Kingdoms (1994)

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Designer	Reiner Knizia
Artist	Eric Lofgren Henning Ludvigsen Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	Arclight Edge Entertainment Fantasy Flight Games Hans im Glück Midgaard Games Show More »
Year Published	1994
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (47 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	9 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (8 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (9 voters) [poll]
Honors	2002 Origins Awards Best Abstract Board Game Winner
Subdomain	Abstract Games Strategy Games (19 voters) [vote]
Category	Fantasy Medieval
Mechanic	Tile Placement
Expansion	Kingdoms: The Wizard
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Family	Fantasy Flight Silver Line Games
Primary Name	Kingdoms
Alternate Names	Auf Heller und Pfennig Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms キングダム
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Auf Heller und Pfennig takes participants to a medieval marketplace that looks remarkably like a plain matrix for square tiles. Each turn, players place tiles onto the board that modify (either positively or negatively) the amount of money to be made by the shops that share that tile's row or column. Three times the board is filled with tiles and shop money is earned, after which the player with the most money wins.

In Kingdoms, the English-language version of Auf Heller und Pfennig, players try to collect the most gold by establishing castles in the richest regions of the realm while avoiding hazards like dragons, swamps, and trolls. The 2011 edition includes detailed plastic castles, a streamlined rulebook, and the addition of a wizard tile – one that increases the rank of adjacent castles, multiplying their scores – previously available only at game conventions.

Re-implemented by:

Beowulf: The Movie Board Game

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2002 Origins Awards Winner, Best Abstract Board Game.

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Spanish/French third edition

Publisher: Edge Entertainment

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Year: 2012

Size: 10.00 x 10.00 x 2.00 inches

French, Spanish

Release Date: Q1 2012

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English third edition

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Artist: Henning Ludvigsen

Year: 2011

Product Code: KN20

Size: 10.00 x 10.00 x 2.00 inches

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Release Date: Feb 7, 2012

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Multilingual second edition (Silver Line)

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Artist: Eric Lofgren

Year: 2003

Size: 10.00 x 8.00 x 1.75 inches

0.70 pounds

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Multilingual second edition

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Artist: Eric Lofgren

Year: 2002

Size: 10.00 x 8.00 x 1.75 inches

0.80 pounds

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German first edition

Publisher: Hans im Glück

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1994

Product Code: 48106

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

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Kingdoms Kingdoms review - by bookshelfgames.com

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1	General A Wee Bit of a Kingdoms Giveaway	2012-02-16	sorennarnia	0
6	General Already Have Beowulf, Is Kingdoms That Much Different?	2012-02-14	foxfan	6
2	General In stock now at CSI	2012-02-11	Socat82	1
5	News Rules are up	2012-01-16	ColtsFan76	2
3	Variants My custom version : Toy Kingdoms	2011-12-16	Ultracheng	2
11	News Kingdoms rerelease coming from FFG?	2011-09-19	talismani...	14
1	Rules The pass	2011-03-01	matzi1	2
5	News Universal iPhone/iPad app is out	2010-10-24	CaptainCo...	6
0	Rules Auf Heller und Pfennig: Who starts the game in 2nd and 3rd round?	2010-09-08	no_where_...	1
1	Variants Less Luck Reserve Tile Variant	2010-07-19	teabo	0

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3	Kingdoms: The Wizard Rules Scoring rule for the Wizard	2010-03-27	skuppage	0
3	Kingdoms: The Wizard General Looking for Wizard Promo Tile	2010-03-01	commandwolf	6

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8	BGG Figyelő (HU) Knizia újratöltve: Kingdoms by Gergely CZ.	2
4	Games Without Frontiers My Top Games of 1994 by Todd	4

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King's Gate

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kingrules.pdf

Official Rules of FFG version.

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Board Game Rank:	636
Abstract Games Rank:	67
Strategy Game Rank:	379
Num Ratings:	2304
Average Rating:	6.66
Standard Deviation:	1.17
Num Views:	138453
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.8
Fans:	21

Personal Comments:	959
Users Owning:	2670
Users Wanting:	72
Users Trading:	172 [find trade matches]
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Kingdoms: The Wizard

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	10
Average Rating	6.68
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	12
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	0
Want in Trade	8

Wishlist	7
Comments	3
Year Published	2005

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French Review - Geek Mode	http://www.geekmodeblog.com/2011/06/reiner-knizias...	2011-10-02
Game site (English) - Fantasy Flight Games	http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.as...	2011-09-21
German review at spielphase.de	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2010-10-05
English Session Report on GamerChris	http://gamerchris.com/2010/04/22/no-thanks-to-the-...	2010-05-04
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/a.html#auf...	2010-03-02
A session report on "Auf heller und Pfennig" version	http://lgimet.over-blog.com/article--27-01-2010-au...	2010-01-30
Session report in Spanish at www.juegosdemesacr.com	http://juegosdemesacr.com/cms/index.php?option=com...	2009-02-23
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/aufhellerundpfennig.html	2005-03-31
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Review at RPGnet by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9518.phtml	2003-09-24