wizards of the Coast and started his own game design company, Randles Games. He designed his first game '' Pirate's Cove'' with Daniel Stahl under his own firm. Randles and Stahl showed ''Pirate's Cove'' first to Amigo, and Amigo purchased the game in 2000 which helped Randles become a respected game designer in the European market in less than two years. His games ''Pirate's Cove'' and ''Key Largo'' (with Bruno Faidutti and Mike Selinker) were published first in Europe and then in the United States. Health About a year after leaving Wizard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirate's Cove
''Pirate's Cove'' (German: ''Piratenbucht'') is a board game designed by Paul Randles and Daniel Stahl, originally published in Germany in 2002 by Amigo Spiele, illustrated by Markus Wagner and Swen Papenbrock. In 2003, Days of Wonder republished the game with a new graphic design from Julien Delval and Cyrille Daujean. In the game, players play pirate ship captains seeking treasure from islands and bragging rights from defeating other pirates in naval combat. Game play The game takes place over 12 months (turns), with the goal of being the pirate with the most fame. Each player has a ship token and a card showing four aspects of the ship (crew, cannon, sail, and hull). At the beginning of each turn, a card is turned over at each island to reveal the potential booty from plunder. Each island (except Pirate's Cove and Treasure Island) offer various amounts of Fame, Gold, Treasure or Tavern cards. Captains choose an island to plunder based on the potential rewards of that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Laget
Serge Laget ( – January 2023) was a French board game designer. He also worked as an education advisor near Avignon. Biography In 2003, Laget created the board game ''Mare Nostrum'' and its successor, ''Mare Nostrum: Mythology Expansion'', two years later. In 2011, he created ''Cargo Noir'' and, in 2020, ''Nidavellir''. Serge Laget died in January 2023, at the age of 66. Collaborations With Bruno Faidutti *'' Mystery of the Abbey'' (1996) *''Castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...'' (2000) *''Kheops'' (2008) *''Ad Astra'' (2009) *''ARGO'' (2016) With Bruno Cathala *'' Shadows over Camelot'' (2005) *' (2006) *''Senji'' (2008) *''Mundus Novus'' (2011) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Laget, Serge 20th-century births Year of birth missing 2023 deaths French game d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Of The Abbey
''Mystery of the Abbey'' is a board game designed by Bruno Faidutti, illustrated by Julien Delval, Emanuel Roudier and Cyrille Daujean as graphic designer. Originally published in French by MultiSim in 1998 under the name ''Meurtre à l'Abbaye'' (Murder at the Abbey), Faidutti's game was republished as ''Mystery of the Abbey'' by Days of Wonder with new graphic design in 2003. In ''Mystery of the Abbey'', each player plays the role of a monk seeking to solve a murder in an abbey along the lines of the 1980 novel ''The Name of the Rose''. The game is similar to ''Cluedo'' in that the objective is to identify a murderer by process of elimination by moving from room to room in a monastery and asking questions of other players in order to force them to reveal information that will disqualify potential suspects. Unlike ''Cluedo'', a player, on their turn, can ask any question to any player provided the response would not include a suspect's name. The person being asked the questi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
