Publications and reports

Further German publications you can find here. A good collection with publications from many games websites, you can find at Eludique sorted by languages and themes.

2011-02-21 10:51

Sonnemann: Better to cheat than to be a spoilsport

SONNEMANN - the Business Magazine of the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management set "Rules: Bent. Broken. Badly Needed" as a central theme in the isssue No.5 /2010. Of course the rules of games …

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2011-01-25 09:32

Meepletown: Interview with Bruno Faidutti

The last recent game of Bruno Faidutti was Isla Dorada, co-published by Funforge and Fantasy Flight Games. Derek Thompson of Meepletown took the opportunity to interview the game designer. The full …

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2011-01-19 12:48

Inventor's Countdown to New York Toy Fair

The website of Purple Pawn gives some useful hints to game designers who intend to visit the New York Toy Fair and to present their ideas to publishers. …

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2011-01-11 10:32

Meepletown: Interview with Bruno Cathala

The French game designer Bruno Cathala answered several questions from Derek Thompson about his passion and about the collaboration with publishers. The full interview you can read here. …

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2010-12-23 09:38

Games in the Classroom: Usueful hints in three parts

Kay Emerson is the inventor of Zillio, an award-winning three-dimensional game system. His article in three parts have been published on the website of Games for Educators and gives useful hints for …

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2010-12-18 12:21

ChiTAG Young Inventor Challenge Winners - Creative Kids!

Mary Couzin reports at Global Toy News about the two winners of the 2010 CheTAG award and their awarded games: Adrik Herbert (8) with Nutterz and Nick Metzler (16) with That's Cheating! Link to the …

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2010-12-13 16:14

726 Games in the Games Comapnion: GAME BY GAME

Our Austrian friends have published under the overal charge of Dagmar de Cassan a game companion, which contains a total of 726 games - each with a short description and image. A better and more …

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2010-12-09 09:20

Popularity of Board Game Designers

OPENWEBBIZ looks at the popularity of board game designers, using the example of Reiner Knizia and Andreas Seyfarth. Link to the article …

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2010-11-23 11:18

USA: National Gaming Day @ your library

In the USA the National Gaming Day is held since 2008, organized by the American Library Association (ALA)  - this year on November 13. A great idea which should be taken over by other countries, …

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2010-11-09 09:57

Ireland: School Game Playing Day

Parallel to the Internationale Spieltage in Essen happend in Ireland on 22 October a remarkable event for the 8th time: the School Game Playing Day. On this day, the children of all primary schools …

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