November, 1995

Gaming News

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

• Reports from Spiel '95 in Essen
  • First Thoughts from Sumo - Siggins comments on the games
  • Ken's Comments - good fun but so-so games

Letter Box

• Comments on Essen and Spelling - from Alan H., game buyer, optimist, Sumo Regular
• Essen Games Fair '95 - Peter Card, of the Small Furry Creatures, with an alternative view
• My Essen Report... - Emanuel Soeding checks in with his views

Game Reviews

• Kunst Stücke - the new abstract game of modern art from Moskito

Original Game Rules

• Cover - an abstract game of capture the flag

English Rule Translations

• Athos - monks scale a (moral?) mountain
• El Grande - political intrigue in Old Spain (updated 11/2/95)
• Mogelei - a family of cheats steals 30 minutes of your life
• Mü and more - great new card game from Doris & Frank
• Totem - prove you have the tallest pole by breeding the largest family (rules summary)
• Zündstoff - happy convicts rocket to the sun for shades

French Game Translations

• Adel Verpflichtet - Le grand jeu de bluff
• Nuclear War - a comic look at mass death and destruction

Flemish (Dutch) Game Translations

• Die Siedler von Catan - settle, trade, build, repeat as needed
• Tal der Konige - splendid excess in the Valley of the Kings (also a short version)
• Tutanchamon - pyramid building with the boy king
• Vertigo - balance the world's ecology or be dragged under

Traditional Games

• Card Games - a general, and extensive, archive
• Hnefatafl - dig out your horned cap and drinking horn for this classic Viking game

The Front Door

• The Games Quarterly Catalog - subscription catalog of games available in North America
• Welt der Spiele - a Web based source for American games in Europe

Other Places

• Games & Diversions - random links to random games and pages
• The Depot - your complete guide to the 18xx universe of games
• The Game Report - Peter Sarrett goes on-line with his quarterly
• Michi's Game Page - trading card and roleplaying links
• Street Life - the homeless survival game (Monopoly for the era of the Newt)
• Unicorn Web Pages - by Bruno Faidutti, a French game designer
• Usenet Games FAQs - the Net News frequently asked question lists

The Game Cabinet - [email protected] - Ken Tidwell