Designer | Mac Gerdts |
Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 100 mins |
Suggested Age | 13 and up |
Honors |
2017 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee 2016 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee 2015 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Winner 2015 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee 2014 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee 2014 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist 2014 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2013 Meeples' Choice Winner 2013 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2013 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist |
Expansions |
Concordia: Britannia & Germania Concordia: Salsa Concordia: Gallia / Corsica Concordia: Aegyptus / Creta |
Accessories |
Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Concordia |
Additional Info |
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http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1239862/concordia/reviews
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Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire ruled the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. With peace at the borders, harmony inside the provinces, uniform law, and a common currency, the economy thrived and gave rise to mighty Roman dynasties as they expanded throughout the numerous cities. Guide one of these dynasties and send colonists to the remote realms of the Empire; develop your trade network; and appease the ancient gods for their favor — all to gain the chance to emerge victorious!
Concordia is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in Roman times for 2-5 players aged 13 and up. Instead of looking to the luck of dice or cards, players must rely on their strategic abilities. Be sure to watch your rivals to determine which goals they are pursuing and where you can outpace them! In the game, colonists are sent out from Rome to settle down in cities which produce bricks, food, tools, wine, and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards serve two purposes:
Concordia is a strategy game which requires advance planning and consideration of your opponent's moves. Every game is different, not only because of the sequence of new cards on sale but also due to the modular layout of cities. (One side of the game board shows the entire Roman Empire with 30 cities for 3-5 players, while the other shows Roman Italy with 25 cities for 2-4 players.) When all cards have been sold, the game ends. The player with the most VPs from the gods (Jupiter, Saturnus, Mercurius, Minerva, Vulcanus, etc.) wins the game.
What a great game. I was nervous when I saw such a small instruction guide thinking it would be lacking in information, but the game has a straight forward play but is so deeply strategic.
I love Concordia. It has a really nice history compnent (it even comes with a pamphlet explaining detailed history of each Roman province featured). The game mechanics work perfectly to create a relatively simple ruleset but an incredibly rich strategy. There are many different ways to play the game, with a lot of micro and macro management. Moreover, you need to be adaptable and skilled at forming plans and thinking ahed to play this game. Truly a very enjoyable game to play. Furthermore, my experience with BoardGameBliss could not be any better. They have the best price for this game I could find, the order came in very quickly in perfect condition, and I love supporting a Canadian company!
Concordia (Rio Grande Games Edition)
best economic game for starters
Its a great strategic game with a lot of expansions. It makes my top five because its easy to get to the table, the rules are quite simple, within five minutes you can do a really comprehensive review of the rules and gameplay options. I have heard people complain about the way the scoring is done at the end of the game, you don’t know who is winning and it takes a long time to tabulate the scores. I find that element adds to the game as you don’t have everybody sitting there looking over seeing who has what leading to severe cases of analysis paralysis as the game ends. Tabulating the scores also doesn’t take that long, some people make out it took them an hour to find out who won after the gameplay ended. One thing that I did was get the pimped out resource tokens for the game, it just makes it look better and touching them just seems to make the game seem even more grand.
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Wonderful art craft for children. My daughter loved it.