7 wonders

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7 wonders
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Game data
author Antoine Bauza
graphic Miguel Coimbra
publishing company Repos Production
Publishing year 2010
Art Card game
Teammates 2-7
Duration 30 minutes
Age from 10 years on

Awards

7 Wonders is a board game of the type of construction of the game with strong elements of a card game by Antoine Bauza , the 2010. Repos Production appeared. The game for three to seven players, with a special rule also for two players, ages 10 and up, was recognized as the first Kennerspiel des Jahres in 2011 as part of the Spiel des Jahres game award and in the same year received the German Games Award . Internationally, it was awarded the Prix ​​du Jury of the French game award As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année , received the International Gamers Award in the category strategy game with more than two people and was on the nomination list of the Dutch game award Nederlandse Spellenprijs .

Theme and equipment

The theme of 7 Wonders is the construction of the seven wonders of the world , each player builds an ancient city with one of the world wonders each over three ages. The game thrives on the constant exchange of game options in the form of cards and the interaction of each player with his two immediate neighbors. The moves of all players in a round take place simultaneously, so that the players do not have to wait for their turn and a game only lasts 30 minutes according to the publisher or around 40 minutes according to the jury of the game of the year.

The seven cities are represented by large-format maps on which one of seven raw materials is given for the start that it produces. In addition, the price and income of the three levels with which the respective player can build his world wonder are given. Each card has two sides (A and B) on which prices and returns vary.

All moves take place using cards that symbolize buildings and which each player places on his city. Individual ratings and coins are represented by cardboard tiles.

Miguel Coimbra's graphics are based on atmospheric, often dramatic drawings with strong colors and clear symbols.

A normal game round is only possible with at least three players. A few additional rule changes allow a game for two, but are not recommended for beginners. For an optimized game with two players, Repos Production launched its own version of the game in 2015 under the name 7 Wonders: Duel , which was included in the recommendation list of the Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016 .

procedure

Each of the three ages has six rounds, in which each player builds a building in his city. Buildings function as factories that produce raw materials, trading facilities that facilitate the exchange of raw materials between players, scientific buildings that are valuable depending on the concentration on one of three categories or balance, military facilities and prestige buildings of two types that earn victory points directly or indirectly provide.

The cards of each age are shuffled separately and each player receives 7 cards face down. Each player now chooses one of his 7 cards and places it face down in front of him, he gives the remaining cards face down to his neighbor. The cards change clockwise in phases 1 and 3, but in phase 2, so that a player does not always interact with the same neighbor.

When all players have chosen a card, they reveal it and can build the buildings if the necessary raw materials are either available to them or if they can buy them from their neighbors. The processing of the purchase is not defined in the game, if one of the neighbors of the player produces a required raw material, the player pays the same price for all raw materials to the producer and can then dispose of the raw material in this round. The consent of the surrendering player is not required, each resource source can be used by the player himself and both neighbors at the same time. Buildings that have already been created can reduce the price of raw materials for later constructions or eliminate them by using the properties specified on the cards. Alternatively, the player can build a building step of his world wonder. To do this, he invests the resources indicated on his city card for this step and shoves any card upside down halfway under the city card. If buildings have properties that have an immediate effect, they are then evaluated. This mostly relates to income in money. As a further option, the player can discard the card face down and receive money for it.

In the following rounds, the same procedure is used with the cards received from the neighbor. The properties of the building just created can be used immediately. Progress in building wonders of the world can also have properties for future rounds and ages. When the players only have two cards left in their hand, they add one and discard the last. At the end of the age, a conflict scoring follows, in which each player only compares his military strength with his neighbors. The direct comparison produces scoring tiles that count in the final scoring, with victories becoming more valuable as the phases progress, without defeats resulting in a higher disadvantage.

The game ends after the 3rd age. For each player all rating areas are calculated and added up. This gives an overall result of victory points and the final scoring.

Target group and gameplay

The new award for a connoisseur game of the year within the game of the year award is intended to expand the focus of the game award on complex games for experienced players. While the game of the year is always a family game that is also accessible to younger children, the connoisseur game is aimed at “people who are already trained in using games.” The review praises it for the simultaneous activity of all players and the “positive Game experience ", when" cards move into your own display almost every minute. "It works" wonderfully in all possible configurations "and" this varied game [has] great replay appeal. "

7 Wonders requires the player to understand the needs of an ancient city. First of all, the supply of the four classic raw materials wood, clay, stone and ore must be secured, soon paper, glass and textiles will be added. A city can produce raw materials itself if the player gets cards with the corresponding factories and can display them. Or he buys them from his neighbors, whereby the retail infrastructure maps laid out can have a beneficial effect on the prices for the buyer.

Beyond the resources, there are a large number of options a player can choose between depending on the cards in hand and the neighbors' strategy. Money supply at the end of the game, trading infrastructure, scientific institutions in three different areas, military successes, prestige buildings including the wonder of the world and guilds bring you victory points directly or indirectly and therefore represent possible specializations.

Awards

Extensions

Official extensions
  • 7 Wonders Leaders introduces four prominent state and military leaders from the ancient world as an additional element for each player. There is also another wonder of the world map with the Roman Colosseum and new guild cards. The leader cards are distributed in an additional recruiting phase before each age and bring advantages immediately or at the end of the game.
  • 7 Wonders Cities is the second official expansion of the main game. This enables significantly more interactions between the individual players, which are primarily promoted by the new black city cards. Cities are adding two new “wonders of the world”, new leaders cards and guilds. This also enables team mode and eight-player games.
  • 7 Wonders Babel is the third official and the first major expansion of the main game. Two completely new components have been added to the game, which can be used individually or together: The Tower of Babel, controlled by the players, sets up changing laws, each time bring advantages or disadvantages for all players. The second component includes so-called building projects that can be built by all players together and, depending on the success, can result in advantages for all players or disadvantages for all players who are not involved.
Other extensions
  • As a promotional measure, the publisher offered an 8th World Wonder Card , which the Belgian Manneken Pis introduced as an additional game board.
  • The publisher distributed an additional Leaders card with the motif Stevie Wonder as advertising material .
  • Catan: In 2011 the publishing house published the island of Catan from the game The Settlers of Catan as an additional world wonder program to celebrate the awarding of the Kennerspiel des Jahres (Kennerspiel des Jahres) and at the International Game Days 2011 in Essen at the Kosmos und Repros Produktion stand for a donation to " Action Germany helps ”.
  • As a new leader card, Louis Armstrong was distributed as promotional material by the publisher in early 2012.
  • In 2012, the Esteban Leader Card appeared . It depicts the son of Antoine Bauza, who was born during the development of the Cities extension. It was only distributed by Bauza himself at trade fairs that he attended.
  • The "Wonder Pack" published in 2013 contains 4 additional wonders of the world. The new wonders of the world are The Great Wall , Abu Simbel , Stonehenge and a revised version of Manneken Pis
  • Another promo card was released in 2014 for World TableTop Day with Wil Wheaton as the leader card.

Use at championships

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Excellent games 2011 (PDF; 2.5 MB), page 3, 8/9 ( Memento from October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Swiss Gamers Award: Results 2010
  3. ^ As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année - Prix du Jury 2011 at the Festival International des Jeux
  4. ^ Result of the members' vote for the winner: "7 Wonders" , accessed June 10, 2013
  5. ↑ Repos: 7 Wonders - Leaders ( Memento from August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) , rules of the game
  6. ↑ The 7 Wonders - Cities expansion at BoardGameGeek
  7. ↑ The 7 Wonders - Babel expansion at BoardGameGeek
  8. ↑ Rules of the game in French, English and German of the 8th Wonder of the World (Manneken Pis in Brussels) ( Memento from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ The Stevie Card at BoardGameGeek
  10. ↑ Rules of the Catan game board ( Memento from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ The Louis Armstrong at BoardGameGeek
  12. ↑ Boardgamegeek: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/130236/7-wonders-leaders-esteban-promo-card
  13. ^ Antoine Bauza: Esteban , September 12, 2012
  14. ↑ Boardgamegeek: 7 Wonders Leader Wil