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Hans Im Glück
Hans im Glück is a German board and card game publisher. Though many of their own games are language-independent they themselves publish only printings for the domestic market which include only German-language rules; English-language printings of their games have been published primarily by Rio Grande Games, Dutch versions by 999 Games and so on. They are named after a story recorded by the Brothers Grimm, called "Hans in Luck" or "Lucky Hans" in English, hence the logo of Hans riding a pig. Notable games * ''Die Macher'' (1986) * '' 1835'' (1990) * ''Modern Art'' (1992) * '' El Grande'' (1995) * ''Tigris and Euphrates'' (1997) * ''Samurai'' (1998) * ''Carcassonne'' (2000) * '' Amun-Re'' (2003) * ''Saint Petersburg'' (2004) * ''Fjords'' (2005) * ''Thurn and Taxis'' (2006) * ''Stone Age'' (2008) * ''Dominion The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire. "Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigris And Euphrates
''Tigris and Euphrates'' (german: Euphrat und Tigris) is a tabletop eurogame designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 1997 by Hans im Glück. Before its publication, it was highly anticipated by German gamers hearing rumors of a " gamer's game" designed by Knizia. ''Tigris and Euphrates'' won first prize in the 1998 Deutscher Spielepreis. A card game version was released in 2005. The game is set as a clash between neighboring dynasties at the dawn of civilization and is named after the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, in the region now called the Middle East. The rivers together formed natural borders for an area which harboured several grand ancient civilizations, including Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. The Greeks called this area Mesopotamia, which literally means "between the rivers". Gameplay The game can be played by two, three, or four people. Play offers both tactical and strategic objectives. As with many games, short-term objectives gain prominence when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voyages Of Marco Polo
The Voyages of Marco Polo is a historical-themed euro-style board game with focus on resource management for 2-4 players, released in 2015. The game won the 2015 Deutscher Spiele Preis __NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine ''Die Pöppel-Revue'', which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals ... award. References External links * Board games introduced in 2015 Board games about history Marco Polo Deutscher Spiele Preis winners Worker placement board games {{Board-game-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Railroads
} ''Russian Railroads'' is a tile-based Euro-style board game for 2 to 4 players by Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Orgler. The game was published in 2013 by Hans im Glück Verlag. It is based on the worker placement principle, in which players can in turn distribute their available workforce in open fields in order to gain resources or other benefits. This gameplay is also used in other games of the publishing house, such as Stone Age or Egizia. Theme and goal of the game In Russian Railroads, the players assume the roles of railway magnate in the late empire. By employing workers, building materials can be generated, new workers recruited, and gifted engineers hired. The goal of the game is to earn more victory points by building more railroad tracks than any other player. Expansions In addition to the main game, the publisher released three expansions. The first expansion ''The New Engineers'' contains six new tiles and four new engineers. On the back there is an extension to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Palaces Of Carrara
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion (card Game)
''Dominion'' is a card game created by Donald X. Vaccarino and published by Rio Grande Games. It was the first deck-building game, and inspired a genre of games building on its central mechanic. Each player begins with a small deck of cards, which they improve by purchasing cards from a common supply that varies from game to game. Cards can help the player's deck function, impede their opponents, or provide victory points. As of December 2022, fifteen expansion pack, expansions to the original ''Dominion'' have been released. The game has a Middle Ages, medieval theme with card names referencing pre-industrial, monarchical, and feudal Social structure, social structures. Comparisons about the game's feel are often drawn with collectible card games such as ''Magic: The Gathering''. Vaccarino, however, denies that ''Magic'' was the inspiration. When ''Dominion'' was released at the Spiel game fair in 2008, it was voted "best game of the fair" by the ''Fairplay'' polls. The next y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Age (board Game)
''Stone Age'' is a designer board game designed by Michael Tummelhofer and published by Hans im Glück in 2008. It is a development game with a Stone Age theme that involves taking control of a tribe to collect resources and build a village that has the most powerful chief. Players collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this prehistoric time. Components * 1 gameboard * 4 individual player boards * 68 wooden resources * 40 wooden people * 8 wooden markers in 2 sizes * 53 food tiles * 28 building tiles * 18 tool tiles * 1 start player figure * 36 civilization cards * 7 dice * 1 leather dice cup * 1 information sheet Awards * 2008 Spiel des Jahres Nominee. * 2008 Deutscher Spiele Preis 2nd Place. External links *{{bgg, 34635, ''Stone Age'' ''Stone Age''at Rio Grande Games ''Stone Age''at Z-Man Games Z-Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurn And Taxis (board Game)
''Thurn and Taxis'' is a board game designed by Karen and Andreas Seyfarth and published in 2006 by Hans im Glück in German (as ) and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players seek to build postal networks and post offices in Bavaria and surrounding areas, as did the house of in the 16th century. The game won the prestigious 2006 award. Gameplay The board is a map of southern Germany and nearby parts of other countries; it is marked into nine provinces, most of which are grouped into five regions. The map shows 22 cities and a network of roads connecting them. Each player has a supply of 20 markers (houses) to place on the cities. Each city may be marked once by each player and the markers remain in place. Each turn the players draw one or more cards representing cities, then play one or more cards, forming or extending a route through successive cities along a sequence of roads. The route may be extended at either end but cannot include the same city twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjords (board Game)
''Fjords'' is a tile-based German-style board game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and published in 2005 by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games. Unlike some other games in the genre, ''Fjords'' is strictly limited to two players. The game is played in two phases: exploration and expansion. In the first phase, the players draw random hexagonal tiles and place them on the gaming table in alternating sequence to form a map. Tile edges must consistently match with respect to terrain types (clear land, mountain, and water). On some of the tiles they place their four villages. In the second phase, they expand from their villages by placing tokens of their colour on the tiles. The player who succeeds in placing the most tokens (by cutting off the other player's access to tiles) wins the game. Fjords was republished in 2022 by Grail Games. The new edition includes rules for 2-4 players, 5 new variants designed by Phil Walker-Harding, and art by Beth Sobel. Reviews *''Pyramid A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg (board Game)
''Saint Petersburg'' () is a card-driven designer board game, with the design of the game credited to ''Michael Tummelhofer'', a pseudonym for ''Michael'' Bruinsma, Jay ''Tummel''son and Bernd Brunn''hofer''. Most of the design work was done by Brunnhofer. The game was published in 2004 by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games, and won the Deutscher Spiele Preis and International Gamers Award for that year. The first expansion, by Karl-Heinz Schmiel, is ''The Banquet'', appearing first as an insert in a magazine, and consists of 12 new cards (3 normal and 9 special). The second expansion, by Tom Lehmann, is ''The New Society'' and consists of 36 cards (28 normal, 7 replacement, and a fifth role card), plus rules to expand the game to five players. Both expansions were bundled together and sold as the ''St. Petersburg Expansion''. In 2014, a successful crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amun-Re (board Game)
''Amun-Re'' is a game designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 2003 by Hans im Glück in German and in English by Rio Grande Games. Players are leaders of different Egyptian dynasties who try to gain influence in 15 provinces of ancient Egypt. Influence and building pyramids earns points for the players. Points are scored at two instances during the game, at the end of the "Old Kingdom" and at the end of the "New Kingdom", and the player who amasses the most points wins the game. Gameplay ''Amun-Re'' is played in six rounds, where each round consists of an auction of provinces, followed by the purchase of "power cards" (for special use or that give bonuses in scoring), farmers (that generate income), and bricks (which are converted into pyramids on a three-for-one basis), a sacrifice phase, and then income. All prices in auctions, as well as for purchases, are based on the triangular numbers. The number of provinces available for auction in each round is equal to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carcassonne (board Game)
''Carcassonne'' () is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and by Rio Grande Games (until 2012) and Z-Man Games (currently) in English. It received the Spiel des Jahres and the Deutscher Spiele Preis awards in 2001. It is named after the medieval fortified town of Carcassonne in southern France, famed for its city walls. The game has spawned many expansions and spin-offs, and several PC, console and mobile versions. A new edition, with updated artwork on the tiles and the box, was released in 2014. Gameplay The game board is a medieval landscape built by the players as the game progresses. The game starts with a single specific terrain tile face up and 71 others shuffled face down for the players to draw from. Each player's turn consists of three distinct phases: # Draw and place a terrain tile # Station a follower on the newly-placed tile (optional) # Score comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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