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SPIEL 2016 XIV: A Feast for Odin, The Colonists, Papà Paolo, Lisboa, and Nautilion

SPIEL 2016 XIV: A Feast for Odin, The Colonists, Papà Paolo, Lisboa, and Nautilion
Board Game: A Feast for Odin
• One of the most anticipated titles of SPIEL 2016 was Uwe Rosenberg's A Feast for Odin, which Feuerland Spiele had showed at SPIEL 2015. U.S. publisher partner Z-Man Games had initially thought it would be able to debut the game at the 2016 Origins Game Fair, then at Gen Con 2016, but both times production issues thwarted those plans. Having now seen the size of the box and all that's inside, I can understand how production might have caused trouble!





Board Game: The Colonists
• Speaking of Rosenberg, when you hear that Lookout Games has a beefy title in the offing, you expect to see his name on the box, but The Colonists is the work of first-time designer Tim Puls, who has created a widely variable design that accommodates 1-4 players who play 1-4 ages, giving a huge playing time range of 30-240 minutes. As for what the game is about, players are each mayor of a village, and you want to attract new farmers to your land, educate people, and provide full employment for everyone under your responsibility.





Board Game: Papà Paolo
• The Quined Games booth at SPIEL 2016 was filled with pizza boxes! Not because they were noshing throughout the fair, no, but rather to celebrate the release of Fabrice Vandenbogaerde's Papà Paolo, which challenges players to build their own little section of Naples to which they can deliver pizza.





Board Game: Nautilion
• Designer Shadi Torbey was at SPIEL 2016 to present the newest title in his Oniverse series — Nautilion from Z-Man Games — and as he explained in his designer diary about the game, he intentionally started with the idea of using a roll-and-move mechanism for this design. Here, he explains how it works.





Board Game: Lisboa
• This is not a game overview so much as a Kickstarter teaser, which is a bit of a shame, but we booked a spot for Vital Lacerda's Lisboa from Eagle-Gryphon Games in our schedule because we knew folks would want to see it if given the chance, so here's what we have to show...

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