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Toledo 1085

CITY OF THREE CULTURES

In 1085 King Alfons VI took the town of Toledo back from the Moors, and Toledo became the city of the peaceful coexistence of the three big monotheistic religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Players are noblemen in Toledo and want to be the one who supports best the three religion and the growth of the diverse matters of influence in the city.

You acquire cards in auctions which you place to form the areas of influence in the city. If you have collected at least 10 prestige points in all of the four areas or have placed all three religions in one of the areas you end the game, the winner is the player with the highest score from card values and bonuses.

The cards represent personalities, trade action and other characteristics of life in Toledo, are usually affiliated with a certain religion and a certain area of influence and have a fixed value of prestige points. There are cards for science, economy, culture and religion, the nobleman cards are joker cards. AN auction comprises receiving money (the same amount in each round!), prepare cards for auction – first open ones that are deemed to come from the king, then face-down ones from the players. Then you bid card by card first for the king’s cards and then for players’ cards. At the end of the auction you give back left-over money to the bank. Cards that you received are placed in your city display.

A basically simple set collection game, which stands out due the auction mechanism: You get a fixed income per round, so there are the same chances for all, and there is no change, and you only know part of the offer at the start of the auction!

Spieler         : 2-4

Alter            : ages 12 and up

Dauer           : ca. 45 min

Autor           : Javier Jésus Domínguez Cruz

Grafik          : Antonio Bravo, Maria Corredera, Esther Sanz

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 25 Euro

Verlag          : Ulisses / Truant 2010

                     www.ulisses-spiele.de

Genre                    : Card game with historical background

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Language                        : de fr es

Rules                              : de fr es

In-game use of language   : no

Kommentar:

Mechanisms basically simple

Unusual auction mechanism with only partly known offers

Very attractive design

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