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Z-Man Games

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 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

Z-Man Games was primarily formed to bring the collectible card game Shadowfist back into publication.[1][2]

In 2011, Sophie Gravel, owner of Quebec-based publisher/distributor Filosofia, bought Z-Man Games,[3] creating F2Z Entertainment. Shlasinger left Z-Man Games in January 2016. In 2016, F2Z Entertainment was acquired by Asmodee.[4]

Published games

  • A B-movie card game series consisting of games such as Grave Robbers From Outer Space[1][5] and Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom[6]
  • 1960: The Making of the President,[7][8] an original creation by Z-Man Games
  • Agricola
  • Archaeology: The Card Game, a market-style card game[9]
  • Arimaa, an abstract strategy game
  • Ascending Empires, a space based empire expansion game[10]
  • Carcassonne, 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[11]
  • Gheos, a game where players take on the role of deities[12]
  • Neuroshima Hex!
  • Omlevex, a role-playing supplement for Mutants & Masterminds, Champions, and Silver Age Sentinels[13][14]
  • Onirim, and the Oniverse series of short single-player games: Sylvion, Castellion, Nautilion, and Aerion
  • Pandemic, a cooperative board game[15]
  • 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 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Winner[16]
  • 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 Kickstarter[17]

See also

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

External links

References

  1. Dr. Matt Carlson. Unplugged #31: Z-Man Games GamerDad.com, 2005-07-25, retrieved 2008-03-24^
  2. W. Eric Martin. Ask Z-Man Games: Looking Back, and Looking to 2008 16 December 2007, retrieved 9 October 2014^
  3. Filosofia buys Z-Man Games retrieved 2012-03-18^
  4. Asmodee Acquiring F2Z Entertainment 2016-07-22, retrieved 2017-01-05^
  5. Matthew Pook. Pyramid Review: Grave Robbers From Outer Space Card Game Pyramid (Online), Steve Jackson Games, 2001-10-12, retrieved 2008-03-24^
  6. Matthew Pook. Pyramid Review: Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom Pyramid (Online), Steve Jackson Games, 2002-10-25, retrieved 2008-03-24^
  7. Jean-Luc Simard. 1960: The Making of the President Scrye, April 2008^
  8. Mike Clifford. 2007, My Top 5 Counter, March 2008^
  9. Archaeology: The Card Game BoardGameGeek, retrieved 2024-07-05^
  10. Ascending Empires BoardGameGeek, retrieved 2020-09-02^
  11. 'Agricola' Expansion From Z-Man ICV2, 17 August 2009, retrieved 2020-09-02^
  12. Andy Vetromile. Pyramid Review: Gheos Pyramid (Online), Steve Jackson Games, 2007-03-16, retrieved 2008-03-24^
  13. Andy Vetromile. Pyramid Review: Omlevex (for Mutants & Masterminds, Silver-Age Sentinels, & Champions) Pyramid (Online), Steve Jackson Games, 2004-08-06, retrieved 2008-03-24^
  14. Colin Fredericks. Review of Omlevex RPGnet, 2004-03-26, retrieved 2008-03-24^
  15. Peter Genovese. Pandemic —the board game — foreshadows current crisis nj, 2020-04-03, retrieved 2020-09-02^
  16. Terra Mystica (2012) BGG Board Game Geek, retrieved 10 June 2015^
  17. {{Kickstarter|493801934/the-walking-dead-the-prison-board-game|"The Walking Dead" The Prison - Board Game by Keith Tralins}}^