Gone Cardboard: Assyria, Coming from Ystari and Rio Grande
Ystari Games has announced its Spiel 09 release: Assyria, by Emanuele Ornella. Ystari owner Cyril Demaegd provides this description of the game, “In Assyria, each player will lead a tribe through the desert. The goal of each tribe is to survive (by gathering food cards) and to build wells and ziggurats. The game spans over three reigns, with a flood in between each reign. As usual, there will be many different strategies and many ways to score points!”
Assyria is for 2-4 players, and unlike Ystari’s most recent release, Demaegd’s own Bombay, which was distributed by Asmodee, the English version of Assyria will be produced by Rio Grande Games. This game has been added to Gone Cardboard.
(Hat tip: TricTrac.net)
Posted by W. Eric Martin on May 28, 2009 at 05:00 PM in Game News, Game Announcements / 1596
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...and, more importantly, it has both a “Y” and an “S” in the name, which means it will be a good game, right? Posted by David Reed on May 28, 2009 at 06:22 PM | #
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Yeah, Bombay didn’t get an SdJ nomination, so that experiment in nomenclature is over! Posted by Larry Levy on May 28, 2009 at 06:57 PM | #
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...not to mention box size. :) pk Posted by Patrick Korner on May 28, 2009 at 07:44 PM | #
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I’m sorry but you’re all wrong ! There will be other square boxes, without Y & S (the next one is already planned). And of course the SdJ was not in my mind. I think Bombay is too complicated nowadays, Fauna is a better candidate…
Regards,
Posted by Cyril Demaegd on May 28, 2009 at 09:00 PM | #
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It was on my mind, Cyril--I picked Bombay to make the SdJ short list! But I’m really looking forward to hearing details about Assyria. Ystari + Ornella sounds like a great combination! Posted by Larry Levy on May 28, 2009 at 09:40 PM | #
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Cyril, don’t get me wrong - I honestly have not yet gotten Bombay to the table, so I am not really in a position to judge it yet. What I have heard from many people whose taste I trust has bumped it down in my prioritized list of games. On the other hand, I agree with Larry - Ystari is still on my list of publishers that I will automatically consider buying and Emanuele Ornella’s past designs have proven quite enjoyable for me. Posted by David Reed on May 28, 2009 at 09:52 PM | #
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Thank you ;)
Regards,
Posted by Cyril Demaegd on May 29, 2009 at 05:06 AM | #
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Grats Emanuele :-) Posted by Paolo Mori on May 29, 2009 at 06:57 AM | #
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I think the rule is if the game has a Y and an S (with the Y coming first in the title and the S later on) the game is good. Caylus, Yspahan, Mykerinos, Ys, Amyitis, Metropolys. So by my theory Assyria will be ultimately forgettable (besides the fact it has “ass” in the title). But we will see! Posted by Stefan Lopuszanski on May 30, 2009 at 03:02 PM | #
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Added to Gone Cardboard.
Posted by Scott Nelson on May 30, 2009 at 04:34 PM | #
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Scott, the updated Gone Cardboard file is now in place. I’d prefer that Ystari’s next game be called something like “Høç#” or “∞!” to kill this name thing once and for all. Any chance of that happening, Cyril? Posted by W. Eric Martin on May 30, 2009 at 05:17 PM | #
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I did it with Bombay, with no success apparently ;) This Y and S thing is just a game for me, but apparently there’s always someone who wants to give this minor fact more importance than it needs. Doesn’t matter, i prefer to answer with the quality of my games…
Regards,
Posted by Cyril Demaegd on May 30, 2009 at 05:56 PM | #
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Grats to Ema and Cyril! I’m sure it will be a great game ;-)
good play
Posted by Andrea Liga Ligabue on Jun 3, 2009 at 10:05 AM | #
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Anyone for fresh slice of Spam? Posted by Scott Nelson on Dec 4, 2009 at 07:40 PM | #
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Feh, how annoying – I deleted the spam account. Maybe I’ll need to change the sign-up requirements in the future… Eric Posted by W. Eric Martin on Dec 4, 2009 at 09:55 PM | #
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