Z-Man Games is an American board game company, incorporated in 1999. It was named after its founder, Zev Shlasinger. The company is known for their ''

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'' series of board games, as well as being the sole publisher for the English editions of popular Eurogames, such as ''

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'' and '' Terra Mystica''.

History

Z-Man Games was primarily formed to bring the

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'' Shadowfist'' back into publication. In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of

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-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games, creating F2Z Entertainment. Shlasinger left Z-Man Games in January 2016. In 2016, F2Z Entertainment was acquired by Asmodee.

Published games

* A

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card game series consisting of games such as '' Grave Robbers From Outer Space'' and ''Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom'' * '' 1960: The Making of the President'', an original creation by Z-Man Games * ''

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'' * ''Archaeology: The Card Game'', a market-style card game * '' Arimaa'', an abstract strategy game * ''Ascending Empires,'' a space based empire expansion game * ''

,'' Z-Man Games has published the English version of this game in the US and Canada since 2012 * '' Endeavor'', a complex strategy game edited by Z-Man Games in 2009 * '' Gheos'', a game where players take on the role of deities * '' Neuroshima Hex!'' * '' Omlevex'', a role-playing supplement for '' Mutants & Masterminds'', '' Champions'', and '' Silver Age Sentinels'' * ''Onirim'', and the Oniverse series of short

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games: ''Sylvion'', ''Castellion'', ''Nautilion'', and ''Aerion'' * ''

'', a cooperative board game * '' Saboteur,'' a mining path card game * '' Shadow Hunters'' * '' Shadowfist'' * ''Start Player'' by Ted Alspach, a card game to determine who goes first in the following game * '' Terra Mystica'', by Jens Drögemüller and Helge Ostertag, winner of the 2013

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- General Strategy: Multi-player Winner * '' Ursuppe'' * ''The Walking Dead'', a 2009 board games based on the comic of the same name *''The Walking Dead: The Prison'', "both a stand-alone game and an expansion module to the first game", funded through

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References

External links

Z-Man Games website
* {{Asmodee Board game publishing companies Card game publishing companies Role-playing game publishing companies Companies based in New York (state) American companies established in 1999

History

Published games

See also

References

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