Black, having played often online, opted for Kubilai Khan and starting from Beijing with the immediate ten point bonus, but no other advantage. Ivory was next and went for Mercator ex Tabriz, a potentially powerful character which would give him an extra resource every time anyone else got one from the favour track or resource selection track. So this time Green went for Matteo Polo giving him the white dice and the extra contract every round. This time, after dice rolling to see who started, Green got to go first, but although he had the opportunity to take Kubilai Khan again, he decided to go for a different challenge. Last time he played, Green had been very successful with Kubilai Khan. – Image used with permission of BGG contributor henk.rolleman The game ends with players receiving victory points for arriving in Beijing, fulfilling the most purchase orders, and having visited the cities on secret city cards that each player gets at the start of the game. The actions include: gathering resources, gathering camels, earning money, buying purchase orders and travelling.
Each round, the players roll their five personal dice and can perform use them to perform one action each per turn. Each player has a different character and special power in the game. The game is played over five rounds with players recreating Marco Polo’s journey to China via Jerusalem and Mesopotamia and over the “Silk Road”. The Voyages of Marco Polo, won the Deutscher Spiele Preis in 2015 and was designed by the same pairing that put together Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar, another game we have enjoyed recently and is a game we should play more often. Blue commented that it was the sort of game that Ivory would probably enjoy and with Black having spent quite a bit of time playing it online, he joined the others to make a trio. Green picked out a load of games he fancied, including The Voyages of Marco Polo which he had only played the once before and fancied playing again. 21st March 2017Īs usual, we started with a debate about who would play what. This entry was posted in News and tagged Architects of the West Kingdom, Azul, Concept Kids: Animals, Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, Dominion, Just One, Newton, Spirit Island, Teotihuacan: City of Gods, The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, Underwater Cities, Wingspan on Septemby nannyGOAT. The prizes will be awarded at the Internationale Spieltage, Essen. The Deutscher Spiele Preis for Best Children’s game went to Concept Kids: Tiere (Animals). Some slightly more unusual games were also recognised, including Spirit Island, a complex cooperative game, and in particular, Detective, which is a real-time puzzle game with an internet component.
The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Underwater Cities and Newton also medium-heavy weight Euro games made the top ten too, as did the Spiel des Jahres winner, the light family game, Just One. Other games in the top ten list include third placed Teotihuacan: City of Gods which is emotionally the sequel to the well received Tzolk’in: They Mayan Calendar and the hugely popular fifth placed Architects of the West Kingdom, both very solid “Euro Games”.
This is a great card game with fantastic production values which is well deserving of the prize. This year, the winner of the Deutscher Spiele Preis is the same as the winner of the Kennerspiel des Jahres i.e. Last year number one on the list was Azul, the first game to win both the Deutscher Spiele Preis and the Spiel des Jahres since Dominion in 2009. It typically rewards a slightly heavier game than the the Spiel des Jahres awards, but as the top ten are published, a range of tastes and complexities usually feature. This is the result of an open vote by games clubs, gamers and people in the industry. With “ Essen” approaching, last week the Deutscher Spiele Preis list was announced.
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