Sure.
Netherlands
Rijen
Noord Brabant
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More info on alea's website!
Players are Chinese rulers around the year 1000. Every month you try to protect yourself and your subjects as best as you can against disease, hunger or attacks from the Mongols. Good planning is key here, as every month new perils come again.
Im Jahr des Drachen is number 12 in alea's Big Box Series. Illustrations by Michael Menzel (Boxcover) and Harald Lieske. Playing time: 50-100 minutes; depending on the number of players.
http://www.aleaspiele.de/Pages/News/
(doublepost: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/167277)
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Eric Clark
United States
Holyoke
Massachusetts
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Looks pretty sweet, but they always do.
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Mr. Burrito
United States
Macon
Georgia
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Feld's third Big Box game in a row? Impressive!
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Penny
United States
Connecticut
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Looks nice! Same artist as Jambo looks like. I do like Jambo's art.
If this plays well with 2 I might get it.
Now if only I can get the time and energy to learn how to play the last Alea game, Notre Dame....
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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jeffwiles wrote: Feld's third Big Box game in a row? Impressive!
Well it could go either way.
Notre Dame: Big Winner.
Rum and Pirates: Blah.
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Werner Bär
Germany
Karlsruhe
Baden
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MWChapel wrote: Well it could go either way.
Notre Dame: Big Winner.
Rum and Pirates: Blah.
Rum and Pirates is a fine family game. Just not a gamer's game.
On the alea game weight scale (1-10):
Rum and Pirates: 2
Notre Dame: 4-
Im Jahr des Drachen: 5+
Puerto Rico: 7
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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Werbaer wrote:
Rum and Pirates is a fine family game. Just not a gamer's game.
On the alea game weight scale (1-10):
Rum and Pirates: 2
Notre Dame: 4-
Im Jahr des Drachen: 5+
Puerto Rico: 7
Rum and Pirates was a yawner, and didn't belong in the ALEA Line.(Call Amigo for that)
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My "gamer's German" says that a translation would be "In the Year of the Dragon," but Babelfish wants to call it "In the Year of Kites."
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Kai Peters
Germany
Boeblingen
Baden-Wuerttemberg
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That's because the german word 'Drache' means both 'Dragon' and 'Kite' (plus the additional meaning of a contentious/malicious woman). Since nowadays dragons are pretty rare compared to kites, Babelfish translates wrong. Not that I've seen anything translated correctly by Babelfish.
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Mr. Burrito
United States
Macon
Georgia
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MWChapel wrote: jeffwiles wrote: Feld's third Big Box game in a row? Impressive! Well it could go either way. Notre Dame: Big Winner. Rum and Pirates: Blah.
No argument from me that the overly light 'n' fluffy Rum and Pirates doesn't deserve to be a Big Box game, but I'm still impressed that Stefan is cranking out games (that Alea chooses to publish in their large game format) quickly enough to manage three in a row.
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Trae Russell
United States
Ohio
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I only have one game with the Alea big box number on it, Chinatown. I have some game that were big box games but I don't have the Alea version. I'm a little behind, so collecting at this point is moot. I am, however, looking forward to this game, I like the theme.
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Anthony Rubbo
United States
Philadelphia
PA
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jeffwiles wrote: Feld's third Big Box game in a row? Impressive!
Agreed - and given the greatness of both Notre Dame and Rum & Pirates, I'm looking forward to this one quite a bit.
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Giacomo Mangiarano
Italy
Castellana Grotte (BA)
BA
Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen
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WOWWWWWWWWW
I love Stefan Feld... If this game has something similar to Notredame (in innovating mechanics or feeling) then this should be a MUST BUY...
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Kevin Cachia
United States
Springfield
Pennsylvania
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Well, he's piqued my interest.
Personally, I love Rum & Pirates. I think it looks great, and is a load of fun to play. I can see though why folks who expect strategic depth from Alea would be hugely disappointed.
I played Notre Dame a couple of times and liked it enough to buy it. I don't ever have a real strong urge to play it though, and I'm not sure why. I would play if someone else suggested it, but I guess I just got it at the same time as some other games that excited me more, and it's waiting its turn.
This Draggin' the Kites thing looks pretty cool, however, and it's officially on my radar.
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Jason Maxwell
United States
Arvada
Colorado
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What he said. I own Rum & Pirates, I don't own Notre Dame and if asked I'd choose to play R&P over ND. Not that ND isn't a good game, but I liked R&P more.
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Chris Bailey
United States
Broomfield
Colorado
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MWChapel wrote: Rum and Pirates was a yawner, and didn't belong in the ALEA Line.(Call Amigo for that)
I thought it was a fun game and it's a fine addition to the Alea line.
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♪ Isaäc Bickërstaff ♫
United States
Greer
South Carolina
Entropy Seminar:
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Quit dragon my...
Quit dragon my...
QUIT DRAGON MY KITE A-ROUND!
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Sure.
Netherlands
Rijen
Noord Brabant
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In the Year of the Dragon
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Ignazio De Guglielmi
Italy
Padova, ma anche Schio
Vicenza
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Will be it out for Essen????
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Sure.
Netherlands
Rijen
Noord Brabant
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Yes.
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robert cabrera
United States
Chesterfield
Virginia
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Is any one else buying Alea big box games, wether you like them or not, just to add to the big box collection...they look nice.
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Sure.
Netherlands
Rijen
Noord Brabant
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Not me. Here's what I have so far:
A friend has Tadsch Mahal and Augsburg. I don't expect to add many more (older) games to the alea collection.
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Giacomo Mangiarano
Italy
Castellana Grotte (BA)
BA
Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen
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I'm waiting for Fifth Avenue and Rum & Pirates to arrive this week...
My collection now is something like this (medium and small Alea Games not shown):
Must absolutely buy...
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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It's Show and Tell!
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Ignazio De Guglielmi
Italy
Padova, ma anche Schio
Vicenza
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BaSL wrote: Yes.
Thank you.
I'm having a blast with Notre Dame and this game is promising 
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