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 Board Game Sales
But Hasbro cannot afford to be too complacent as it could face competition from new strategy board games like Settlers of Catan, where players strategize to expand their settlement through trade and war, and Amun-re, a similar game set in Egypt, that are being imported from Germany.
According to Herried, "the overall awareness of [non-standard] board games is on a sharp incline." Larry Roznai, president of Mayfair Games, publisher of the English version of Settlers of Catan, agrees that the industry is in growth mode.
Electronic games, usually played by one person, were popular in the mid-'90s, experts say, but board games can be played by a group, making them more value-for-money.
www.alanemrich.com /SGI/Week_10/SGI_Boardgame_Sales.htm   (2108 words)

  
 strategy board games
The board shows cities across the US and Canada with routes connecting the cities.The game contains 240 trains and 110 cards illustrated with different train cars and locomotives . Build the American railway to get different points, longer routes are worth more.
As the mother of all ancient emperor worshipping civlisations Egypt is often the setting for civilisation building games. In Amun - Re players compete to build pyramids and collect crops, while watching out for the flooding of the Nile and droughts in the desert.
Contents: Game Board, 96 Cards, Rules. These games do not come with any pieces or dice, you will need to raid them from your other games. You will need: One pawn for each player, plus one more Master Pawn. More details...
www.compendia.co.uk /acatalog/Strategy_Board_Games.html   (919 words)

  
 Reiner Knizia Board Game Designer - Board Game Ratings
German Game Prize 2003 for Amun-Re, Austrian Game Prize 2003 for King Arthur, International Gamers Choice Award 2003 for Lord of the Rings — The Confrontation and French Grand Prix du Jouet 2003 for Wapi.
German Game of the Year Award 2001 for Literature in Games for Lord of the Rings, Dutch Toy of the Year Award 2001 for the electronic game Monopoly Beurs Editie, and Invitation to the Hall of Fame of the Academy for Adventure Gaming Arts & Design.
Win the game by holding on to your prizes as other players attempt to beat the odds...
www.boardgameratings.com /designer_page.php?id=1   (632 words)

  
 eBay - reiner knizia, Games, Trading Card Games items on eBay.com
Amun Re by Reiner Knizia from Rio Grande £28
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation by Reiner Knizia
Reiner Knizia’s Samurai Board Game By Rio Grande BNIB
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=reiner+knizia&newu=1&...   (397 words)

  
 Special K's: An Update
Amun-Re's varied mechanics, rock-solid design, and excellent game balance (there are quite a few paths to victory) combined to make this one of the finest games of the year.
The final significant release in Teuber's very busy 2001 was Chip Chip Hurra, a mesmerizing children's game in which players launch memory chips onto a board with a makeshift catapult and then move their robots to claim them.
All but WildLife finished in the top ten of the Deutscher Spiele Preis awards (the DSP, which is the meatier of Germany's two Game of the Year awards).
www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/SpecialKUpdate.shtml   (4261 words)

  
 RPGnet Reviews [Archive] - RPGnet Forums
[Board/Tactical Game]: Amun-Re, reviewed by Paul King (4/4)
forum.rpg.net /archive/index.php/f-42.html   (2287 words)

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