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What is The Staufer Dynasty

In The Staufer Dynasty, the players are nobles in the 12th century, accompanying Henry VI on his tour of the areas of Europe brought under control by the Staufer family, an area that included much of modern-day Germany, from the Baltic Sea in the north to Sicily in the south. You're eager to improve your own lot in the land by placing envoys and nobles in positions of power in the six regions represented in this game.

The game lasts five rounds with each player having three actions per round. Players take actions in order of their family members on the action board from top to bottom; on a turn you either take a supply action (moving to one side of the action board) or a move/deploy action (moving to the other side).

For a supply action, you pick one of the spaces on the supply table, move the indicated number of envoys and nobles from the province to your personal court, then claim any chests underneath that space. The treasure chests come in different colors, with each color having a different function in the game: the brown treasure chests score points based on how many you collect, the orange ones provide immediate points or figures, the blue ones provide a one-shot bonus, and the purple ones let you collect one of the privilege cards on display. The privilege cards often modify other actions or give you a bonus for doing a particular thing.

For a move/deploy action, you decide which office seat you want to occupy in a particular region. If this seat isn't in the region where the king is located, you need to spend one envoy as you move clockwise away from the king, placing each envoy in the top part of those regions, until you reach the region that you want to occupy. You then pay the cost of the office seat, placing one figure — possibly a noble if the seat demands it — in that seat and all the other figures in clockwise order, one per region. When you occupy a seat, you claim the chest underneath it.

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Game details

Players: 2–5
Age: +13
Duration: 90 min
Difficulty: Heavy
Type: Board game
Year: 2014
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence · Modular Board · Open Drafting
Categories: Medieval
Designer: Andreas Steding
Publisher: Arclight Games · Hans im Glück · Z-Man Games

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Meeplay_81868/10

Euro muy bueno, pero muy seco, el tema lo debes poner en tu cabeza. El juego es muy mecánico, esto quiere decir que las acciones de viajar, de desarrollo, el tomar los cofres y demás no es nada temático. Esto no quiere decir que el juego sea malo, es un reloj, pero eso un reloj. Me ha encantado sabiendo lo que es.. Si eres muy temático probar antes de comprarlo.

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David_Trovador7/10

Juego con muchas opciones, con un toque al Grande (Provincias - corte) pero en realidad es muy diferente, porque a parte de mecánica de mayorías tiene más cosas, como colección de losetas, planificación de movimiento en círculo, tablero modular, etc. Un partida a 4, muy chulo el juego, aunque eso sí muy muy euro puro-y-duro-seco-como-el-sólo incluso más diría que el hansa teutónica del mismo autor. Prefiero el Grande.

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davidarribas5/10

Juego de control de áreas con unas reglas reguleras, no quedan claros ciertos puntos. El juego es de control de áreas y es una gran ensalada de puntos que aparenta una gran complejidad cuando al final solo puedes hacer dos cosas durante tu turno, todo te da bonus y todo sirve para darte puntos, aparte cada turno se van puntuando dos regiones por mayorías. El juego está bien diseñado y desarrollado y una vez que lo conoces es fácil de explicar y jugar, pero estoy cansado de buscar los patrones de puntuación en las ensaladas de puntos.

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