Kontor (1999)

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Designer	Michael Schacht
Artist	Olivier Frot Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	999 Games Goldsieber Tilsit
Year Published	1999
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, 4 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (5 voters) [poll]
Honors	1999 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Two-players
Subdomain	Strategy Games (5 voters) [vote]
Category	City Building Nautical Renaissance
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Commodity Speculation Tile Placement
Expansion	Kontor: 3 & 4 player expansion Kontor: Das Exportlager Kontor: Die Aktionstafeln Kontor: Die Ereigniskarten
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Primary Name	Kontor
Alternate Names	Amsterdam Packhuys
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Kontor is a two-player tile-laying game which can also be played by two teams of two players. The name means 'Trading House' and the players act as merchants vying for supremacy in late 17th century Amsterdam. By building trading houses at the canals you aim to control three major commodities (Spices, Tea and Wine) in each harbor area. During the game you expand by playing Land and Water cards in the large area of the harbor. By the end of the game points are awarded according to ownership of the largest commodity majorities in each harbor area.

This game has many optional rules, scenarios, expansions and variations. The game is intended to be played by the advanced rules.

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Awards

2000 International Gamers Awards Two Player Nominee
1999 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
1998 Hippodice Spieleautorenwettbewerb Winner.
1999 Spiele Handbuch, Recommendation

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Amsterdam

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Tilsit multilingual edition (2p)

Publisher: Tilsit

Artist: Olivier Frot

Year: 2008

Size: 7.99 x 7.99 x 1.77 inches

English, French, German

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German edition

Publisher: Goldsieber

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1999

Product Code: 618 8861

Size: 11.50 x 8.88 x 2.45 inches

1.25 pounds

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Publisher: 999 Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1999

Size: 11.50 x 8.76 x 2.50 inches

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1	General Differences between Kontor and Amsterdam?	2011-05-20	thepackrat	5
0	Rules Removing distribution center	2010-09-27	garygarison	2
0	Rules Winning before the harbor is entirelly filled?	2010-02-12	sonofodin	2
0	Rules collecting money and passing question	2009-01-21	ESPNY	0
0	Rules Removing a distribution center	2008-11-27	Basiliv	1
2	General How is the 3-4 Player Expansion?	2008-10-28	Basiliv	4
0	Rules What is the point of the Taverns?	2008-10-19	mbuckingham	3
0	Rules Borders and Surrounding	2008-07-11	bigchief	1
0	Rules Ending the game	2008-05-10	Magritte	1
0	Rules How do you normally use the special cards?	2008-03-15	Drew1365	2

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0	Kontor: 3 & 4 player expansion General So, how do we get this or do this?	2009-03-31	petegrey	1
0	Kontor: Die Aktionstafeln General Why move the harbor center?	2008-06-07	Drew1365	2
1	Kontor: Die Ereigniskarten Rules How to Play?	2006-02-22	Verkisto	1

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Kontor ESP

Traduccion al español de la reglas. Maquetadas con imagenes.

malarrama

2010-03-09

Two-pager summary

Rules of the basic game on the first page, additional rules for the two/four player game on the other.

aquarian

2010-01-24

Amsterdam German Rules

Amsterdam: The original german rules

mschacht

2008-11-12

Kontor - Scenarios and Special Rules (german)

A four-sided give-away with additional variants, including ideas from G. Solcher and W. and B. Ditt.

mschacht

2008-11-04

Kontor - Land unter (Flood)

A Kontor scenario for 2 players part of and especially for the magazine "Spielerei". Issue #53,2001

mschacht

2008-11-04

Kontor - Vier Inseln (Four Islands)

A Kontor scenario for 2 players part of and especially for the magazine "Spielerei". Issue #46,2000

mschacht

2008-11-04

kontor variants.doc

Collection of many Kontor variants

matmo

2005-06-02

Kontor - Quick Reference.doc

One page rule summary

delta1119

2004-10-28

kontor_hu.zip

Magyar fordítás - Hungarian translation of the rules

Thaur

2004-09-13

konto_c2EN.jpg

Die Ereigniskarten (English Event Cards) part 2 (back)

GeoMan

2003-12-11

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Board Game Rank:	2303
Strategy Game Rank:	789
Num Ratings:	560
Average Rating:	6.05
Standard Deviation:	1.36
Num Views:	44758
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
Fans:	2

Personal Comments:	209
Users Owning:	1043
Users Wanting:	27
Users Trading:	71 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	522
Plays This Month:	1

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Kontor: 3 & 4 player expansion

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	23
Average Rating	6.43
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	148
Prev. Owned	13
For Trade	8
Want in Trade	14

Wishlist	14
Comments	14
Year Published	2002

Kontor: Das Exportlager

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Num Ratings	30
Average Rating	6.66
Average Weight	2.60

Num Owned	170
Prev. Owned	15
For Trade	6
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	8
Comments	15
Year Published	2000

Kontor: Die Aktionstafeln

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Num Ratings	14
Average Rating	5.86
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	62
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	4
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	12
Comments	8
Year Published	2001

Kontor: Die Ereigniskarten

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Num Ratings	11
Average Rating	6.68
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	53
Prev. Owned	5
For Trade	0
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	9
Comments	5
Year Published	2001

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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=1310&zoekcr...	2012-01-09
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/1311.pdf	2011-12-23
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Kontor	2011-05-04
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2011-05-04
German review - spiele-akademie.de	http://www.spiele-akademie.de/kontor/	2011-05-04
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=166	2011-05-04
German review - bpk	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2011-05-04
German review - Barbara Geißler	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2011-05-04
German review - Ludozine	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ludozine/...	2011-05-04
German review - Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg	http://www.muenster.org/dpsgms/rezkontor.html	2011-05-04