Funkenschlag (2001)

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Designer	Friedemann Friese
Artist	Maren Rache
Publisher	2F-Spiele
Year Published	2001
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
Honors	2002 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2006 Hra roku Nominee
Subdomain	Strategy Games (6 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Industry / Manufacturing
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Crayon Rail System Route/Network Building
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Family	Power Grid
Primary Name	Funkenschlag
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Players draw electrical networks on the board connecting various cities and then power them by purchasing power plants and the resources to run the plants.

This is the first edition of the game, published only by 2F Spiele. Several changes were made (payout schedule, fixed board, etc.) to create Funkenschlag Second Edition (aka Power Grid).

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Funkenschlag

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First edition

Publisher: 2F-Spiele

Artist: Maren Rache

Year: 2001

Size: 12.40 x 8.90 x 3.25 inches

1.75 pounds

German

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1	General So I'm not crazy at all over Power Grid, but I found out I really really like Empire Builder	2011-02-03	NateStraight	5
3	Rules english rules	2010-02-03	bazik123	0
0	Sessions Compared to Power Grid	2006-12-14	paulclark...	1
0	General Best Number of Players	2005-01-19	snoozefest	2
0	General Step 2 transition timing.	2004-09-15	dkeisen	0
1	Sessions Session Report	2004-08-15	Eric Brosius	0
0	General Help	2004-07-27	kenjohns	1
0	General Elimination of crayons in 2nd Edition?	2004-04-12	Frog	2
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Building Costs - Funkenschlag Final.pdf

Building Costs translation - by Ivan Hanley.

Ivan

2006-09-09

Earnings Chart - Funkenschlag Final.pdf

Corrected Earnings Chart - by Ivan Hanley.

Ivan

2006-09-09

Order of Play - Funkenschlag Final.pdf

Order of play reference - by Ivan Hanley.

Ivan

2006-09-05

quickrules Funkenschlag dutch.pdf

Funkenschlag, dutch quickrules for easy reference

Jukke

2006-08-23

Funkenschlag - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

delta1119

2005-06-10

funkenschlag.mp3

German Pronunciation

flieger

2005-04-05

ErattumHouse.jpg

Print out on label paper and apply to erattad power plant

cfarrell

2005-01-30

Funkenschlag svenska 1.0.doc

Svensk översättning av reglerna till Funkenschlag (1:a upplagan)

hakko504

2004-09-13

Resource Cards.doc

Resource replenishment table Cards, 1 each of 3, 4, 5, and 6 players.

BoardGameGeek

2004-06-06

Sumcards.pdf

Summary Cards - English

BoardGameGeek

2004-06-06

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817	Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List (BGG Top 288)	2007-02-09
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665	The origins of my games (Friedemann Friese)	2007-01-17
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224	F... is a four-letter word	2011-05-24
196	Language levels of the top 250 (or can I buy this cheap foreign edition?!)	2007-09-13
186	Games' Names if Samuel L. Jackson Published Them	2009-06-11
180	Boardgame Spoonerisms	2007-03-30
170	Game mechanic snobbery	2009-04-29

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Board Game Rank:	399
Strategy Game Rank:	180
Num Ratings:	527
Average Rating:	7.65
Standard Deviation:	1.48
Num Views:	66729
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.6
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	165
Users Owning:	634
Users Wanting:	18
Users Trading:	33 [find trade matches]
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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/3120.pdf	2011-12-04
German review at Michas Spielmitmir	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2010-05-05
Interview and game explaination with author Friedemann Friese from Boardgames with Scott	http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=35	2007-11-07
Mike Mayer's review in the Game Report #27	http://www.gamereport.com/tgr27/funkenschlag.shtml	2005-05-24