Z-Man Games
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Z-Man Games is a company incorporated in 1999 in the USA to produce games. The headquarters is in Mahopac, New York, near New York City
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. It is named after its proprietor, Zev Shlasinger. Its productions include:
- the collectible card gameCollectible card gamethumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards...
, ShadowfistShadowfistShadowfist is a collectable card game that was created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia and released in 1995. It shares the same background as the Feng Shui role-playing game, which was also created by Laws and Garcia and released the following year...
(the primary reason that the company was first formed was to bring this collectible card game back into publication) - a B-movieB-movieA B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
card game series consisting of games such as Grave Robbers From Outer SpaceGrave robbers from outer spaceGrave Robbers from Outer Space is a card game designed by Stephen Tassie and published out by Z-Man Games. GROS parodies movies and movie clichés, especially those from science fiction and horror movies...
and Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom - translations of European gamesGerman-style board gameGerman-style board games, frequently referred to in gaming circles as Euro Games or Euro-style, are a broad class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction and abstract physical components...
such as AgricolaAgricola (board game)Agricola is a German-style board game created by Uwe Rosenberg, and published by Lookout Games in Europe and Z-Man Games in the US. The goal of the game is to build the most well-balanced farm at the end of 14 rounds, consisting of plowed fields for crops and fenced pastures for livestock. The...
, Neuroshima Hex!Neuroshima Hex!Neuroshima Hex! is a Polish tactical board game based on the Neuroshima role-playing game. It is published by Wydawnictwo Portal . The game is set in the same post-apocalyptic world as its RPG counterpart.- Gameplay :...
and UrsuppePrimordial Soup (board game)Primordial Soup is a board game designed by Doris Matthäus & Frank Nestel and published by Z-Man Games. It was first published in 1997 in Germany by Doris & Frank under the name Ursuppe and this original version won 2nd prize in the 1998 Deutscher Spiele Preis.-Theme:Each player guides a species... - original designs such as 1960: The Making of the President1960: The Making of the President1960: The Making of the President is a board game simulation of the 1960 U.S. presidential election in which John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon. It was created by Jason Matthews and Christian Leonhard and is published by Z-Man Games. Graphic design was supplied by Joshua Cappel...
- ArimaaArimaaThe objective of the game is to move a rabbit of one's own color onto the home rank of the opponent. Thus Gold wins by moving a gold rabbit to the eighth rank, and Silver wins by moving a silver rabbit to the first rank...
, an abstract strategy gameAbstract strategy gameAn abstract strategy game is a strategy game, aiming to minimise luck, and without a theme. Almost all abstract strategy games will conform to the strictest definition of: a board or card game, in which there is no hidden information, no non-deterministic elements , in which two players or teams... - GheosGheosGheos is a tile-laying board game designed by René Wiersma. Graphic design and illustration was supplied by Joshua Cappel, and box cover art was painted by Allan Bednar. The game was published in 2006 by Z-Man Games.- Gameplay :...
, a game where players take on the role of deities - OmlevexOmlevexOmlevex is a superhero role-playing game supplement published by Z-Man Games and Spectrum Games. The game mechanics are compatible with Champions, Silver Age Sentinels, and Mutants & Masterminds....
, a role-playing supplement for Mutants & Masterminds, ChampionsChampions (role-playing game)Champions is a role-playing game published by Hero Games that is designed to simulate and function in a four-color superhero comic book world. It was created by George MacDonald, Steve Peterson, Bruce Harlick, and Ray Greer....
, and Silver Age SentinelsSilver Age SentinelsSilver Age Sentinels is a superhero role-playing game published in 2002 by Guardians of Order, creators of Big Eyes, Small Mouth, an anime-themed RPG.... - PandemicPandemic (board game)Pandemic is a cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock and published by Z-Man Games in 2008.Pandemic is based on the premise that four diseases have broken out in the world, each threatening to wipe out a region. The game accommodates 2 to 4 players, each playing one of five possible...
, a cooperative board game - Start Player by Ted AlspachTed AlspachTed Alspach is a board-game designer and the author of more than 30 books on graphics, publishing and the web. He is best known for his Adobe Illustrator-related books, including Illustrator for Dummies and the best-selling Illustrator Bible series...
, a card game to determine who goes first in the following game, a complex strategy game edited by Z-Man Games in 2009.