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Game Entry

Elfengold

(1999)
User Rating: 7.2 / 10 (353 Ratings)
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Information

Designed By: Alan R. Moon
Published By: Amigo Spiele
999 Games
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 6 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 4, 5 players
(1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time: 120 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 10 and up
User Suggested Ages: (no votes yet)
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Category: Transportation
Fantasy
Expansion for Base-game
Mechanics: Auction/Bidding
Other Names: N/A

Description

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This is an expansion for Elfenland, not to be confused with the stand-alone game of the same title (Elfengold) published by Alan Moon's now-defunct White Wind game company. Elfengold adds an entire economic aspect to the game, which makes it much more similar to its Elfenroads predecessor. Players bid against one another to purchase the transportation tiles that are available each turn. To generate the gold for these purchases, players must make a choice each turn to either take gold or more cards. This can be a very difficult decision as tiles are useless without cards, and vice versa.

As is becoming normal, this expansion was released shortly after Elfenland won Spiel des Jahres.

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User Rank: N/A
Num Ratings: 353
Average Rating: 7.15
Standard Deviation: 1.25
Num Views: 23394
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 2.66 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 156
Users Owning: 665
Users Wanting: 109
Users Trading: 11
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 2
Price History: View
Total Plays: 122
Plays This Month: 0

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