A rondel is a wheel-shaped
game
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mechanism with a number of different options. A rondel game (or aspect of a game) is one in which a player's choice of actions is limited by their ability to move around the rondel, and so the player is restricted from taking the same action repeatedly. A player is usually able to move farther around the rondel by paying a cost.
Taxonomy of Board Games
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See also
* Mac Gerdts
Walther M. Gerdts, known as Mac Gerdts, is the designer of German-style board games such as '' Imperial'', ''Imperial 2030'', '' Antike'' and '' Hamburgum''. His games introduced the concept of a rondel rather than dice as a mechanism for play. ...
* Imperial
Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism.
Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
* Imperial, Texa ...
* Imperial 2030
''Imperial'' is a German-style board game designed by Mac Gerdts in which the object is to accumulate wealth in the form of bond holdings in successful countries and cash. Players take on the role of international financiers who purchase govern ...
* Trajan (board game)
Trajan is a board game designed by Stefan Feld and first introduced in 2011 by German publisher ''Ammonit Spieleverlag''. The game takes place in ancient Rome where players try to seize opportunities in business and politics to advance their per ...
References
Board game terminology
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