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Can I buy your copy of so and so? Sorry, but no, none of my collection is for sale or trade.
I found so and so in my attic/at a boot sale/ in a charity shop but it is missing the rules. I see you have a copy, can you send me the rules? I have quite a lot of rules, but mostly translations of German games (the best source is currently www.boardgamegeek.com). I don't carry copies of rules for UK games, try www.hasbro.com. If you email me, I'll send you a file of useful websights.
Where can I get a copy of so and so? If the game is more than 4 years old, it is likely out of print. But often, good games do get reprinted. Try www.leisuregames.co.uk in Britain or www.funagain.com in the US, try ebay, or email me and I'll send you a file of useful websights, including 2nd hand dealers.
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Name New / 2nd Maker Year Players Type Notes
Die SafeknackerNewASS19962-5Card/Bet A Stefan Dorra game
SamarkandNewAmigo19982-5Board Sid Sackson visits the bazaar. See Isfahan.
SambesiNewAdlung20022-8Card Into Africa
SamuraiNewHans Im Gluck19982-4Tile Reiner Knizia game capturing icons in Japan, with weird scoring result
San FranciscoNewAmigo20003-5Placement Players compete to win prestige by rebuilding SF after the earthquake. Thorsten Lopmann & Andreas Wetter arrive on the game world fully formed.
San MarcoNewRavensburger20013-4Tactical The Alan Moon/Aaron Weissblum team produce another hit
Santa Fe2ndWhite Wind19922-5Tactical Alan Moon railway game, later developed into Airlines/Union Pacific
Save The President!2nd Games For Pleasure19792-Strategy I met inventor Jack Jaffe! What an upbeat chap.Reviewed here.
Save The World2nd  2+Quiz Track Lame environmental quiz
Schaska2ndRavensburger19732Strategy One of a line of mini games. You make a random board to race in opposite directions.
Der Schatz des PharaosNewBerliner Spielkarten19962-6Card Wolfgang Kramer's adventure in the Pyramids
Der Schatz von Mrs JonesNewRavensburger19962Abstract Lift layers to reveal gold and gems, by Christine Welz
SchickeriaNewHexagames19893-6Card Yuppies lifestyle card game by Claude Soucie
SchicksackNewFata Morgana192-6Strategy I have absolutley no idea what this game is about!!!
Schlangennest / GobiNewBambus Spiele 2-4Tile Snaking tile placement by Gunter Cornett. 2 games in one.
Die Schlangen von DelhiNewBlatz19952-4Tile Placement Manfred Franz, extending snakes
Schoko & Co.2ndSchmidt19882-4Business Hirschfield & Monnet, business game of chocolate factories
Schotten TottenNewSchmidt19992-8Card Reiner Knizia has Scottish stones
Schrille StilleNewZoch Spiele20003-6Music Hit music.
SchwarzmarktNewAmigo19963-5Card Strategy Money plays no role! Convert black market goods at the best price.
Die Schwindler GmbhNewBumerang19992-4Card Players try to bluff their way to undue insuarnce claims.
Scotland YardNewRavensburger 2+Chase Detective Clever, tricky game. One player 'X' moves in secret round London, the other players conspire to hunt X down. Now redsigned.
Scrabble OriginalNewSpear's Games19882-4Word Classic word game, get the book OSW. First c 1948
Sea-LifeNewInauen Spiele 2-6Card Life under the sea, as this fish eats that fish. By Adrian Inauen.
Die SeidenstrasseNewSchmidt Spiele19982-7Tactical Follow the Silk Road using card play
Sekt oder SeltersNewSalagames19883-6Card Trick taking game by Franz-Josef Lamminger
September2ndParadigm19852-4Path Hex type game with interesting foam pieces
SetNewFX19992-8Card Set building game
SharkNewFlying Turtle19872-6Tactical Nice combination of share holding and random chain building by Jean Vanaise
NewRavensburger20012-6Tactical Re-issue with tweaks, Jean prefers this version.
Sharpe's AttackNewGibsons Games19962Strategy War Version of L'Attaque based on TV series Sharpe - see Stratego
Sherlock Holmes Card GameNewGibsons Games19912+Card Detective game
Shit!NewAdlung19962-6Card Reinhard Staupe
Die Sieben WeissenNewAlea20023-5Card A new game by Reiner Stockhausen, the Seven Wise Men.
Die Siedler von Catan (Settlers of Catan)NewKosmos19962-4Strategy Collect & trade in wool, rock, timber etc to build roads & towns. Huge hit, extremely successful, several expansions made.
dSvC 5-6 playerNewKosmos19962-6Expansion Adds 2 more Settlers to the island
dSvC Alexander der Grosse & CheopsNewKosmos19983-4Tactic A scenario expansion for Settlers, play as Alexander the Great or as Egyptian Pharoahs.
dSvC Das Buch zum spielenNewKosmos20003-4Expansion Book and kit for scenarios, expansion and tactics for Settlers.
dSvC SeefahrerNewKosmos19972-4Tactical Those Settlers go to sea
dSvC Seefahrer 5-6 playerNewKosmos19972-6Expansion Adds 2 more sailors
dSvC Stadt & RitterNewKosmos19972-4Tactical Expansion which introduces more strategy elements, as you must defend towns from attack.
dSvC S & R 5-6 playerNewKosmos19972-6Expansion Adds 2 more players
dSvC Sternenfahrer von CatanNewKosmos19993-4Tactical Klaus Teuber crosses the final frontier, Settlers In Space!
dSvC Von NurnbergNewKosmos19993-4Tactical Stand-alone limited release celebrating Nurnberg's 950 years. Sort of inverted Settlers, with factories in town instead of ports. Card driven, no dice, plays quickly.
6 Nimmt!NewAmigo19942-10Card 6 Takes! You're each dealt 10 cards are numbered from 1 to 104; if the card you lay down in numerical order is 6th in a row, you pick up the row! Amazingly simple but clever game gets everyone hooked
ShowmanagerNewQueen Games19972-6Card Choose cards to complete your 4 shows. Valued actors put your show on top, to score most. Very nice game from Dirk Henn.
SiestaNewGoldsieber19992-4Abstract Place 3 pieces, suns, rooves or shadows and score for the deepest shade! Wierd game by Guido Hoffmann.
SilberzwergNewQueen Games20002-4Tactical Dwarves mine silver and hassle each other
SismiziNewEG Spiele199? Placement Sort of Hex variant. Join ants and anthills, all moveable, crossing paths, blocking each other.
SixMixNewFX19992-5Dice Helmut Walch simple dice game with a little appeal
Skirrid2ndSkirrid Co.19772-6Strategy Shapes Invented by Mark Eliot & Brian Taylor - the same man who made Kensington!
SkyrunnerNewRavensburger20002-5Climbing Large 3d tower block is sclaed by Dan Glimne & chums
Sleuth2nd3M19713-7Card A Sid Sackson deduction classic
SnapNewAdlung19973-5Card Zoltan Aczel
SokratesNewBlatz19932-4Card Reiner Knizia
SoloNewAmigo19982-10Card Version of Uno
Space BeansNewAmigo19992-6Card Make sets but you must pass your hand on.
Space WalkNewRavensburger19992-5Tactical Rudiger Dorn, spaceships trip through space, falling into black holes.
Speculate2ndWaddingtons19722-5Strategy Stock Market trading
SpeedNewAdlung19952Card Reinhard Staupe
Speed CircuitNewKlee19??2-6Race German edition of AH motor racing game
SpekulationNewdb Spiele19 Tactical Dirk Henn's share trading game
Spitting Image2ndParker19872-6Satire Political news satire
Spy Ring2ndWaddingtons19652-4Tactic Early edition where players try to solve a code
Square DanceNewPeri19962Abstract Very simple peg game using colour AND orientation, ie the cones can go in up or down.
Stadens NyckelNewCasper Games??3-6Board Dan Glimne gives the key to the Swedish city
Stamp2ndAmigo19923-6Card Stamp collecting by Hanno & Wilfried Kuhn
Star Trek2ndBMI Print Division19922-6Track Poor quality. c Paramount Pictures
Statis Pro FootballNewAvalon Hill19871+Sports Sim Superb but complex NFL sim
Stay Alive2ndMB Games 2-4Strategy Slide bars to keep your marbles up
Sternen HimmelNewGoldsieber19953-5Tactics Tom Scheops' game of filling constellions with stars of different values to earn tokens. Starry, starry skies.
Stimmt So!NewQueen1998 Card Simple Dirk Henn game of trading cash for shares before scoring. Over-priced and lacking better colour coding, but a nice game anyway.
StimmveihNewself-published19983-5Card Limited edition by the author Andrea Meyer, political card game (mine is 135/200)
The Stock Exchange Game2ndMore Games198?2-6Track Yet another Monopoly variant, this time with 80's companies like Filofax, Courtaulds, Colouroll.
StonehengeNewBlatz19942Abstract Reiner Knizia placement
Strand CupNewKrimsKrams Kiste20004,6,8Card Beach volleyball
Stranded2ndSpear's Games19812Strategy Move pawn and remove walls
Stratego 4NewJumbo19963-4Strategy War 3 & 4 player version of Stratego (based on L'Attaque) - see Sharpe's Attack above
StreetsoccerNewCwali20022Soccer Corne gets more professional with a die rolling 5-a-side sim. Entertaining and well received.
Strike It Rich2ndLamplight Games19872-12Track Strike it Rich Playing the Stock Market. Game includes a Casio calculator! There is also a competition with no prize! Old fashioned.
Sum It2ndSum It Card Game Ltdno date2+Cards In old currency (pre decimal)
Sum It Decimal2ndWaddington19682+Cards Same as above but with decimal currency (I thought we went decimal in the 70's)
Super PowerNewGames Workshop19862-6Strategy War sim, too complex
Super 32ndMB Games19782Strategy Roll dice & put pegs 3 in a row to win a box AND then win 3 boxes!
Svea RikeNewAnvandbart Litet Foretag20012-5Board Dan Glimne & Henrik Strandberg go through Swedish history
Tablut home made  Strategy Classic Swedish game (but Schmittburger says it is flawed).
Tabula, The Roman GameNewOxford Games19902Race Fore-runner of Backgammon, with different strategies.
Tabula RasaNewSpiel Spass19982-4Card Reiner Knizia jousts
TactvollNewAdlung19933-8Card A game of music, the cards have notes and symbols which you lay to form musical scores, and score accordingly! With 2 expansions to allow harmonies and scales, and extra rules to force you to be tuneful!
Tadsch MahalNewAlea20003-5Tactical Reiner Knizia card based game balancing different collecting choices. Better than Ra & Samurai
Take It EasyNewF X Schmid19931-4Tile, Patterns Put tiles into your hexagon to make complete lines to score.
Take OffNewAdlung19992-4Card Frank Brandt
Tal der KonigeNewFranckh Kosmos19??2-4Placement Christian Beierer game of building Egyptian pyramids
TalonNewPharoa19??2Memory Small wooden tiles memory game
TamskNewSchmidt19982Abstract Kris Burm game, part of the Gipf Project. Flip sand timers and drop rings. Lots of time pressure.
Tashkent DominoNewPeri??2Dice Kris Burm game of matching patterned dice
Task Force2ndThomas Salter Ltd1960??2Strategy Abstracted war game across Europe & N America. Players have limited pieces and moves, controlled by a limited die. They also have 1 nuclear weapon each! Sinister stuff for an early game
Ta YuNewKosmos19992-4Abstract Slight theme of rivers, this is a nice tile game with lovely heavy Mahjong-like pieces
Telling Lies2ndPaul Lamond19874-8Quiz Under license from Intuitive Marketing
TendixNewdb Spiele2000 Abstract Dirk Henn's tenth game
Terra TurriumNewFranckh Kosmos19862-4Placement Brick building towers by Wolfgang Kramer
TerraceNewKlee19932-4Abstract German edition of US game, played on a plastic board, terraced for a vertical element
Territorie2ndInvicta19782-4Strategy re-issue of Box It
Teufel NochmalNewPiatnik19873-4Card Scissors, paper, rock card game by Tom Scheops
TexasNewdb Spiele1992Tactical Dirk Henn's cowboys compete. Re-issued as Rosenkonig by Kosmos (not Queen!!)
They're Off2ndMaas Marketing19752-6Sport Sim Bet on races, commentary on 3 LP records! Marketed as a Daily Mirror game with races by Noel Whitcomb, but copyrighter is Canadian.
13 Dead End DriveNewMB Games 2+Elimination Nice 3d game. Kill off other heirs and claim the fortune. Great fun.
ThorNewHeidelberger Spieleverlag20022-6card/share Re-issue of Flinke Pinke by Reiner Knizia
TichuNewAbacus/Fata Morgana19983-10Card Classic German card game, played in leagues even.
TimbuktuNewdb Spiele19 Tactical Dirk Henn game
Time PiratesNewPiatnik20003-6Tactical Alan Moon game, with duff rules supposedly.
Titanic der MythosNewAdlung19982-5Card Bernhard Naegele
TiticacaNewCwali20012-5Tile Corne van Moorsel's civ builder
TitusNewAdlung Spiele20002-4Card Uwe Rosenberg has roman gold
Tonga BongaNewRavensburger19982-4Race Strategy Crew ships & sail round tropical islands
Top BananaNewSchmidt19??2-4Tactical Jim Winslow game of climbing monkeys
Top RaceNewASS 2-6Race Another F1 racing game, with betting
TorNewAmigo19952Card Goal! Reiner Knizia's very simple game of out-bidding to score goals.
TorresNewFX20002-4Placement 2000 SdJ winner by Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling, build castles taller and wider. Excellent game, but with plastic bits.
Totopoly2ndWaddingtons19782-6Race Classic British horse racing game. Train your horses first then race & bet
Touch & Go2ndInvicta19742Speed Patterns Foam legs, interesting idea
Trans AmericaNewWinning Moves20022-6Strategy A development of Winsome Games' popular railway game, this is a simplified version gaining much praise.
TriasNewGecko Games20022-5Tile New designer Ralf Lehmkuhl runs out a nice tile builder
Treasure Hunt2ndPaul Lamond Games192-24Quiz Based on the C4 TV show with Anneka Bigbum, the double sided board is a huge map with loads of towns to guess.
TrendyNewSpiel Spass20002-5Card Reiner Knizia gets all fashionable
TricksNewWhite Wind19953-5Card Variant on trick taking by Alan Moon
TripjatNewVSK19962-3Card A tactial game by 'Jeukero'
Triple Match2ndSpear's Games1980?2Patterns Set 3 balls into patterns made by random
TrodelnNewSimba 2-6Tactical A family game by Hajo Bucken, a tweak on Ausbrecher AG. In Trodeln, children are trying to be the last into class, to avoid sitting at the front of the class!
TroiaNewThomas Fackler20012-4tile Thomas Fackler is known for his extremely expensive colelctors games, normally 1000s of pounds. This game is produced to celebrate the Benz sponsored dig at Troy and is much cheaper!
Truffeln ScnuffelnNewFranjos19892-4Race Rudi Hoffmann game of pigs finding truffles.
Trump The Game2ndMilton Bradley19893-4Track That is Donald Trump The Game! Buy & trade properties, with cash hidden inside.
TurfNewKlee Edition 2-6Race Sid Sackson horse racing and betting, German edition of AH
TutanchamunNewAmigo19932-6Collection Reiner Knizia game of collecting groups of items to score points. Simple and odd.
20 QuestionsNewMB Games19932-6Quiz Race Excellent simple version of old parlour game
TwilightNewBambus19973-4Card Wolfgang Werner, competing cults
TwinsNewAmigo19963-6Card Reiner Knizia, card with poker chips
TwixtNewKosmos1992Abstract Re-issue of classic, successful variant on Hex by Alex Randolph
221B Baker StreetNewGibsons Games19752+Detective Good game, search out clues to crime. c 1975 J Moriarty(!!!), Antler Prods.
TycoonNewJumbo19982-4Tactical Wolfgang Kramer & Horst Rainer Rosner business game, fly from city to city.
Tyranno ExNewMoskito Spiele19??2-4Tactical Karl-Heinz Schmiel evolution game re-issued by Avalon Hill
UFOsNewSalagames19??3-6?? ??? by Alan Moon
Um Kopf und KragenNewBerliner Spielkarten19963-7Card & dice Stefan Dorra pushes the dice
Um ReifenbreiteNewJumbo19912-4Race Popular cycle race (from Demargge out of Homas Tour)
...Und TschussNewGoldsieber19974-6Card Needs 4 to start, 'So Long!'. Play a card to collect scoring cards, but being second gets you nothing!
Union PacificNewAmigo19992-6Stocks Random scoring make you choose between extending your railway and picking up more shares, or lay your shares to score. Excellent Alan Moon game, tweak on Airlines, begat by Santa Fe.
Uno DiceNewGibsons Games19892-6Dice Rummy type game. Under license from International Games Inc.
Up & DownNewAdlung19962-6Card Karsten Adlung
UrlandNewDoris & Frank20013-5Strategy The successor to D&F's hugely popular Ursuppe is further evolution, as the creatures multiple and climb onto land. More genetical cards, but this game plays faster and easier than Ursuppe.
UrsuppeNewDoris & Frank19973-4Placement Complex but nice game of developing amoebas in the primeordeal soup. Players have contributed ideas for the expansion gene pack.
Ursuppe - Frisch AbgeschmecktNewDoris & Frank19985-6Expansion Expansion to Ursuppe, allows 2 more players, and lots of fresh genes!
VampirNewGoldsieber20003-5Card Reiner Knizia sucks...
VeneziaNewQueen20012-4Tactical By Ronald Hofstatter
VernissageNewTM Spiele19933-5  Art dealers of some sort by Klaus Teuber
VerraterNewAdlung19983-4Card Highly rated game of trickery
VigoNewAmigo19942-6Placement Edith Grein-Bottcher game of pirate ships finding treasure
Viva PamplonaNewFx Schmid19922-6Card/Dice A bull run by Wolgang Kramer
Volle HutteNewASS19973-5Tactical Stefan Dorra game, players attract customers to their bars with discos, pool tables etc, but can you keep them to cash in?
Volle LotteNewAbacus19942-10Dice/Card Dice game
Vom Kap bis KairoNewAdlung Spiele20012-4Card A popular railway game by Gunter Burkhardt.
WaldmeisterNewHans im Gluck19??2-4Tactical Published in conjunction with Bayerische Staatsforstverwaltung, the Bavarian Forestry Commission, this Andreas Seyforth game shows forestry management through the seasons and the balance of nature and industry. Beautiful graphic design by Franz Vohwinkel
Die WeinhandlerNewPiatnik20002-6Tactical Dominique Erhard game of the French king's river
Die WeltenbummlerNewHexagames19893-6Tactical Bum jobs on your round-the-world trip, best is not always first! By Drakes, Jarvis, Walsh & Gluck
WembleyNewGibsons Games19972Football Take your team to Wembley cup final
Wer Ist Der Tater?NewJumbo19892+Card Wanted! Can you find the killer?
Wettstreit der BaumeisterNewKosmos19983-4Tile Jean du Poel game laying tiles to complete the best cityscape
Where's Bob's Hat?NewRio Grande20012-5Card New Rio Grande version of Wher Hat Mir? by Alan Moon
WhotNewWaddingtons19942+Card Classic card game
WicketzNewRDA Marketing19942Sports Sim Cricket sim
Die Wikinger Kommen!NewASS19942-4Abstract Alex Randolph has a changeable board in this abstract game
Wild Life2ndSpears19643-4Track Save wildlife by collecting it for your zoo! Endorsed by World Wildlife Fund.
WildlifeNewClementoni20032-6Tactical Wolfgang Kramer goes mammoth hunting as well.
WilliNewHans im Gluck19993-4Card Gunter Burkhardt
The Willow Game2ndTor Books19882-6War Strategy Greg Costikyan game of the film, original gameplay, nice design
The Wind In The Willows GameNewTraditional Games19921-4Track Plaster figures of Mole & Ratty chase a boat round the board. Expensive product.
WinhardNewAdlung Spiele20012-4Card Nuts in winter.
WizardNewAmigo19963-6Card Re-issue of game by US Games Systems Inc.???
Wo Ist Die Kokonuss?NewStaupe Spiele 2-9Card Speed memory game, hard enough for adults
WongarNewGoldsieber20003-5Abstract Alan Moon doesn't succeed with cards getting cards getting pieces scoring rituals. Nope, I don't get it either.
Word Games2ndMerit19??2+Word Poor man's Scrabble
Word Mastermind2ndInvicta19752Word Code With letters on paper tiles
Word Mastermind2ndInvicta192Word Code With plastic letter shapes
Word SpinNewGeospace19951+Word Doesn't spin
WuchererNewAbacus19972-6Card Friedemann Friese's game of dodgy landlords. Cards are in black & white.
X.NetNewFanfor20003-6Card Internet game
X Pasch2ndFanfor 3-6Dice/Card Market game
X Pasch DeluxeNewFanfor199?3-6Dice/Card Re-issue of X Pasch, a market game
XXLNewAbacus19962-6Card Over-sized card game from Hajo Bucken & Dirk Hanneforth
YaliNewJumbo19972Strategy Move steel balls on board which see-saws
Yam    Dice Classic dice game marketed as Yahtzee.
YoYoNewAmigo19982-6Card Hanno & Wilfried Kuhn
YucataNewHans Im Gluck19962-4Race Stefan Dorra race game
Yukon CompanyNewdb Spiele1999 Tactical Dirk Henn's golddigger's vie for gold
ZankapfelNewVSK19933-6Tactical Apple of Discord by Ralf Zur Linde
ZatreNewPeri Spiele19922-6Strategy Numbers Invented by Manfred Schuling - like Scrabble with numbers, very good
Das Zeitungsspiel2ndDie Spiele Agentur19952-5Tile Preceeds Extrablatt, unpunched.
ZeroNewBerliner Spielkarten19983-5Card Reiner Knizia card game
ZertzNewSchmidt19992Abstract Part of Kris Burm's Project Gipf
ZockNew 1999 Card Limited edition, uncut, childrens card game
Zodiac Game, Russell Grant's2ndFreeman Hawkins Games 1988?2-6Deduction Work out which player has which star sign. Reviewed here.
Zoff im ZooNewDoris & Frank19993-7Card Animals down the food chain
ZoosimNewCwali20022-4Tile Corne van Moorsel moves from strength to strength with a zoo building game. Lay tiles to group animals, attract visitors, and complete paths. Strong mixture but it is an auction game.
ZwickernNewQueen Games19993-4Card Use the numbers to take combinations
 
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