Power Grid: Transformer Station (2009)

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Designer	Friedemann Friese
Artist	Lars-Arne "Maura" Kalusky
Publisher	2F-Spiele Arclight
Year Published	2009
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4, 5, 6 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (13 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Expansion for Base-game Industry / Manufacturing
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Route/Network Building
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Expands	Funkenschlag: EnBW Mégawatts Power Grid
Family	Power Grid
Primary Name	Power Grid: Transformer Station
Alternate Names	Funkenschlag: Umspannwerk Wysokie Napięcie: Transformator 電力会社：変電所
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Power Grid: Transformer Station (Funkenschlag - Umspannwerk) is part of the Power Grid: Theme Park (BGG Promo Card Set).

It was originally a limited edition card for Power Grid (aka Funkenschlag 2nd Edition) available for a donation at the Essen Spiel fair '09.

The Transformer Station is connected to a power plant and can supply an additional city.

For more information visit 2F-Spiele.de.

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Power Grid: Transformer Station

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2F-Spiele BGG Promo Set Edition

Publisher: 2F-Spiele

Artist: Lars-Arne "Maura" Kalusky

Year: 2011

Size: 2.75 x 2.75 x 0.02 inches

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電力会社：変電所

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Publisher: Arclight

Artist: Lars-Arne "Maura" Kalusky

Year: 2010

Size: 7.00 x 7.00 x 0.01 inches

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Funkenschlag: Umspannwerk

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Essen 2009 Promotional item

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Year: 2009

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German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/Funkenschl...	2011-10-20
Official Funkenschlag promocards rules (English PDF)	http://www.2f-spiele.de/spiele/pdf/Funkenschlag_pr...	2011-03-19
Official Funkenschlag promocards rules (German PDF)	http://www.2f-spiele.de/spiele/pdf/Funkenschlag_pr...	2011-03-19
German Rules for Transformer	http://www.2f-spiele.de/spiele/funkenschlag/funken...	2010-12-09
English Rules for Transformer	http://www.2f-spiele.de/spiele/funken_umspann_eng....	2009-11-09