[permalink] [id link]
German-style games are generally simpler than the wargames that flourished in the 1970s and 1980s from publishers such as SPI and Avalon Hill, but nonetheless often have a considerable depth of play, especially in some " gamers ' games " such as Tigris and Euphrates and Caylus.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
German-style and games
* c. 1980: German-style board games begin to develop as a genre.
German-style board games are notable for often having rather less of a luck factor than many North American board games.
* German-style board games, or Eurogames, like The Settlers of Catan, Carson City or Puerto Rico
A German-style board game, also referred to as a Euro game or Euro-style game, is a class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction, and abstract physical components.
German-style games are sometimes contrasted with American-style games, which generally involve more luck, conflict, and drama.
German-style games are usually less abstract than chess, but more abstract than wargames and train games.
Not all German-style board games are German, and not all German-style games are board games.
Contemporary examples of modern German-style board games referred to as German-style, such as Acquire, appeared in the 1960s.
German-style games are usually multiplayer and can be learned easily and played in a relatively short time, perhaps multiple times in a single session.
German-style games tend to have a theme ( role-play element or a background story )— more like Monopoly or Clue, rather than poker or Tic Tac Toe.
While many titles ( especially the strategically heavier ones ) are enthusiastically played by gamers as a hobby, German-style games are, for the most part, well suited to social play.
For example, generally German-style games do not have a fixed number of players like chess or bridge ; though there is a sizable body of German-style games that are designed for exactly two players, most games can accommodate anywhere from two to six players ( with varying degrees of suitability ).
German-style and are
Eurogames, or German-style boardgames, are a relatively new genre that sit between abstract strategy games and simulation games.
It was a communal society, with many German-style structures that have been restored and are part of the Zoar Village State Memorial.
Michelle, are adapting German-style Riesling production methods, and even partnering with well-known German vintners like Dr. Ernest Loosen to create specialty wines such as the Eroica Riesling.
For instance, German-style board games, board wargames, and Roll-and-move games are all types of board games that differ markedly in style and general interest.
This type of mechanism is common in many of what are called " German-style board games ".
This mechanism is often used explicitly in German-style board games, but many other games are played for points that form a winning condition.
Designers of German-style board games are often credited on the box.
Unlike most German-style board games, it is possible for a player to be eliminated if all his dino tokens are removed from the board.
German-style knives are more deeply and continuously curved along the whole cutting edge ; the French style has an edge that is straighter until the end and then curves up to the tip.
A common feature of German-style board games, where players ' scores are recorded on a track around the edge of the board, is known in Germany as the Kramerleiste in honour of Wolfgang Kramer.
The largest is Der Rathskeller, a German-style beerhall with elaborate murals that directly connects the ground floor to the Terrace outside, where political debates and card or board games are common among students over a beer.
The meal usually comes with tartar sauce, french fries or German-style potato pancakes, coleslaw, and rye bread, though baked beans are not uncommon.
German-style and generally
Despite his nationality, he is generally considered to be one of the foremost designers of German-style board games.
German-style and 1970s
The German-style döner kebab was supposedly invented by a Turkish immigrant in Berlin in the 1970s, and became a popular German take-away food during the 1990s, but is almost exclusively sold by Turks and considered a Turkish specialty in Germany.
German-style and from
Some types of helmets worn by the Teutonic infantries resemble mock-ups of Stahlhelms from World War I in order to resemble German-style kettle hats.
Grain Belt Golden, a traditional golden German-style lager, was popular, but Prohibition halted production from 1920 until 1933.
German-style pumpernickel, a dark, dense, and close-textured loaf, is made from crushed or ground whole rye grains, usually without wheat flour, baked for long periods at low temperature in a covered tin.
A very similar, but darker, bread, German-style pumpernickel, has an even darker color derived from toasted leftover bread and other agents.
German-style and such
In contrast to games such as Risk or Monopoly, in which a close game can extend indefinitely, German-style games usually have a mechanism to stop the game within its stated playing time.
* Hungarian National Socialist Party ( one of several such groups, 1920s-40s ) ( German-style National Socialist, anti-Semitic )
This technique was developed in Germany and is used with German-style wines such as semi-sweet Riesling or Müller – Thurgau.
German-style and often
The harder German-style Gingerbread is often used to build gingerbread houses similar to the " witch's house " encountered by Hansel and Gretel.
German-style and have
It specialises in German-style board games and have branched out to include some online games.
German-style and some
* Brett and Board with information on German-style games ( has not been updated in some time )
After some time they realised that AF could be easily interpreted as Armed Forces or Air Force, defeating the purpose of using German-style plates.
German-style and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates () is a German-style strategy board game designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 1997 by Hans im Glück.
German-style and .
* Bockfest-The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, has hosted a celebration called Bockfest since 1992 that promotes its German-style brewing history and the German culture of its Over-the-Rhine neighbourhood.
On 19 June 1651, the Polish Army numbered 14, 844 Polish cavalry, 2, 250 German-style cavalry, 11, 900 German-style infantry and dragoons, 2, 950 Hungarian-style infantry ( haiduks ), 1, 550 Lithuanian volunteers, and 960 Lipka Tatars.
Elfenland is a German-style board game designed by Alan R. Moon and published by Amigo Spiele in German and Rio Grande Games in English in 1998.
Java is a German-style board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling and published in 2000 by Ravensburger in German and by Rio Grande Games in English.
There seems little immediate likelihood that North Korea will undergo an East German-style transition: a prospect that South Korea and China view with great trepidation because of the fear of a sudden and large exodus of North Korean refugees into their countries.
Like English, German uses ( German-style ) quotation marks between the first and last names ( e. g., Andreas Nikolaus „ Niki “ Lauda ).
Süssreserve is used by other makers of German-style wines, particularly in New Zealand.
0.286 seconds.