Hansa Teutonica
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Hansa Teutonica is a German board game designed by Andreas Steding and published by Argentum Verlag in 2009. It has received numerous awards, including a Meeples' Choice Award
and it placed in the top 10 at the Deutscher Spiele Preis
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The game can be played with 2-5 players. In addition to the core set, an expansion has been published that adds new rules and modes of play.
, a group of German cities that formed a trading area in the Middle Ages, and the merchants who traded among them. The object of the game is to have the largest number of victory points at game's end; these can be obtained through a variety of methods. Each player must strike a balance between attaining these points and enhancing their own ability to secure additional points at a later point in the game..
Meeples' Choice Award
The Meeples' Choice Award is an award given for board games and card games. It is given by Spielfrieks, an internet discussion group about board and card games.- Past winners :...
and it placed in the top 10 at the Deutscher Spiele Preis
Deutscher Spiele Preis
The Deutscher Spiele Preis is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine "Die Pöppel-Revue", which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals and game clubs. The results are announced every October at the Spiel game fair in Essen,...
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The game can be played with 2-5 players. In addition to the core set, an expansion has been published that adds new rules and modes of play.
Gameplay
The game's theme centers around the Hanseatic LeagueHanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
, a group of German cities that formed a trading area in the Middle Ages, and the merchants who traded among them. The object of the game is to have the largest number of victory points at game's end; these can be obtained through a variety of methods. Each player must strike a balance between attaining these points and enhancing their own ability to secure additional points at a later point in the game..