Village

Life in the village is hard – but life here also allows the inhabitants to grow and prosper as they please. One villager might want to become a friar. Another might feel ambitious and strive for a career in public office. A third one might want to seek his luck in distant lands.

Each player will take the reins of a family and have them find fame and glory in many different ways. There is one thing you must not forget, however: Time will not stop for anyone and with time people will vanish. Those who will find themselves immortalized in the village chronicles will bring honor to their family and be one step closer to victory.

Village is a game full of tactical challenges. A smart and unique new action mechanism is responsible for keeping turns short and yet still tactically rich and full of difficult decisions. Also unique is the way this game deals with the delicate subject of death; as a natural and perpetual part of life in the village, thoughts of death will keep you focused on smart time-management.

Paraphrased from Opinionated Gamer’s review:

Each player’s turn consists of taking a cube and then taking the action of the area they just took the cube from. The board has multiple different zones with specific attributes, a market, a travel zone, a crafting zone, a church, and a council house. Many of these offer multiple options, so even if you take a cube from the crafting area, you can get an ox, a horse, a cart, a plow, a scroll, or convert wheat to gold. Each zone is seeded with cubes of four colors plus black cubes which serve as curses, there are lots of turns per round. Some areas offer short-term scoring, others offer long-term scoring, and still others offer only end-game scoring. The round ends when there are no cubes at any location. The game ends when either the village chronicle or the anonymous graveyard is full.

AWARDS & HONORS:
2014 Juego del Año Tico Nominee.
2013 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner.
2013 Le Lys Passioné Finalist.
2013 Games Magazine Best New Advanced Strategy Game Winner.
2012 Tric Trac Nominee.
2012 Tric Trac de Bronze.
2012 Spiel des Jahres Kennerspiel Nominee.
2012 Spiel des Jahres Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner.
2012 Lucca Games Best Boardgame Nominee.
2012 Juego del Año Finalist.
2012 JoTa Best Gamer Game Nominee.
2012 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee.
2012 Hra roku Winner.
2012 Hra roku Nominee.
2012 Gouden Ludo Winner.
2012 Gouden Ludo Nominee.
2012 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee.
2012 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee.
2012 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee.
2012 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner.
2011 Jogo do Ano Nominee.

Components:
Cardboard:
Game board (29x28cm).
4 Farmyards (13x13cm).
40 Goods tiles: 8x each Scrolls, Horses, Plows, Oxen, Wagons.
24 Customer tiles.
20 Grain tiles (bags).
15 Coins
1 Starting Player marker (Couple)
1 Next Starting Player marker (Ring with purple stone).
3 Setup cards /tiles (18.3x16.6cm).
1 “mass” overview card

Wood:
48 wooden Figures: 11x each player color (red, blue, yellow, white) plus 4x black Monks.
(1 Sticker sheet for Figures; per player color: 4x 1, 3x 2, 2x 3, 2x 4)
32 wooden markers (8x each player color).
78 wooden cubes: 18x each Influence (orange, green, brown, pink) plus 6x Black Plague.

2 cloth bags (black satin, green cotton).
Rulebook (12 p.).

2-4

4061897500703

eggert Spiele

90

2018

14+

Village

2019-10-04 10:12:56

2019-10-04 10:12:56