The best games from Martin Wallace 👨 2021
Looking for a really good game from game designer Martin Wallace 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Martin Wallace games 2021.
Who is Martin Wallace anyway?
Martin Wallace has been designing dice, card & board games since 1993. The game designer hails from Southampton, UK🇬🇧, was born in 1962 and currently lives in Australien 🇦🇺.
Wallace's first game "Lords of Creation" he developed in 1993 at the age of 31 - so he has been designing games for over 28 years. Famous Wallace games are for example Age of Steam, Brass: Birmingham & Lancashire, .
First employed, then founded several game publishers.
Wallace first worked at Games Workshop for a while, and then began developing games in earnest in the early 1990s, his first game being Lords of Creation. Eventually, German companies picked up some of his games, such as Und Tschüss, Volldampf, and Tempus. He has also published a number of games through his own company Warfrog/Treefrog. These include titles such as Struggle of Empires, Princes of the Renaissance, and "Age of Steam. Wallace has been a full-time game publisher and designer ever since.
Currently - after a bit of a hiatus as a game developer - he has started a new company: Wallace Designs.
Strategy Games & Railroads in Focus
Wallace is known for designing complex strategy games that feature a variety of historical settings. Two themes he has frequently used are the construction and operation of railroads and the rise and fall of ancient civilizations. He has earned a reputation for blending elegant European-style game mechanics with the strong themes more typical of American-style games. Many of his games include economic systems with rules for income, taxes, and debt.
Interviews with Martin Wallace
There are two interviews with him on Boardgamegeek:
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How good are "Martin Wallace" games?
There are 20 games by Martin Wallace in our Top1000 games list, making Wallace the #2 best game author out of a total of 708 authors in our database.
More information about Wallace
More information about Wallace can be found on:
- Wallace's BGG profile
- Wallace's Twitter feed
- official Martin Wallace website
- english Wikipedia entry for Martin Wallace
- german Wikipedia entry for Wallace
List of best games by Martin Wallace 2021
In this list we have listed the best board games that Martin Wallace either designed himself - or was involved in designing.
Unfortunately, not all of Martin Wallace's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Martin Wallace that you can buy 2021:
Brass: Birmingham
Nominated for 12 awards and won 7.
More details for Brass: Birmingham2 - 4 Players
60 - 120 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: hard
Video reviews for Brass: Birmingham
Brass: Lancashire
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Brass: Lancashire2 - 4 Players
60 - 120 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: hard
Video reviews for Brass: Lancashire
London (Second Edition)
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for London (Second Edition)2 - 4 Players
60 - 90 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: medium
Railways of the World
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Railways of the World2 - 6 Players
120 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: medium
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Discworld: Ankh-Morpork2 - 4 Players
60 Minutes
11+ years old
Complexity: easy
Wildlands
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Wildlands2 - 4 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!59€ at.de
Video reviews for Wildlands
Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter
2 - 4 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: easy
Nanty Narking
2 - 4 Players
60 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: easy
Via Nebula
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Via Nebula2 - 4 Players
45 - 60 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: easy
Hit Z Road
1 - 4 Players
30 - 60 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: easy
💸 Too expensive!24€ at.de
Steam
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Steam3 - 5 Players
90 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Steam
Railways of Nippon
2 - 4 Players
90 - 120 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: medium
AuZtralia
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for AuZtralia1 - 4 Players
30 - 120 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: medium
Tinners' Trail
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Tinners' Trail3 - 4 Players
60 - 90 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: medium
Age of Steam
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Age of Steam1 - 6 Players
120 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: hard
Anno 1800
2 - 4 Players
120 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: medium
...und tschüss!
4 - 6 Players
30 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: very easy
Runebound: Second Edition
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Runebound: Second Edition2 - 6 Players
120 - 240 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: medium
Lincoln
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Lincoln2 Players
90 - 120 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: medium
Struggle of Empires
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Struggle of Empires2 - 7 Players
180 - 240 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: hard
Age of Industry
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Age of Industry2 - 5 Players
120 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: medium
P.I.
2 - 5 Players
45 - 60 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: easy
Field of Glory: The Card Game
2 Players
30 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: easy
Automobile
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Automobile3 - 5 Players
120 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: hard
In Flanders Field
2 - 4 Players
45 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: easy
Milito
2 Players
30 - 45 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: easy
Steel Driver
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Steel Driver3 - 6 Players
60 Minutes
11+ years old
Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!20€ at.de
Test of Fire: Bull Run 1861
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Test of Fire: Bull Run 18612 Players
45 Minutes
10+ years old
Complexity: easy
Onward to Venus
2 - 5 Players
90 - 120 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: medium
Princes of the Renaissance
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Princes of the Renaissance3 - 6 Players
180 Minutes
12+ years old
Complexity: hard
🔥 Great price!10€ at.de
Video reviews for Princes of the Renaissance
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