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Giants (2008)

Average Rating: 7.13/10
Board Game Rank: 394
Strategy Game Rank: 219
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Designer
Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2008
# of Players
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
(29 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(11 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(19 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
Giants
Alternate Names
Géants de l'Île de Pâques, Les
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In this game, players incarnate clan leaders during the Golden Age of Easter Island. The board represents a simplified map of the island. Rock platforms (ahus) are where the Moaïs (monumental sculptures) will be erected.

Your clan competes against others, and you will earn more prestige by building and transporting larger, more imposing Moaïs than your opponents' clans.

Each of your pawns represents a group of men. You can grow your population if you wish. You will choose each turn which part of your population will sculpt Moaïs and which other part will transport them, in cooperation with other players.

Statues are transported from the quarry to the ahus (the rock platforms) using paths made of pawns and the help of logs.

You can use your influence (Tribal Markers) to choose the best statues and mark to your color the statues you cannot achieve in your turn. You can also rely on your Sorcerer and his mighty powers, of the strength of your Chief, as well as on mystic powers of the Rongo writing tablets.

The winner will be the one who has erected the largest statues in the best places at the end of the game.

Home Page: http://www.matagot.com/lesgeants/index_en.htm

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Matagot edition
Publisher: Editions du Matagot
Artist: Miguel Coimbra
Year: 2008
Size: 15.75 x 11.02 x 3.15 inches
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Publisher: Editions du Matagot
Artist: Miguel Coimbra
Year: 2008
Size: 15.75 x 11.02 x 3.15 inches
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Publisher: Editions du Matagot
Artist: Miguel Coimbra
Year: 2008
Size: 15.75 x 11.02 x 3.15 inches
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5 [Español] Reglas a la JcK
Completo resumen de las reglas ocn imagenes al estilo JcK. v2 --> agrega FAQ y reglas para 2 jugadores (Oficiales).
2011-08-05
1 concise reference sheet by hecose
Corrected Rongo tablet game-end scoring. Rule was changed by designer to remove this scoring.
2011-02-19
3 Japanese rulebook
A PDF file of the rules in japanese language for Giants.
2010-04-23
1 Italian Rules
Upgrade with errata inside the Rules and the variant for 2 players. Visit www.blackworks.it for more translation.
2010-01-23
1 giants简体中文简要规则
giants simple rule in simplified chinese giants简体中文简要规则
2009-11-12
3 GIANTS - La Lanza Sagrada
Traducción al español de la "expansión" La Lanza Sagrada
2009-08-06
3 Dutch translation of rules for 2 player game
Nederlands vertaling van de spelregels voor een 2 speler spel
2009-07-28
4 FAQ & Corrections - Dutch
Dutch translation of FAQ 7 Corrections
2009-07-27
3 Giants - Polish 2p Rules/Zasady dla gry 2-osobowej
Polskie tlumaczenie zasad dla gry 2-osobowej
2009-05-18
5 Simple 1-page player-aid
I actually made this before playing the game, so there will probably be an improved version of it sometime in the future. I did it because I guessed my friends could have some trouble remembering some of the rules.
2009-04-21
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 394
Strategy Game Rank: 219
Num Ratings: 1147
Average Rating: 7.13
Standard Deviation: 1.23
Num Views: 99254
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 3.0
Fans: 33
Personal Comments: 359
Users Owning: 1342
Users Wanting: 162
Users Trading: 54 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 1
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1581
Plays This Month: 12
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Num Ratings 9
Average Rating 6.39
Average Weight 2.25
Num Owned 38
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For Trade 0
Want in Trade 14
Wishlist 24
Comments 6
Year Published 2008
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