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2010-06-07 17:00

Game Designers in the Spotlight – the SAZ presents facts (update)

June 29, 2010: 22 years ago the famous Coaster Proclamation of Alex Randolph and some other noted game designers was an important signal to succeed with naming the designer on the box covers. The …

2010-06-07 14:09

Game Designer Meeting in Göttingen successfully finished

The German Game Designer Meeting in Göttingen (June 05/06, 2010) came to a successful end on Sunday. 165 tables of game designers from Germany and abroad show the high acceptance of this meeting, …

2010-05-31 12:20

Jury Game of the Year: The nominated and recommandated games 2010

The Jury Game of the Year has annouced today their first decisions. Five games are nominated for the Game of the Year and five games for children's Game of the Year.

2010-05-12 18:37

Designers of JUNGLE SPEED won lawsuit against plagiarists

The game designers of JUNGLE SPEED, Pierrick Yakovenko and Thomas Vuarchex, which has been published in France by Asmodee, won a lawsuit against a plagiarism product, called Jungle Jam. Further …

2010-04-29 13:47

Valdora awarded in Poland with the GRA ROKU 2009

The game Valdora by Michael Schacht, published by Abacus, has been awarded in Poland. The games magazin Swiat Gier Planszowych has it awarded as best family game with the GRA ROKU 2009 …

2010-04-20 13:01

German Games Archive moved to Nuernberg

The German Games Archive (Deutsches Spielearchiv) moved from Marburg to Nuernberg. The founder, Dr. Bernward Thole, was not able to finance this project any longer. After 30 years of enthusiasm and …

2010-03-15 13:16

The winners of the Hippodice Game Designer Award

The jury of the 22nd Hippodice Game Designer Award has announced the winners on March 16: 1st place: Cames Drive by Hans-Reinhard Gottwald2nd place: Die Staufer by Andreas Steding3rd place: Midgard …

2010-03-12 13:40

Awarded: Japan Board Game Prize 2009 - update

The winners of the Japan Board Game Prize 2009 have been announced now: 1st: Dominion by Donald Vaccarino - in Japan published by Hobby Japan 2nd: Pandemic by Matt Leacock - in Japan published by …

2010-03-10 15:38

AS D' OR honours Klaus Teuber

The organizers of the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes have honoured Klaus Teuber for his life's work. Klaus Teuber became mainly well known by his Catan games. But as well other successfull …

2010-03-07 12:40

BGG website is historic important!

The United States Library of Congress has selected Boardgamegeek for inclusion in its historic collections of Internet materials. The Library's traditional functions, acquiring, cataloging, preserving …

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