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K2 Broad Peak

Mountaineering on Karakorum

In K2 - each player controls a team of two climbers who want to reach the summit of K2 in an expedition of 18 days duration. The climbers are moved with cards, the higher a climber gets the more victory points he scores, but you must pay attention to the acclimatization level, to the weather and to maybe erecting a very necessary tent in time because when the acclimatization level of your climber drops below 1 he dies and all the victory points he scored are lost.

The double-sides board offers an easier and a more difficult climb, the 18 days = rounds are always comprised of Card Selection, Risk Tokens, Action Phase, Acclimatization Checks and End of Turn.

The expansion K2 Broad Peak extends the core game with two new scenarios, which are based on the historic achievements of Polish Mountaineers: Race to the Top features the first climb to a height of 8000 m without a tent and other equipment n achieved by Krzysztof Wielicki; Broad Peak Traverse is dedicated to the first traversing of the Karakorum massif by Wojciech Kurtyka and Jerzy Kukuczka. The rules of the K2 core game apply with a few changes; in Race to the Top you build and use snow caves instead of tents and in Broad Peak Traverse you have only one tent and you can choose if you want to climb up on the right side and traverse to the left or vice versa; for each mountain top that you reach you receive a victory point marker.

The expansion, too, offers a harmonious mix of planning and a bit „irritate your opponent“ due to the sequence in which you play cards, and on top of that a bit of mountaineering history with some remarks of Krzysztof Wielicki in the rules.

Players: 1-5

Age: 8+

Time: 60+

Designer: Adam Kałuza

Artist: Jarek Nocoń

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Rebel Centrum Gier 2011

Web: www.wydawnictwo.rebel.pl

Genre: Placement game with cards

Users: For families

Special: 1 player

Version: multi

Rules: en pl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Good family game, but also nice for experienced players

Top very attractively transposed

Challenging new scenarios

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Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0