Are both Die Macher and Quoridor German board games?
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Die Macher Die Macher is a strategy board game designed by Karl-Heinz Schmiel of Germany. The game is based on the German electoral system and each player takes the role of one of five political parties (in the 2006 edition, the CDU/CSU, FDP, SPD, Greens, and Die Linke). Parties score points based on seats won in seven state "(Land)" elections, the size of their national party base, the amount to which they control the national media, and how well their party platform aligns with national opinion.
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Quoridor Quoridor is a 2- or 4-player abstract strategy game designed by Mirko Marchesi and published by Gigamic Games. Quoridor received the Mensa Mind Game award in 1997 and the Game Of The Year in the USA, France, Canada and Belgium.
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Chinese checkers Chinese checkers (US and Canadian spelling) or Chinese chequers (UK spelling) is a strategy board game of German origin (named "Sternhalma") which can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners. The game is a modern and simplified variation of the American game Halma.
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Kingdoms (board game) Kingdoms is a German-style board game for 2-4 players designed by Reiner Knizia and released in 2002 by Fantasy Flight. The game is based on Knizia's original German game "Auf Heller und Pfennig", but has been given a Medieval Fantasy theme.
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Die by the Sword Die by the Sword is a swordfighting Action-adventure video game developed by Treyarch and published by Tantrum Entertainment (a sub-brand of Interplay Productions) on February 28, 1998. The game allows players to independently command the movement and swordfighting of their in-game avatars; running, jumping and turning with one hand, while simultaneously slashing, stabbing and parrying with the other.
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Die klügsten Männer der Welt "Die klügsten Männer der Welt" (often shortened as "DKMDW") [The wisest men in the world] is a song by Die Ärzte. It's the seventh track on CD2 and the fifth single from their 2003 album "Geräusch". It's a sarcastic ode to politicians. The CD-single features a computer game "Päcman" and also the video.
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Kastenlauf Kastenlauf, Kistenlauf, Bierkastenlauf, Bierlauf, Bierkastenrennen (literally "crate-running", "beer crate-running", or equivalents), biergrätle-race, or Bier-Rallye, is a drinking game/sport that is played in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It is a race among teams that consist of at least two people carrying a crate of beer, all of which must be consumed prior to crossing the finish line. The first team to cross the finish line after drinking all of their beer is considered the winner.
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Die Krupps Die Krupps (] ) is a German industrial metal/EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.
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Indigo (board game) Indigo is a 2012 board game developed by Reiner Knizia and published by Ravensburger.
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Games Convention The Games Convention, sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention and abbreviated as GC, was an annual video game event held in Leipzig, Germany, first held in 2002. Besides video games, the event also covers Infotainment, Hardware, and Edutainment. Its concept was created by the "Leipziger Messe" (Leipzig Fair) in cooperation with "Bundesverband für Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware" (German Federal Association for Entertainment Software) amongst others. The 2010 Gamescon was held August 18 to August 22.
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Animal Husbandry (game) Animal Husbandry (Polish: "Hodowla zwierzątek" ) is a dice game invented and published by the Polish mathematician Karol Borsuk at his own expense in 1943, during the German occupation of Warsaw. Modern releases use this name, Have You Herd? or Superfarmer.
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German Patience German Patience is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing card. It is an unusual game because building in the tableau or playing area is up (Ace - King), as opposed to building down in many others. Despite its name, it is not known if this game originated from Germany.
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Headache (game) Headache is a board game similar to the traditional game "Mensch ärgere dich nicht", in which the object is to land a playing piece on top of all opponents' pieces (known as "cones"). The game is distinct from "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" in that there is no finish the player must reach. Play moves in circles, until only one player has cones remaining on the board, being declared the winner. All players are welcome to occupy any space throughout the game, provided the die rolls allow, and there are eight spaces that serve as "safe" spots, where a cone resting on this space cannot be captured. Captured pieces are not sent back to start, but are permanently lost.
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Brot und Spiele "Brot und Spiele" (German for bread and games) is Germany's biggest Roman festival, annually held in Germany's oldest city, Trier. The festival takes place at two of the city's Roman monuments: the Amphitheatre hosts theatre performances that include many gladiator fights and the Imperial Baths are used to display the civil and military life in the vicus.
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Familienbande Familienbande (German for "Family Ties") is a card game designed by Leo Colovini.
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The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game is a board game combining luck and tactics. It was designed by Simon Knock in 1987.
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Auf Achse Auf Achse (literally "on the axle"; figuratively "on the road") is a logistics-themed board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and published in 1987 by FX Schmid. The game won the Spiel des Jahres award. In 1992, a junior edition was released; and in 1994 a rummy-like card game spinoff was released. In 2007 a revised edition was published by Schmidt Spiele.
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Mask Trilogy The Mask Trilogy refers to three award-winning German-style board games designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. The trilogy is given this name because the box of each game features a mask from the region which gives the game its theme. The games share many game mechanics, which are heavily influenced by Kramer and Kiesling's game "Torres".
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Pacru Pacru is an abstract board game invented by Mike Wellmann. Pacru has much in common with Chess (piece movement with sharp tactical exchanges and long-term positional considerations) and Go (game) (strategic concepts such as area control must be considered). Pacru can be played by 2,3 or 4 people, each controlling a single colour. Commercial versions will usually come with the rules for two other games that can be played with the same equipment, Azacru and Shacru. The game was feature at the Mind Sports Olympiad.
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Citadels (card game) Citadels is a German-style card game, designed by Bruno Faidutti, originally published in French as "Citadelles" by MultiSim in 2000, illustrated by Julien Delval, Florence Magnin, Jean-Louis Mourier and Cyrille Daujean as graphic designer for the first edition. Sometimes later, Citadels was published in German as "Ohne Furcht und Adel", which means "Without Fear or Nobility".
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Super Scrabble Super Scrabble is a board game introduced in 2004 and a variant of "Scrabble". In North America "Super Scrabble" is made and marketed by Winning Moves Games, but licensed by Hasbro. In the rest of the world it is manufactured by Tinderbox Games under license from Mattel. "Super Scrabble" is available in English and German. In February 2007, a "Deluxe Super Scrabble" was released with a rotating gameboard and interlocking tiles, just like "Deluxe Scrabble".
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Jambo (board game) Jambo is a board game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and published in 2004 by Kosmos in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players are African traders before colonisation buying and selling market wares. The game was nominated for the 2005 Spiel des Jahres award and also placed 8th for the Deutscher Spiele Preis award.