January, 1995

January was a slow month for me as I regrouped after Christmas and the shipping of ScriptX 1.0. This is a Siggins dominated a great review of the Star Trek trading card game by Mr. Sumo himself as well as a host of rule translations from the Sumo Rules Bank. Catherine contributes a translation of an intriguing game, Condottiere, which she describes as a cross between Risk and Diplomacy.

Game Reviews

• Guerilla - card-based combat in a banana republic
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - a customizable card game

Original Game Rules

• Blox - a clever strategy game using Lego blocks

English Rule Translations

• Condottiere - strategy and conquest in the Italian Renaissance
• Hacker - the other one (but not by the other Steve Jackson!)
• Intrigue - rampant nepotism in the Italian Renaissance
• Olympia 2000 - the Olympic games without all the training and sweat
• Oil - Mine a Million gets crude
• Paternoster - a simple memory game set in an old-fashioned elevator (aka Comings and Goings/Vanished!)
• Pony Express - race across the West in this pre-White Wind Alan Moon game
• Was Sticht? - who gets stung in this Moskito card game?

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