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, …
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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 …
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The life of a craftsperson in the middle ages was one thing above all else: Gilded. If you wanted to make something of yourself in your profession, you had to join the local guild. This is also true for the players in “Guildhall” – a tactical …
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Two rival vampire clans are struggling for power. The winner will be whoever finds and defeats the leader of the opposite side. In this game for larger groups we start off knowing very little – actually just which clan we belong to ourselves. We have to …
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If you want to re-enact Amerigo Vespucci’s voyage of discovery, you’ll need one thing above all else: A big table! That’s because this huge box is full of components, first of all a variable game board with land that we’ll discover with our ships before settling …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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