Keltis
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| author | Pure Knizia |
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Claus Stephan , Martin Hoffmann |
| publishing company | cosmos |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| Art | Board game |
| Teammates | 2 to 4 |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Age | from 10 years on
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Keltis (subtitle "The Path of the Stones") is a board game by Reiner Knizia (editorial processing: TM-Spiele ). It was published in 2008 with graphics by Claus Stephan and Martin Hoffmann .
The players tread stone paths that lead them to more and more points. But since every stone path begins in the negative, it only makes sense to tread stone paths on which one can make progress.
content
- 1 game board, with Kramer track
- 110 playing cards:
- 22 each in the 5 colors red-brown, yellow, pink, green and light blue and each with the values 0 to 10 (each value 2 ×)
- 20 playing figures 5 each in the 4 colors brown, gray, black and white, 4 of which are small and one large.
- 4 counting stones, 1 each in the 4 colors brown, gray, black and white
- 4 large clovers, 1 each in the 4 colors brown, gray, black and white
- 25 path cards:
- 9 wishing stones
- 9 leaf clovers
- 7 point cards, value 2 × 1, 3 × 2 and 2 × 3
- Rules of the game (2 pages)
Gameplay
Each player initially receives eight cards, the remaining cards form the draw pile . The players take turns placing one of their cards in front of them and moving one of their pawns on the path of the corresponding color or discarding it if it is not possible or does not seem worthwhile to them. The players build a separate pile for each color. For your own cards, these must either be ascending, descending or of the same value. Once an ascending row has been formed, only a higher or equivalent card may be added in the further course. In descending rows, only an equivalent or lower card may be placed.
Depending on which space the pawn is moved to, different actions are performed:
- If a character is drawn on a scoring cards, the player immediately points on the Kramer bar be registered by advancing his Zählsteines.
- If a pawn is drawn onto a clover leaf, there is the option of moving another or the same stone.
- If a pawn is moved onto a wish piece, this wish piece is taken by the player and earns him points at the end of the game.
Then the player either takes a new card from the face-down pile or a card from one of the discard piles.
The game ends when either the last card has been taken from the draw pile or five pawns have reached the outer area where they count at least six points. Then the value of the game pieces is determined. This can be between −4 and +10 for the small figures, the value is doubled for the large figures. Pieces that have not been placed on a stone path receive the value zero. In addition, the players receive points for their wish stones. All points are noted on the Kramer track. The winner is the player who has advanced the furthest on the Kramer track. If there is a tie there are multiple winners.
Keltis is based on the pure two-person game Lost Cities , which was published in 1999 by the same publisher.
Extensions and adaptations
In February 2009, New Paths - New Goals, an expansion containing a new game plan, which instead of linear paths now also provides branching between conventional paths. The expansion can only be played with the base game Keltis . The Kosmos-Verlag has also published a “bring me” version in the form of a travel game.
In March 2009 Keltis - Das Kartenspiel followed .
In 2010 Keltis - Das Orakel was released, another independently playable version of Keltis. The basic principle of the original variant was retained, but added new tactical options. For example, it is now possible for the first time to reset game pieces.
United Soft Media (USM) released a PC game that takes up the principle of the Keltis . In August 2009, the same manufacturer implemented it for the Nintendo DS game console .
Translations
The game has been translated into different languages.
RioGrande Games published the English language game Lost Cities - The Boardgame in 1999. In French, Keltis - La Voie de la Pierre was published by Filosofiagames. Kaissagames published KEΛTEΣ in Greek. In 999 games , the Dutch edition appeared Keltis - De stenen the wijzen . A Polish translation with the name Keltis - Szlakiem kamieni was published by Rebel. Devir published both the Spanish language version Keltis - El Camino de las Piedras and the Portuguese language version Keltis - O Caminho das Pedras .
Web links
- Information on the publisher's website
- Rules for download (PDF file; 2 MB)
- Keltis in the Luding games database
- Keltis in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Keltis rules of the game (PDF, around 1.2 MB), on board games report , see also on page 1 (of 2); accessed on December 21, 2014
- ↑ Publisher information on the extension "New Paths - New Goals" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Publisher information on the "Bring-mich-mit" version ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Publisher information on the card game ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Publisher information on Keltis - Das Orakel ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website for the PC game ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website for the Nintendo DS game ( memento of the original from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ French ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Greek , Dutch , Polish , Spanish ( memento of the original from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Portuguese ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Language version
