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Essen Feather
The Essen Feather () 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 that too many good games were spoiled by incomprehensible rules. The trophy is a brass goose quill and inkwell on a chessboard. Winners *1981 Focus *1982 Dark Tower *1983 Giganten *1984 Inka *1985 Wildlife Adventure *1986 Das Blaue Amulett *1987 Spy & Spy *1988 Holiday AG *1989 No game was found worthy of the award *1990 Lifestyle *1991 Hotu Matua *1992 Coco Crazy *1993 Acquire *1994 New Games in Old Rome (German: ''Neue Spiele im Alten Rom'') *1995 The Settlers of Catan *1996 Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix (German: ''Top Race'') *1997 Mississippi Queen *1998 Die Macher *1999 Union Pacific *2000 Taj Mahal *2001 Entdecker *2002 Puerto Rico *2003 Alhambra *2004 Fifth Avenue *2005 Piranha Pedro *2006 Nacht der Magier *2007 Chateau Roquefort *2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 feature indirect player interaction, lack player elimination, and provide multiple ways to score points. Eurogames are sometimes contrasted with American-style board games, which generally involve more luck, conflict, and drama. They are usually less abstract than chess or Go, but more abstract than wargames. Likewise, they generally require more thought and planning than party games such as '' Pictionary'' or ''Trivial Pursuit''. History Due in part to postwar aversion to products which glorified conflict, the 3M series of strategy and economic games, including ''Acquire'', became popular in Germany. They offered a style of gameplay without direct conflict or warfare and led the way for designs that focused on resource management and competitive strategy through more peaceful means. Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday AG
''Coup'' (also called ''Holiday AG'') is a board game published in 1975 by F.X. Schmid. Contents ''Coup'' is a game in which players obtain the most shares in the largest continuous line of cities visited. Reception Brian Walker reviewed ''Holiday AG'' for ''Games International'' magazine, and gave it a rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "''Holiday AG'' is ideal for 2 to 6 players looking for a quick break rather than a world tour." ''Holiday AG'' won the 1988 Essen Feather award. ''Holiday AG'' was nominated for the 1990 Deutscher Spiele Preis __NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') (DSP) 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, profes .... References {{reflist Board games introduced in 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico (game)
''Puerto Rico'' is a Eurogame, Euro-style board game designed by German designer Andreas Seyfarth and published in 2002 in a German language, German-language edition by Alea (game publisher), Alea. Players assume the roles of colonial governors on the island of Puerto Rico during the age of Caribbean ascendancy. ''Puerto Rico'' was the highest-rated game on the board game website BoardGameGeek for over five years, until it was surpassed by ''Agricola (board game), Agricola''. The aim of the game is to amass victory points in two ways: by exporting goods and by constructing buildings. ''Puerto Rico'' can be played by three, four or five players, although an official two-player variant also exists. There is an official Expansion (gaming), expansion released in 2004, which adds new buildings with different abilities that can replace or be used alongside those in the original game. A second, smaller expansion became available in 2009. Additionally, changes to the rules have been su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
