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Tabletop game reviews |
Video game reviews |
Book/Puzzle/Toy reviews |
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| 1 |
1977 |
September |
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Book Shelf
- The Mature Person's Guide to Kites, Yo-Yos, Frisbees and Other Childlike Diversions
- The Complete Book of Video Games
- Backgammon: The Cruelest Game: The Art of Winning
- How Good Are You at Backgammon?
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| 2 |
1977 |
November |
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Book Shelf
- Creative Growth Games
- The Story of Monopoly, Silly Putty, Bingo, Twister, Frisbee, Scrabble, Et Cetera
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| 3 |
1978 |
January |
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Book Shelf
- Illusions
- The Philosopher's Game
- The Mammoth Book of Word Games
- The History of Board Games
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| 4 |
1978 |
March |
Game Chest
- Mattel's Auto Race
- Football
- Missile Attack
- Football
- Milton Bradley's Comp IV
- APF's Mathemagician
- Parker Brothers' Code Name: Sector
- Unisonic's Vegas 21
- Fidelity Electronics' Chess Challenger
- Tryom's Gammonmaster I
- Texas Micro Games' Computer Backgammon
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Book Shelf
- Mathematical Magic Show
- Scrambled Exits: The Greatest Maze Book Ever
- Beyond Competition
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| 5 |
1978 |
May |
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Book Shelf
- The Bridge Bum, My Life and Play
- Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess
- Merlin's Puzzler
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| 6 |
1978 |
July |
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Book Shelf
- The Sherlock Holmes Crossword Puzzle Book
- The Well-Played Game
- The Frisbee Players Handbook
- Frisbee: A Practitioner’s Manual and Definitive Treatise
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| 7 |
1978 |
September |
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Book Shelf
- The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
- Design and Sell Toys, Games & Crafts
- Chess Is My Life: Autobiography and Games
- Viktor Korchnoi's Best Games
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| 8 |
1978 |
November |
Games & Books
- Simon
- Black Box
- Fidelity Electronics' Chess Challenger "10"
- Chafitz's Boris
- Staid's CompuChess
- Fidelity Electronics' Checker Challenger
- Tryom's Gammonmaster II
- Tryom's Doubler Gammonmaster II
- Texas Micro Games' Computer Backgammon
- The Family Jewel
- Backgammon-in-the-Round
- World Wide Games, Inc.
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Games & Books
- Play the Game
- Star Games
- Troubador Posterbooks
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| 9 |
1979 |
January |
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Games & Books
- Creative Puzzles of the World
- The Puzzler's Paradise: From the Garden of Eden to the Computer Age
- Steven Caney's Kids' America
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| 10 |
1979 |
March |
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Games & Books
- Parker Electronic Game System
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Games & Books
- My Best Games
- An Almanac of Words At Play
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| 11 |
1979 |
May |
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Games & Books
- What is the Name of This Book?
- The Official Mastermind Puzzle Book
- Picture Quote Puzzle
- Fabric Games
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| 12 |
1979 |
July |
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Games & Books
- Scrabble Brand Sensor Electronic Word Game
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Games & Books
- Weirdwands
- The Rock 'n' Roll Trivia Quiz Book
- Paradoxes and Probabilities: 168 Backgammon Problems
- The Backgammon Quiz Book
- Backgammon For Profit by Joe Dwek
- Playboy’s Book of Backgammon
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| 13 |
1979 |
September |
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Games & Books
- Introducing Cross Sums
- Geometric Cross Sums
- Super-Colossal Book of Puzzles, Tricks, & Games
- MacroCrostic
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Special feature about Dungeons & Dragons |
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| 14 |
1979 |
November |
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| 15 |
1980 |
January |
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| 16 |
1980 |
March |
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| 17 |
1980 |
May |
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Games & Books
- A Poor Man's Guide To Board Game Books
- The Shmuzzle Puzzle
- The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume I
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| 18 |
1980 |
July |
Games & Books
- Dizzy Spell
- Leverage
- Shifti
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Games & Books
- Skyro
- Crosswords With Themes #1
- The Spanish-English English-Spanish Crossword Puzzle Book
- 50 Puns & Anagrams Puzzle
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| 19 |
1980 |
September |
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Games & Books
- Super-Sonic Electronic Master Mind
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Games & Books
- How To Play Shogi
- Tournament Checkers
- Mudcrack Y and Poly Y
- The Penguin Book of Card Games
- Solitaire: Aces Up and 399 Other Card Games
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| 20 |
1980 |
November |
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1980 Games 100
- Astro
- Bank Shot
- Baseball 3
- Brain Baffler
- Checker Challenger
- Electronic Boxing
- Electronic Detective
- Electronic Space Invader
- Football II
- Gunfighter
- Head-To-Head Hockey
- Microvision
- Odyssey2
- Omar II
- Split Second
- Tomytronic Electronic Tennis
- Video Computer System
- Wildfire Pinball
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1980 Games 100
- Boffers
- Frisbee and Master Frisbee
- Skyro
- Track Ball
- Weird Wands
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| 21 |
1981 |
January |
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Games & Books
- The Bantam Great Masters Winning Crossword Puzzles #1, 2, and 3
- Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations
- Flurry
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| 22 |
1981 |
March |
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Games & Books
- How To Win At Cribbage
- Parlor Games
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| 23 |
1981 |
May |
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Games & Books
- Ibex
- Psst ... Here's the Solution
- How To Play Space Invaders: Secrets From An Expert
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| 24 |
1981 |
July |
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| 25 |
1981 |
September |
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| 26 |
1981 |
November |
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| 27 |
1982 |
January |
Games & Books
- Dotto
- Mudiwoga
- Roaring 20s
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Games & Books
- Play It Again
- Inversions: A Catalogue of Calligraphic Cartwheel
- The Magic Snake
- Pieces of Eight
- Why Knots
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| 28 |
1982 |
March |
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Games & Books
- The Jigsaw Book
- In 25 Words Or Less: The Complete Guide To Winning Contests
- Folding Frenzy
- Bonds
- The Sopwith Trainer
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| 29 |
1982 |
May |
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Games & Books
- Kites To Make and Fly
- How to Beat the Video Games
- How to Master the Video Games
- The Winner's Book of Video Games
- Mastering Pac-Man
- How to Win at Pac-Man
- Mercury Maze
- Pyraminx
- Grandpa's Puzzle
- The Balancing Act
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| 30 |
1982 |
July |
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Games & Books
- Airstix
- Brainteasers and Mindbenders
- Starburst
- TryAngle
- The Orb
- V.I.P.
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| 31 |
1982 |
September |
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Games & Books
- The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt
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| 32 |
1982 |
October |
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| 33 |
1982 |
November |
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1982 Games 100
- World Championship Baseball
- World Championship Football
- Pac-Man
- Super Simon
- Air Traffic Controller
- Galaxian
- Frisky Tom
- Electronic Dungeons & Dragons
- Electronic Stratego
- Crazy Climber
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| 34 |
1982 |
December |
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| 35 |
1983 |
January |
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Games & Books
- Tape Worm
- Space-N-Counter
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Games & Books
- The Great Puzzle Catalog
- Golden Pencil Cryptic Crosswords
- Golden Pencil Double-Crostics
- Golden Pencil Daily Crosswords
- Golden Pencil Sunday Crossword
- Nerf Ping Pong
- Mobius Line
- Tsukuda's Square
- Hexahedron
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| 36 |
1983 |
February |
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| 37 |
1983 |
March |
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Games & Books
- World Class Championship Crosswords
- Liquid Geometry
- Multimatch
- Roundominoes
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| 38 |
1983 |
April |
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Games & Books
- Botticelli and Beyond
- The Space Shuttle
- Build Your Own Catapult
- Build Your Own Cable-Car
- Go!
- Pente Strategy Book I
- Pente Strategy Book II
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| 39 |
1983 |
May |
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| 40 |
1983 |
June |
Games & Books
- Scrabble Duplicate Crossword Game
- Fantasia
- Herewith the Clues
- Phase 10
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| 41 |
1983 |
July |
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Games & Books
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Crossword Words
- Rubik's World
- Flamboozle
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| 42 |
1983 |
August |
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| 43 |
1983 |
September |
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| 44 |
1983 |
October |
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| 45 |
1983 |
November |
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1983 Games 100
- Nerf Ping Pong
- No Jive Yo-Yo
- Frisbee
- M17 Boomerang
- Trac-Ball
- A Puzzle Most Murderous
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| 46 |
1983 |
December |
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Computers at Play
- Adventure: Time Zone, Wizardry I, II, and III, Zork I, II, and III, Critical Mass, Suspended, Ultima I, II, and III, Scott Adams Graphic Adventure (S.A.G.A.) series
- Strategy: Worms?, Planet Master, High Rise, RobotWar, Oil Barons, Hi-Res Computer Golf 2, M.U.L.E., Pensate
- Computer Artistry: Movie Maker, The Graphics Magician, LPS II, KoalaPad Touch Tablet
- Mystery: Murder on the Zinderneuf, Deadline, Murder by the Dozen
- Not For Kids Only: Rocky's Boots, Master Type, In Search of the Most Amazing Thing
- Wargames: Combat Leader, The Cosmic Balance, Cosmic Balance II, Guadalcanal Campaign, Eastern Front, Legionnaire
- Arcade: Attack of the Mutant Camels, Blue Max, Choplifter, Crossfire, Parsec, Shamus, Spy's Demise, Wayout
- Create Your Own...: The Arcade Machine, Lode Runner, Maze Craze Construction Set, Pinball Construction Set
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| 47 |
1984 |
January |
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Games & Books
- Beyond Crossword Puzzles
- Decipher
- Bridge for Friends
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| 48 |
1984 |
February |
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Games & Books
- Winning Poker
- Landis Links
- The Devil's Ring
- Apprentice Rings
- Dinosaurs
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| 49 |
1984 |
March |
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Games & Books
- Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction
- The Official Book of Pente
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| 50 |
1984 |
April |
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Games & Books
- Win at Hearts
- Twenty Solve - Them - Yourself Photo Crimes
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| 51 |
1984 |
May |
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Games & Books
- Across and Down
- Guide to Shogi Openings
- Better Moves for Better Shogi
- 100 Double Acrostics
- Magic Computer Input/Output Mug
- Windmill Kit
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| 52 |
1984 |
June |
Games & Books
- Quadwrangle
- Krakatoa
- The Deck
- Lunatic's Revenge
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Games & Books
- The Official Handbook of the 1982 World Championships
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| 53 |
1984 |
July |
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Games & Books
- Computer Gamesmanship
- Sword in the Stone
- Stedi Bridge
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| 54 |
1984 |
August |
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| 55 |
1984 |
September |
Games & Books
- Trivia
- Strata 5
- Beggars and Thieves
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| 56 |
1984 |
October |
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Games & Books
- Mancala Games
- Shogi for Beginners
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| 57 |
1984 |
November |
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| 58 |
1984 |
December |
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Computer Capers
- Adventure: Infidel, Xyphus, The Coveted Mirror, Sorcerer, King's Quest I, Planetfall
- Simulations: Rails West!, President Elect, Space Shuttle, Flight Simulator II, Run for the Money, Gato
- Sports: Star League Baseball, Rocky, Championship Boxing, Ballblazer, Rally Speedway, Hes Games, Summer Games, One-on-One
- Wordplay & Trivia: Word Challenge, Pathwords, Compuzzler, Trivia Fever
- Strategy: Archon II: Adept, Fortress, El-Ixir, Seven Cities of Gold, Sargon III
- Not For Kids Only: The Factory, Up for Grabs, The Pond, The Incredible Laboratory
- Arcade: Boulder Dash, Bristles, Gumball, Drelbs, Montezuma's Revenge, Pogo Joe, Jack Attack, Oil's Well, Impossible Mission, Spare Change, Raid on Bungeling Bay, Space Taxi, Wizard
- Wargames: Fighter Command, Fifth Eskadra, Gulf Strike, War in Russia
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| 59 |
1985 |
January |
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| 60 |
1985 |
February |
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Games & Books
- The Oxford Guide to Word Games
- Beat It!
- New In Chess
- Four-Color Playing Cards
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| 61 |
1985 |
March |
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Games & Books
- Pyramids
- The New York Times Crossword Puzzles and Dell Computer Crosswords
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| 62 |
1985 |
April |
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| 63 |
1985 |
May |
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Games & Books
- Pillo Polo
- The Joy of Bridge
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| 64 |
1985 |
June |
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| 65 |
1985 |
July |
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Games & Books
- Disk Spinners
- A Guide to Playing the Scrabble Brand Crossword Game
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| 66 |
1985 |
August |
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Games & Books
- Nerf Volleyball
- Maura Jacobson's New York/Cue Magazine Crossword Puzzles
- Hidden Pictures Jigsaw Puzzle
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| 67 |
1985 |
September |
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Games & Books
- Chinese Chess
- The Treasure Chest Enigma
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| 68 |
1985 |
October |
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| 69 |
1985 |
November |
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1985 Games 100
- The Rippa
- Aviar
- Aerobie
- No Jive Yo-Yo
- Nerf Pool
- Hidden Pictures
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| 70 |
1985 |
December |
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Computers at Play
- The Top 10: The Little Computer People Project, Balance of Power, Summer Games II, Make Millions, Dazzle Draw, Karateka, The Ancient Art of War, King's Quest II, MicroLeague Baseball, Music Works
- Adventure Games: Alternate Reality, The Fourth Protocol, Hacker, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Phantasie, Sherlock Holmes in "Another Bow", Suspect, The Tracer Sanction, Wilderness
- Sports and Action Games: Ballblazer, F-15 Strike Eagle, Rescue on Fractalus!, Spy vs. Spy II, APBA Major League Players Baseball, On-Court Tennis, Super Bowl Sunday, The World's Greatest Football Game
- Strategy Games: Field of Fire, Felony!, The Other Side, Panzer-Jagd, SunDog: Frozen Legacy, Squire
- Entertainment: Adventure Construction Set, The Complete Fireworks Celebration Kit, Electric Dragon, Fantavision, The Newsroom, Puzzle Master, VideoWorks, Wordfinder
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| 71 |
1986 |
January |
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Games & Books
- Stockdale Super Square
- Longman Anagram Dictionary
- Prismagic No. 2
- Hexadecimal Puzzle
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| 72 |
1986 |
February |
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| 73 |
1986 |
March |
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Games & Books
- Wheel Trouble
- UFOs That Fly
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| 74 |
1986 |
April |
Games & Books
- Screw the I.R.S.
- Timeline
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| 75 |
1986 |
May |
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Games & Books
- Fix It
- MacPoly
- Rosetta Stone
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| 76 |
1986 |
June |
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Games & Books
- Warman's Antique American Games 1840-1940
- Power-Q
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| 77 |
1986 |
July |
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Games & Books
- Janus
- Tiger Mosaic
- Bill's Baffling Burr
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| 78 |
1986 |
August |
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| 79 |
1986 |
September |
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Games & Books
- Championship Golf: The Great Courses of the World - Volume One: Pebble Beach
- Mean 18
- MacGolf
- Leader Board
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| 80 |
1986 |
October |
Games & Books
- TicTactics
- Stak Attack
- CWARDS
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Games & Books
- Horse
- Cat
- UnBEADable!
- A-B-C
- Key
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1986 |
November |
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| 82 |
1986 |
December |
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| 83 |
1987 |
January |
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| 84 |
1987 |
February |
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| 85 |
1987 |
April |
Games & Books
- Sale of the Century
- Aera
- Clutch Football
- Checkit
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| 86 |
1987 |
June |
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Games & Books
- The Atlantic Monthly Puzzler Book
- The Champion's Strategy for Winning at Scrabble Brand Crossword Game
- Simple Solutions to Rubik's Magic
- Puzzle Craft
- Spin-Out
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1987 |
August |
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| 88 |
1987 |
October |
The Best Games of the Year |
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The Best Games of the Year
- The Puzzler
- Spin-Out
- I-Qube
- Adams Cube
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| 89 |
1988 |
January |
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| 90 |
1988 |
March |
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Games & Books
- Winning Monopoly
- The Ultimate Guide to Winning Scrabble Brand Crossword Game
- Basic Bridge in Three Weeks
- Cribbage for Experts (and Future Experts)
- Strategic Solitaire
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| 91 |
1988 |
May |
Games & Books
- The Wall Street Game
- Maze
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| 92 |
1988 |
July |
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1988 |
September |
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| 94 |
1988 |
November |
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Best Games of 1988
- Force Field
- Level Q
- Triangoes
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| 95 |
1989 |
January |
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Gameplay
- Chess Calendar
- Crossword Crosstalk
- Creative Cruciverbalists
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| 96 |
1989 |
February/March |
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Gameplay
- Top-Spin
- Searching for Bobby Fischer
- Game Plan: The Game Inventor’s Handbook
- Carnival Secrets
- The Monopoly Companion
- Tops and Bottoms
- The Word Book
- The Greatest Puzzles of All Time
- Hooked on Puzzles: Series #1
- The Dream
- The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
- How to Win at Nintendo
- Nintendo Power
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| 97 |
1989 |
April/May |
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Gameplay
- The Next Book of Omni Games
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| 98 |
1989 |
June/July |
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| 99 |
1989 |
August/September |
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| 100 |
1989 |
October/November |
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| 101 |
1990 |
December/January |
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| 102 |
1990 |
March |
Gameplay
- WRDZ
- Web of Gold
- Variance
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Gameplay
- Celestial Planisphere
- One Tough Puzzle
- The "It's Academic" Quiz Book
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| 103 |
1991 |
July |
Games & Books
- Intuition
- The Simpsons: Don't Have A Cow Dice Game
- Commotion
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Games & Books
- The World of Games
- Hex
- Metro
- Subway
- Back-Flip
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archive.org |
| 104 |
1991 |
August |
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Games & Books
- Snafooz
- The Original Trivia Treasury
- Simply Amazing
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| 105 |
1991 |
October |
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Games & Books
- Rubik's Cube 4th Dimension
- Rubik's Tangle
- Rubik's Dice
- Rubik's Triamid
- Rubik's Fifteen
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1991 |
December |
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1991 Games 100
- Spacewarp Black Wolf
- Back-Spin
- The Talking Jigsaw Puzzle
- Sonata for a Spy
- Vexahedron
- The Diabolical Die
- Square-1
- Rubik's Tangle
- Spin-Out
- Hotshot
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Features: A. Ross Eckler Jr.'s "The New Anagrammasia", Impossible bottles, 16-Bit video games
Other: Campus-specific Monopoly clones, Time Traveler, Acrostics Network |
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| 107 |
1992 |
February |
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| 108 |
1992 |
April |
Games & Books
- Terrace
- Cribble
- Upbid
- You Just Became a Millionaire
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Games & Books
- MagiCrystal
- The Greatest Games of All Time
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archive.org |
| 109 |
1992 |
June |
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| 110 |
1992 |
August |
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| 111 |
1992 |
October |
Games & Books
- Scrutineyes
- Rummikub 500
- Mock My Words
- Hauberk
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Games & Books
- Masterball Rainbow
- Master Triazzle
- Puzz 3D
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| 112 |
1992 |
December |
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1992 Games 100
- Puzz 3D
- Masterball Rainbow
- Brick by Brick
- Master Triazzle
- Spin-Out
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archive.org |
| 113 |
1993 |
February |
Games & Books
- Picture Picture
- The Reward Game
- USA Any Way
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| 114 |
1993 |
April |
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| 115 |
1993 |
June |
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Games & Books
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Games on Shirts
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| 116 |
1993 |
August |
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(Vol 18, #1) |
1994 |
February |
Babble On, Arch Rival, Santa Fe |
Inca, Gear Works |
Binary Arts (Snowflake, Mystery Shapes, Pentominoes, Nature's Spaces, Cryptic Classics) |
Features: Judit Polgár, Gustave Verbeek
Other: Mark Nyman, Wendy Brackman, Adrian Fisher's "Cobasaurus" |
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132
(Vol 20, #2) |
1996 |
April |
Carrom, Tricks, Field Command, Buzzword, Everway |
Tritryst, The Riddle of Master Lu, Madden 96, FIFA Soccer 96, NHL 96, Hardball 5 |
Rubik's Cube Masterpiece |
Features: Botched Sweepstakes, Lotteries, and Game show contests, Alan R. Moon
Other: Super Fundoor |
*** |
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137
(Vol 21, #1) |
1997 |
February |
Modern Art, The Settlers of Catan, Spy's: The Espionage Game, Jumble Plus, Don't Make Me Laugh, Nick at Nite Classic TV Trivia Game |
Lighthouse, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo |
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Features: Pennsic War
Other: Ralph Marlin & Co.'s "Games & Toys" ties, Adrian Fisher's "Adrian Fisher, Maze Artist - Your Land is His Canvas", Nintendo 64 |
*** |
138
(Vol 21, #2) |
1997 |
April |
Starcrossed, Catchpenny, Five Crowns, Dino Hunt, Premiere, Movie Mania, Bailiwick |
Toonstruck, Circle of Blood |
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Features: Orion's Crystal, Hasbro's online games
Other: Sentosphere's games, TrueFace Cyberwatch |
*** |
139
(Vol 21, #3) |
1997 |
June |
Cluché, Spy Alley, Knightmare Chess |
Obsidian, Marble Drop, Titanic: Adventure Out of Time |
Puzzle Arcade, IQube |
Features: Action games (Disruptor, Blast Chamber, Bug Too!, Sonic 3D Blast, The Adventures of Lomax, Spot Goes To Hollywood, Wave Race 64), Puzzle video games (Smart Games Word Puzzles #1, Skill Traps), Sports games (Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '96 Season, NHL '97, ABC's Monday Night Football, NCAA Championship Basketball, You Don't Know Jack ... Sports)
Other: American International Toy Fair (Powerpenz Airmail, Colorforms, Uncle Milton's Ant Farm, Real Action Prize-O-Matic Crane Machine, Toy Story Alien, Talk to Me Barbie, My Lickety Treats Doll, KISS (action figures), Sing and Snore Ernie, Cabbage Patch Kids Brushin' Teeth Baby, Hydro Strike, Star Wars Laser Blaster, Laser Tag, Trap Mobile Laser Blaster, Imperial Assault Joystick, Sounds of the Force Electronic Memory Game), XS, E-Pub Chat |
*** |
140
(Vol 21, #4) |
1997 |
August |
Quoridor, Fluxx, A to Z, Pit, Free Parking, Waterworks |
Rama, Yoda Stories, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter |
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Features: Cover the Spot and Carnival games, Mind Sports Olympiad, Klutz Press
Other: Hacker Trap, PlayStation Underground, Caesar's Magical Empire |
*** |
141
(Vol 21, #5) |
1997 |
October |
My Dog Can Do That!, Quandary, Beyond Balderdash |
Norse by Norsewest: The Return of the Lost Vikings, Outlaws, Fable |
Vadasz Cube, Mind Lock, Whitewater, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess, Chess for Dummies |
Features: Internet gaming, Game magazines
Other: Emotional IQ Test, CrosSynergy Syndicate |
*** |
| 142 |
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144
(Vol 22, #2) |
1998 |
April |
Aces & Eights Collector's Edition Poker, Africa 1880, Pass the Bomb, Mutual Fundz |
Smart Games Puzzle Challenge 2, Sid Meier's Gettysburg, Riven, Galapagos: Mendel's Escape |
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Features: 1998 AAAI Conference
Other: Wearable computers |
*** |
145
(Vol 22, #3) |
1998 |
June |
Clichébles, 221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes and the Time Machine, Starship Troopers: Prepare for Battle!, Hollywood Studio |
Terra: Battle for the Outland, Shanghai: Dynasty, Mah Jongg Wall, Frogger |
My Lover, Super Mazes, Ancient Board Games |
Features: Museum of Bad Art, Game magazines |
*** |
146
(Vol 22, #4) |
1998 |
August |
Say When!, The Wonderful World of Disney Trivia Game, Alphablitz |
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Worms 2, Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time |
The Rock, Smile Tiles, Time Blocks |
Features: History of the 1993 dispute for title of World Chess Champion
Other: A Game of Chance, History of Scrabble, Haiku Headlines, PlayStation (Crash Bandicoot 2, Klonoa, Gex: Enter the Gecko, Pandemonium 2, Intelligent Qube) |
*** |
147
(Vol 22, #5) |
1998 |
October |
Lotus, Halunken & Spelunken, Falling |
Starship Titanic, Blasto, Kuba |
The Stone |
Features: Baseball cards, German-style board games (Funagain Games, Rio Grande Games)
Other: World Checkers Champion, Interview with Douglas Adams (Starship Titanic), Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1997–98, Channel Craft |
*** |
148
(Vol 22, #6) |
1998 |
December |
Sanctum
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Features: History and future of Go
Other: The Merlin Mystery, Atari (World of Atari) |
*** |
149
(Vol 23, #1) |
1999 |
February |
Carat, Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper |
Virtual HorseRacing Simulator, Lode Runner 2, Dune 2000 |
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Features: Mental exercise (Mind Sports Olympiad)
Other: Jam!!, Newsgroups, Gathering of Friends |
*** |
150
(Vol 23, #2) |
1999 |
April |
Edison & Co., Bosworth, Baseball Tycoon |
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John's Practice Putting Green, Walter Wick's Optical Tricks, The Encyclopedia of Games, Challenging IQ Tests |
Features: Flea circuses; Console games (Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, Asteroids, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings, Bomberman Hero, MediEvil)
Other: Beeping Wallet, Ouija Internationals |
*** |
151
(Vol 23, #3) |
1999 |
May |
Filthy Rich (The 3-D Game of Capitalism), Ex & Hopp |
Thief: The Dark Project, Heart of Darkness |
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Features: Ralph Baer, Christopher Elis (Give and Take)
Other: Faces, The Ultimate Composite Picture, Psycho House, Quicktionary Reading Pen |
*** |
152
(Vol 23, #4) |
1999 |
June |
Kahuna, Samurai |
Half-Life, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles |
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Features: Magic tricks
Other: The Star Trek Experience, Jason Robért (The Lab Puzzle Book) |
*** |
153
(Vol 23, #5) |
1999 |
August |
Plunder, Pokemon, Apples to Apples, X-It! |
Populous: The Beginning, Lode Runner 3-D, Stratego |
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Features: Games in Uzbekistan
Other: The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (3D film, Synthespians) |
*** |
154
(Vol 23, #6) |
1999 |
September |
Europa: 1945-2030, iMagiNiff! |
RollerCoaster Tycoon, Baldur's Gate |
AIBO, Spintrek |
Features: Carnival games as folk art, Shareware (Floyd's Bumpershoot, Detective Chess, Clear It!, Tiler's Torment, Babylon II)
Other: Legoland |
*** |
155
(Vol 23, #7) |
1999 |
October |
Ra, The Power of Two |
Rich Diamond, Sci-Fi Pinball |
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Features: Bruce Pandolfini, Game literature (Competitive Dominoes, Winning at Backgammon, Chess Braintwisters, The Genealogy of Chess, Win at Hearts, Win at Spades: Basic and Intermediate Techniques)
Other: Joe Cramer, Game Doctor, Moller M400 Skycar |
*** |
156
(Vol 23, #8) |
1999 |
November |
Ricochet Robot, Quoz, What Were You Thinking?, Krieg und Frieden (War & Peace) |
Pandora's Box, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace |
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Features: Numerology, Hasbro Interactive (em@il games), Chess variants (Grand Chess, Omega Chess, Stealth Chess)
Other: Billy Mitchell's Pac-Man perfect score, Mindmaker's Game Commander |
*** |
157
(Vol 23, #9) |
1999 |
December |
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Features: Spades
Other: Virtual economy (Ultima Online), SatCel, 1999 developments in the dispute for title of World Chess Champion, 2000 Buyer's Guide (Sega Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, NeoGeo Pocket Color) |
*** |
158
(Vol 24, #1) |
2000 |
February |
Anno 1452, Brawl, Octi |
Star Wars Pit Droid, Prince of Persia 3D |
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Features: Arcade game emulation (Joust, Mr. Do, Mario Bros., Galaga, Arkanoid, Ms. Pac-Man, Robotron, MAME)
Other: J.C. Ayer & Company puzzles, Game Deputy, Face Factory |
*** |
159
(Vol 24, #2) |
2000 |
April |
Landlord |
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Pong: The Next Level |
Eternity puzzle, American Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling: Winning Ways |
Features: Sword swallowing, Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia, AD&D Core Rules 2.0 / Expansion, Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, Dragon: 25 Years of Dragon Magazine on CD-ROM)
Other: The Games Café, Model jet planes |
*** |
160
(Vol 24, #3) |
2000 |
May |
Stephenson's Rocket, Die Mauer (The Wall) |
Zillions of Games, Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Savior, Blood of the Lamb |
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Features: Reiner Knizia
Other: Low-Smoke Pyrotechnics, Smart Dust |
*** |
161
(Vol 24, #4) |
2000 |
June |
Igel Ärgern (Hedgehogs in a Hurry), Tile Chess |
The Sims, Crazy Taxi |
Anamorphic Jigsaw Puzzle |
Features: Connection games (Hex, Y, Bridg-It, TwixT, Havannah, Octagons, Trellis); 2K series (NFL 2K, NBA 2K, NHL 2K)
Other: World Puzzle Championship, Abstract Games |
*** |
162
(Vol 24, #5) |
2000 |
August |
Kings Cribbage, Rosenkönig, Vino, Chez Geek |
Chu Chu Rocket, Thief II: The Metal Age |
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Features: Euchre
Other: Messier marathon, Politicards |
*** |
163
(Vol 24, #6) |
2000 |
September |
Sky Runner, Schotten-Totten |
Lemmings Revolution, Rayman 2 |
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Features: Amusement park rides, Space flight simulator games (StarLancer, FreeLancer)
Other: In-flight games (Arcadia), World's largest Tetris |
*** |
164
(Vol 24, #7) |
2000 |
October |
Vinci, Hellrail, Second Perdition |
MDK2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption |
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Features: Gamers Choice Awards
Other: Internet television (The Board Room, The Game Room), Mind Games |
*** |
165
(Vol 24, #8) |
2000 |
November |
DuoWord, Corruption |
Virtua Tennis, Shareware (Dweep, Passage 3, 3D Uz) |
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Features: Johnson Smith & Company (Johnson Smith Company Catalog), Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (Atriarch, Anarchy Online)
Other: Mr. Potato Head (as spokesperson for Rhode Island), Environmental Go |
*** |
166
(Vol 24, #9) |
2000 |
December |
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2001 Buyer's Guide
- Lunar Lockout
- Yot II
- Dezign-8
- Birdhouse Puzzle 3D
- Fractiles-7
- Morph Magic
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Features: Electric football |
*** |
167
(Vol 25, #1) |
2001 |
February |
Java, Die Händler (The Dealers) |
Samba de Amiga, Maximum Pool |
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Features: English rhymes for "orange"
Other: Andy Soltis, Habro's National Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, Wolfgang Kramer |
*** |
168
(Vol 25, #2) |
2001 |
March |
Hare & Tortoise, Vox Populi |
Escape from Monkey Island, The World Is Not Enough |
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Features: English words ending in "-dous", Zeno's paradoxes, PlayStation 2
Other: 2000 developments in the dispute for title of World Chess Champion (Classical World Chess Championship 2000), Disney Imagineer |
*** |
169
(Vol 25, #3) |
2001 |
April |
The Great Brain Robbery, Crib Wars, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) |
American McGee's Alice, Daytona USA |
Play Cribbage to Win |
Other: 2000 developments in the dispute for title of World Chess Champion (FIDE World Chess Championship 2000), Cosmic Baseball Association, Gathering of Friends (Kris Gould, Frank Branham, Joe Huber) |
*** |
170
(Vol 25, #4) |
2001 |
May |
San Marco, Babel |
Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Typing of the Dead |
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Features: Secrets and Easter eggs (Triboluminescence of Wint-O-Green Life Savers, Buttoning differences for men and women, Cue mark, Alan Smithee, Charleston code, Hidden tracks, Easter eggs in Operating Systems, DVDs, and the Internet, Photic sneeze reflex, etc.), Java applets/PopCap Games (Diamond Mine/Bejeweled, Alchemy, Lucky Penny Video Poker, Psycho Babble, Atomica, Seven Seas, Mummy Maze)
Other: Geocaching, Dr. Broth & Ollie's Brain-Boggling Search for the Lost Luggage: Across Time and Space in 80 Puzzles |
*** |
171
(Vol 25, #5) |
2001 |
July |
Lord of the Rings, Traumfabrik (Dream Factory), Doge |
SimCoaster, Sega Smash Pack, Volume 1 |
The Dots-and-Boxes Game, Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 1, Spectramaze |
Features: Lord of the Rings board game
Other: Fiction Writer's Brainstormer, South Cone Trading Company gaming tables |
*** |
172
(Vol 25, #6) |
2001 |
August |
Evo, Carcassonne, Azteca, Elixir |
Star Trek Away Team, Europa Universalis, Black & White, Serious Sam |
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Features: Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering) (Magic: The Gathering, Darwin Kastle, Gary Wise, Alex Shvartsman, Mike Long)
Video games: Future of Nintendo (Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance), Online games (Tribes 2, Allegiance, Phantasy Star Online, EverQuest), PC games (Arcanum, Baldur's Gate II/Throne of Baal, Half-Life: Blue Shift), Dreamcast (Shenmu 2, Phantasy Star Online Version 2), PlayStation 2 (Final Fantasy X, K-Project, Metal Gear Solid II: Sons of Liberty) |
*** |
173
(Vol 25, #7) |
2001 |
September |
San Francisco, Formula Motor Racing, Drakon, Wyatt Earp |
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, Mario Party 3, Tropico, High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 |
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Features: Skee ball
Video games: Online game (RealArcade, GameSpy Arcade), Logic maze (Alice Mazes), E3 2001 (Sony PlayStation, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox)
Tabletop games: The Luzhin Defence, Prison-based correspondence chess
Other: Shelby/Shelbish, The Board Room (The Complete Lord of the Rings with Reiner Knizia, The Complete Tigris and Euphrates with Reiner Knizia) |
*** |
174
(Vol 25, #8) |
2001 |
October |
Africa, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mystery Rummy Case No. 3: Jekyll & Hyde |
Microsoft Train Simulator, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Red Faction, Rayman Advance |
Wasgij?: Country Road / Wasgij?: The Wedding, The Magic Show |
Features: Jay's Journal of Anomalies (Gurners, grinners, grimaciers, contortionists)
Video games: Game Boy Advance (Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, Chu Chu Rocket, Super Mario Advance, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Earthworm Jim, GT Advance Championship Racing), Online games (Ultima Online, EverQuest, Battle.net, World War II Online), Lunar Lockout, PC games (Silent Hunter II, Destroyer Command, Gadget Tycoon, Airline Tycoon, Political Tycoon, Startup, Day Trader, Sid Meier's SimGolf, Green Berets), PlayStation 2 (Saiyuki: Journey West, Onimusha, Grandia II), X-Box (Project Ego)
Tabletop games: Connection games (Trellis, Anchor)
Other: Hash House Harriers, General Mills Cereal Adventure, Caribbean Crossword Cruise |
*** |
175
(Vol 25, #9) |
2001 |
November |
Empires of the Ancient World, Zapp Zerapp, Face-It, Who Stole Ed's Pants? |
Startopia, Bomberman Tournament, Anachronox, Twisted Metal: Black |
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Features: Harry Houdini
Video games: Mac gaming, Online games (Anarchy Online), PC games (Gathering of Developers, Ion Storm, Daikatana, Anachronox, Deus Ex, Deus Ex II, Thief III), Dreamcast (The Floigan Brothers, NFL 2K2, NBA 2K2, NHL 2K2, Tennis 2K2, NCAA College Football, World Series Baseball 2K2, Shenmue 2, Propeller Arena Online, Beach Spikers, Half-Life, Soldier of Fortune, Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles, Rayman 2, Skies of Arcadia), Video game adaptations (Crazy Taxi, Max Payne, American McGee's Alice, Soul Calibur, Street Fighter)
Tabletop games: Connection games (Nonadjacent Anchor, Orbit) |
*** |
176
(Vol 25, #10) |
2001 |
December |
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2002 Buyer's Guide
- Flip-It!
- Indochine-2000
- Wasgij?: Country Road / Wasgij?: The Wedding
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Features: Collectible card games (Magic: The Gathering, MLB Showdown 2001, Harry Potter Trading Card Game, Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Jedi Knights, Star Trek Customizable Card Game, Voyager Warp Speed, Young Jedi, The Trouble With Tribbles, Austin Powers Collectible Card Game, The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, Redemption), George W. Bush
Other: Classic games (Go, Chess, Shogi, Xiang Qi); Nintendo GameCube, X-Box |
*** |
177
(Vol 26, #1) |
2002 |
February |
Starfarers of Catan, Die Magier von Pangea (The Wizards of Pangea), Blackrock Castle, Wilderness War |
Ico, Spy Hunter, The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions, Ultimate Ride |
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Features: Aaron Weissblum's AKA Hunts
Video games: Online games (EA.com, Pogo.com, Majestic), Shenmue II, Lords of the Realm III, Stronghold, Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Star Fight, Video game industry reaction to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (Crime Patrol, Ghost Recon, Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro)
Tabletop games: Ralph Burkert (Die Magier von Pangea), 3 Stones
Other: Tilt mazes (Amazing Maize Maze, Straight Ahead Maze) |
*** |
178
(Vol 26, #2) |
2002 |
March |
Antiques Roadshow The Game, Nexus |
Monopoly Tycoon, Halo, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 |
Nemesis Factor, Perfect Party Games, Alfred Hitchcock: A Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle |
Features: La Loteria
Video games: Dark Age of Camelot, Comparison of Nintendo GameCube and Xbox (Halo, Shrek, Dead or Alive 3, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Madden NFL 2002, Star Wars Rogue Leader, Luigi's Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pikmin), Video game industry reaction to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (World War III: Black Gold, Rogue Spear: Black Thorn) |
*** |
179
(Vol 26, #3) |
2002 |
April |
Top Secret Spies, Kupferkessel Co. (CopperKettle Co.), Vom Kap Bis Kairo (From Cape to Cairo, Hexen Rennen (Witch Race), Ebbe & Flut (Ebb & Flow) |
Star Wars Obi-Wan, MKA: Mortal Kombat Advance / Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revenge, NHL 2002, Splashdown |
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Video games: Sega Soccer Slam, Import gaming (Shenmue II), The Fellowship of the Ring / The Lord of the Rings Part I, PS2 Online, Medieval: Total War, Online games (Video game addiction)
Tabletop games: Auction 2002
Other: Walter Wick (Can You See What I See?), Z-Cardz, Robert Heike, Günter Burkhardt |
*** |
180
(Vol 26, #4) |
2002 |
May |
Urland, DVONN, Liberté, Pompeji (Pompeii) |
Rez, Medal of Honor, Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars, Sid Meier's SimGolf |
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Features: Marc Salem
Video games: Nintendo GameCube (Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Super Monkey Ball, Wave Race: Blue Storm), Toontown, Linux for PlayStation 2, Majesco, Dance Dance Revolution (Dance Dance Revolution Konamix), Neverwinter Nights
Other: Googlewhacking, 2002 developments in the dispute for title of World Chess Champion (FIDE World Chess Championship 2002) |
*** |
181
(Vol 26, #5) |
2002 |
July |
Where's Bob's Hat?, Mexica, Settlers of Catan card game/Expansions, Atlantic Star, Phoney Baloney, Ein Arsch Kommt Sellten Allein (Reprehensible Fellows Seldom Come Singly) |
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle / Sonic Advance |
Scramble Squares |
Features: Competitive eating
Video games: Magic Online, Virtual economy/Gold farming, Game demos |
*** |
182
(Vol 26, #6) |
2002 |
August |
Alibi, You're Bluffing!, Agora, Moods |
Pirates - The Legend of Black Kat, Star Trek Bridge Commander, Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, Virtua Fighter 4 |
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Features: 1000 Blank White Cards
Video games: Train simulators (Microsoft Train Simulator, Trainz, BVE: Boso View Express, Bahn, Rail3D, Runaway Train, Trainz Paint Shed, Yardmaster, Boss, Workshop, Online, Branchline, Commuter, Pioneer, Railroad Tycoon, Railroad Tycoon II, Rails Across America), Game demos, Pikmin flower, Virtual Kasparov, Master of Orion III, Medal of Honor, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Tribes Fast Attack, Spyhunter, Myst miniseries
Tabletop games: Middle Shogi Manual (Chu shogi) |
*** |
183
(Vol 26, #7) |
2002 |
September |
Pueblo, Kingdoms, Pampas Railroads, Puerto Rico |
Freedom Force, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Spider-Man |
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Features: Jackpot
Video games: City of Heroes, Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World, Galactic Battlegrounds, Clone Campaigns, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, RollerCoaster Tycoon II, Metal Gear Solid 2 / Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, 6th generation price wars
Tabletop games: Martin Wallace, Hostage Chess
Other: 2002 developments in the dispute for title of World Chess Champion (Prague Unity Plan), Action Centered Training's giant board games, Dominions, Games |
*** |
184
(Vol 26, #8) |
2002 |
October |
Dschunke (Junk), San Gimignano, Emerald, Santa Fe Rails |
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix, ZooCube, Hunter: The Reckoning, Star Wars Starfighter Special Edition |
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Features: Mazes (Adrian Fisher, Maize mazes, Mirror mazes, Hedge mazes, Water mazes, Decorative paving mazes, Labyrinths, Six minute mazes, etc.)
Video games: America's Army, Online games (EverQuest, Ultima Online, World War II Online, A Tale in the Desert, Ultimate Baseball Online, Motor City Online, Phantasy Star Online, Final Fantasy XI, Star Wars Galaxies, Blizzard's World of Warcraft, The Sims Online), Doom III, Command & Conquer Generals, Steel Battalions, Super Mario Sunshine, Star Fox Adventures, Metroid Prime, Legend of Zelda, Jazz & Faust, LucasArts adventure games, Full Throttle 2, Hoyle Games Collection II, 100 Great Games for the Palm |
*** |
185
(Vol 26, #9) |
2002 |
November |
Villa Paletti, Clash of the Gladiators, Dragon Land, Wallenstein, Brewmaster: The Craft Beer Game |
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Neverwinter Nights, Soccer Slam, Stuntman |
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Features: Video game art, Internet art, and Art games (Cathartic User Interface, Game Show, Sophie Calle, Trance, Netomat, Jackpot, MetaPet, Jarvis Rockwell's Maya installation, Danny O's Ball Walk, Pencil Whipped, Game On, Triggerhappy)
Video games: America's Army, Warcraft III, The Sims, The Sims Deluxe, Livin' Large, Larry Holland, Peter Hirschmann, Clone Wars, Bounty Hunter
Tabletop games: World Boardgaming Championships, Dungeons & Dragons (EN World), Bill Payne |
*** |
186
(Vol 26, #10) |
2002 |
December |
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2003 Buyer's Guide
- Nemesis Factor
- Coast to Coast
- Roadside Rescue
- Color Up Puzzle/Cube Brick Puzzle
- Mad Triad
- Scramble Squares
- Superplexus
- Brain Warp
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Features: Barbu, Collectible card games, Jigsaw puzzles |
*** |
187
(Vol 27, #1) |
2003 |
February |
Gold Digger, Zahltag (Payday), Hammer of the Scots, Lord of the Rings Sauron expansion |
Mafia, Casino Empire, Battlefield 1942, Links 2003 |
G8 Game Timer |
Features: Practical joke devices/Novelty items (H. Fishlove & Co.)
Video games: Human-computer chess matches (Chessmaster, Christiansen – Chessmaster, Fritz & Junior, Kasparov – Deep Junior, Deep Blue), Unreal Tournament 2003, The Lost Vikings, Kill Bill, Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2, Tribes 2 (Team Rabbit 2, Tribes Classic, Tribes Fast Attack, Tribes Aerial Assault)
Tabletop games: Gary Cowley (Face-It/Suit-Up), Dungeons & Dragons |
*** |
188
(Vol 27, #2) |
2003 |
March |
TAMSK, Nautilus, X-Bugs, War & Sheep!, Tony & Tino, Drake & Drake |
Animal Crossing, Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee, Wheel of Fortune 2003, Jeopardy! 2003, Monopoly, Scrabble Complete |
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Features: Mesoamerican ballgame
Video games: Steel Battalion, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Dead to Rights
Tabletop games: Kris Burm, Sid Sackson, Tabletop game websites (BoardGameGeek, The Game Cabinet, Luding, Risk! Homepage, Card Games)
Other: North American Wife Carrying Championships, Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Monopoly |
*** |
189
(Vol 27, #3) |
2003 |
April |
Fire and Ice, Freeloader, Wildlife, Cityscape |
SimCity 4, The Sims Online, Ratchet & Clank, Legends of Wrestling II |
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Features: 2002 gaming retrospective (MIT Mystery Hunt, Curling, Intercoastal Altercations, Book of Challenges, National Puzzlers' League Convention, Gen Con Game Fair, Gwen Con, Push, Nevada, Microsoft Puzzle Hunt, The Mobley Wedding, The Game, Las Vegas, Fightball)
Video games: Mecha games (BattleTech/MechWarrior/MechAssault/MechCommander, Steel Battalion, Robotech: Battlecry, Radio Alchemic Drive: RAD, Super Robot Wars Impact, Murakamo: Mech Hunter), Tabletop game adaptations (BrettspielWelt, EBTG - Brett & Computer), Civilization III: Play the World, Halo, Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, Jeff Tunnell/Dynamix/GarageGames (Marble Blast, Chain Reaction, Orbz, Robot Battle, Torque engine) |
*** |
190
(Vol 27, #4) |
2003 |
May |
Krone & Schwert (Crown & Sword), Nodwick, Odin's Ravens, Korsar (Corsairs), Ad Acta (On File), Cavetroll |
Impossible Creatures, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, Splinter Cell, War of the Monsters |
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Features: Antique board games and board game collecting, How Would You Move Mount Fuji?, Monopoly variants
Video games: Westwood Studios, Bestselling games of 2002, Medieval: Total War, Rome: Total War, The Sims Online
Other: Wonderful World of Words, Kasparov – Deep Junior |
*** |
191
(Vol 27, #5) |
2003 |
July |
Wheedle, Volltreffer (Bull's-Eye), Clans, Octiles |
Freelancer, Unreal 2, Praetorians, American Conquest |
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Video games: Handheld gaming, Thoth Game Engine, MechWarrior movie, MageKnight movie, 6th generation console wars, Game Boy Advance (Nintendo Puzzle Collection, untitled Zelda game), Strategic Simulations, Inc. (IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, Harpoon 4, Lock On: Modern Air Combat), Ubisoft (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) |
*** |
192
(Vol 27, #6) |
2003 |
August |
Age of Steam, Play On Words, Settlers of the Stone Age, Dibs |
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Sonic Advance 2, Pro Race Driver |
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Features Puerto Rico
Tabletop games: Interview with Andreas Seyfarth, Arimaa
Video games: Used video games online (eBay, Half.com, Funagain Games, Newegg, Amazon.com, Buy.com, Dragglestown, The War Store, New Wave Mail Order), Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome, Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII, Masters of Doom, military simulation games based on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Retrogaming (PhillyClassic, Classic Gaming Expo, Entity, Space Invaders Collection)
Other: The Clocktower Mystery, John Ninomiya/Cluster ballooning, John Ivers/Amateur roller coaster construction/Negative-G.com |
*** |
193
(Vol 27, #7) |
2003 |
September |
Visualeyes, Fresh Fish, New England |
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Bandits: Phoenix Rising, NBA Street Vol. 2 |
The Game Inventor's Guidebook |
Features: Games with meta-rules (Magic: The Gathering; Rumble; Eleusis; Fluxx; Democrazy; Proteus; Dvorak, Mao, Lemma, Nomic, nomic games)
Tabletop games: online chess, This Week in Chess at The London Chess Centre, Playchess.com, ChessBase, Chess Cafe, Chess Variants Site, Chessopolis, Portable Game Notation
Video games: Usenet, EverQuest (EverQuest II, Lords of EverQuest, EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers, EverQuest: Evolution), Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo, Sims 4: Rush Hour Expansion Pack, The Sims Bustin' Out, The Sims 2, Doom 3 |
*** |
194
(Vol 27, #8) |
2003 |
October |
Amun-Re, Balloon Cup, Paris Paris, Mystery Rummy Case No. 4: Al Capone and the Chicago Underworld, Crossword Pyramids, Zoosim |
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Expansion: Bloodmoon, PlanetSide, Hulk, Midtown Madness 3 |
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Features: Jasper Maskelyne's Wartime trickery
Video games: Ragnarok Online hacking, EverQuest Macintosh Edition, Warcraft: The Board Game, GameCube sales, Battlefield Vietnam, Enter the Matrix, Usenet newsgroups |
*** |
195
(Vol 27, #9) |
2003 |
November |
Mystery of the Abbey, Dante's Inferno, The Penguin Ultimatum, I'm the Boss! |
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, Jet Grind Radio, Mario Golf |
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Features: Jasper Maskelyne's Wartime trickery
Video games: Interactive fiction (Andrew Plotkin, Graham Nelson, Michael S. Gentry, Emily Short, Adam Cadre), Cheating in video games/Walkthroughs, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, online go (GoBase.org) |
*** |
196
(Vol 27, #10) |
2003 |
December |
|
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2004 Buyer's Guide
- River Crossing
- Boats
- X-Puzzle
- Mythic Mazes
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Features: Mike Selinker
Collectible card games: Ophidian 2350, The Simpsons Trading Card Game, Neopets Trading Card Game, SpongeBob SquarePants Trading Card Game
Other: World Boardgaming Championships (Puerto Rico), Peanuts Monopoly, Peanuts Uno, Peanuts Chess |
*** |
197
(Vol 28, #1) |
2004 |
February |
Wordigo, Lawless, King Me!, Strange Synergy, High Society |
SimCity 4 Rush Hour, Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, Voodoo Vince |
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Features: BrettspielWelt
Tabletop games: Überplay, The Million Word Crossword Dictionary, Mountain
Video games: Cheating in video games (Steam, GameSpy), Half-Life 2 leak, 6th generation console wars |
*** |
198
(Vol 28, #2) |
2004 |
March |
Pirate's Cove, YINSH, Senjutsu, Vampire |
Kirby Air Ride/Mario Kart: Double Dash‼, Gladius, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World |
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Features: High strikers
Tabletop games: Eagle Games (Civilization: The Boardgame, Age of Mythology: The Boardgame)
Video games: Star Wars Galaxies |
*** |
199
(Vol 28, #3) |
2004 |
April |
Age of Mythology, Spooks, Vanished Planet, Balancing Aliens |
Magic: The Gathering Battlegrounds/Culdcept, Secret Weapons Over Normandy |
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Features: The Game of Flying Obelisks
Books: The Tanagram Book, The Awesome 3-D Puzzle Challenge, Go! More than A Game, Eye-Pleasing, Mind-Teasing 3-D Conundrums, Truly Baffling Optical Illusions, Mastering Checkmates, All About Mancala: Its History and How to Play
Video games: Auction sniping, DVD games (Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Xena Warrior Princess—Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Trivial Pursuit DVD Pop Culture Edition, Lilo & Stitch's Island of Adventures DVD Game)
Other: Duane Cash's Rubik's Cube variations, Associated Press' dropping of chess coverage |
*** |
200
(Vol 28, #4) |
2004 |
May |
Princes of the Renaissance, Siegestones, Carcassonne: The Castle, Maya |
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, NFL Street, EyeToy: Play |
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Features: English rhymes for "silver"
Video games: 2004 handheld console wars (PlayStation Portable), ScummVM, Sonalysts (Jane's 688(I) Hunter/Killer, Jane's Fleet Command, Sub Command, Dangerous Waters, Harpoon 4), Female video game player demographics, Allegiance/Allegiance Zone, Game designers
Tabletop games: Dollar |
*** |
201
(Vol 28, #5) |
2004 |
July |
Word Rich, Fantasy Pub, Attika, Oasis, Subulata, Saga |
Champions of Norrath, 007: Everything or Nothing |
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Features: Piecepack
Video games: World of Warcraft, James Bond video games (007: Everything or Nothing, GoldenEye 2), Midway Games (Justice League, The Suffering, NBA Ballers, Major League Baseball: SlugFest, Psi-Ops, Mortal Kombat, Area 51, NARC, Gauntlet/Gauntlet Dark Legacy), Star Wars: Republic Commando
Other: Scott Hagwood/Memorization/Mnemonics |
*** |
202
(Vol 28, #6) |
2004 |
August |
Alexandros, Ticket to Ride, Secret of the Tombs, Go Mental |
Far Cry, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Pokémon Colosseum |
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Features: Jigsaw puzzles (Jack-in-the-Box Puzzles)
Video games: Online crossword puzzles, Alchemy, Ubisoft (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six III, Ghost Recon 2, Pacific Fighters, Myst IV: Revelation), Golf simulators (QMotions-Golf Indoor Golf Simulator, Tiger Woods PGA Tour) |
*** |
203
(Vol 28, #7) |
2004 |
September |
Hoity Toity, Die Fugger, Scream Machine, Dos Rios, Hansa, Gulo Gulo |
Samurai Warriors, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Custom Robo |
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Features: Hearts
Video games: E3 2004 (Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Black & White 2, Catwoman, Def Jam: Fight for NY, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, The Sims 2, The URBZ: Sims in the City, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Crash Twinsanity, Empire Earth 2, Evil Genius, Fahrenheit, Fight Club, Ground Control II: Operation Exodus, Half-Life 2, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Men of Valor, Predator: Concrete Jungle, Red Ninja: End of Honor, Spyro: A Hero's Tail, StarCraft: Ghost, Tribes: Vengeance, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Star Wars Battlefront, Mercenaries, Star Wars Republic Commando, Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed)
Other: 2004 developments in the dispute for title of World Chess Champion (FIDE World Chess Championship 2004), The Way of Go: 8 Ancient Strategy Secrets for Success in Business and Life |
*** |
204
(Vol 28, #8) |
2004 |
October |
Finstere Flure (Creepy Corridor), Santiago, Die Sieben Siegel (The Seven Seals), Sunken City, Relationship Tightrope, Adam & Eva |
Full Spectrum Warrior, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
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Features: Toy colleges, (American International Toy Fair, Mattel Games Division, Fischer-Price Toys, Wild Planet Toys, National Toy Hall of Fame)
Video games: E3 2004 (Conker Live and Reloaded, Legend of Zelda, Splinter Cell 3, The Movies, Resident Evil 4, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Paper Mario 2) |
*** |
205
(Vol 28, #9) |
2004 |
November |
Goa, Anno 1503, Tongiaki, Maharaja, Poison Pot, FBI |
Mario Golf Advance Tour, Hot Shots Golf Fore!, Spider-Man 2 |
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Features: Video poker
Video games: City of Heroes, Kingdom of Loathing
Other: Word Wars, FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, What Presidents Are Made Of |
*** |
206
(Vol 28, #10) |
2004 |
December |
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Features: Eric Harshbarger
Collectible card games: Magic: The Gathering, Star Trek CCG, Yu Yu Hakusho TCG, Pokémon, G.I. Joe TCG, On the Edge, Yu-Gi-Oh!, MegaMan NT Warrior, Duel Masters TCG, Star Wars TCG, Star Wars CCG, Star Trek CCG, Lord of the Rings TCG, Monty Python and the Holy Grail CCG
Video games: Nintendo DS
Other: Fool the Guesser, The Logan Deck, 3rd Game Show Congress, Can You See What I See? Cool Collections |
*** |
207
(Vol 29, #1) |
2005 |
February |
Boomtown, Snorta!, The Kites and Darts Game, Teleporters, Goldbräu, Keythedral |
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Scrapland |
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Features: English rhymes for "purple"
Video games: Steam, Xbox sales, Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, Acclaim Entertainment
Tabletop games: World Boardgaming Championships |
*** |
208
(Vol 29, #2) |
2005 |
March |
Project Kells, Election USA, Betrayal at House on the Hill, *Star |
Secret of the Silver Earring, Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders |
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Features: Games as art objects (Liubo)
Books: Sherlock Holmes speculation
Tabletop games: Patrick Matthews
Collectible card games: Pokémon TCG (Poké Card Creator Contest/Kids' WB! Pokémon TCG booster packs) |
*** |
209
(Vol 29, #3) |
2005 |
April |
Camelot Legends, Columns, Dawn Under, Gloom, Station Master, Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine, A.K.A. The Marble Game |
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, World of Warcraft, Mario Party 6 |
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Features: Spiel/Essen 2004 (Chicago International Toy and Game Fair, Louis XIV: Intrigue in the Court of the Sun King, Mall World, Reef Encounter, Jambo, Geschenkt)
Video games: Nintendo DS (Asphalt DS, Madden NFL 2005, Spider-Man 2, Super Mario 64 DS, The Urbz: Sims in the City), Steam (Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2)
Other: International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions 2004, Hikaru Nakamura, Quzzle |
*** |
210
(Vol 29, #4) |
2005 |
May |
Ys, Der Untergang von Pompeji (Escape from Pompeii), Jambo, Burn in Hell, Mall World, Carcassonne: The City |
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf |
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Features: The Settlers of Catan
Tabletop games: NetWords
Video games: Fritz, Chesster 2 |
*** |
211
(Vol 29, #5) |
2005 |
July |
Die Weinhändler (The Wine Merchants), Submarine, Niagara, Jungle Smart, Heart of Africa, Caribbean |
Star Fox: Assault, Champions: Return to Arms, Oddworld Stranger's Wrath |
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Features: Dominoes (World Domino Championship/Fédération Internationale de Domino, Dominoes variants)
Video games: The Sims 2: University, City of Heroes, World of Warcraft, City of Villains, Guild Wars |
*** |
212
(Vol 29, #6) |
2005 |
August |
Ticket to Ride Europe, Primordial Soup (a.k.a. Ursuppe), Adversity, Around the World in 80 Days, Oltremare: Merchants of Venice |
God of War, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory |
Subtrax |
Features: Mirror mazes (Peaugres Safari Park)
Tabletop games: David A. Cherry
Other: Cowtown Cattlepen Maze, Deal Me In!: Online Cardrooms, Big-Time Tournaments, & the New Poker |
*** |
213
(Vol 29, #7) |
2005 |
September |
Amazonas, Monsters Menace America, Ice Cream, Australia, The Motley Fool's Buy Low, Sell High, Gone Fishing |
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Features: Can sculpture
Other: Polarity, SimplyFun, Star Wars Episode III Tie-Ins (Star Wars III video games, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Miniatures, Battle Planner, Attacktix, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Trading Card Game, Trivial Pursuit, Star Wars edition, Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition, Star Wars Monopoly, Star Wars Chess, Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Star Wars Galaxies) |
*** |
214
(Vol 29, #8) |
2005 |
October |
Shadows Over Camelot, Carcassonne: The Princess and the Dragon, My Dwarves Fly, Polarity, Candamir: The First Settlers, China |
Donkey Konga 2/WarioWare: Twisted/Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, Forza Motorsport |
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Features: Looney Labs (Icehouse, Aquarius, Cosmic Coasters, Fluxx, Chrononauts, Nanofictionary, The Mad Lab Rabbits)
Video games: 7th generation console wars (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Revolution)
Other: BoardGameGeek (BGG.con), Videogames: In the Beginning |
*** |
215
(Vol 29, #9) |
2005 |
November |
Louis XIV, Wild Pirates, Iglu Iglu, Razzia! (Raid), Tanz der Hornochsen! (Dance of the Bullheads), No Merci (No Thanks) |
Destroy All Humans!/Psychonauts |
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Features: Carousels
Tabletop games: Poker variants, Thomas Liesching (Niagara)
Video games: Video games based on Marvel Comics for Xbox360, Far Cry Instincts, Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue |
*** |
216
(Vol 29, #10) |
2005 |
December |
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Features: Opening sentences
Collectible card games: Anachronism, Zatch Bell! The Card Battle, Teen Titans Collectible Card Game, The Kids Next Door Trading Card Game, Magic: The Gathering
Collectible miniatures games: HeroClix, MechWarrior, Pirates of the Revolution, Rocketmen, Navia Dratp
Other: Chessboards, 15th Annual WBC, Dollar auctions |
*** |
217
(Vol 30, #1) |
2006 |
February |
WordSearch, Jochen der Rochen (Fish Boogie), Trump, Tricks, Game!, Keesdrow, Darkness Falls on Sevinpold, RoboRally |
Indigo Prophecy, Black & White 2, Ultimate Spider-Man/X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse |
2006 Pentomino Daily Calendar |
Features: Oskar van Deventer
Tabletop games: Porcio
Video games: Game Boy Micro |
*** |
218
(Vol 30, #2) |
2006 |
March |
Wildfire, Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean, Himalaya, Die Dolmengötter (The Druid Gods), Poison |
Shadow of the Colossus, The Movies, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 |
Flipside |
Tabletop and video games: Comic & Gaming Crossovers (HeroClix, Vs. System, Attacktix, Super Hero Showdown, video games based on comic books), Murray Heasman
Other: New York Pizza Show, The World's Longest Crossword Puzzle, A Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality, Russians Versus Fischer (2d ed.) |
*** |
219
(Vol 30, #3) |
2006 |
April |
PÜNCT, Wits and Wagers, Lucca Città, Techno Witches, Ark, Siena, Castle Merchants |
Guitar Hero, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie |
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Video games: Independent Games Festival
Tabletop games: Large-sized miniatures, Miniature Amusements/RollerCoaster Tycoon Construction Set, International Board Gaming League |
*** |
220
(Vol 30, #4) |
2006 |
May |
Carcassonne: The Discovery, Aloha, Glory to Rome, Freya's Folly, Vegas Showdown, Hacienda |
Super Mario Strikers, True Swing Golf, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones |
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Features: Militainment/Virtual battlefields
Puzzles: Rocky Chiaro
Video games: Mac gaming (PopCap Games), Majesco Entertainment, Dr. Sudoku
Other: Mechanical puzzles (General Symmetries, Inc.), Corus chess tournament |
*** |
221
(Vol 30, #5) |
2006 |
July |
Il Principe, Parlay, Wallamoppi, Hey! That's My Fish!, Tricky Town, Beowulf: The Legend, Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilization |
Fight Night Round 3, Black, Star Wars: Empire at War |
|
Features: The Howard Bros. Circus
Video games: Xbox 360 (Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo: Elements of Power, Condemned: Criminal Origins, PGR 3 (Project Gotham Racing 3), Call of Duty 2, Dead or Alive 4, NBA 2K6, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Gears of War, Prey) |
*** |
222
(Vol 30, #6) |
2006 |
August |
Reef Encounter, King Arthur Card Game, Ticket to Ride: Märklin, Rocketville, Railroad Tycoon, Ostia: The Harbor of Rome |
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Top Spin 2 |
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Features: Locked room mysteries
Video games: PopCap Games (Games for Health), Xbox Live Marketplace
Other: The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles and Games, Mechanical puzzles (R&A Media), Chess boxing, Perplex City |
*** |
223
(Vol 30, #7) |
2006 |
September |
Jot!, Caylus, Sketchword, Cosmic Cows, Gemblo, Play Nine |
Tomb Raider: Legend, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Odama, Metroid Prime: Hunters |
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Features: Wordplay
Video games: LAN parties, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Other: Allan Boardman |
*** |
224
(Vol 30, #8) |
2006 |
October |
Mykerinos, Pecunia Non Olet (Money Does Not Stink), Skyline of the World, Corintho, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects |
Heroes of Might & Magic V, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Magnetica, Half-Life 2: Episode I |
The 15 Puzzle |
Features: Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (Jam-O-Drum, Experimental-gameplay, Animateering, Game Innovation Database, PeaceMaker, Quasi)
Video games: Wii, Nintendo DS Lite
Other: Gridlock: Crossword Puzzles and the Mad Geniuses Who Create Them, Edge-matching puzzles (Eternitygames), Reunification of the World Chess Championship |
*** |
225
(Vol 30, #9) |
2006 |
November |
Pacru, Aquadukt (Aqueduct), Heximania, Rum & Pirates, Thurn and Taxis, Ringgz, Aqua Romana, Masons |
Lemmings, Table Tennis, New Super Mario Bros. |
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Features: Letterboxing
Video games: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Other: Bryan Berg, Mechanical puzzles (Faerie Tale Books) |
*** |
226
(Vol 30, #10) |
2006 |
December |
|
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2007 Buyer's Guide
- Gordian's Knot
- Flipside
- Regatta
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Features: Classic puzzles (Table-to-stools puzzle, Tangrams, Ma's Puzzle, 8-puzzle, Penrose triangle)
Video games: ESRB Ratings
Other: The New Puzzle Classics: Ingenious Twists on Timeless Favorites, The All Five Puzzle, 16th Annual WBC, Trading card games/Collectible card games, 18XX games, Chess variants |
*** |
227
(Vol 31, #1) |
2007 |
February |
Shear Panic, Abridged, Easter Island, Blue Moon City, Great Wall of China, Eat It!, Seismic, |
Lego Star Wars II, Okami, Madden NFL 07, Scarface: The World Is Yours |
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Features: Double deck pinochle, José Grant's Puzzle rings
Video games: X06
Other: Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles, Lost jigsaw puzzles, Mensa Guide to Solving Sudoku |
*** |
228
(Vol 31, #2) |
2007 |
March |
Mission: Red Planet, The End of the Triumvirate, Margin for Error, Valley of the Pharaohs, Word Spot, Terra Nova, Across Words |
Guitar Hero II, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Sid Meier's Railroads! |
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Features: MagiQuest
Video games: FoxMind, Jericho, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, The Official Warcraft Encyclopedia
Books: Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way, LIFE Picture Puzzle: Can You Spot the Differences?
Other: Perplex City |
*** |
229
(Vol 31, #3) |
2007 |
April |
Wayfinder, Claim It!, City & Guilds, Disorder, Canal Mania |
Viva Piñata, Gears of War, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Evidence: The Last Ritual |
Magnetic Bumper Cars |
Features: Kagen Schaefer's Puzzle boxes, Belegarth Medieval Combat Society
Video games: Party games (SingStar Rocks!, Karaoke Revolution, Karaoke Revolution Country, Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol, Guitar Hero II, Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4, You Don't Know Jack, Wii Sports, WarioWare: Smooth Moves), Wii
Other: Second Life: The Official Guide, Deep Fritz vs. Vladimir Kramnik, Board game conventions (Essen, BGG.con, EuroQuest) |
*** |
230
(Vol 31, #4) |
2007 |
May |
Cobras in the Cockpit, Genesis, Gheos, Doodle Dice, The Thief of Baghdad, On the Underground |
Hollywood Mogul 3, Ultimate Pro Pinball, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis |
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Video games: World of Warcraft (World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: The Board Game)
Puzzles: Isis puzzle/Isis Adventure |
*** |
231
(Vol 31, #5) |
2007 |
July |
Pillars of the Earth, Qwirkle, Taluva, GiftTRAP, Factory Fun, Mr. Jack |
Sam & Max, God of War II, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition |
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Features: Women-only tabletop gaming events (Ladies Only No Limit Hold'em, World Poker Tour Ladies Event, Borgata Fall Ladies Open, Susan Polgar Invitational for Girls, U.S. Women's Chess Championship, All Girls' National Chess Championship, Women's bridge competitions)
Video games: PlayStation 3
Puzzles: Michael Toulouzas' mechanical puzzles |
*** |
232
(Vol 31, #6) |
2007 |
August |
Khronos, Par-K, To Court the King, Dilbert: The Board Game, Alchemist, Numbers League |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 for Wii, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords |
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Features: Restaurant gaming (uWink, The blue turtle)
Video games: Music games (Guitar Hero II, Rock Band), Xbox 360
Tabletop games: Clobber
Other: Mechanical puzzles as art objects (Museum of Modern Art), The Brainiest Insaniest Ultimate Puzzle Book!, Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory |
*** |
233
(Vol 31, #7) |
2007 |
September |
Clue Suspects, Gemlok, California, Fnap, Arkadia, Cineplexity, Hermagor |
Catan: Live!, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars |
Rubik's Brain Racker |
Features: Annual Fairs and Festivals (Cheyenne Frontier Days, Iowa State Fair, Minnesota State Fair, Alaska State Fair, Los Angeles County Fair, State Fair of Texas, Fryeburg Fair, Georgia National Fair, Shiprock Navajo Fair, Florida State Fair)
Other: Monopoly (house rules), 2007 World Chess Championship |
*** |
| Vol 32–38 |
| Games World of Puzzles |
| Issue |
Year |
Month |
Tabletop game reviews |
Video game reviews |
Book/Puzzle/Toy reviews |
Other |
Contact |
| Vol 39–40 |
| (Vol 41, #7) |
2017 |
September |
Baba Yaga, LYNGK |
Ink Spotters: Sherlock Holmes Series, Slayaway Camp |
A-maze-ing Animals |
Features: Games 40th anniversary retrospective (contributors, contests), Conventions (WashingCon, GamerGrace, Pacificon Game Expo, PAX West, Dragon Con, Northeast Indiana Scrabble Tournament, RinCon, Wizard World Comic Con, GrandCon)
Video games: AlphaGo
Tabletop games: Rail Baron |
*** |