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Power Grid: The First Sparks
In 2001, 2F-Spiele published the original Funkenschlag.
What is Power Grid: The First Sparks
In 2001, 2F-Spiele published the original Funkenschlag.
In 2011, it is time to look back...a long time back! To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the original Funkenschlag, designer Friedemann Friese will take you back in time and let you relive the early beginnings of mankind. True to the name of the German edition (a literal translation of which is "Flying Sparks"), it is time for Funkenschlag: Die ersten Funken, or "The First Sparks".
The First Sparks transports the Funkenschlag mechanisms into the Stone Age. The order of phases during a game round, the player order, the technology cards: you know all these parts from “Funkenschlag”. But what is new? What is different?
The First Sparks is much faster and far more direct. You are immediately part of the action. Each turn, each decision is important. As a clan leader you decide on the well-being of your clan during the Stone Age. You need to develop new hunting technologies and get new knowledge - to successfully hunt food or to learn to control fire. With the help of these skills, you will harvest enough food to feed your clan and spread it far enough to reach new hunting areas.
Game details
- Players
- 2–6
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 60 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Area Movement · Modular Board · Network and Route Building
- Categories
- Animals · Economic · Prehistoric
- Designer
- Friedemann Friese
- Publisher
- 2F-Spiele · 999 Games · Albi · Edge Entertainment
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Really enjoyable game. Try to expand your tribe around, keep feeding them. Really cool tokens to represent the food (cereal, berries, fish, bear and mammoth) and funny art in the cards representing tools and knowledges. I really like the auction mechanics here. It is impossible not to compare with Power Grid, since FS is obviously an atempt to make a PG-lite. All in all, I think I prefer First Sparks. It keeps the basic idea of PG, which I like, but simplifies the auction (not being a real auction in FS) and the counting, since numbers in FS are much lower. Thus, it reduces time and calc
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How many players is Power Grid: The First Sparks for?
Power Grid: The First Sparks plays with 2–6 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 60 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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