World Without End (2009)

Die Tore der Welt / World Without End is based on the novel by Ken Follett, a sequel to his bestselling The Pillars of the Earth. This is the 2009 game in the Kosmos line of literature-based games.

World Without End shares the Kingsbridge location of the earlier novel, but occurs 200 years later. Similarly, the game shares many themes but is a new standalone game.

As citizens of Kingsbridge, players need to take care of the following areas: Building, Trading, Religion, Feeding, and Medical Knowledge. Each turn an event card is flipped that defines available player actions. Victory points can be won in numerous ways, e.g. by creating buildings or taking care of sick people.

Awards

2011: Ludoteca Ideale (Italy)

2010: International Gamers Award Nominee

2010: Spiel des Jahres Special Award Winner

2010: Deutscher Spiele Preis Nominee

2010: Spiel der Spilel: Spiel Hit Mit Freunder Winner

2010: Juego Del Ano Nominee

2010: Joker (Belgian), Catégorie des « Passionnés » (à partir de 12 ans) Nominee

2010: GAMES Magazine Traditional Games 100 list of the 100 best games of 2010

2011: Ludoteca Ideale nominee

Microbadges:

• World Without End fan - Grain
• World Without End fan - Piety

Contents (translated from the german list below):

• 1 game board
• 100 cards (4 x summary, 44 x event, 48 x action, 4 x chapter)
• die-cut tiles with 7 building projects
• 28 gold markers (16 x 1, 8 x 3, 4 x 5)
• 41 wooden resource cubes (25 x wood, 15 x stone, 1 x metal)
• 37 wooden commodity pieces (10 x grain, 15 x wool, 12 x cloth)
• 71 markers (20 x medical knowledge, 14 x loyalty, 12 x piety, 11 x plague, 8 x donation seal, 5 x cover, 1 x start player)
• 1 wooden favor token (black)
• 4 player screens
• 4 wooden scoring tokens
• 16 wooden house pieces
• 1 tax die (2-3-3-4-4-5)
• 1 game rules

Inhalt:

• 1 Spielplan
• 100 Karten (4 x Übersicht, 44 x Ereignis, 48 x Aktion, 4 Kapitelschluss)
• Stanztableaus mit 7 Bauprojekten
• 28 Goldmünzen (16 x 1, 8 x 3, 4 x 5)
• 41 hölzerne Rohstoffwürfel (25 x Holz, 15 x Stein, 1 x Metall)
• 37 hölzerne Warensteine (10 x Getreide, 15 x Wolle, 12 x Tuch)
• 71 Symbolplättchen (20 x medizinisches Wissen, 14 x Loyalität, 12 x Frömmigkeit, 11 x Pest, 8 x Spendensiegel, 5 x Abdeckplättchen, 1 x Startspieler)
• 1 schwarzer Gunststein
• 4 Sichtschirme
• 4 hölzerne Siegpunktsteine
• 16 Holzhäuser in Spielerfarben
• 1 sechsseitiger Steuerwürfel (2-3-3-4-4-5)
• 1 Spielregel