Z-Man Games had a great booth again this year. We stood and watched a few demonstration games. The stand outs were their new Arabian Nights game, and of course, Pandemic, which topically sold out before Saturday. I only hope the supplies of Tamiflu don’t run out as fast. In smaller games, Z-Man had Fairy Tale with the Richard Garfield variant rules in stock again – until someone snapped up the last one on Saturday. Also making an appearance (and dominating) on the Exhibition Hall floor was Blizzard, who apparently feel that life isn’t complete while they don’t control every aspect of a gamer’s life. Until they come out with Blizzard-backed credit cards, there is the World of Warcraft Miniatures game. Because you don’t have enough collectible WoW things that give you an in-game benefit! To be honest, the miniatures are excellent. The game rules are simple and fun – it is a two-player game, and in the gigantic starter box you get minis, power and action cards, and n
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