Sumeria (2009)

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Designer	Dirk Liekens
Artist	Harald Lieske
Publisher	Reiver Games
Year Published	2009
# of Players	3 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (15 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (8 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (9 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence
Expansion	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion
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Players try to bring the city-states of ancient Sumer to the fore. Each turn, players boost the importance of one of the city-states by flooding it with their traders, boosting its power. Each time a city-state gains power one will lose power, the aim is to gain control of the pre-eminent city-states during the scoring rounds at the end of each dynasty. Players have to time their movements, as a city-state can quickly lose favour.

Homepage: http://www.reivergames.co.uk/Sumeria/index.php
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sumeria-Board-Game/53343968138

Video explanation in English and German: http://www.cliquenabend.de/index.php?d=1264323333

Expanded by: Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion (a promo at Essen '09)

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COMPONENTS

1 Board 43x31 cm.
1 Start Player Marker
1 Turn Marker
36 Influence counters (9 economic, 9 military, 9 political, 9 religious)
56 Trader Markers (14 in each of four player colors)
8 City-State Tiles
1 Bag
2 Rulebooks (1 English, 1 German)

Reviewed in "Counter - Boardgames Reviewed & Discussed" by Greg Schloesser*, Issue 46, September 2009, pp. Y-Z. * gschloesser

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Sumeria

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First edition

Publisher: Reiver Games

Artist: Harald Lieske

Year: 2009

Product Code: RVG0004

Size: 8.86 x 6.50 x 1.77 inches

English, German

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1	General Rules availabilty	2012-01-18	telengard	1
8	News Two-Player Expansion now in Geek Store!	2011-07-11	chaddyboy...	0
0	Variants Changing the order of the last player per round	2011-03-20	vsorinel	0
5	General Great customer service	2010-11-29	deepC	1
10	Reviews Board to Death Video Review	2010-05-17	Yokiboy	3
0	Rules About moving a trader.	2010-03-30	Torselli	2
4	General Video Explanation in English and German	2010-01-25	CaptainJax	0
4	News Video Review Available on BoardToDeath.tv	2009-12-07	CaptainJax	1
4	News Sumeria Reviewed on Garrett's Games & Geekiness	2009-11-30	CaptainJax	0
3	General [Vassal] Sumeria is now Playable Online !	2009-10-22	softbug	0

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11	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion General Better fix for sticker issue	2009-10-31	thepackrat	3
10	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion General Sticker Issue	2009-10-11	CaptainJax	1
1	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion News Expansion Now Available!	2009-10-11	CaptainJax	5
8	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion News Incoming! Rules Now Available	2009-09-28	CaptainJax	0
7	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion News Availability	2009-08-24	CaptainJax	0
45	Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion Reviews So you're wondering about the two-player version of Sumeria: A Guide with Pictures	2009-08-24	EndersGame	3

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Sumeria Play Summary

Includes rules for the 2 player expansion as well.

kentreuber

2011-08-04

Romanian rules

Romanian rules for the basic 3-4 game.

vsorinel

2011-03-20

Turn track

Turn track to use for 2-4 players if you don't want to modify your board. Print and laminate.

GeoMan

2010-03-28

Sumeria rule -Korean translation

sumeria rule translation

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2009-07-31

Sumeria Scorepad V1.0

Scorepad for Sumeria with points Table. (Graphics used with permission Reiver Games)

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2009-06-14

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Board Game Rank:	1297
Strategy Game Rank:	557
Num Ratings:	367
Average Rating:	6.72
Standard Deviation:	1.20
Num Views:	56250
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.3
Fans:	11

Personal Comments:	179
Users Owning:	575
Users Wanting:	42
Users Trading:	37 [find trade matches]
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Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion

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Num Ratings	42
Average Rating	6.56
Average Weight	2.14

Num Owned	286
Prev. Owned	13
For Trade	18
Want in Trade	10

Wishlist	18
Comments	29
Year Published	2009

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German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Sumeria	2011-09-08
Romanian review on boardgames-blog.ro	http://www.boardgames-blog.ro/board-games/sumeria-...	2011-05-02
German review at spieletest.at	http://spieletest.at/spiel.php?Sumeria&ID=2855	2011-03-20
English Session Report on Metroburb Gamers	http://www.metroburbgamers.com/2010/03/board-game-...	2010-03-29
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/sumeria.html	2010-01-01
Board to Death Video Review	http://www.boardtodeath.tv/review/1213	2009-12-04
Dice Tower video review of Sumeria	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dgpRYChaEs	2009-12-04
Discussion on Garrett's Games and Geekiness 186	http://garrettsgames.com/2009/11/08/garretts-games...	2009-11-08
VASSAL module for Sumeria	http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?op...	2009-10-23
German Rules	http://www.reivergames.co.uk/Sumeria/SumeriaRulesD...	2009-10-06