Z-Man Games
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Board game company
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | |
Founded | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) |
Founder | Zev Shlasinger |
Headquarters | Roseville, Minnesota , |
Parent | F2Z Entertainment (2011–2016) Asmodee (2016–present) |
Website | zmangames |
Z-Man Games is an American board game company, incorporated in 1999. It was named after its founder, Zev Shlasinger. The company is known for their Pandemic series of board games, as well as being the sole publisher for the English editions of popular Eurogames, such as Carcassonne and Terra Mystica .
History
[edit ]Z-Man Games was primarily formed to bring the collectible card game Shadowfist back into publication.[1] [2]
In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of Quebec-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games,[3] creating F2Z Entertainment. Shlasinger left Z-Man Games in January 2016. In 2016, F2Z Entertainment was acquired by Asmodee.[4]
Published games
[edit ]- A B-movie card game series consisting of games such as Grave Robbers From Outer Space [1] [5] and Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom[6]
- 1960: The Making of the President ,[7] [8] an original creation by Z-Man Games
- Agricola
- Archaeology: The Card Game, a market-style card game[9]
- Arimaa , an abstract strategy game
- Ascending Empires, a space based empire expansion game[10]
- Carcassonne, Z-Man Games has published the English version of this game in the US and Canada since 2012
- Endeavor , a complex strategy game edited by Z-Man Games in 2009[11]
- Gheos , a game where players take on the role of deities[12]
- Neuroshima Hex!
- Omlevex , a role-playing supplement for Mutants & Masterminds , Champions , and Silver Age Sentinels [13] [14]
- Onirim, and the Oniverse series of short single-player games: Sylvion, Castellion, Nautilion, and Aerion
- Pandemic , a cooperative board game[15]
- Saboteur, a mining path card game
- Shadow Hunters
- Shadowfist
- Start Player by Ted Alspach, a card game to determine who goes first in the following game
- Terra Mystica , by Jens Drögemüller and Helge Ostertag, winner of the 2013 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Winner[16]
- Ursuppe
- The Walking Dead, a 2009 board games based on the comic of the same name
- The Walking Dead: The Prison, "both a stand-alone game and an expansion module to the first game", funded through Kickstarter [17]
See also
[edit ]- Going Cardboard – a documentary about board games in which Shlasinger is interviewed
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Dr. Matt Carlson (2005年07月25日). "Unplugged #31: Z-Man Games". GamerDad.com. Retrieved 2008年03月24日.
- ^ W. Eric Martin (16 December 2007). "Ask Z-Man Games: Looking Back, and Looking to 2008". Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Filosofia buys Z-Man Games" . Retrieved 2012年03月18日.
- ^ "Asmodee Acquiring F2Z Entertainment". 2016年07月22日. Retrieved 2017年01月05日.
- ^ Pook, Matthew (2001年10月12日). "Pyramid Review: Grave Robbers From Outer Space Card Game". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games . Retrieved 2008年03月24日.
- ^ Pook, Matthew (2002年10月25日). "Pyramid Review: Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games . Retrieved 2008年03月24日.
- ^ Jean-Luc Simard (April 2008). "1960: The Making of the President". Scrye (118): 43.
- ^ Clifford, Mike; Mike Siggins (March 2008). "2007, My Top 5". Counter (40): 5–12.
- ^ "Archaeology: The Card Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2024年07月05日.
- ^ "Ascending Empires". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2020年09月02日.
- ^ "'Agricola' Expansion From Z-Man". ICV2. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 2020年09月02日.
- ^ Vetromile, Andy (2007年03月16日). "Pyramid Review: Gheos". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games . Retrieved 2008年03月24日.
- ^ Vetromile, Andy (2004年08月06日). "Pyramid Review: Omlevex (for Mutants & Masterminds, Silver-Age Sentinels, & Champions)". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games . Retrieved 2008年03月24日.
- ^ Fredericks, Colin (2004年03月26日). "Review of Omlevex". RPGnet . Retrieved 2008年03月24日.
- ^ Genovese, Peter (2020年04月03日). "Pandemic —the board game — foreshadows current crisis". nj. Retrieved 2020年09月02日.
- ^ "Terra Mystica (2012)". BGG Board Game Geek. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "The Walking Dead" The Prison - Board Game by Keith Tralins at Kickstarter