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2009 Ranked #10,228

Alcazar

A building strategy game has landlords expand castles and villas, sell residents at the right moment, and amass money. Larger structures can consume smaller rivals, so growth must be balanced against losing valuable occupants.

Strategy Games City Building Economic Stock Holding

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.77/5

Rating

6.04

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The game is about building castles and villas. The bigger the better.

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The game is about building castles and villas. The bigger the better. The bigger your building is, the more people who can live inside and the more valuable they get. But watch out - the more you build, the more space you need - so it can be possible that your small building will be 'eaten' by an opponent's big castle or villa. Your landlords will lose their house and furniture except if they are sold for enough, at the right moment, to get some hidden silver instead. The winner will be the player with the biggest buildings and the most money. (Found on KOSMOS-Homepage - free translation from German) This game seems to be the game that Altura should have become.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Wolfgang Kramer

Artists

1
Eckhard Freytag

Publishers

1
KOSMOS

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