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Kolejka

Queuing for shopping

In the setting of Poland in the 1980ties players try to shop for goods and food named on their their shopping list and need to join the queues at the respective shops. One round of the game represents one day and comprises the phases of Queuing up, Merchandise delivery, Queue jumping, Opening of the stores, Exchanging merchandise at the outdoor market and PCT = Administration.

For Queuing up you place one of your markers in turn at the end of the queue at one of the shops or the market, until all available markers are placed. For Merchandise delivery three cards from the Deliveries deck are displaced open-faced and goods from the delivery trucks are placed into the shops accordingly. The phase of Queue jumping comprises three round in which you play one card each from your hand to manipulate the queues or you pass and put the remaining cards in hand on your draw pile. When shops open you take one good from the shop for each marker in the queue, in the order they are lined up and while goods are available. Then you can swap goods with goods from the market if you have a marker there or you can pass and leave the marker at the market. In the administration phase you draw cards and take back markers, the board is prepared for the next round. After five rounds you play “Saturday” with special actions. If you are first to collect all goods named on your list, you win!

Koleijka is a fantastic game, albeit played in an oppressively realistic setting, using worker placement and lots of interaction, with certain humorous aspects; you need clever card management, which card to play or when to pass is a deciding factor in the game!

Players: 2-5

Age: 12+

Time: 60+

Designer: Karol Madaj

Artist: Natalia Baranowska, Marta Malesińska

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej 2012

Web: http://ipn.gov.pl/publikacje

Genre: Contemporary historic simulation

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr jp pl ru

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Contemporary historical background including a report on actual events

Mechanisms mirror the topic perfectly

Cards in Polish, sticker for other languages included in each rule book

Compares to:

Worker Placement for mechanism, unique topic

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0