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DIE SIEDLER VON NURNBURG
| Brand | Mayfair Games |
|---|---|
| Age | 10+ |
| Part-No | MFG-0590 |
Not an expansion to the Settlers of Catan, but an entirely new game which only uses some of the ideas of the original Siedler von Catan. The game takes place on two game boards at the same time. On the right half of the board you see the familiar Siedler hexes with five different types of landscape (forest, field, pasture, loam and ore). On one of these hexes sits the old free city of Nrnberg. From here trade routes lead to Frankfurt, Prague and Venice. Players build their new Settlements along established routes. The player's road pieces are used as proof of who has established safe routes along these roads, which naturally will be an advantage in the game. Ok, so far it sounds more or less like the game we know.... The real innovation comes from the way you score the Victory Points. You will still score in the usual way of building Settlements and Cities, but that is no longer sufficient to secure your victory. Which brings us to the other half of the game board: Here we see a close-up of the old city behind its 15th Century city walls. Here may you build Handicraft houses where the raw materials produced in the countryside can be converted into high-quality products (e.g. Paper or Arms). These valuable products may then be sold for profit in the cities at the end of the trade routes. The sale brings you Gold, which in turn is used by the Nuremberg settlers to build the towers and walls that with time will encircle the town. The building of these will yield the crucial Victory Points.
Our Price: $49.99