100 years ago, a Master of Game Design was born: Alex Randolph (1922-2004), author of the 1982 “Spiel des Jahres”-winner “Sagaland”, “Twixt”, and many other games, and probably the person who did the most in the game industry to turn game inventors from obscure figures never mentioned in a game to the authorial status they justly have today. The game designer Alex Randolph. To celebrate his …
On May 4th, 100 years ago, the game designer Alex Randolph was born. Alex’s brilliant mind gave birth to the 1982 “Spiel des Jahres”-winner Sagaland, Twixt, and many other games. Alex (1922-2004) had a long and intense life, spent living and traveling in many countries of the World, – until he settled in Venice, creating there a “school” of game design which, to this day, includes …
Ten years of Ares Games: some of the games published since 2011. On December 15th, 2011, Ares Games released War of the Ring 2nd Edition: it was the first game published by the company. Since then, many beautiful games – created with the help of designers, artists, sculptors from all over the World – took shape and hit the gaming tables: from long-lived lines such as …
War of The Ring Anniversary Release packaging: well protected, with a polybag, polystirene corners, inside a strong outer carton. With the Chinese New Year oncoming, many players waiting their copy of the Anniversary Release of our War of the Ring Second Edition game are worried about the shipment of this limited edition item. Our Production Manager, Roberto Di Meglio, visited the factory last week to oversee …
Ares Games is opening pre-orders today for a limited edition of the Game Rules, Strategy Guide and Gameboard in a deluxe format matching the components included in the War of the Ring Second Edition Anniversary Release. War of the Ring Anniversary Release: Deluxe Edition of the Game Rules and the Strategy Companion, enclosed in a special slipcase. For players who missed pre-orders of the Anniversary Release …
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