Vikings (2007)

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Designer	Michael Kiesling
Artist	Harald Lieske Michael Menzel
Publisher	Albi Hans im Glück MINDOK Rio Grande Games Smart Ltd Show More »
Year Published	2007
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (131 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (21 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (42 voters) [poll]
Honors	2007 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2008 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2008 Hra roku Nominee 2009 Hra roku Nominee Show More »
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (51 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Nautical
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Tile Placement
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Family	Vikings
Primary Name	Vikings
Alternate Names	Vikingové Wikinger Wikingowie Викинги
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Vikings is a fast economic game. Despite the nominal "Viking" theme, no actual exploration or pillage is involved.

The resources in the game consist of coins and several types of ship tiles, island tiles and meeples. In each of 6 rounds, a random set of 12 tiles and 12 meeples becomes available. Players take turns buying and placing pairs of meeples and tiles. There is no direct player interaction, only indirect contention for resources during the buying phase.

The most unusual aspect of the game is the pricing wheel, which pairs meeples with tiles and sets their prices.

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2007 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
2007 Deutscher Spiele Preis 3rd Place.

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Rio Grande Games edition

Publisher: Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Harald Lieske, Michael Menzel

Year: 2007

Product Code: 655132003148

Size: 12.52 x 8.94 x 2.80 inches

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Hans im Glück German edition

Publisher: Hans im Glück

Artist: Harald Lieske, Michael Menzel

Year: 2007

Product Code: 48159

Size: 12.40 x 10.70 x 2.20 inches

2.43 pounds

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Russian first edition

Publisher: Smart Ltd

Artist: Harald Lieske, Michael Menzel

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

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Artist: Harald Lieske, Michael Menzel

Size: 12.40 x 10.70 x 2.20 inches

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Rules reference 1 page (fold in half)

A complete rules reference for Vikings. Print out and trim the edges. Fold in half and glue the halves together. Red colored text applies to the Progress version. Blue colored text applies to the basic game.

pregremlin

2011-04-16

Reglamento Vikings castellano maquetado v. 1.0

Reglamento Vikings castellano maquetado igual que el original, aun es mejorable pero no me veo capaz. Traducido del original en castellano.

ankara

2010-07-19

Vikings Rules (English) pdf

English rules for Vikings (pdf)

kneumann

2009-07-18

Reglas para el juego Wikinger en castellano

Reglas en castellano para el juego Wikinger/Vikingos

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Wikinger Summary PL

Scoring Summary (Polish) / Polskie tłumaczenie podsumowania punktacji

Kristoff

2009-05-23

Teaching aid for Vikings - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים. המערך עודכן וכולל את הגרסה המתקדמת

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2009-04-29

Vikings chinese rules

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Roumanian rules

Regulamentul în limba română

cutia

2009-01-24

Viking 5 Player Variant

A way to play the basic Viking game with 5 players using MOSTLY the components in the game.

Jim Krohn

2008-12-19

Vikings Polish Rules/Polska Instrukcja

Polskie tlumaczenie regul gry

muka

2008-06-10

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German review - Malz Spiele	http://www.malz-spiele.de/index_others_wikinger.ht...	2012-01-02
Polish review at http://planszowki.polter.pl	http://planszowki.polter.pl/Wikinger-c18817	2011-05-13
Polish review at www.planszowki.gildia.pl (another author)	http://www.planszowki.gildia.pl/gry/wikingowie/wik...	2011-05-06
Polish review at www.planszowki.gildia.pl	http://www.planszowki.gildia.pl/gry/wikinger/wikin...	2011-05-06
Breves comentarios en español en Juegos de Mesa Costa Rica.	http://www.juegosdemesacr.com/cms/index.php?option...	2011-04-19
Polish review at GamesFanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2008/02/10/wikingowie/	2011-04-16
German review on ludoversum.de	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/lv.pl?action=show...	2011-04-06
Nederlandstalige review Vikings	http://www.bloggen.be/speleninlille/archief.php?ID...	2010-12-30
Review in The Black Meeple. La ficha negra (Spanish)	http://theblackmeeple.blogspot.com/2010/02/doce-me...	2010-11-26
Dutch review on Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/rec-wikinger-NL.ht...	2010-05-21