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Uk Games Expo 2012 interview with Mayfair Games CEO

One of the biggest (if not the biggest) supporter of the UK Games Expo is Mayfair games. The publishers and brains behind Settlers of Catan pretty much anywhere in the world make the heck of an effort to support conventions and exhibitions such as this, and we were lucky enough to catch up with Larry Roznai, the biggest brain in Mayfair, and ask him a bunch of questions about a bunch of everything.

Alcatraz to be released by Z-Man

Kuźnia Gier, a Polish publishing company known for such games as Wolsung, The Witcher and last year’s Essen releases – Alcatraz: the Scapegoat and Top-A-Top – is proud to inform that Alcatraz is going to be worldwide available via Filosofia Games, Z-Man Games Inc.  Alcatraz: The Scapegoat is a cooperative board game for 3–4 players…
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Seafarers Of Catan Expansions review

By Chris Bowler So, as promised, every other week here at Unboxed will now be Expansion Week. I like my expansions, I know that not everybody does, but as I tend to end up playing the same games time and again, I like to have a large number of options and variants so that I…
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Dragonmeet 2010

Dragonmeet has three types of activities going on. Lots and lots of games (both established and beta gaming), the trade floor where a few varied companies sell their wares, and last but not least the seminars, where leading people in the industry spend an hour each showing you what a nice bunch they are (no…. seriously… they’re amazing).

Settlers of America Trails to Rails MFG

Settlers of America: Trails to Rails utilizes the simple, fun Catan hex-tile grid to map the United States of the 19th Century. Collect and trade resources in order to purchase and move settlers, build cities, lay rails and acquire and move trains. Create rail links to acquire gold, which lets you buy resources and use…
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