El Grande

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El Grande
Game data
author Wolfgang Kramer ,
Richard Ulrich
graphic Doris Matthew
publishing company Hans im Glück Verlag ,
Rio Grande Games ,
999 Games ,
Descartes Editeur ,
etc. a.
Publishing year 1995
Art Board game
Teammates 2 to 5
Duration 90 to 120 minutes
Age from 12 years

Awards

El Grande is a board game for two to five players by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich and was published by Hans im Glück Verlag . The graphic is by Doris Matthäus . El Grande was awarded Game of the Year in 1996 and the German Games Prize . From Tchibo a special version were in a large metal box along with the also from Hans im Glück originating match game Carcassonne expelled.

Game flow

The map of Spain is the game board of El Grande. The players are the grandees and try with their Caballeros - small, colorful wooden cubes - to gain the majority in as many regions as possible in order to expand their influence.

First of all, the power cards decide how many Caballeros can be brought to the court from the supply. H. are available to the player for his further actions. The problem with this is that if you play a high power card, it is the first player's turn, but hardly ever gets Caballeros. He then has a free choice of the five action cards displayed for the round. These allow a different number of Caballeros to be brought into the regions. And each action card has an event associated with it that the player can carry out. For example, ratings can be triggered in individual regions - preferably where the player has a majority. Or you can move your own or someone else's Caballeros across the board. In addition, the player has the option of throwing any number of the deployable Caballeros into the Castillo.

After three, six and nine rounds there is a scoring round, in which the Castillo is first scored, after each player has secretly chosen a region in which his Caballeros from the Castillo are then placed. This may change the majority in the regions significantly. Then all regions are scored in turn. The player with the most Caballeros in the region receives the highest number of points, the players on the courses correspondingly fewer. Additional points are awarded if you have the king and / or his grandees in a region in addition to the majority of Caballeros. The points are marked on the Kramer track named after the author on the edge of the playing field. The game ends with the third scoring round: the player whose scoring marker has advanced the furthest on the Kramer track wins.

Extensions

  • King & Intriguer (1997)
  • König & Intrigant Player's Edition (1998 - free promotional gift (giveaway) with eleven new action cards for König & Intrigant )
  • König & Intrigant special cards (1998 - free giveaway with ten new action cards for König & Intrigant )
  • Grand Inquisitor & Colonies (1998)
  • El Grande Cards (English-language card set for El Grande by Rio Grande Games)
  • Grandissimo (1999 - free giveaway)

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