Publications and reports

Further German publications you can find here.

2012-01-26 12:11

GTN: Changing the Rules

Our member Rob Bartel wrote on Global Toy News an interesting blog about the importance of clear game rules and made some innovative suggestions to improve them. Link to the blog …

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2012-01-05 09:58

GTN: Changing the way we play

Anna van Slee's article about Using Social Media Thinking to Advance Board Game Mechanics was published in the blog of Mary Couzin on Global Toy News on January 04, 2012. Anna was a speaker at …

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2011-12-16 10:25

TricTrac: We are not anonymus!

The French gamers website TricTrac published on December 15, 2011 an article about the current initiave of the SAZ GAMES ALSO HAVE AUTHORS and the (usually) self-evident to name the authors of the …

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2011-12-15 10:00

Global Toy News: Monopoly - An American Icon

Michell Parnett from the National Museum of Play - The Strong featured the current exhibition about the history of Monopoly on the website of Global Toy News. Link to the article Link to the museum …

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2011-12-14 14:59

Bruce Whitehill: Inventing & Selling Games

Bruce Whitehill, game designer and games collector, published on its website The Big Game Hunter an interesting article for game designers and those who want to start. A variety of experiences and …

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2011-12-01 17:05

Mark Rosewater: 10 Things Every Game Needs

Magic: The Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater has posted a two-part article series (part one and part two) on the Wizards.com website under the title "Ten Things Every Game Needs". Source: …

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2011-10-28 09:22

Global Toy News: Essen ist to Games what New york is to Toys

Rob Bartel wrote for Global Toy News a short report of the Internationale Spieltage 2011 in Essen. Included is a Link to a very detailed blog with many pictures of Frank Schulte-Kulkmann, who …

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2011-10-24 16:49

The Game Box - Legal Requirements for Game Packaging

Bruce Whitehill, The Big Game Hunter, wrote a blog on the website of The Toy and Game Inventor Conference in Chicago about all useful and necessary information on a game box. Link to the blog …

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2011-09-22 17:08

Global Toy News: 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping

Richard Gottlieb of Global Toy News asked Sam Green, manager of Objet Ltd., about the the current opportunities and convincing technology of 3D printing for rapid prototyping. Link to the article …

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2011-09-20 21:50

Bruce Whtehill: What is legally required on a game box

Bruce Whitehill published on his website "The Big Game Hunter" the article "The Game Box". It is in regard to the legal requirements (in the U.S.) for game boxes, and also covers what is not legally …

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