Counter 36   March 2007

 Contents 

PageTitleby
4Of Dice and Men (News and Editorial Chat)Stuart Dagger
62006: My Top 5 . . .Greg Schloesser, Alan How, Larry Levy, Ben Baldanza, Mike Siggins & Stuart Dagger
13Dirty Dicing: A game by . . .Phil Balmforth
15The Illusion of SkillDerek Carver
16Redundant Ballot Paper from AlbaniaMike Clifford
17Reviews
62Letters : Ben Baldanza, Michael Becker, Dan Blum, Martin Butcher, Derek Carver, Joe Casadonte, Alan How, Larry Levy, Gery McLaughlin, Mike Oakes, Brian Robson, Mike Ruffhead, Greg Schloesser, Simon Weinberg & Grant Whitton.
67A Race against TimeGery McLaughlin
69Mini-ReviewsBen Baldanza
71Through the Wizardry of ComputersJohn Buttita
77Deus ex MachinaDerek Carver
78Genesis of a Game ConventionMichael Becker
80Re-reviewsJoe Casadonte
     

 Reviews 

TitlePublisher#TimeDesignerReviewerBGG
Australia Rails Mayfair Mayfair 2-645-60Darwin Bromley
et al
Kendall Johns GeekInfo
Balam Neurologic Neurolodic 2-490-120Patrice VernetAlan How GeekInfo
Cartagena 2 Winning Moves Winning
Moves
2-530-45Leo ColoviniGery McLaughlin GeekInfo
Civilisation:
The Card Game
  2K Games2-460Soren Johnson
& Sid Meier
Alan How GeekInfo
Crystal Faire   Hangman Games3-560-120Alan ErnsteinGreg Schloesser GeekInfo
Emira Phalanx Mayfair Phalanx &
Mayfair
3-5150Leisbeth Vanzeir
& Paul van Hove
Greg Schloesser GeekInfo
Fiji 2F Rio Grande 2F Spiele &
Rio Grande
2-530Friedemann FrieseBen Baldanza GeekInfo
Fowl Play! R & D Games 2-460Richard BreeseStuart Dagger GeekInfo
Genesis Face 2 Face Games Face 2 Face
Games
2-430Reiner KniziaBen Baldanza GeekInfo
Justinian Phalanx Mayfair Phalanx &
Mayfair
2-445Alessandro
Saragosa &
Leo Colovini
Greg Schloesser GeekInfo
Khronos Matagot Editions du
Matagot
2-590Ludovic Vialla &
Arnaud Urbon
Gery McLaughlin GeekInfo
Legie/
Legion
Czech Board Games Altar Altar Games/
Czech Board
Games
220Zbynìk VránaAlan How GeekInfo
New York
Central
Winsome Games Winsome
Games
3-560-90Hanno &
Wilfried Kuhn
Stuart Dagger GeekInfo
On the
Underground
JKLM Games Rio Grande JKLM Games
& Rio Grande
2-560Sebastian
Bleasdale
Stuart Dagger GeekInfo
Perikles Warfrog Fantasy Flight Games Warfrog
Games
 &
Fantasy Flight
3-5120-180Martin WallaceStuart Dagger GeekInfo
Salamanca Zoch Zoch 3-560Stefan DorraGreg Schloesser GeekInfo
Santy Anno   Repos Productions 3-830Alain OrbanGreg Schloesser GeekInfo
Struggle
for Rome
Kosmos Mayfair Kosmos &
Mayfair
3-490-120Klaus TeuberAlan How GeekInfo
Taluva Rio Grande Hans im Glück Hans im Glück
& Rio Grande
2-445Marcel-André
Cassola Merkle
Ben Baldanza GeekInfo
Tara,
Seat of Kings
Surprised Stare Surprised
Stare
Games
2-460Alan PaullBen Baldanza GeekInfo
The Thief of
Baghdad
Queen Games Queen
Games
2-445Thorsten GimmlerBen Baldanza GeekInfo
Through
the Ages
Czech Board Games Czech Board
Games
2-4120+Vlaada ChvatilStuart Dagger GeekInfo
Tomahawk Matagot Editions du
Matagot
220Bruno Faidutti &
Bruno Cathala
Alan How GeekInfo
Walhalla Amigo Amigo 3-460Alessandro
Zucchini
Stuart Dagger GeekInfo
 

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