Fresco (game)

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fresco
Game data
author Marco Ruskowski
Marcel Süßelbeck
Wolfgang Panning (extensions)
graphic Oliver Schlemmer
publishing company Queen Games
Publishing year 2010
Art Board game
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration about 60 minutes
Age from 10 years on

Awards

Fresko is a board game by Marco Ruskowski and Marcel Süßelbeck for 2 to 4 players , published by Queen Games in 2010 . The players slip into the role of renaissance fresco painters who are supposed to restore a large ceiling painting in the cathedral .

The game achieved first place in the German Games Prize in 2010 and was nominated for Game of the Year . The illustrations created by Oliver Schlemmer were awarded the Graf Ludo 2010 in the family games category.

content

  • 1 double-sided game board
  • Game material made of wood:
    • 78 colored stones
      • 17 × blue, yellow and red each
      • 9 × green, purple and orange each
    • 4 natural colored assistants
    • 20 assistants, 5 each in the 4 player colors
    • 12 painter figures, 3 each in the player colors
    • 1 bishop
  • Cardboard game material:
    • 14 market tiles
    • 25 fresco tiles (value 3 to 11)
    • 60 coins
      • 36 × value 1
      • 16 × value 5
      • 8 × value 10
    • 4 small screens
    • 4 large screens
    • 4 action boards
    • 4 cards with shuffling tables
  • 1 cloth bag
  • 1 set of instructions, 8 A4 pages (multicolored)

Modules

Module 1: The portraits

  • 18 portrait cards

Module 2: The orders of the bishop

  • 12 mission tiles

Module 3: The special color mixes

  • 7 fresco tiles (value 13 to 24)
  • 12 colored stones, 6 each in the colors brown and pink
  • 4 extended mixing tables (back of the normal mixing tables)
  • 1 altar tile
  • 1 booklet, 4 A4 pages (multicolored)

description

Players must first decide when to start their daily working day, the earlier the worse the mood of their mates will be and the more expensive the paints will be on the market. But the earlier a painter starts, the greater the choice on the market and the painter can use the preserved or mixed colors to renovate the most lucrative parts of the fresco. In addition, it is important to earn money by painting portraits in order to be able to afford the colors for the frescoes and to allow the assistants to visit the theater from time to time so that their mood rises again. Because if the mood is too bad, there is one less assistant available. If the mood is good, however, the neutral assistants help the master. The game is played until there are only six or fewer fresco tiles left on the board. The winner is the player with the most victory points that he received for the completed frescoes or the restoration of the altar. With three modules (the portraits, the orders of the bishop and the special color mixes) further elements come into play.

Number of players

The game board is double-sided, so that a separate game board is available for three and four players. If only two players want to play, use the board for three and also set up "Leonardo" . This Leonardo role is a "silent participant" who is alternately controlled by one of the two real players and for whom different, simplified rules apply.

Awards

Expansion modules

As an extension of the game, three additional modules (4, 5 and 6) are offered. The 3 additional expansions for fresco can be combined as required, also with the expansions of the basic game.

Module 4
The wishing well
"Throw a lucky penny into the wishing well and you will succeed particularly well. Perhaps you will find a wallet in the theater and receive a reward, or the nice market trader will give you an additional color ..."
Module 5
The gold leaf
"Buy gold leaf in certain market fields in order to refine your colors with it. The bishop will be delighted!"
Module 6
The glasses
"As an additional option, buy glass in different colors and build windows into the walls of the cathedral. So even the simplest part of the fresco can appear in the splendid light!"

Exclusive expansion modules

In October 2010, module 7 "The Scrolls" was available at the Spiel '10 game fair in Essen, which Queen Games is now also selling as an official expansion. Each player receives two scrolls in this expansion. These each mark a part (once horizontally and once vertically) of the fresco. If you restore in this area of ​​the fresco you receive 2 victory points. In October 2011, another expansion module was available at the Spiel '11 game fair , module 8 "The Bishop's Favor". Smaller tiles are placed face down on the fresco tiles on display. If you now restore a section, you receive the hidden tile in addition to the fresco tile and thus a unique reward. This reward can be a color, a victory point, increased mood by 1 or extra money.

Big box

Queen Games has financed a fresco big box through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter . It contains all 10 published modules and was published on June 2, 2014.

Web links

Source, individual references

This post was first created by the creator for Ludopedia .

  1. ↑ a b c http://www.queen-games.de/index.php?id=24271
  2. ↑ http://www.spielbox-online.de/php/aktuell.php4?anz=0#a3512
  3. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1016374822/fresco-big-box