I simply had to buy issue 5/2006 of spielbox: it comes with an expansion for one of my favourite networking games, Thurn and Taxis. The contents is as follows, with games in italics receiving the best reviews: 
- News:
- third Spiel der Spiele award for Knizia
- the results of the Deutscher Spiele Preis
- the bankruptcy of Eagle games
- Long reviews: The Pillars of the Earth, Maestro Leonardo, Mykerinos, Bison, Emira, John Silver, Tempus, Augsburg 1520, Railroad Tycoon, Canal Mania, Vegas Showdown, Take it to the Limit!
- Short reviews: Nottingham; Ja, Herr und Meister!; NoNo; Schnelldenker; Kreuz und Quer; Skybridge; Das grosse Frankenquiz
- Children’s games: Bengali, Alpen-Express, Fabulantis
- Profiles:
- interview with Dominique Metzler, the lady who organises the Essen game fair
- a portrait of Zoch Verlag, a publisher of well-known games involving chicken
- a portrait of the Perlhuhn publishing house (part 2)
- Reports:
- the various editions of the Spiel des Jahres winners
- the 25th game author contest of Boulogne-Billancourt
- Edition spielbox: The Messenger of the Princess, an expansion for Thurn and Taxis
- History:
- oldie: the games of publisher Blatz, the current owners of the Schmidt brand
- the roots of: Schatz in Sicht
- for collectors: the long path of game authors towards recognition
- Variants: Celtica
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