January, 1996

Greetings, Explanations, and Legalities

• What is The Game Cabinet? - not quite an FAQ
• The Cabinet Makers - who are responsible for all this
• Copyright - who owns what
• Submissions - articles we would like to see
• Materials for Review - how to get us to play your game
• Advertising - how to let folks know about your game

Living Room Floor

Gaming News

• Letter from the Editor - notes and introduction to this month's issue (January)
• New Games In Old Rome - the long awaited commercial version IN ENGLISH (at last)
• Across the Board - looks at public gaming in Brugge, Belgium

Letter Box

• Blown Away - Glenn Kuntz asks what The Game Cabinet is all about
• High Society - Dave Farquahar with some bad news from Ravensburger
• Lords of the Sierra Madre - Brian Bankler, retired grad student, quizzes Phil Eklund
• Pirateer - Scott Peterson checks in
• The Three Trolls - Kent Pilkington recommends a family shop

Game Reviews

• Middle Earth: The Wizards - Siggins hits the high points of this exciting new CCG

• Colliding Circles - tesselated circles provide the game board here
• Creeper - while octagons and squares provide the playing surface here
• Once Upon A Time, 2nd Edition - pretty but less usable cards earmark this edition
• Heavy Gear Fighter - Mech combat in a fiddly future (warning: not fluffy)
• Pirateer - Avast ye, mateys! Prepare to be boarded!

Game Bits

• Lords of the Sierra Madre, Designer's Errata - the official word from Phil Eklund

Original Game Rules

• Squares - a Civil War battle gamekit

English Game Translations

• Nomadi - valiant caravans weave their way across the desert sands

Game Software

• Mah Jongg - a shareware implementation of the full game for Windows
• Jungle - a shareware game for Windows from Skookum Software

Web Games Terminal

• Cover - an original, abstract strategy game
• Touchstone Games - ancient games to play on-line or buy for off-line play

The Front Door

• Mendocino Game Company, Inc. - makers of Pirateer

Other Places

• Civilization - more than a game - a lifestyle
• Convivium - a summation Kevin Jacklin's enterprises
• The Ephemera Society of America - better check this link quick - it may not last
• Icehouse - more info about this unique, boardless game
• Slargeball - a very silly sounding gamekit, indeed
• Spielplatz - a games page by Knut-Michael Wolf, founder of Pöppel-Revue
• Warhorse Simulations - games (gamekits?) and Titan bits

Sumo's Karaoke Club (Redux)

• Issue 1 - April, 1990
  • Introduction
  • The Sports Games Hall of Fame?
  • Games so light, they float away...
  • Europa 2000
  • Game Reviews
    • Dicke Kartoffeln
    • Karawane
    • Cash
    • Hans Dampf
  • Rules Bank Update
  • Letters
  • Inside Pitch

• Issue 2 - July, 1990
  • Introduction
  • Game Reviews
    • Adel Verpflichtet
    • Send! and Winchester
    • March Madness
  • CONJUNCTION
  • Beer & Pretzels Games Weekend
  • Inside Pitch
  • Rules Bank Update
  • Letters

The Game Cabinet - editor@gamecabinet.com - Ken Tidwell