Counter 42   September 2008

 Contents 

PageTitleby
5Of Dice and Men (News and Editorial Chat)Stuart Dagger
9UK Expo 2008Stuart Dagger
11Report on Origins 2008John Buttita
18Anticipating EssenAlan How
20Then and NowStuart Dagger
22Musings from a Distant LandMike Hutton
23Reviews
62Letters : Dan Blum, Martin Butcher, Derek Carver, Neil Duncan, Alan How, Mike Hutton, Kendall Johns, Larry Levy, Mike Oakes, Greg Schloesser, Simon Weinberg & Knut-Michael Wolf
69A Hat Trick for Klaus Zoch: The Games of Chili-SpieleBen Baldanza
71Dominion: A PreviewJoe Casadonte
74Confessions of a Small PublisherGordon Lamont
78Mini-ReviewsBen Baldanza
80Re-reviewsJoe Casadonte
     

 Reviews 

TitlePublisher#TimeDesignerReviewerBGG
Anno 1701 Kosmos Kosmos 3-490-120Klaus TeuberDan
Blum		 GeekInfo
Batavia Queen Games Queen
Games		 3-545-60Dan Glimne &
Grzegorz Rejchtman		Stuart
Dagger		 GeekInfo
Big Points Schmidt Spiele Schmidt 2-520Brigitte &
Wolfgang Ditt		Greg
Schloesser		 GeekInfo
Blox Ravensburger Ravensburger 2-445Wolfgang Kramer,
Hans Raggan &
Jürgen Grunau		Simon
Weinberg		 GeekInfo
Change Horses Rio Grande EggertSpiele Eggertspiele/
Rio Grande		 2-530Bruce WhitehillBen
Baldanza		 GeekInfo
Confucius Surprised Stare JKLM Games JKLM Games
& Surprised
Stare Games		 3-590-120Alan PaullStuart
Dagger		 GeekInfo
E.T.I. Eye Level Entertainment Eye-Level
Entertainment		 3-690-120Matt, Mark &
Anthony Anticole		Greg
Schloesser		 GeekInfo
Fruit Fair Wattsalpoag Games Wattsalpoag 3-545-60Kris GouldStuart
Dagger		 GeekInfo
Ice Flow Ludorum Games Heidelberger Heidelberger &
Ludorum
Games		 2-445-75Dean Conrad &
John Streets		Stuart
Dagger		 GeekInfo
Keltis Kosmos Kosmos 2-460Reiner KniziaAlan How GeekInfo
Metropolys Ystari Ystari 2-460Sébastien PauchonBen
Baldanza		 GeekInfo
Monastery  Ragnar
Brothers		 2-490-120Gary Dicken,
Phil Kendall &
Steve Kendall		Stuart
Dagger		 GeekInfo
Nefertiti Rio Grande Editions du Matgot Matagot &
Rio Grande		 3-445Guillaume Montiage,
Jacques Bariot
& Thomas Cauet		Ben
Baldanza		 GeekInfo
Reels & Deals Agman Games Agman Games 2-545Asha Agnish &
Eric Kesselman		Ben
Baldanza		 GeekInfo
Saikoro
(Dice Matrix)		   Solbenk 210Paul EdelsGreg
Schloesser		 GeekInfo
Shanghaien Abacus Spiele Abacus 220Michael Schacht
& Roman Pelek		Greg
Schloesser		 GeekInfo
Stone Age Hans im Glück Rio Grande Hans im Glück
& Rio Grande		 2-460-90Bernd Brunnhofer &
Michael Tummelhofer		Alan How GeekInfo
Toledo Mayfair Kosmos Mayfair &
Kosmos		 2-460Martin WallaceAlan How GeekInfo
Vineta Winning Moves Winning
Moves		 3-660-90Fabiano Onça,
Mauricio Miyaji &
Mauricio V. Gibrin		Simon
Weinberg		 GeekInfo
Weath of Nations Phalanx Tablestar
Games		 3-6150Nico CarrollBen
Baldanza		 GeekInfo
 

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