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Alga (game Publisher)
Alga Aktiebolag, AB is a board game publisher founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1917, which has produced board games in multiple languages for the Nordic countries. It was formed as a subsidiary of Pressbyrån, a chain of convenience stores. Alga took care of the distribution of postcards and writing materials. In 1938, it started manufacturing board games. In 1940, Pressbyrån itself took over the production of postcards, and the connection between Alga and Pressbyrån was broken by the Bonnier Group, which owned both companies. The old Alga was later transformed into Bokförlaget Forum, while the game production continued under the brand name Alga.Arne Sandström, ''Vykortets historia'', Trafik-Nostalgiska Förlaget, Stockholm, 2015, p. 58. It took over the publication of ''Monopol'' (Monopoly (game), Monopoly) from Åhlén & Åkerlund, another Bonnier company. In the 1960s, the company was modernized with, among other things, the current logo, Alga in white text against a red cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeonquest
''Dungeonquest'' (sometimes known as ''Dungeon Quest'') is a fantasy adventure board game originally published in Sweden in 1985 by Alga AB as ''Drakborgen'', and subsequently published in English by Games Workshop in 1987. Description The objective of this game for 1–4 players game is to enter the ruins of Dragonfire Castle at dawn when the castle's guardian dragon falls asleep, navigate a labyrinth to the dragon's hoard at the center of the castle, and exit the castle. The game ends at sunset; any characters still in the castle at that point are automatically killed by the dragon. The player who successfully escapes from the castle with the largest amount of treasure is the winner. Components The Games Workshop version of the game includes: * 20-page rulebook * 6-piece gameboard * 115 room tiles, counters and tokens * 174 playing cards * dice * 4 plastic miniatures Gameplay The board, marked by a grid, begins blank except for the dragon's hoard at the center. Room tiles ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula 1 (board Game)
Formula 1 is a motor racing themed board game designed by John Howarth (game designer), John Howarth and Trevor Jones (game designer), Trevor Jones and originally published by Waddingtons of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1962. Equipment The following were included in the game box: * One game board of thin cardboard with two folds, measuring overall and depicting a stylised early 1960s Formula One motor racing track in plan view * Six plastic playing pieces in the form of late 1950s / early 1960s style History of Formula One#British independent specialist teams and the rear-mid engine revolution (1958–1961), Formula One racing cars coloured green, yellow, red, orange, dark blue and black * Six thin cardboard dashboards coloured to match the playing pieces and each depicting a speedometer (0–160), lap indicator (0–10), tyre wear gauge (0–8) and brake wear gauge (0–5), all unit-less * Two dice * Thirty tactic cards * Sixteen pit cards * One eight page Rules o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikan Tähti
''Afrikan tähti'' (; Finnish for 'Star of Africa'), known in Swedish as ''Den försvunna diamanten'' ('The Missing Diamond') or Afrikas stjärna ('The Star of Africa'), is a Finnish board game designed by Kari Mannerla originally in 1951. It has been one of the most popular board games in the Nordic countries for decades. History The board game was first published year 1951 in Helsinki, Finland. Stories of the world's largest diamond – the Star of Africa having been found in South Africa – had inspired the imagination of young Kari Mannerla after he had been watching Humphrey Bogart films. He managed to get a hold of a wrinkled map of Africa in the English language and picked exotic sounding places such as Casablanca and Dar es Salaam. He then drafted land, sea and air routes arbitrarily across and around the continent. During his design process, an important innovation was that players could pick their route of choice, instead of following a pre-set course. A further r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossbows And Catapults
''Crossbows and Catapults'', also known as ''Battlegrounds'', is a game of physical skill first released in 1983. It has since been published by several different game publishers including Lakeside, Alga ( Brio), Base Toys, Tomy (trade name, trading as Takara Tomy in Asia and Tomy elsewhere) is a Japanese toy company. It was established in 1924 by Eiichirō Tomiyama as , became known for creating popular toys like the B-29 friction toy and luck-based game Pop-up Pi ... and currently Moose Toys (under the name ''Battlegrounds Crossbows and Catapults''). In the game, two sides, originally Vikings and Barbarians but later other names were used, build fortifications from plastic bricks and then attempt to destroy the other's castle with rubber-band powered crossbows (similar to ballistae) and catapults firing plastic disks. In the most recent version, launched in 2007, the two sides were Orcs and Knights. In the Tomy version, the two armies are called the Impalers of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluedo
''Cluedo'' (), known as ''Clue'' in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949. Since then, it has been relaunched and updated several times, and it is currently owned and published by the American game and toy company Hasbro. The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim, where the crime took place, and which weapon was used. Each player assumes the role of one of the six suspects and attempts to deduce the correct answer by strategically moving around a game board representing the rooms of a mansion and collecting clues about the circumstances of the murder from the other players. Numerous games, books, Clue (film), a film, television series, and theatre adaptations have been released as part of the ''Cluedo'' franchise. Several spinoffs have been released, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfapet
''Alfapet'' was the original Swedish name for the popular word game ''Scrabble''. In 1954, the Swedish board game company Alga was granted a license by J. W. Spear & Sons to market ''Scrabble'' in Sweden. For almost four decades, Alga sold the game under the name ''Alfapet'' (wordplay on , the Swedish word for "alphabet"). In the 1980s, Alga was bought by BRIO, which retained Alga as its board games division. In the early 1990s, Mattel acquired J. W. Spear & Sons and rescinded the BRIO/Alga license in order to market the game in Sweden themselves as ''Scrabble''. However, BRIO/Alga retained the right to the name ''Alfapet'', and quickly designed and marketed a similar word game using that name. The new ''Alfapet'' word game differs in several ways from the international game of ''Scrabble'': * The board has 17 x 17 squares (instead of 15 x 15). * There are more bonus squares (even quadruples) and also reduction squares. * There are 120 tiles (instead of 100) and the values d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jägersro
Jägersro is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Husie, Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. Jägersro trav & galopp is a horse racing facility located in the neighbourhood. It was opened in 1907 and is the oldest one of its kind in the country. It is also southern Sweden's biggest facility for harness racing and thoroughbred horse racing Thoroughbred racing is a sport and Horse industry, industry involving the Horse racing, racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter know .... Hugo Åbergs Memorial and Swedish Trotting Derby is held there annually. References Neighbourhoods of Malmö {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsfield
Newsfield Publications Ltd (also known as Newsfield) was a British magazine publisher during the 1980s and early 1990s. Newsfield Publications Ltd was founded by Roger Kean, Franco Frey and Oliver Frey in 1983. Based in Ludlow, Shropshire, Newsfield published a number of popular computer game magazines from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. This line-up was later supplemented by a number of less successful magazines covering role-playing games, film, horror and youth culture. Faced with financial difficulties, the company went bankrupt towards the end of 1991. This didn't spell the immediate end for some of their magazines though. Another magazine publisher, Europress, continued to publish Newsfield's flagship publications, Zzap!64 and Crash, for a further six months before the former was relaunched as Commodore Force and the latter sold to rival publisher EMAP and merged with Sinclair User. Thalamus Ltd, Newsfield's sister company, was set up in 1985 to publish a number of compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Games Machine
''The Games Machine'' was a video game magazine that was published from 1987 until 1990 in the United Kingdom by Newsfield, which also published '' CRASH'', ''Zzap!64'', '' Amtix!'' and other magazines. History ''The Games Machine'' ran head to head with Future's recently launched '' ACE'' and EMAP's long running '' C&VG'' magazines. Unhappy with the profits from the title Newsfield decided to end the title in 1990. Newsfield however would, more or less, continue with a multi format magazine with '' Raze''. This new title would concentrate on the ever rising consoles like the Mega Drive as well as the established NES and Master System. ''The Games Machine'' in Italy A magazine with the same name is still being published in Italy. While it started as an Italian translated version of the British magazine, it currently publishes original articles, and is one of the best selling PC games magazines in Italy. References External links * Archived The Games Machine magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
