September, 1996

Gaming News

• Letter from the Editor - notes and introduction to this month's issue (September)

• Deutscher Spiele Preise 1996 - German Game Prize as awarded by Die Pöppel-Revue
• Narrative and Atmosphere in Boardgame Systems - Siggins speaks

Letter Box

• Dominoes, Ludography, etc. - Michael Keller mentions several more domino books
• Worldcon 98 Announcement - an early warning from Lance Oszko
• Your Classical Music Reference - John Retzer answers the musical question

Game Reviews

• Air Baron - the Cataan virus strikes, again - will sales follow?
• Honor of the Samurai & Quests of the Round Table - unusual, mass market card games
• Priceless - not worth the paper its printed on
• Spanish Main - a clever game of the destruction, err, development of new lands

Game Bits

• A Scheme to Generate Pairing for n Players in a Round Robin Tournament

Original Game Rules

• Ta-Se - a memory game that will have you in your cups in no time

English Game Translations

• The Most Wanted List - rule sets at large and unaccounted for

• Caracalla - its bath night in old Rome in this game of placement
• Double - a simple trick taking card game with a split personality
• Hydra - a game of mythical monster manipulation
• Reibach & Co. - a well refined game of market domination from Alan R Moon
• Stonehenge - line up to get back to nature with Reiner (MS Word format)
• Tichu - Gesundheit! - variations on the Dalmutti theme

Traditional Games

• Domino Games
  • 42 - a trick taking game popular in Texas

Web Games Terminal

Note that you must have access to Telnet and/or Java in order to access most of these game sites. Contact your Internet service provider for details on Telnet access. Upgrade your browser to one that is Java enabled.

• Interactive Games and Puzzles - a grand assortment
• Utopia's Java Games - a mixed bag of arcade and board games

The Front Door

• Bailiwick ^TM - The Game of Counter Points
• Mayfair Games - the European Invasion has begun!
• McGartlin Motorsport Design - purveyors of fine auto racing games
• Mendocino Game Company, Inc. - makers of Pirateer
• Phil O'Neil Games - makers of Ransom, Toilet Humour, and other fine games
• Yggerasill / Studio Grafix - an innovative new game company

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