On May 4th, 100 years ago, the game designer Alex Randolph was born. Alex’s brilliant mind gave birth to the 1982 “Spiel des Jahres”-winner Sagaland, Twixt, and many other games. Alex (1922-2004) had a long and intense life, spent living and traveling in many countries of the World, – until he settled in Venice, creating there a “school” of game design which, to this day, includes …
It’s time to get together again to play Wings of Glory: after two years of restrictions due to Covid-19, events have restarted in different countries in Europe. In March, a WW1 Wings of Glory event was held by the Italian gaming club A.L.A. – Associazione Ludica Apuana in Massa (Northern Tuscany, Italy), gathering 18 players, with the presence of Andrea Angiolino, co-author of the game. The …
The new immersive role-playing game First They Came starts to hit the US stores from April 20th, and will be available in other countries in the coming weeks. Published by Chaos League and successfully funded on Kickstarter one year ago, the game has its English edition distributed by Ares Games, and is now releasing to retail as the fulfillment to backers was completed. First They Came: …
Two new releases in the Quartermaster General card-driven strategy games series designed by Ian Brody are now arriving in stores: Quartermaster General: 1914, a new game that recreates the “Great War””, with mechanics reflecting the military, economy, and politics of the time, and Quartermaster General WW2 Prelude, an expansion for Quartermaster General WW2 Second Edition that can be played as a prequel of the game to set the stage …
Ares Games will be back to UK Games Expo this year (June 3-5, Birmingham, stand 1-302/1-305), with their latest releases – The Thing: The Board Game and Quartermaster General: 1914. After two years not at the show, Ares will also bring the last Kickstarter copies of Sword & Sorcery Ancient Chronicles, a host of recent releases, and their “evergreen” lines, War of the Ring and Wings …
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