About the Z-Man
Z-Man Games, Inc. is a publisher of games. The company was formed in 1999, by New Yorker, Zev Shlasinger, for the sole purpose of bringing back Shadowfist, one of the best multi player Collectable Card Games ever made. With the success of Shadowfist, Z-Man Games published its first B-Movie card game, Grave Robbers from Outer Space, and from that point on it was decided to continue to make fun, innovative games.
Since that time we have published over 100 games including award-winning games, such as Agricola, Pandemic, Endeavor – to name but a few.
While we specialise in board and card games, both original and licensed from other languages, we have published role playing games, non-fiction books like Baby’s First Mythos, and novelties such as Start Player. We also represent Dark Platypus, makers of pewter tokens, life counters, pendants and the very cool, Bendy Dungeon Walls.
After all, games are our business and our pleasure.
Feudality (January 2012): A long time ago in Europe, ages were pretty Dark. The distribution of wealth back then
left a lot to be desired. Greedy people banded together to take things from other people so that the rich could get richer and the poor
could have even less. Twas ever thus. Step into the middle of the normal state of human affairs as a Baron or
Baroness somewhere almost in Europe a long time ago. Thanks to your birth you have a lot of little people working
to make you richer, and you, in turn, are doing your best to make your king even more prosperous.
If you do things right, you might someday be king.
Equilibrion (February 2012): From the same designer of the solo/cooperative game: Onirim. Equilibrion is
a solo/cooperative card game for 2 players.
In Equilibrion, victory will be achieved by balancing all.
City cards: Play your Dream cards skilfully, dodge the penalties of the Chaos cards, and achieve your
task before the Dream deck runs out! This box includes the basic game and two expansions.
Goa (April 2012): Still on the top 30 of Board Game Rank on BGG, Goa has not aged. Improved by the great
designer Rüdiger Dorn, Goa – A New Expedition renews the experience with new tiles and some surprises.
At the end of the 15th century, European traders and adventurers ventured the Indian Ocean with one goal: get the spices
of Southeast Asia. Fabulous wealth was said to await those who would obtain these riches. Portugal conquered the
province of Goa on the west coast of India. This allowed them to gain the upper hand in the spice trade.
It is from this place of operation that the players are looking for opportunities to acquire wealth and fame
for their personal business. For this, they will require ships, manufacturing plants and money while ensuring
that they keep exploring the region and continue founding colonies. Who will have the most
successful business at the end of the game?
Battle Beyond Space (June 2012): Far beyond the bounds of the Solar System, a signal is launched that penetrates
warp space. The signal is old—the only known working piece of technology from an ancient race.
Four different fleets answer the siren’s call, intent on claiming the Artifact at all costs.
The destination:
A lone asteroid ringed by failed ancient satellites in the middle of a lifeless asteroid field.
Atlantis Rising (July 2012): Atlantis Rising is a new, fully co-op game, in which each player is one of the councillors of Atlantis nearing its doom.
Using their advanced Atlantean science and the energy of their mystic power source, all must work together to construct a cosmic gate capable of transporting what is left of the island to safety,
before their civilization is lost forever to the sea.
Pandemic – Classic Z-Man Board Game
Pandemic – International Game of the Year! A Truly co-operative social game in which players must work together to overcome four deadly viruses that are moving throughout the World.
Brilliant Family & Social Game
Pandemic is part of a whole new genre of games where players co-operate to defeat a mutual threat: in this case a number of deadly diseases spreading across our planet!
You and your companions are highly skilled members of a disease-fighting team waging a battle against four deadly viruses spreading through out the world.
Your team will travel across the globe, stemming the tide of infection and developing the resources you’ll need to discover the cures. You must work together, using your individual strengths to destroy the diseases before they overtake the planet.
