Z-Man Games

Z-Man Games is a company incorporated in 1999 in the USA to produce games. The headquarters is in Mahopac, New York, near New York City. It is named after its proprietor, Zev Shlasinger. Its productions include:

• the collectible card game, Shadowfist (the primary reason that the company was first formed was to bring this collectible card game back into publication)
• a B-movie card game series consisting of games such as Grave Robbers From Outer Space and Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom
• translations of European games such as Agricola, Neuroshima Hex! and Ursuppe
• translations of non-European games, for example, Shadow Hunters (Japan)
• original designs such as 1960: The Making of the President
• Arimaa, an abstract strategy game
• Gheos, a game where players take on the role of deities
• Omlevex, a role-playing supplement for Mutants & Masterminds, Champions, and Silver Age Sentinels
• Pandemic, a cooperative board game
• Start Player by Ted Alspach, a card game to determine who goes first in the following game
• Endeavor, a complex strategy game edited by Z-Man Games in 2009

In 2011, Quebec-based distributor Filosofia bought Z-Man Games. Shlasinger remains head of Z-Man games.