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What is Elfenland

Elfenland is a redesign of the original White Wind game Elfenroads. The game is set in the mythical world of the elves. A group of fledgling elves (the players) are charged with visiting as many of the twenty Elfencities as they can over the course of 4 rounds. To accomplish the task they will use various forms of transportation such as Giant Pigs, Elfcarts, Unicorns, Rafts, Magic Clouds, Trollwagons, and Dragons.

Gameplay: Players begin in the Elf capitol, draw one face down movement tile, and are dealt eight transport cards and a secret 'home' city card that they must reach at the end of the 4th round or lose points for each city space away from 'home' they are at the end of the game. Markers of each player's color are placed in each city on the board and are collected when the player visits that city (each counts as 1 point).

The round proceeds in 2 stages. The first part of the round consists of the drawing of Tiles showing the differing types of transport (except rafts) from a combination of face up and face down tiles (if a player doesn't like the 5 tiles that are face up; they can always draw blind from the face down tiles and hope to get one they need). These transport tiles need to match the Transportation cards in your hand to use them most effectively. After each player has a total of 4 tiles they take turns placing a tile on any one of the roads that run between the elf cities. Only one transport tile may be placed on each road; so players may use other players tiles to travel if they have the matching cards in their hand. This frequently causes a readjustment of planned travel routes as other players tiles can allow you to move farther or shorter than you had first thought. Players can play their tiles to help themselves or hinder others by playing a slow mode of transport on another players (perceived) path.

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Game details

Players: 2–6
Age: +10
Duration: 60 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 1998
Mechanics: Hand Management · Network and Route Building · Open Drafting
Categories: Fantasy · Travel
Designer: Alan R. Moon
Publisher: AMIGO · Albi · Corfix · Hobby World

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eugeniosarcino7/10

Esp) Histórico Spiel des jahres diseñado por Alan R. Moon en 1998. Personalmente lo prefiero a TTR, acaso por la temática fantástica o tal vez porque es su predecesor y ahí se ven muchas ideas luego desarrolladas en el "gran juego de los trenes" . Tiene mecánicas muy simples, bastante azar y uno de mis tableros preferidos (junto con Stone Age, Santiago de Cuba y Takenoko). Las partidas resultan muy caóticas pero satisfactorias a la vez. Aunque es fundamental programar los viajes y las acciones a futuro, el azar puede echar todo por la borda en un segundo.

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davidarribas6/10

Juego ligero y familiar, tiene mecánicas que recuerdan al Aventureros al tren del mismo autor, pero este juego es un pasito mas en el nivel de dificultad. Al principio puede parecer complejo pero tras una ronda todo el mundo ya anda planificando sin problemas sus movimientos en el tablero. Juego muy llamativo y absorbente para no jugones y familias. Tiene un lado negativo y es la cantidad de AP que provoca en todos los jugadores la planificación y replanificación de las rutas. Hay una expansión que esta descatalogada y añade mas profundidad estratégica para los jugones, pero a mi no me lla

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