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Zoch Verlag
The Zoch Verlag is a Munich-based publisher of games. Its pivotal point is games of skill made out of wood - or with a high proportion of wood — for children and families. In addition, it has games in which the tactical skills of the players are demanded. History The Zoch Verlag was founded in 1987 by CEO Albrecht Werstein and game designer Klaus Zoch. In 2002 a new shareholder, Hermann Hutter, was added. Hutter was responsible for marketing and sales. Upon its founding, Zoch Verlag released its first game, Bausack. Zoch Verlag has received many awards, including the Deutscher Spiele Preis, the Schweizer Spielepreis and was awarded "spiel gut". On 1 February 2010, the publishing house was taken over by the Simba Dickie Group and continued as a trademark. Notable games * Spinderella * Niagara * Villa Paletti * Manila * Chicken Cha Cha Cha ''Chicken Cha Cha Cha'' (original German name: ''Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke'') is a board game for two to four players from four years on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Of Skill
A game of skill or game of wits is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental or physical skill, rather than chance. Alternatively, a game of chance is one where its outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device, such as dice, spinning tops, playing cards, roulette wheels, or numbered balls drawn from a container. While a game of chance may have some skill element to it, chance generally plays a greater role in determining its outcome. A game of skill may also have elements of chance, but skill plays a greater role in determining its outcome. Some commonly played games of skill include: collectible card games, contract bridge, backgammon and mahjong. However, most games of skill also involve a degree of chance, due to natural aspects of the environment, a randomizing device (such as dice, playing cards or a coin flip), or guessing due to incomplete information. Some games where skill is a component alongside gambling and strategy such as poke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Spiele Preis
__NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine ''Die Pöppel-Revue'', which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and game clubs. The results are announced every October at the ''Spiel'' game fair in Essen, Germany. The Essen Feather is awarded at the same ceremony. In contrast to the Spiel des Jahres, which tends to be awarded to family games, the DSP is awarded for "gamers' games" with particularly good or innovative gameplay. Although at one point it was not uncommon for the DSP and the SdJ to be awarded to the same game (as was the case for ''The Settlers of Catan'', ''El Grande,'' and ''Tikal'' in the 1990s), since ''Carcassonne (board game), Carcassonne'' (2001) only two games have succeeded in winning both awards: ''Dominion (card game), Dominion'' in 2009 and ''Azul (board game), Azul'' in 2018. Winners #1990, 1990 - #1991, 1991 - #1992, 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweizer Spielepreis
The Schweizer Spielepreis is a Swiss board game award, awarded since 2002 in three categories: Family games, Children's games and Strategy games. The game is awarded yearly at the ''Schweizer Spielmesse'' in October. Awards 2006 ;Family games: # Fussball Ligretto (Publisher: Schmidt, Designer: Reiner Stockhausen) # Pirates! (Publisher: Ravensburger, Designer: Reiner Knizia) # Das grosse Dinosaurierspiel (Publisher: Kosmos, Designers: Inka and Markus Brand) ;Children's games: # Nacht der Magier (Publisher: Drei Magier, Designer: Kirsten Becker, Jens-Peter Schliemann) # Mäuseschlau und Bärenstark (Publisher: Ravensburger, Designers: Ingeborg Ahrenkiel, Cornelia Keller) # Looping Louie (Publisher: MB Spiele) ;Strategy games: # Just 4 Fun (Publisher: Kosmos, Designer: Jürgen P.K. Grunau) # Timbuktu (Publisher: Queen Games, Designer: Dirk Henn) # Mesopotamien (Publisher: Phalanx, Designer: Klaus Jürgen Wrede) 2005 ;Family games: # Verflixxt! (Publisher: Ravensburger, Desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simba Dickie Group
The Simba Dickie Group is a German toy manufacturer founded in 1982 as Simba Toys. The Group is the fourth largest toy manufacturer in Germany. The company's slogan is "We love to make toys". The company's headquarters are located in Fürth with operations in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude and Hong Kong. Over 70% of the whole turnover is generated through foreign market sales. The Simba Dickie Group has subsidiaries in 30 countries worldwide and 8 production facilities. History Dickie Toys was founded in 1971 by Wolfgang Sauerborn. After his death in 1993, Simba Toys took over this company. Simba Toys was founded in 1982 by Fritz Sieber and his son Michael in Fürth. In 1984, its Hong Kong office was established. The Simba Dickie Group was created in 1993 when the independent companies Simba Toys and Dickie Toys merged into single ownership. Over the years the company acquired additional toy manufacturers and brands. Simba, which started with 5 employees, has about 3,000 employees in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinderella (board Game)
Deidra Muriel Roper (born August 3, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spinderella or simply Spinderella, is an American DJ, rapper and producer. She is best known as a member of the hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa. Roper occasionally appeared in '' The Salt-n-Pepa Show'', a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group and which aired on the VH1 network in 2008. Early life Deidra Muriel Roper was born August 3, 1970, and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, as one of five children. Her early influence in music began as a child, fascinated by her father's record collection growing up. Roper began her career as a DJ at age 14. During her sophomore year in high school, she began dating a local DJ who she learned DJ techniques from. Shortly thereafter, she began marketing herself as a DJ in the area around Brooklyn. At age 16, Roper was approached in school by a classmate who asked her would she be interested in joining an all-female rap group. The classmate knew Hurby "LuvBug" Azor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara (board Game)
''Niagara'' is a German-style board game designed by Thomas Liesching and published in 2004 by Zoch Verlag and Rio Grande Games. In ''Niagara,'' which is set in the Niagara Falls, players collect, transport, and steal gems. Upon its release, the game won several awards, including the 2005 ''Spiel des Jahres''. Gameplay The game is played on a hinged board designed to sit atop the game box and represent Niagara Falls as a flap hanging over the box edge. The river is represented using clear plastic discs in a grooved surface, allowing board spaces to move downstream toward the waterfall. Players collect gems along a river. Players move canoes to transport the gems, and can steal gems from other players' canoes. They may also influence the speed with which the board spaces move downstream. The first player to acquire four gems of one colour, or one of each of the five colours, or seven gems of any colour, is the winner. Although the game box states that gems closer to the waterfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Paletti
''Villa Paletti'' is a board game of physical skill designed by Bill Payne and published in 2001 by Zoch Verlag. Players compete to build the villa highest using columns from lower floors without collapsing the structure. A double-size version of the game, ''Palazzo Paletti'', is also available. Gameplay Each player chooses a colour (in the case of two-player games, each player chooses two colours). They then take their wooden column pieces - three thin, one medium, and one wide - and arrange them on the base mat. The players must then agree on a fair placement of the first "floor", which must lie completely above the base mat and which cannot partially cover any column. Each player in turn must take one of their columns from any level except the highest, and place it on the highest floor. If they cannot remove one of their columns, they may ask to place the next floor. Each opponent may challenge this decision; if they choose to do so and are successful, they may remove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila (board Game)
''Manila'' is a German-style board game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and published in 2005 by Zoch Verlag and Rio Grande Games. It involves auctioning/bidding, betting/wagering, commodity speculation, dice rolling, and worker placement. It is set in colonial Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanize .... Honors *2005 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game 3rd Place *2005 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Advanced Game Nominee *2005 Tric Trac Nominee *2006 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee *2006 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee *2006 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee *2007 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee Contents * 1 game board * 4 ware loads * 4 dice * 4 value indicators * 20 cards * 3 boats * 20 accomplices * 48 Philippines Coins * 79 Coin Token (1P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicken Cha Cha Cha
''Chicken Cha Cha Cha'' (original German name: ''Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke'') is a board game for two to four players from four years onwards. It was designed by and self-published. It was illustrated by . The game was awarded the special prize for children's games in the Spiel des Jahres competition in 1998. International releases The game was released in several languages. * German: ''Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke'' by Zoch Verlag * English: ''Chicken Cha Cha Cha'' by Rio Grande Games * French: ''Pique Plume'' by Gigamic * Spanish: ''¡Cocorico Cocoricó!'' by Devir * Dutch: ''Jakkiebak! Kippenkak!'' at 999 Games * Finnish: ''Kanaset'' by Tactic * Hungarian: ''Csupa Csupasz Tyúkeszű'' by Piatnik * Polish: ''Skubane Kurczaki'' by Egmont * Korean: ''치킨차차'' by Koreaboardgames a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game Publishing Companies
Board or Boards may refer to: Flat surface * Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** Cutting board ** Sounding board, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) * Paperboard * Fiberboard ** Hardboard, a type of fiberboard * Particle board, also known as ''chipboard'' ** Oriented strand board * Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics ** Motherboard, the main printed circuit board of a computer * A reusable writing surface ** Chalkboard ** Whiteboard Recreation * Board game ** Chessboard **Checkerboard * Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge * Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball * Board track racing, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s * Boards, the wall around a bandy field or ice hockey rink * Boardsports * Diving board (other) Companies * Board International, a Swiss software vendor known for its business intelligence so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media In Munich
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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