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Stromberg

Das groSSe Bürostuhlrennen

Stromberg, known from the TV show, starts a desk chair race to counteract boredom in the office; players embody Tanja, Ulf, Ernie, Jennifer and Stromberg and try to be first across the finish line with their chair. All rounds of the game are identical - first all draw cards from their pile and then play a card or move the chair; you place a card for a race card in front of the desk and do an action or place a card for a processed file under the desk or move the chair. Cards placed for a race card remain in place until you move, the total of numbers on them is your number of steps. When a race card shows an action symbol you implement the action: Coffee Break for changed movement, Telephone terror for reduced movement, Shredder for destroying one file of an opponent, Chicane for losing a player his highest race card and the Cleaning Trolley symbol relocates the trolley. Other chairs and the cleaning trolley are obstacles and can be circumvented or pushed aside for the price of -3 steps; Herr Becker is moved when a card with his image is placed for a race card; when he reaches the end of his track all players count their files; if you have fewest you take a Becker chip and your chair is moved by your neighbor for the total of all your Becker chips, forward or backwards. If you move onto or across the finish line, you win. In an expert version the suspension files introduce special talents of characters into the game.

This is a fun and well-made game based on a well-liked license. Sayings from the show provide flair, the standard mechanisms are nicely mixed and the boredom feared by Stromberg is definitely held at bay.

Players: 3-5

Age: 14+

Time: 60+

Designer: Inka & Markus Brand

Artist: Christian Fiore

Price: ca. 40 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2013

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: TV show,

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Based on a TV Show

Nice interpretation of the topic

Mechanisms well-combined

Compares to:

Other games based on TV shows

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0