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The Knizia Almanac

The Knizia Almanac is one of the occasional special issues of the spielbox magazine. After two issues about games (Settlers of Catan in 2000 and Carcassonne in 2005), this one appeared in 2006 as a tribute to one of the greatest and most prolific game authors of all time: Reiner Knizia.

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Expansions galore

Today I received 4 spielbox special issues I had ordered, each with an expansion. Read more… »

spielbox June 2009

Today I received spielbox issue 3/2009, with two small expansions for Tigris & Euphrates and Planet Steam. The contents is as follows, with games in italics receiving an average reviewer score above 7/10: Read more… »

spielbox April/May 2009

The contents of spielbox issue 2/2009 is as follows, underlining the games the reviewers liked most: Read more… »

spielbox February/March 2009

Today I received my copy of spielbox issue 1/2009, with the following contents: Read more… »

spielbox December 2008

The contents of spielbox issue 6/2008 is as follows: Read more… »

spielbox September/October 1998

The detailed contents of spielbox issue 4/1998 is Read more… »

spielbox March/April 1999

The detailed  table of contents of spielbox issue 1/1999 is Read more… »

GAMES Hall of Fame

GAMES, a magazine which is actually more about puzzles than games, started the Hall of Fame in 1984 Read more… »

spielbox July/August 1999

spielbox issue 3/1999 was the 100th issue and hence included more content than usual and a look back at the magazine’s history. Read more… »