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(Interview zur Edition Bohturm- Länge ca. 3,5 min. / 3 MB)

Interview Niersradio auf 90,1, Dezember 2010

Artikel Rheinische Post, Oktober 2010

Artikel Rheinische Post, Oktober 2009

(Interview zu Weihnachtspinguine - Länge ca. 3,5 min. / 3 MB)

Interview Subraumwelle, Bürgerfunk-Radio im Münsterland, Oktober 2008

Laß die Kirche ins Dorf
Auch im Dorf buhlen die verschiedenen Konfessionen um Einfluß unter den Gläubigen. Doch die Landbevölkerung muß auch für ihr tägliches Brot sorgen. Dabei entstehen die zu bewirtschaftenden Landschaften erst nach und nach durch Ersteigern und Setzen der entsprechenden Geländetypen. Natürlich kann man auch durch entsprechende Vorausplanung seine Einflußbereich gegen die Mitspieler abgrenzen.

Hippodice Spieleclub e.V.
Autorenwettbewerb 2002
Plazierung in der Auswahlliste

Leave the Church in the Village
Little by little will the surrounding fields be sold off to industrial corporations, but that is hard to avoid since farmers can hardly live by the land these days. However, you may be able to protect your own sphere of influence from the other players by proper planning.

Brett & Board
Internetforum Dänemark

Deciding to go for a another funny looking little game, I went to the small and outside Germany rather unknown publisher Harald Mücke who had a cute looking game called Weihnachtspinguine (Christmas Penguins) on display. The game is set before the funny sounding story that Santa Clause has loaded up his slay with gifts at the Northpole and is now taking a rest before he goes on his voyage to deliver the presents. However, a bunch of rowdy Penguins (the players) now comes running for Rudolph the Reindeer and the slay full of gifts...

Thus, the players start to move their penguins over the polar area towards the slay by rolling the dice, but one player at the beginning of the game has to stay out because he will play Santa who has come running on order to save the presents by catching the penguins. Thus, that player will move Santa instead of his Penguin, and he must continue to move Santa until he has captured one of the other Penguins. The captured player then has to assume the role of Santa and remove his penguin, and the capturer now may enter the fray with his own penguin.

A rampage Icebear, cracks in the ice, landscape features and random event cards spice the game up and bring movement onto the playing area, resulting in a funny penguin hunt and a step-by-step changing playing area. Although from the rules perspective the game does not offer any real innovative breakthroughs, it still is a good, entertaining game which also comes with great looking playing pieces. To my mind, it's sometimes a shame that such small but notheless nice games even at Essen do not always get the audience they deserve.

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