Rating: 7.6 Very Good
Popularity:72
Difficulty:Medium
Year:2011
Players: 2-4 players
Playing time: 30-90 minutes
Age:12+

Official Site: Official site for Castle of Burgundy


Created by: Stefan Feld, Julien Delval, Harald Lieske

Published by: alea, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, Broadway Toys LTD

Alternate Names: Die Burgen von Burgund, Les Châteaux de Bourgogne, Zamki Burgundii, Замки Бургундии, 勃根地城堡

Description:

The Castles of Burgundy is a dice rolling and tile placement board game set in the Burgundy region of Medieval France. As influential princes, the players devote their efforts to careful trading and building in order to lead their estates to prominence.

Two dice set out the action options, but the players always make the final choices. Whether trading or livestock farming, city building or scientific research, many different paths lead to the prosperity and prominence of the players.

The many ways to gain victory points in this building game require careful thought round after round along with extensive planning ahead. Thanks to the different estates, the game remains challenging for the players for a long time, as no two games play out alike.

The winner is the player with the most victory points at the end of the game.

Prices:
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Expansions:
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Awards:
Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2012
Games Magazine Best New Advanced Strategy Game Winner 2012
As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2012
Tric Trac Nominee 2011
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Game Components

  • 164 six-sided tiles:
  • 42 goods tiles (square, 7 in each of 6 colours)
  • 20 Silverlings (eight-sided)
  • 30 worker tiles (square)
  • 12 bonus tiles (square, 1 small and 1 large in each of 6 colours)
  • 4 victory point tiles (with 100 / 200 points in each of the 4 player colours)
  • 8 playing pieces (2 in each of the 4 player colours)
  • 9 dice (2 in each of the 4 player colours plus 1 white one)
  • 1 game board
  • 6 player boards (double-sided, 4x No. 1, 1 each of Nos. 2-9)

Setup

Place the 20 Silverlings, the 30 worker tiles as well as the white die next to the game board. Sort the 164 six-sided tiles according to the colour of their backs and place them, as separate face-down supplies, next to the game board. …



The game includes 26 different yellow tiles. Many have effects that take place immediately after placement, in that they change certain rules. Others only come into play during final scoring.

  1. The player who adds this tile to his estate may ignore the rule that only one building of each type is allowed in each city. He may thus add as many buildings as he likes, without restriction, to his cities.

  2. The player who adds this tile to his estate receives one worker tile from the general supply in addition to the usual Silverling for each of his mines at the end of each phase. …



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