The Invasion of the German Board Games Their peaceful premises and intricate rule systems are changing the way Americans play—and helping shape an industry in the process.

German board games guru’s offerings include Trump, Nazis Tom Werneck, owner of one of the world’s biggest tabletop collections, says he doesn’t care about winning: ‘Playing is about ...

Each game begins with a shuffling of the board tiles, producing a wholly different board each time. Settlers allows players to produce resources, build roads and settlements, buy "development ...

One German genius has engineered a faster, smarter board game. Photo: Baerbel Schmidt In 1991, Klaus Teuber was well on his way to becoming one of the planet's hottest board game designers. Teuber ...

As a simple, yet effective translation of the German board game, Carcassonne proves an oddly addictive experience.

City of Six Moons was inspired by Holland’s experience translating a German board game she found at a thrift shop, according to an interview with Games Radar. Holland is known for her other ...

A board game modelled on the mafia conflicts that raged in Sicily in the 1980s has sparked outrage in Italy. The sister of Giovanni Falcone, an anti-mafia judge who was murdered, described the ...

While in Berlin, DnA’s producer Caroline Chamberlain visited the world’s first board game cafe called Spielwiese . She met with the designers of some games dealing with some very German challenges.

These German board games, such as Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan, attract a diverse audience by forgoing military topics for abstract economic concepts, rewarding strategic thinking by removing ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — A board game created in Germany has a BIG Minnesota connection in more ways than one. If you've ever played Settlers of CATAN, you likely didn't know CATAN Studio is based ...

Sniper Elite: The Board Game is a short, simple, and smartly designed hidden movement game.

The Twin Cities has become a hotbed for board games, from design and development to hard-core players.