We have also this year opened to Nuremberg, to explore the novelties in this spring. We have put the focus on some specific publishers, so that this report does not claim to play all the new releases in full. Our own impression is important to us and we pulled it from time to entertain us with publishers in more detail and to make us a better picture of what they offer.

Alea

Besides the already announced in Essen THE CASTLES OF BURGUNDY Alea was a new game in the small number of the corresponding publisher Ravensburger presented. In KING ARTHUR AND THE ROUND TABLE is about doing well at the Round Table to be placed with his family. Around the table around, there are several sectors which offer a different number of points (negative). Players must play a certain number of target cards (eg, "three noble values in the green zone"). The placement of the needle on the table, or the turning of the table and thus the ranking sectors is controlled by cards.

Asmodee

The game of the year 2010 DIXIT get this spring back supplies. With Odyssey DIXIT DIXIT fans get new imaginative pictures. The peculiarity is that DIXIT ODYSSEY independently playable and also allows up to 12 players now.

BUGS is a fast and interactive memo variant. The players simultaneously try to discover triplets. It's all about the shape of the imaged called BUGS, little creatures that are reminiscent of a little beetle. Aggravating factor is added, however, that once absorbed platelets no longer allowed to view. Therefore, one must be very similar to the shape of the sighted BUGS remember exactly. For many players can pay some hustle on the table.

In addition, there were many small Asmodee games to see that we have been introduced there by the first active presenters in a very sympathetic way. In Digger, it's about time pressure (with Hourglass), the color of the cube map's colors shown to roll on by. Shows only one of your dice, the color, it must be marked on the player card. The player may cancel at any time and hold his points. However, he does not stop and the hourglass has run through, he loses all the marked points.

DJAM is a fast word game. On the maps of six subjects are shown. On a cube the category for the current round is determined. Then throw the dice and six colored letters of the color cube. The color of the color cube is in front of the cube, which determines the first letter of the word to be determined. The player gets as many points as the word is long. He uses other letters of the letter dice, there are special points.

LEADERS follows with the first expansion for 7 WONDERS. It contains a new miracle, the leaders said. These bring new special functions, but are also quite expensive. In addition, there is the basic game is now in a new edition. The often-mentioned defects in the material are now a thing of the past.

Banksters, through its spectacular presentation in the form of a vault is aware of. The game box is used in conjunction with a support as a home for "precious" little things such as money boxes and small balls. Behind this is a bluff game where it is essentially a question to see what and how much loot can be a go along the row are a thief from the bank vault in his loot bag. The above game was still a prototype.

Days of Wonder

In CARGO NOIR we take on the role of a black market dealer, and try to locations around the globe, various goods to get hold of different, to increase our influence, fleet or warehouse, develop, and so the core of CARGO NOIR is in a "worker placement" - component, which is coupled to an auction mechanism. We are focused on whether the game can keep up with the great presentation.

By ALVIN & DEXTER component is a new destructive in train to train. Throughout the game, blocking the two new routes and journeymen in the end they cut the points of tickets if they are on one of the two target cities. The "extension" is beautifully realized and promises new visual stimulus for the Ticket to Ride series.

Hans in Luck

In addition to the anniversary edition of Carcassonne, which therefore comes in the form of male-and a new expansion for small DOMINION, the spring back a new game by Mr Tummelhofer. PANTHEON in the players try to build the reputation of various ancient civilizations. They make themselves the blessings of the gods use to try to garner the most points. The game is visually very appealing and, therefore, again promises many strategic opportunities.

Fantasy Flight Games

At the Heidelberg game company there again for all players to find something. With THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE CARD GAME is to the success of Warhammer INVASION continue. In the Living Card Game from Fantasy Flight home to try a different adventure or two players to exist. In Gegan sentence INVASION players play against each other, but were raised with their decks in a randomized respondent / adventure deck. The idea sounds interesting and the graphics look great from now.

For strategists appear in the May / June, in Essen 2010 presented Civilization - The Board Game also in German.

If you like in a larger round of play, for THE LAST BANQUET could be exciting. In this game can be 6-25 (!) Players show in 10 scenarios. The game combines elements of deductive with a little adventure / role-playing touch. If you liked werewolves should look more closely here again purely because the feature is here that ceases until the end of the game neither player and remains the playing time in a manageable size.

Also for the friends of ephemera is something going again. With the GULLI PIRATTEN appears this year's first own miniature game from Heidelberg. The players start their journey through the sewers to try and with her crew, consisting of rats, cockroaches, raccoons and toads to get hold of treasures to take (such as canned ravioli) or hostages (eg dolls). We look forward to the first raids.

KOSMOS

By ABBEY THE RIDDLE see a new word guessing game. In the bookcase is hidden in each round a word. The individual letters are hidden behind each numbered small viewing windows. In the shown on the map Abbey now ten books are distributed showing the numbers 1 to 10 The players are now trying to achieve with their novice monks and their books. These allow access to the corresponding letters from the bookshelf. The abbot tried of course to prevent guessing of the word. So a thrilling match results to the hidden word.

Mind Twister

The Swedish publisher Mind Twister was so far his game Pentago known in Germany only. By AMBER ROAD now appears the first thematic family game. In AMBER ROAD players make the 2-4 on the search for amber. The adventurers have to plan their journey carefully and manage the resources of water, meat and oxen. Besides the in every game randomly assembled path also make enemy cities many challenges to the players. AMBER ROAD is currently not available in Germany. But Mind Twister is in various negotiations to publish the game here can.

Queen Games

After some problems with producers and internal restructuring measures, Queen Games show some renewed this year and present a host of new products. These will appear continuously throughout the year.

In Mammoth Hunters is about a hunt in the prey base (among players) to share. Here, a player may have any number plates from the middle or the share deal with a running mate. In the second variant, however, a tile will be added to the center. All tiles have a special meaning. Axes bring as special scoring cards and each player needs fire, otherwise it is penalized. Especially lovely are the animals like the saber-toothed saber-toothed rabbit or the duck, which bring in a set number of points collected.

PARIS CONNECTION it is the lines of railway companies to build and share of successful companies to secure. The trick in this game is that its shares can be acquired partly open and secret and the shares (timber units) at the same time shares in the companies. A route that is particularly long, offers not so much any shares.

Cairo is not the implementation of the current political circumstances there, but a market game. Players try to place her six items on the increasingly competitive market and attract customers. The easy access and high interaction speak for an exciting family game.

LANCASTER other hand, promises many strategic opportunities and choices. The players try their impact on military and political base in England and France increased. There are many paths to victory. Either the players are expanding their castle and their army and to secure the royal castles and grace through the use of influence in France, or the law of nobility which they draw to their side.

Also for the German Game Prize 2010 awarded by FRESCO is new this year. In addition to the expansion modules 4-6 is the end of the year are also the expansion module 7 is available.

SHOGUN for this year is a new edition and appear in an expansion. By WALLENSTEIN new edition will appear and an expansion one. This is but the old WALLENSTEIN be compatible with it. About the other games SHOW MANAGER (new edition) GERMAN RAILWAYS, and we will report in the course of the year when more information is available for.

Schmidt Spiele

DRACO is a new family game from Schmidt. The board represents a path with different point values and action areas for small and big scores. The players try to place the ten colored dragon as advantageously as possible. To this end, each player plays a card and sets the corresponding dragon at the number shown to the front. However, only colors are played that do not exist any other player. By playing off of this card is the player from time to time to kite in the suit and get on the score the points for the Dragons. The game stands out above all by the great illustration. This is definitely worth a look once.

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