Award Winning Games 2013 - Spiel des Jahres

Spiel des Jahres: recommended
Spiel des Jahres: recommended
12
Libertalia
Mixtour
13
• 2 - 6 players
• age 14+ *
• about 60 minutes
• about 40 Euros
2 players •
age 10+ •
about 25 minutes •
about 45 Euros •
After a last foray out to sea, the old pirates plan
to retire to Libertalia. Each player has the same
crew on his hand of cards, but decides himself
when to bring into play the beggar or bartender,
the ship‘s boy or the Spanish governor. How these
characters act and what loot they get their hands
on, depends upon the cards played by the other
players. Particularly in demand are nocturnal abilities
that can be used as long as the character is
still in the pirate cave and not yet in the cemetery.
Played out over three campaigns, the final foray of
the ageing pirates is a gripping gamble on the best
action at the right time. The richest pirate wins the
swift, cunning and easily understood game.
Deploying game pieces, building towers, moving
towers around: this abstract, strategic game for
two players follows known patterns but breaks
with the typical rules for such moves. Paramount
for the range of a move is not the number of pieces
with which the moving tower is built, but
rather the height of the tower on the target field.
For example a piece can only be placed on top
of a three piece tower if the tower is exactly three
squares away. The route between the pieces
and the target tower must be clear. The other
player’s pieces may be also be moved, so that
towers built of one’s own and the opponent’s
pieces rise up on the solid beechwood board.
When a tower reaches at least five levels the
game is over. The winner is the one who owns
the top piece of the winning pile.
* Our suggestion: age 12+
by:
Paolo Mori
Publisher:
Marabunta
Sales:
Asmodee
Illustrators:
Benjamin Carré and
Stéphane Gantiez
by:
Dieter Stein
Publisher:
Gerhards Spiel und Design
Illustrator:
not specified