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Golden Geek Awards
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] |
Magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. Definition In the technical sense a ''journal'' has continuous pagination throughout a volume. Thus '' Business Week'', which starts each issue anew with page one, is a magazine, but the '' Journal of Business Communication'', which continues the same sequence of pagination throughout the coterminous year, is a journal. Some professional or trade publications are also peer-reviewed, for example the '' Journal of Accountancy''. Non-peer-reviewed academic or professional publications are generally ''professional magazines''. That a publication calls itself a ''journal'' does not make it a journal in the technical sense; ''The Wall Street Journal'' is actually a newspaper. Etymology The word "magazine" derives from Arabic , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingspan (board Game)
''Wingspan'' is a board game designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and published by Stonemaier Games in 2019. It is a card-driven, board game in which players compete to attract birds to their wildlife reserves. During the game's development process, Hargrave constructed personal charts of birds observed in Maryland, with statistics sourced from various biological databases; the special powers of birds were also selected to resemble real-life characteristics. Upon its release, ''Wingspan'' received critical and commercial acclaim for its gameplay, accurate thematic elements, and artwork. The game also won numerous awards, including the 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres. Several expansions and a digital edition have been subsequently published. Gameplay In ''Wingspan'', players spend food resources to add birds, which are represented by 170 individually illustrated cards, to the forest, prairie, and wetland habitats on their player boards. Each habitat is associated with a different player a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mombasa (board Game)
''Mombasa'' is a 2015 Euro-style board game by Alexander Pfister. The theme is the rivalry of four trading companies in Africa. Players buy shares in the companies and expand them to their advantage, aiming to build the most valuable portfolio. Game mechanics include deck building and worker placement. ''Mombasa'' won the 2016 Deutscher Spielepreis. Game play The game is played on a board depicting a map of Africa and runs over seven rounds. Each player has a similar hand of cards and two bonus markers. To start a round, players simultaneously select cards to be active this turn. Players then take turns either to use active cards of one type or to place a bonus marker. Turns continue around the table until all pass. The cards are of several types. Goods cards depict 1 to 4 bananas, coffee or cotton. They are used either to purchase new cards or to advance along a company track to earn shares, cash and other bonuses. Exploration cards, also valued from 1 to 4, add trading po ... [...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] |
Czech Games Edition
Czech Games Edition is a company established in 2007 in the Czech Republic that produces board and card games. Games Board games produced by the company include Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Galaxy Trucker, Space Alert, Lost Ruins of Arnak, and Codenames. Digital app versions are also available of Galaxy Trucker, Codenames, and Through the Ages ''Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization'' is a board game for 2–4 players designed by Vlaada Chvatil and published by Czech Board Games in 2006. Its theme is the development of human civilization and the players determine the progress .... References External links Official websiteOfficial Through the Ages video game websiteOfficial Galaxy trucker video game website Entertainment companies of the Czech Republic Czech companies established in 2007 Board game publishing companies {{CzechRepublic-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Ruins Of Arnak
''Lost Ruins of Arnak'' is a 2020 designer board game by the husband-wife duo Michal "Elwen" Štach and Michaela "Mín" Štachová. It won Game of the Year in the 2020 Board Game Quest Awards as well as the 2021 Deutscher Spiele Preis __NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine ''Die Pöppel-Revue'', which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals .... Gameplay ''Lost Ruins of Arnak'' uses a combination of deck-building and worker placement mechanics for its core gameplay. The game is played over 5 rounds. During each round players take turns choosing various actions. On their turn, players can manage their cards, send their archeologists to discover new sites, dig at already explored ones, overcome guardians, or research. Discovering new sites extends the set of possible dig sites, but it also awakens a guardian, which can result in penalty duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Tribes (board Game)
Five Tribes is a board game created by Bruno Cathala in which four players move and manipulate the five tribes in an attempt to gain control of the fictional Sultanate of Naqala. Unlike most worker placement games, Five Tribes begins with the Meeples already on the board. The rules are relatively simple, but the game requires complex strategies to outwit opponents and take control of the most land. Gameplay Players will take a set of Camels and turn markers of a color. Each player also takes 50 gold coins, the number of coins a player has is not open knowledge. 30 tiles are randomly placed into a 5x6 grid. Each tile then gets 3 random meeples placed upon it. Players bid for turn order. The player who wins the highest position goes first and will take their full turn before the next player. Each turn, a player selects a tile that has meeples on it, and will take all the meeples on that tile then place them, one at a time, on an adjacent tile that has at least one other meeple o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colt Express
''Colt Express'' is a railway-themed family board game designed by Christophe Raimbault, Illustrated by Ian Parovel and Jordi Valbuena, published in 2014 by Ludonaute and distributed by Asmodee. The game won the 2015 Spiel des Jahres, the 2015 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année, 4 of the 2014 Golden Geek Award, the 2015 TricTrac Bronze award, the 2015 Lys Grand Public Winner, The 2015 Gouden Ludo, and the 2015 Hungarian Board Game Award. As of November 2016, over 450,000 copies of the game have been sold according to the publisher. Gameplay In ''Colt Express'', players represent bandits robbing a train at the same time; the goal is to become the richest outlaw of the Old West. Players draw a "round" card which determines the number and order of play as well as whether to play the cards face up (visible) or face down (hidden). In the Schemin' Phase, players play cards to a central card stack following the outline on the round card. In the Stealin' Phase, the central card stack is turne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mysterium (board Game)
Mysterium is a cooperative board game designed by Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko. It blends aspects of murder mystery games and card-based guessing games. One person plays the ghost of a murdered individual who can communicate with the other players only through a series of visions in the form of illustrated cards. The other players, who take the role of psychic mediums Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or spir ..., must interpret these cards to identify a suspect, location, and murder weapon. Following its release, ''Mysterium'' received positive reviews. Gameplay Thirty years ago, a servant was murdered in his employer’s mansion during a party. A group of mediums organize a séance to solve the mystery. The ultimate goal of the ghost is to indicate who killed him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kiesling
Michael Kiesling (born 1957) is a German board game designer. Many of his games have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres, a German games award. He is best known for the 2018 Spiel des Jahres winner Azul and for co-authoring the board game trilogy Tikal, Java and Mexica, and Torres with Wolfgang Kramer. Notable games * 2017 ''Azul'' - Spiel des Jahres Winner * 2017 '' Heaven and Ale'' - Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee * 2014 '' Abluxxen'' (with Wolfgang Kramer) - Spiel des Jahres Winner * 2012 ''The Palaces of Carrara'' (with Wolfgang Kramer) - Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee * 2010 '' Asara'' (with Wolfgang Kramer) - nominated, Spiel des Jahres * 2010 '' Tikal II'' (with Wolfgang Kramer) * 2005 '' Verflixxt!'' (with Wolfgang Kramer) - nominated, Spiel des Jahres * 2004 '' Maharaja: The Game of Palace Building in India '' (with Wolfgang Kramer) - Spiel des Jahres Nominee * 2002 '' Mexica '' (with Wolfgang Kramer) * 2000 ''Java'' (with Wolfgang Kramer) * 2000 ''Torre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azul (board Game)
''Azul'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''blue (color), blue'') is an abstract strategy game, abstract strategy board game designed by Michael Kiesling and released by Plan B Games in 2017. Based on Portuguese tiles called azulejos, in ''Azul'' players collect sets of similarly colored tiles which they place on their player board. When a row is filled, one of the tiles is moved into a square pattern on the right side of the player board, where it garners points depending on where it is placed in relation to other tiles on the board. Gameplay From two to four players collect tiles to fill up a 5x5 squares player board. Players collect tiles by taking all the tiles of one colour from a repository, or from the centre of the table, and placing them in a row, taking turns until all the tiles for that round are taken. At that point, one tile from every filled row moves over to each player's 5x5 board, while the rest of the tiles in the filled row are discarded. Each tile scores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime City
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Crime City may refer to: *Crime City, a game for the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga *Crime City, a 1989 arcade video game *Crime City, a 1992 video game by Impressions Games *Crime City Rollers, a women's flat track roller derby league based in Malmö, Sweden *Crime Cities, a 2000 video game * CSI: Crime City, a 2010 video game * Gangstar: Crime City, a 2006 open-world action-adventure video game * MicroMacro: Crime City, a board game published in 2020 *''New Crime City'', a 1994 film *Whispering City, a 1947 Canadian film See also *Crime & the City Solution Crime & the City Solution are an Australian rock band formed in late 1977 by singer-songwriter and mainstay Simon Bonney. They disbanded in 1979 leaving only bootleg recordings and demos. In late 1983, Bonney travelled to London and in 1985 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
