spielbox 2024/5 - English edition

Add-on:
Promo "Prince" for DOMINION (Rio Grande Games)

July's theme was of course: Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel des Jahres and Kinderspiel des Jahres 2024 2024 and all three winning games are also a theme of this issue.
During their trip to Japan, Sybille and Bruce Whitehill also visited the Tokyo Game Market  and noticed some differences familiar fairs.
18 reviews including, for example, Schwingenschlag, Die Rats of Wistar, Quicksand, Knowledge, The Glade, Pick a Pen - Gardens, The Quacksalber von Quedlingburg - Das Duell and many more can be found in the magazine.

Add-on:
The issue includes the ‘Torte’ promo card for the game Tutto (Abacusspiele).

The fact that State Secretary Michael Kellner from the Ministry of Economic Affairs visited SPIEL is a great sign; however, the fact that he played ‘MÄDN’ of all games is something that should not have happened at this trade fair. This is shown by the number of reviews in this post-fair issue: 3 Chapters, Astrobienen, Bomb Busters, Boreal, Catan Energien, Clans and Glory, Die Blumenstraße, Die drei Kolosse, Dune Imperium - Uprising, Dungeon Designer, Faraway, Flowers, Lucky, Murdio Islan, Nekojima, Souvenirs aus Venedig, The Next Monstar, Tower Up.
Christwart Conrad ‘truffled’ through the halls of SPIEL and picked up a few things along the way. Benjamin Teuber tells us a little about how he came to invent games, about the new Catan - Energy, and how Catan GmbH is continuing after the death of his father. In the ‘Game elements of modern times’ section, this time it's all about games with price erosion (in the game)...

Add-ons:
1 bonus card for “I'm done” and the event card “Playing with Matches” for Skyrockets - Festival of Colors (both supplements from Pegasus)

A new attempt by Lego in the world of board games. Will they do better this time in collaboration with Asmodee? Parliamentary games evening with the Spiel des Jahres jury. What happens to the many games that are “inherited” year after year? spielbox also met with Hermann Hutter from Huch! and Michael Kiesling. And Sybille and Bruce Whitehill have a long conversation in Japan with the Japanese publisher Saashi & Saashi. Endeavor - The Deep Sea, Kathmandu, Media Aetas and Time Trouble are some of the games reviewed in this issue. And, of course, there is also the annual index.