spielbox 2024/1 - English edition

Add-ons: "The Bee" for Harmonies, "5 Research Cards" for Civolution, "6 Scroll Tiles" for Ezra and Nehemiah, Promocard for Resafa

Welcome to the first issue of spielbox in 2025! You can expect exciting content in this issue, such as a new system for board and video games (Teburu), an interview with Klaus Ottmaier from Pegasuspiele and a portrait of Biberstein Spiele.
We were in Nuremberg at the toy fair and have picked out a few games for you for the fair report.
And last but not least, this issue includes new cards for 2 games: ‘The Bee’ for Harmonies and 5 new research cards for Civolution. In the latest spielbox podcast, the two hosts talked about Civolution and SETI and you can read more about them in the magazine.

Add-ons:
Die-cut sheet with extra tiles for GARDEN LAKE by ALBI
Set of special cards for THE GLORIOUS GUILDS OF BUTTONVILLE by Ravensburger
CATAN expansion “A Heart for the Robber” by Kosmos

In issue 5/2025, we present Stefan Feld's new game, which once again impresses with clever mechanisms and thematic depth—a must for frequent players! In the second part of our interview, Harald Schrapers and Maren Hoffmann talk about their work on the “Game of the Year” jury: How is the decision-making process, what criteria are decisive, and how is the gaming scene changing? We also take a look at the far north: An unusual game café is being created in Iceland that not only attracts game enthusiasts but also creates a meeting place for young and old.

If you can't make it to Essen, we have plenty of reading material for you in issue 5/2025: a portrait of Hisahi Hayashi (author of Bomb Busters), an interview with Frank Jäger at Ludo Fact about the production of board games, and a visit to what may be the largest game store in the US in Rochester. And, of course, we have once again tested many new games for you in detail, such as Waldmeister (the new game by Stefan Feld), Artengarten, Duell um Cardia, Voyage, Voyage, Saltfjord, and many more.