Z-Man Games is an American board game company, incorporated in 1999. It was named after its founder,

Zev Shlasinger Zev Shlasinger is a scriptwriter, game designer and game publisher. He is primarily known for founding Z-Man Games, which became the publisher of the '' Pandemic'' series of board games, as well as being the sole publisher for the English editio ...

. The company is known for their ''

Pandemic A pandemic () is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. A widespread endemic (epidemiology), endemic disease wi ...

'' series of board games, as well as being the sole publisher for the English editions of popular

Eurogame A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game, (generally just referred to as board games in Europe) is a class of tabletop games that generally has indirect player interaction and abstract physical componen ...

s, such as ''

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Au ...

'' and ''

Terra Mystica ''Terra Mystica'' is a Euro-style board game for two to five players designed by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller. The game was first published by Feuerland Spiele in Germany in 2012, and was later published in English and French by Zman G ...

''.

History

Z-Man Games was primarily formed to bring the

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, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards, introduced with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in ...

Shadowfist ''Shadowfist'' was created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia. It was released in June 1995 as a collectible card game (CCG), but was shifted to a fixed distribution of cards as of 2013. It shares the same background as the ''Feng Shui'' role-pla ...

'' back into publication. In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games, creating F2Z Entertainment. Shlasinger left Z-Man Games in January 2016. In 2016, F2Z Entertainment was acquired by Asmodee.

Published games

* A

B-movie A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...

card game series consisting of games such as '' Grave Robbers From Outer Space'' and ''Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom'' * '' 1960: The Making of the President'', an original creation by Z-Man Games * ''

Agricola Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to: People Cognomen or given name :''In chronological order'' * Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman governor of Britannia (AD 77–85) * Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mi ...

'' * ''

Arimaa Arimaa () is a two-player strategy board game that was designed to be playable with a standard chess set and difficult for computers while still being easy to learn and fun to play for humans. It was invented in 2003 by Omar Syed, an Indian-Ame ...

'', an

abstract strategy game Abstract strategy games admit a number of definitions which distinguish these from strategy games in general, mostly involving no or minimal narrative theme, outcomes determined only by player choice (with no randomness), and perfect information. ...

* ''Ascending Empires,'' a space based empire expansion game * ''

,'' Z-Man Games has published the English version of this game in the US and Canada since 2012 * '' Endeavor'', a complex strategy game edited by Z-Man Games in 2009 * ''

Gheos ''Gheos'' is a tile-laying board game designed by René Wiersma. Graphic design and illustration was supplied by Joshua Cappel, and box cover art was painted by Allan Bednar. The game was published in 2006 by Z-Man Games. Gameplay In ''Gheos'' ...

'', a game where players take on the role of deities * ''

Neuroshima Hex! ''Neuroshima Hex!'' is a Polish tactical board game based on the '' Neuroshima role-playing game''. It is published by Wydawnictwo Portal (Portal Publishing House). The game is set in the same post-apocalyptic world as its RPG counterpart. ...

'' * ''

Omlevex ''Omlevex'' is a superhero role-playing game supplement published by Z-Man Games and Spectrum Games. The game mechanics are compatible with ''Champions'', ''Silver Age Sentinels'', and ''Mutants & Masterminds''. ''Omlevex'' is set on the fiction ...

'', a role-playing supplement for ''

Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing based on a variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed to ...

'', ''

Champions A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...

'', and ''

Silver Age Sentinels ''Silver Age Sentinels'' is a superhero role-playing game (RPG) published in 2002 by Guardians of Order, creators of ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'', an anime-themed RPG. History Guardians of Order moved into the d20 market beginning with their new ...

'' * ''Onirim'', and the Oniverse series of short single-player games: ''Sylvion'', ''Castellion'', ''Nautilion'', and ''Aerion'' * ''

'', a cooperative board game * ''Saboteur,'' a mining path card game * '' Shadow Hunters'' * ''

'' * ''Start Player'' by

Ted Alspach Ted Alspach is an American game designer and CEO of Bezier Games, Inc. He is best known as the designer of ''Castles of Mad King Ludwig'', ''Suburbia'', ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf'', '' Ultimate Werewolf'', and '' Werewords''. Alspach i ...

, a card game to determine who goes first in the following game * ''

'', by Jens Drögemüller and Helge Ostertag, winner of the 2013 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Winner * '' Ursuppe'' * ''The Walking Dead'', a 2009 board games based on the comic of the same name *''The Walking Dead: The Prison'', "both a stand-alone game and an expansion module to the first game", funded through

Kickstarter Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...

References

External links

Z-Man Games website
* {{Asmodee Board game publishing companies Card game publishing companies Role-playing game publishing companies Companies based in New York (state) American companies established in 1999

History

Published games

See also

References

External links