Yspahan
Encyclopedia
Yspahan is a 2006 designer board game
by Sébastien Pauchon. It won the Meeples' Choice Award
in 2006, came fourth in the 2007 Deutscher Spiele Preis
, and was nominated for the 2007 Spiel des Jahres
(ultimately awarded to Zooloretto
).
German-style board game
German-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...
by Sébastien Pauchon. It won the Meeples' Choice Award
Meeples' Choice Award
The Meeples' Choice Award is an award given for board games and card games. It is given by Spielfrieks, an internet discussion group about board and card games.- Past winners :...
in 2006, came fourth in the 2007 Deutscher Spiele Preis
Deutscher Spiele Preis
The Deutscher Spiele Preis is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine "Die Pöppel-Revue", which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and game clubs. The results are announced every October at the Spiel game fair in Essen,...
, and was nominated for the 2007 Spiel des Jahres
Spiel des Jahres
The Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...
(ultimately awarded to Zooloretto
Zooloretto
Zooloretto is a board game designed by Michael Schacht, published in 2007 by Abacus Spiele and in English by Rio Grande Games. The premise of the game is that each player is the owner of a zoo, and must collect animals in order to attract visitors to their zoo . Having full, or nearly full,...
).
External links
- Boardspace.net Play Yspahan at Boardspace.netBoardSpace.netBoardspace.net is the online home of a wide array of strategy games. Some are well known in the gaming community others are obscure by almost anyone's standards. The primary goal of the site is to promote real time games between two humans. Most games have robots you can play and use for learning...
(real time, against human players)