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SPIEL 2016 IX: Railroad Revolution, Rhein: River Trade, The Flow of History, Fold-it, and Legends of Andor: The Last Hope

SPIEL 2016 IX: Railroad Revolution, Rhein: River Trade, The Flow of History, Fold-it, and Legends of Andor: The Last Hope
Board Game: Railroad Revolution
• One of the most anticipated titles at SPIEL 2016 was Marco Canetta and Stefania Niccolini's Railroad Revolution from What's Your Game?. This German-Italian publisher typically releases one or more highly involved strategy games each year, and in this design players compete to build railroads and stations, expand telegraph networks, and increase the value of their companies as the railroad lines spread across the United States in the 19th century.





Board Game: Rhein: River Trade
• The design team of Niccolini and Canetta are also responsible for Rhein: River Trade, which I added to the BGG database in December 2011, which was available for demo at SPIEL 2016, and which should finally be released before the end of 2016 from Giochi Uniti.





Board Game: The Flow of History
• Designer Jesse Li debuted with Guns & Steel, a condensed retelling of civilization, and his latest title — The Flow of History from Moaideas Game Design — covers the same thematic ground, but with a new game system.





Board Game: Fold-it
• Every year brings the release of dozens of new real-time pattern-matching or pattern-recognition games, but every so often one stands out from the crowd, with my choice for SPIEL 2016 being Taeyun Goh's Fold-it from Happy Baobab. I love Jérôme Morin-Drouin's Manifold puzzles — originally self-published and now available from Brainwright — and Fold-it seems to hit the same spot in terms of difficulty and tactile pleasure.





Board Game: Legends of Andor: The Last Hope
• Michael Menzel's Andor game series at KOSMOS ends with Die Legenden von Andor: Die Letzte Hoffnung, a.k.a., Legends of Andor: The Last Hope, with this title being both expansion and standalone game. The title is out only in Germany for now, but I've pinged Thames & Kosmos about a date for release in English and will post an update when I know more.

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