Strategically position your "caballeros" in order to be the most influential of the "Influencers" and become the greatest of the Great of Spain in the 15th century in this award-winning game from 1995.
An oldie but a goodie!
In El Grande, players take on the roles of Grandes in medieval Spain. The king's power is flagging, and these powerful lords are vying for control of the various regions. To that end, you draft caballeros (knights in the form of colored meeples) into your court and subsequently move them onto the board to help seize control of regions. After every third round, the regions are scored, and after the ninth round, the player with the most points is the winner.
In each of the nine rounds, you select one of your 13 power cards to determine turn order as well as the number of caballeros you get to move from the provinces (general supply) into your court (personal supply).
A turn then consists of selecting one of five action cards which allow variations to the rules and additional scoring opportunities in addition to determining how many caballeros to move from your court to one or more of the regions on the board (or into the castillo - a secretive tower). Normally, you may only place your caballeros into regions adjacent to the one containing the king pawn. The one hard and fast rule in El Grande is that nothing may move into or out of the king's region. One of the five action cards that is always available each round allows you to move the king to a new region. The other four action cards vary from round to round.
The goal is to have a caballero majority in as many regions (and the castillo) as possible during a scoring round. Following the scoring of the castillo, you place any caballeros you had stashed there into the region you had secretly indicated on your region dial. Each region is then scored individually according to a table printed in that region. Two-point bonuses are awarded for having sole majority in the region containing your Grande (large meeple) and in the region containing the king.
This game won the "1996 Spiel des Jahres" and the "1996 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game" awards. And that is for a good reason: the game mechanisms are still solid today.
If you are fond of classic games the cards are in your favour, try this 2-5 player 60 minute game.
Still not convinced? Take a look at the game page (there is also a tutorial available for you to learn how to play) here:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=elgrande
Thanks to the amazing work done by VanHlebar and Volker78, our developers, the game is perfectly playable from your computer. We would like to thank them for their amazing work.
Of course, nothing would have been possible without the help of the game designers, Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, as well as the publisher, Hans Im Glück for their autorization to have the game on Board Game Arena. Our warmest thanks to them and their teams!
Note about the Veto card: *this card was specifically challenging to implement. On Board Game Arena, Veto can be used to cancel any Action card before it is activated. Some Actions can also be cancelled partially, but this is not possible for all Actions. Please note that you can also exclude Veto through an option when starting a game. *
That's all for today, folks!
Today's title is not a small game, so you will have time until next week to discover this gem, before the next release.
Have a good time, play fair and be kind to each others!
EL GRANDE:中世纪西班牙骑士源自Wolfgang Kramer...
运筹帷幄派遣您的“骑士”,成为声名显赫的“影响者”,成为 15 世纪西班牙最伟大的人。
该游戏在 1995 年屡获殊荣,现在来看还能令人发出“历久弥新”的感叹!
在El Grande中,玩家扮演中世纪西班牙的骑士统领。
国王控制的势力范围在各方强大的领主争夺之下被蚕食。
为此,您将骑士们(以彩色米宝的形式出现)选入您的宫廷,然后将他们移到棋盘上以帮助控制区域。
每三轮之后,将对控制区域进行结算,在第九轮之后,得分最高的玩家获胜。
每一轮中,您从 13 张权力卡中选择一张来确定回合顺序以及从各省(一般供应)移动到您的宫廷(个人供应)的骑士数量。
然后,一个回合包括选择五张允许改变规则和额外得分机会的行动卡中的一张,此外还可以确定有多少骑士从您的宫廷移动到棋盘上的一个或多个区域(或进入卡斯蒂略 - 一个秘密塔)。
通常,您只能将您的骑士们放置在与包含国王棋子的区域相邻的区域中。
El Grande的硬性规定是任何人都不得进出国王所在的区域。
每轮始终可用的五张行动卡中的一张可让您将国王移动到新区域。
其他四张行动牌因轮次而异。
我们的目标是在得分回合期间在尽可能多的地区(和卡斯蒂略)中占据多数席位。
在卡斯蒂略得分之后,您将存放在那里的任何骑士放入您在地区表盘上秘密指示的地区。
然后根据打印在该区域的表格对每个区域进行单独评分。
在包含您的 Grande(大型米宝)的区域和包含国王的区域中拥有独占多数的情况下,将获得两分奖励。
这款游戏获得了“1996 Spiel des Jahres”和“1996 Deutscher Spiele Preis 最佳家庭/成人游戏”奖项。
这是有充分推荐的理由:现下游戏机制仍然很稳固。
如果您喜欢经典游戏,那么卡片对您口味,来试试这款2-5 人60 分钟游戏。
还是不了解这款游戏吗?
点击此处查看游戏页面(还有一个教程供您学习如何玩):
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=elgrande
感谢我们的开发人员VanHlebar 和 Volker78所做的出色工作,令这款游戏可以在您的设备上完美运行。
我们要感谢他们出色的工作。
当然,如果没有游戏设计师Wolfgang Kramer 和 Richard Ulrich以及发行商Hans Im Glück的帮助,他们将游戏置于Board Game Arena上的授权是不可能的。
我们诚挚地感谢他们的团队!
关于否决卡的注意事项:这张卡实施起来特别具有挑战性。
在Board Game Arena中,Veto 可用于在激活之前取消任何动作卡。
某些动作也可以部分取消,但这并非对所有动作都可行。
请注意,您也可以在开始游戏时通过选项排除否决权。
这就是今天的全部内容,伙计们!
今天的游戏不是一个轻松小游戏,所以你将有充足的时间在下一个版本之前发现这颗“宝石”。
玩得开心,公平竞争,善待彼此!