May, 1996

The Living Room Floor

Gaming News

• Letter from the Editor - notes and introduction to this month's issue (May)

• Across The Board - Siggins visits the 11th Salon des Jeux in Paris

Letter Box

• Chalet - Unknown Details - John Lyne sheds some light on anonymous translations
• NetRunner: First Impressions.html - Siggins sounds dubious about the WotC release
• Various Projects - Bruno Faidutti with an update on his current whereabouts

Game Reviews

• Bailiwick - Parcheesi meets the Inferno in this American release

• 54*12 - another attempt to capture Tour de France cycling ( en Français)
• Entdecker - Teuber is at sea and seeking firmer footing
• Iron Dragon - Mayfair combines trains and fantasy for a wild ride
• Saludos Amigos! - a German planning commission - with no twist!

Game Bits

• Formulé De Track Reviews & Descriptions - the latest update (once again!)
• Linie 1 - the Halt Die variant

Original Game Rules

• Combat Chess II - a Chess variant with a bite (more violent than even Manhattan!)

English Game Translations

• The Most Wanted List - rule sets at large and unaccounted for

• Ab Die Post! - "neither rain nor sleet nor falling snow" takes to the air
• Am Fuß Des Kilimanjaro - Reiner races to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
• Foppen - fool your neighbors into sitting out the next round
• Members Only - Knizia's gambling game where information is a bit scarce
• New York - Sackson revisits the Acquire real estate theme
• Saludos Amigos! - a negotiation game set in crooked city council sessions

French Game Translations

• Totem - A French game returns to its roots

Traditional Games

• Ancient Games - Senet - an Egyption funerary game

The Front Door

• Bailiwick ^TM - The Game of Counter Points
• McGartlin Motorsport Design - purveyors of fine auto racing games
• Mendocino Game Company, Inc. - makers of Pirateer

Other Places

• Luding - an enormous database of games information - check it out!

The Game Cabinet - [email protected] - Ken Tidwell