My final spielbox subscription issue arrived today. The envelope was suspiciously hard for a magazine and upon opening it I found an A4 cardboard within the issue, with 222 small pieces! If this was a game expansion, the base game wasn't named on the cardboard; and the spielbox centrefold ...

Although I have received this issue long time ago, I only got round to read it yesterday. The highlight of the year's final issue is of course the almost 30-page long report on SPIEL'10, the world's largest game fair, in Essen, Germany. I was very pleased to ...

This issue was almost falling through the cracks, but better late than never. Noteworthy articles are:

The report about the UK Games Expo concludes that while it won't become a competitor to SPIEL in Essen, the Expo's small size makes it a better alternative to try out prototypes ...

After complaining that the last issue had almost no articles besides reviews, they're back. The non-reviews are still not enough to change my overall opinion about the magazine, but this issue is certainly more to my liking than the previous one.

It's also clear spielbox is covering more ...

This month's issue has no article on the roots of a game and no portrait of a game designer or publisher. It confirms the recent trends: the magazine has too many reviews and too few historical and 'backstage' articles for my taste.

The spielbox reviews are just one reviewer ...

A few days ago the third issue of 2010 arrived, including a postcard to vote for the German Game Award, but one can also vote online.

The chief editor criticises the Spiel des Jahres jury for this year's selection of light-weight nominees and for muddling things up with yet ...

Last week the second issue of 2010 arrived, with the round-up report of the Nuremberg Fair, where the year's new games are unveiled. Another copy of the last issue's Dominion add-on is also included. The issue's contents is as follows, with underlined games receiving great reviews:

• News ...

On Thursday the first issue of 2010 arrived, with the news that spielbox will be issued in English too! Moreover, I was pleased to see that Vasco da Gama got 9/10 from all its 4 reviewers. Not so pleasing was the editorial, stating that based on the replies to ...

Last week the last spielbox issue of the noughties arrived. As usual, the main feature at this time of the year is the report on the games fair in Essen. But not as usual, the game in the magazine is neither an expansion nor just a board to which you ...

Gosh, two issues arriving within weeks! I barely finished reading the previous issue, when I got the new one yesterday. This time, there is a special section of short reviews of game expansions; most don't fare too well in the reviewers' opinions. Also, Friedemann Friese's game Die 3 ...