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Deutscher Spiele Preis 2015

Box art for Orléans
Deutscher Spiele Preis

2014Reiner Stockhausen

8.0

Rating BoardGameGeek

35,987 ratings

Players
2–5
Duration
90 min
Complexity
3.0/5Medium
Age
12+
  • Medieval
  • Religious
  • Travel

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About the game

During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France.

In Orléans, you will recruit followers and put them to work to make use of their abilities. Farmers and Boatmen supply you with money and goods; Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions; Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work; Scholars make progress in science; Traders open up new locations for you to use your followers; and last but not least, it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with Monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.

You will always want to take more actions than possible, and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy.

Mechanics

  • Contracts
  • Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
  • End Game Bonuses
  • Events
  • Kill Steal
  • Point to Point Movement
  • Simultaneous Action Selection
  • Tech Trees / Tech Tracks
  • Turn Order: Progressive
  • Variable Set-up
  • Worker Placement, Different Worker Types