Capitol (2001)

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Designer	Alan R. Moon Aaron Weissblum
Artist	Grafik Studio Krüger Claus Stephan
Publisher	Schmidt Spiele
Year Published	2001
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (21 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (8 voters) [poll]
Honors	2001 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2002 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee
Subdomain	Strategy Games (17 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient City Building
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Auction/Bidding
Expansion
Expands
Family	The Roman Empire
Primary Name	Capitol
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This game by Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum is a mix of territory acquisition, resource management and even a little auctioning thrown in for good measure. So-called "Architects of the Eternal City", compete in old Rome for the most spectacular buildings and dominance in the Roman prefectures. Whoever uses the 90 blocks and 40 roofs most effectively to secure points will win.

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Skyline 3000

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Awards

2002 International Gamers Awards Nominee
2001 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.

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The card game Clocktowers is based on this board game.

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German edition Kritikerpreis SDJ

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele

Artist: Grafik Studio Krüger, Claus Stephan

Year: 2001

Product Code: 490621

Size: 14.57 x 10.63 x 1.97 inches

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Publisher: Schmidt Spiele

Artist: Grafik Studio Krüger, Claus Stephan

Year: 2001

Product Code: 49062

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

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0	Rules What is a vacant square?	2011-07-02	glenn69	1
0	Rules Can I add floors to a completed building?	2011-07-02	glenn69	2
3	General This one or Skyline 3000?	2011-03-03	lacxox	1
0	Rules Playing a floor card	2010-09-02	_pako_	4
4	Reviews Quick review	2010-07-01	duron600	3
1	General Rules Brief by Liumas	2010-05-07	Liumas	0
2	Variants Billboards (variant that's main part of Skyline 3000)	2010-01-31	JeffyJeff	1
0	General English Rules anyone?	2009-11-14	Biff68	2
1	Rules Block Limits	2009-06-23	seppo21	1
0	Variants Any one have a problem with the permit cards?	2009-02-28	Spiderman_	3

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Capitol Rules Brief by Liumas

Everything you need on 1 double-sided page. The turn sequence is especially useful. Prints well in color or in black and white.

Liumas

2010-04-22

capitol_english.zip

Capitol English cheat sheet with scoring examples. Two compressed .jpgs and a .txt file, zipped.

Innovan

2007-06-08

CAPITOL Ayuda de juego (SP).doc

Capitol_Ayuda de juego en español

Dingolon

2007-03-12

Capitol tuckbox.pdf

Tuckbox for Capitol

RaDiKal

2007-03-04

Reglas Capitol.doc

Reglas en español (spanish rules)

jcorral

2006-01-05

AudioRules_Capitol.mp3

Audio rules summary for those who don't like reading rules.

snoozefest

2005-07-25

Capitol - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

delta1119

2005-06-10

Capitol NL.pdf

Dutch translation

Scarlet

2005-04-27

Capitol.RTF

Turn Sequence/Player Aid

rdsmith

2005-04-05

CAPITOL.pdf

Traduzione in italiano del regolamento di Capitol

busgat

2003-04-21

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Strategy Game Rank:	300
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Users Owning:	1388
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German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/Capitol	2011-09-21
Nederlandstalige review Capitol	http://www.bloggen.be/speleninlille/archief.php?ID...	2010-12-15
German review at Michas Spielmitmir	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2010-05-01
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/c.html#cap...	2010-03-05
Dutch review	http://www.spellenplezier.be/index.php?option=com_...	2009-07-25
Dutch review on AnderSpel.nl	http://www.anderspel.nl/capitol.html	2008-10-08
Instructional video in Spanish - Video instruccional de Capitol, en castellano	http://juegosmontt.info//2007/03/video-instruccion...	2007-03-27
Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2006-07-20
fixing Capitol's scoring marker	http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/FixingCapi...	2003-12-01
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Capitol.htm	2002-11-07