Rating: 8.6 Excellent Popularity: 73 Difficulty: Medium Year: 2004 Players: 2-6 players Playing time: 120 minutes Age: 12+ Official Site: Power Grid at Rio Grande Games
Created by: Friedemann Friese, Antonio Dessi, Lars-Arne "Maura" Kalusky, Harald Lieske
Published by: 2F-Spiele, 999 Games, Albi
Alternate Names: Alta Tensão, Alta Tensao, Alta Tensión, Alta Tensione, Funkenschlag
Description:
Power Grid is an route building and bidding game where players must compete to power the most cities with their power plants. The game is actually the English-language edition of Funkenschlag.
Each player represents a power plant company. They must bid on more power plants and buy raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, uranium) to produce electricity for their constant expanding network. However, as plants are purchased, newer more efficient plants become available and you allow other players to have access to superior technology.
Nuclear power will give you a lot of profit as long as the nuclear waste get managed, 'renewable' windfarm/solar plants don't require raw materials, etc.
The game is a constant struggle to expand quickly a cheap network with maximum efficiency.
Prices:
Retail Price: $44 Amazon: $22 Ebay: $79 Expansions:
Atolla Modulis (fan expansion for Funkenschlag)
Brettspiel Adventskalender 2015
Funkenschlag: Speicherkraftwerk
Hoogspanning: Het Verre Oosten
More (23)Awards:
Nederlandse Spellenprijs Winner 2010
Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2010
Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee 2010
Gouden Ludo Winner 2010
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