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Rokoko

As master tailors in France under Louis XV we’ve got our hands full. Our clients want us to have their clothes ready for the grand ball. So we don’t just need cloth in the latest colours but also thread, needles – and a lot of organisation. Soon we’ll be employing assistants and apprentices to get

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| Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2014

Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo

Starting in Venice, players retrace “The Voyages of Marco Polo.” The shrewd navigators travel towards the east by camel, establish trading posts, gain goods and privileges, fulfil assignments and pursue their own personal goals. To control the action, every player rolls their own set of dice at the beginning of a round. The number of

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2015

Arler Erde

Did you know, Arle is a village in East Friesland, north-west Germany. It is here that both players attempt to run their own farm over nine half-years, between summer and winter. Players cut peat, rear cows and sheep, build dykes, harvest crops but also sew clothes, build carts and travel through the region between Dollart

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2015

Russian Railroads

As railway moguls, players are given the task of building tracks from Moscow to Vladivostok, Kiev and Saint Petersburg. You’ll place workers in order to lay rails, build engines, hire engineers or construct factories on your own game board. This strategy game with extraordinarily well-written rules has a multitude of possibilities but each action can

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2014

Tzolk’in – Der Maya-Kalender

The Mayan Calender captivates the players. Gearwheels connect five action sites on the board where Mayan cultures are developing. Due to the various sizes of the gearwheels, the workers placed upon them progress with different speeds. The further the workers rotate, the more valuable they become. However, the players would like to be involved with

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2013

Terra Mystica

Chaos magicians, giants and darklings. Witches, fakirs and cultists. Each player governs the fortunes of one of 14 possible factions. As varied as the inhabitants of Terra Mystica are, all have in common the ability to transform the landscape: using terraforming they can convert fields into preferential building plots. Upon these they erect structures such

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2013

Ora et Labora

Als mittelalterliche Äbte – wahlweise in Frankreich oder Irland – betreiben die Spieler jeweils eine eigene Klosterwirtschaft. Sie kultivieren das Land, ernten Rohstoffe, errichten Gebäude, veredeln Rohstoffe, kaufen Land hinzu und besiedeln ein immer größer werdendes Areal. Kluge Klostervorsteher achten darauf, dass sie ertragreiche Warenverarbeitungsketten aufbauen und Siedlungen in lohnender Umgebung positionieren. Und vor allem

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2012

Hawaii

Ruhmreiche Dörfer auf „Hawaii“ zu erbauen, ist ein anspruchsvolles strategisches Vergnügen. Viel gibt es auf der Insel zu tun: Die Spieler können sich entscheiden, ob sie lieber wenige große oder viele kleine Dörfer errichten wollen. Sie wählen, ob sie mit ihren Häuptlingen auf der Insel Grundstücke erwerben, am Strand fischen gehen, die kleinen Inseln rundum

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2012
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