Keltis: The Way of the Stones

Für die Pfade des Lebens gilt die alte keltische Weisheit:Jeder Mensch beginnt im Negativen, aber mit jedem Schritt voran gelangt er ins Positive.Mit passenden Karten schicken Sie Ihre Spielfiguren auf die verschiedenen Steinpfade. Je weiter Ihre Figuren kommen, desto mehr Punkte bringen Sie am Ende ein. Jedes Mal müssen Sie entscheiden, eine Kartenreihe fortzuführen, eine neue zu beginnen oder einfach eine Karte abzuwerfen. Doch Karten, die Sie abwerfen, können Ihren Mitspielern nutzen. Und sobald fünf Figuren im Ziel sind, endet das Spiel. Daher müssen Sie stets abwägen, ob Sie noch eine neue Figur auf den Weg bringen. Denn, wenn Sie nicht weit genug kommen, kassieren Sie Minuspunkte.Die Regeln sind so einfach, dass Sie sofort losspielen können. Dabei bleibt das Spiel spannend bis zum Schluss.

Keltis is a multi-player game based on Lost Cities, with some rules changes, later published with Knizia’s original rules and theme as Lost Cities: The Board Game.

Players play cards to move their playing pieces along stone paths. Cards show one of five different colors/symbols, each corresponding to one path; in addition, each card shows a number (0-10, twice each). In each color, each player can play his cards in either ascending or descending order. As in Lost Cities, it’s better to concentrate on a few paths since the final spaces on a path grant high points, but ending early gives negative ones.

The active player plays one card (out of a hand of eight) or discards one, then moves the corresponding playing piece on the path. Many of the spaces have a token that grants some bonus: either immediate points (counted on the scoring track), an extra move on a path, or wishing stones that are needed at game end to avoid negative points.

The game ends when five playing pieces (from any combination of players) have reached the seventh (or higher) space on their respective paths. Now, scoring happens:

Pieces that moved only 1-3 steps earn negative points (-4, -3, -2).
Pieces with 4+ steps earn points (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10).
One piece of each player twice the height of other pieces scores double, either positive or negative.
Holding fewer than two wish stones earns negative points (-3 / -4), while a collection of five or more stones yields a bonus of 10 points.
All endgame points are added to any scored during the game. The player with the highest score wins!

Primary differences between Lost Cities: The Board Game and Keltis:

1. In LCBG you play 3 rounds, scoring at the end of all 3 for the monuments you collect. (Normal scoring occurs each round.) In Keltis, you only play 1 round, and score everything each round. This is not just a rule difference, as the scoring is different for the monuments/stones based on the number collected.

2. In Keltis, you may play your cards in either order, high to low, or low to high. In LCBG, you must go low to high.

Note: the rules for LCBG have the Keltis rules as variants, and have the board elements necessary for #1 above. Keltis does not have the rules nor board elements to play LCBG.

There are more differences that are non-substantive. (Art, points in LCBG multiplied by 5, etc.)

AWARDS & HONORS:
2011 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee.
2009 Gouden Ludo Nominee.
2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee.
2009 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee.
2008 Spiel des Jahres Winner.
2008 Spiel des Jahres Nominee.
2008 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters’ Selection Nominee.

COMPONENTS:
Game board (17”x22.5”)
110 cards (59mm X 91mm): 2x each value 0-10 in each of 5 colors)
20 wooden figures: 17mm clover-leaf shaped; 1 large (20mm tall) and 4 small (9mm tall) in each player color (white, black, brown, gray)
4 score markers (17mm clover-leaf, 6mm tall; 1x each player color)
4 large clover leaf markers (cardboard)
25 Path tiles: 9 Wishing Stones, 9 Clover Leaves, 7 Number tiles (2x “1”, 3x “2”, 2x “3”), cardboard.
Rule sheet (2 p., German).

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~6,99 €

2025-06-09

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