''Entdecker'' (,
German
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for "Discoverer") is a
German-style board game
A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game, (generally just referred to as board games in Europe) is a class of tabletop games that generally has indirect player interaction and abstract physical componen ...
designed by
Klaus Teuber
Klaus Teuber (born June 25, 1952) is a German former dental technician and designer of board games. He is best known for designing the strategy board game Catan.
Career
Teuber won the Spiel des Jahres ("Game of the Year") award four times: for ...
and published in
1996
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by
Goldsieber in
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
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. Although the game won 2nd prize in the
Deutscher Spiele Preis
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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 ...
, many gamers were disappointed with the game after the success of Teuber's previous game, ''
The Settlers of Catan
''Catan'', previously known as ''The Settlers of Catan'' or simply ''Settlers'', is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as ''Die Siedler von Catan''. Pl ...
''. An updated version, ''Die Neuen Entdecker'', was published in 2001 by
Kosmos; this version was published in English by
Mayfair Games
Mayfair Games was an American publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games that also licensed Euro-style board games to publish them in English. The company licensed worldwide English-language publishing rights to ''The Settlers of Catan'' ser ...
under the title ''Entdecker - Exploring New Horizons''. This version of the game won the
Essen Feather
The Essen Feather (german: Essener Feder) is an award for German-style board games, given at the Deutscher Spiele Preis ceremony at the ''Spiel'' game fair in Essen, Germany. The award is given to games with well-written rules, as it was felt t ...
for that year.
Gameplay
The game begins with an empty grid. As players move their ship counters to explore the grid, they place tiles which determine the shape of islands. When islands are completed, they have the chance to explore those islands.
External links
''Entdecker - Exploring New Horizons''page at Mayfair Games
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Board games introduced in 1996
German games
Klaus Teuber games
Kosmos (publisher) games
Mayfair Games games
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