Torres (1999)

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Designer	Michael Kiesling Wolfgang Kramer
Artist	Alessandra Cimatoribus Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE FX Schmid Ravensburger Rio Grande Games Tilsit Show More »
Year Published	1999
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (70 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (12 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (29 voters) [poll]
Honors	2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2000 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2000 Spiel des Jahres Winner
Subdomain	Abstract Games Strategy Games (50 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy Medieval
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Area Control / Area Influence Hand Management Tile Placement
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Family	3D Games
Primary Name	Torres
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Torres is an abstract game of resource management and tactical pawn movement. Players are attempting to build up castles and position their knights to score the most points each turn. Players have a limited supply of knights and action cards that allow special actions to be taken. Efficient use of pieces and cards, along with a thoughtful awareness of future possibilities, is the heart of this game.

Torres is considered by many to be an informal member of the Mask Trilogy.

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Awards

2000 Spiel des Jahres Winner.
2000 Games Magazine Game of the Year Winner.
2000 International Gamers Awards Nominee

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Torres

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Rio Grande second edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2005

Product Code: RGG133

Size: 16.93 x 12.01 x 2.05 inches

English, French, German

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Ravensburger Edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Alessandra Cimatoribus

Year: 2001

Product Code: 27 263 1

Size: 12.20 x 8.60 x 2.80 inches

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German Second edition with SdJ mark

Publisher: FX Schmid

Artist: Alessandra Cimatoribus

Year: 2000

Product Code: 27 208 2

Size: 12.20 x 8.66 x 2.68 inches

2.41 pounds

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German edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Alessandra Cimatoribus

Year: 2000

Product Code: 230915

Size: 11.81 x 8.27 x 2.36 inches

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German first edition

Publisher: FX Schmid

Artist: Alessandra Cimatoribus

Year: 1999

Product Code: 27 208 2

Size: 12.20 x 8.66 x 2.68 inches

2.41 pounds

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0	Rules Does it cost an ap when holding all the cards?	2012-05-26	thegillet...	1
1	Strategy First Player "Advantage" During the First Round	2012-03-06	Anonymous...	13
0	General Storage Solutions?	2012-02-06	touchston...	1
0	Rules Not using a stack of tower pieces on your turn	2012-01-23	touchston...	7
1	Rules At most 3 tower blocks per turn?	2011-12-13	sharky6000	10
0	Rules Question about Elevator card	2011-11-12	sharky6000	2
0	Rules Question about Knight Jump 2 action card	2011-11-12	sharky6000	2
1	Rules Questions about Jump Over Knight and Move Tower Block card	2011-11-06	sharky6000	8
3	Rules more towers?	2011-07-16	taffyslim	9
0	General New language independent cards?	2011-06-17	franchi	7

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Cards with symbols for a language independent game

I have re-formatted the graphics of the Rio Grande edition cards that I found in the game gallery, so that owners of the previous edition can use them for a language independent game.

franchi

2011-12-14

Rules (Dutch)

Spelregels

Hijacker

2011-07-06

Cartas Master y cartas de acción en los 4 colores

Cartas Master y cartas de acción en cada uno de los colores y en español en formato para imprimir.

P_L_T_D

2011-05-26

Regras em português

Rules translation to portuguese (based on the german FX version) - Regras traduzidas para português (baseado na versão FX em alemão) - Version 1.0

Romir

2011-05-09

Kodeks Torrer PL

Polskie tłumaczenie kart Kodeks w Torresie. Polish translation of Codex cards from "Torres"

bartusm

2011-01-02

japanese rulebook

A PDF file of the rules in japanese language for Torres.

nagamine

2010-01-26

Torres RUS

Torres Rules

balrogest

2009-12-17

Torres - PL rules

Polish rules with images from german and english editions. Polskie zasady z grafiką z niemieckiej i angielskiej wersji.

WRSZS

2009-11-10

Torres - CZE rules

Czech version rules with graphics.

kubis

2009-05-14

Torres - Rule Summary & Teaching Aid

A 1 page rule summary for Torres - v4. Rules concerning the order of scoring have been added. Designed to be printed on a single A4 page.

Paul65

2009-03-04

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Board Game Rank:	187
Abstract Games Rank:	9
Strategy Game Rank:	129
Num Ratings:	5163
Average Rating:	7.24
Standard Deviation:	1.28
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Personal Comments:	1641
Users Owning:	5879
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English rules	http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_19...	2012-05-10
Dutch rules with pictures	http://www.forummortsel.be/spelregels/Torres.pdf	2012-04-29
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=1384&zoekcr...	2012-03-04
Review against Tikal by Daniel Indru @www.goingcardboard.ro	http://www.goingcardboard.ro/kiesling-kramer-tikal...	2011-11-16
German review - toy-net.ch	http://www.toy-net.ch/forum/spielebesprechung/torr...	2011-07-30
German review - Spiele-Truhe	http://www.spiele-truhe.de/torres.html	2011-07-30
German review - Ludozine	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ludozine/...	2011-07-30
German review - drosi.de	http://www.drosi.de/md/md100250.htm	2011-07-30
German review - Holgs Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=388	2011-07-30
German review - bpk	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2011-07-30