We will attempt to record a history of NZ games here – this will be a work in progress as we discover information about older NZ games.

 

Hey, Hey, Witch Way?

Produced in about 1975? by World Games,Auckland

 

 

POLECONOMY
Designed in NZ in 1983 by Bruce Hatherley. Poleconomy was first available in New Zealand and Australian editions, and then later exported to South Africa, the United Kingdom (edition one), Canada and then the second edition for the United Kingdom. The game plays around the relationship between Government and Business and what affects they have on each other in a democratic society. The game had two modes of play and was generally consider superior to Monopoly.

 

 

BreakScore
By Matt Taylor.  First published in 1984.

 

 

 

 

 

Poverty Line
By Bill Harwood & Dave Nixon ?1988

 

 

CONNECTIONS
Connections is a strategyboard game invented by NZer Tom McNamara in about 1990. It won international awards including the French 1993 “as d’ Or” for Best New Strategy Board game; the German 1993 Spielgut Award for Highest Play Value in a New Board game; & the British 1992 Good Toy Award for best New Family Board game.

 

 

CATHEDRAL
Cathedral was invented by Robert (Bob) Moore from Christchurch in 1978. It has been successful internationally & is still on sale in a variety of forms. Read more here.

 

 

THE FARMING GAME
An education game designed by David Carter in 1995.

 

 

 

 

KIWI QUIZ
A travel-around NZ board game with Q&A, based on the popular Australian Oz Quiz game. Produced by Lincoln Marketing in ? the 1990s. Artwork by Brett Clements. Packaged in an esky (small polystyrene chillybin).

 

 

 

JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
By Erskin Hewit in the 1980s.

 

 

 

 

SALVATION
Game created by the Christchurch Wizard in the 1980s.

 

 

 

 

THE WORDS OF THE ENGLISH
By Erskin Hewit in the 1980s.

TRIBULATION
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