King of the Elves (1999)

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Designer	Alan R. Moon
Artist	Doris Matthäus
Publisher	999 Games AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH Rio Grande Games
Year Published	1999
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (14 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (6 voters) [poll]
Honors	2000 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Subdomain	Family Games (16 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Transportation
Mechanic	Hand Management
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Primary Name	King of the Elves
Alternate Names	Elfenkoning König der Elfen Król Elfów
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The Elven king is dead, and players are competing to become the next king. This game is similar in nature to Elfenroads/Elfenland in that players try to visit as many cities as possible using optimal transportation cards; what's different is that the lay of the land is also dictated by card play. Other players may interfere with your journey through the use of thieves, obstacles, and sea serpents.

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2000 A la carte 8th Place, Fairplay Magazine prize for card games

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König der Elfen

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Amigo German version

Publisher: AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 1999

Product Code: 9530

Size: 8.75 x 6.20 x 1.20 inches

1.06 pounds

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Elfenkoning

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Dutch edition

Publisher: 999 Games

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 1999

Product Code: 999-ELF02

Size: 8.75 x 6.20 x 1.20 inches

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English first edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 1999

Product Code: 140

Size: 8.75 x 6.20 x 1.20 inches

0.85 pounds

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10	Reviews A review on travelling Trolls, Dragons and Clouds	2011-09-07	Pedrator	2
1	Rules English rules	2010-02-08	Acharis	3
0	Rules Can you draw 3 discard 4, discard all your lands and then call for no lands?	2009-07-15	Seelenfeuer	1
4	Sessions Took a while with 6 Noobs, but we all had fun.	2008-12-05	SteveD.	4
5	Variants a little tweek for the two-player game	2008-09-17	kswingruber	0
5	Sessions It only took eight and a half years to make it to the table.	2008-07-18	Larry Wel...	0
24	Reviews Nice non violent fast paced game in the world of the Elves	2007-11-10	willdesigns	4
12	Reviews King of the Elves: my view.	2006-09-25	RobM	1
0	Rules Change DirectionCard:Can you go over the same village twice?	2006-06-08	DjihEf	4
1	Sessions Photo finish (well, except for me...)	2005-09-04	ValJor	2

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Player Aid (4 per page)

Concise, compact player aid describing game progression and possible actions. Print two sided on 8.5" x 11" paper, cut into quarters, laminate.

MamaRat

2009-06-22

King of the Elves - Player mat

Player place mats for King of the Elves. These mats have a separate mat for each or the colors, a place holder for the journey cards, envoy card, gold, and player tokens. Each of the village card spots also has a reminder for the cards that can be played on it. There is also a play phase walk through with the cost associated with the actions.

SteveD.

2008-12-09

NL speelhulp Elfenkoning

een handige spelregelsamenvatting op 1 A5

koen2602

2008-11-18

NPC village variant for two-player game, v1.0

this variant adds a couple extra “non-player” villages to the playing field, making it bit more of a challenge to visit all the villages and collect the 10-gold bonus

kswingruber

2008-09-16

Rules Quicky, v1.1 / Card Manifest, v1.1

A handy little reference sheet: rules synopsis on one side, card list on the other. Print this out on a blank page, flip the page end-for-end and print again. Then cut on the solid red lines, fold over on the dotted red line, and you've two double-sided reference sheets!

kswingruber

2008-09-13

PlayerMat.doc

King of the Elves Player Mat 1.0

midnightfaerie

2007-02-06

Rey de los elfos - Español - Cambios - vs.050922 - By D0NK1J0T3.doc

Español - Cambios - vs.050922 - By D0NK1J0T3

D0NK1J0T3

2005-09-27

chuleta_ResumenRonda_español.jpg

Chuleta resumen ronda en español

juan-agustin

2005-07-14

Il re degli Elfi.doc

Italian translation of the rules

decnet76

2005-01-21

Rey de los Elfos ( Reglas ) .doc

Spanish rules ( REGLAS )

JESSONSO

2004-07-01

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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/1605.pdf	2011-11-22
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