Reply To: Board Games

what is a “German-style” strategy game, may I ask?

A German-style board game is a game that has most (if not all) of the following characteristics:

— Favor strategy heavily over luck (in some games there is no luck at all)

— High level of social interaction (trading, direct competition) between players

— No player elimination (unlike, say, Risk or Monopoly, where players are eliminated and then have to wait around for the other players to finish)

— In many games, most players are still in the game (in terms of having a chance to win) until the very end (unlike other games where a player can fall hopelessly behind).

— An element of resource management and/or economic development.

— The quality of the game components (pieces, boards, artwork) are usually better than standard board games.

The Wolf