Masons (2006)

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Designer	Leo Colovini
Artist	Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	999 Games Hans im Glück Rio Grande Games
Year Published	2006
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (15 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (10 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (21 voters) [vote]
Category	City Building Medieval
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Hand Management
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Primary Name	Masons
Alternate Names	Castello Castello Mauer Bauer Mauerbauer
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One thing is certain: in the middle ages, the best living was to be found behind the protection of nice thick castle walls and towers. But once they're standing, you can take your time building houses and palaces behind them. And if that goes especially well, the castles grow and merge with each other. To accomplish that, you only need some tactical skill and the right cards. But watch out: You need to sense when the best time to play your cards is in order to score the most points. Masons (Mauerbauer), a tense castle-building game about points and palaces.

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Rio Grande Games English edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2006

Size: 12.50 x 9.00 x 3.00 inches

3.30 pounds

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Mauerbauer

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German first edition

Publisher: Hans im Glück

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2006

Product Code: 48156

Size: 12.44 x 8.86 x 2.80 inches

2.33 pounds

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Publisher: 999 Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2006

Product Code: 999-CAS01

Size: 12.40 x 10.70 x 2.20 inches

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0	General Luck x luck = masons	2012-02-12	dond80	18
0	Rules Roll before building a wall - penalty? Why?	2012-02-03	Gabriel_K...	3
0	Rules End scoring when last piece is a palace	2012-02-02	mjwills	3
2	Reviews Mauer Bauer (Masons) Reseña en español	2011-12-28	Jaime_Par...	0
1	General What'd be an effective strategy against this, other than doing the same? (Or: How broken is this game?)	2011-10-09	a_traveler	4
1	Rules Scoring Question / Options	2011-02-28	bergles	2
0	Rules timing - dice rolling vs city expansion	2011-02-17	debwentworth	4
0	Variants Card Balancing suggestion (and a suggestion re: the dice)	2010-02-17	violin man	5
12	Sessions A dispute between neighbors begins with a wall.	2010-01-17	thepackrat	2
21	Reviews Masons: A quick review for an inexpensive game	2009-12-03	kendahlj	4

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中文规则

一部很好的家庭游戏

Lance QYE

2010-05-11

Castello kort Nederlands

Samenvatting van de regels in het Nederlands.

zepson

2009-11-02

Castello Kaarten Nederlands

Verklaring van de kaarten in het Nederlands met de originele afbeeldingen.

zepson

2009-11-02

Chuleta cartas

Breve descripción de las cartas.(Traducción del archivo creado por SteveK2).

ennio_lombardi

2009-05-27

[Español] Resumen Masons con imagenes

Completo resumen con todo lo que necesitas saber para jugar Masons.

ArtEmiSa64

2009-05-23

Resumen de Masons.doc

Resumen de las Reglas de Juego (v 1.0)

atorija

2007-09-24

Mauer Bauer Resumo PT.pdf

Rules summary in Portuguese / Resumo das regras em português

Tintazul

2007-08-05

Masons Player Aid by TimothyP.pdf

This is a player aid for Masons. 2 per page. It contains simplified versions of everything new players need to know while playing. It does not include interpretations of cards, so you will need the back of the manual handy.

TimothyP

2006-10-29

Mauerbauer cards.doc

scoring cards cheat sheet

SteveK2

2006-10-11

masons.pdf

Reglas en español para Masons

pinchoak

2006-10-04

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Board Game Rank:	712
Strategy Game Rank:	394
Num Ratings:	1749
Average Rating:	6.63
Standard Deviation:	1.21
Num Views:	97657
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	9

Personal Comments:	687
Users Owning:	1967
Users Wanting:	65
Users Trading:	164 [find trade matches]
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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/5787.pdf	2011-12-31
Nederlandstalige review Mauer Bauer	http://www.bloggen.be/speleninlille/archief.php?ID...	2010-12-30
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/castell...	2010-09-08
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/m.html#mau...	2010-06-08
Board Games with Scott Video Review	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laK0ihtb-xI	2010-05-21
Spanish Review from EiB	http://eightisbeauty.blogspot.com/2009/11/mauer-ba...	2010-02-14
Illustrated Overview by The Great Game Gate	http://greatgamegate.livejournal.com/33312.html	2010-01-19
Polish review at www.gamesfanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2006/08/28/mauer-bauer-...	2010-01-18
English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/Summer06/masons.htm	2009-09-18
Dutch review of Castello on www.de-spellenhoek.nl	http://www.de-spellenhoek.nl/recensies/c/castello/...	2009-09-03