A series of devastating storms has wrecked the kingdom's castles. The king appoints his sons to rebuild the castles, and the most successful will inherit the crown. Game Magazine's Game of the Year in 1999. A two-player card game in which players vie for political power in ancient Rome. Games Magazine calls this two-player card game a masterpiece.
Players organize up to five different competing expeditions.
A tense, ever-changing mix of fortune and smarts that plays differently every time out. For several years, the best American board games have been German. The Academy Awards of board gaming is Games Magazine's annual Games 100 list of the year's best games. For the last three years, the Games 100 has not been ruled by giant firms like Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley. Instead, the critical honors have gone to Rio Grande Games, a small game company in Rio Rancho, N.M., that selects and publishes German games for the American market.