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Designed By	Brian Degas Major P.R. Reid M.B.E., M.C.
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Published By	Clipper Devir Factor Games Gibsons Games Nike and Cooper Española, S.A.(NAC) Parker Brothers Show More »
Year Published	1973
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (15 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (10 voters) [poll]
Category	Adventure World War II
Mechanic	Card Drafting Roll and Move Simulation
Primary Name	Escape from Colditz
Alternate Names	Fuga de Colditz
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One player takes the part of the German Guards, whilst the others play "Escape Officers" who are responsible for organizing escape attempts by their team of prisoners. Generally, the winner will be the Escape Officer who achieves the most successful escapes; but it might be the German Forces, if they are able to limit the number of escapes.

The game has been reedited in 2006 by Devir in Spain, with a totally new graphic design and a rewritten rulebook based in the original edition by Gibsons Games . This new edition has been supervised and approved by the original designer, Brian Degas.

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Box Size (Devir version): 29.7 x 29.7 x 7.2 cms.

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0	Rules Escape Kit Clarifiction	2009-10-31	peltazoid	3
0	Rules Allowing the use of equipent for following Allies only?	2009-10-27	Batz	1
0	Rules Chasing through barbed wire?	2009-10-27	Batz	1
0	Rules Appeal Reference Card - I'm missing mine.	2009-10-15	peltazoid	2
0	General How many editions were printed? Which one in your opinion is the best?	2009-09-19	Constanti...	2
4	General How they escaped	2009-09-18	Barticus88	0
0	Rules Clarification sought on Appel Card and Tunnel Detected	2009-09-07	latearrival	4
1	General IF YOU WANT TO SELL, I WOULD LIKE TO BUY	2009-08-25	elfrododumbo	7
0	Rules Rules clarification	2009-08-25	Soliddus	4
4	Variants Automated German Role?	2009-08-17	banzai123	7

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Escape From Colditz Rules - 60 Min Variant

A rule set incorporating a bunch of homegrown variants that we've enjoyed playing.

PBrennan

2009-07-04

Alternative design for pawn box

karl69

2008-10-31

Tuckbox 2

Tuckbox for all cards with sleeves in DEVIR version

karl69

2008-10-31

Tuckbox 1

Tuckbox for pawns in DEVIR version

karl69

2008-10-31

La_Fuga_de_Colditz_-_Reglas_NAC.pdf

La Fuga de Colditz - Reglas - Edición NAC

jcd2001es

2005-06-14

Escape_from_Colditz_-_Reglas_Parker.pdf

La Fuga de Colditz - Reglas - Edición Parker

jcd2001es

2005-06-14

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Spanish Rules from Devir Website	http://www.devir.es/producto/tablero/colditz/docs/...	2009-03-24
Freeware version of Colditz for the PC	http://www.thehouseofgames.net/index.php?t=10&id=8...	2008-05-13
Review of new edition of Colditz	http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamene...	2007-01-19
Rules in Spanish	http://www.devir.es/producto/tablero/colditz/docs/...	2006-10-30
La Fuga de Colditz - NAC Edition - Escaneos y reglas	http://slot-gt.iespana.es/slot-gt/juegos/nac001.ht...	2005-06-12
Game review at La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-12-01
Link to Bootleg copy The Great Escape	http://www.boardgamegeek.com/viewitem.php3?gameid=...	2003-10-14
Review at spelmagazijn (in English)	http://home.planet.nl/~rubik/uk/spelmag/colditz.ht...	2002-09-19
Errata (about.com)	http://forums.about.com/ab-boardgames/messages?lgn...	2001-12-23

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