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Die Macher
Die Macher is a game about seven sequential political races in different regions of Germany. Players are in charge of national political parties, and must manage limited resources to help their party to victory. The winning party will have the most victory points after all the regional elections. There are four different ways of scoring victory points. First, each regional election can supply one to eighty victory points, depending on the size of the region and how well your party does in it. Second, if a party wins a regional election and has some media influence in the region, then the party will receive some media-control victory points. Third, each party has a national party membership which will grow as the game progresses and this will supply a fair number of victory points. Lastly, in some editions, parties score some victory points if their party platform matches the national opinions at the end of the game.
What is Die Macher
Die Macher is a game about seven sequential political races in different regions of Germany. Players are in charge of national political parties, and must manage limited resources to help their party to victory. The winning party will have the most victory points after all the regional elections. There are four different ways of scoring victory points. First, each regional election can supply one to eighty victory points, depending on the size of the region and how well your party does in it. Second, if a party wins a regional election and has some media influence in the region, then the party will receive some media-control victory points. Third, each party has a national party membership which will grow as the game progresses and this will supply a fair number of victory points. Lastly, in some editions, parties score some victory points if their party platform matches the national opinions at the end of the game.
The 1986 edition (Hans im Glück) featured four parties from the old West Germany and supported 3-4 players
The 1997 edition (Moskito Spiele) supports up to five players in the re-united Germany and updated several features of the rules as well
The 2006 edition (Valley Games) also supports up to five players and adds a shorter five-round variant and additional rules updates by the original designer
Game details
- Players
- 3–5
- Age
- +14
- Duration
- 240 min
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 1986
- Mechanics
- Alliances · Area Majority / Influence · Auction / Bidding
- Categories
- Economic · Negotiation · Political
- Designer
- Karl-Heinz Schmiel
- Publisher
- Hans im Glück · Moskito Spiele · Ediciones MasQueOca · Portal Games
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- Cartas enfundadas con ayudas visuales de colores
Juego ambientado en siete periodos electorales en Alemania en las décadas de los 70-80-90. Cada jugador lleva un partido político y tiene que hacer coincidir su política de partido con las demandas del pueblo, y ganar votos en las elecciones. También debe tener un ojo puesto en los medios, gestionar encuestas de opinión, y dejarse sobornar o no. Es un juego largo y exigente. No apto para no jugones.. e incluso según el tipo de jugón puede ser hasta demasiado. Es un clásico del 86 que todavía pervive vigente. Hay que jugarlo al menos una vez. Yo lo probé por primera vez en las Asturlúdicas VI e
la genialidad hecha juego, denso, inmersivo, largo pero muy emocionante, ojalá pueda conseguir una copia.
Les ha faltado poco para hacer un juego redondo. Muy interesante manera de simular el mundo de las elecciones políticas. Tendría que estudiarse variantes para mejorar el sistema de coaliciones y hacerlo menos abstracto.
en mecatol sin enfundar
[b]Primera partida[/b] (9/10) Intenso clásico recuperado
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How many players is Die Macher for?
Die Macher plays with 3–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 240 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 14.
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