Z-Man Games

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Z-Man Games
TypeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded1999; 22 years ago (1999) in United States
FounderZev Shlasinger
Headquarters
Roseville, Minnesota
,
United States
OwnerAsmodee
Websitezmangames.com

Z-Man Games is an American board game company, incorporated in 1999. It was named after its founder, Zev Shlasinger. The company is largely 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[]

In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of Quebec-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games,[1] creating F2Z Entertainment. Shlasinger left Z-Man Games on Jan 15, 2016. In 2016, F2Z Entertainment was acquired by Asmodee.[2]

Published games[]

  • the collectible card game, Shadowfist[3] (the primary reason that the company was formed was to bring this back into publication[4][5])
  • a B-movie card game series consisting of games such as Grave Robbers From Outer Space[4][6] and Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom[7]
  • translations of European games such as Agricola, Neuroshima Hex! and Ursuppe
  • translations of non-European games, for example, Shadow Hunters (Japan)
  • original designs such as 1960: The Making of the President[8][9]
  • Arimaa, an abstract strategy game
  • Gheos, a game where players take on the role of deities[10]
  • Omlevex, a role-playing supplement for Mutants & Masterminds, Champions, and Silver Age Sentinels[11][12]
  • Pandemic, a cooperative board game[13]
  • Start Player by Ted Alspach, a card game to determine who goes first in the following game
  • Carcassonne: as of 2012, Z-Man Games has been publishing this game's English version in the US and Canada.
  • , a complex strategy game edited by Z-Man Games in 2009[14]
  • The Walking Dead, a board games based on the comic of the same name, released in 2009. They are currently working on a second board game based on the property, The Walking Dead: The Prison, which will be "both a stand-alone game and an expansion module to the first game", which is being funded through Kickstarter.[15]
  • Terra Mystica, by Jens Drögemüller and Helge Ostertag, a board game that won the 2013 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Winner.[16]
  • Onirim, and the Oniverse series of short single-player games: Sylvion, Castellion, Nautilion, and Aerion.
  • Saboteur - a mining path card game.[17][circular reference]
  • Ascending Empires - a space based empire expansion game[18]

See also[]

  • Going Cardboard – a documentary about board games in which Shlasinger is interviewed

References[]

  1. ^ "Filosofia buys Z-Man Games". Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. ^ "Asmodee Acquiring F2Z Entertainment". 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ^ "CCGs reign this summer with a flood of new releases". Scrye. 7 (4): 10. July 2000.
  4. ^ a b Dr. Matt Carlson (2005-07-25). "Unplugged #31: Z-Man Games". GamerDad.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Pook, Matthew (2001-10-12). "Pyramid Review: Grave Robbers From Outer Space Card Game". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  7. ^ Pook, Matthew (2002-10-25). "Pyramid Review: Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  8. ^ Jean-Luc Simard (April 2008). "1960: The Making of the President". Scrye (118): 43.
  9. ^ Clifford, Mike; Mike Siggins (March 2008). "2007, My Top 5". Counter (40): 5–12.
  10. ^ Vetromile, Andy (2007-03-16). "Pyramid Review: Gheos". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  11. ^ Vetromile, Andy (2004-08-06). "Pyramid Review: Omlevex (for Mutants & Masterminds, Silver-Age Sentinels, & Champions)". Pyramid (Online). Steve Jackson Games. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  12. ^ Fredericks, Colin (2004-03-26). "Review of Omlevex". RPGnet. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  13. ^ Genovese, Peter (2020-04-03). "Pandemic —the board game — foreshadows current crisis". nj. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  14. ^ "'Agricola' Expansion From Z-Man". ICV2. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  15. ^ "The Walking Dead" The Prison - Board Game by Keith Tralins at Kickstarter
  16. ^ "Terra Mystica (2012)". BGG Board Game Geek. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  17. ^ Saboteur (card game)
  18. ^ "Ascending Empires". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2020-09-02.

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