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International Toy Fair Nuremberg 2013
Internationale Spielwarenmesse Nürnberg 2013

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Hans im Glück
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Bruges is a very old city with beautiful buildings going back as far as medieval times. The city got rich from the export of cloth all over Europe; it was the most important trade centre north of the Alps. The city's wealth attracted many artists and craftsmen, and this must have inspired Feld in designing this game. In Brügge players start with a hand of five people cards, and one by one, in turn order, they play four of these after which they refill their hand.

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A card can be used in many ways; at the right edge is depicted what the possibilities are besides placing the card on a building: taking two workers, taking money and so on. The card can also be played for building; it then is turned face down in front of the player; he now has an empty building which can house one person.
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At the start of a round, five coloured dice are thrown; the total of one's and two's is what has to be paid to increase on a prestige track. Players always will want to do that as it brings points, and for the player who is in front an extra bonus. For all fives and sixes a threath marker must be taken; if a player has three of the same colour, he undergoes a punishment (Ha! Well done Feld! Good for them!).
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A person can be activated by turning in the colour worker specified on the card, some of them are really nasty for other players, others bring a player a certain advantage.
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When the stack of cards has been depleted, there is a final score, as shown on the right card above. We're curious whether the beautiful illustrations by Michael Menzel are not a bit overdone for this in fact rather abstract card game, with dice of course!
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Brügge, Stefan Feld, Hans im Glück, 2013 - 2 to 4 players, 10 years and up, 60 minutes
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