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Rating:	6.9 Good
Popularity:	7
Difficulty:	Very easy
Year:	2005
Players:	2-2 players
Playing time:	30 minutes
Age:	8+

Official Site: Fjords game page at Rio Grande Games

Created by: Franz-Benno Delonge, Jörg Asselborn, Christof Tisch

Published by: 999 Games, Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH, Rio Grande Games

Alternate Names: Fjord, Fjorde

Description:

Between the 8th and 11th centuries, the Vikings had the world holding their breath. Always on the lookout for new land, they aren't above fighting their own countrymen. In this game, two clan leaders fight each other, using the right tactics, for a fruitful plot of land along Norway's coast.

They quickly build up villages at strategic locations and fight with anything they can to ensure the larger portion of the region for their clan. Fjords: the tactical battle for the best land!

The above is the description of the game from Hans im Glück.

The game is played in two phases: the first phase, placing tiles and farms, mixes luck and skill; the second phase, claiming fields, has a Go-like enclosure dynamic that is all skill.

Prices:

Retail Price:	$19
Amazon:	$19

Awards:

Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2006
Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners 2005
International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players 2005

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Fjords Game Rules

Components

40 landscape tiles (including 3 start tiles)
8 farms
40 fields

Setup

Each player takes the 4 farms and 20 fields in his color.

Find the three start tiles from their backs (darker than the other tiles) and place them face up in the middle of the table.

Game Play

The game is played over 3 rounds. In each round the players discover the fjord region and take areas of the region for their own.

Each of the 3 rounds is separated into two parts. First comes discovery. Here, the players together discover the fjord region and place their farms. â€¦

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