Just for the record, the vast majority of Winning Moves's output have been original titles. Other than the three PB card games, only Ultimate Stratego was a re-release. (Well, Genius Rules is a bastardization of Robert Abbott's Elusis.)

It's been pointed out to me that my statement might make it seem like Winning Moves is an outlet for vastly fantastic new and original games other than their PB rereleases. This is, alas, not the case.

Besides the four PB cards games (Mille Bournes, Waterworks, Free Parking, and a standard and two deluxe editions of Pit), WM have also issued Clue in a deluxe edition. Beyond that, the vast majority of WM games have been redevelopments of pre-existing games.

Two of their initial releases were Raj, a straight re-packaging of Alex Randolph's Hol's de Geier, and Priceless, a substantial redevelopment of Phil Orbanes's Cartel. Randolph is one of the founding partners of WM. So is Orbanes. Genius Rules, as noted, is an adaptation (by Randolph) of Bob Abbott's Eleusis. Ultimate Backgammon, Ultimate Stratego, and Ultimate Rummy are variants of classic games; in fact, Ultimate Rummy itself is little more than a commerical repackaging of a folk game *already* available from Mattel/International as Phase 10.

Their other games--Skycapers, Judge and Jury, Say When, and 25 Words or Less--are all in familiar genera. Skycapers is a familiar "stack the blocks" game; 25 Words is a guess-the-password party game like Inklings or Taboo, and Say When is not ground-breaking, either. Judge and Jury seems familiar, too, although I'm not sure exactly why.

That said, many of the WM games are quite good. As I mentioned, I'm delighted to have Pit back in print, and I'm quite fond of Raj. 25 Words is one of the better games of its type--I significantly prefer it to Taboo.

If all Winning Moves did was republish great games, they'd be serving a good purpose. They are publishing some original material, and definitely are more than just a repackaging house for PB, which is the point I was originally trying to make. And with It's Mine, they're publishing a completely original card game; let's hope it's successful.

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