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Posted by Henk Rolleman

22 Apr 2022

Henk Rolleman

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Utrecht

Photo Impression of .... Gigawatt
Designer Milo van Holsteijn, Wouter Vink

Europe, end of 20th century. Our economy runs entirely on fossil gas and coal-fired power plants. Climate change is a fact. Which region will have sustainable (non-fossil) electricity production first and wins the game?

Each game round, the electricity demand (in GigaWatt) in your region increases due to the fate of the Dice. It's up to you to build power stations to produce the required GW demand. This provides you with income, with which you can eventually close the old fossil power stations and replace them with sustainable power stations that do not emit CO2. You can trade GW surpluses and GW shortages with the other players or External Markets to balance supply and demand.

So are you going to increase sustainability quickly (with the risk of GW shortages), or are you more careful (at the risk of being late)? The region that is the first to produce more GW than the GW demand and has closed all its fossil power plants, wins. But beware, wind and solar energy sometimes only generate half of their GW power peak.

Passionated game enthusiasts - The Artist & Designers Milo, Yvonne and Wouter of Gigawatt @ Spellenspektakel 2021 Jaarbeurs in Utrecht - The Netherlands

At a trade fair in the Netherlands I
met a number of enthusiastic game enthusiasts who, from their own field of work in the energy market, have developed a board game that fits in very nicely with the current energy issue to make and use clean energy. Awareness raising and also how to convey this change process really easily with all its complexity is elegantly accomplished here in the colorful and above all energetic theme.

Our economy runs entirely on fossil gas and coal-fired power plants

Actions Cards - Conection Subsidy

Overview

A beautifully full and colorful playing field with pleasant iconography

It's up to you to build power stations to produce the required GW demand - Close Up during the game

CO2 Tax Card - Player have to make their contribution of co2 emission

A colorful competition in competition, supply and demand in the energy market

Power Plant Market

Close up during the game

The region that is the first to produce more GW than the GW demand and has closed all its fossil power plants, wins

Europe, end of 20th century the transition of Fossil engery to green engery is needed

Wind Subsidy - Action Cards - Players View

Game Overview in a 6 player game

Box & Components

The promotion energy from my daughter

North Sea Region

Energetic designers Milo & Wouter of Gigawatt

Let go green!

Energy and fun from my daughter

A contribution from my daughter Yinthe who also wants to make her contribution presentable for your future also enjoyed by her generation.

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Photo Impression of .... Honey Buzz

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12 Apr 2022

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
Eemdijk
Utrecht

Photo Impression of .... Honey Buzz - Happy Meeple Edition

Honey Buzz is like a Maya the bee who becomes queen of the beehive and has to hold sway to start the free market economy by collecting and marketing the nector as smartly and efficiently as possible. It looks nice and family friendly and it plays! The power of simplicity but with flair! The mechanisms work intuitively and logically. Collect, store and market. Searching for the right honey in the field because it yields the most. You let your bee colony grow with it just like the size of the honeycomb. Smart, efficient, ecological and tactical construction is self-evident here. I liked the sunny and cheerful design, the pleasant parts and the accessibility. In my opinion an inviting family game with a quick challenge!

My Daughter Yinthe presents Honey Buzz

The bees have discovered economics. The queens believe that if they sell honey to the bears, badgers, and woodland creatures, they will find peace and prosperity. Spring has arrived and it's time to build the hive, find nectar, make honey, and, for the first time ever, set up shop.

Some Lovey Nector Candy in Honey Buzz

Spring has arrived and it's time to build the hive, find nectar, make honey, and, for the first time ever, set up shop

Trading the Honey

The starting player who has eaten the most honey gets to spread their wings first in the Honey business

The expansion of the Honeycomb

Sell honey to the bears, badgers, and woodland creatures

Game in Progress

Honey Buzz is a worker bee placement game where players expand a personal beehive by drafting various honeycomb tiles that grant actions that are triggered throughout the game. Each tile represents a different action. Whenever a tile is laid so that it completes a certain pattern, a ring of actions is triggered in whatever order the player chooses. A tile drafted on turn one could be triggered up to three times at any point during the game. It all depends on how the player places their beeples and builds their hive. After all, in the honey business, efficiency is queen.

The Trading Market

Buzzy in the Flower Fields

With collecting Honey

After collecting you have special deliveries

The land of milk and ....

The queens believe that if they sell honey to the bears, badgers, and woodland creatures, they will find peace and prosperity

New Born Help in coming

Valuable raw materials for exchange of better stuff

A Honey Trade Center

As you continually expand your hive, you'll forage for nectar and pollen, make honey, sell different varieties at the bear market, host honey tastings, and attend to the queen and her court. There's only so much nectar to go around, and finding it won't be easy. Players will have to scout out the nectar field and pay attention to other players searches to try to deduce the location of the nectar they need for themselves.

A four player game in full swing as with Maja the bee.

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Photo Impression of .... Spellenspektakel in Utrecht - The Netherlands

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04 Apr 2022

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
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Utrecht

A brief look back at the past Spellenspektakel in the Netherlands in the Jaarbeurshallen in Utrecht. An event from a few months ago that I still enjoy looking back on visually. This is the largest Dutch board game event where all leading publishers are present.

Board Game: Railroad Ink Challenge: Lush Green Edition

All routes lead to Utrecht

Board Game: Ticket to Ride: Europe – 15th Anniversary

Next train to the fair

Tell me where to go with the Spelletjesvrienden

Finding digital routes

My 14 year old Jairo son is demonstrating for the first time on the fair for 999 Games

Juicy Fruits at the fair - Each player has their own small island paradise where they grow delicious fruit

Dutch investors creating the Northern polders of Holland

Box & Components - In Polders: Flip & Write you will be a 17th century Dutch investor that invested in the creation of the Dutch polders

Preparing you Hit list for the fair

Board Game: Architects of the West Kingdom

Many People on the fair

The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotpots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand

Board Game: Railroad Ink Challenge: Shining Yellow Edition

Railroad Ink Challenge: Shining Yellow Edition - Get ready to reach networking nirvana

Escape the Room ....

A Wish of my daughter to play ... Menhirs dans le Brouillard

In the misty Breton landscape, the wild boars quickly disappear into the mist

Niels Ramon Pieterse with his Menhirs Dans Le Brouillard

Zombie Kidz Evolution - Surviving at school when zombies start to attack, infiltrating the entryways, then barring the way to classrooms

The Quest for El Dorado

Enjoing the Game

Llamaland - The plateaus are wild, stunningly beautiful, and...full of llamas

Game Overview

Point Salad - Fast & Fun

Code Name Pictures

Mandala Stones

Qwixx Longo - Enjoying the Game

Cubitos - Help them find their way back to their nest

Game Overview

Board Game: MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House

MicroMacro: A full house by solving the crimes

Father and Son .... Solving the Crimes all over the city

Ship fleets allow for lively trade and the development of new islands in the Old and New World

Anno 1800

Qwixx with Goby @ Spellenspektakel

Some Dutch Raiders of the Northsea

Playing Meadow

Get rid of your dice. The trap, though, is that the fewer dice you have, the more difficult the game becomes

Dwarf Kingdom, is threatened by the dragon Fafnir

Board Game: Marvel Champions: The Card Game

Marvel Champions: The Card Game - A cooperative Living Card Game

Enjoying the Champions

New York Zoo - Constructing an animal park in New York

Jamaica Family fun

Playing the 15th year edition with my daughter

Ticket to ride Europe - I played with my daughter Yinthe Turning Tides

Turning Tides is a naval battle between two

Designer Rick Brune with Turning Tides

Khôra: Rise of an Empire - You are the rulers of a resplendent city in Ancient Greece

Architects of the West Kingdom - As royal architects, players compete to impress their King and maintain their noble status by constructing various landmarks throughout his newly appointed domain

Wonderbook - Ken - Tales describe the land as an idyllic paradise filled with marvelous dragon-made wonders and surrounded by a flourishing wilderness

Wonderbook - Lara - Tales describe the land as an idyllic paradise filled with marvelous dragon-made wonders and surrounded by a flourishing wilderness

Kingdomino Origins - Let's start the fire

If it Fits - Enjoying the game at the Jolly Dutch boot

Game Overview

My Daughter find the Everdell Woods Animals

In to the Everdell Woods

Yinthe - Everdell Forest by White Goblin Games

The Artist & Designers Milo, Yvonne and Wouter of Gigawatt

Game Overview

Hit List let's party on

Big Selling points

Always fun with the Dutch influences

The Peaky Blinders at the Geronomo Booth

After a long day with my to youngest kids

But not with an empty stomach

See you next year

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Photo Impression of .... Sock Monsters

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18 Jan 2022

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
Eemdijk
Utrecht

Sock Monsters a lovely family game

Designers: Liesbeth Bos, Anja Dreier-Brückner
Artist: Irina Pechenkina

..... While the house is empty, brave and industrious elves set out to tidy up. But the sock monsters are always lurking in the dark! Search chests and lockers, find socks and be the first to collect three pairs. Monsters are eager to steal lone socks. Watch out or, better yet, unleash them on your opponents. Explore new rooms, find useful items in the hidden compartments of the game box and watch the game evolve as you play.

A Monster game in process

Your game character is a brave and industrious elf trying to rescue socks from sock monsters. You start at the center of the game board, while monsters move from the corners in. Players make moves as monsters first. The monsters lurk around the house, always eager to steal a lone sock from a careless elf and carry it into a dark corner.

The next player to make a move takes a color die and puts it underneath his or her monster figure. When making a move, the players lift the figures slightly above the board, so the die underneath moves with the figure but is not visible from the outside. After making the move, the monster figure can be lifted to see the die. If the top face is showing a closed eye picture, this means the monster has fallen asleep and the player’s turn is over. If the die is showing an open eye picture, the player can perform an action.

Monsters are eager to steal lone socks. Watch out or, better yet, unleash them on your opponents.

The Elf ready to rescue her socks

After finishing the monster turn, the players then take a turn as elves, trying to find colored socks in chests and cabinets on the game board.

Watch out or, better yet, unleash them on your opponents

Your game character is a brave and industrious elf trying to rescue socks from sock monsters

If a matching pair of socks is collected, elves put them on their hands, feet and ears – and that’s really hard work!
The game ends when any one player has collected three pairs of socks.

Game Overview

This beautifully executed family game came to my table, a wonderful adventure for the hero on socks. The sock monsters are on a roll and are trying to sneak your socks off during the night. Only whole pairs are safe and letting them swing is not done!

During the game you move your elf and the sock monsters where you look for your desired socks where your memory must be sharp. The monsters will leave you without socks with a bit of dice luck. The dice easily rotate among the sock monsters looking for open eyes to strike. The game is a nice mix of memory, push your luck and collect love for colorful socks. Highly recommended for families with younger players!

The quality of the game is simply fantastic!

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Photo Impression of .... Anno 1800

Posted by Henk Rolleman

17 Jan 2022

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
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Utrecht

In Anno 1800 you develop your home island's productive capacity and use ships for lively trade and the development of
new islands in the Old and New World. You must fulfill the wishes of your own population. While the inhabitants are
initially satisfied with bread and clothing, they soon demand valuable luxury goods. You must plan production chains
sensibly and keep an eye on the specialization of your population. The goal: A wise distribution of farmers, workers,
craftsmen, engineers, and investors — but the competition never sleeps and can snatch the new achievements from
under your nose at any time!

Ship fleets allow for lively trade and the development of new islands in the Old and New World

Players View

While the inhabitants are initially satisfied with bread and clothing, they soon demand valuable luxury goods

Anno 1800 came to my table and the first visual impression the box radiated the adventure of entrepreneurship and the discoveries of the new world in the middle of the industrial revolution. The game was set up on the table and all tiles appeared artificial due to the large amount, but luckily this fell away quickly during play. While playing, all the mechanisms come together nicely. It plays smoothly and lots of indirect interaction.
Which raw materials do you want to produce yourself and which do you trade with your competitors?

Hand card management is the engine of the game and I really liked it. Sail out to new worlds and discover and trade exotic products. The pleasant chain reaction in different raw materials and goods that are linked or necessary to produce more luxurious goods. When someone's hand is empty, the game can end quickly and be aware of this. Although clearing your hand quickly doesn't have to mean you're going to win. Most victory points are still in the points total of especially the more expensive cards.
Different tactics are possible during the game so that not everyone preys on the same goods and resources.

I had a great time with this accessible and elegant development game from the 19th century.

Open Box & Components

New Worlds to discover - Close Up during the Game

Players View - You own Industry is growing

A hand full of options

Special orders from Isabel

A Four player overview of new world

A wise distribution of farmers, workers, craftsmen, engineers, and investors — but the competition never sleeps and can snatch the new achievements from under your nose at any time

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Photo Impression of .... Dutch Board Game Awards - Winners

Posted by Henk Rolleman

11 Nov 2021

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
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Utrecht

Winners Dutch Games Prize 2021

The jury of the Dutch Games Prize, the quality prize for board games published in Dutch, announced the winners of the Dutch Games Prize 2021 on Friday evening 5 November. Prizes are awarded every year in the categories 'best family game', 'best advanced game' and 'best expert game'.

The winners of 2021

CuBirds from the publisher Gam'inBIZ is the best family game, It's a Wonderful World from Geronimo Games the best advanced game and Everdell from White Goblin Games the best expert game.

Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game

Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Advanced Game

Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game

Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game - With artist Kristiaan der Nederlanden & Publisher Gam'inBIZ

Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Advanced Game - With Game Publisher Geronimo Games

Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game - Game Publisher White Goblin Games

Cubirds

During a spring walk in the fields you will see many different birds. Can you be the first to bring seven different species back to their families? Or do you focus on two?

CuBirds is a design by Stefan Alexander and is published by Gam'inBIZ. The game is suitable for 2 to 5 players from 8 years old and has a playing time of 20 minutes.

Jury verdict: The original and varied images of the birds immediately invite to play. With one kind of bird you enclose other birds that you collect. You can use these later to get even more birds, but do you dare to save further or do you play it safe? For when the round ends, your birds may have flown.

Cubirds

Box & Components

Players View

Game Overview

Making a action to get the birds

Players Hand

It's a Wonderful World

You build your empire and have only a short time to show that you are the most powerful. You mustn't miss a beat. Choose the right developments, take advantage of your production and leave your competition stunned.

It's a Wonderful World is a design by Frédéric Guérard and published by Geronimo Games. The game is suitable for 1 to 5 players from 14 years old and has a playing time of 45 minutes.

Jury Verdict: You are really building a production chain in this game. Which buildings do you choose, which do you need and which do you not wish for your competitors? What else can you build? The tight deadline of four rounds keeps you on your toes. Watching your empire grow in the meantime is a lot of fun.

Interview with the publisher Geronimo

It’s a Wonderful World - Components Overview

Ancient artifacts

Close Up During the Game

Financiers of the World

Developing the future with new Technology

Developing Underwater Cities

Box & Components

Close Up During the Game

Five Player Sessions

Everdell

In the valley of Everdell, the forest animals set up a beautiful civilization. As one of their mayors, you try to make the year the most successful for your city. For this you build houses with gathered materials and you prefer to let the right residents move in there.

Everdell is designed by James A. Wilson and published by White Goblin Games. The game is suitable for 1-4 players from the age of 12 and has a playing time of 90 minutes.

Jury verdict: The enchanting fairy tale with colorful animals and fabulous prints immediately invites you to play. You try to cleverly combine your cards with the possibilities on the board, so that you can do more and more. Because you decide when your next season starts, it really feels like your own game. The eye-catching game material makes this perhaps the most beautiful game of 2021!

Interview with the publisher White Goblin Games

Everdell - From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a year have come and gone, but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities established - Game Overview

Evertree - Seasons

Close Up - 4 Player Game

Gathering resources

Critters View

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Photo Impression of .... Spiel 2021 - Image Heavy

Posted by Henk Rolleman

28 Oct 2021

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
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Utrecht

I went to the Spiel 2021 international games fair from Wednesday to Friday. From the Netherlands a car ride of about 180 minutes.
After a trade fair break of more than a year and a half, this felt very nice again. I understood from Max Metzler that they were very excited that the event could take place.
It was wonderful to meet enthusiasts, acquaintances and friends from home and abroad again, to marvel at the halls, to discover new titles and
to photograph. In the evenings I had the pleasure of getting to know fellow enthusiasts that I personally did not know very well.
That was very pleasant to catch up after the exhibition day, to hear stories and enjoy. I did not experience wearing the mouth cap as a nuisance and while photographing I did not experience it as a nuisance
asked a number of acquaintances and game authors to temporarily take off the cap.

The room size and wider aisles were pleasant and well ventilated, making for a pleasant stay.
I have grasped that there have been about 94,000 thousand visitors, quite a number despite all the restrictions.
In particular, I also saw and heard many Dutch, Spaniards and Germans and a lost American or Taiwanese.

With my report I consciously wanted to capture an atmosphere alternating with close ups of the games.
In the near future I will upload more current images. I myself look back on a successful visit to Spiel 2021 and now enjoy it.

Early in the morning in the Netherlands going to the East

Passing the border crossing with Germany

Know we are getting close ....

That is looking good

At the Center of the Boardgame World

Parking my Car with a mysterious Guest

Followed him to the Enterance

First some Coffee ... Espresso Doppio please

Of course with a cookie

Let the magic begin

At the Neuheiten Show

Inno Spiel Winner & the Winner of the Deutsche Spielepreis

Saving the Egg of the Dodo, Winner of the Deutsche Spielepreis Kids

Meeting with Geek's & Authors at the Show booth

Beth Heile & Hobbes Inc the BGG Crew

Welcome you to Essen Crime City

A lot to do in our play garden

Max Metzler the man behind Spiel and especially Spiel Digital.
Max is the Son of Dominique.

Sometime we need an excape ....

And a fast way out ....

We here some secrets of new ..... Ignacy Trzewiczek

New stories on the harsh desert planet of Arrakis

The legend of the Golem of Prague in the 16th-century and their grow these powerful creatures

In the 6th-century a legend of the Golem of Prague, an anthropomorphic creature that Rabbi Loew animated starting from a clay statue to protect his people

The Synagogue Marbles Structure

Mr. Furnace ... new capital arrived for buying games

The Rats from Messina arrived also at the fair.
Designer Raúl Fernández Aparicio with Messsina

Board Game: Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders

Or we find new Adventures with new leaders - Designer Alwen on expedition as the leader of the fellowship

Others will follow ...

Even from Troyes .... with Mr and Mrs Dujardin

With a Chinchiller

Adventures on new Islands ....

Pay close attention to your purchases because there are always privateers on the coast

Designer Oleksandr Nevskiy building his Settlement right their

Traveling with the boat to ....

With my Guide Joris Maas meeting 7 Gods(Designer)

Designer Ivan Lashin with his Furnace from St Petersburg had some fine
ideas for my Russian capital

With Love from Russia

More Russian influences from the red square - Designers Isra C & Shei S with their Red Cathedral

Board Game: Goetia: Nine Kings of Solomon

After a visit in the Cathedral ... got a copy from Designer Kristian Karlberg - Goetia: Nine Kings of Solomon

Autumn is not the best time to climb up on a scaffold in Moscow

From the Red square took

.... Tram 28 to Lisbon

With Some muscles from Bruxelles - Etienne Espreman

And Scott send some real Geek Gold to the Winner - Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Winner - Designer Tomáš Uhlíř

This was for one of the Best Covid survivors.

With some good advice for saving the planet!

Vlaada Chvátil also hurling new crew for defending Earth from space

The Czech solved their distribution issue with some Galaxy Truckers

Vlaada Chvátil on tour with his Galaxy Trucker

Other Space battles - The Spirit of Erune though the Maze of the Dungeon

though the Maze

Becoming the next great spirit of the forest, by helping of the yōkai, the kodamas and the different pilgrims, accompany them on their path

Bitoku spirits of the forest in their path towards transcendence

Glass manufacturers hard working at the booth

Take the role of glass manufacturers and traders who want to profit as much as they can from their role in the production of glass art

Traveling from Italy to Japan

The people came from far to the Fair with their passion and energy!
From Taiwan Eros Lin - Empire4s with an new game

Welcome back to Hanamikoji! In Hanamikoji: Geisha's Road designed by Eros Lin

Always in for an Perfect picture

Meeting the "King of the Valley"

King of the Valley

Erwin Broens is going to Spiel sinds the early 90's. Working more than 25 years as a journalist in free time for the Dutch boardgame scene.

I heared some new latin Sound at the bar in Essen for Designer Pau Carles

And some creative player with a personal message ... from Pedro Soto

Such tough days always at Spiel

The Dancer at the Showcase with some Echo's ...

Bag of Butts form Miss Preiss with the new game of Andreas Preiss

Designer Robert Brouwer knows all about creating rainbows to win the pots of gold at the end of the rainbow

Took some Japanese lessons from Kondou Koushi, 近藤功司

The Knight preparing for the Tournament

Pre Battle Knights Dominik Mucha & Marcin Wisthal .... A Duel for the hand of the Prinsess in Glory a game of Knights

Set in for my bet ...

Challenge other Knights and the most famous nobles across the Europe of 15th century

Paradise where everything is calm and peaceful .. For pond’s people, this poetic backdrop represents a daily struggle for survival, where it’s “eat or be eaten”! - Baptiste Le Corre

Countryside ponds are little slices of paradise where everything is calm and peaceful .... not!

Board Game: Schichtwechsel: Die Förderung liegt in deiner Hand

Thomas Spitzer with Schichtwechsel about the mining in the Ruhr area

Mining in the Ruhr area

Du Meeple & Boardgame Heaven

Editor-in-chief of Spel magazine together with his wife

Giant Galaxy Trucker played at the Gallaria

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I left my kids at the booth of .... Baby blues

Funefore Booth - Player will control a civilization that will evolve through his city in Monumental

The men fought away some frustration

One battle wasn't enough

Sabotage, a game of team stealth tactics

Sabotage

Gather around an ancient sacred stone

witchstone - Game Overview at the Huch

Barrage - power of the massive machines and of the unstoppable engineering progress is the unlimited hydroelectric energy provided by the rivers

In Glow You are an adventurer who builds their company by recruiting a new traveling companion each turn, trying to combine their powers as best as possible

Gather many slivers of light to dispel the darkness, restore the colors, travel the land to reach landmarks

Dutch Coffee Traders at the booth of Capstone Games - Designers Rolf Sagel & André Spil

In 1970s Central and South America

Players View - Lumipli

Black box adventures

Seize the Bean

A classic back in 3D

Board Game: The Adventures of Robin Hood

New Adventures told at the booth of Kosmos from Robin Hood

A lonely fellow of the Hood finding his path through the wood to the Castle while time is passing by

Another Book - Ken - Tales describe the land as an idyllic paradise filled with marvelous dragon-made wonders and surrounded by a flourishing wilderness

Wonder Book - Lara - Tales describe the land as an idyllic paradise filled with marvelous dragon-made wonders and surrounded by a flourishing wilderness

It was far too easy to progress into this dark dungeon - Rush Out!

Melodies whisper in slow rhythms as children wake from their slumber - Dreadful Circus

They uplifted your people and promised great prosperity - Origins First Builders

With a group of pioneers, you have left civilization behind to settle along the shores of Boonlake, a long-forgotten region inhabited by humans long ago

In Boonlake explore the landscapes, build houses and settlements, raise cattle, produce raw materials, and develop an infrastructure

Gigamic Booth

Board Game: Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road

The Rise and Fall of the Greatest City in the World at the Silk Road

Merv The Heart of the Silk Road

Playing Lost Ruins of Arnak at the booth

Hall 3

- Kingdomino OriginsLet's start the fire

A team of two against the tricky opponent in Concordia

In Solitaria ou compete alone or in a team of two against the tricky opponent Contrarius

Playing Kobito at the Jolly Dutch Booth

De Messe in the evening

Taking to subway for Dinner

Someone doesn't want to leave ...

Set my route ....

Music on ....

Driving home....

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Photo Impression of .... Dutch Board Game Awards - Nominitions

Posted by Henk Rolleman

04 Oct 2021

Henk Rolleman

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Netherlands
Eemdijk
Utrecht

Presentations of the nominations of the "Nederlandse Spellenprijs 2021"

The Dutch Games Prize is divided into three categories: Family, Connoisseurs and Experts. A family game is suitable for a large audience, including children from 8 years old. A connoisseur game requires a little more playing experience and for those who like a healthy challenge, the expert games are.

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The three nominated games for the Dutch Games Prize 2021 – Family:

Cubirds

During a spring walk in the fields you will see many different birds. Can you be the first to bring seven different species back to their families? Or do you focus on two?

CuBirds is a design by Stefan Alexander and is published by Gam'inBIZ. The game is suitable for 2 to 5 players from 8 years old and has a playing time of 20 minutes.

Jury verdict: The original and varied images of the birds immediately invite to play. With one kind of bird you enclose other birds that you collect. You can use these later to get even more birds, but do you dare to save further or do you play it safe? For when the round ends, your birds may have flown.

Family Category

Cubirds

Box & Components

Players View

Game Overview

Making a action to get the birds

Players Hand

Cartographers

The queen wants to claim the best territories for her kingdom. As a cartographer, your job is to find and map these areas, even if your competitors try to lead you astray.

Cartographers is a design by Jordy Adan and published by Intrafin. The game is suitable for 1 to 100 players from 10 years old and has a playing time of 40 minutes.

Jury Judgment: In this game you reveal a card, after which all players simultaneously draw an area in their own kingdom. Large groups can therefore also do well with this. Every game the queen comes up with different requirements that you want to meet as best as possible. Do you turn it into a work of art or are you just effective? The occasional mess with the neighbors creates a mean edge.

Interview with the Publisher Intrafin

Box & Components

Monster Attack

Work at the kings needs

Game Overview

The Seasons

Out in the Fields

Action Cards

Dectective Club

To join the Detective Club you must demonstrate that you have the required skills. Can you unmask the conspirator or do you know how to hold your own as a conspirator?

Detective Club is designed by Oleksandr Nevskiy and published by Jumping Turtle Games. The game is suitable for 4 to 8 players from 8 years old and has a playing time of 45 minutes.

Jury Verdict: Using the beautifully illustrated cards, it is a joy for the game master to give clues to the conspirator. As a conspirator, you must be able to improvise with a straight face when the hour of truth arrives. Will the detectives be able to unmask you or will you convincingly defend your chosen cards? Young and old can use their creativity in this.

Interview with the publisher Jumping Turtle Games

Players view

Game Overview

Details & finding clue's

Box & Components

Detective view

Game Play

The three nominated games for the Dutch Games Prize 2021 – Kenners:

The Dwarves of Nidavellir

To defend the dwarf realm, you want to recruit as strong a dwarf army as possible. For this you go from tavern to tavern to find matching soldiers. And hopefully the composition of your army will also attract special heroes.

The Dwarves of Nidavellir is a design by Serge Laget and published by White Goblin Games. The game is suitable for 2 to 5 players from 10 years old and has a playing time of 45 minutes.

Jury Verdict: This game has a special coin bidding mechanism whereby betting one worthless coin lets you improve another coin. Since you are the first to recruit a soldier with the highest bid in a tavern, this already presents a nice dilemma. In addition, you balance between attracting heroes and making divisions very powerful. Lots of choices in this fast paced bidding and collecting game.

Interview with the publisher White Goblin Games

Nidavellir - Search through every tavern in the kingdom, hire the most skillful dwarves, recruit the most prestigious heroes, and build the best battalion you can to defeat your mortal enemy!

The Close Bidding

Add the Hunter to the Army - Their Bravery Value is equal to the number of Hunters squared.

Upgrading you gold

Blind bidding during the game

Explorers Their Bravery Value is equal to the sum of their Bravery Points

Brother bands .... the mighty five

Game Overview - The armies are growing

The high bid's for a stronger Army

Expanding your army with the Hunters

Close Up

Each turn in Nidavellir bid a coin on each tavern. In descending order, choose a character and add this character to your army. Each dwarf class has its own scoring way: blacksmith, hunter, warrior, explorer, and miner. Meticulous recruitment will allow you to attract a powerful hero to your army.

You will also be able to increase the value of your gold coins thanks to the smart "coin-building" system and get the best of the other Elvalands.

It's a Wonderful World

You build your empire and have only a short time to show that you are the most powerful. You mustn't miss a beat. Choose the right developments, take advantage of your production and leave your competition stunned.

It's a Wonderful World is a design by Frédéric Guérard and published by Geronimo Games. The game is suitable for 1 to 5 players from 14 years old and has a playing time of 45 minutes.

Jury Verdict: You are really building a production chain in this game. Which buildings do you choose, which do you need and which do you not wish for your competitors? What else can you build? The tight deadline of four rounds keeps you on your toes. Watching your empire grow in the meantime is a lot of fun.

Interview with the publisher Geronimo

It’s a Wonderful World - Components Overview

Ancient artifacts

Close Up During the Game

Financiers of the World

Developing the future with new Technology

Developing Underwater Cities

Box & Components

Close Up During the Game

Five Player Sessions

Micro Macro: Crime City

What a criminal city this is. Robberies, murders, too many to list. The police have their hands in their hair. Are you able to solve the crimes?

MicroMacro: Crime City is designed by Johannes Sich and published by White Goblin Games. The game is suitable for 1 to 4 players from 12 years old and has a playing time of 30 minutes.

Jury Verdict: This is a surprising puzzle game. Armed with a magnifying glass, you and your fellow detectives try to solve increasingly difficult cases in the huge city map. Follow the trail of the victims and the perpetrators. You get to know this criminal city better and better. The game uses a well-known and beloved concept to give it a new, addictive twist. At the end, it turns out that additional crimes are hidden in it.

Box & Components

MicroMacro Zoom Inn ...

What happend with Elvis? Did he just left the Building?

Finding Clue's and Details ... Traces of Crime

The Mission for Crime City - Dutch Edition - White Goblin Games

First Mission to Solve ....

The three nominated games for the Dutch Games Prize 2021 – Experts:

Lost Ruins of Arnak

You have found traces of a great civilization on a desert island. You lead your expedition to find long-lost artifacts as quickly as possible, defying danger in an attempt to uncover the island's secrets.

The Disappeared Ruins of Arnak is a design by Mín and Elwen (Michaela Štachová and Michal Štach) and published by White Goblin Games. The game is suitable for 1-4 players from 12 years old and has a playing time of 30 minutes per player.

Jury Verdict: There is a lot to discover in this game. The pressure of competitive expeditions is felt by the limited number of laps. You can't deepen and explore everything. Where will you dig, which assistants will support you, which route to victory will you choose? The adventure beckons in a nice mix of worker placement and deck building.

Game Overview

Players View

Finding the lost Temple of Arnak

Find lost artifacts & face fearsome guardians.

The Moon Staff & Items Carfds

Adventure Players hand - Close up

Will Fear stand in the way to you adventure?

The adventure track ... the search to the temple

Face fearsome guardians

Close Up

Players View - Close Up

Players View

Everdell

In the valley of Everdell, the forest animals set up a beautiful civilization. As one of their mayors, you try to make the year the most successful for your city. For this you build houses with gathered materials and you prefer to let the right residents move in there.

Everdell is designed by James A. Wilson and published by White Goblin Games. The game is suitable for 1-4 players from the age of 12 and has a playing time of 90 minutes.

Jury verdict: The enchanting fairy tale with colorful animals and fabulous prints immediately invites you to play. You try to cleverly combine your cards with the possibilities on the board, so that you can do more and more. Because you decide when your next season starts, it really feels like your own game. The eye-catching game material makes this perhaps the most beautiful game of 2021!

Interview with the publisher White Goblin Games

Everdell - From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a year have come and gone, but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities established - Game Overview

Evertree - Seasons

Close Up - 4 Player Game

Gathering resources

Critters View

Maracaibo

During your sea voyage through the seventeenth century Caribbean, you will establish settlements, trade and fight naval battles. In the meantime, you can still worry about certain events, which may even change the accessibility of some places. Can you gain the most influence?

Maracaibo is designed by Alexander Pfister and published by Geronimo Games. The game is suitable for 1-4 players from 12 years old and has a playing time of 120 minutes.

Jury Verdict: This huge strategic game tells a different story every time. All sorts of people emerge from the thick deck of cards that you can recruit as assistants or help you deliver goods and items. The speed at which you cruise around determines how many turns you have. So the game can ripple on or be played very hard.

Interview with the publisher Geronimo

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