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Helvetia
The cover and name might have you thinking trivia game, but Matthias Cramer has something else in mind for you in Helvetia.
What is Helvetia
The cover and name might have you thinking trivia game, but Matthias Cramer has something else in mind for you in Helvetia.
You and your fellow players run small but busy mountain villages in the Swiss Alps where you work, build and trade. But life isn't only about work. Your village baker longs for a partner, and the farmer's son has his eye on the dashing woodcutter in the neighboring village.
So let the wedding bells ring and marry off that farmer's son in the village of another player, thereby earning you additional income. And surely your village baker will find a woman from a neighboring village to move in with him. Before you know it, their offspring will be new citizens in your village.
Your goal in Helvetia is to build new homes, bring culture to your village, and sell essential goods at market. Whatever strategy you choose, this village life won't be boring – especially in the villages that grow and thrive!
Game details
- Players
- 2–4
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 90 min
- Difficulty
- Heavy
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Action Points · Area Majority / Influence · Tile Placement
- Categories
- City Building
- Designer
- Matthias Cramer
- Publisher
- KOSMOS
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What the community says about Helvetia
de 2 a 4, tablero un fallo, los meeples son horrorosos. Me recuerda mucho a Glen More. Iconografia chula. Me ha gustado
Just a magnificent game. With only five different actions, Cramer creates a kind of a race to get bonus tiles, while managing to get enough people, marry them and breed. The marriage/breeding mechanism creates a fantastic interrelation between players. Production is very good, although men and women should be even more different, in my opinion, and the stickers for babies are just horrible.
1-3 25%
Con tan sólo cinco acciones diferentes, Cramer genera una especie de carrera al mejor de 20 PV´s para lograr las losetas de Bonus. Las mecánicas básicas no son nuevas: construyes edificios, los situas en tu despliegue, los usas con tus trabajadores, activas de nuevo a los trabajadores... Nada particularmente emocionante. Sin embargo la mecánica de las bodas (conseguirás usar edificios de los contrarios) y la de mayorías (para lograr acciones extras) me parecen muy buenos aportes. PROS: más interacción de lo habitual. CONS: Necesitas tres turnos para usar un edificio propio, lo que dificulta ca
Juego original x la colocacion de trabajadores y casarlos, de gestión. Quizás falle rejugabilidad a la larga. Diseño gráfico muy bueno, salvo por las pegatinas, son feas a rabiar! xD
[url=http://misutmeeple.com/2015/11/resena-helvetia/]Reseña de Helvetia en Misut Meeple[/url]
Con solo una partida. Muy buena sensacion; muy entretenido, sesudo y mecanicas curiosas. En cuanto a componentes muy vistosos y el final apretado muy tenso. Ha gustado y con ganas de confirmar la primera impresion.
[b]Primera partida[/b] (8/10) Correcto. Ni frio, ni calor.
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How many players is Helvetia for?
Helvetia plays with 2–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 90 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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